NO WEDNESDAY DEC 31, 2014 DAILY NEWS REPORT TODAY

COLD TODAY.   0 LAST NIGHT.

THIS WEEKEND, AND EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE INSTALLING THE
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT IN THE VOY 3 THEATRE, TO REPLACE THE 35MM
FILM EQUIPMENT.     THERE WILL BE A NEW DIGITAL (NO FILM) PROJECTOR AND A NEW SURROUND-SOUND (9 SPEAKERS) SYSTEM IN THE AUDITORIUM.  A FIRM FROM DES MOINES WILL ASSEMBLE THE EQUIPMENT IN THE VOY 3
BOOTH AND INSTALL THE SOUND EQUIPMENT, WITH ASSISTANCE LOCALLY
BY CASIE CASAL AND TOM MESSERLI.     IF ALL GOES WELL, THE NEW
EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME A WEEK FROM THIS
FRIDAY.    THE VOY 1 THEATRE AND THE 61 DRIVE-IN ALREADY HAVE
DIGITAL PROJECTORS.    THE VOY 2 THEATRE WILL GET THE PROJECTOR
AND RELATED EQUIPMENT NEXT SUMMER.    THERE IS A LOT TO THE
CONVERSION PROCESS USING BOXES OF EQUIPMENT STORED IN OUR LOBBY.... SHOWN IN PHOTOS BELOW.

IF I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS EQUIPMET, THE THEATRES WOULD EVENTUALLY
BE CLOSED, AS ONLY SOME MOVIES ON 35MM FILM WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A LIMITED SCALE FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS, AT THE MOST.  
MY TOTAL INVESTMENT WHEN COMPLETED WILL BE AROUND $250,000.
BUT NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, THE DIGITAL PICTURE AND SOUND IS BEAUTIFUL.
NOW, HOPEFULLY MAQUOKETA AND AREA RESIDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO
ENJOY MOVIES ON THE BIG LOCAL SCREENS, INSTEAD OF ON  TV.

CHECK PHOTOS BELOW, TAKEN TODAY DURING SHERI MELVOLD'S FINAL DAY AT KMAQ AS NEWS DIRECTOR.   SHE'S RETIRING BUT PLANS PART TIME
NEWS REPORTING.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

SHERI MELVOLD'S LAST DAY

12-31-2014

NICE FRONT PAGE STORY TODAY IN THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS

LAST "JUST TALK" SHOW THIS MORNING WITH MASTER GARDNERS CAROLYN CONDON AND JUDY TONDERUM.

DENNIS VOY
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TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

17 TODAY.    YES, IT'S COLD.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MADE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS THIS MORNING.
DR. DON YANDA WAS APPOINTED TO THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD REPLACING ANNE HAWKS WHO DID NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION TO
A FIVE YEAR TERM.     THERE WERE FOUR APPLICANTS.
ALSO NAMED TO THE CONSERVATION BOARD, NEW SUPERVISOR LARRY McDEVITT  (REPRESENTING THE BOARD) TO REPLACE STEVE FLYNN WHO RETIRES DECEMBER 31ST AS A SUPERVISOR.    McDEVITT WON THE
ELECTION TO THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER.

THE SUPERVISORS ALSO ARE LOOKING AT SEVERAL WAYS TO FIRM-UP
SECURITY IN THE NEW YEAR AT THE COURT HOUSE.  MORE ON THAT
ON A LETER DAILY REPORT.

KMAQ'S NEW "NEWS DIRECTOR" IS CODY BARNES FROM WYOMING, IOWA.
MORE ON HIM AND A PHOTO LATER THIS WEEK.    HE HAS ALREADY
STARTED WORKING.      IN ADDITION TO NEWS, HE WILL ALSO BE ON-THE-
AIR AS A MORNING ANNOUNCER FOR AN HOUR EARLY EACH MORNING
ON KMAQ-FM STATION.      SHERI MELVOLD'S LAST DAY IS TOMORROW.
SHERI AND I HAVE HAD A GOOD WORK RELATIONSHIP HERE AT KMAQ OVER 17 YEARS AND I WILL MISS THAT.     SHE HAS WRITTEN THOUSANDS
OF NEWS STORIES AND INTERVIEWED HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS.    
AND SHE WILL BE DOING SOME PART TIME NEWS WRITING FOR LOCAL
AND AREA PAPERS IN THE FUTURE.   BEFORE KMAQ,  NEWSPAPER WRITING WAS HER GAME, STARTING IN ARIZONA AND THEN HERE IN IOWA.    I HIRED HER TO START THE "JUST TALK"  SHOW, WHICH SHE DID IN 1997 AND WHEN A LITTLE LATER WE HAD THE NEWS JOB OPEN UP, SHE APPLIED FOR THAT AND  MOVED UP TO FULL TIME IN 1998.    MY BEST TO HER IN 2015.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

 COME BACK FOR THE FINAL DAILY REPORT OF 2014 TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY,
kmaq@kmaq.com

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH WAS 32.
TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND LOW OF 8.
TOMORROW, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 16.
TUESDAY NIGHT, DOWN TO 2 ABOVE.
WEDNESDAY, SUNNY AND 17.
AND NEW YEARS DAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 27.

MAQUOKETA HAS 760 TREES ON CITY PROPERTY AND 45 DIFFERENT SPECIES ACCORDING TO AN  INVENTORY REPORT GIVEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL.    THE 10 MOST COMMON INCLUDE MAPLES AT 49% AND
ASH AT 13 PERCENT.    ASH TREES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EMERAL ASH
BORER AND THERE IS NO STOPPING THE ASH BORER AND SO THEREFORE CITIES NEED TO BE PREPARED.     TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WERE
NOT INVENTORIED.     THE REPORT SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO REMOVE 43 ASH TREES THAT ARE A POTENTIAL HAZARD AND ARE LARGE TREES IN
POOR CONDITION.    OF THE 102 ASH TREES ON CITY PROPERTY, 11 SHOW
SYMPTONS OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER.

SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT.      JUST A COUPLE DAYS AWAY.....

DENNIS VOY
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FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

PARTLY SUNNY DAY TODAY TURNED OUT PARTLY CLOUDY, NOT MUCH SUNSHINE.   CHRISTMAS DAY WAS SUNNY.    YESTERDAY'S HIGH WAS 45 AND TODAY'S 47.   
TONIGHT, RAIN AND 40.   TOMORROW, RAIN AND FALLING TEMPS DURING
THE DAY AND THE WARM WEATHER IS OVER.
SUNDAY, 31 AND MONDAY, 28.    A HIGH OF ONLY 17  ON WEDNESDAY.
UP GO THE HEATING BILLS AGAIN.

BIGGEST CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR IOWA, GAS PRICES AT...OR UNDER ... $2.00.

CHRISTMAS WAS A QUIET DAY IN MAQUOKETA.   WAL MART AND McDONALDS
CLOSED ALL DAY....I HEARD KWIK STAR WAS OPEN AND WAS REALLY BUSY.
WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ATTEND THE MOVIES AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
BUSINESS WAS UP A LITTLE OVER LAST CHRISTMAS.     OF COURSE, WE
WOULD HAVE HAD MANY MORE IF WE WERE SHOWING "THE INTERVIEW".

MAQUOKETA'S EMERGENCY CODE RED ENDS ON DECEMBER 31ST AND
WILL JOIN A NEW WINDS SYSTEM AND SAVE OVER $8,000 A YEAR.  
THE WINDS STATE PROGRAM STARTS IN THE SPRING WITH THE
EMERGENCY NOTIFICAITIONS BY EMAIL, PHONE OR CELL PHONE.
SO, MAQUOKETA WILL BE WITHOUT A PROGRAM  FOR A FEW MONTHS.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HEARD THERE WAS A NEED
FOR AN AT-RISK TEACHER FOR FRESHMEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE TROUBLE ASSIMILATING INTO SCHOOL.    NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AND THE BOARD WILL TALK ABOUT SUCH A NEW POSITION DURING BUDGET TALKS.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES:
IOWA:    4.3 IN NOVEMBER, FROM 4.5 IN OCTOBER.
THE U.S. RATE:    REMAINED THE SAME AT 5.8.
JACKSON COUNTY:   NOVEMBER REMAINED LOW AND THE SAME AT 4.1.
CEDAR COUNTY:   BEST AROUND, 3.2 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER.
AT KMAQ, WE DID NOT GET AS MANY APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEWS
DIRECTOR JOB AS WE EXPECTED.   BUT WE HAD GOOD APPLICATIONS AND HIRED SOMEONE,  AND WILL ANNOUNCE THE PERSON MONDAY.

A RECEPTION WAS HELD AT THE COURTHOUSE LAST WEEK FOR RETIRING
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR STEVE FLYNN.    HE IS IN TOWN TO
ATTEND HIS LAST MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.       HE IS LIVING IN ARIZONA AND HAS BEEN  PARTICIPATING IN COUNTY BUSINESS BY  TELEPHONE.   
CO-SUPERVISORS JACK WILLEY AND LARRY KOOS PRAISED THE
WORKING RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE THREE AND FLYNN BECAME EMOTIONAL WHEN HE THANKED BOTH FOR WORKING WITH HIM.  HE
CALLED THEM A SECOND FAMILY.
LARRY McDEVITT HAS BEEN ATTENDING SUPERVISORS MEETINGS FOR
SEVERAL MONTH, WON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND WILL TAKE OFFICE
IN JANUARY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

CHRISTMAS EVE DAILY REPORT

CLOUDY AND 35 TODAY.
WARMER REST OF WEEK.

CRAIG SCHIFFER, AGE 58, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY,  DIED TUESDAY WHEN CAUGHT IN A LARGE  AVALANCHE NEAR GRENOBLE, FRANCE.
HIS WIFE AMY IS THE DAUGHTER OF LIN REDLING OF MAQUOKETA.
HE WAS SKIING WITH A GUIDE, AND HIS 3 KIDS NEAR GRENOBLE.
THE TWO GIRLS WERE ABLE TO DIG THEMSELVES OUT, THEN DIG OUT
THEIR BROTHER, AND THEN FOUND THEIR DAD.    HIS HEART HAD STOPPED AFTER BEING BURIED IN THE SNOW ABOUT 15 MINUTES.    HIS WIFE WAS
NOT ALONG.    SHIFFER HELD GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ROLES IN LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS, INC. AND WAS DESCRIBED AS AN EXPERT IN CREDIT.
HE HAD A VACATION HOME OUTSIDE GRENOBLE.    AROUND 15 YEARS
AGO, HE MARRIED (HIS SECOND WIFE) AMY IN A JEWISH WEDDING IN
THE COUNTRYSIDE OF RURAL SPRINGBROOK, IOWA, 10  MILES NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA.   I REMEMBER THAT TWO LARGE WHITE TENTS WERE PUT UP FOR THE WEDDING RECEPTION ON GRAZING LAND NEAR A CREEK AND
GUESTS CAME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.    HE AND AMY HAD 3 CHILDREN AND HE HAD 2 WITH HIS FIRST WIFE.    SERVICES ARE PENDING.

A WELL KNOWN MAN, EDDIE ORTELL, AGE 95,  DIED YESTERDAY.   HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA HE  HAD AN INTERESTING LIFE.    READ HIS
OBITUARY AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME.COM.

YES, KMAQ IS ON-THE-AIR WITH CHRISTMAS MUSIC UNTIL 10 TONIGHT
AND ALL DAY TOMORROW (5:38 A.M.) AND UNTIL 10 P.M.   I'LL BE WORKING FROM 10 TO 1.
WAL MART WILL BE CLOSED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND OPEN AT
5 FRIDAY MORNING.

NANCY AND I  (AND THE STAFF OF KMAQ AND VOY THEATRES)  WISH YOU A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS!

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

NO TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

A HOME ON SWAGOSA DRIVE OUT BY MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.

A TALL TALL CANDY CANE ON SOUTH NIAGARA STREET.    THE STAR IS ON
THE ROOF.

NO SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS IN MAQUOKETA.

TRAGIC STORY ON SKI DEATH IN SWITZERLAND THIS WEEK, WITH
MAQUOKETA CONNECTION.   SHOULD HAVE THE STORY TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY
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MONDAY DAILY REPORT

LIGHT RAIN MOST OF TODAY AND HIGH OF 39.   MORE RAIN COMING
AND HIGHS MOST OF THE WEEK WILL BE AROUND 40.   LITTLE OR
NO SNOW EXPECTED THIS WEEK.

AN ACCIDENT REPORTED IN THE FAREWAY PARKING LOT.     MAQUOKETA POLICE SAID NICKOLAAS HASENBANK, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT THURSDAY NIGHT AND HIT THE CONCRETE BASE OF A LIGHT POLE.   NO DAMAGE TO THE POLE, BUT $2,500 DAMAGE
TO HIS 2004 DODGE RAM.   NO CHARGES FILED.

IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 4TH (FIELD OF 12) IN THE
DEWITT SABER INVITATIONAL SATURDAY.
IN BASKETBALL, THE MAQUOKETA BOY LOST TO DYERSVILLE BECKMAN IN OT
FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE GIRLS ALSO LOST TO DYERSVILLE.

CHRIS PETAROS DIED LAST WEEK AT AGE OF 95.    HIS BROTHER WAS GEORGE WHO RAN THE GREEN MILL IN MAQUOKETA.    CHRIS HELPED
GEORGE AND THEN MOVED TO THE QUAD CITIES WHERE HE AND WIFE HELEN OWNED THE ONLY GREEK RESTAURANT (THE OLYMOPIC FLAME)  IN SILVIS, ILLINOIS UNTIL 2005.  HE WAS AN EXCELLENT CANDY MAKER TOO.   BOTH GEORGE AND CHRIS CAME TO AMERICA FROM KOLLINES, GREECE.   HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, A DAUGHER AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN, ALSO TOM PETAROS IN MAQUOKETA (NEPHEW) AND GEORGIA PETAROS ROBINSON IN MAQUOKETA (NIECE).   I KNEW BOTH CHRIS AND HELEN AND ONCE MY WIFE AND I ENJOYED A GREEK MEAL AT THEIR RESTAURANT, COURTESY OF THE LATE JIM MAROUSIS OF MAQUOKETA, FRIENDS OF THE PETAROS FAMILY. 

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH OF 30.
RAIN AND SLEET IN THE WEEKEND FORECAST.

A MAQUOKETA COUPLE, DENNIS AND DAWN MANNING WERE SENTENCED TO 10 DAYS IN JAIL,  SUSPENDED, FOR ALLOWING THEIR SON TO SKIP SCHOOL.

AT THE DOUBLE DUAL WRESTLING MEET LAST NIGHT AT MT. VERNON...
CENTRAL OF DEWITT 47
MAQUOKETA 25

MT. VERNON 76
MAQUOKETA 3

MT. VERNON 53
DEWITT 15

THE NEW ANNIE MOVIE STARTS TONIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.   RATED
PG.

THE CASA DE PANCHO MEXICAN RESTAURANT RECENTLY COMPLETED
RE-DECORATING THE 2ND (NORTH) DINING ROOM AND BAR AREA,
INCLUDING NEW REST ROOMS.   IT LOOKS NICE AND IS NICE.   IT IS A BUSY, POPULAR RESTAURANT.   SEATING HAS NOW NEARLY DOUBLED.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

PRESTON AGAIN HAS A GROCERY STORE

PRESTON LOST IT'S GROCERY STORE THIS YEAR!    A FIRST FOR THE TOWN!
LOTS OF DISAPPOINTED CITIZENS.    NOW, THEY ARE HAPPY AGAIN!
THE PRESTON MEATS HAS REMODELED THE BUILDING WHERE THE
GROCERY WAS AND HAS RE-OPENED IT AS PRESTON MEATS AND GROCERY.   THE SAME OWERS WILL NOW BE OPERATING BOTH BUSINESS PLACES.    FAMOUS PRESTON MEAT IS NOW ALSO AVAIABLE AT THE GROCERY STORE.     THE NEW GROCERY STORE WILL BE  OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 7:30 A.M. UNTIL 6:00 P.M. AND SUNDAYS FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M....LOCATED AT 141 W. GILLET STREET IN DOWNTOWN PRESTON.    A BEAUTIFUL NEW GROCERY STORE FOR A GREAT JACKSON COUNTY TOWN, JACKSON COUNTY'S 3rd LARGEST COMMUNITY.    STOP IN AND TAKE A LOOK SOON!

PHOTOS BY LOIS FISCHER
DENNIS VOY
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THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 28.
PARTLY SUNNY TOMORROW AND 32.
SATURDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 35.
SUNDAY, CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 37.
RECORD HIGH IN MAQUOKETA ON THIS DAY, 60 IN 1877.

A MAQUOKETA MAN REPORTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE
TOOK PACKAGES FROM THE FRONT OF HIS HOME.    MICHAEL MAURO
SAID SOMEONE TOOK  THEM OFF HIS PORCH.    POLICE SAY THERE HAVE
BEEN SEVERALL COMPLAINTS OF PACKAGES MISSING AND POLICE RECOMMEND RESIDENTS HAVE PACKAGES SENT TO THEIR OFFICE OR TO A NEIGHBOR WHO IS  HOME ALL THE TIME AND CAN PUT THE PACKAGES
INSIDE  SOON AFTER THEY ARRIVE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL SAID THIS WEEK THEY WANT TO KEEP THE FORMER FIRE SITE ON MAIN STREET AS A FUTURE RETAIL SITE AND NOT
USE IT FOR A PARK AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.    BUT THE COUNCIL ALSO
AGREED TO ALLOW IT TO BE USED, AS IN THE PAST, FOR SPECIAL DOWNTOWN EVENTS.

THIS IS THE HOME ON WEST GROVE STREET WHERE THE RESCUE OF
WHEELCHAIR BOUND RESIDENT WAS SAVED BY A  FIREMAN AND CITY COUNCILMAN WHO BOTH CRAWLED ON THE FLOOR TO GET TO  THE MAN AND PULL HIM OUT OF THE BURNING HOME.

THIS OLIVER 70 75TH ANNIVERSARY PEDAL TRACTOR FROM ROEDER BROTHER'S IMPLEMENT IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE SOLD ON THE KMAQ AUCTION SHOW THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 9 A.M.   IT IS PRICED AT
ROEDER'S AT $300.

FRANK CLARK, 75, OF McKINNEY, TEXAS, DIED AT  HIS   HOME ON  NOVEMBER 10TH.    FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 4 TO 6 P.M. MONDAY AT TEH CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.    HE WAS BORN IN CLINTON AND
HAD A LONG CAREER IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER BARBARA MAYBERRY OF MAQUOKETA.

IN BASKETBALL TUESDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO MT. VERNON 44 TO 35 AND CARDINAL GIRLS DEFEATED MT. VERNON 44 TO 42 IN OVERTIME.   BOTH GAMES AT THE MCHS GYM.

BONNIE MITCHELL, CURATOR OF THE TWO MUSEUMS IN MAQUOKETA
SAID THAT THE HOLIDAY  BASKET AUCTION AND SOUP SUPPER WAS A
GOOD SUCCESS LAST WEEK.    THE SUPPER RAISED OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH 155 SERVED IN THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM  COMMUNITY ROOM.   THE BASKET AUCTION TOTAL WAS $2,167.     AND THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECEIVED $110 FROM DONATIONS.

PEACE!

DENNIS VOY
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TILL'S FLOORING & CARPENTRY OPENED THIS WEEK

IT IS OPEN....AND IT IS NICE!    CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. AND MRS. TODD TILL ON THEIR EXPANSION.    TODD HAS BEEN IN THE FLOOR COVERING BUSINESS A LONG TIME, WORKING OUT OF HIS  HOME.     SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, TODD BOUGHT THE CARPET PART OF THE OLD LUMBER YARD FROM PAUL HAHLE AND NOW HANDLES A FULL LINE OF CARPET IN THE BUILDING
HE PURCHASED AND REMODELED.     THE BUILDING WAS THE T 'n T CONE
SHOP, WAS REMODELED BY TODD AND THE DAY IT WAS TO OPEN THIS SUMMER,  A FIRE STARTED AND THE WEST PART WAS A TOTAL LOSS.
NOW THAT PART IS NEW,  A LITTLE LARGER AND TALLER, AND I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW BIG THE WAREHOUSE IS.    AND PAUL HAHLE'S GIFT
STORE IS NOW MUCH LARGER WITH THE CARPET GONE.
BELOW, OWEN  HINZ OF MAQUOKETA, YOUR HOST AT THE STORE.  HE
WORKED FOR PAUL ACROSS THE STREET FOR 10 YEARS AND WILL BE HAPY TO SHOW YOU AROUND.    HE ADDS CARPET KNOWLEDGE TO THE BUSINESS
TO GO ALONG WITH HARDWOOD KNOWLEDGE BY TODD.

I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT, NOTHING CHANGES THE APPEARANCE OF A ROOM
LIKE A NEW FLOOR DOES.  
MAYBE THERE IS A NEW FLOOR  FOR YOU IN 2015?
STOP IN SOON AT TILL'S AND WATCH AND LISTEN FOR THEIR GRAND OPENING.
BECAUSE OF A COMPUTER-INTERNET ISSUE, THERE WILL BE NO WEDNEDAY DAILY REPORT TODAY!   SORRY!
PHOTOS ABOVE BY DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

RAINED MOST OF TODAY AND GO UP IN THE UPPER 40'S.
NOW..BACK TO COOLER WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
MORE RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

A MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND A MAQUOKETA CITY
COUNCILMAN ARE BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING THE LIFE OF A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND RESIDENT.    A FIRE BROKE OUT AT HIS HOME
AT 4:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 504 WEST GROVE STREET, RENTED BY HIM, HARVEY UNTIEDT.   UNTIEDT, ALONE IN  THE HOME, WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE  HOUSE ON HIS OWN BUT ABLE TO CALL 9-1-1 TO SUMMON FIREMEN.   VOLUNTEER MATT TRANEL LIVES BEHIND UNTIEDT'S HOME AND CITY COUNCILMAN COREY SIMONSEN LIVES NEARBY AND BOTH WENT
DIRECTLY TO THE BURNING HOME AND GOT UNTIEDT OUT THE OF HOUSE.
THE TWO CRAWLED IN TO THE HOME, HEARD UNTIEDT COUCHING IN THE KITCHEN AND GOT HIM OUT.      HE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEARBY HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT.   NEITHER TRANEL OR SIMONSON WERE HURT.   CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS NOT DETERMINED BUT IT DID START NEAR THE CHRISTMAS
TREE.   THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE HOME.

LOCAL ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN'S PORTRAIT OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN
ACQUIRED BY THE FIGGE ART MUSEUM IN DAVENPORT AND WILL OFFICIALLY BE PART OF THE  PERMANENT COLLECTION, BEGINNING IN 2015.

SHOWN ABOVE, AT LEFT, FIGGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TIM SCHIFFER ALONG WITH ROSE AND HER HUSBAND CHUCK NORRIS.    A REAL HONOR FOR
ROSE.   PHOTO BY CHRIS GREEN.

SATURDAY NIGHT, THE 60TH ANNUAL ADVENT SING WAS PUT ON AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.    IT WA STARTED BY JANIS FARNUM IN CENTER ABOVE.    AT LEFT, PAM CRAWFORD TOOK OVER AFTER JANIS
RETIRED AND AT RIGHT, JOEL HAGEN HAS BEEN THE MCHS VOCAL MUSIC
DIRECTOR THE LAST 8 YEARS.   ALL THREE WERE PRESENTED A
MUSICAL GLO-GLOBE DURING A BREAK IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S EVENT.
PHOTO BY CHUCK FARNUM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

60th ANNUAL ADVENT SING

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL MUSIC DIRECTOR JOEL HAGEN AND
HIS 100-PLUS COMBINED CHOIR....LAST NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE
ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
VERY NICE NIGHT!
CONGRATULATIONS!

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

TWO PARTIES IN MAQUOKETA

FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA VFW POST 3633 ANNUAL AWARDS
NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DINNER WAS HELD AT THE EAGLES
CLUB IN MAQUOKETA.....FOR MEMBERS AND SPOUSES AND GUESTS.
AROUND 40 IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING VIRTUS BUSCH OF MAQUOKETA.
VIRTUS WAS HONORED FOR BEING THE LONGEST MEMBER OF THE
VFW.    THIS IS HIS 70TH YEAR OF MEMBERSHIP.
HE IS SHOWN WITH THE VFW COMMANDER, ROGER SCHNOOR.

TODAY (SATURDAY) WAS THE 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF McDONALDS IN
MAQUOKETA.     RONALD McDONALD WAS ON HAND TO HELP SERVE
FREE CAKE TO VISITORS.    RONALD BELOW WITH JACOB CLAUSSEN
OF BETTENDORF.

 

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

MAQUOKETA CARDINALL SPORTS

BASKETBALL LAST (FRI) NIGHT...

AT EPWORTH,
BOYS...
WESTERN DUBUQUE 68
MAQUOKETA 52

HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
GIRLS...
WESTERN DUBUQUE 57
MAQUOKETA 24

BOWLING AT DEWITT...
BOYS...
MAQUOKETA 2947
DEWITT 2756
MAQUOKETA'S BEST GAME, DALTON WAUGH 241.

GIRLS...
DEWITT 2544
MAQUOKETA 2244
MAQUOKETA'S BEST GAME, NICOLE FURNE 194

TODAY(SAT) THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE
HOSTING AN  ALL-DAY TOURNAMENT AT THE
MAQUOKETA GYM.

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY.   HIGH OF 37.
TOMORROW, CLOUDY AND 46.
SUNDAY, CLOUDY AND 50.
MONDAY, SAME AS SUNDAY.
COOLING DOWN AGAIN TUESDAY.

A COUPLE QUAD-CITY GOLF COURSES ARE OPENING FOR THIS WEEKEND
PLAY.

IN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LAST NIGHT, HERE, MAQUOKETA LOST
TO WEST DELAWARE 39 TO 28 THAN LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE,
55 TO 18.

THE WESTERN DUBUQUE AND MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY BASKETBALL  TONIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA GYM.
THE CARDINAL BOYS WILL PLAY AT EPWORTH AGAINST WESTERN
DUBUQUE.   THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ TONIGHT AND
HERE ON THE INTERNET, AROUND 7:20 WITH MATT CLARK DOING THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 MONDAY MORNING AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MARSHALLTOWN FOR MARLIS HORGEN, 77,
OF MARSHALLTOWN.    MARLIS IS SURVIVED BY ONE BROTHER, BLAINE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA AND ONE SISTER.

FAY TEMPLETON, 83, OF DEWITT, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME.  HE WAS A 1950 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND WORKED FOR A TIME AT CLINTON ENGINES.    THEN MOVED TO DEWITT WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE GAS CO-OP AND WAS A POLICE OFFICER.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE    VIRGINIA, AND 6 CHILDREN, INCLUDING STEVE TEMPLETON OF MAQUOKETA.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE TUESDAY MORNING AT DEWITT.

 

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY STARTED OUT CLOUDY AND WAS THAT WAY UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN, THOUGH NOT IN FORECAST FOR TODAY, THE SUN CAME OUT FOR
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.   HI TODAY, 34.  TOMORROW WE ARE GOING
TO HIT 40.

THE  CITY OF MAQUOKETA PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS BE ALLOWED TO BUY RIFLES.     THE COST
OF EACH IS EXPECTED TO BE $1,300.   THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR THE COST WITH THE OFFICERS PAYING THE CITY BACK OVER 36 PAY PERIODS.
THE RECOMMENDATION GOES TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY NIGHT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CONFERENCE BOARD WILL MEET AGAIN MONDAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO  HIRE A NEW COUNTY ASSESSOR.   THE MEETING WILL BE
AT 5:30 p.m. IN THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE COMMUNITY ROOM.

RAYMOND KUHL, AGE 97, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME.    THE FUNERAL WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY WITH MILITARY RITES, AT THE LAW JONES FUNERAL HOME IN PRESTON.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE 7 CHILDREN, INCLUDING
JULIE STREETS OF MAQUOKETA.

ROSS RIVER STOPPED INTO MY OFFICE FOR A FEW MINUTES THIS MORNING.
HE'S 86, AND MAQUOKETA'S OLDEST FULLTIME ACTIVE BUSINESSMAN.
HE STARTED IN THE FARM FEED AND EQUIPMENT BUSINESS (NOW SELLING WICK BUILDINGS) IN THE EARLY 50'S....SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN THE U.S.
MILITARY, AND HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS ADVERTISER ON KMAQ SINCE
WE WENT ON THE AIR IN 1958.    NOTE...HIS SHIRT POCKETS.   I HAVE KNOWN ROSS SINCE THE FALL OF 1958 AND HE ALWAYS HAS FILLED-POCKETS, WITH
PAPERS, PENS, PROPOSALS, ETC.    
OH...I BELIEVE I AM THE 2ND OLDEST MAQUOKETA FULLTIME BUSINESSMAN....BUT A FEW LESS YEARS THAN ROSS.

WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ...AT 6 P.M.....LISTEN ON THE LITTLE RADIO ON THE HOME WEB PAGE OF KMAQ.    FOR MANY OF YOU, COACH DR. KOOB
WAS YOUR DOCTOR, BEFORE HE RETIRED.

IN BUSINESS NEWS, JEREMY HAS JOINED CLYDE HARPER AT THE LOCAL
EDWARD JONES OFFICE.    HE HAS BEEN WITH THE COMPANY SINCE 2012 AND COMES HERE FROM ANAMOSA.   THAT'S WHERE HE, HIS WIFE AND
4 KIDS LIVE AND HE WILL COMMUTE FOR THE TIME BEING.    HIS YOUNGEST IS STILL NOT IN SCHOOL.     WELCOME TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY JEREMY.

HO  HO HO....TIME TO GO

DENNIS VOY
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KMAQ JOB APPLICATION FORM

THIS HELP WANTED APPLICATION FORM IS ALSO ON THE KMAQ HOME WEB PAGE....(WWW.KMAQ.COM) JUST CLICK-ON THE JOB
APPLICATION BUTTON.

THE WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.   YOU MAY HAVE TO CLICK
ON OLDER POSTS TO SEE IT.

MIDDLE SCHOOL FUNDRAISER FOR CANCER RESEARCH

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

CLOUDY ALL DAY AND HIGH OF 33.
CLOUDY AGAIN TOMORROW, AND 36 FOR A HIGH.
FRIDAY, CLOUDY AND 41.
SATURDAY, SUNNY AND 48.

SUPT. CHRIS HOOVER ASKED THE SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY NIGHT TO CONSIDER HIRING SOMEONE TO OVERSEE THE PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM
AND OTHER DUTIES.     FORMER CURRICULUM DIRECTOR  HELEN SNELL
WAS HIRED ON A SHORT-TERM BASIS TO OVERSEE THE PROGRAM.
HOOVER SAID THE DISTRICT NEEDS A FULL-TIME PERSON.     THE ITEM
WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT THE BOARD SAID IT WAS OKAY FOR
HOOVER TO INVESTIGATE THE PROPOSAL FURTHER.

ANOTHER CAR-DEER ACCIDENT.   MEGAN MOREHEAD OF MAQUOKETA HIT ONE ON THE CAVES ROAD.   $5,000 IN DAMAGES.    NO INJURY.

ALMOST DONE...AT ENTRANCE TO CEMETERY ON OLD HIGHWAY 61.  AND
LOOKS GREAT.   THIS JUST THE NIGHT SIGN.

TOMORROW NIGHT, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WILL HOST WEST DELAWARE AND WESTERN DUBUQUE, STARTING AT 6.    LEIGHTON HEPKER
AND FORMER HEAD COACH JEFF TAMPIR WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES, STARTING AT 5:55 P.M...HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.

 THE MR. AND MRS. GARY MOHL RESIDENCE AT 801 GRANT COURT.

IN  BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS
LOST TO LISBON, 64 TO 32 AND AT LISBON, THE GIRLS ALSO LOST,
42 TO 36.

THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM CORNER SIGN...LIGHTED AT NIGHT.

MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST ATTORNEY JOINED THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB TODAY.   SEE A PHOTO AND STORY ABOUT HER ON THE ROTARY WEB
SITE.   GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

CHRISTMAS EVE IS 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

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