WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

I AM A FAN OF "THE FAST CLYDES"....LOCAL.... AND GOOD 50'S MUSIC....THE   3 WILL ENTERTAIN AT "TABOR WINERY" THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 3 - 6

HOT TODAY .. BUT NO COMPLAINTS!    LAST NIGHT, LOTS OF RAIN AROUND,
(AND HAIL TOO)...BUT NOT IN MAQUOKETA.   REST OF WEEK AND THROUGH
THE WEEKEND WE ARE TO HAVE GOOD HOLIDAY WEATHER.

DR. RAYMOND HAMILTON, AFTER 35 YEARS, IS RETIRING FROM MEDICAL ASSOCIATES.      BUT, HE WILL CONTINUE PRACTICING MEDICINE  IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AT OUR HOSPITAL AND WILL SERVE AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT....SWITCHED FROM THIS PAST MONDAY NIGHT.  

 

NANCY ROLING, JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER SINCE 2011, SPOKE AT ROTARY THIS NOON.  SHE HAS BEEN IN THE  TREASURER'S OFFICE 46 YEARS.   MOST OF HER TALK DEALT WITH DRIVER'S LICENSE RULES AND
REGULATIONS.    AND THERE ARE SOME NEW ONES!    CHECK WHEN YOUR LICENSE EXPIRES AND AHEAD OF TIME, GATHER THINGS.    YOU WILL NEED
A COPY OF YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE.   A COPY OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
CARD.     CHECK ON THE GOLD STAR FOR A CORNER OF LICENSE.
NO SMILING FOR THE PHOTO....LOOK MEAN IF YOU WANT.    AND YOU
CAN'T WEAR YOUR GLASSES FOR THE PHOTO.

GIRL'S SOCCER LAST NIGHT, CLEAR-CREEK AMANA 4, MAQUOKETA 3 IN OT

BOY'S SOCCER, CLEAR CREEK 1, THE CARDINALS O.

THE FOLLOWING MAQUOKETA GIRLS WILL BE AT THE STATE TRACK MEET
THIS WEEK AT DRAKE STADIUM IN DES MOINES:
AUBREE TAYLOR....HALEY SCHWENKER....JANEY SAUNDERS....SHELBY PETTY JOHN....HANNAH GRUENWALD.....AND JENNA HOLTZ.

CHECK THE STORY AND PHOTOS BELOW ON LAST NIGHT'S SPECIAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT DINNER IN MAQUOKETA.

MAKE A TWO ITEM NOTE FOR YOUR KITCHEN TABLE...
FLOWERS AND CEMETERY!

SEE YAH....TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

OPTIMIST CLUB "RESPECT FOR LAW" BANQUET

LEFT TO RIGHT:   LT. GOV. LEE NELSON AND HIS WIFE MARLISE;  SHIRLEY DUNSTON, MOTHER OF IOWA OPTIMIST DIST. GOV. CYNDI BARBER STANDING AT RIGHT OF HER DAUGHTER  AND MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB PRESIDENT JAKE BICKFORD.

LEFT TO RIGHT:   JERRY BOWEN, THE RECIPIENT OF THE  RESPECT FOR LAW ANNUAL AWARD;  MIKE DeMOSS, DISPATCHER;   MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA;   POLICE OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET;  POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER;  AND JAKE BICKFORD, PRESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB.
ABSENT WHEN PHOTO WAS TAKEN, POLICE OFFICER JASON THOMSON.
BOTH PHOTOS BY LOIS FISCHER

THE ANNUAL OPTIMIST RESPECT FOR LAW BANQUET WAS HELD LAST  NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB WITH 80 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.   THE SPEAKER WAS GARY DREW OF MAQUOKETA WHO HAS A COMPANY AT RURAL MAQUOKETA CALLED "ENERGY TEC/MAQUOKETA BIO FUELS".
POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA TALKED ABOUT THE RECENT "SHOOTING" INCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA.   HE RECOGNIZED WITH ACCOMMODATION LETTERS, OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET WHO WAS SHOT THAT NIGHT;
MIKE DeMOSS, THE RADIO DISPATCHER ON DUTY THAT NIGHT AND POLICE OFFICERS PAT FIER AND JASON THOMSON ON DUTY THAT NIGHT.  
THEY EACH RECEIVED A HONOR PINS AND  ZEIMET A VALOR PIN AND PURPLE HEART PIN.
AND CHIEF KORANDA PRESENTED THE OPTIMIST "RESPECT FOR LAW" AWARD TO JERRY BOWEN FOR IS  YEARS OF SERVICE AS A POLICE RESERVE OFFICER.    BOWEN RETIRED THIS YEAR.   BOWEN,  ALSO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WAS GIVEN A PLAQUE FROM THE OPTIMIST CLUB.
SPECIAL GUESTS PRESENT LAST NIGHT, THE OPTIMIST LT. GOV. LEE NELSON AND HIS WIFE MARLISE AND THE OPTIMIST  DIST. GOV. CYNDI BARBER AND HER MOTHER SHIRLEY DUNSTON.