PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 77. TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 83. WEDNESDAY, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND PARTLY SUNNY AND
HIGH OF 80.
THE FORMER MANAGER OF THE BP CONVENIENCE STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STEALING AT LEAST $30,000 FROM THE BUSINESS. THERESA EHLERS, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS PICKED UP
ON AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT ON JUNE 20TH. SHE WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE. SHE IS BEING HELD IN JAIL ON $10,000 BOND. POLICE OFFICER J.T. THOMPSON SAID EHLINGER WOULD TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE DAILY DEPOSIT AND USE THE MONEY FOR
PERSONAL USE. SHE THEN TRIED TO REPAY THE MONEY WITH FUTURE
DEPOSITS.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: ANGIE KIEM OF 402 EAST PLEASANT STREET REPORTED SATURDAY THAT SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE SCALE HOUSE. NOTHING WAS REPORTED MISSING.
WENDY EYE OF 108 N. ANDERSON STREET SAID SATURDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE STOLE A TREE WHICH WAS PLANTED IN HER FRONT YARD.
A FENCE POST WS BENT IN THE PROCESS.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A FIRE ALARM AT BANOWETZ ANTIQUES SUNDAY MORNING....TURNED OUT TO BE
A FALSE ALARM.
DOZENS OF IOWA RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS WERE HONORED LAST WEEK WITH 2014 GOVERNOR VOLUNTEER AWARDS. THREE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO MAQUOKETA.
ANN BURNS OF MAQUOKETA, WITH JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION GOT ONE AWARD AND WAS NOMINATED BY THJE IOWA DNR.
PHYLLIS NISSEN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, GOT AN AWARD FOR BEING ACTIVE IN COUNTY CEMETERY RESTORATION AND AS A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. SHE ALSO WAS NOMINATED
BY THE IOWA DNR.
AND THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WAS RECEIVED THE THIRD AWARD FOR DOING A HIGHWAY CLEANA-UP PROJECT FOR MANY YEARS. THE CLUB
WAS NOMINATED BY THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
A RURAL MAQUOKETA MAN WAS NAMED TO A STATE OFFICE AT THE ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE IOWA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS STATE CONVENTION HELD RECENTLY IN BURLINGTON. TOM WATTERS OF RURAL MAQUOKETA (FULTON) WAS ELECTED AS THE STATE OF IOWA JUNIOR VICE-COMMANDER.
WATTERS NEXT YEAR WILL BE ELECTED SENIOR VICE-COMMANDER AND
THE FOLLOWING YEAR WILL BE ELECTED THE STATE OF IOWA VFW COMMANDER. MAQUOKETA HAS NEVER BEFORE HAD A STATE COMMANDER. TOM HAS BEEN A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE FAMILY
DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN MAQUOKETA AND ALSO DOES "AUCTIONEERING" ON THE SIDE. THE MAQUOKETA VFW POST 3633 MEETS THE 3RD WEDNESDAY
RACE HELD SATURDAY MORNING. THE CANOE PART WAS NOT HELD BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
THERE WERE ONLY 34 TEAMS.
THERE WERE JUST 4 MAQUOKETA PARTICIPANTS: DEAN KLOFT,
DARYL DAVISON, BLAISE WALLER, BRADLEY WALLER.
I WOULD THINK THE CHAMBER NEEDS TO GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO
ENDING THIS EVENT FOR LACK OF INTEREST.
CONGRATULATIONS TO KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER AND WIFE CINDY,
CELEBRATING THEIR 35TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
