Tuesday, June 24, 2014

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

HOT AND HUMID TODAY, HIGH OF 82.

THE GOAL FOR THE "RELAY FOR LIFE" LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING WAS $60,000.     KMAQ LEARNED TODAY, THE GOAL IS NEAR,
AT OVER $59-THOUSAND.    IT WAS HELD AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.

MOTOR MADNESS IS ALMOST HERE!    RICH CURRENT OF THE CORONADO CAR CLUB HAS THE INFORMATION ABOVE.   MORE LATER.

SPORTS:   LAST NIGHT THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BASEBALL TEAM
LOST TO MT. VERNON IN GAME  ONE....4 TO 1 AND THEN THE CARDINALS
WON THE SECOND GAME, 2 TO 0.

SATURDAY, JULY 12TH, WILL BE A SPECIAL NIGHT AT THE STOCK CAR RACES IN MAQUOKETA.     IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REGULAR NIGHT OF RACING, IT WILL ALSO BE THE DONNA HEISTER MEMORIAL RACE NIGHT.
IT WILL BE A TRIBUTE TO DONNA WHO OWNED OBIE'S RESTAURANT AND
WAS A RACING FAN AND DIED OF CANCER LAST YEAR.

THEY ARE DOING SOME GRADING NEAR WAL MART AND THE WORD IS, THE OWNER OF THE LAND IS DOING THIS TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO A POTENTIAL BUYER FOR PLACING A BUSINESS ON THE PROPERTY.

AND, BY THE WAY, WAL MART IS DOING EXTENSIVE WORK IN THE STORE,
INSIDE.   UPGRADING THE FRONT ENTRANCE AND MOST OF THE INTERIOR.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BELOW THAT I PUT UP THIS AFTERNOON.

DENNIS VOY




 

BROWN BAG LUNCH



"BROWN BAG LUNCH" IS SPONSORED EVERY WEEK BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND IS HELD IN THE DOWNSTAIRS COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.   IT IS FREE AND EVERYONE BRINGS A SANDWICH AND THE BEVERAGE AND DESSERT IS
SUPPLIED BY THE SOCIETY.   ANYONE MAY COME  AND EACH WEEK THERE
IS A PROGRAM ON LOCAL HISTORY.
TODAY, THE PROGRAM WAS ABOUT THE MOVIE " F.I.S.T ".   IT WAS FILMED IN DUBUQUE AND CLEVELAND AND RON DELAGARDELLE OF MAQUOKETA
WAS IN THE MOVIE AND PRESENTED TODAY'S PROGRAM.
RON IS A RETIRED MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND WAS ALSO THE HOST OF THE DAILY "CARDINAL COUNTDOWN" ON KMAQ-FM, BROADCAST
"LIVE & DIRECT" FROM THE SCHOOL.    THE MOVIE WAS FILMED IN 1977 AND DIRECTED BY FAMOUS DIRECTOR NORMAN JEWISON.     RON FOR MANY YEARS IN THE 60'S, 70', (AND EVEN LATER) WAS A MEMBER OF THE LITTLE THEATRE GROUP, "PEACE PIPE PLAYERS" AND WAS IT'S LEADING ACTOR.
IN  THE SPRING OF 1977, HE WAS IN THE PLAY, "NO SEX PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH" THE DIRECTOR, ALSO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, KAREN TILTON SUGGESTED TO RON THAT HE TRY OUT FOR A PART IN THE MOVIE.  HE DID, GOT THE SPEAKING PART OF "SAMUELS" AND BECAME A LOCAL STAR.
(AFTER READING THIS, GOOGLE F.I.S.T. MOVIE AND YOU WILL GET ALL KINDS
OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILM, INCLUDING THE LIST OF THE CAST WHICH INCLUDES RON.    RON HAD A SMALL PART THAT TOOK OVER A WEEK TO FILM AND HIS SALARY WAS AROUND $700.     HE STILL GETS ANNUAL RESIDUALS FROM THE MOVIE, MOSTLY FROM OVERSEAS SHOWINGS.    WHILE WORKING ON THE MOVIE, SUPT. LEONARD ROBERTS HIRED A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND RON WAS NOT PAID FOR THE DAYS SHE WAS  HIRED.
THE MOVIE WAS RELEASED IN 1978 AND HAD A PREMIER IN DUBUQUE.
IT COST $11 MILLION TO MAKE AND GROSSED $20 MILLION.
IN MAQUOKETA, IN TWO WEEKS, 1,917 PEOPLE WATCHED THE MOVIE AND
AT $2.50 FOR ADULTS (NOW WE CHARGE $7) AND $1.25 FOR KIDS (NOT MANY KIDS WENT TO IT) I GROSSED  $3,160.00 WITH THE MOVIE AND PAID $1,264.00 FILM RENTAL.   IN OTHER WORDS, THE MOVIE DID VERY WELL AT MY THEATRE AND I MADE SOME GOOD MONEY WITH IT.    THANKS RON!
HOMER ULRICH AND DURWARD GOHLMAN OF MAQUOKETA (BOTH DECEASED) ALSO HAD SMALL (NON-SPEAKING) PARTS IN THE MOVIE (NO SALARY) AND JIM FRANCOIS RENTED JEWISON HIS 1933 PICK-UP THAT WAS
A  "PADDY WAGON" IN THE 1937-ERA MOVIE.    JIM WAS ALSO AT TODAY'S LUNCHEON AND SAYS HE NO LONGER HAS THE TRUCK.

191 PEOPLE, NEARLY A FULL HOUSE, ATTENDED THE SPECIAL THURSDAY NIGHT PREMIER HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

 BELOW, LEFT TO RIGHT:  JIM FRANCOIS, RON AND JOAN DELAGARDELLE MARTI AND HOMER ULLRICH, AND IRENE AND DURWARD GOHLMAN
             ABOVE, WE HAD A LOBBY PARTY AFTER THE PREMIER SHOWING TO  
            CELEBRATE.
YES, MAQUOKETA  ALSO HAD A PREMIER SHOWING AT THE VOY THEATRE  (SEE ABOVE) WITH THE ACTORS (RON, DURWARD AND HOMER) COMING TO THE THEATRE IN JIM'S PADDY WAGON.   IT WAS A FUN NIGHT!    IF YOU GET A CHANCE, RENT THE MOVIE, AND WATCH FOR RON AND HIS
GREAT ACTING.    HE OF COURSE MET THE DIRECTOR AND SYLVESTER STALLONE AND MANY OF THE OTHER STARS (HE HAS AN AUTOGRAPH BY
SYLVESTER) AND HAS PLEASANT MEMORIES  OF WHEN HE WAS MAQUOKETA'S "HONEST-TO-GOODNESS"  INTERNATIONAL MOVIE STAR.

NO...HE DID NOT GET NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR!

DENNIS VOY