GIRLS:
MT. VERNON 45, MAQUOKETA 24
BOYS:
MT. VERNON 74, MAQUOKETA 56
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
FRIDAY DAILY REPORT
SUNSHINE AND 31 TODAY.
SNOW STILL IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT AND ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. COULD BE SEVERAL INCHES
TOTAL.
A SNOW EMERGENCY IN MAQUOKETA GOES INTO EFFECT AT 6 P.M. SATURDAY AND UNTIL 6 P.M. MONDAY.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT A CALL JUST AFTER 11 THIS MORNING TO THE LAZY J MOTEL ON WEST PLATT STREET. A REPORT OF A BURNING SMELL
WAS GIVEN. TURNED OUT TO BE AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL
AND THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE LAZY J FOR MANY YEARS HAS NOT BEEN
A MOTEL, BUT INSTEAD, SEVERAL ONE AND TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS. THE OLD SIGN IS STILL OUT BY THE STREET AND IT IS STILL CALLED THE LAZY J. DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF IT EITHER...WHEN IT
WAS BUILDT AND BY WHO. ANYONE KNOW?
GARY CHRISTOFFERSEN, AGE 58, OF FLORIDA, DIED TUESDAY. HE GRADUATED FROM DELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, 2 SONS AND A TWIN SISTER, MARY DEHAVEN OF MAQUOKETA. THERE WILL BE NO MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THIS TIME.
WHO IS SHE? A THEATRE GIFT CARD TO THE FIRST 5 TO EMAIL ME WITH
HER NAME.
WRESTLING LAST NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA...
MIDLAND OF WYOMING 42, MAQUOKETA 39
MAQUOKETA VALLEY 58, MAQUOKETA 24
CENTER POINT URBANA 48, MAQUOKETA 29
BASKETBALLL TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE,
"LIVE AND DIRECT" FROM MT. VERNON, WITH MATT CLARK CALLING
THE "PLAY-BY-PLAY". GIRL'S VARSITY GAME AT 6 AND THE BOY'S ABOUT
7:30. GO CARDINALS! THE BOYS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR
FIRST WIN AND THE GIRLS HAVE ONLY WON 2 OR 3 GAMES.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORES HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!
GO PACKERS...NEXT YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
SNOW STILL IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT AND ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. COULD BE SEVERAL INCHES
TOTAL.
A SNOW EMERGENCY IN MAQUOKETA GOES INTO EFFECT AT 6 P.M. SATURDAY AND UNTIL 6 P.M. MONDAY.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT A CALL JUST AFTER 11 THIS MORNING TO THE LAZY J MOTEL ON WEST PLATT STREET. A REPORT OF A BURNING SMELL
WAS GIVEN. TURNED OUT TO BE AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL
AND THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE LAZY J FOR MANY YEARS HAS NOT BEEN
A MOTEL, BUT INSTEAD, SEVERAL ONE AND TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS. THE OLD SIGN IS STILL OUT BY THE STREET AND IT IS STILL CALLED THE LAZY J. DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF IT EITHER...WHEN IT
WAS BUILDT AND BY WHO. ANYONE KNOW?
GARY CHRISTOFFERSEN, AGE 58, OF FLORIDA, DIED TUESDAY. HE GRADUATED FROM DELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, 2 SONS AND A TWIN SISTER, MARY DEHAVEN OF MAQUOKETA. THERE WILL BE NO MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THIS TIME.
HER NAME.
WRESTLING LAST NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA...
MIDLAND OF WYOMING 42, MAQUOKETA 39
MAQUOKETA VALLEY 58, MAQUOKETA 24
CENTER POINT URBANA 48, MAQUOKETA 29
BASKETBALLL TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE,
"LIVE AND DIRECT" FROM MT. VERNON, WITH MATT CLARK CALLING
THE "PLAY-BY-PLAY". GIRL'S VARSITY GAME AT 6 AND THE BOY'S ABOUT
7:30. GO CARDINALS! THE BOYS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR
FIRST WIN AND THE GIRLS HAVE ONLY WON 2 OR 3 GAMES.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORES HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!
GO PACKERS...NEXT YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
Thursday, January 29, 2015
THURSDAY DAILY REPORT
NO SUNSHINE TODAY.
HIGH OF 35.
CLOUDY AND 15 TONIGHT.
MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW WITH HIGH OF JUST 27.
SNOW LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
RECORD HIGH ON THIS DAY, 55 IN 2013...2 YEARS AGO.
RECORD LOW ON THIS
DAY, 26-BELOW I N 1951.
IBM IS LAYING OFF 200 IN DUBUQUE.
THE EXTENSION OFFICE IS SPONSORING A BABYSITTING COURSE
FEB 13 AND 16. CALL OR SIGN-UP BY CALLING THE EXTENSION
OFFICE AT 652-4923.
NEXT THURSDAY, WILL BE BEEF DAY AT THE FREE KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW. BURGERS OFF THE GRILL WILL BE FEATURED IN THE
FOOD STAND AND DAN PETERSEN OF MUSCATINE, DISTRICT 16 REP FOR THE IOWA CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION WILL ADDRESS THE CROWD AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE BEEF INDUSTRY.
WRESTLING TONIGHT AT THE MCHS NEW GYM...THE CARDS HOSTING
CENTER POINT URBANA, MAQUOKETA VALLEY AND MIDLAND OF WYOMING.
AND FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL IN THE OLD GYM.
LINDA GILMORE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA WAS TODAY'S KMAQ BINGO WINNER.
THE BRAND NEW MOVIE "PROJECT ALMANAC" RATED PG-13, STARTS
TOMORROW NIGHT NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THERE IS A NEW RESTAURANT COMING TO TOWN.
BE GOOD....CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
HIGH OF 35.
CLOUDY AND 15 TONIGHT.
MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW WITH HIGH OF JUST 27.
SNOW LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
RECORD HIGH ON THIS DAY, 55 IN 2013...2 YEARS AGO.
RECORD LOW ON THIS
DAY, 26-BELOW I N 1951.
IBM IS LAYING OFF 200 IN DUBUQUE.
THE EXTENSION OFFICE IS SPONSORING A BABYSITTING COURSE
FEB 13 AND 16. CALL OR SIGN-UP BY CALLING THE EXTENSION
OFFICE AT 652-4923.
NEXT THURSDAY, WILL BE BEEF DAY AT THE FREE KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW. BURGERS OFF THE GRILL WILL BE FEATURED IN THE
FOOD STAND AND DAN PETERSEN OF MUSCATINE, DISTRICT 16 REP FOR THE IOWA CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION WILL ADDRESS THE CROWD AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE BEEF INDUSTRY.
WRESTLING TONIGHT AT THE MCHS NEW GYM...THE CARDS HOSTING
CENTER POINT URBANA, MAQUOKETA VALLEY AND MIDLAND OF WYOMING.
AND FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL IN THE OLD GYM.
LINDA GILMORE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA WAS TODAY'S KMAQ BINGO WINNER.
THE BRAND NEW MOVIE "PROJECT ALMANAC" RATED PG-13, STARTS
TOMORROW NIGHT NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THERE IS A NEW RESTAURANT COMING TO TOWN.
BE GOOD....CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT
PARTLY SUNNY DAY TODAY AND HIGH IN UPPER 30'S.
TOMORROW, COOLER AS TEMPERATURES DROP DURING THE DAY.
FRIDAY, SUNNY BUT HIGH OF ONLY 28.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT, SNOW...MIGHT BE MORE THAN LIKE.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL BOARD GOT SOME GOOD NEWS YESTERDAY.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PENNY SOUCIE SAID DECEMBER WAS A VERY STRONG MONTH FINANCIALLY, RESULTING IN AN OPERATING INCOME OF
OVER 33-THOUSAND DOLLARS. ALSO AT THE MEETING, THE BOARD APPROVED AN INCREASE FOR MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT FROM 56 TO 57.5 CENTS PER MILE, TO MATCH THE FEDERAL ALLOWABLE RATE.
AND C.E.O. CURT COLMAN REPORTED HE IS CONTINUINMG TO WORK ON A NEW AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH GENESIS IN DAVENPORT.
A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF S. OLIVE AND E. PLEASANT. THE DRIVERS WERE BEVERLY ROEDER, AGE 84 AND DAWN BRIX, AGE 52, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA. ROEDER WAS NORTHBOUND ON S. OLIVE WHEN BRIX ENTERED S. OLIVE FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE AND FILED TO YIELD AND STRUCK THE ROEDER VEHICLE.
$1,000 IN DAMAGES TO BRIX'S 2003 FORD AND $1,500 TO ROEDER'S 2007 FORD. NO INJURIES.
WE HAVE JUDGES FOR THE KMAQ CHOCOLATE CONTEST AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW NEXT WEEK. EILEEN ROBOVSKY, A PAST CONTEST WINNER,
PAM TRUE OF THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND SHERIFF RUSS
KETTMAN. THE CONTEST IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, WITH JUDGING STARTING AT 2. FIRST PRIZE, $30...SECOND $20 AND THIRD $15 AND TWO HONORABLE MENTION ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE $10 EACH. WANDA CORNELIUS OF RURAL ANDREW AND THELMA NISSEN OF MAQUOKETA WILL ACCEPT THE
ENTRIES AND ASSIST THE JUDGES AGAIN THIS YEAR. BAKE SOMETHING WITH CHOCOLATE AND ENTER.
TWO BINGO WINNERS HERE AT KMAQ THIS WEEK ARE FROM MAQUOKETA...PAT PETERMAN TUESDAY AND RONALD DELARM TODAY.
THE BINGO SHOW IS ON DAILY AT 3:30....AND NO CHARGE TO PLAY.
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...
DYERSVILLE GIRLS 50, MAQUOKETA 44.
DYERSVILLE BOYS 69, MAQUOKETA 52.
AMERICAN SNIPER STARTS FRIDAY AT THE VOY THEATRE.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, COOLER AS TEMPERATURES DROP DURING THE DAY.
FRIDAY, SUNNY BUT HIGH OF ONLY 28.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT, SNOW...MIGHT BE MORE THAN LIKE.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL BOARD GOT SOME GOOD NEWS YESTERDAY.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PENNY SOUCIE SAID DECEMBER WAS A VERY STRONG MONTH FINANCIALLY, RESULTING IN AN OPERATING INCOME OF
OVER 33-THOUSAND DOLLARS. ALSO AT THE MEETING, THE BOARD APPROVED AN INCREASE FOR MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT FROM 56 TO 57.5 CENTS PER MILE, TO MATCH THE FEDERAL ALLOWABLE RATE.
AND C.E.O. CURT COLMAN REPORTED HE IS CONTINUINMG TO WORK ON A NEW AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH GENESIS IN DAVENPORT.
A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF S. OLIVE AND E. PLEASANT. THE DRIVERS WERE BEVERLY ROEDER, AGE 84 AND DAWN BRIX, AGE 52, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA. ROEDER WAS NORTHBOUND ON S. OLIVE WHEN BRIX ENTERED S. OLIVE FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE AND FILED TO YIELD AND STRUCK THE ROEDER VEHICLE.
$1,000 IN DAMAGES TO BRIX'S 2003 FORD AND $1,500 TO ROEDER'S 2007 FORD. NO INJURIES.
WE HAVE JUDGES FOR THE KMAQ CHOCOLATE CONTEST AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW NEXT WEEK. EILEEN ROBOVSKY, A PAST CONTEST WINNER,
PAM TRUE OF THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND SHERIFF RUSS
KETTMAN. THE CONTEST IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, WITH JUDGING STARTING AT 2. FIRST PRIZE, $30...SECOND $20 AND THIRD $15 AND TWO HONORABLE MENTION ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE $10 EACH. WANDA CORNELIUS OF RURAL ANDREW AND THELMA NISSEN OF MAQUOKETA WILL ACCEPT THE
ENTRIES AND ASSIST THE JUDGES AGAIN THIS YEAR. BAKE SOMETHING WITH CHOCOLATE AND ENTER.
TWO BINGO WINNERS HERE AT KMAQ THIS WEEK ARE FROM MAQUOKETA...PAT PETERMAN TUESDAY AND RONALD DELARM TODAY.
THE BINGO SHOW IS ON DAILY AT 3:30....AND NO CHARGE TO PLAY.
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...
DYERSVILLE GIRLS 50, MAQUOKETA 44.
DYERSVILLE BOYS 69, MAQUOKETA 52.
AMERICAN SNIPER STARTS FRIDAY AT THE VOY THEATRE.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
SILENT AUCTION
ITEM THIS WEEK AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE. IT IS USED BUT
JUST LIKE NEW. FROM KMAQ HOME AGE (www.kmaq.com) CLICK-ON THE
ROTARY BLUE WHEEL AND PLACE YOUR BID.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
TUESDAY DAILY REPORT
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 32 TODAY.
TOMORROW 41.
NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.
NEW PHOTOS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW 41.
NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.
NEW PHOTOS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING
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| TED STRAIT WITH TOM DEVINE, CHAMBER EXECUTIVE | DIRECTOR |
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT
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| NEARLY 150 IN ATTENDANCE AT COUNTRY CLUB |
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| FRED HARE FROM "BRICK TAP" AND TOM |
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| TOM, JONI WINEGAR, CHERYL CLARK AND LENAE OWEN |
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| VIRL AND KATHY BANOWITZ WITH TOM |
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| THE MELVOLD FAMILY |
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| BETH GERLACH |
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| CHUCK CURRENT |
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| FRED HARE |
READ THE STORY IN THE MONDAY DAILY REPORT TO
THE ABOVE WERE HONORED FOR.
Monday, January 26, 2015
MONDAY DAILY REPORT
SNOW SUNDAY MORNING
SNOW THIS MORNING AND HIGH TODAY OF ONLY 30.
PARTLY SUNNY TOMORROW AND HIGH OF 35.
WEDNESDAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 38.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. SEVERAL AWARDS WERE PRESENTED:
THE ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD WENT TO TED STRAIT. ENTREPENEUR
OF THE YEAR, THE BRICK TAP. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD TO THE
MELVOLD FAMILY. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARD TO KATHY AND VIRL
BANOWETZ. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR, CLUB HOPE AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL. A SPEICIAL AWARD TO CHERYL CLARK FOR HER 25 YEARS AS AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE CHAMBER. NEW CHAMBER BOARD MEMBERS ARE FRED HARE, BETH GERLACH AND CHUCK CURRENT. THE NEW BOARD PRESIDENT IS ADRIENNE KANE AND CHUCK CURRENT, VP. SECRETARY IS TRISHA MANTHEI AND SECRETARY, NICOLE NOTZ. CHAMBER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOM DEVINE RECAPPED HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014. HE ALSO REPORTED 28 NEW MEMBERS AND ALSO THAT THERE ARE JUST THREE
EMPTY STORE FRONTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER MIKE OWEN INVESTIGATED AN ACCIDENT SUNDAY. JONATHAN HOPSON, AGE 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING
A CITY SNOW PLOW IN A RAISED POSITION AND IT HIT A LEGALLY PARKED
CAR BELONGING TO GALE BURMEISTER OF MAQUOKETA, ON SOUTH 2ND STREET. $1,000 DAMAGE TO BURMEISTER'S 2005 BUICK. NO DAMAGE
TO THE SNOW PLOW AND NO INJURIES.
IN SPORTS, THE 70TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA OPEN CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT GOT UNDERWAY OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL
CONCLUDE NEXT WEEKEND. THE FIRST "TEAM EVENT" IS TONIGHT.
THE "DOUBLES" LEADERS RIGHT NOW ARE DUANE SCHROEDER AND DWAYNE RUPP WITH 1,473 PINS, INCLUDING HANDICAP. THE "SINGLES" LEADER IS MIKE BARTEN WITH A HANDICAPPED SERIES OF 776.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SNOW THIS MORNING AND HIGH TODAY OF ONLY 30.
PARTLY SUNNY TOMORROW AND HIGH OF 35.
WEDNESDAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 38.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. SEVERAL AWARDS WERE PRESENTED:
THE ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD WENT TO TED STRAIT. ENTREPENEUR
OF THE YEAR, THE BRICK TAP. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD TO THE
MELVOLD FAMILY. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARD TO KATHY AND VIRL
BANOWETZ. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR, CLUB HOPE AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL. A SPEICIAL AWARD TO CHERYL CLARK FOR HER 25 YEARS AS AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE CHAMBER. NEW CHAMBER BOARD MEMBERS ARE FRED HARE, BETH GERLACH AND CHUCK CURRENT. THE NEW BOARD PRESIDENT IS ADRIENNE KANE AND CHUCK CURRENT, VP. SECRETARY IS TRISHA MANTHEI AND SECRETARY, NICOLE NOTZ. CHAMBER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOM DEVINE RECAPPED HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014. HE ALSO REPORTED 28 NEW MEMBERS AND ALSO THAT THERE ARE JUST THREE
EMPTY STORE FRONTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER MIKE OWEN INVESTIGATED AN ACCIDENT SUNDAY. JONATHAN HOPSON, AGE 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING
A CITY SNOW PLOW IN A RAISED POSITION AND IT HIT A LEGALLY PARKED
CAR BELONGING TO GALE BURMEISTER OF MAQUOKETA, ON SOUTH 2ND STREET. $1,000 DAMAGE TO BURMEISTER'S 2005 BUICK. NO DAMAGE
TO THE SNOW PLOW AND NO INJURIES.
IN SPORTS, THE 70TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA OPEN CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT GOT UNDERWAY OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL
CONCLUDE NEXT WEEKEND. THE FIRST "TEAM EVENT" IS TONIGHT.
THE "DOUBLES" LEADERS RIGHT NOW ARE DUANE SCHROEDER AND DWAYNE RUPP WITH 1,473 PINS, INCLUDING HANDICAP. THE "SINGLES" LEADER IS MIKE BARTEN WITH A HANDICAPPED SERIES OF 776.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, January 24, 2015
FRIDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL
SOLON BOYS 82, MAQUOKETA 62 MAQUOKETA NOW 0-14
SOLON GIRLS 34, MAQUOKETA 29 MAQUOKETA NOW 4 - 10
SOLON GIRLS 34, MAQUOKETA 29 MAQUOKETA NOW 4 - 10
Friday, January 23, 2015
FRIDAY DAILY REPORT
PARTLY SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 38.
TWO INCHES OF SNOW IN FORECAST FOR SUNDAY.
CHRIS CORNELIUS OF ANDREW HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED AS CHAIRPERSON
OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BAORD. RANDY BENDER OF
BELLEVUE IS VICE-CHAIR AND KATHY WOSOBA IS SECRETARY. THE TWO
NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE LARRY McDEVITT AND DR. DON
YANDA, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
CURT COLEMAN, CEO OF THE HOSPITAL HERE, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK
THAT BARB BURMEISTER HAS JOINED THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS THE
INTERIM REHAB SERVICES MANAGER. SHE IS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE AT THE HOSPITAL. COLEMAN IS EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR THE PERMANENT
REPLACEMENT OF SHAWN MURPHY, WHOSE LAST DAY AT THE HOSPITAL
WAS JANUARY 16TH.
THE ANNUAL TREE SALE HAS BEGUN FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AT THE OFFICE AT 603 WEST PLATT
STREET. MOST TREES ARE SOLD IN BUNDLES OF FIVE AT VERY AFFORDABLE PRICES. THE SALE IS OPEN TO ANYONE. STOP IN FOR AN ORDER FORM OR CALL 652-2337. THE ORDER DEADLINE IS MARCH 30TH.
ALSO, THE ABOVE OFFICE IS HOSTING A $250 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD LOCALLY. IT IS FOR ANY SENIOR THIS YEAR PURSUING PROGRAMS OF STUDIES IN ANY AG OR NATURAL RESOURCES FIELD. THE LOCAL WINNER CAN ADVANCE TO REGIONAL AND STATE AWARDS. APPLICATIONS MUST BE IN MY FEB. 17TH. AN APPLICATION FORM WITH MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OR ON LINE AT www.cdiowa.org
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LAST NIGHT AT VINTON.
MARION 43, MAQUOKETA 31 AND VINTON-SHELLSBURG 42, MAQUOKETA 39.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BOWLING TEAMS DEFEATED MARION HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS LAST NIGHT AT MARION.
TONIGHT, THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST SOLON IN WAMAC
ACTION AND THE BOYS WILL PLAY AT SOLON. THE BOYS GAME WILL BE
ON KMAQ-FM AT 7:20 TONIGHT AND ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORE HERE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING.
THE CARDINAL BOYS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
TWO INCHES OF SNOW IN FORECAST FOR SUNDAY.
CHRIS CORNELIUS OF ANDREW HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED AS CHAIRPERSON
OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BAORD. RANDY BENDER OF
BELLEVUE IS VICE-CHAIR AND KATHY WOSOBA IS SECRETARY. THE TWO
NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE LARRY McDEVITT AND DR. DON
YANDA, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
CURT COLEMAN, CEO OF THE HOSPITAL HERE, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK
THAT BARB BURMEISTER HAS JOINED THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS THE
INTERIM REHAB SERVICES MANAGER. SHE IS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE AT THE HOSPITAL. COLEMAN IS EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR THE PERMANENT
REPLACEMENT OF SHAWN MURPHY, WHOSE LAST DAY AT THE HOSPITAL
WAS JANUARY 16TH.
THE ANNUAL TREE SALE HAS BEGUN FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AT THE OFFICE AT 603 WEST PLATT
STREET. MOST TREES ARE SOLD IN BUNDLES OF FIVE AT VERY AFFORDABLE PRICES. THE SALE IS OPEN TO ANYONE. STOP IN FOR AN ORDER FORM OR CALL 652-2337. THE ORDER DEADLINE IS MARCH 30TH.
ALSO, THE ABOVE OFFICE IS HOSTING A $250 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD LOCALLY. IT IS FOR ANY SENIOR THIS YEAR PURSUING PROGRAMS OF STUDIES IN ANY AG OR NATURAL RESOURCES FIELD. THE LOCAL WINNER CAN ADVANCE TO REGIONAL AND STATE AWARDS. APPLICATIONS MUST BE IN MY FEB. 17TH. AN APPLICATION FORM WITH MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OR ON LINE AT www.cdiowa.org
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LAST NIGHT AT VINTON.
MARION 43, MAQUOKETA 31 AND VINTON-SHELLSBURG 42, MAQUOKETA 39.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BOWLING TEAMS DEFEATED MARION HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS LAST NIGHT AT MARION.
TONIGHT, THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST SOLON IN WAMAC
ACTION AND THE BOYS WILL PLAY AT SOLON. THE BOYS GAME WILL BE
ON KMAQ-FM AT 7:20 TONIGHT AND ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORE HERE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING.
THE CARDINAL BOYS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
Thursday, January 22, 2015
THURSDAY DAILY REPORT
WE WERE LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE TODAY....AND NONE. CONSEQUENTLY A HIGH OF ONLY 31.
WARMER TOMORROW.
WEEKEND LOOKS OKAY, BUT A CHANCE OF SNOW ON SUNDAY.
WEEKEND HIGHS IN UPPER 30'S.
AFTER A 29 YEAR CAREER WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION
DEPARTMENT, ANN BURNS WILL BE RETIRING MAY 31ST. SHE STARTED
AS A PART-TIME NATURALIST IN 1985. ANN AND HER HUSBAND KEVIN HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN. SHE TOLD KMAQ SHE IS
LOOKING FORWARD TO A MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE. THE BOARD WILL
ADVERTISE FOR HER POSITION IMMEDIATELY.
THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR FARMLAND DROPPED ALL OVER IOWA IN 2014.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE DROP WAS 4.9 PERCENT, DOWN TO $7,108 PER ACRE.
SHORT REPORT.....OFF TO A DINNER MEETING.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
WARMER TOMORROW.
WEEKEND LOOKS OKAY, BUT A CHANCE OF SNOW ON SUNDAY.
WEEKEND HIGHS IN UPPER 30'S.
AFTER A 29 YEAR CAREER WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION
DEPARTMENT, ANN BURNS WILL BE RETIRING MAY 31ST. SHE STARTED
AS A PART-TIME NATURALIST IN 1985. ANN AND HER HUSBAND KEVIN HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN. SHE TOLD KMAQ SHE IS
LOOKING FORWARD TO A MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE. THE BOARD WILL
ADVERTISE FOR HER POSITION IMMEDIATELY.
THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR FARMLAND DROPPED ALL OVER IOWA IN 2014.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE DROP WAS 4.9 PERCENT, DOWN TO $7,108 PER ACRE.
SHORT REPORT.....OFF TO A DINNER MEETING.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT
3/4 INCH OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING.
NO SUNSHINE TODAY.
HIGH OF 35.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 33.
FRIDAY, SUNNY AND 40.
SATURDAY, PT. SUNNY AND 40.
GRAZING OF CATTLE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AT THE NEW PRAIRIE
CREEK RECREATION AREA JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA. THE
VOTE CAME AFTER SOME LENGHTY DISCUSSION AT THE CONSERVATION BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF PRESENT AND ABOUT 15 PEOPLE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...
IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE
59 TO 46.
AND AT EPWORTH, WESTERN DUBUQUE ALSO DEFEATED THE MAQUOKETA
GIRLS, 52 TO 24.
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES ITS 100TH YEAR THIS YEAR.
AND THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB WILL HAVE THE LOCAL BIRTHDAY PARTY TOMORROW DURING THE REGULAR THURSDAY NOON MEETING OF THE CLUB AT THE DECKER HOTEL. THE LOCAL CLUB WAS FORMED IN
1989 AND HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE CLUB SINCE. THE LATE JIM BOLLMAN
WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT. THREE CHARGER MEMBERS ARE STILL
MEMBERS: DEAN ENGEL, LEIGHTON HEPKER AND WENDY MEADE SCOTT.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS DOUG KNICKREHM.
JACK FISH, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED DECEMBER 20TH. HE IS SURVIVED
BY HIS WIFE BETTY FISH OF MAQUOKETA, A BROTHER AT HARPERS FERRY,
AND FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING JACKIE MAINS IN MAQUOKETA AND
SHANE FISH IN MAQUOKETA. A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE
HELD FROMN 4 TO 8 P.M. SATURDAY AT THE NEW OPENDORE BAR ON
WEST 3RD STREET IN DAVENPORT.
ASHLEY STARR (KMAQ AFTERNOON ANNOUNCER) AND SEAN BROUGHT
THEIR NEW BABY GIRL IN YESTERDAY FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AND ADMIRE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RICK AND PAM STARR OF MAQUOKETA.
NATURALLY, I TOOK A COUPLE PHOTOS AND KMAQ SALES REP ROXANNE CLAUSING GOT ONE OF ME HOLDING LEIA, PROVING I STILL KNOW HOW TO
HOLD A BABY. SHE'S A PRETTY BABY AND I COULD TELL SHE LIKED ME
AS ALL KIDS DO.
LEIA IS A VERY PRETTY BABY, WITH LONG DARK HAIR. AND CRIED ONLY A FEW SECONDS WHEN TOLD SHE COULD NOT READ THE WEATHER FORECAST.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
NO SUNSHINE TODAY.
HIGH OF 35.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 33.
FRIDAY, SUNNY AND 40.
SATURDAY, PT. SUNNY AND 40.
GRAZING OF CATTLE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AT THE NEW PRAIRIE
CREEK RECREATION AREA JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA. THE
VOTE CAME AFTER SOME LENGHTY DISCUSSION AT THE CONSERVATION BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF PRESENT AND ABOUT 15 PEOPLE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...
IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE
59 TO 46.
AND AT EPWORTH, WESTERN DUBUQUE ALSO DEFEATED THE MAQUOKETA
GIRLS, 52 TO 24.
KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES ITS 100TH YEAR THIS YEAR.
AND THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB WILL HAVE THE LOCAL BIRTHDAY PARTY TOMORROW DURING THE REGULAR THURSDAY NOON MEETING OF THE CLUB AT THE DECKER HOTEL. THE LOCAL CLUB WAS FORMED IN
1989 AND HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE CLUB SINCE. THE LATE JIM BOLLMAN
WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT. THREE CHARGER MEMBERS ARE STILL
MEMBERS: DEAN ENGEL, LEIGHTON HEPKER AND WENDY MEADE SCOTT.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS DOUG KNICKREHM.
JACK FISH, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED DECEMBER 20TH. HE IS SURVIVED
BY HIS WIFE BETTY FISH OF MAQUOKETA, A BROTHER AT HARPERS FERRY,
AND FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING JACKIE MAINS IN MAQUOKETA AND
SHANE FISH IN MAQUOKETA. A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE
HELD FROMN 4 TO 8 P.M. SATURDAY AT THE NEW OPENDORE BAR ON
WEST 3RD STREET IN DAVENPORT.
ASHLEY STARR (KMAQ AFTERNOON ANNOUNCER) AND SEAN BROUGHT
THEIR NEW BABY GIRL IN YESTERDAY FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AND ADMIRE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RICK AND PAM STARR OF MAQUOKETA.
NATURALLY, I TOOK A COUPLE PHOTOS AND KMAQ SALES REP ROXANNE CLAUSING GOT ONE OF ME HOLDING LEIA, PROVING I STILL KNOW HOW TO
HOLD A BABY. SHE'S A PRETTY BABY AND I COULD TELL SHE LIKED ME
AS ALL KIDS DO.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
TUESDAY DAILY REPORT
NO SUNSHINE, DAMP DAY...BUT DID MAKE IT TO 41.
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, A LITTLE SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AND THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATIONS OF 14 DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WHO WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DISTRICT'S EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM.
THE 14 ARE: JOAN BOLLMAN, BARBARA McKEON, DIANE HENRY, CINDY HEPKER, LINDA LIPPENS, LAURNET SPALDING, JUDY KOON, NANCY BATEY,
RICK WILLIAMS, LUANNE HUCKSTADT, CATHY DURKOP, BONNIE BRUCK, KATHY KLOCKE AND JACKIE CROWLEY.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET FOR A SHORT 25-MINUTE MEETING
LAST THAT STARTED OUT WITH THE MAYOR'S "STATE OF THE CITY".
HE CITIED ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST YEAR AND PROJECTS HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR, MAINLY WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT,
CHIEF MARK BECK CITED JERRY BOWEN AND TERRY RUBEL FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND MIKE SNYDER FOR 20 YEARS.
FIRE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR, MATT TRANEL. LAST YEAR, FIREMEN
ANSWERED 76 FIRE CALLS AND 55 RESCUE CALLS. FIRE LOSS IN
MAQUOKETA AMOUNTED TO $687,150.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT INDEPENDENCE 43 TO 23.
TONIGHT, THE GIRLS WILL PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE AT EPWORTH,
AND THE BOYS WILL HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE.
CURTIS SAGERS, AGE 53, OF BETTENDORF, DIED YESTERDAY.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER, LANE SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA AND KAREN SCHOENTHALER OF VENICE, FLORIDA. ALSO,
FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING NATHAIN, MONICA, AND STEPHEN OF MAQUOKETA, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS, AND TWO BROTHERS, INCLUDING CHARLES SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA. ARRANGEMENTS BY
CUNNICK-COLLINS MORTUARY IN THE QUAD CITIES.
NOT TOO OFTEN THAT IOWA HAS 3 BASKETBALL TEAMS IN THE TOP 25 IN COUNTRY......AS NOW.....IOWA STATE, NORTHERN IOWA AND IOWA.
THE CYCLONES PLAY AT 6 TONIGHT AND THE HAWKS AT 8.
SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.
DENNIS VOY
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TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, A LITTLE SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AND THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATIONS OF 14 DISTRICT EMPLOYEES WHO WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DISTRICT'S EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM.
THE 14 ARE: JOAN BOLLMAN, BARBARA McKEON, DIANE HENRY, CINDY HEPKER, LINDA LIPPENS, LAURNET SPALDING, JUDY KOON, NANCY BATEY,
RICK WILLIAMS, LUANNE HUCKSTADT, CATHY DURKOP, BONNIE BRUCK, KATHY KLOCKE AND JACKIE CROWLEY.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET FOR A SHORT 25-MINUTE MEETING
LAST THAT STARTED OUT WITH THE MAYOR'S "STATE OF THE CITY".
HE CITIED ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST YEAR AND PROJECTS HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR, MAINLY WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT,
CHIEF MARK BECK CITED JERRY BOWEN AND TERRY RUBEL FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND MIKE SNYDER FOR 20 YEARS.
FIRE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR, MATT TRANEL. LAST YEAR, FIREMEN
ANSWERED 76 FIRE CALLS AND 55 RESCUE CALLS. FIRE LOSS IN
MAQUOKETA AMOUNTED TO $687,150.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT INDEPENDENCE 43 TO 23.
TONIGHT, THE GIRLS WILL PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE AT EPWORTH,
AND THE BOYS WILL HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE.
CURTIS SAGERS, AGE 53, OF BETTENDORF, DIED YESTERDAY.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER, LANE SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA AND KAREN SCHOENTHALER OF VENICE, FLORIDA. ALSO,
FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING NATHAIN, MONICA, AND STEPHEN OF MAQUOKETA, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS, AND TWO BROTHERS, INCLUDING CHARLES SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA. ARRANGEMENTS BY
CUNNICK-COLLINS MORTUARY IN THE QUAD CITIES.
NOT TOO OFTEN THAT IOWA HAS 3 BASKETBALL TEAMS IN THE TOP 25 IN COUNTRY......AS NOW.....IOWA STATE, NORTHERN IOWA AND IOWA.
THE CYCLONES PLAY AT 6 TONIGHT AND THE HAWKS AT 8.
SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
Monday, January 19, 2015
MONDAY DAILY REPORT
45 YESTERDAY.
SOME SUNSHINE TODAY.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THE CONSERVATION BOARD MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT AND WILL
ELECT OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR. THE MEETING WILL
BE AT 6 P.M. AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
GIRL'S BASKETBALL TONIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA GYM...MAKEUP
GAMES WITH INDEPENDENCE.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BANQUET WAS
SATURDAY NIGHT, AND FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK PRESENTED AN
ACT-OF-VALOR PLAQUE TO FIREMAN MATT TRANEL, AND A CITIZEN
HEROISM AWARD TO MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN CORY SIMONSON
FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN SAVING A MAN IN A DECEMBER 14TH FIRE
IN MAQUOKETA.
ANOTHER NEAR FULL HOUSE FOR THE ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
CONCERT AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS IN MAQUOKETA SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE LAST 3 SHOWS HAVE ALL BEEN WELL ATTENDED AND MOST
RUN LONGER THAN 2 HOURS. SATURDAY NIGHT'S SHOW WENT TO
ALMOST 10 P.M. THE NEXT SHOW WILL BE ON VALENTINE DAY, AT
7 P.M.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL'S EDUCATION FUND COMMITTEE AND THE
ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB ANNUAL CAKE AUCTION HAS BEEN SET
FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH. MORE LATER. ANY QUESTIONS,
CALL ERIN MOORE OR MARY KAY WIRTH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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SOME SUNSHINE TODAY.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THE CONSERVATION BOARD MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT AND WILL
ELECT OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR. THE MEETING WILL
BE AT 6 P.M. AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
GIRL'S BASKETBALL TONIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA GYM...MAKEUP
GAMES WITH INDEPENDENCE.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BANQUET WAS
SATURDAY NIGHT, AND FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK PRESENTED AN
ACT-OF-VALOR PLAQUE TO FIREMAN MATT TRANEL, AND A CITIZEN
HEROISM AWARD TO MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN CORY SIMONSON
FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN SAVING A MAN IN A DECEMBER 14TH FIRE
IN MAQUOKETA.
ANOTHER NEAR FULL HOUSE FOR THE ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
CONCERT AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS IN MAQUOKETA SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE LAST 3 SHOWS HAVE ALL BEEN WELL ATTENDED AND MOST
RUN LONGER THAN 2 HOURS. SATURDAY NIGHT'S SHOW WENT TO
ALMOST 10 P.M. THE NEXT SHOW WILL BE ON VALENTINE DAY, AT
7 P.M.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL'S EDUCATION FUND COMMITTEE AND THE
ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB ANNUAL CAKE AUCTION HAS BEEN SET
FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH. MORE LATER. ANY QUESTIONS,
CALL ERIN MOORE OR MARY KAY WIRTH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
Saturday, January 17, 2015
FRIDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL SCORES
MAQUOKETA GIRLS 39
ANAMOSA 33
ANAMOSA BOYS 69
MAQUOKETA 49
THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS HAD A GOOD WEEK!
BOTH WINNING THURDAY NIGHT OVER BELLEVUE AND
BOTH WINNING LAST NIGHT OVER MARION.
ANAMOSA 33
ANAMOSA BOYS 69
MAQUOKETA 49
THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS HAD A GOOD WEEK!
BOTH WINNING THURDAY NIGHT OVER BELLEVUE AND
BOTH WINNING LAST NIGHT OVER MARION.
Friday, January 16, 2015
FRIDAY DAILY REPORT
SUNNY AND HIGH OF 38 TODAY.
SEEMED MORE LIKE 50.
FOG TONIGHT.
PARTY SUNNY TOMORROW, HIGH OF 40.
SUNDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 35.
A JACKSON COUNTY MAIN HAS WON A $30,000 LOTTERY PRIZE.
PAUL DIXON OF SABULA WON WITH THE "CROSSROAD" GAME AND PICKED UP HIS CHECK YESTERDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS. HE PURCHASED THE WINNING
TICKET AT THE HOP 'N SHOP AT SABULA.
KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT KMAQ IS NOW ACCEPTING NEWS TIPS. IF YOU SEE OR HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A NEWS STORY ON A LOCAL NEWSCAST,
CALL OR EMAIL KMAQ. ACCIDENTS, FIRES, NEW BABIES, AWARDS....
IF IT IS NEWS TO YOU, WHEREVER YOU LIVE, IT MAY ALSO BE NEWS TO
KMAQ LISTENERS. A FREE VOY THEATRE TICKET FOR EVERY NEWS TIP THAT ENDS UP BEING A STORY. A BIG TIP GETS 2 TICKETS. YOU HAVE TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO REPORT IT. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR EMAILED PHOTOS THAT COULD BE USED ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE
"DAILY REPORT". A FREE TICKET IF WE USE IT TOO. EVERY MONDAY WE WILL GIVE CREDIT ON-THE-AIR AND WEB SITE TO THOSE WHO EMAILED A NEWS TIP OR PHOTO TO US.
IN SPORTS: WRESTLING LAST NIGHT HERE....SOLON 53, MAQUOKETA
19. OUR POINTS WON BY BEAU BOWMAN, ZACH KOPPES, LOGAN
MAYBERRY (UNDEFEATED) AND GERALD MILLER. MAYBERRY AND
MILLER BOTH PINNED THEIR MAN.
TONIGHT HERE, ANAMOSA - MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME AT 6 AND BOYS GAME AT 7:30.
AND AT 7, THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS HOST MARION.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORES HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
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SEEMED MORE LIKE 50.
FOG TONIGHT.
PARTY SUNNY TOMORROW, HIGH OF 40.
SUNDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 35.
A JACKSON COUNTY MAIN HAS WON A $30,000 LOTTERY PRIZE.
PAUL DIXON OF SABULA WON WITH THE "CROSSROAD" GAME AND PICKED UP HIS CHECK YESTERDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS. HE PURCHASED THE WINNING
TICKET AT THE HOP 'N SHOP AT SABULA.
KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT KMAQ IS NOW ACCEPTING NEWS TIPS. IF YOU SEE OR HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A NEWS STORY ON A LOCAL NEWSCAST,
CALL OR EMAIL KMAQ. ACCIDENTS, FIRES, NEW BABIES, AWARDS....
IF IT IS NEWS TO YOU, WHEREVER YOU LIVE, IT MAY ALSO BE NEWS TO
KMAQ LISTENERS. A FREE VOY THEATRE TICKET FOR EVERY NEWS TIP THAT ENDS UP BEING A STORY. A BIG TIP GETS 2 TICKETS. YOU HAVE TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO REPORT IT. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR EMAILED PHOTOS THAT COULD BE USED ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE
"DAILY REPORT". A FREE TICKET IF WE USE IT TOO. EVERY MONDAY WE WILL GIVE CREDIT ON-THE-AIR AND WEB SITE TO THOSE WHO EMAILED A NEWS TIP OR PHOTO TO US.
IN SPORTS: WRESTLING LAST NIGHT HERE....SOLON 53, MAQUOKETA
19. OUR POINTS WON BY BEAU BOWMAN, ZACH KOPPES, LOGAN
MAYBERRY (UNDEFEATED) AND GERALD MILLER. MAYBERRY AND
MILLER BOTH PINNED THEIR MAN.
TONIGHT HERE, ANAMOSA - MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME AT 6 AND BOYS GAME AT 7:30.
AND AT 7, THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS HOST MARION.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORES HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
Thursday, January 15, 2015
THURSDAY DAILY REPORT
TODAY.....SUNNY AND IN THE UPPER 30'S...WOW.
EVEN BETTER TOMORROW.
MARTY HUDRILICK, JACKSON COUNTY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR TOLD THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK THAT THE PENROSE ANNEX
BUILDING INSPECTION WAS TUESDAY AND A FEW MINOR THINGS WERE
FOUND AND NEED TO BE CORRECTED AND THEN THEY WILL START MOVING
DESKS INTO THE BUILDING SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
THERE WILL BE LEGISLATIVE FORUMS AGAIN THIS YEAR IN MAQUOKETA,
SPONSORED BY JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU. THE FIRST ONE
WILL BE SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH AT 9 A.M. AT CITY HALL. ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WILL BE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN AND ST. REP.
BRIAN MOORE.
"PADDINGTON" STARTS TOMORROW NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA. WILL BE A GREAT
MOVIE FOR KIDS AND THE FAMILY.
TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE....WRESTLING FROM THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM, AGAINST SOLON. LEIGHTON HEPKER
AND JEFF TAMPIR WILL DESCRIBE THE MATCHES.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
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EVEN BETTER TOMORROW.
MARTY HUDRILICK, JACKSON COUNTY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR TOLD THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK THAT THE PENROSE ANNEX
BUILDING INSPECTION WAS TUESDAY AND A FEW MINOR THINGS WERE
FOUND AND NEED TO BE CORRECTED AND THEN THEY WILL START MOVING
DESKS INTO THE BUILDING SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
THERE WILL BE LEGISLATIVE FORUMS AGAIN THIS YEAR IN MAQUOKETA,
SPONSORED BY JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU. THE FIRST ONE
WILL BE SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH AT 9 A.M. AT CITY HALL. ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WILL BE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN AND ST. REP.
BRIAN MOORE.
MOVIE FOR KIDS AND THE FAMILY.
TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE....WRESTLING FROM THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM, AGAINST SOLON. LEIGHTON HEPKER
AND JEFF TAMPIR WILL DESCRIBE THE MATCHES.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT
IT IS STILL COLD AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO WARMER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND.
ANOTHER STRONG GAS SMALL CALLED OUT THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN
TO WAUGH TIRE IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY MORNING. BLACK HILLS
ENERGY WAS CALLED AND IT WAS SEWER GAS IN THE AREA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE WERE CALLED TO BRAD DEERY MOTORS YESTERDAY
AND KENNETH LEVALLEY, AGE 20, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH
DISORDERLY CONDUCT BECAUSE HE WAS THE DEALERSHIP SCREAMING AT CUSTOMERS AND THREATENING THEM WITH A KNIFE AND HE ALSO
THREATENED TO KNIFE CARS ON THE LOT.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS AND OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER PLAY, "THINGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME" HAS BEEN CANCELLED, BECAUSE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR
VALENTINE WEEKEND AND IN ITS PLACE ON VALENTINE NIGHT, A LOCAL
COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW FEATURING ANGIE RULEY, BROOKE BYAM, THE DRIFTER BAND AND OTHERS.
THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL 7TH AND 8TH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL
TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST-EVER "REBOUNDS FOR RESEARCH"
EVENT IN DECEMBER. THE EVENT WAS INSPIRED BY THE STORY
OF LAUREN HILL, COLLEGE FRESHMAN BASKETBALL PLAYER WITH TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER WHO STARTED "LAYUPS FOR LAUREN" TO RAISE MONEY
FOR PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GATHERED
PLEDGES BASED ON HOW MANY TEAM REBOUNDS THEY WOULD HAVE
IN THE GAMES AGAINST ANAMOSA. THEY WERE ABLE TO GRAB 106 TOTAL REBOUNDS FOR THE LOCAL "RELAY FOR LIFE" COMMITTEE AND WILL BE
PRESENTING THEIR CHECK TO THE RELAY COMMITTEE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
JANUARY 16TH AT HALFTIME AT THE GIRLS VARSITY GAME IN MAQUOKETA.
JAKE MELVOLD FROM MAQUOKETA, A JUNIOR AT IOWA, LAST YEAR STUDIED FOR A YEAR IN SOUTH AMERICA IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA AND TOLD ABOUT HIS YEAR AT THE ROTARY MEETING TODAY. SEE A PHOTO AND MORE AT THE THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.
LAST NIGHT AT MANCHESTER, THE CARDINAL BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM
LOST TO WEST DELAWARE, 61 TO 38. THEIR RECORD NOW IS 0 AND 11.
ALSO THERE, THE CARDINAL GIRLS ALSO LOST 34 TO 22. THEIR RECORD
IS NOW 2 AND 8.
OVER 40 BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED-UP FOR THE KMAQ FARM HOME SHOW THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THERE
IS ROOM FOR MORE. STOP IN HERE OR CALL AND ASK FOR A KMAQ
SALES REP.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
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ANOTHER STRONG GAS SMALL CALLED OUT THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN
TO WAUGH TIRE IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY MORNING. BLACK HILLS
ENERGY WAS CALLED AND IT WAS SEWER GAS IN THE AREA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE WERE CALLED TO BRAD DEERY MOTORS YESTERDAY
AND KENNETH LEVALLEY, AGE 20, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH
DISORDERLY CONDUCT BECAUSE HE WAS THE DEALERSHIP SCREAMING AT CUSTOMERS AND THREATENING THEM WITH A KNIFE AND HE ALSO
THREATENED TO KNIFE CARS ON THE LOT.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS AND OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER PLAY, "THINGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME" HAS BEEN CANCELLED, BECAUSE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR
VALENTINE WEEKEND AND IN ITS PLACE ON VALENTINE NIGHT, A LOCAL
COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW FEATURING ANGIE RULEY, BROOKE BYAM, THE DRIFTER BAND AND OTHERS.
THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL 7TH AND 8TH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL
TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST-EVER "REBOUNDS FOR RESEARCH"
EVENT IN DECEMBER. THE EVENT WAS INSPIRED BY THE STORY
OF LAUREN HILL, COLLEGE FRESHMAN BASKETBALL PLAYER WITH TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER WHO STARTED "LAYUPS FOR LAUREN" TO RAISE MONEY
FOR PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GATHERED
PLEDGES BASED ON HOW MANY TEAM REBOUNDS THEY WOULD HAVE
IN THE GAMES AGAINST ANAMOSA. THEY WERE ABLE TO GRAB 106 TOTAL REBOUNDS FOR THE LOCAL "RELAY FOR LIFE" COMMITTEE AND WILL BE
PRESENTING THEIR CHECK TO THE RELAY COMMITTEE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
JANUARY 16TH AT HALFTIME AT THE GIRLS VARSITY GAME IN MAQUOKETA.
JAKE MELVOLD FROM MAQUOKETA, A JUNIOR AT IOWA, LAST YEAR STUDIED FOR A YEAR IN SOUTH AMERICA IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA AND TOLD ABOUT HIS YEAR AT THE ROTARY MEETING TODAY. SEE A PHOTO AND MORE AT THE THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.
LAST NIGHT AT MANCHESTER, THE CARDINAL BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM
LOST TO WEST DELAWARE, 61 TO 38. THEIR RECORD NOW IS 0 AND 11.
ALSO THERE, THE CARDINAL GIRLS ALSO LOST 34 TO 22. THEIR RECORD
IS NOW 2 AND 8.
OVER 40 BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED-UP FOR THE KMAQ FARM HOME SHOW THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THERE
IS ROOM FOR MORE. STOP IN HERE OR CALL AND ASK FOR A KMAQ
SALES REP.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
TUESDAY DAILY REPORT
6 BELOW THIS MORNING.
SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 18.
WARMER TOMORROW.
LOOKING AHEAD...40 ON SUNDAY.
FORMER ANDREW SUPERINTENDENT SARAH PINION WILL RETIRE AT THE
END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE END OF 6 YEARS AS THE TOP PERSON
AT MARION. HER HUSBAND DAN IS A RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
THE FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION IN MAQUOKETA IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INTERPRETATION "EXCELLENCE IN INTERPRETIVE SUPPORT AWARD". THE AWARD CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE FRIENDS (IN 2012 AND 2013) PART IN RENOVATING
THE FRONT LANDSCAPE AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IOWA PUBLIC TV
FARM BROADCASTER MIKE PEARSON WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
AT THEIR ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL UPDATE MEETING AT CENTERSTONE
INN AT SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND, CALL
THE BANK.
STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA WAS JOINED BY HIS FAMILY AT THE IOWA STATEHOUSE WHEN HE TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR HIS SECOND 4-YEAR TERM IN THE IOWA SENTATE. FROM LEFT, BEAU BOWMAN,
ADDIE BOWMAN, SENATOR BOWMAN, LEVI BOWMAN AND RENEE BOWMAN.
SEAN REITER AND ASHLEY STARR OF MAQUOKETA ARE THE PARENTS OF
A GIRL, BORN AT 10:08 THIS MORNING AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
LEIA CAROL REITER WEIGHED 7 POUNDS, 11 OUNCES. HER MOM ASHLEY IS THE AFTERNOON ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ. MOM AND BABY LEIA ARE DOING GREAT.
SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS TRAVEL TO MANCHESTER TONIGHT FOR WAMAC ACTION WITH WEST DELAWARE.
GO CARDS AND GO HAWKS TONIGHT AGAINST MINNESOTA.
DENNIS VOY
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SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 18.
WARMER TOMORROW.
LOOKING AHEAD...40 ON SUNDAY.
FORMER ANDREW SUPERINTENDENT SARAH PINION WILL RETIRE AT THE
END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE END OF 6 YEARS AS THE TOP PERSON
AT MARION. HER HUSBAND DAN IS A RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHER AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
THE FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION IN MAQUOKETA IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INTERPRETATION "EXCELLENCE IN INTERPRETIVE SUPPORT AWARD". THE AWARD CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE FRIENDS (IN 2012 AND 2013) PART IN RENOVATING
THE FRONT LANDSCAPE AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IOWA PUBLIC TV
FARM BROADCASTER MIKE PEARSON WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
AT THEIR ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL UPDATE MEETING AT CENTERSTONE
INN AT SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND, CALL
THE BANK.
ADDIE BOWMAN, SENATOR BOWMAN, LEVI BOWMAN AND RENEE BOWMAN.
SEAN REITER AND ASHLEY STARR OF MAQUOKETA ARE THE PARENTS OF
A GIRL, BORN AT 10:08 THIS MORNING AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
LEIA CAROL REITER WEIGHED 7 POUNDS, 11 OUNCES. HER MOM ASHLEY IS THE AFTERNOON ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ. MOM AND BABY LEIA ARE DOING GREAT.
SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS TRAVEL TO MANCHESTER TONIGHT FOR WAMAC ACTION WITH WEST DELAWARE.
GO CARDS AND GO HAWKS TONIGHT AGAINST MINNESOTA.
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Monday, January 12, 2015
MONDAY DAILY REPORT
SUNNY TODAY.
HIGH OF 18...SAME AS LAST NIGHT'S LOW.
THE TEMPERATURE THEN WENT DOWN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
TONIGHT, DOWN TO 5 BELOW.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 14.
WEDNESDAY, 21.
THURSDAY, 28.
AND FRIDAY, 35.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AROUND 5 YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON TO ANAMOSA SILOS JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. A PASSERBY REPORTED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE CHIMNEY OF
THE BUILDING. NO FIRE...THE OIL BURNING STOVE MALFUNCTIONED AND THAT CAUSED THE BLACK SMOKE. AN EMPLOYEE WAS CALLED TO
TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE FOR LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.
LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON, A GAS SMELL WAS NOTED ON WEST SUMMIT AND MYATT DRIVE, ALSO AT WESTERN AVENUE AND PLATT AND SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. BLACK HILLS WAS THAN CONTACED AND THE
SMELL DISAPPEARED AND THE SOURCE WAS NEVER DISCOVERED.
FRIDAY NIGHT THERE WAS AN OVEN FIRE ON NORTH WALNUT REPORTED BY CHASTITY HAGEN. FIREMEN ARRIVED AND QUICKLY PUT IT OUT.
I RECEIVED AN EMAIL THIS MORNING FROM LIN ASKING THAT I PASS ON A HUGE "THANK YOU" TO ALL OF MAQUOKETA FOR THE IMMEDIATE OUTPOURING OF CARDS, CALLS AND OVERALL SYMPATHY TO HER FAMILY.
SHE SAID MAQUOKETA REALLY IS ONE OF A KIND.
IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL
TEAMS DROPPED A WAMAC CONFERENCE DOUBLEHEADER AT THE GYM IN DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GIRLS LOST 49 TO 28. THE BOYS
LOST 61 TO 56 TO THE SABERS.
SATURDAY NIGHT THE BOYS LOST A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AT THE
MAQUOKETA GYM TO CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON, 55 TO 41.
SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLING TEAM FINISHED 13TH IN A 16-TEAM FIELD AT THE BENTON COMMUNITY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN VAN HORNE.
AND IN BOWLING FRIDAY NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAMS DEFEATED INDEPENDANCE IN WAMAC ACTION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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HIGH OF 18...SAME AS LAST NIGHT'S LOW.
THE TEMPERATURE THEN WENT DOWN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
TONIGHT, DOWN TO 5 BELOW.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 14.
WEDNESDAY, 21.
THURSDAY, 28.
AND FRIDAY, 35.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AROUND 5 YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON TO ANAMOSA SILOS JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. A PASSERBY REPORTED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE CHIMNEY OF
THE BUILDING. NO FIRE...THE OIL BURNING STOVE MALFUNCTIONED AND THAT CAUSED THE BLACK SMOKE. AN EMPLOYEE WAS CALLED TO
TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE FOR LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.
LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON, A GAS SMELL WAS NOTED ON WEST SUMMIT AND MYATT DRIVE, ALSO AT WESTERN AVENUE AND PLATT AND SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. BLACK HILLS WAS THAN CONTACED AND THE
SMELL DISAPPEARED AND THE SOURCE WAS NEVER DISCOVERED.
FRIDAY NIGHT THERE WAS AN OVEN FIRE ON NORTH WALNUT REPORTED BY CHASTITY HAGEN. FIREMEN ARRIVED AND QUICKLY PUT IT OUT.
YOU MAY RECALL A STORY I HAD JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS ABOUT A MAN BEING KILLED ON DECEMBER 23RD IN FRANCE BY A SNOW AVALANCHE, WHO WAS THE SON-IN-LAW OF LIN REDLING OF MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE LIN'S DAUGHTER AMY AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN. LIN RETURNED HOME TO MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND AFTER BEING WITH THE FAMILY AT THE FAMILY HOME IN SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY. CRAIG SHIFFER, AGE 58, WAS AN INVESTMENT BANKER WHO HELD NUMEROUS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ROLES IN OVER 35 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY.
SHE SAID MAQUOKETA REALLY IS ONE OF A KIND.
IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL
TEAMS DROPPED A WAMAC CONFERENCE DOUBLEHEADER AT THE GYM IN DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GIRLS LOST 49 TO 28. THE BOYS
LOST 61 TO 56 TO THE SABERS.
SATURDAY NIGHT THE BOYS LOST A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AT THE
MAQUOKETA GYM TO CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON, 55 TO 41.
SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLING TEAM FINISHED 13TH IN A 16-TEAM FIELD AT THE BENTON COMMUNITY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN VAN HORNE.
AND IN BOWLING FRIDAY NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAMS DEFEATED INDEPENDANCE IN WAMAC ACTION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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CODY BARNES--NEWSPAPER STORY
THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS DID A NICE STORY IN SATURDAY'S PAPER
ON KMAQ NEW NEWS DIRECTOR, CODY BARNES. THANK YOU TO KELLY GERLACH FOR THE STORY.
ON KMAQ NEW NEWS DIRECTOR, CODY BARNES. THANK YOU TO KELLY GERLACH FOR THE STORY.
Friday, January 09, 2015
FRIDAY DAILY REPORT
TODAY, SUNNY, WIND AND COLD...HIGH OF 9 ABOVE.
BELOW ZERO AGAIN TONIGHT, BUT...
IN THE 20'S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT THIS MORNING AROUND 5 O'CLOCK, INVESTIGATED BY DEPUTY RANDY MANNING. CHRISTINA YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA STRUCK A FENCE AND UTILITY POLE 5 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON
HIGHWAY 61. SHE CROSSED THE ICY BRIDGE AND LOST CONTROL, ENDING UP IN THE DITCH. $3,500 DAMAGE TO HER 2001 FORD RANGER. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. FOR YEARS NOW, HOSPITALS GIVE OUT NO
CONDITION ON PATIENTS.
THE TOP COUNTIES FOR PER-PERSON LIQUOR SALES ARE "VACATION
AND HIGH POPULATION CENTERS", WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KOSSUTH
COUNTY IN NORTHERN IOWA. IN THAT COUNTY, IN 2014, THE
IOWA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION SAID THE PER-PERSON AVERAGE WAS 3.12 GALLONS, FOR EVERY PERSON AGE 21 AND OLDER.
HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE PER CAPITA WAS 1.76 GALLONS, ONE
OF LOWEST IN STATE.
AN OLD AD OF COURSE! ROSENBERG'S MUST HAVE DID BUSINESS IN
TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THE YEARS, AS I BELIEVE THEY HAD THEIR STORE AT ONE TIME HERE WHERE KMAQ IS LOCATED NOW, AT 129 NORTH MAIN STREET. I BELIEVE THIS ROSENBERG WAS A BROTHER TO
BERNIE WHO OPERATED THE AUTO PARTS STORE FOR MANY YEARS.
HISTORIANS, FILL ME IN.
HERE IT IS, THE NEW HEAVY DIGITAL PROJECTOR (ON STURDY TABLE) IN THE VOY 3 PROJECTOR BOOTH. THE SOUND RACK, FOREGROUND LEFT. WE WATCHED A MOVIE LAST NIGHT AND IT HAS A GREAT BRIGHT, CLEAR, ALWAYS PERFECT PICTURE AND FANTASTIC SOUND TOO.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LOST TO ANAMOSA 48 TO 34 AND TO DYERSVILLE, 57 TO 30.
TONIGHT, A GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL DOUBLE HEADER AT THE
GYM IN DEWITT. HEAR BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ HOME PAGE, WWW.KMAQ.COM. GIRL'S GAME AT 5:50 AND BOY'S GAME AT 7:50.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
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BELOW ZERO AGAIN TONIGHT, BUT...
IN THE 20'S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT THIS MORNING AROUND 5 O'CLOCK, INVESTIGATED BY DEPUTY RANDY MANNING. CHRISTINA YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA STRUCK A FENCE AND UTILITY POLE 5 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON
HIGHWAY 61. SHE CROSSED THE ICY BRIDGE AND LOST CONTROL, ENDING UP IN THE DITCH. $3,500 DAMAGE TO HER 2001 FORD RANGER. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. FOR YEARS NOW, HOSPITALS GIVE OUT NO
CONDITION ON PATIENTS.
AND HIGH POPULATION CENTERS", WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KOSSUTH
COUNTY IN NORTHERN IOWA. IN THAT COUNTY, IN 2014, THE
IOWA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION SAID THE PER-PERSON AVERAGE WAS 3.12 GALLONS, FOR EVERY PERSON AGE 21 AND OLDER.
HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE PER CAPITA WAS 1.76 GALLONS, ONE
OF LOWEST IN STATE.
TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THE YEARS, AS I BELIEVE THEY HAD THEIR STORE AT ONE TIME HERE WHERE KMAQ IS LOCATED NOW, AT 129 NORTH MAIN STREET. I BELIEVE THIS ROSENBERG WAS A BROTHER TO
BERNIE WHO OPERATED THE AUTO PARTS STORE FOR MANY YEARS.
HISTORIANS, FILL ME IN.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LOST TO ANAMOSA 48 TO 34 AND TO DYERSVILLE, 57 TO 30.
TONIGHT, A GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL DOUBLE HEADER AT THE
GYM IN DEWITT. HEAR BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ HOME PAGE, WWW.KMAQ.COM. GIRL'S GAME AT 5:50 AND BOY'S GAME AT 7:50.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
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Thursday, January 08, 2015
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT
SUNNY....BRIGHT SUNSHINE TODAY....4 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
JUST ABOVE ZERO TODAY.
DOWN TO 19 BELOW TONIGHT.
PIECE OF CAKE.
NO SCHOOL AGAIN TODAY.
ANDREW AND EAST VALLEY SCHOOL SUPT. ANDREW CROZIER
OF ANDREW TUESDAY WAS CHECKING ROADS FOR THE DISTRICT AND SLID OFF THE ROAD ON 298TH AVENUE. HIS VEHICLE WENT OUT OF
CONTROL ON THE SNOW COVERED ROAD WHEN MAKING A 90-DEGREE
TURN AND WENT INTO THE DITCH AND THROUGH A FENCE.
NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICE SUBURBAN ESTIMATED AT $10,000.
MARK HUGHES SUPPLIED THIS PHOTO OF HIS GRANDFATHER GALEN
WILCOX IN A BAND IN THE MID-20'S. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, LEROY
RIGGS, DON ELLIS, ANGELO ROBINSON, GALEN WILCOX, LULA BAILEY, AND THE LAST PERSON ON RIGHT, UNKNOWN. THE NAME OF THE BAND ON THE
DRUM, "JAZZ PIRATES". GOSH, IF THEY WERE AROUND TODAY, THEY
COULD PLAY AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW AND AT THE OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER.
BUD REISEN, AGE 85, OF ZWINGLE DIED SUNDAY. HE WORKED FOR
CLINTON ENGINES IN MAQUOKETA FOR OVER 25 YEARS. SURVIVORS
INCLUDE HIS WIFE JEAN, A SON, A DAUGHTER, 4 GRANDCHILDREN
AND A BROTHER. THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT THE LEONARD
FUNERAL HOME IN DUBUQUE.
PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE.
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JUST ABOVE ZERO TODAY.
DOWN TO 19 BELOW TONIGHT.
PIECE OF CAKE.
NO SCHOOL AGAIN TODAY.
ANDREW AND EAST VALLEY SCHOOL SUPT. ANDREW CROZIER
OF ANDREW TUESDAY WAS CHECKING ROADS FOR THE DISTRICT AND SLID OFF THE ROAD ON 298TH AVENUE. HIS VEHICLE WENT OUT OF
CONTROL ON THE SNOW COVERED ROAD WHEN MAKING A 90-DEGREE
TURN AND WENT INTO THE DITCH AND THROUGH A FENCE.
NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICE SUBURBAN ESTIMATED AT $10,000.
WILCOX IN A BAND IN THE MID-20'S. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, LEROY
RIGGS, DON ELLIS, ANGELO ROBINSON, GALEN WILCOX, LULA BAILEY, AND THE LAST PERSON ON RIGHT, UNKNOWN. THE NAME OF THE BAND ON THE
DRUM, "JAZZ PIRATES". GOSH, IF THEY WERE AROUND TODAY, THEY
COULD PLAY AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW AND AT THE OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER.
BUD REISEN, AGE 85, OF ZWINGLE DIED SUNDAY. HE WORKED FOR
CLINTON ENGINES IN MAQUOKETA FOR OVER 25 YEARS. SURVIVORS
INCLUDE HIS WIFE JEAN, A SON, A DAUGHTER, 4 GRANDCHILDREN
AND A BROTHER. THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT THE LEONARD
FUNERAL HOME IN DUBUQUE.
PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE.
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Tuesday, January 06, 2015
TUESDAY DAILY REPORT
SIX INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT.
OVER NIGHT LOW, ZERO.
NO MORE SNOW TODAY.
COLD TONIGHT WITH A LOW OF 11 BELOW ZERO.
AND TOMORROW, SUNNY, BLOWING SNOW AND -4 FOR A HIGH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 18 BELOW. OUCH.
COLD RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
NO SCHOOL TODAY
IS THIS HEAVEN? NO THIS IS IOWA!
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT. THE SATISFACTORY EVALUATION OF CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER WAS NOTED.
THE POSITION IS EVALUATED ANNUALLY.
THE POSITION OF CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY AT CITY HALL WAS
ACTIVATED AGAIN WITH AN UPDATED PAY SCALE. THEN, OFFICE
EMPLOYEE FOR MANY YEARS, SARA JOHNSTON, WAS NAMED THE CITY'S
CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY ON THE 8-YEAR PAY SCALE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MET THIS MORNING.
IT WAS NEW MEMBER LARRY McDEVITT'S FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING.
COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ A $29,000 PROJECT FOR A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.
LARRY McDEVITT NOMINATED LARRY "BUCK" KOOS FOR CHAIRMAN OF
THE BOARD FOR 2015. THEN McDEVITT NOMINATED JACK WILLEY
TO BE THIS YEAR'S VICE-CHAIRMAN.
JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF BRANDON BECK INVESTIGATED
A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT JUST BEFORE 11:30 THIS MORNING, JUST
NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON THE HURSTVILLE ROAD. SHIRLEY OLSON OF
RURAL MAQUOKETA WAS SOUTHBOUND ON THE ROAD AND HIT A SLICK
SPOT ON THE ROAD. HER VAN WENT ACROSS THE NORTHBOUND LANE AND ONTO THE EAST SHOULDER AND CONTINUED INTO THE DITCH, GOING
OVER A LARGE CULVERT. SHE WAS ALONE IN THE VEHICLE AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA FOR TREATMENT OF
HER INJURIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, ROY WARD OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED THAT
THE HOUSE AT 419 N. 2ND STREET IN MAQUOKETA WAS BROKEN IN TO WITH TOOLS AND OTHER THINGS TAKEN.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL SUPT. CRIST HOOVER INFORMED KMAQ THAT
THE FIRST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR HAS BEEN
CHANGED FROM JANUARY 12TH TO JANUARY 19TH.
ALSO, TODAY'S SNOW DAY WILL BE MADE UP AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON MAY 20TH.
THEJACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL BEEF BANQUET IS THIS
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS
IN MAQUOKETA. SERVING OF RIB EYE STEAK DINNER STARTS AT 5
AND THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME. ENTERTAINMENT BY TWO COMEDIANS AFTER THE SHORT BUSINESS MEETING AND CROWNING OF THE NEW
BEEF AMBASSADORS, QUEEN AND PRINCESS.
WEAR YOUR SCARF AND MITTENS.
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OVER NIGHT LOW, ZERO.
NO MORE SNOW TODAY.
COLD TONIGHT WITH A LOW OF 11 BELOW ZERO.
AND TOMORROW, SUNNY, BLOWING SNOW AND -4 FOR A HIGH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 18 BELOW. OUCH.
COLD RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
NO SCHOOL TODAY
IS THIS HEAVEN? NO THIS IS IOWA!
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT. THE SATISFACTORY EVALUATION OF CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER WAS NOTED.
THE POSITION IS EVALUATED ANNUALLY.
THE POSITION OF CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY AT CITY HALL WAS
ACTIVATED AGAIN WITH AN UPDATED PAY SCALE. THEN, OFFICE
EMPLOYEE FOR MANY YEARS, SARA JOHNSTON, WAS NAMED THE CITY'S
CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY ON THE 8-YEAR PAY SCALE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MET THIS MORNING.
IT WAS NEW MEMBER LARRY McDEVITT'S FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING.
COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ A $29,000 PROJECT FOR A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.
LARRY McDEVITT NOMINATED LARRY "BUCK" KOOS FOR CHAIRMAN OF
THE BOARD FOR 2015. THEN McDEVITT NOMINATED JACK WILLEY
TO BE THIS YEAR'S VICE-CHAIRMAN.
JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF BRANDON BECK INVESTIGATED
A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT JUST BEFORE 11:30 THIS MORNING, JUST
NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON THE HURSTVILLE ROAD. SHIRLEY OLSON OF
RURAL MAQUOKETA WAS SOUTHBOUND ON THE ROAD AND HIT A SLICK
SPOT ON THE ROAD. HER VAN WENT ACROSS THE NORTHBOUND LANE AND ONTO THE EAST SHOULDER AND CONTINUED INTO THE DITCH, GOING
OVER A LARGE CULVERT. SHE WAS ALONE IN THE VEHICLE AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA FOR TREATMENT OF
HER INJURIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, ROY WARD OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED THAT
THE HOUSE AT 419 N. 2ND STREET IN MAQUOKETA WAS BROKEN IN TO WITH TOOLS AND OTHER THINGS TAKEN.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL SUPT. CRIST HOOVER INFORMED KMAQ THAT
THE FIRST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR HAS BEEN
CHANGED FROM JANUARY 12TH TO JANUARY 19TH.
ALSO, TODAY'S SNOW DAY WILL BE MADE UP AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON MAY 20TH.
THEJACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL BEEF BANQUET IS THIS
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS
IN MAQUOKETA. SERVING OF RIB EYE STEAK DINNER STARTS AT 5
AND THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME. ENTERTAINMENT BY TWO COMEDIANS AFTER THE SHORT BUSINESS MEETING AND CROWNING OF THE NEW
BEEF AMBASSADORS, QUEEN AND PRINCESS.
WEAR YOUR SCARF AND MITTENS.
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Monday, January 05, 2015
MONDAY DAILY REPORT
THE WEATHER IS ALL PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
9 ABOVE TODAY.
SNOW STARTED AT 5 P.M.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.
THEN BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW AND COLD....VERY COLD ALL WEEK.
WE HAD LOTS OF CANCELLATIONS CALLED IN TODAY TODAY FOR TONIGHT
AND EVEN TOMORROW.
THE GROCERY STORES WERE BUSY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FIRST BIG STORM OF THE SEASON...AND IT BRINGS EXCITEMENT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.
IN SPORTS, JUST THE GAME SATURDAY ....WHEN THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S CARDINAL BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO DUBUQUE SENIOR BY ABOUT 7 OR 8 POINTS.
THE CARDS ARE NO 0 AND 8.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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9 ABOVE TODAY.
SNOW STARTED AT 5 P.M.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.
THEN BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW AND COLD....VERY COLD ALL WEEK.
WE HAD LOTS OF CANCELLATIONS CALLED IN TODAY TODAY FOR TONIGHT
AND EVEN TOMORROW.
THE GROCERY STORES WERE BUSY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FIRST BIG STORM OF THE SEASON...AND IT BRINGS EXCITEMENT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.
IN SPORTS, JUST THE GAME SATURDAY ....WHEN THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S CARDINAL BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO DUBUQUE SENIOR BY ABOUT 7 OR 8 POINTS.
THE CARDS ARE NO 0 AND 8.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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Sunday, January 04, 2015
BUSY SATURDAY IN OLD MAQUOKETA
THE OWNERS OF THE FANCY CARS WERE INSIDE DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA'S GREAT BANK BUILDING, THE SHOWPLACE OF MAIN STREET.
THEN, IT IS TIME FOR THE FAMILY TO DO SOME SHOPPING IN ONE OF IOWA'S
MOST POPULAR CITIES.
THEN THE SNOW CAME AND IT WAS PRETTY QUIET EARLY THE NEXT
MORNING.
MAIN STREET MAQUOKETA (LOOKING NORTH) AT 5:30 A.M. SATURDAY,
JANUARY 3, 2015.
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CHECK THE GEORGE SPALDING SHOE SALESMAN HELPER BELOW.
MOST POPULAR CITIES.
MORNING.
JANUARY 3, 2015.
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CHECK THE GEORGE SPALDING SHOE SALESMAN HELPER BELOW.
GEORGE SPALDING
CARPENTERS HAVE A HAMMER.
MECHANICS HAVE A WRENCH.
COOKS HAVE A POT.
BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE A BAT.
RADIO ANNOUNCERS HAVE A MIC.
SHOE SALESMEN HAVE.....BELOW.....
THIS WAS GEORGE SPALDING'S HELPER. IT WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME FRIDAY FOR ALL TO SEE. MANY OF YOU BOUGHT SHOES
FROM GEORGE. FIRST HE GAVE YOU THAT FRIENDLY SMILE AND SOFT-SPOKEN "HELLO".....AND THEN HE GRABBED THE SHOE MEASURING
DEVICE ABOVE. AND THEN HE BROUGHT THEM ON....THIS STYLE....HERE'S ANOTHER YOU MIGHT LIKE....OR HOW ABOUT THIS ONE....LET ME TRY IT
ON YOU SAID.....THEN YOU WALKED AROUND THE STORE.....THEN LOOKED
IN THE MIRROR.....GEORGE KEPT SMILING.....AND FINIALLY YOU DECIDED
ON THE PAIR YOU WANTED. GEORGE WOULD SAY.....DO YOU WANT TO
WEAR THEM HOME? AND SO, PAY TIME (WITH CASH OR CHECK, NO DEBIT CARDS THEN) AND YOU WERE A HAPPY CUSTOMER OF SPALDING'S SHOE
STORE IN MAQUOKETA. GEORGE, WHO DIED THIS WEEK AT AGE 88, SOLD SHOES IN MAQUOKETA FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HAS TO BE A RECORD.
AND HE WAS A GOOD, GOOD CITIZEN. BUT MOST OF ALL....HE WAS A NICE GUY!
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MECHANICS HAVE A WRENCH.
COOKS HAVE A POT.
BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE A BAT.
RADIO ANNOUNCERS HAVE A MIC.
SHOE SALESMEN HAVE.....BELOW.....
THIS WAS GEORGE SPALDING'S HELPER. IT WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME FRIDAY FOR ALL TO SEE. MANY OF YOU BOUGHT SHOES
FROM GEORGE. FIRST HE GAVE YOU THAT FRIENDLY SMILE AND SOFT-SPOKEN "HELLO".....AND THEN HE GRABBED THE SHOE MEASURING
DEVICE ABOVE. AND THEN HE BROUGHT THEM ON....THIS STYLE....HERE'S ANOTHER YOU MIGHT LIKE....OR HOW ABOUT THIS ONE....LET ME TRY IT
ON YOU SAID.....THEN YOU WALKED AROUND THE STORE.....THEN LOOKED
IN THE MIRROR.....GEORGE KEPT SMILING.....AND FINIALLY YOU DECIDED
ON THE PAIR YOU WANTED. GEORGE WOULD SAY.....DO YOU WANT TO
WEAR THEM HOME? AND SO, PAY TIME (WITH CASH OR CHECK, NO DEBIT CARDS THEN) AND YOU WERE A HAPPY CUSTOMER OF SPALDING'S SHOE
STORE IN MAQUOKETA. GEORGE, WHO DIED THIS WEEK AT AGE 88, SOLD SHOES IN MAQUOKETA FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HAS TO BE A RECORD.
AND HE WAS A GOOD, GOOD CITIZEN. BUT MOST OF ALL....HE WAS A NICE GUY!
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Friday, January 02, 2015
FRIDAY DAILY REPORT
TODAY, SUNNY AND IN THE 30'S.
SNOW IN FORECAST THE NEXT 36 HOURS OR SO.
MAYBE TWO INCHES.
THEN COLDER WEATHER.
FOR INSTANCE, NEXT WEDNESDAY, A HIGH FOR THE
DAY OF 5 DEGREES.
WAS AT FLAPJACK'S AT NOON AND VISITED A COUPLE MINUTES WITH MARK
BROOKS, FORMER POLICE CHIEF IN MAQUOKETA. HE LEFT IN 1997 FOR
WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA TO GET INTO THE NEW CAR BUSINESS WITH
HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, THE LATE BOB HAYES. HE'S STILL THERE IN THE
AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS.
ABOVE, OUR NEW KMAQ NEW'S DIRECTOR, CODY BARNES. HE IS FROM
WYOMING, IOWA AND WAS A MAY GRADUATE AT MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR A COUPLE YEARS, HE HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO RADIO BROADCASTING AND IS HAPPY OUR POSITION BECAME AVAILABLE. HE
HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE TUESDAY AND DOING GOOD.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
SNOW IN FORECAST THE NEXT 36 HOURS OR SO.
MAYBE TWO INCHES.
THEN COLDER WEATHER.
FOR INSTANCE, NEXT WEDNESDAY, A HIGH FOR THE
DAY OF 5 DEGREES.
WAS AT FLAPJACK'S AT NOON AND VISITED A COUPLE MINUTES WITH MARK
BROOKS, FORMER POLICE CHIEF IN MAQUOKETA. HE LEFT IN 1997 FOR
WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA TO GET INTO THE NEW CAR BUSINESS WITH
HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, THE LATE BOB HAYES. HE'S STILL THERE IN THE
AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS.
WYOMING, IOWA AND WAS A MAY GRADUATE AT MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR A COUPLE YEARS, HE HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO RADIO BROADCASTING AND IS HAPPY OUR POSITION BECAME AVAILABLE. HE
HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE TUESDAY AND DOING GOOD.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!
kmaq@kmaq.com
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