FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

IT RAINED A COUPLE TIMES TODAY,  MIXED WITH SUNSHINE, AND
A HIGH OF 79.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW.
SUNDAY, NO RAIN BUT ONLY IN 60'S.

AN EAGLE UP NEAR CANTON YESTERDAY.

ABOVE, FROM MY 1945 MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER.   HAVEN RAN A GROCERY STORE, THEN MEN'S CLOTHING STORE IN MAQUOKETA.    I  THINK GLEN WAS
A MAQUOKETA BARBER.

ABOVE, PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY.   SCOTT WARREN
IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT UNTIL JUNE 30TH.   TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY.

ST. JOE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL AT BELLEVUE IS COMING DOWN TO MAKE WAY
FOR A NEW CATHOLIC MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

SEE YOU AT A MOVIE.

VOY THEATRE MANAGER JACK JONES HAS SEEN THE NEW MOVIE "SAN ANDREAS" AND SAYS  IT WILL KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT.   RATED PG13...IT IS SHOWING TONIGHT (FOR FOR TWO WEEKS) HERE IN TOWN.      IT OPENS NATION-WIDE TONIGHT.

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND 81 TODAY.    RAIN POSSIBLE TOMORROW.

THE NARROW GUAGE RAILROAD LaMOTTE DEPOT MADE THE TRIP TO
MAQUOKETA WITH NO PROBLEMS TODAY.    THE MOVERS STARTED OFF
AT LAMOTTE  AT 9:30 (HOUR LATER THAN PLAN) AND ARRIVED AT THE
CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM RESTING PLACE  AROUND 1 THIS
AFTERNOON.   TOOK LESS TIME THAN EXPECTED.

THE ABOVE PHOTO BY CODY
BARNES, OTHERS BELOW BY
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 IT IS OVER THE CONCRETE SLAB THAT WAS BUILDT BY VOLUNTEERS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.    THE DEPOT HAS A WOOD FLOOR AND THE BUILDING
WILL  BE ANCHORED ABOUT 6 INCHES ABOVE THE NEW CONCRETE.
TOMORROW, THE MOVER COMPANY  PLANS TO PULL OUT THE WHEELS, SO THE LOWERING PROCESS CAN BE DONE.   I SUSPECT THE "MAIN" ENTRANCE
TO THE DEPOT WAS THE ONE SHOWN HERE, FACING WEST WHERE THE
CLINTON ENGINES PARKING LOT IS LOCATED.

THIS SIDE FACES EAST.    THOSE TWO WINDOWS EXTEND OUT A  COUPLE FEET AND I SUPPOSE BEHIND THE WINDOWS IS WHERE THE DEPOT AGENT SAT SO HE COULD LOOK UP AND DOWN THE TRACKS.

THE ROOF (PUT IN TWO SECTIONS FOR THE MOVE) WAS MOVED BY LOCAL VOLUNTEERS ON TWO TRAILERS.   THE TRUCKS WERE DRIVEN BY KEVIN BROWN AND DAVE SCHECKEL.   THEY FOLLOWED BEHIND THE DEPOT BUILDING GOING DOWN HIGHWAY 62.    THEY WERE  WORRIED ABOUT GOING OVER THE BRIDGEPORT BRIDGE, BUT JUST MADE IT WITH NO PROBLEM.

THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEPOT AND
THE NEW BUILDING COMPLETED LAST YEAR AND STILL NOT READY FOR
PUBLIC VIEWING.

THIS VIEW SHOWS THAT THE DEPOT IS BEHIND THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM AND ON THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT.    THAT IS DOUG MELVOLD AND BONNIE MITCHELL IN THE PARKING LOT TALKING ABOUT THE MOVE.

NOW THE WORK BEGINS...GETTING IT ALL PUT TOGETHER AGAIN...PUTTING
IN ARTIFACTS...AND PLANNING A GRAND OPENING.

AND WE WILL ALL KEEP LOOKING FOR A  NARROW GUAGE LOCOMOTIVE
OR CAR TO PUT ON TRACKS ALONG SIDE THE DEPOT.   HERE COMES ONE!

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WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE DAY...UPPER 70'S.
TOMORROW,  ANOTHER GOOD ONE.
RAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD APPROVED A 4 AND 1/2 PERCENT ACROSS THE
BOARD FEE INCREASE FOR ALL CHARGES BEGINNING THE NEW FISCAL
YEAR.      THE INCREASE IS BASED ON WELLMARK'S INTENTIONS FOR
REIMBURSEMENT RATES IN THE NEW YEAR.

THE LAMOTTE DEPOT MOVING WAS POSTPONED ANOTHER DAY BECAUSE
OF THE RAIN SOAKED AREA AROUND THE DEPOT.   THE MOVING WILL START AT 8:30 TOMORROW (THURSDAY) MORNING AND LAST MOST OF THE
DAY.

ANOTHER COUPLE THINGS FROM THE OLD 1945 MAQUOKETA
NEWSPAPER GIVEN TO ME BY DIANE AND VIC RATHJE,  FORMER MAQUOKETA
RESIDENTS, NOW LIVING IN AMANA.   OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE PAPER WAS LAST WEEK ON THIS DAILY REPORT.

I KNOW OR KNEW EVERYONE ON THE ABOVE, EXCEPT JAMES HARDING.  BOTH BOB STOCKHAM AND LAWRENCE HAGER ARE GOOD FRIENDS AND
STILL LIVING....BOB HERE IN TOWN AND LARRY AT MARSHALTOWN...BOTH 90 OR ABOVE.  I HAVE
MORE CLIPPING FOR FUTURE DAILY REPORTS.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING FOR 65 YEAR OLD MARY DUBERT OF DAVENPORT, WHO WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM HERE IN
JACKSON COUNTY.    SHE HAD A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK AND SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS THE DIRECTOR OF SCOTT COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, JANE DUBERT.  

SHE HAS SPENT ABOUT A DAY A WEEK AS A VOLUNTEER AT THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE.    HALLIGAN MCCABE DEVRIES FUNERAL  HOME IN DAVENPORT IS IN CHARGE OF ALL ARRANGEMENTS.

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE AT KMAQ AS KMAQ IS A MEMBER OF THE
BELLEVUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR MORE FROM MAQUOKETA.

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TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

MAQUOKETA HAD TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE HOLIDAY INCLUDING      EARLY THIS MORNING.    THIS AFTERNOON, SUNSHINE AND IN THE
MID 70'S.
TOMORROW, PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 78.   NO RAIN.
THURSDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 80.

AN ACCIDENT SUNDAY AT 6;20 P.M. ON 200TH AVENUE, NEAR INTERSECTION
WITH DAVID STREET.      JEFFERSON THOMAS III, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE DRIVER OF ONE CAR AND THE OTHER WAS DRIVEN BY ELIZABETH
SULLIVAN, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA.    SULLIVAN WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON 200TH WHEN THOMAS PULLED OUT TRAVELING EAST FROM THE STOP SIGN
AND STRUCK THE REAR CORNER OF THE SULLIVAN CAR.   $5,000 IN DAMAGES TO THE THOMAS 2007 BUICK AND $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE SULLIVAN 2003 FORD TAURUS.    NO INURIES.   THOMAS WAS CITED.

PHOTO BELOW BY RICHARD E. STIMMEL, DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA

BARB MAYBERRY OF MAQUOKETA GAVE THE "BROWN BAG LUNCH" PROGRAM TODAY AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.   IT WAS A PROGRAM ON DR.
TRUMAN K. HUNT, A JACKSON COUNTY NATIVE WHO BROUGHT A TRIBE OF
FILIPINO NATIVES TO AMERICA IN THE EARLY 1900'S TO BE EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AT AMUSEMENT PARKS AND FAIRS.    HE
WAS A DOCTOR EARLY IN LIFE IN MONMOUTH.   HE ENDED UP MAKING AND
LOOSING A FORTUNE, HAD TWO WIVES, KIDS, AND ... TO PUT IT MILDLY, WAS  NOT A NICE MAN.    BARB, ACTIVE IN GENEOLOGY AT THE MUSEUM, WAS ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION ON TRUMAN HUNT FOR A BOOK SHE WAS WRITING.    THAT'S HOW BARB GOT STARTED IN  RESEARCHING THIS WIERD MAN.   ANY QUESTIONs, EMAIL BARB AT mwmaybe@mchsi.com.   BETTER YET, ASK HER TO DO A  PROGRAM FOR YOUR CLUB AND ASK HER ABOUT THE
BOOK.

BONNIE  MITCHELL TOLD EVERYONE AT BROWN BAG LUNCH TODAY THAT
BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AND THIS MORNING,
THE NARROW GUAGE RAILROAD DEPOT TRUCK RIDE DOWN HIGHWAY 62 TO MAQUOKETA WON'T BE TOMORROW, BUT THURSDAY ISSTEAD, STARTING AT 8:30.

ALSO, BONNIE REMINDS EVERYONE THAT NEXT  WEEK IS THE BIG ANNUAL
GARAGE SALE FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AT BOYER HALL.      ANY QUESTIONS, CALL MONA REICHLING AT 563-652-3630.    LOOK AROUND YOUR HOUSE, GARAGE, BASEMENT, SHED FOR THINGS TO DONATE.

PHOTO BELOW BY GENI CARR OF FULTON, IOWA  
PELICANS AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER MARSH.

THE 25TH ANNUAL BETTY CLUB MEETING WILL BE  HELD MONDAY, JUNE 1ST IN THE HOME OF BETTY MILLER, 109 NORTH EDNA STREET.   BRING A SALAD
TO PASS.    MEETING WILL START AT 11:30.    RSVP TO 652-4758.
I REMEMBER WHEN BETTY SCHEDULED THE FIRST ONE AND STOPPED AT
KMAQ TO SEE ME FOR SOME PUBLICITY.    I HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT ON-THE-AIR EVERY YEAR SINCE.   BETTY TOLD ME THAT SO MANY BETTY'S HAVE DIED AND NOW HER LIST IS DOWN TO 14.   THE MOST SHE EVER HAD TO ATTEND THE EVENT WAS 36.    SOME HAVE MOVED FROM HERE.
NEW BETTY'S OR ELIZABETH'S ARE WELCOME TO COME NEXT WEEK
AND  HELP BUILD-UP THE NUMBER.

EIGHT STUDENTS FROM MCHS COMPETED IN THE 31ST ANNUAL SPECIAL
OLYMPICS IOWA SUMMER GAMES MAY 21-22 ON THE IOWA STATE CAMPUS.
VANESSA COURTER, 3RD PLACE, 100m WALK
JUSTINE ENDERE, 5TH PLACE, 100m DASH
LUKE JOHNSON, 3RD PLACE MINI JAVELIN THROW, 2ND PLACE, 50m DASH AND 2ND PLACE 4 X 100 RELAY
RANDY JOHNSON,  8TH PLACE, 100m DASH AND 2ND PLACE, 4 X 100m RELAY
LOGAN JONES, 1ST PLACE, 1500m RUN  AND 2ND PLACE, 4 X 100m RELAY
ANA MITCHELL, 3RD PLACE,STANDING LONG JUMP
BLAKE STAMPER, 3RD PLACE, 50m WALK
MICHAEL STAMPER, 2ND PLACE, RUNNING LONG JUMP AND 1ST PLACE 50m
DASH  AND 2ND PLACE 4 x 100m RELAY.
THERE WERE MORE THAN 2,600 ATHLETES, 1,200 COACHES, AND 2,000
VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED.

LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE  "HUNDREDS"  OF FLAGS WERE TAKEN
DOWN AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY  AND SACRED HEART CEMETERY.
AND JUST BEFORE TAKING DOWN THE FINAL FLAG, KENT CRAWFORD PLAY
"TAPS".  
PHOTO BY GENI CARR

HAVE A GOOD REST OF WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE

BELOW...CLIFF MERRICK, AMERICAN LEGION ADJUTANT

  ABOVE, LOWELL SCHROEDER, VFW CHAPLAIN

BELOW, KENT CRAWFORD, DIRECTING THE MCHS BAND

ABOVE, GINA LAUGHLIN, VFW AULILIARY PRESIDENT

ABOVE, ANGIE OSTERKAMP, PAST 2ND DIST. VFW AUX. PRESIDENT.

ABOVE, SCOTT HANSEN, MAJOR IN THE IOWA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, GIVING THE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS.

ROGER SCHNOOR, VFW COMMANDER, READING LIST OF PAST YEAR DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE LEGION AND THE  VFW.

JOHN SCHMIDT, LEGION CHAPLAIN, WITH THE BENEDICTION

BELOW PHOTOS TAKEN AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY.

2ND DIST. VFW VICE-COMMANDER TOM WATTERS RAISING THE FLAG.

VFW AND LEGION CEREMONIAL RIFLE SQUAD...ROBERT LAUGHLIN, JERRY WEIS AND
SHANE MERRICK.

THERE WERE ALL AGES AT THE CEMETERY.....MOSTLY SENIORS...SOME
YOUNG FAMILIES...BOY SCOUTS AND ABOVE, JIM RANKIN OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 91.   HE SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AS A BOMBADIER IN A B-29 AND
WAS IN THE WAR FROM 1941 UNTIL IT ENDED.

A BEAUTIFUL LATE MORNING FOR MAQUOKETA'S ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM AND
AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY.

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FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

NO RAIN TODAY AND HIGH IN THE MID 70'S.    ABOUT THE SAME TOMORROW BUT WE ARE TO EXPECT RAIN SUNDAY
AND MONDAY.

JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF MIKE PETERS REMAINS ON LEAVE FROM HIS DUTIES AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.    ACCORDING TO CHIEF DEPUTY
STEVE SCHROEDER, DEPUTY PETERS WAS FIRST PLACED ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE IN FEBRUARY.   HE IS ON MEDICAL LEAVE AND ACCORDING TO SCHROEDER, PETERS IS USING ACCRUED BENIFITS SUCH AS SICK LEAVE AND VACATION DAYS.   WHEN HE WILL RETURN TO THE JOB WILL BE DETERMINED BY HIS MEDICAL TEAM.      SHERIFF KETTMAN ADDED
THAT THERE IS NO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME.   IT IS
TOTALLY A MEDICAL ISSUE.    SHERIFF KETTMAN CALLED PETERS A "REAL
GOOD" EMPLOYEE DATING BACK TO HIS DAYS AS A JAILER PRIOR TO BECOMING A DEPUTY.

SPORTS:
AT THE STATE TRACK MEET TODAY, GIRLS CLASS 3-A ACTION, MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORE HAILEY SCHWENKER AND JANEY SAUNDERS WERE BOTH ENTERED IN THE 100 HURDLES.    SCHWENKER FINISHED 10TH IN A TIME
OF 15.60 AND SAUNDERS 16TH IN A TIME 16.06.   THE WINNING TIME WAS
14.70.    NEITHER QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS.     ALSO SCHWENKER THEN TOOK PART IN THE 400 HURDLES AND SHE FINISHED 14TH IN A TIME
OF 1:08.86.

NOW SHOWING DOWNTOWN AND THE DRIVE-IN!

"GO FLY A KITE!"    KITE FLYING WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MAY 25TH, BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 3 P.M. AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER.    BRING YOUR OWN OR BUILD ONE AT THE CENTER AND FLY IT OVER THE NEARBY
PRAIRIE.    NO COST IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN KITE.

NEXT WEEK, 39 MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS AND BAND STUDENTS WILL LEAVE FOR A ONE WEEK TRIP TO WASHINGTON,  D.C.
THE CHORUS AND BAND TRIP IS TAKEN EVERY THREE YEARS.    BAND DIRECTOR KENT CRAWFORD AND CHORAL DIRECTOR JOEL  HAGEN HAVE
ORGANIZED THE TRIP AND TWO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, JACKIE CROWLEY AND BETH WOLD, WILL TAKE THE TRIP ALONG WITH SEVERAL PARENT
CHAPERONES.     THEY WILL VISIT LOTS OF SITES AND WILL NOT BE DOING ANY PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.     THE STUDENTS HELD FUN RAISING EVENTS SO THEY COULD PAY THEIR OWN EXPENSES.   SCHOOL ENDS NEXT TUESDAY AND THE BUS WILL LEAVE AT 3 P.M AND GET BACK TO MAQUOKETA ON JUNE 1ST.

SCHOOL BOARD NEWS:     PLANS FOR A NEW BIOLOGY ROOM  HAVE BEEN FINALIZED AND THE CABINETS ARE ORDERED.   WORK SHOULD BEGIN
IN8 WEEKS.   THE CARPET INSTALLERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE 3RD
WEEK IN JUNE AND THE SCHOOL RECEIVED A GRANT FOR 40 GALLONS OF PAINT THAT WILL BE  USED FOR SUMMER PROJECTS.      THE SCHOOL DISTRICT USES ROUGHLY 100 GALLONS OF PAINT A YEAR SO THIS GRANT
WILL REDUCE PAINTING COSTS.
KRISTY WEISS WAS APPOINTED AS THE NEW BOARD SECRETARY AND
BOARD TREASURER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2014-15 SEASON.
SHE TAKES OVER FOR BARB MCKEON WHO IS RETIRING.
THE BOARD PURCHASED A NEW SCHOOL BUS FOR $78,000.
AND SUPT. HOOVER GAVE AN UPDATE ON HILLCREST, SAYING HE HAS MET WITH 8 OTHER DISTRICTS TO FORM A SPECIAL CONSORTIUM AND
THEY HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY
HILLCREST AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.   CURRENTLY THE CONSORTIUM IS MAKING FINAL ADJUSTMENTS ON THE AGREEMENT.

ANDREW IS BRINGING BACK BRIGG'S MEMORIAL DAY THIS SUNDAY, NAMED AFTER IOWA'S FIRST GOVERNOR BURIED IN THE  ANDREW CEMETERY.
THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY BREAKFAST, COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICE AND THE  HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY, A STAND-STILL PARADE.    THE PARADE DOES NOT MOVE AND THE SPECTATORS WALK AROUND AND LOOK AT THE
PARADE ENTRIES.    FOOD AND FUN FOR ALL AGES IN ANDREW.    TAKE
A DRIVE OVER AND SUPPORT THE EVENT IF YOU CAN.

THE EASTERN IOWA BRASS BAND PLAYS AT HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY (ON THE LAWN) IN WEST BRANCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2.    WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME (IF EVER) YOU HAVE VISITED IOWA'S ONLY PRESIDENT'S LIBRARY?

MY GRANDDAUGHTER CASSIE VOY (DAUGHTER OF RICK AND SHERI)
GETS HER DIPLOMA SUNDAY AT BETTENDORF HIGH SCHOOL.  
CONGRATULATIONS CASSIE!    SHE IS ON TO COLLEGE THIS FALL AT
CLARK COLLEGE.  

HAVE A NICE  HOLIDAY.   DRIVE WITH CARE  AND BUCKLE UP.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND 69 TODAY.
GOING TO BE NICE TOMORROW.
GOING TO BE NICE  SATURDAY.
NOW SO NICE SUNDAY.
AND NOW SO  NICE EITHER MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY.

TOMORROW IS ED SEEBERGER'S 94TH BIRTHDAY.   GIVE HIM A CALL..563-652-3869.    HE'S A LEGION AND V F W MEMBER.    FOR MANY
YEARS A VERY GOOD CAR SALESMEN AND THEN FOR MANY YEARS, A
VERY GOOD REAL ESTATE SALESMAN.     I SEE HIM OFTEN ALL  AROUND
TOWN ATTENDING FUNCTIONS.    STILL LIVES ALONE IN HIS HOME ON
WEST SUMMIT STREET.   HAVE A GOOD BIRTHDAY ED.

FRONT ROW, SECOND FROM LEST, MALLORY MARIE CASEL OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE RECEIVED AN END OF YEAR AWARD AT ASHFORD UNIVERSIYT IN
CLINTON.   THE ASHFORD NEWS RELEASE SAYS:  MALLORY RECEIVED THE ALEX ESQUIVEL PROMISING TEACHER AWARD GIVEN TO A GRADUATING FUTURE TEACHER WHO EXEMPLIFIES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING, DEDICATION TO TEACHING, A SPIRIT OF JOYFUL SERVICE AND PERSEVERANCE THROUGH CHALLENGES.

FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER JOHN CONLEE  WILL DO A CONCERT AT 2 P.M. ON JUNE 14TH AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.   ADVANCE TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW.

SPORTS:   TODAY, THE CO-ED STATE TRACK MEET WAS HELD AT DRAKE
STADIUM IN DES MOINES.   FOR THE BOYS IN CLASS 3-A:
HIGH JUMP, MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORE XAVIER ADAMS FINISHED 5TH WITH
A JUMP OF 6-3.
100 METER DASH, MAQUOKETA JUNIOR JACOB KLOFT WAS 16TH IN THE
PRELIMINARIES AND DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS.
400 METERS, FRESHMAN JARED TYRRELL WAS 24TH AND DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS.
IN GIRLS COMPETITION:
MAQUOKETA'S SHUTTLE HURDLE RELAY TEAM FINISHED 9TH AND JUST MISSED GETTING TO THE FINALS.    THE MAQUOKETA TEAM OF JANEY SAUNDERS, BRITTANY TEBBE, SHELBY PETTYJOHN AND HAILEY SCHWENKER RAN THE RACE IN 1:08:83.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS, THE COUNCIL LEARNED THAT
BECAUSE OF THE GAS TAX INCREASE, CONTRACTORS HAVE PLENTY OF
NEW PROJECTS TO BID ON AND THEREFORE, BIDS ARE STARTING TO
BE HIGHER THAN ESTIMATES.     IN MAQUOKETA FOR INSTANCE, THE
QUARRY STREET BID CAME IN NEARLY 50%  OVER ESTIMATES.

IN BUSINESS NEWS:   MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW MOTORCYCLE SHOP THAT OPENED THE DOORS THE LAST WEEK.    R-F CYCLES IS IN THE FORMER
DINER BUILDING ON EAST PLATT AND WILL BE OPEN FROM 1  UNTIL 5
AFTERNOONS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.    THE OWNER IS SHANE
HALVERSON AND HE IS RUNNING THE BUSINESS HIMSELF.    THE SHOP
IS RENTED FROM THE NEW OWNERS OF THE BUILDING, J AND S AUTO ACROSS THE STREET.    HALVERSON HAS APPROXIMATELY 29 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE IN THE MOTORCYCLE REPAIR BUSINESS, REPAIRING
MOTORCYCLES, ATV'S, MOPEDS, GO-CARTS AND CUSTOM BIKES.

DIANNE RATHJE (MRS.  VIC) OF AMANA RECENTLY FOUND AN OLD
MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER IN HER GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE,
FEBRUARY 15TH PAPER, AND SENT IT TO ME.     RONANN'S FLORAL
SHOP THIS MONTH CELEBRATED ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY ON WEST
PLATT IN MAQUOKETA AND WAS STARTED BY DIANNE'S MOTHER AND
FATHER, RON AND ANN MEADE.    HER SISTER WENDY STILL RUNS THE BUSINESS AND 3 FLOWER POTS FROM THE STORE ARE AT MY 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE EVERY SUMMER, NEXT TO THE CONCESSION STAND.    AS A
YOUNG KMAQ RADIO SALESMAN (ALONG WITH ANNOUNCING) I CALLED
ON RON AND ANN WEEKLY FOR RADIO ADS.   I ALWAYS ENJOYED MY VISITS.
ANN WAS QUITE INTERESTED IN (AND HAD SEVERAL) FOREIGN EXCHANGE
STUDENTS FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.   VIC WAS A BANKER HERE
UNTIL THEY MOVED TO THE AMANAS.   NOW RETIRED, THEY BOTH LISTEN
TO KMAQ NEWSCASTS ON THE "STREAMING" RADIO ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE,
WWW.KMAQ.COM.    BELOW, AN AD FROM THAT PAPER.

RAY KROEGER OWNED THE BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS.   IT WAS GOING STRONG WHEN I CAME TO TOWN IN 1958 AND I KNEW RAY, WHO WAS AN
EARLY KMAQ ADVERTISER.   HE WAS ALSO A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRBOARD.   HIS SALE BARN WAS ON WEST SUMMIT
STREET AND BURNED TO THE GROUND.   IT WAS REBUILDT AND IS STILL IN BUSINESS AND OWNED BY BOB LARKEY AND LOCATED FARTHER WEST ON SUMMIT UP ON THE HILL.    THE DAY OF THIS SALE IN 1945, BOB LARKEY
WAS A LITTLE BABY, NOT A YEAR OLD, BUT  LOOKING FORWARD TO
SALE DAYS AHEAD.  IN FACT, HE STARTED WORKING FOR RAY WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD.    THANKS FOR THE PAPER DIANE.   I WILL PUT OTHER
THINGS FROM THAT PAPER UP HERE ON THE DAILY REPORT IN THE FUTURE.

FLAGS WILL BE PUT UP AT 5 FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR MAQUOKETA'S AVENUE OF FLAGS, AT MT. HOPE AND SACRED HEART CEMETERIES.   HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED.   THEY WILL BE TAKEN DOWN MONDAY AFTERNOON AT
5:30 AND AGAIN THEY WOULD LIKE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP.
THE MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM IS AT 10:30 MONDAY MORNING AT
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEN AFTER AT MT. HOPE AND THE FLAG-BURNING
CEREMONY STARTS AT AROUND NOON MONDAY AT MT. HOPE.
CONTACT CLIFF MERRICK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

DENNIS VOY

FAREWELL PARTY AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY

YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY FOR THE CELEBRATION FOR 6 STAFF MEMBERS OF CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA, RETIRING THIS MONTH.   THEY WERE EACH HONORED WITH A "SKIT" BY THEIR ASSOCIATES.   THEN GIFTS AND REFRESHMENTS.    I WAS THERE AND TOOK A FEW PHOTOS.     FIRST A GYM PHOTO BEFORE THE
PROGRAM STARTED.

AT LEFT, CATHY DURKOP, 40 YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT, TEACHING 2ND GRADE.    AT RIGHT, JUDY KOON, TEACHER ASSOCIATE.

ABOVE, CINDY HEPKER (WIFE OF KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER) AND ENDING 38 YEARS OF TEACHING KINDERGARTEN AT
BOTH BRIGGS AND CARDINAL.    ORIGINALLY SHE PLANNED TO TEACH HERE FOR 2 YEARS AND RETURN TO IOWA CITY, THEN MET AND MARRIED LEIGHTON, AND ENDED WITH 38 YEARS TEACHING.

ABOVE, BONNIE BRUCK, LIBRARIAN.

JOAN BOLLMAN, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER  AND LAST 7 YEARS, PRINCIPAL.

 

KATHHY KLOCKE, SCHOOL NURSE.

A FUN TIME FOR ALL....AND AFTER REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS.    THEIR
LAST DAY WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY, THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IN
MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR BEING GREAT STAFF MEMBERS ... & HAPPY RETIREMENT!

DENNIS VOY