MONDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY WE HAD SOME RAIN OVER THE NOON HOUR....CAME DOWN PRETTY HARD FOR AWHILE AND IT WAS WELCOMED.
REST OF THE WEEK, LOOKS PRETTY NICE...VERY LITTLE RAIN AND MID-80
TEMPERATURES.

THE  "CAN CITY"  BUSINESS ON EAST PLATT STREET WAS BROKEN INTO
SATURDAY AND IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT WAS TAKEN, IF ANYTHING.   THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER JAYSON HEIAR INVESTIGATED A 2-CAR ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 6 P.M.    KIMBERLY ROME, AGE 45, OF
MAQUOKETA WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON MAIN STREET WHEN ROBERT
FISHER, AGE 43, OF SIGOURNEY PULLED INTO THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH MAIN AND EAST SUMMMIT STREET AND STRUCK THE ROME VEHICLE.
$3,500 DAMAGE TO THE ROME 2004 JEEP AND $800 DAMAGE TO THE FISHER
2002 CHEVY SILVERADO.    NO INJURIES AND NO CITATION.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MIKE HUCKABEE WILL BE AT THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY TUESDAY (TOMORROW) AFTERNOON FROM 2:30 UNTIL 4 P.M.

A NEW 300 PAGE HARD COVER BOOK IS ON THE SILENT AUCTION THIS
WEEK AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY BLOG.    GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BUTTON. 

HERE'S HOW THE FIRST WAL MART STORE LOOKED....STARTED BY MR.
WALTON...A LONG TIME AGO DOWN SOUTH.

BACK IN THOSE DAYS, MAQUOKETA HAD TWO 5 AND 10 CENT STORES...
BEATY'S BEN FRANKLIN AND SCHULTZ BROTHERS.

MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER KEENAN MEINECKE INVESTIGATED A CAR-PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT FRIDAY  NIGHT AROUND 10 P.M. IN THE
WAL MART PARKING LOT.   THE DRIVER WAS ANDREA SHEEHAN, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE PEDESTRIAN  WAS TIFFANY FOX, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA.     BOTH STOPPED FOR EACH OTHER BUT CONTINUED ON
AT THE SAME TIME.     FOX WAS IN LANE SIX AND WAS STRUCK BY
THE SHEEHAN VEHICLE.     FOX WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE HOSPITAL AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES.    $2,500 WORTH
OF DAMGE TO ANDREA SHEEHAN'S 2003 OLDSMOBILE.    NO CITATION
HAS BEEN FILED.

MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER JASON THOMPSON FRIDAY CHARGED JAMES RYAN, 48, OF MAQUOKETAA, FOR THEFT IN THE 5TH DEGREE.   RYAN, AN EMPLOYEE OF WAL MART ADMITTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR DURING AN INTERVIEW THAT HE HAD TAKEN PAPER BOWLS,WORK GLOVES, AND VIDEO
GAME ACCESSORIES FROM THE STORE VALUED AT $56.

THE CUBS ARE HOT, BUT THE CARDINALS ARE STILL 8 GAMES AHEAD
OF THE 3RD PLACE TEAM.   THE CARDINALS ARE OFF TODAY BUT HAVE A
BIG 3-GAME SERIES WITH THE 2ND PLACE PIRATES, STARTING TOMORROW
NIGHT.

THE CARDINALS, WITH THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK...CARDINAL FANS...AND CUB FANS.

READ BELOW ABOUT MY VISIT YESTERDAY TO CLINTON.

DENNIS VOY

A FAIRLY NEW CLINTON COUNTY TOURISM ATTRACTION

I LIKE TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE KMAQ AREA!    YESTERDAY NANCY AND I SPENT 90-MINUTES AT THE 3-YEAR-OLD "SAWMILL MUSEUM" AT THE EDGE
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON GRANT STREET NEAR DOWNTOWN CLINTON.     AND WE BOTH ENJOYED OUR VISIT AND RECOMMEND YOU SEE IT.
BETTER THAN WE EXPECTED AND ONLY $4 ADMISSION.       CLINTON SHOULD BE PROUD.    A LOOK AT A FEW PHOTOS I TOOK......

THE FRONT DOOR ABOVE AND BELOW, THE ENTRANCE WAY, WITH VERY NICE RESTROOMS
TO ONE CORNER AND GIFT SHOP AT ANOTHER

CORNER....

CLINTON WAS THE LUMBER CAPITOL OF THE U.S.A BACK AROUND 1880 AND FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS, UNTIL THEY RAN OUT OF GOOD TREES IN IOWA,
MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN.     THOUSANDS WORKED AT SEVERAL BIG MILLS, AND THEIR OWNERS BUILDT BIG, BEAUTIFUL HOMES IN CLINTON, ALL STILL STANDING AND TOURS CAN BE TAKEN IN ONE. 

ABOVE,  AS SOON AS YOU WALK INTO THE VERY
LARGE BUILDING, PUSH A BUTTON AND WATCH A VIDEO ON LUMBER MILLS.

WALK THROUGH THE DOOR ABOVE INTO A SPECIAL ROOM FOR A VERY NEAT PRESENTATION.

LOOKS LKIE 4 LARGE PICTURES ON EASELS, RIGHT?    PUSH A BUTTON AND THESE 4 LUMBER BARRONS COME  TO LIFE AND BEGIN A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THEM ABOUT THE LUMBER BUSINESS IN CLINTON COUNTY IN 1880.   THEIR LIPS MOVE, EYES MOVE, HEAD TURNS....ONE OF THE BEST MUSEUM ROOMS I HAVE EVER BEEN IN.

WE VISITED ALL 3 LOG CABINS USED BY LOGGERS...A SLEEPING ROOM, THE THE COOK'S KITCHEN...AND A CAMP STORE.

TAKE THE KIDS.   THEY HAVE SEVERAL THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO WHILE YOU TOUR THE MUSEUM, INCLUDING ON BUSY DAYS, A KIDDIE TRAIN....

THIS IS THEIR TRAIN, BUT I TOOK THIS PHOTO OF IT LAST WEEK AT THE  NATIONAL NITE OUT EVENT IN DEWITT.   AS A PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE
NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY, THEY  BROUGHT THE TRAIN TO DEWITT FOR THE TWO HOUR EVEN.

THEY HAVE ONE LARGE ROOM WHERE YOU LOOK
THROUGH WINDOWS AT A WORKING MILL, WHERE
(WHEN IT IS IN OPERATION) YOU CAN SEE  LOGS
BEING TURNED INTO BUILDING LUMBER.    CALL
AHEAD (CHECK OUT THEIR NICE WEB SITE) TO FIND
OUT WHEN THEY DO THIS.

NO MORE PHOTOS.   YOU NEED TO SEE THIS 
MUSEUM IN PERSON.    TAKE A GROUP AND ARRANGE FOR A SPECIAL GUIDE.

                              T I M B E R !
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com