MONDAY DAILY REPORT

WE HAD SOME RAIN EASTER MORNING AND OVERCAST SKIES THE REST OF THE DAY .
TODAY, SUNNY, NO WIND AND 54 DEGREES.
WEEK AHEAD WEATHER LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
YOU CAN NOW GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND AT THE TOP, THE
CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN MAQUOKETA AND CLICK ON THE TEMP FOR
THE MAQUOKETA FORECAST.

A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING AROUND
8:15.   RICHARD ALLEN, AGE 20, OF 507  SOUTH NIAGARA STREET WAS DRIVING NORTH ON 250TH AVENUE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL, WENT
OFF THE ROAD AND HIT THE DRIVEWAY AT 2911 250TH AVENUE.   HIS
VEHICLE THEN WENT AIRBORNE FOR 125 FEET AND FLIPPED.
HE ENDED  UP FACING EAST IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE.   THE 2011 DODGE TRUCK HAS ESTIMATED DAMAGE OF $17,000.    THE ACCIDENT WAS
INVESTIGATED BY DEPUTY SHERIFF RANDY MANNING OF THE JACKSON
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THE SUPERVISORS HAVE THEIR  WEEKLY MEETING TOMORROW MORNING,
WITH A LONG  AGENDA.    IT STARTS AS ALWAYS AT 9 A.M.    CITIZENS
EACH WEEK CAN ADDRESS THE SUPERVISORS AT ABOUT 9:30, FOR NO
LONGER THAN 3 MINUTES.   BY THE WAY, SUPERVISIOR JACK WILLEY
IS IS BACK PARTTIME FOLLOWING HIS OPERATION.

 YES..QUARRY STREET REMAINS CLOSED!

"MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN" STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT
AT THE VOY THEATRE.   THE TWO "LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR" WERE IN TODAY'S QUAD CITY TIMES.

WORK STARTED TODAY ON THE "RonAnn's
Floral Shoppe" NEW BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET, RIGHT NEXT TO "TACO JOHNS".   THE BUILDING IS STAKED-OUT JUST BEYOND THE DRIVEWAY. 

 HAVE A GOOD WEEK!

CHECK BELOW ....THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS FEATURE ON DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ... YEARS AGO!

DENNIS VOYkmaq@kmaq.com

MONDAY SPECIAL FEATURE

LAST TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND, IF YOU READ MY
DAILY REPORT THAT DAY,  YOU WOULD HAVE READ
ABOUT WAY-BACK UNDERGROUND BUSINESS PLACES IN MAQUOKETA, INCLUDING THE BASEMENT OF MY THREE-STORY BUILDING THAT INCLUDES THE VOY 3 THEATRE IN THE REAR AND THE BEAUTY SHOP "EXPRESSIONS" IN THE FRONT.
IN LAST SATURDAY'S MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS, KELLY GERLACH ALSO DID A GOOD FRONT-PAGE FEATURE ON DOWNTOWN BASEMENTS.   IT INCLUDED A LARGE PHOTO OF ME (MY BACKSIDE) WALKING TOWARD WHERE THE UNDERGROUND, UNDERSIDEWALK  BUSINESS ENTRANCES WERE LOCATED, WITH ACCESS BY A
MAIN STREET STAIRWAY.

WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN THE 40'S, THE
BUILDING WAS THE HOME OF THE "ORPHEUM" THEATRE.   THE LARGER "PASTIME" THEATRE WAS
OPEN THEN TOO IN THE NEXT BLOCK NORTH.
THE "ORPHEUM" CLOSED AND THEN YEARS LATER, AT SAME LOCATION THE "CHIEF" THEATRE OPENED FOR A COUPLE YEARS.   TODAY, THE "VOY 3" THEATRE IS IN BUILDING,, TO THE REAR.   I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE ARCHWAYS WERE REMOVED.    NOTE, LOWER LEFT CORNER, THE STAIRWAY.    THAT STAIRWAY WENT INTO BASEMENT WHERE THERE WERE TWO UNDERGROUND BASEMENT BUSINESSES.   I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A BARBER SHOP DOWN  THERE AND (SEE SIGN AT THE STAIRWAY) LOCATED IN BASEMENT, JOLES BROTHERS PLUMBERS.
THANKS TO KELLY FOR THE GOOD STORY AND BROOKE TAYLOR FOR GOOD PHOTOS ALSO.    
THE PHOTO OF BUILDING IS FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
NOW...IF ONLY THE WALLS COULD TALK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com