WEDNESDAY DAILY

           AUTUMN STARTS AT 9:21 A.M. TOMORROW!

JOSH SMITH IS THE MANAGER OF THE HUSCO PLANT ABOVE, IN THE
MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY.

JOSH SMITH IS THE NEW 3RD WARD CITY COUNCILMAN IN MAQUOKETA.
HE WON THE ELECTION YESTERDAY, OVER FORMER COUNCILMAN JERRY
BOWEN, 87 VOTES TO 31.    HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN, GOT HIS BA FROM UNIVERSITY OF IOWA-STOUT AND HIS
MA FROM MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY IN MILWAUKEE.    HE HAS LIVED IN
MAQUOKETA FOR FIVE YEARS AND HE AND HIS WIFE NIKKI HAVE 3
CHILDREN, A GIRL AGE 2 AND BOYS,  4 (GOING ON 5) AND AGE 7.    HIS WIFE
IS A STAY-AT-HOME MOTHER, CARING FOR THE 2 YEAR OLD.   HE IS A
MEMBER OF THE  MAQUOKETA BETTERMENT CORPORATION.  HIS TERM
GOES  UNTIL THE END OF 2019.

WORKING TODAY ON EAST PLEASANT STREET.   THEY WILL BE POURING
CONCRETE ON IT SOON.   NOTICE THE NEW LOOK OF THE "OLD CITY
HALL ART GALLERY".

ANOTHER VIEW OF PLEASANT STREET, LOOKING WEST.

AND AS I WAS VISITING AREA FOR PHOTOS, NOTICED THIS BUILDING
COMING DOWN....ADJACENT TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE OLD MITCHELL-MASKREY MILL ON PLEASANT.    "MIDAS", A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BOUGHT THE LAND AND THE
OWNER, ARLAN FLAGEL, KEPT THE BUILDING AND IS TEARING IT DOWN.   I ASSUME HE WILL PUT IT UP SOMEPLACE ELSE OR SELL IT.    IT HAS BEEN USED TO STORE VINTAGE CARS.    "MIDAS" BOUGHT IT THIS YEAR IN CASE THE LAND WAS NEEDED FOR A DOWNTOWN PROJECT ALONG WITH THE MILL SITE PROPERTY.

PASTOR DR. BRAD MILLER SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY... A FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT AND PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY.
FOR MORE ABOUT HIM, CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLOG ON KMAQ HOME
PAGE.

MACHINERY IN FRONT OF MY THEATRE.   STILL LOTS OF WORK LEFT ON
THE SOUTH MAIN STREET BLOCK.    WHEN COMING TO THE THEATRE, BEST
TO FIND A PARKING SPOT ON THE EAST SIDE AND WALK THROUGH THE
HURST HOTEL APARTMENTS PARKING LOT AND TO THE GRAVEL SIDEWALK
THAT TAKES YOU TO THE THEATRE FRONT DOOR.   THE POPCORN ALONE IS
WELL WORTH THE WALK.

THE VOY 2 AUDITORIUM RE-OPENS FRIDAY AFTER SOME WORK COMPLETED IN IT....ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW DIGITAL PROJECTOR.     YOU WILL  LIKE THE BRIGHT STEADY MOVIE AND SURROUND SOUND.    THE LIGHT IN AISLE WAS USED TO GIVE MORE LIGHT FOR CLEANING TODAY.    NOTE, THE AISLE TO THE RIGHT THAT WAS NEVER THERE BEFORE, ALONG WITH AN WALK-WAY BEHIND THE BACK ROW OF SEATS.      NOW IT WILL BE EASIER
TO GET BACK TO  YOUR SEAT AFTER A VISIT TO THE CONCESSION STAND.    THAT BACK AREA (WHERE A ROW OF SEATS WAS TAKEN OUT) CAN ALSO BE USED  FOR WHEEL CHAIRS.

STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT, FOR ONE WEEK ONLY, THE MOVIE "HILLARY"S
AMERICA" WILL BE SHOWN IN IT.   RATED PG13.

 BELOW, A SCENE FROM ANOTHER  PAST PPP HIT.

"COUNTY DRACULA"...A 1980  PEACE PIPE PLAYER PRODUCTION.   THE
LEAD ROLE WAS PLAYED BY JACK JONES, WHO STARRED IN MANY PPP
PLAYS AND WHO HAS BEEN THE VOY THEATRES MANAGER SINCE 1974.

DENNIS VOY