MONDAY DAILY

WAY BACK ... QUITE A TOWN ....MAQUOKETA IN 1871....

PEOPLE WERE TALKING IN 1871.....THEY HEARD THERE WAS A NEW HOTEL COMING
ON NORTH MAIN WITH A BUFFALO IN THE BASEMENT....THEY HEARD
PREDICTIONS OF WATCHING MOTION PICTURES ON THE INSIDE WALL OF A
BIG BUILDING.....ANOTHER GUY SAID HE HEARD SOME DAY IN MAQUOKETA,
MUSIC WOULD COME INTO HOMES FROM THE SKY.       AND THERE WAS THE
GUY WHO READ ABOUT LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE EATING A ROUND
PIECE OF BREAD WITH TOMATOES AND CHEESE AND SAUSAGE  OVER IT.
HIS FRIEND SAID...SOUNDS LIKE SOME KIND OF VIRUS TO ME.      A TEENAGER
ADDED THAT HE ALSO HEARD SOME OF THIS ON.... FACEBOOK.      AND THAT WOKE ME UP FROM MY DREAM.

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FRIDAY DAILY

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NOW 21

 WHEN I CAME TOWN, PLANS WERE UNDERWAY FOR TWO NEW BOWLING ALLEYS
AND BOTH OPENED THE NEXT YEAR, IN 1959.    AND THAT YEAR, THE SIX-LANES
DOWNTOWN CLOSED.    ONE OF  THE NEW...THE HI HO LANES IS WHERE DUTRAC
IS  NOW AND THE OTHER TOWN AND COUNTRY LANES IS WHERE THEISEN'S IS NOW.
WAL MART TOOK TOWN & COUNTRY LANES LOCATION AND TIMBER LANES BECAME THE NEW BOWLING PLACE IN 1990.    MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN A GOOD
BOWLING TOWN FOR A LONG TIME.
NOTE:  I ONCE BOWLED IN TWO LEAGUES, ONE AT  HI HO AND OTHER AT T & C
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT...I ONCE BOWLED A 256.    BACK IN THOSE DAYS, 300 GAMES AND 700 SERIES WERE RARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN MAQUOKETA.    RON YEAGER
BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST TOP BOWLERS IN MAQUOKETA.   AND YES, RED HENTON
WAS A GOOD BOWLER.    LOUIE CLASEN WAS A TOP BOWLER ALSO, BUT HE'S GETTING OLD.

THIS BUILDING'S HISTORY.    WHEN I CAME IN 1958 IT WAS A PAINT STORE.
PHOTO IS AFTER MY LATE DAUGHTER CHRISTY CLASEN OPENED "KIDS COME FIRST" IN THE 70'S AND RAN IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS.   IN PHOTO,  GRANDKIDS SARA CLASEN NOW OF BETTENDORF AND NATE CLASEN NOW OF CEDAR RAPIDS.
UPSTAIRS WAS THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OF KMAQ, FROM 1958 TO 1970.    FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN THE MAQUOKETA CAFE.   IT WILL CLOSE SOON AND IT'S OWNER WILL REPLACE IT SOON WITH A NEW BEAUTIFUL (I'VE SEEN PHOTOS) RESTAURANT NEAR CORNER OF 61 AND 64, WHERE NOBY'S THEN FLAPJACK RESTAURANT  WERE LOCATED.    IT WAS BUILDT BY THE LATE NOBY GRUNBERG IN 1973.    HIS DAD WAS A MAQUOKETA DOCTOR AND NOBY
EVENTUALLY MOVED TO MARSHALLTOWN WHERE HE WAS IN THE FOOD BUSINESS
UNTIL HE DIED.  

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WEDNESDAY DAILY

YESTERDAY MORNING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA,  A 75 YEAR

OLD MAN WAS CROSSING MAIN STREET AND WAS HIT BY A PICK-UP

DRIVIN  BY A 15 YEAR OLD.    THE PEDESTRIAN WAS AIR-LIFTED

TO IOWA CITY AND DIED AROUND 5:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

TO GET THE STORY, GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AT 5:05 P.M OR AT

7:45 A.M. AND TURN-ON THE RADIO ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE.

LOIS FISHER HERE AT KMAQ CAN MAKE SURE YOU

GET A SIGN.    CALL HER HERE AT 1-800-747-0057

A 1944 AD, AND THE PASTIME HAD BUSINESS PLACES SPONSOR IT IN PAPER.

NOTICE, AN OPEN-ALL-NIGHT MAID RITE IN MAQUOKETA.

AT 117 EAST PLATT WAS MAQUOKETA'S ONLY BOWLING LANES AND

THEY WERE UPSTAIRS....I THINK THERE WERE SIX.

BANK NIGHT WAS VERY POPULAR.    YOU 

HAD TO BE PRESENT TO WIN AND IF YOU

COULD NOT GET INTO THEATRE, YOU

STOOD OUTSIDE TO LISTEN FOR THE WINNING

NAME.    IF THAT PERSON WAS NOT PRESENT,

THE JACKPOT WENT UP. 

$350 WAS A LOT OF MONEY IN 1944

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MONDAY DAILY

THIS ITEM ABOVE WAS IN THE 1985  FARMERS ALMANAC

THE DRIVE-IN IS CLOSED MONDAY NIGHTS.   THE

ABOVE TWO MOVIES MUST  END THIS THURSDAY.

 

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FRIDAY DAILY

TODAY I VISITED THE ABOVE BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA ON EAST PLATT STREET.
HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT IT WAS A FIRST-TIME VISIT.

IT IS IN THIS LARGE BUILDING AND EVERY BIT IS USED.   IT IS OWNED BY PETER HOFF (RURAL ANDREW) AND AUSTIN TILL (BELLEVUE) IS A SILENT PARTNER.
A AND P....AUSTIN ADN PETER.
A AND P GRAPHICS AND SIGNS AND SCREEN PAINTING HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA
OVER 6 YEARS.    PETER WENT TO LORAS COLLEGE FOR GRAPHIC ARTS AND THEN
WORKED FOR A SIGN PLACE IN DUBUQUE FOR 8 YEARS.     HE IS A FAMILY MAN
WITH A ONE-YEAR-OLD.     HIS  DAD IS WHO I REFER TO AS MR. BELLEVUE,
JOHN HOFF.

PETER IN HIS OFFICE HOLDING SIGNS HE JUST MADE FOR ME.   TWO FOR MY
CAR DOORS, TO USE WHEN AT THE DRIVE-IN AND TWO FOR WHEN I GO TO DO
BROADCASTS FOR KMAQ.     BOTH CAME OUT GREAT AND LOOK GREAT ON
MY LITTLE RED BUICK.

JUST ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT (WIDE PRINTER) USED BY JOHN.
A AND P GRAPHICS PRIDES ITSELF ON USING QUALITY PRODUCTS, SUPERIOR
SERVICE, SMALL TOWN VALUES AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.
MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE FOR BUSINESS AND FARMS, BUT JOHN WILL BE
GLAD TO DO WORK FOR THE HOME AND FAMILY TOO... LETTERING THE BOAT,
OR GOLF CART....OR YOUR MAILBOX.

I GOT THIS EMAIL SATURDAY MORNING FROM PETER
ABOUT HIS PARTNER.    I SAID AUSTON WAS A SILENT PARTNER...
FAR FROM RIGHT AS PETER'S EMAIL EXPLAINS....

LEFT TO RIGHT, SARAH FISHWILD OF M-S-B....MIKE KOHL MANAGER OF FAREWAY
AND WENDY ZARUBA OF M-S-B

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WEDNESDAY DAILY

RUMOR THIS MORNING WAS THAT THE BEAR WAS LOADED INTO A CATTLE TRAILER
AND TAKEN TO MISSOURI.       WAS JUST A RUMOR.    INSTEAD, SINCE IT WAS
GETTING CLOSE TO I-80 DOWN BY THE QUAD-CITIES,  THE DNR GOT THE BEAR
TURNED AROUND AND  HEADING NORTH AGAIN.    AND  TODAY, CAME OUT
WITH THE ABOVE UPDATE.

 

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TUESDAY DAILY

FOUR MAQUOKETA HOMES WERE SELECTED THIS WEEK TO BE DESIGNATED AS
OUTSTANDING HOMES OF THE MONTH.     THIS MONTHLY PROGRAM IS SPONSORED
BY MAQUOKETA HOMETOWN PRIDE AND MAQUOKETA'S PROPERTY MANAGEMENT BOARD.   IT RECOGNIZES RESIDENTS FOR THE PRIDE THEY TAKE IN THEIR HOMES AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF DOING THIS MAKES TOWARD THE BETTERMENT
OF THE COMMUNITY.    BELOW, THE OUTSTANDING HOMES OF JUNE.

MARK RAINS HOME AT 301 E. LOCUST STREET.    AT LEFT,  STEVE GISEL AND ON
RIGHT BARB SCHROEDER, BOTH MEMBERS OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
BOARD.      MARK IN THE  MIDDLE IS BEHIND THE SIGN THAT IS PUT IN THE FRONT
YARD FOR THE MONTH.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

THE TOM AND GEORGETTE HUSEMANN  HOME AT 408 BUTTERNUT STREET.

MITCHELL AND NICOLE LOY HOME AT 420 NORTH 5TH STREET.

THE MARY BANOWETZ HOME AT 208 W. SUMMIT STREET.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE A HOME,  SUBMIT THE ADDRESS BY EMAIL TO maquoketahtp@gmail.com

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THE MAQUOKET SPEEDWAY HAS HAD TWO GOOD WEEKS TO OPEN THE SEASON
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.     GOOD WEATHER BOTH SATURDAY NIGHTS.  
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, WAS THE LUCAS OIL MLRA LATE MODELS FEATURE
SHOW.     CHIS SIMPSON CLAIMED THE CHECKERED FLAG TO CLAIM THE TOP
PRIZE OF $5,000.     BOBBY PIERCE....DENNIS ERB, JR...CHAD SIMPSON... AND RYAN
UNZICKER ROUNDED THE TOP 5.
MATT HUDSPETH, HELD OFF BRUISE YOERGER IN THE AMERICAN IRON RACING
SERIES FEATURE.
KEVIN FELLER  IS RACE DIRECTOR, NEW THIS YEAR, WITH LOTS OF EXPERIENCE
AND SO IT SHOULD BE A GOOD YEAR FOR STOCK CAR RACING IN MAQUOKETA
THIS SUMMER.     WITH THE NEW GRANDSTAND ADDITION LAST YEAR, THERE
ARE MANY EXCELLENT SEATS TO WATCH THE RACES.

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