FRIDAY NEW YEAR'S EVE REPORT

 

THE MIDDLE SPACE IN PHOTO, WITH NO NAME,  IS "BOB'S BARBER SHOP".   BOB

FITZGERALD,  AGE 78,  GAVE HAIRCUTS THIS MORNING.    AT NOON, CLOSED.    HE HAD

SOMEONE  TAKE DOWN THE BARBER SIGN, THE WINDOWS WERE  PAPERED  AND SIGN'

ON DOOR, SAYS "RETIRED".    WE WILL MISS BOB DOWNTOWN,  AFTER AROUND 40

YEARS.     FOR MANY  YEARS, ON NORTH MAIN AND THE LAST MANY  YEARS ON

SOUTH MAIN.      HAPPY RETIREMENT WISHES TO BOB.

THE STORE TO LEFT,  "DOWNTOWN", IS NEW.   I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT AT THIS

TIME.   IT OPENED LAST WEEK.    TO THE LEFT, THE STATE FARM INSURANCE OFFICEF.

ON THE CORNER, TO THE RIGHT, THE FUTURE HOME OF A PIZZA PLACE.

NOTICE THE SNOW.     FOUR TO 6 INCHES COMING AGAIN TOMORROW, NEW YEAR'S 

DAY.    ALONG WITH WIND AND COLD TEMPS.   

ABOVE, SOUTH JONES AND WEST PLATT.   THE BUILDING IS DOWN AND THE

"FOOTINGS" FOR NEW BUILDING ARE DONE.    SNOW HAS STOPPED WORK FOR

AWHILE.    IT WILL BE....WHERE IS SAYS COMING SOON...THE HOME OF  "SCOOTERS"...

A STORE FOR COFFEE AND OTHER BEVERAGES.     IT WILL BE A COMPANY STORE.

IT IS BEING BUILDT AT AN ANGLE AND WILL HAVE A DRIVE-UP WINDOW AND SOME

IN DOOR SEATING, WITH A GOOD SIZED PARKING LOT.

FROM KMAQ,   THE VOY 3 THEATRE   AND THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE

DENNIS (VOY) AND NANCY(MOORE)

WEDNESDAY REPORT

5  INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY.

COLD WEEKEND AHEAD..

ROTARY MEETING TODAY.    ONE MORE MEMBER CAME IN AFTER THIS PHOTO  WAS

TAKEN....AND WITH ME, ATTENDANCE WAS 9.    TOM MESSERLI  IN PHOTO WAS

GUEST SPEAKER.    WE NEED SOME MORE MEMBERS.    WE MEET EVERY

WEDNESDAY NOON AT EAGLES CLUB.      LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 

JOINING?   CONTACT SALLY DAVIES ABOVE,  WHERE SHE WORKS  AT CLOVER RIDGE

PLACE.

GUEST SPEAKER TODAY WAS NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR FOR MAQUOKETA, TOM

MESSERLI.     HE SERVED ONCE BEFORE FOR 8 YEARS, STARTING IN 2000.

LOTS  OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE TIMBER CITY AND  LOTS OF NEEDS TOO,

AND HE DISCUSSED MOST.     

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MONDAY REPORT

SOME  ICE AND 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN KMAQ AREA.

THIS PHOTO  TAKEN SUNDAY AT THE FULTON CHURCH NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.

ON LEFT OF COURSE IS 101 YEAR OLD RED HENTON OF MAQUOKETA.

WITH HIM, MATT WALKER, HIS GRANDSON.   HIS  MOTHER IS NANCY WHO NOW

LIVES IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

HE HAS BEEN THE ORGANIST FOR THE FULTON CHURCH FOR OVER 25 YEARS 

AND YESTERDAY WAS HIS FINAL SUNDAY AT THE ORGAN, DECIDING IT WAS

TIME TO RETIRE FROM THE TWICE A MONTH HIGH PAYING  JOB.     HE  HAS LIVED IN

IOWA CITY MOST OF THOSE YEARS AND ESTIMATED HE HAS TRAVELED AROUND 

100 THOUSAND MILES TO PLAY THE ORGAN IN FULTON.     THERE HAVE BEEN

ONLY A FEW TIMES WHEN WEATHER PREVENTED  HIM TO ATTEND.

MATT IS SINGLE, NEVER MARRIED,  AND STILL WORKS IN IOWA CITY.

HE STARTED WITH  PIANO LESSONS WHEN HE WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL AND

LATER LEARNED HOW TO PLAY THE ORGAN.     AND I CAN TELL YOU, HE IS

A VERY GOOD ORGANIST.    OVER THE YEARS HE  HAS ALSO  HELPED HIS GRANDPA

RECORD SONGS ON CD'S FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE AREA.

HE WAS GIVEN A MUSIC BOX CLOCK YESTERDAY AFTER THE SERVICE AND

THEN AS ALWAYS WENT INTO THE NICE BASEMENT FOR A NOON LUNCH PROVED TO

THOSE ATTENDING THE SERVICE  BY CHURCH MEMBERS.    HE WILL BE MISSED BUT 

PLANS TO COME BACK NOW AND THEN TO TAKE IN A SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE 

FROM A PEW AND NOT  THE ORGAN  BENCH.  

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SUNDAY REPORT

 CHRISTMAS IS OVER.

HOPE YOU HAD A BLESSED HOLIDAY.

NANCY AND I  ENJOYED CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE  HISTORIC EAST IRON  HILL CHURCH, AN OLD  CHURCH MADE TO LOOK LIKE NEW.    BEAUTIFUL.   THERE WERE  CLOSE TO 50 ATTENDING..GOOD TURN OUT

AT CHRISTMAS,  ALWAYS NICE TO MEET OLD FRIENDS.

NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA...AT 7 P.M.

ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE MORNING AT OHNWARD BOXOFFICE...ALSO AT

OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.    AT THE DOOR SATURDAY NIGHT, $30.    BUY IN

ADVANCE AND SAVE.

ALL WEEK LONG...THE VOY THEATRE WILL HAVE ALL 3 MOVIES AT 2 P..M.

AND 6:30 P.M.    MATINEE SHOWS ..ALL SEATS $5     EVENING SHOWS, ALL SEATS

$7.OO      THE MOVIES ARE....SING 2....THE NEW SPIDERMAN MOVIE, RATED PG-13 

AND THE NEW MATRIX MOVIE RATED R.

THIS WEEK....AND WEEKEND...

FOOTBALL BOWL TIME.

GO CYCLONES....

GO HAWKS.

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SATURDAY REPORT

 

SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS WERE IN MAQUOKETA AT THE VOY THEATRE

THIS MORNING FOR A MAQUOKETA STATE BANK

FREE MOVIE AND TREATS EVENT.   WHEN NOT AT THE NORTH POLE,

THEY LIVE IN ANDREW.    THEY HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

BUT STILL HAVE OPENINGS.   TODD HAGEN, SANTA'S CEO, CAN BE REACHED

AT 623-582-5852 OR EMAIL:   HoHoHeadquarters@aol.com

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FRIDAY REPORT

RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

NO SNOW YET, BUT NORTHERN IOWA GETTING A LOT.

MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT...AND KMAQ WILL BROADCAST IT FROM MAQUOKETA GYM STARTING JUST BEFORE 7.  HOPE YOU CAN LISTEN.

JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION AND HOSPICE  EACH  RECEIVED OVER $3,000

FROM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB....PROCEEDS FROM THEIR REVERSE

RAFFLE HELD EARLIER THIS FALL.

F

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THURSDAY REPORT

BAD FIRE AT THE DANNY DEMOSS HOME IN MONMOUTH.

NEW PARTICIPANT ON KMAQ AUCTION SHOW THIS  SATURDAY....SMILY'S ICE CREAM IN DEWITT. 

 

   

 

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TUESDAY REPORT

 

MAQUOKETA'S  "GREEN SPACE" CHRISTMAS TREE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

BEHIND IS THE MITCHELL-MASKREY BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN RE-DONE OUTSIDE

AND INSIDE.   THE SILVER ADD-ON IS THE STAIRWAY TO 4 APARTMENTS THAT

WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEKEND AND ARE FOR RENT.

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MONDAY REPORT

LONGTIME RETIRED BUSINESSMAN TED MAZE ATTENDED A CELEBRATION IN HIS HONOR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT TIMBER LANES CENTER.   LUNCH AND CAKE AFTER ENJOYED BY MANY.

 

NICE LOOKING COUPLE....NEITHER SHOWING THEIR TRUE AGE....LOOKING AND FEELING MUCH  YOUNGER.   

LONGTIME OWNER OF MAQUOKETA LUMBER...CHECK THOSE 1976 PRICES.

HE WAS ACTUALLY PROMOTED TO MANAGER IN 1963 BEFORE BUYING THE BUSINESS IN 1968.

TED HAS BEEN IN THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB FOR 64 YEARS...HARDLY EVER

MISSES A MEETING.    HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF ROTARY ICE CREAM SOCIAL EACH

SUMMER FOR 44 YEARS.

HE SERVED IN THE ARMY IN GERMANY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

HE WAS BORN IN CARROLL, IOWA......ONE OF 8 BOYS.

SON MARK BOUGHT THE BUSINESS IN 1995.   TED STILL CHECKS IN OFTEN TO SEE

IF THERE IS ANYTHING HE COULD  DO.

HE HAS  TWO DAUGHTERS, MICHELLE AND MARY PAT.

MAQUOKETA  HAS BEEN LUCKY TO  HAVE TED AND  PAT.     YES, I FORGOT,

PAT HAS PLAYED THE ORGAN OR PIANO FOR EVENTS HUNDREDS OF TIMES.

THANK YOU AND KEEP STAYING ACTIVE TED AND PAT!

YES...SANTA AND MRS. KLAUS MADE IT TO MAQUOKETA SUNDAY,  IN TIME TO VISIT WITH KIDS IN THE AFTERNOON AND LIGHT THE TREE IN THE GREEN SPACE.

NICE DAY.....LITTLE  COOL, BUT INSIDE THE FORMBE BIG BANK BUILDING DOWNTOWN

THERE WAS PLENTY OF HOT CHOCOLATE.

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WEDNESDAY THANKSGIVING EVE REPORT

 

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FRIDAY DAI LY

 

EASTON VALLEY (MILES, PRESTON AND SABULA) LOST THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP

GAME THURSDAY AT THE UNI DOME.  GREAT GAME.

THREE FATALITIES ON NORTH AND SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK.

NORTH NEAR HURSTVILLE, TWO MAQUOKETA MEN KILLED INSTANTLY.

LAST NIGHT, A DUBUQUE MAN.

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TUESDAY REPORT

 

THE FOOD DRIVE IS ON NOW UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.   TAKE FOOD TO

THE  HIGH SCHOOL AND PLACE IT IN A BOX OUT FRONT.

REMEMBER THIS TREE?      IT WAS OVER MAIN AND PLATT FOR MANY YEARS.

IN THE EARLY 70'S,  JAKE BICKFORD  AND I  HAD A DRIVE FOR NEW DECORATIONS

FOR DOWNTOWN AND THIS TREE WAS PART OF THE DECORATIONS PURCHASED.

PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT IT.    IT PLAIN WORE OUT FROM BEING PUT UP

AND TAKEN DOWN....AND THE WINTER COLD AND WINDS TOO.

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FRIDAY REPORT

 SNOW SHOWERS....FIRST OF YEAR...IN MAQUOKETA FORECAST THIS WEEKEND...
ALONG WITH  COLD TEMERATURES, AROUND 40.

THE EASTON VALLEY RIVER HAWKS (PRESTON, MILES, SABULA) 8-PLAYER

FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NEXT THURSDAY 

MORNING AT 9:30 AT THE UNI DORM AT CEDAR FALLS.    PLAYING THE

CAM HIGH SCHOOL OF SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.   BOTH TEAMS ARE 12 AND 0.

WE WILL BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ STARTING AT 9:15 WEDNESDAY

MORNING.

BRETT STALKER OF MILES, OWNER OF "STALKER'S PUB" IN DOWNTOWN

MILES.       I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AND HAD ONE OF HIS FAMOUS 

PORK TENDERLOIN SANDWICHES.     THIS SUMMER IT WAS JUDGED  ONE

OF THE FIVE BEST BY THE IOWA PORK PRODUCER'S ASSOCIATION.    AND

FINAL JUDGING PUT IT AT #3 IN THE STATE.   IT IS GOOD!!    YOU HAVE TO

TRY ONE OR TWO SOON.     HE HAS OWNED HIS PUB FOR 17 YEARS AND IT

IS OPEN FOR LUNCH AND EVENINGS, THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY.    HE IS

ORIGINALLY FROM MAQUOKETA AND HIS DAD STILL LIVES HERE.    A NICE

PLACE FOR A FAMILY DINNER, WITH A MENU OF MANY FAVORITES.

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WEDNESDAY REPORT

 

JANUARY 1, 2022, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A NEW MAYOR....TOM MESSERLI

ABOVE.    LAST NIGHT HE DEFEATED COUNCILMAN KEVIN KUHLMAN, 

446 VOTES TO 289.

HE HAS WORKED FOR KMAQ NEARLY 40 YEARS.,,,FIRST AS AN ANNOUNCER

AND THEN PART TIME CHIEF ENGINEER THE LAST 25 YEARS OR SO. 

FULL TIME HE WORKS AS A DISPATCHER AT THE POLICE/SHERIFF COMMUNICATIONS

CENTER.    ALSO DOES ENGINEERING FOR SEVERAL OTHER RADIO STATIONS.

AND..IS MAQUOKETA'S LOCKSMITH.    HE WILLL BE 61 TOMORROW.

HE IS DIVORCED AND HIS LONGTIME FRIEND IS RETIRED KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR

SHERI MELVOLD AND HE HAS A DAUGHTER IN TEXAS,  A SISTER IN BELLEVUE

AND HIS MOTHER LIVES IN CLINTON.

ALSO LAST NIGHT,  COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER WAS RE-ELECTED,  DEFEATING

JIM TRIVETTEE  506 TO 209.

FOR SCHOOL BOARD, GREGORY BOPES WAS RE-ELECTED AND  A NEW MEMBER

WILL BE MARY HERRING.

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TUESDAY DAILY

 BIG NEWS TODAY.....OSTERHAUS PHARMACY HAS BEEN SOLD TO A WATERLOO

FIRM, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31ST.    IT WILL BE THEIR 6TH PHARMACY.    BOTH MATT 

AND MARILYN WILL WORK FOR THE NEW OWNERS AND BOB (WHO STARTED THE

BUSINESS HERE IN 1965) WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIS SMALL OFFICE THERE.

GRANDDAUGHTER SARA CLASEN IS MANAGER OF MY THEATRES, SINCE

SPRING WHEN JACK JONES RETIRED AS MANAGER AFTER 47 YEARS.

SHE ALSO HAS A DAYCARE BUSINESS AT HER HOME IN BETTENDORF AND HAS

3 FOSTER CHILDREN...AGES 8-10 AND 12...THAT SHE ADOPTED 8 YEARS AGO.

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FRIDAY REPORT

 

MAQUOKETA WILL HOST BENTON

COMMUNITY TONIGHT AT GOODENOW

FIELD....LOOKING FOR FIRST WIN.

HEAR THE GAME ON KMAQ AT 7:30.

THE CLASS OF 1981 IS  HAVING THEIR 40TH CLASS REUNION THIS

WEEKEND.    WELCOME MEMBERS.

STALKER'S PUB OF MILES WAS A FINALIST FOR BEST PORK TENDERLOIN

SANDWICH IN IOWA.    MADE THE TOP 5.   WINNER ANNOUNCED YESTRERDAY

IS "VICTORIA STATION" IN HARLAND.

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THURSDAY REPORT

 

SCOTT IS THE SON-IN-LAW OF JOE AND DEE  EBERHART OF RURAL

DELMAR.      HIS WIFE IS JOVON AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE BOY AND  LIVE

IN FLORIDA.    IN HER EMAIL TO ME,  JOVON SAID SCOTT BATTLED SOME STEEP

ELEVATIONS, SERIOUS CHARGING STOP CHALLENGES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 

AND COLD NIGHT WEATHER IN ARIZONA, WHERE IT GOT  DOWN TO 36 DEGREES.  

BUT, SAID JOVON, HE BEAT THE RECORD BY 90 MINUTES FOR THE 112 AND A

HALF HOUR TRIP COAST-TO-COAST. 

NICE GO ING SCOTT!!

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WEDNESDAY OCT 13 REPORT

 

THIS  PUMPKIN TOOK FIRST PLACE   (IT WAS ENTERED IN THE AGE 9-16 DIVISION)

BY MARANDA WOOD  IN THE "MASTER GARDNERS" PUMPKIN CONTEST LAST

NIGHT DURING THE "FARMER'S MARKET" IN MAQUOKETA.    IT WAS A GOOD

TURN OUT WITH 17 ENTRIES.      IT WAS FINAL NIGHT FOR THE SEASON FOR THE

EVERY TUESDAY OUTDOOR MARKET,  DIRECTED WEEKLY BY VOLUNTEER TED STRAIT.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOOK PART IN A RIBBON CUTTING

CEREMONY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NEW CITIZEN'S STATE BANK

NEAR WALMART AT MAQUOKETA.     HOLDING THE SCIZZORS IN GRAY SWEATER, BREE KILBURG, ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT, BRANCH MANAGER AND LOAN OFFICER.   TO RIGHT OF HER, CHRISTY CARR, CHAMBER MANAGER.    LEFT FRONT, TONY PORTZ, VICE-PRESIDENT.    RIGHT  FRONT, JIM THINES, PRESIDENT.      SECOND FROM RIGHT, BRANDI HOLST, TELLER.

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THURSDAY DAILY

FRONT:   LEFT TO RIGHT:    OLIVER SIKKEMA, HAYDEN BICKFORD, HUNTER BICKFORD,CREW WILLIAMS, LINCOLN YOUNG, NOAH MARSHALL AND KENNY MARSHAL.

BACK ROW:   KEEVAN RATH, LOGIN CLASEN, DAVID FUNCHES, BEAU SAID,  AVA
VORBECK, MASON WEIMERSKIRK AND  TA TE CLAUS.

RESULTS OF THE KIWANIS FOOTBALL SKILLS CHALLENGE HELD SEPT 23RD.29 TOOK HONORS!

GIRLS:

AGE 6 AND 7   FIRST PLACE   HAYDEN BICKFORD OF MAQUOKE    10 AND 11   AVA VORBECK OF ELWOOD,  FIRST PLACE

BOYS:

FIRST PLACE...

AGE 6-7    CREW WILLIAMS, MAQUOKETA

8-9   HUNTER BICKFORD, MAQUOKTA

10-11    MASON WEIMERSKIRK,   DELMAR

12-13    LOGAN CLASEN , MAQUOKETA

14-15    M.J. WARTHAN,  MAQUOKETA

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