HEAT WAVE...35 TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
TONIGHT..
WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTING 20 BELOW
DERBY AT DELMAR, OWNED BY SCOTT DERBY ABOVE. HE AND HIS
WIFE LAURA (BOOKKEEPER) OPENED THE STORE A FEW WEEKS AGO
AND IT IS GETTING VERY POPULAR. NOTE THE OLD HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD
WAGON HE RESTORED. HE AND HIS EMPLOYEE MARLA WILCOX
OF HIGHWAY 136 NEAR DELMAR, SERVE UP HARD ICE CREAM AND OTHER GOOD
SPECIAL FOOD ITEMS FOR ALL THE FAMILY. NO PHONE BUT ORDERS CAN BE
PLACED ON-LINE ON THE STORE FACEBOOK PAGE.
SCOTT PLANS TO BUILD A MINIATURE GOLF COURSE ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF THE STORE AND ADD A LARGE DINING ROOM TO THE REAR OF STORE
FOR MORE SEATING WHEN NEEDED AND PARTIES. HOURS...
ACROSS THE STREET, SCOTT AND LAURA BOUGHT A PARTIALLY BURNED-OUT,
BAD APPEARING BUILDING AND COMPLETELY REMODELED IT INTO FOUR
MODERN APARTMENTS. A ONE-BEDROOM, 2 TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND A
THREE BEDROOM. ALL RENTED. AS A DELMAR BUSINESS OWNER (THE DRIVE-IN
IS OFFICIALLY IN DELMAR) I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE PROGRESS BEING MADE YEARLY
AT DELMAR. ENLARGED SCHOOL, RAILROAD MUSEUM, VETERAN'S AREA NEXT
DOOR TO MUSEUM, THE NEW BASKETBALL COURT IN THE BIG CITY PARK,
THE NEW SPLASH PAD FOR SUMMER COOLING OFF, THE LARGE AND FULL SERVICE
APPLIANCE STORE (DR. APPLIANCE), THE NEW CORNER BAR AND GRILL
WITH LARGE DINING ROOM, THE NEW APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE NEW
ICE CREAM STORE (AND CAFE). AND A GREAT SERVICE CLUB, THE DELMAR LIONS,
DOING THEIR PART TO MAKE DELMAR WITH NICE CHURCHES, A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE
AND ENJOY LIFE.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR LITTLE TOWN HERE IN THE KMAQ AREA? THINGS HAPPENING TOO?
GOOD.....SEND ME AN EMAIL ABOUT YOUR TOWN AND I'LL COME AND TAKE SOME PHOTOS AND TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT! kmaq@kmaq.com
DENNIS VOY
13 BELOW TOMORROW NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA!
TIME FOR A VISIT TO THE "ICE CREAM DERBY" IN DOWNTOWN DELMAR.
SOMEONE ASKED IF I HAD THEIR PHONE NUMBER AND HOURS THEY ARE OPEN. HOPE TO GET ANSWER.
STILL NO WORD ON THE LOTTERY WINNER OF OVER $300,000.
BILL BOWMAN TOLD ME THIS AFTERNOON THAT IT IS NOT HIM.
DENNIS VOY
HE WAS A GREAT MAN! HE WAS A ROTARIAN (LONGTIME TREASURER). I
LAST SAW HIM AT A MEETING IN DECEMBER. BORN AND RAISED IN MAQUOKETA,
HE GRADUATED AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT HIS LAW DEGREE FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY DURING WORLD
WAR II AND WAS TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY. AFTER RETURNING
FROM THAT HARDSHIP IN THE SERVICE, HE WAS A LAWYER IN MAQUOKETA. HE
SERVED AS JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR 3 TERMS. HE WAS APPOINTED THE
U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA AND WAS LATER
LEGAL COUNCIL FOR THE IOWA D.O.T. HE HELPED GET LOCAL OWNERSHIP
OF THE CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING SO IT COULD BE TURNED INTO
THE MUSEUM IT IS NOW. HE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS IN IOWA AND A BROTHER
KARL IN MAQUOKETA. ALSO A SISTER IN ARIZONA, PLUS 3 GRANDCHILDREN.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE AT 10:30 THIS SATURDAY AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC
CHURCH. CARSON CELEBRATION OF LIFE IS SERVING THE FAMILY. HE IS EASILY
ONE OF THE TOP 100 CITIZENS OF ALL TIME IN MAQUOKETA.
COLD SUNDAY.
WARMER WEATHER COMING MID-WEEK.
OLD HOSPITAL SOLD, BUT NO CLOSING ON DEAL YET.
$500,000 FOR SENIOR HOUSING AND
POSSIBLE BUSINESS VENTURES.
BIDS WILL BE LET TUESDAY FOR NEW JAIL.
SOME OLD, BRING BACK MEMORIES, PHOTOS....
