RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY. IT RAINED ALL WEEKEND...OVER 2-INCHES AND RAINED ALL DAY TODAY AND WILL KEEP RAINING UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. THEN, NO RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, BUT IT WILL BE PRETTY COOL THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH DAILY TEMPERATURES STARTING WEDNESDAY ... IN THE MID 40'S. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW ONLY, ALONG WITH THE RAIN, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A HIGH IN THE 60'S.
MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BOB ANDERSEN WAS INJURED FRIDAY WHILE MAKING AN ARREST. TODAY, D.J. MCDONALD, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS. FOLLOWING THE SCUFFLE AT 700 VINE STREET, CHIEF ANDERSEN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED 20 STITCHES ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.
THE CHEIF DID WORK TODAY.
THE LATE LIGE "BLONDIE" RASMUSSEN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2003 HALL OF FAME AT A CEREMONY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON JUST BEFORE THE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL HERITAGE FUND RAISER DINNER.
EACH YEAR, SOMONE IS HONORED WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR TO A PERSON WHO HAD RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION AWAY FROM THE AREA DURING THEIR LIFE.
BLONDIE WAS A DANISH IMMIGRANT WHO LOST HIS PARENTS AT AGE 9, ENDED SCHOOL AFTER 8TH GRADE, AND BEGAN AS A FARMER NEAR DELMAR, THEN OWNED AND OPERATED A RESTAURANT IN DELMAR AND IN 1916 GOT INTO THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS IN DELMAR. LATER, HE STARTED A DEALERSHIP, RASMUSSEN MOTORS, IN MAQUOKETA
IN 1924 AND IT REMAINED UNTIL 1985 WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY BRAD DEERY. FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEALERSHIP SOLD ALL 5 GM CARS, ONE OF A FEW IN THE COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ENTIRE GM LINEUP. SON JERRY RASMUSSEN HAS RETIRED AND LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND HE AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE ON HAND YESTERDAY FOR THE INDUCTION CEREMONY. I WENT TO THE DINNER ,BY THE WAY, AND THE FOOD WAS VERY GOOD AND THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT....SOMEWHERE OVER 600 PEOPLE. AND THAT IS A BIG DINNER FOR MAQUOKETA.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE "SOUTHWEST ART" MAGAZINE IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE U.S.A.....LATEST EDITION, HAS A NICE ART LAYOUT OF WORK DONE BY MAQUOKETA PROFESSIONAL ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN. IF YOU LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY, YOU MIGHT STOP AT A BARNES AND NOBLE BOOK STORE AND TAKE A LOOK. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSE ON HER RECENT MARRIAGE.... TO ANOTHER ARTIST. THEY BOTH WORK OUT OF THEIR MAQUOKETA STUDIO (THE BUILDING THAT AS FOR MANY YEARS, CITY HALL) AND ALSO OUT OF THEIR NEW YORK CITY STUDIO. ROSE IS THE DAUGHTER OF ELLEN AND WAYNE FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
NO LOCAL BIRTHS OR DEATHS TO REPORT TODAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
