STILL ANOTHER GREAT DAY...BUT COOLER.
RED HENTON'S GRANDAUGHTER, BROOKE, IS TRYING TO GET ON AMERICAN IDOL AND YOU CAN HELP HER BY GOING TO www.auditionkit.com HEAR HER SING A SONG THERE TOO.
A BELLEVUE MAN, BRYAN ALLEN, 41, WAS CHARGED AFTER HE KICKED A BELLEVUE POLICE
OFFICER, NATHAN ALBAUGH, IN THE FACE EARLY TODAY. ALBAUGH DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITAL CARE.
JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED AN APPROXIMATE $13-MILLION BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. IT IS A 3 AND 1/2 PERCENT INCREASE AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN SAID THE HOSPITAL IS IN GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE. THE OPEN HOUSE OF NEW BUILDING AND FACILITIES IS IN JUNE AS REPORTED EARLIER AND THIS WEEK, WORKERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THE LAWN RESEEDED AND LANDSCAPED.
THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED SALARY INCREASES OF 3.3 PERCENT....WITH THE BASE PAY GOING UP $275, FROM $22,680 TO $22,956. TEACHER SALARIES ARE A PERCENTAGE OF THE BASE PAY. NO CHANGE IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER EMPLOYEES, OTHER THAN TEACHERS, ALSO WERE GIVEN A RAISE.
BOB WHITE JUST STOPPED IN TO SAY HELLO. YEARS AGO, HE WAS THE MEAT MANAGER OF THE FAREWAY STORE HERE IN TOWN, UNTIL 1979. THEN, HE AND SONS BUILDT THEIR OWN MEAT MARKET SOUTH OF TOWN, CALLED WHITE'S MEATS. THEY OPERATED THAT INTO THE 80'S.
THE BUILDING IS NOW WHERE DAGUE EQUIPMENT IS. BOB'S WIFE, PHYLLIS, DIED SUDDENLY AT HOME ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO AND HE HAS REMARRIED AND HE AND WANDA LIVE IN AMES. THEY BOTH ARE ON THE ROAD ABOUT 8 MONTHS A YEAR, GOING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DOING PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE SHRINERS. HE LOOKS GOOD...IS 74. HAS 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SON FRED IS A CHIROPRACTOR IN METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS...BOYHOOD HOME OF SUPERMAN. JIM AND ZOE LIVE IN CRETE, NEBRASKA. HE IS THE PRODUCTION MANAGER AT BUNGE MILLS CORN AND WHEAT PROCESSING COMPANY. MARK AND DEB LIVE IN MOLINE AND HE WORKS FOR GENESIS HOSPITAL. BOB READS THIS REPORT QUITE REGULARLY. GLAD I ALSO JUST GOT TO MEET WANDA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. NOT SURE WHEN I WILL HAVE NEXT REPORT,MAYBE NOT UNTIL TUESDAY,UNLESS SOMETHING BIG HAPPENS.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, May 27, 2004
ANOTHER NICE DAY!
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY STEPS THIS WEEK TO ADD SIX TENNIS COURTS AND A NEW TRACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. TOTAL COST OF THE TENNIS AND TRACK PROJECT WILL BE AROUND $430,000. REVENUE BONDS TO BE PAID BY LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX MONEY WILL PAY PART OF COST. THE ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB HAS DONATED $150,000 TOWARD THE TRACK.
THIS YEAR'S MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE GIVEN BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE
BOB OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA. I VISITED WITH BOB AT THE STORE THIS AFTERNOON AND
HE AND ANN ARE HAVING DINNER AT CEDAR RAPIDS WITH SON MARK. FATHER MARK IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS AS A PRIEST.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL "RESPECT FOR THE LAW" BANQUET THIS WEEK AND HONORED FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, ALLEN BARKER, WHO RETIRED IN DECEMBER AFTER 30 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.....WITH FIRST THE CITY AND MOSTLY WITH THE COUNTY. THE PROGRAM WAS GIVEN BY FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DICK WOLD OF MAQUOKETA WHO IS NOW A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOUT.
JEAN M. FRANDSEN, AGE 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
WHEN I CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN 1958, SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, BUSTER, OWNED AND OPERATED "BUS AND JEAN'S CAFE" ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
IN LATER YEARS, SHE WORKED A LONG TIME AT THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AT THE COURTHOUSE AS A DEPUTY ASSESSOR. AND SHE ALSO SERVED ON THE MAQUOEKETA CITY COUNCIL FOR A FEW YEARS. I KNEW JEAN WELL. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH, FIRST LUTHERAN,AND WAS A GOOD KMAQ LISTENER. WILL MISS HER.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS GETTING CLOSE...JUNE 8TH. WE HAVE TWO DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAT BEING VACATED BY BOB OSTERHAUS AND THERE ARE THREE REPUBLICANS ALSO RUNNING IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION. MORE SIGNS ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND
JASON HAYNES IS RUNNING LOTS OF RADIO SPOTS.
HEARD TODAY THAT RADIO SHACK IS MOVING FROM DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA TO MAQUOKETA'S GREATER WEST SIDE, NEAR WAL MART. AND THE COTTAGE RESTAURANT CLOSES AFTER LUNCH TOMORROW AND WILL HAVE A TAG SALE SATURDAY OF FIXTURES, ETC. SO, WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE EMPTY STORES DOWNTOWN. DR. ROEDER HAS SOLD HIS OFFICE BUILDING. THERE'S A NEW "SCRATCH AND DENT" KIND OF FOOD STORE NOW OPEN ON EAST PLATT STREET, BUT HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT IT YET TO SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE.
CHECK THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND GO TO THE PHOTOS PAGE FOR SOME NEW PICTURES TAKEN EARLIER THIS WEEK OF THE NEW INTREPRETIVE CENTER BEING BUILDT BY THE CONVERVATION BOARD, JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. IT IS QUITE A BUILDING AND WILL OPEN THIS SUMMER. THE SECOND OF TWO PICTURES TAKEN THERE IS OF THE OBSERVATION DECK ON OLD HIGHWAY 61, LOOKING OVER THE MARSHY AREA AND A VIEW OF THE BACK SIDE OF THE NEW CENTER. THE FRONT OF THE CENTER FACES NEW HIGHWAY 61.
THE MCHS CLASS OF 1954 50-YEAR REUNION WILL BE JULY 17TH,STARTING AT 6 P.M. AT THE COMFORT INN. MEMBERS OF THE 54 AND 55 CLASSES ARE ALSO INVITED, INCLUDING FACULTY MEMBERS FROM THOSE YEARS. EVENTS ALSO THE NEXT DAY WITH A BUFFET THAT NIGHT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB AND A SUNDAY BRUNCH AT THE DECKER HOTEL. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL WAYNE MAYBERRY AT 563-652-3733.
BE GOOD.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY STEPS THIS WEEK TO ADD SIX TENNIS COURTS AND A NEW TRACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. TOTAL COST OF THE TENNIS AND TRACK PROJECT WILL BE AROUND $430,000. REVENUE BONDS TO BE PAID BY LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX MONEY WILL PAY PART OF COST. THE ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB HAS DONATED $150,000 TOWARD THE TRACK.
THIS YEAR'S MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE GIVEN BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE
BOB OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA. I VISITED WITH BOB AT THE STORE THIS AFTERNOON AND
HE AND ANN ARE HAVING DINNER AT CEDAR RAPIDS WITH SON MARK. FATHER MARK IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS AS A PRIEST.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL "RESPECT FOR THE LAW" BANQUET THIS WEEK AND HONORED FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, ALLEN BARKER, WHO RETIRED IN DECEMBER AFTER 30 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.....WITH FIRST THE CITY AND MOSTLY WITH THE COUNTY. THE PROGRAM WAS GIVEN BY FORMER HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DICK WOLD OF MAQUOKETA WHO IS NOW A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOUT.
JEAN M. FRANDSEN, AGE 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
WHEN I CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN 1958, SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, BUSTER, OWNED AND OPERATED "BUS AND JEAN'S CAFE" ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
IN LATER YEARS, SHE WORKED A LONG TIME AT THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AT THE COURTHOUSE AS A DEPUTY ASSESSOR. AND SHE ALSO SERVED ON THE MAQUOEKETA CITY COUNCIL FOR A FEW YEARS. I KNEW JEAN WELL. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH, FIRST LUTHERAN,AND WAS A GOOD KMAQ LISTENER. WILL MISS HER.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS GETTING CLOSE...JUNE 8TH. WE HAVE TWO DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAT BEING VACATED BY BOB OSTERHAUS AND THERE ARE THREE REPUBLICANS ALSO RUNNING IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION. MORE SIGNS ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND
JASON HAYNES IS RUNNING LOTS OF RADIO SPOTS.
HEARD TODAY THAT RADIO SHACK IS MOVING FROM DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA TO MAQUOKETA'S GREATER WEST SIDE, NEAR WAL MART. AND THE COTTAGE RESTAURANT CLOSES AFTER LUNCH TOMORROW AND WILL HAVE A TAG SALE SATURDAY OF FIXTURES, ETC. SO, WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE EMPTY STORES DOWNTOWN. DR. ROEDER HAS SOLD HIS OFFICE BUILDING. THERE'S A NEW "SCRATCH AND DENT" KIND OF FOOD STORE NOW OPEN ON EAST PLATT STREET, BUT HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT IT YET TO SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE.
CHECK THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND GO TO THE PHOTOS PAGE FOR SOME NEW PICTURES TAKEN EARLIER THIS WEEK OF THE NEW INTREPRETIVE CENTER BEING BUILDT BY THE CONVERVATION BOARD, JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. IT IS QUITE A BUILDING AND WILL OPEN THIS SUMMER. THE SECOND OF TWO PICTURES TAKEN THERE IS OF THE OBSERVATION DECK ON OLD HIGHWAY 61, LOOKING OVER THE MARSHY AREA AND A VIEW OF THE BACK SIDE OF THE NEW CENTER. THE FRONT OF THE CENTER FACES NEW HIGHWAY 61.
THE MCHS CLASS OF 1954 50-YEAR REUNION WILL BE JULY 17TH,STARTING AT 6 P.M. AT THE COMFORT INN. MEMBERS OF THE 54 AND 55 CLASSES ARE ALSO INVITED, INCLUDING FACULTY MEMBERS FROM THOSE YEARS. EVENTS ALSO THE NEXT DAY WITH A BUFFET THAT NIGHT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB AND A SUNDAY BRUNCH AT THE DECKER HOTEL. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL WAYNE MAYBERRY AT 563-652-3733.
BE GOOD.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
SUNNY AND NICE TODAY..HIGH OF 72.
A 2-MONTH OLD BOY ABOUT 6:30, RAN INTO A MOVING TRUCK IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AND HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED TO IOWA CITY HOSPITALS. THEY NO LONGER GIVE CONDITION REPORTS AT ANY HOSPITALS.
THE BABY AND MOTHER WERE FROM OELWEIN AND VISITING RELATIVES DOWNTOWN.
JONES COUNTY IS ONE OF 14 DECLARED A DISASTER COUNTY. OXFORD JUNCTION IS SANDBAGGING BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER ON THE WAPSI RIVER.
THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL WILL HAVE OPEN HOUSE OF ITS NEW BUILDING AND OTHER FACILITIES SUNDAY, JUNE 13TH.
DOLORES BREEDEN, 69, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT.
SHE WORKED AT ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY FOR 45 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, KATHY JO EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA AND A GRANDSON.
DICK STREFF, 78, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS A MAILMAN FROM 1957 TO 1985.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, BETTY, 2 SONS, STEPHEN OF MARION AND MARK OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 DAUGHTERS, PAMELA IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA....AMY STREFF OF MAQUOKETA AND LORA REAFSNIDER OF CLINTON..AND 10 GRANDCHILDREN.
MEL KROHN, AGE 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE OWNED AND OPERATED MEL'S SUPER VALU IN THE 70'S AND 80'S. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, TWO SONS AND A DAUGHTER.
BACOLAUREATE SERVICE TONIGHT FOR THE MCHS GRADUATES, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-AM. THE GUEST SPEAKER HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE WAR IN IRAQ WHERE HE WAS A CHAPLAIN.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
A 2-MONTH OLD BOY ABOUT 6:30, RAN INTO A MOVING TRUCK IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AND HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED TO IOWA CITY HOSPITALS. THEY NO LONGER GIVE CONDITION REPORTS AT ANY HOSPITALS.
THE BABY AND MOTHER WERE FROM OELWEIN AND VISITING RELATIVES DOWNTOWN.
JONES COUNTY IS ONE OF 14 DECLARED A DISASTER COUNTY. OXFORD JUNCTION IS SANDBAGGING BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER ON THE WAPSI RIVER.
THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL WILL HAVE OPEN HOUSE OF ITS NEW BUILDING AND OTHER FACILITIES SUNDAY, JUNE 13TH.
DOLORES BREEDEN, 69, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT.
SHE WORKED AT ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY FOR 45 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, KATHY JO EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA AND A GRANDSON.
DICK STREFF, 78, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS A MAILMAN FROM 1957 TO 1985.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, BETTY, 2 SONS, STEPHEN OF MARION AND MARK OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 DAUGHTERS, PAMELA IN FREMONT, NEBRASKA....AMY STREFF OF MAQUOKETA AND LORA REAFSNIDER OF CLINTON..AND 10 GRANDCHILDREN.
MEL KROHN, AGE 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE OWNED AND OPERATED MEL'S SUPER VALU IN THE 70'S AND 80'S. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, TWO SONS AND A DAUGHTER.
BACOLAUREATE SERVICE TONIGHT FOR THE MCHS GRADUATES, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-AM. THE GUEST SPEAKER HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE WAR IN IRAQ WHERE HE WAS A CHAPLAIN.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
MORE RAIN LAST NIGHT, BUT TODAY, A NICE SUNNY DAY. OUR TOTAL RAINFALL IN MAQUOKETA WAS ABOUT 2 AND 1/2 INCHES...BUT MANY PLACES IN THE STATE GOT 10 OR MORE. OUR TOTAL FOR THE MONTH HERE IN TOWN IS JUST OVER 5 INCHES, DOUBLE LAST MAY.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED BIDS TOTALLING $415,000 TO BUILD A NEW
OFFICE AREA ON THE GROUND LEVEL AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT WAS ABOUT $15,000 OVER THE INITIAL BUDGET. THE DISTRICT ALSO HAS BEEN AWARDED A HARKIN GRANT FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH OFFERS A 60-PERCENT MATCH FOR THE PROJECT, UP TO $400,000. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN A FEW DAYS. THE CURRENT OFFICE AREA IS ON THE 2ND FLOOR AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE NEW OFFICES WILL BE BUILT BETWEEN THE TWO EXISTING ENTRANCES TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A DAVENPORT MAN BROKE HIS ANKLE WHEN HE RAN FROM A MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND CRIMINAL MISCIEF.
AT AROUND 3 IN THE MORNING, HE WAS DOING DONUTS ON THE GRASS AT THE FIRST WARD PARK.
THE VEHICLE THEN DROVE INTO A DRIVEWAY AND THE TWO MEN GOT OUT AND RAN FROM OFFICER
PAT FIER. FIER FOUND THE DRIVER, DALE HARDISON, 28, OF DAVENPORT, HIDING UNDER A SHED.
DURING THE CHASE FROM THE SHED, HARDISON LEAPED OVER A RETAINING WALL AND IT WAS THEN HE BROKE THE ANKLE AND WAS TREATED AT OUR HOSPITAL. THE OTHER MAN IN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FOUND.
MORE VANDALISM AND THEFTS REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE. JOANN FITZPATRICK ON NORTH ELIZA SAID SOMEONE KICKED IN HER GARAGE DOOR, BUT NOTHING TAKEN. BRAD DEERY MOTORS REPORTED SOMEONE SPRAY PAINTED A VEHICLE IN THE LOT ON HIGHWAY 61. AND,MORE PAINTBALL DAMAGE LAST NIGHT ON NORTH MAIN AND NORTH WALNUT.
LAVERNA THOMPSON, AGE 87, DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, DONNA LACEY AND TWO SISTERS, ADELINE GEFFERS OF MAQUOKETA AND HELEN STAMPE OF MAQUOKETA.
ESTHER PETERMAN, AGE 87, OF ANAMOSA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE JONES MEDICAL CENTER IN ANAMOSA, FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, KENNETH WAUGH OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, NADINE WOSABA OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED BIDS TOTALLING $415,000 TO BUILD A NEW
OFFICE AREA ON THE GROUND LEVEL AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT WAS ABOUT $15,000 OVER THE INITIAL BUDGET. THE DISTRICT ALSO HAS BEEN AWARDED A HARKIN GRANT FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH OFFERS A 60-PERCENT MATCH FOR THE PROJECT, UP TO $400,000. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN A FEW DAYS. THE CURRENT OFFICE AREA IS ON THE 2ND FLOOR AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. THE NEW BUILDING FOR THE NEW OFFICES WILL BE BUILT BETWEEN THE TWO EXISTING ENTRANCES TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A DAVENPORT MAN BROKE HIS ANKLE WHEN HE RAN FROM A MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND CRIMINAL MISCIEF.
AT AROUND 3 IN THE MORNING, HE WAS DOING DONUTS ON THE GRASS AT THE FIRST WARD PARK.
THE VEHICLE THEN DROVE INTO A DRIVEWAY AND THE TWO MEN GOT OUT AND RAN FROM OFFICER
PAT FIER. FIER FOUND THE DRIVER, DALE HARDISON, 28, OF DAVENPORT, HIDING UNDER A SHED.
DURING THE CHASE FROM THE SHED, HARDISON LEAPED OVER A RETAINING WALL AND IT WAS THEN HE BROKE THE ANKLE AND WAS TREATED AT OUR HOSPITAL. THE OTHER MAN IN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FOUND.
MORE VANDALISM AND THEFTS REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE. JOANN FITZPATRICK ON NORTH ELIZA SAID SOMEONE KICKED IN HER GARAGE DOOR, BUT NOTHING TAKEN. BRAD DEERY MOTORS REPORTED SOMEONE SPRAY PAINTED A VEHICLE IN THE LOT ON HIGHWAY 61. AND,MORE PAINTBALL DAMAGE LAST NIGHT ON NORTH MAIN AND NORTH WALNUT.
LAVERNA THOMPSON, AGE 87, DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, DONNA LACEY AND TWO SISTERS, ADELINE GEFFERS OF MAQUOKETA AND HELEN STAMPE OF MAQUOKETA.
ESTHER PETERMAN, AGE 87, OF ANAMOSA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE JONES MEDICAL CENTER IN ANAMOSA, FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, KENNETH WAUGH OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, NADINE WOSABA OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 24, 2004
WEATHER HAS BEEN THE NEWS OF IOWA THE LAST FEW DAYS. MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF A COUPLE TORNADOS TOUCHING DOWN IN IOWA AND CAUSING LOTS OF DAMAGE IN A COUPLE SMALL TOWNS.
SEVENTEEN COUNTIES ARE SEEKING FEDERAL DISASTER HELP, INCLUDING JONES COUNTY, WHERE A COUPLE TORNADOS WERE SIGHTED. FLOODING IS ALSO A PROBLEM IN SOME AREAS. AND MORE HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. THE MAQUOKETA RIVER IS UP, BUT NO PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. HERE IN MAQUOKETA, WE HAD NO REAL BAD WEATHER, JUST A LOT OF RAIN AND A LITTLE HAIL NORTH OF TOWN ALONG WITH 2 OR 3 INCHES OF RAIN. GRASS IS GROWING FAST...MOWING IS DONE EVERY FEW DAYS BY MOST CITIZENS. BUT..LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME NICE WEATHER COMING BY MIDWEEK AND HOPEFULLY LASTING FOR A FEW DAYS.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, BRAD DEERY MOTORS HAD TWO VEHICLES KEYED THURSDAY NIGHT AND ARDAN BEHRENS ON GRANT STREET REPORTED HIS VEHICLE DAMAGED BY KEYING, WITH DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $2,000. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL HOMES HIT BY PAINTBALLS LAST NIGHT. ONE PERSON, MARGARET CURRIE, REPORTED SHE WAS HIT IN THE LEG WHEN SOMEONE SHOT A PAINTBALL FROM A VEHICLE AS IT WAS DRIVING PAST HER.
JACK D. DREESEN, AGE 86, OF WELAKA, FLORIDA, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED AT LAKESIDE HOSPICE IN FLORIDA MAY 22ND AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. HE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER IN MAQUOKETA IN THE 40'S AND 50'S AND ALSO RAN AT DIFFERENT TIMES, THE VFW CLUB, THE CLUB CAFE, AND THE TANGO ALL IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, JACK AND DAUGHTER LYNN NISSEN, BOTH IN MAQUOKETA, ALSO 3 STEPSONS, 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND A SISTER IN CLINTON.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOLF TEAM IS HEADING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. TODAY, THE CARDINALS WON THE CLASS 3-A REGIONAL MEET AT WEST LIBERTY, WITH A TEAM SCORE OF 341, 27 STROKES BETTER THAN SECOND PLACE KEOKUK. BROOKE DAVIS SHOT AN 81 AND WAS RUNNERUP MEDALIST.
HER TWIN SISTER SHOT AN 84 AND WAS 4TH OVERALL. SISTER JORDAN DAVIS HAD AN 87. AND NIKKI GOODALL ROUNDED OUT THE MAQUOKETA SCORING WITH AN 89. GOODALL WENT TO STATE INDIVIDUALLY LAST YEAR AND AFTER A YEAR'S ABSENCE, THE ENTIRE TEAM WILL NOW PLAY IN THE STATE MEET, TUESDAY, JUNE 1ST, AT THE OTTER CREEK COURSE IN ANKENY. THEY'LL ALSO PLAY ANOTHER 18 HOLES ON JUNE 2ND AT THE JESTER PARK COURSE NEAR GRIMES. CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH TERI TAYLOR AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOLF TEAM, GOING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK.
THE STOCK CAR RACES STARTED ON TIME SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT JUST AS THEY WERE STARTING
THE "FEATURES", RAIN STARTED AND THE REST OF THE NIGHT'S RACES WERE CALLED OFF.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
AT THE MOVIES, "SHREK 2" DID VERY GOOD IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND, JUST AS IT DID NATIONWIDE. THE VOY 1, LARGEST THEATRE, HAD A SELL-OUT BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
SO MUCH FOR A MONDAY.
DENNIS VOY
SEVENTEEN COUNTIES ARE SEEKING FEDERAL DISASTER HELP, INCLUDING JONES COUNTY, WHERE A COUPLE TORNADOS WERE SIGHTED. FLOODING IS ALSO A PROBLEM IN SOME AREAS. AND MORE HEAVY RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. THE MAQUOKETA RIVER IS UP, BUT NO PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. HERE IN MAQUOKETA, WE HAD NO REAL BAD WEATHER, JUST A LOT OF RAIN AND A LITTLE HAIL NORTH OF TOWN ALONG WITH 2 OR 3 INCHES OF RAIN. GRASS IS GROWING FAST...MOWING IS DONE EVERY FEW DAYS BY MOST CITIZENS. BUT..LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME NICE WEATHER COMING BY MIDWEEK AND HOPEFULLY LASTING FOR A FEW DAYS.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, BRAD DEERY MOTORS HAD TWO VEHICLES KEYED THURSDAY NIGHT AND ARDAN BEHRENS ON GRANT STREET REPORTED HIS VEHICLE DAMAGED BY KEYING, WITH DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $2,000. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL HOMES HIT BY PAINTBALLS LAST NIGHT. ONE PERSON, MARGARET CURRIE, REPORTED SHE WAS HIT IN THE LEG WHEN SOMEONE SHOT A PAINTBALL FROM A VEHICLE AS IT WAS DRIVING PAST HER.
JACK D. DREESEN, AGE 86, OF WELAKA, FLORIDA, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED AT LAKESIDE HOSPICE IN FLORIDA MAY 22ND AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. HE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER IN MAQUOKETA IN THE 40'S AND 50'S AND ALSO RAN AT DIFFERENT TIMES, THE VFW CLUB, THE CLUB CAFE, AND THE TANGO ALL IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, JACK AND DAUGHTER LYNN NISSEN, BOTH IN MAQUOKETA, ALSO 3 STEPSONS, 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND A SISTER IN CLINTON.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOLF TEAM IS HEADING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. TODAY, THE CARDINALS WON THE CLASS 3-A REGIONAL MEET AT WEST LIBERTY, WITH A TEAM SCORE OF 341, 27 STROKES BETTER THAN SECOND PLACE KEOKUK. BROOKE DAVIS SHOT AN 81 AND WAS RUNNERUP MEDALIST.
HER TWIN SISTER SHOT AN 84 AND WAS 4TH OVERALL. SISTER JORDAN DAVIS HAD AN 87. AND NIKKI GOODALL ROUNDED OUT THE MAQUOKETA SCORING WITH AN 89. GOODALL WENT TO STATE INDIVIDUALLY LAST YEAR AND AFTER A YEAR'S ABSENCE, THE ENTIRE TEAM WILL NOW PLAY IN THE STATE MEET, TUESDAY, JUNE 1ST, AT THE OTTER CREEK COURSE IN ANKENY. THEY'LL ALSO PLAY ANOTHER 18 HOLES ON JUNE 2ND AT THE JESTER PARK COURSE NEAR GRIMES. CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH TERI TAYLOR AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOLF TEAM, GOING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK.
THE STOCK CAR RACES STARTED ON TIME SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT JUST AS THEY WERE STARTING
THE "FEATURES", RAIN STARTED AND THE REST OF THE NIGHT'S RACES WERE CALLED OFF.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
AT THE MOVIES, "SHREK 2" DID VERY GOOD IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND, JUST AS IT DID NATIONWIDE. THE VOY 1, LARGEST THEATRE, HAD A SELL-OUT BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
SO MUCH FOR A MONDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, May 22, 2004
HEAVY RAIN LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT IN MAQUOKETA AND TORNADO WARNING IN JACKSON COUNTY ABOUT 7 LAST NIGHT. NO DAMAGE DONE, BUT ABOUT 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL AND SOME HAIL TO THE NORTH OF US. RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT DECENT AT MID-DAY WITH MORE RAIN IN FORECAST BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER. HOPEFULLY, THE STOCK CAR RACES WILL BE HELD TONIGHT AS IT IS KMAQ NIGHT AND WE ARE PLANNING SOME "LIVE" REMOTE BROADCASTS FROM THE RACEWAY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 TODAY. FIRST RACES AT 6.
THE BOWLING ASSOCIATION IN MAQUOKETA HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING. SPONSOR OF THE YEAR, IS MICK CLARK OF CLARK'S SAW CENTER. VERL HOWELL WAS MADE AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MEN'S ASSOCIATION AND HERMAN RICKELS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME. KENT SIMMONS IS THE NEW PRESIDENT.
YESTERDAY, THE MAQUOKETA GOLFERS FAILED IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEKEND....IN THE REGIONAL MEET AT MANCHESTER. SO, THEIR SEASON IS OVER.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GO TO REGIONAL NEXT MONDAY AND THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GOING TO STATE.
THE COTTAGE RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA IS CLOSING AFTER NEXT WEEK. IT IS FOR SALE BY OWNER CLAUDIA GISHWEIN. IT HAS BEEN A POPULAR SOUP, SANDWICH AND GIFT SHOP FOR AROUND 4 YEARS. CLAUDIA WANTS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA IS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
KEISHA WILLEY GETS MARRIED TODAY. HER PARENTS ARE JACK AND MARILYN WILLEY. JACK IS ONE OF THE 3 JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND HE AND MARILYN OWN A DOWNTOWN BEAUTY SALON.
THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER (AUDITORIUM) OPEN HOUSE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON, TO LET CITIZENS SEE A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE BUILDING GOING UP ON EAST PLATT. THE SALE OF SEATS FUNDRAISER IS ABOUT TO BEGIN,AND ASSISTING THE BOARD WITH THAT FUNDRAISER WILL BE THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB. THE CENTER OPENS LATE THIS YEAR AND WILL SEAT AROUND 800.
GARY DREW HAD THE IDEA FOR THIS AND GOT IT UNDERWAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN RAISED...NO PUBLIC TAX MONEY IS BEING USED. THE WORK ON BUILDING THE FACILITY HAS BEEN LARGELY DONE BY VOLUNTEERS.
THERE ARE 8 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS IN THE KMAQ AREA THIS WEEKEND. BELLEVUE COMMUNITY TONIGHT AT 8 AND THE OTHERS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST THE ONE TONIGHT AND BELLEVUE AT 12:30 TOMORROW AND EAST CENTRAL AT MILES AT 3 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
MAQUOKETA'S GRADUATION IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6TH.
MORE NEW HOMES WERE STARTED IN MAQUOKETA THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS...CAN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF NEW HOMES GOING UP. PLUS LOTS OF OTHER HOMES ARE FOR SALE IN THE CITY.
I LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT ALVERDA SEARS TILTON, AGE 97, DIED IN MARCH AT CEDAR FALLS.
SHE OWNED THREE OLD, RATHER RUNDOWN HOMES IN MAQUOKETA. I BELIEVE SHE WAS BORN IN THIS AREA BUT APPARENTLY AFTER GROWING UP, SHE NEVER LIVED IN MAQUOKETA YEAR AROUND. SHE CAME HERE EACH SUMMER AND LIVED IN THE LARGEST OF HER HOMES. AFTER ATTENDING A BEAUTY SCHOOL, SHE STARTED WORKING IN MOLINE AS A BEAUTICIAN AND THERE MET HER HUSBANB-TO-BE WHO WAS WORKING AS AN ENGINEER FOR JOHN DEERE. SOME TIME LATER, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO WATERLOO WORKS AND THEY MOVED TO THAT AREA. AT ONE TIME THEY PURCHASED A LARGE NURSERY PLOT AND LATER THAT WAS SOLD FOR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. HER HUSBAND DIED YEARS AGO AND IS BURIED IN MOLINE, BUT SHE WAS BURIED IN A WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS AREA CEMETERY. TWO COUPLES FROM MAQUOKETA WENT TO THE FUNERAL. THE TILTONS HAD NO CHILDREN, BUT APPARENTLY THERE IS A NEPHEW WHO IS TAKING CARE OF THE ESTATE. SO, I WOULD IMAGINE SOMETIME THIS YEAR, THE THREE HOUSES SHE OWNED HERE WILL BE SOLD AND TORN DOWN OR REFURBISHED. ONE IS QUITE LARGE ON A LARGE CORNER LOT AND INCLUDES A CARRIAGE TYPE BUILDING AT THE REAR OF THE LOT. IT IS SAID THAT FOR YEARS, MANY KIDDED THE HOUSE WAS HAUNTED. ANOTHER OF HER HOMES IS LOCATED IN MAQUOKETA'S HISTORIC DISTRICT, NEAR CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. IT HAS TREES AND SHRUBS IN FRONT OF IT AND IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHEN DRIVING PAST ON WEST PLEASANT STREET. I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE ALSO ABOUT A DOZEN VINTAGE CADILACS SHE STILL OWNED THAT ARE IN THE ESTATE. AN INTERESTING WOMAN, TO SAY THE LEAST, FROM MAQUOKETA'S PAST. WORD OF HER DEATH THIS SPRING WAS NEVER
IN THE NEWS LOCALLY. ANYONE OUT THERE REMEMBER THE TILTONS? BY THE WAY, THEY WERE NOT RELATED TO THE CURRENT TILTONS IN MAQUOKETA OR BELLEVUE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND HOPE TO HAVE MORE REGULAR REPORTS STARTING NEXT WEEK.
DON'T FORGET, IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO WIN $1,000 OR $500, OR $250....I HAVE ROTARY
DUCKS FOR SALE...AND ALL SOLD WILL BE ENTERED IN THE ROTARY DUCK RACE, MONDAY, JUNE 21ST.
$5 A DUCK OR $10 FOR THREE. A LIST OF DUCK OWNERS AND MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org JUST MAIL YOUR $5 OR $10 CHECK TO
ME AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. I'LL MENTION YOUR BUY ON THIS REPORT AND YOU WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF DUCK OWNERS ON THE WEB SITE. AND, YOU WILL BE HELPING THE ROTARY WITH THEIR MANY COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
FELL AND SOME HAIL TO THE NORTH OF US. RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT DECENT AT MID-DAY WITH MORE RAIN IN FORECAST BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER. HOPEFULLY, THE STOCK CAR RACES WILL BE HELD TONIGHT AS IT IS KMAQ NIGHT AND WE ARE PLANNING SOME "LIVE" REMOTE BROADCASTS FROM THE RACEWAY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 TODAY. FIRST RACES AT 6.
THE BOWLING ASSOCIATION IN MAQUOKETA HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING. SPONSOR OF THE YEAR, IS MICK CLARK OF CLARK'S SAW CENTER. VERL HOWELL WAS MADE AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE MEN'S ASSOCIATION AND HERMAN RICKELS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME. KENT SIMMONS IS THE NEW PRESIDENT.
YESTERDAY, THE MAQUOKETA GOLFERS FAILED IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEKEND....IN THE REGIONAL MEET AT MANCHESTER. SO, THEIR SEASON IS OVER.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GO TO REGIONAL NEXT MONDAY AND THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GOING TO STATE.
THE COTTAGE RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA IS CLOSING AFTER NEXT WEEK. IT IS FOR SALE BY OWNER CLAUDIA GISHWEIN. IT HAS BEEN A POPULAR SOUP, SANDWICH AND GIFT SHOP FOR AROUND 4 YEARS. CLAUDIA WANTS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA IS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
KEISHA WILLEY GETS MARRIED TODAY. HER PARENTS ARE JACK AND MARILYN WILLEY. JACK IS ONE OF THE 3 JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND HE AND MARILYN OWN A DOWNTOWN BEAUTY SALON.
THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER (AUDITORIUM) OPEN HOUSE IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON, TO LET CITIZENS SEE A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE BUILDING GOING UP ON EAST PLATT. THE SALE OF SEATS FUNDRAISER IS ABOUT TO BEGIN,AND ASSISTING THE BOARD WITH THAT FUNDRAISER WILL BE THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB. THE CENTER OPENS LATE THIS YEAR AND WILL SEAT AROUND 800.
GARY DREW HAD THE IDEA FOR THIS AND GOT IT UNDERWAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN RAISED...NO PUBLIC TAX MONEY IS BEING USED. THE WORK ON BUILDING THE FACILITY HAS BEEN LARGELY DONE BY VOLUNTEERS.
THERE ARE 8 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS IN THE KMAQ AREA THIS WEEKEND. BELLEVUE COMMUNITY TONIGHT AT 8 AND THE OTHERS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST THE ONE TONIGHT AND BELLEVUE AT 12:30 TOMORROW AND EAST CENTRAL AT MILES AT 3 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
MAQUOKETA'S GRADUATION IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6TH.
MORE NEW HOMES WERE STARTED IN MAQUOKETA THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS...CAN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF NEW HOMES GOING UP. PLUS LOTS OF OTHER HOMES ARE FOR SALE IN THE CITY.
I LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT ALVERDA SEARS TILTON, AGE 97, DIED IN MARCH AT CEDAR FALLS.
SHE OWNED THREE OLD, RATHER RUNDOWN HOMES IN MAQUOKETA. I BELIEVE SHE WAS BORN IN THIS AREA BUT APPARENTLY AFTER GROWING UP, SHE NEVER LIVED IN MAQUOKETA YEAR AROUND. SHE CAME HERE EACH SUMMER AND LIVED IN THE LARGEST OF HER HOMES. AFTER ATTENDING A BEAUTY SCHOOL, SHE STARTED WORKING IN MOLINE AS A BEAUTICIAN AND THERE MET HER HUSBANB-TO-BE WHO WAS WORKING AS AN ENGINEER FOR JOHN DEERE. SOME TIME LATER, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO WATERLOO WORKS AND THEY MOVED TO THAT AREA. AT ONE TIME THEY PURCHASED A LARGE NURSERY PLOT AND LATER THAT WAS SOLD FOR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. HER HUSBAND DIED YEARS AGO AND IS BURIED IN MOLINE, BUT SHE WAS BURIED IN A WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS AREA CEMETERY. TWO COUPLES FROM MAQUOKETA WENT TO THE FUNERAL. THE TILTONS HAD NO CHILDREN, BUT APPARENTLY THERE IS A NEPHEW WHO IS TAKING CARE OF THE ESTATE. SO, I WOULD IMAGINE SOMETIME THIS YEAR, THE THREE HOUSES SHE OWNED HERE WILL BE SOLD AND TORN DOWN OR REFURBISHED. ONE IS QUITE LARGE ON A LARGE CORNER LOT AND INCLUDES A CARRIAGE TYPE BUILDING AT THE REAR OF THE LOT. IT IS SAID THAT FOR YEARS, MANY KIDDED THE HOUSE WAS HAUNTED. ANOTHER OF HER HOMES IS LOCATED IN MAQUOKETA'S HISTORIC DISTRICT, NEAR CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. IT HAS TREES AND SHRUBS IN FRONT OF IT AND IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHEN DRIVING PAST ON WEST PLEASANT STREET. I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE ALSO ABOUT A DOZEN VINTAGE CADILACS SHE STILL OWNED THAT ARE IN THE ESTATE. AN INTERESTING WOMAN, TO SAY THE LEAST, FROM MAQUOKETA'S PAST. WORD OF HER DEATH THIS SPRING WAS NEVER
IN THE NEWS LOCALLY. ANYONE OUT THERE REMEMBER THE TILTONS? BY THE WAY, THEY WERE NOT RELATED TO THE CURRENT TILTONS IN MAQUOKETA OR BELLEVUE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND HOPE TO HAVE MORE REGULAR REPORTS STARTING NEXT WEEK.
DON'T FORGET, IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO WIN $1,000 OR $500, OR $250....I HAVE ROTARY
DUCKS FOR SALE...AND ALL SOLD WILL BE ENTERED IN THE ROTARY DUCK RACE, MONDAY, JUNE 21ST.
$5 A DUCK OR $10 FOR THREE. A LIST OF DUCK OWNERS AND MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org JUST MAIL YOUR $5 OR $10 CHECK TO
ME AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. I'LL MENTION YOUR BUY ON THIS REPORT AND YOU WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF DUCK OWNERS ON THE WEB SITE. AND, YOU WILL BE HELPING THE ROTARY WITH THEIR MANY COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, May 20, 2004
89 TODAY IN MAQUOKETA. GOOD CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT.
KAREN TILTON IS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
LAST WEEK, THE CITIZEN OF WEEK WAS ALICE BURMAHL.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY IN APRIL WAS 6.9 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 7.8 IN MARCH. A YEAR AGO, APRIL, IT WAS 8.3.
ITS OFFICIAL...THE NEW AUTO PARTS STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET WILL BE AN O'REILLY'S
STORE...A BIG CHAIN HERE IN IOWA. THEY HOPE TO OPEN, IN THE FORMER GASSER TRUE VALUE BUILDING, IN LATE JULY.
LORETTA KNICKREHM, 67, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AT HER HOME. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, RALPH, 5 DAUGHTERS AND 3 SONS...AND 20 GRANDCHILDREN.
THREE OTHER RECENT DEATHS. JOE MCPHEARSON, AGE 57 OF MAQUOKETA....HAZEL SACKMAN, 97, OF MAQUOKETA AND ARNOLD KUNDE, AGE 85,ALSO FROM MAQUOKETA.
OVER $22,000 HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR THE START-UP OF A NEW K-9 UNIT. TWO BIG CONTRIBUTORS WERE ALLIANCE PIPELINE, WITH A BIG OFFICE HERE IN MAQUOKETA ($7,000) AND A LADY IN DUBUQUE ($6,000). THE DOG WILL ARRIVE IN MAQUOKETA JUNE 26TH. DEPUTY MIKE PETERS WILL HANDLE THE DOG. TO BEGIN....HE WILL ATTEND A 5-WEEK SCHOOL BEGINNING JULY 4TH.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA DENTIST, DR. DON ROEDER, HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL RETIRE JUNE 1ST, AFTER 44 YEARS AS A DENTIST.
ISLA JOHNSTON OF MAQUOKETA, WILL BE 99 THIS SATURDAY. SHE IS A RESIDENT NOW AT CLOVER RIDGE. WAS A TEACHER FOR 32 YEARS, INCLUDING 20 AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
DENNIS VOY
KAREN TILTON IS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
LAST WEEK, THE CITIZEN OF WEEK WAS ALICE BURMAHL.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY IN APRIL WAS 6.9 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 7.8 IN MARCH. A YEAR AGO, APRIL, IT WAS 8.3.
ITS OFFICIAL...THE NEW AUTO PARTS STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET WILL BE AN O'REILLY'S
STORE...A BIG CHAIN HERE IN IOWA. THEY HOPE TO OPEN, IN THE FORMER GASSER TRUE VALUE BUILDING, IN LATE JULY.
LORETTA KNICKREHM, 67, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AT HER HOME. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, RALPH, 5 DAUGHTERS AND 3 SONS...AND 20 GRANDCHILDREN.
THREE OTHER RECENT DEATHS. JOE MCPHEARSON, AGE 57 OF MAQUOKETA....HAZEL SACKMAN, 97, OF MAQUOKETA AND ARNOLD KUNDE, AGE 85,ALSO FROM MAQUOKETA.
OVER $22,000 HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR THE START-UP OF A NEW K-9 UNIT. TWO BIG CONTRIBUTORS WERE ALLIANCE PIPELINE, WITH A BIG OFFICE HERE IN MAQUOKETA ($7,000) AND A LADY IN DUBUQUE ($6,000). THE DOG WILL ARRIVE IN MAQUOKETA JUNE 26TH. DEPUTY MIKE PETERS WILL HANDLE THE DOG. TO BEGIN....HE WILL ATTEND A 5-WEEK SCHOOL BEGINNING JULY 4TH.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA DENTIST, DR. DON ROEDER, HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL RETIRE JUNE 1ST, AFTER 44 YEARS AS A DENTIST.
ISLA JOHNSTON OF MAQUOKETA, WILL BE 99 THIS SATURDAY. SHE IS A RESIDENT NOW AT CLOVER RIDGE. WAS A TEACHER FOR 32 YEARS, INCLUDING 20 AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 10, 2004
SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA....GOING TO BE A WARM ONE....
I'M STILL HERE....DOING FINE....AND VERY BUSY.
SORRY I HAVE BEEN SKIPPING THIS REPORT REGULARLY....WILL TRY TO DO
BETTER, BUT NO GUARANTEE. AFTER 7 YEARS OF THESE, IT IS GETTING EASIER
AT END OF DAY TO LEAVE THE OFFICE AFTER A LONG DAY AND SKIP THE REPORT.
GETTING OLDER YOU KNOW! HAD A 65TH BIRTHDAY THIS PAST TUESDAY. STAFF
TOOK ME TO LUNCH WITH AN RTA BUS....TO THE NOON LUNCH AT THE SENIOR
CENTER...MY FIRST OFFICIAL LUNCH THERE. GOOD FOOD, BUT DOUBT IF I WILL
MAKE MANY OF THOSE YET AS RETIREMENT IS NOT IN MY PLANS FOR ALONG TIME.
PICTURES OF THE BIRTHDAY ON THE HOME PAGE.
ON DENNIS DAILY PHOTO..CHECK FOR A NICE PICTURE OF RED HENTON SINGING
WITH DAUGHTERS NANCY AND JUDY AT THE FULTON CHRUCH 130TH ANNIVERSARY TWO
SUNDAYS AGO.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF WEEK THIS WEEK WAS KATHY MANSON. LAST WEEK, OWEN
THORSON AND THIS COMING WEEK, ALICE BURMAHL.....THREE OF THE 5 LONGTIME
TEACHERS RETIRING THIS MONTH.
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS NOW THE ASSISTANT AT WESTERN
DUBUQUE...MORE ON HIM NEXT WEEK.
NO NEW POLICE CHIEF YET.
THEY STARTED WORK ON NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT THIS WEEK.
WORK CONTINUES ON THE REMODELING OF BUILDING FOR NEW AUTO PARTS STORE.
4 NEW HOMES GOING UP THIS SUMMER OUT BY NEW GOLF COURSE.
CITY DECIDED...NO....TO PUTTING OUT DUMPSTERS FOR TRUCKERS TO USE ON
CITY STREET NEXT TO FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION PLANT. CITY SAYS IT IS
PROBLEM....THE TRASH....FOR FAMILY DOLLAR TO DEAL WITH.
THE ATV RACE COURSE JUST SOUTH OF INDUSTRIAL PARK IS BEING WORKED ON
DAILY. LOTS OF HILLS AND CURVES...SHOULD BE A FUN PLACE FOR THOSE
POPULAR MACHINES.
CITY A WEEK AGO DECIDED TO PUT THE NEW ARC PROJECT ON NOVEMBER
BALLOT...NOW, THINKING INSTEAD OF PUTTING ONE AND A HALF MILLION TOWARD
PROJECT THROUGH THE TIMBER CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MORE AT NEXT
MEETING. BUT EVEN IF THEY APPROVE THAT PLAN, THE ARC COMMITTEE STILL
NEEDS TO RAISE ABOUT 3 MORE MILLION ON THEIR OWN...A BIG TASK.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY. KIDS ARE TAKING NANCY TO BREAKFAST AT DECKER
HOTEL..AND I GET TO GO ALONG.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
I'M STILL HERE....DOING FINE....AND VERY BUSY.
SORRY I HAVE BEEN SKIPPING THIS REPORT REGULARLY....WILL TRY TO DO
BETTER, BUT NO GUARANTEE. AFTER 7 YEARS OF THESE, IT IS GETTING EASIER
AT END OF DAY TO LEAVE THE OFFICE AFTER A LONG DAY AND SKIP THE REPORT.
GETTING OLDER YOU KNOW! HAD A 65TH BIRTHDAY THIS PAST TUESDAY. STAFF
TOOK ME TO LUNCH WITH AN RTA BUS....TO THE NOON LUNCH AT THE SENIOR
CENTER...MY FIRST OFFICIAL LUNCH THERE. GOOD FOOD, BUT DOUBT IF I WILL
MAKE MANY OF THOSE YET AS RETIREMENT IS NOT IN MY PLANS FOR ALONG TIME.
PICTURES OF THE BIRTHDAY ON THE HOME PAGE.
ON DENNIS DAILY PHOTO..CHECK FOR A NICE PICTURE OF RED HENTON SINGING
WITH DAUGHTERS NANCY AND JUDY AT THE FULTON CHRUCH 130TH ANNIVERSARY TWO
SUNDAYS AGO.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF WEEK THIS WEEK WAS KATHY MANSON. LAST WEEK, OWEN
THORSON AND THIS COMING WEEK, ALICE BURMAHL.....THREE OF THE 5 LONGTIME
TEACHERS RETIRING THIS MONTH.
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS NOW THE ASSISTANT AT WESTERN
DUBUQUE...MORE ON HIM NEXT WEEK.
NO NEW POLICE CHIEF YET.
THEY STARTED WORK ON NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT THIS WEEK.
WORK CONTINUES ON THE REMODELING OF BUILDING FOR NEW AUTO PARTS STORE.
4 NEW HOMES GOING UP THIS SUMMER OUT BY NEW GOLF COURSE.
CITY DECIDED...NO....TO PUTTING OUT DUMPSTERS FOR TRUCKERS TO USE ON
CITY STREET NEXT TO FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION PLANT. CITY SAYS IT IS
PROBLEM....THE TRASH....FOR FAMILY DOLLAR TO DEAL WITH.
THE ATV RACE COURSE JUST SOUTH OF INDUSTRIAL PARK IS BEING WORKED ON
DAILY. LOTS OF HILLS AND CURVES...SHOULD BE A FUN PLACE FOR THOSE
POPULAR MACHINES.
CITY A WEEK AGO DECIDED TO PUT THE NEW ARC PROJECT ON NOVEMBER
BALLOT...NOW, THINKING INSTEAD OF PUTTING ONE AND A HALF MILLION TOWARD
PROJECT THROUGH THE TIMBER CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MORE AT NEXT
MEETING. BUT EVEN IF THEY APPROVE THAT PLAN, THE ARC COMMITTEE STILL
NEEDS TO RAISE ABOUT 3 MORE MILLION ON THEIR OWN...A BIG TASK.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY. KIDS ARE TAKING NANCY TO BREAKFAST AT DECKER
HOTEL..AND I GET TO GO ALONG.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, May 09, 2004
SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA....GOING TO BE A WARM ONE....
I'M STILL HERE....DOING FINE....AND VERY BUSY.
SORRY I HAVE BEEN SKIPPING THIS REPORT REGULARLY....WILL TRY TO DO
BETTER, BUT NO GUARANTEE. AFTER 7 YEARS OF THESE, IT IS GETTING EASIER
AT END OF DAY TO LEAVE THE OFFICE AFTER A LONG DAY AND SKIP THE REPORT.
GETTING OLDER YOU KNOW! HAD A 65TH BIRTHDAY THIS PAST TUESDAY. STAFF
TOOK ME TO LUNCH WITH AN RTA BUS....TO THE NOON LUNCH AT THE SENIOR
CENTER...MY FIRST OFFICIAL LUNCH THERE. GOOD FOOD, BUT DOUBT IF I WILL
MAKE MANY OF THOSE YET AS RETIREMENT IS NOT IN MY PLANS FOR ALONG TIME.
PICTURES OF THE BIRTHDAY ON THE HOME PAGE.
ON DENNIS DAILY PHOTO..CHECK FOR A NICE PICTURE OF RED HENTON SINGING
WITH DAUGHTERS NANCY AND JUDY AT THE FULTON CHRUCH 130TH ANNIVERSARY TWO
SUNDAYS AGO.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF WEEK THIS WEEK WAS KATHY MANSON. LAST WEEK, OWEN
THORSON AND THIS COMING WEEK, ALICE BURMAHL.....THREE OF THE 5 LONGTIME
TEACHERS RETIRING THIS MONTH.
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS NOW THE ASSISTANT AT WESTERN
DUBUQUE...MORE ON HIM NEXT WEEK.
NO NEW POLICE CHIEF YET.
THEY STARTED WORK ON NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT THIS WEEK.
WORK CONTINUES ON THE REMODELING OF BUILDING FOR NEW AUTO PARTS STORE.
4 NEW HOMES GOING UP THIS SUMMER OUT BY NEW GOLF COURSE.
CITY DECIDED...NO....TO PUTTING OUT DUMPSTERS FOR TRUCKERS TO USE ON
CITY STREET NEXT TO FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION PLANT. CITY SAYS IT IS
PROBLEM....THE TRASH....FOR FAMILY DOLLAR TO DEAL WITH.
THE ATV RACE COURSE JUST SOUTH OF INDUSTRIAL PARK IS BEING WORKED ON
DAILY. LOTS OF HILLS AND CURVES...SHOULD BE A FUN PLACE FOR THOSE
POPULAR MACHINES.
CITY A WEEK AGO DECIDED TO PUT THE NEW ARC PROJECT ON NOVEMBER
BALLOT...NOW, THINKING INSTEAD OF PUTTING ONE AND A HALF MILLION TOWARD
PROJECT THROUGH THE TIMBER CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MORE AT NEXT
MEETING. BUT EVEN IF THEY APPROVE THAT PLAN, THE ARC COMMITTEE STILL
NEEDS TO RAISE ABOUT 3 MORE MILLION ON THEIR OWN...A BIG TASK.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY. KIDS ARE TAKING NANCY TO BREAKFAST AT DECKER
HOTEL..AND I GET TO GO ALONG.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
I'M STILL HERE....DOING FINE....AND VERY BUSY.
SORRY I HAVE BEEN SKIPPING THIS REPORT REGULARLY....WILL TRY TO DO
BETTER, BUT NO GUARANTEE. AFTER 7 YEARS OF THESE, IT IS GETTING EASIER
AT END OF DAY TO LEAVE THE OFFICE AFTER A LONG DAY AND SKIP THE REPORT.
GETTING OLDER YOU KNOW! HAD A 65TH BIRTHDAY THIS PAST TUESDAY. STAFF
TOOK ME TO LUNCH WITH AN RTA BUS....TO THE NOON LUNCH AT THE SENIOR
CENTER...MY FIRST OFFICIAL LUNCH THERE. GOOD FOOD, BUT DOUBT IF I WILL
MAKE MANY OF THOSE YET AS RETIREMENT IS NOT IN MY PLANS FOR ALONG TIME.
PICTURES OF THE BIRTHDAY ON THE HOME PAGE.
ON DENNIS DAILY PHOTO..CHECK FOR A NICE PICTURE OF RED HENTON SINGING
WITH DAUGHTERS NANCY AND JUDY AT THE FULTON CHRUCH 130TH ANNIVERSARY TWO
SUNDAYS AGO.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF WEEK THIS WEEK WAS KATHY MANSON. LAST WEEK, OWEN
THORSON AND THIS COMING WEEK, ALICE BURMAHL.....THREE OF THE 5 LONGTIME
TEACHERS RETIRING THIS MONTH.
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS NOW THE ASSISTANT AT WESTERN
DUBUQUE...MORE ON HIM NEXT WEEK.
NO NEW POLICE CHIEF YET.
THEY STARTED WORK ON NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT THIS WEEK.
WORK CONTINUES ON THE REMODELING OF BUILDING FOR NEW AUTO PARTS STORE.
4 NEW HOMES GOING UP THIS SUMMER OUT BY NEW GOLF COURSE.
CITY DECIDED...NO....TO PUTTING OUT DUMPSTERS FOR TRUCKERS TO USE ON
CITY STREET NEXT TO FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION PLANT. CITY SAYS IT IS
PROBLEM....THE TRASH....FOR FAMILY DOLLAR TO DEAL WITH.
THE ATV RACE COURSE JUST SOUTH OF INDUSTRIAL PARK IS BEING WORKED ON
DAILY. LOTS OF HILLS AND CURVES...SHOULD BE A FUN PLACE FOR THOSE
POPULAR MACHINES.
CITY A WEEK AGO DECIDED TO PUT THE NEW ARC PROJECT ON NOVEMBER
BALLOT...NOW, THINKING INSTEAD OF PUTTING ONE AND A HALF MILLION TOWARD
PROJECT THROUGH THE TIMBER CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MORE AT NEXT
MEETING. BUT EVEN IF THEY APPROVE THAT PLAN, THE ARC COMMITTEE STILL
NEEDS TO RAISE ABOUT 3 MORE MILLION ON THEIR OWN...A BIG TASK.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY. KIDS ARE TAKING NANCY TO BREAKFAST AT DECKER
HOTEL..AND I GET TO GO ALONG.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, May 01, 2004
1/5 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT.
LITTLE OR NO RAIN EXPECTED TODAY...HIGH AROUND 60.
NORMA MERRICK, 81, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT WHEATLAND MANOR.
SHE WORKED FOR THE FISHING TACKLE COMPANY FORF 4 YEARS...CLINTON ENGINES FOR 17 YEARS AND THEN LEINBAUCH'S CLOTHING STORE FOR 5 YEARS UNTIL RETIRING.
EDITH GURIUS, 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
SHE OWNED AND OPERATED GURIUS GARDENS AND GREENHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1957 TO 1967. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DON, AND A DAUGHTER, MARJORIE FLAGEL OF MADISON AND 2 GRANDCHILDREN.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD IS INTERVIEW TWO FINALISTS FOR THE PRICIPAL JOB...THE TWO STILL IN CONTENTION ARE DAN MARBURGER, WHO ONCE WAS WITH EAST CENTRAL IN MILES AND IS NOW THE PERRY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND THE OTHER FINALIST IS BILL WATTERS, NOW THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WESTERN DUBUQUE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK ALSO GAVE THE GO-AHEAD FOR A NEW $225,000 TRACK UP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SIX NEW TENNIS COURTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL...BOTH PROJECTS BADLY NEEDED AND ON THE WANTS LIST FOR A LONG TIME.
THE ARC ... NEW GYM AND SWIMMING POOL PROJECT... NOW HAS A NEW WEB SITE...www.arearecreationcenter.net.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
LITTLE OR NO RAIN EXPECTED TODAY...HIGH AROUND 60.
NORMA MERRICK, 81, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT WHEATLAND MANOR.
SHE WORKED FOR THE FISHING TACKLE COMPANY FORF 4 YEARS...CLINTON ENGINES FOR 17 YEARS AND THEN LEINBAUCH'S CLOTHING STORE FOR 5 YEARS UNTIL RETIRING.
EDITH GURIUS, 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
SHE OWNED AND OPERATED GURIUS GARDENS AND GREENHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1957 TO 1967. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DON, AND A DAUGHTER, MARJORIE FLAGEL OF MADISON AND 2 GRANDCHILDREN.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD IS INTERVIEW TWO FINALISTS FOR THE PRICIPAL JOB...THE TWO STILL IN CONTENTION ARE DAN MARBURGER, WHO ONCE WAS WITH EAST CENTRAL IN MILES AND IS NOW THE PERRY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND THE OTHER FINALIST IS BILL WATTERS, NOW THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WESTERN DUBUQUE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK ALSO GAVE THE GO-AHEAD FOR A NEW $225,000 TRACK UP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SIX NEW TENNIS COURTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL...BOTH PROJECTS BADLY NEEDED AND ON THE WANTS LIST FOR A LONG TIME.
THE ARC ... NEW GYM AND SWIMMING POOL PROJECT... NOW HAS A NEW WEB SITE...www.arearecreationcenter.net.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
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