HOT AND HUMID TODAY..HIGH OF 89.
ANDREW SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO REPLACE SARAH PINION WHO IS TAKING THE SUPERINTENDENT JOB AT JESUP. KENT HAMMER, AGE 56, STARTED TODAY. HE HAD HELD THAT POSITION WITH SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN ILLINOIS, BEFORE RETIRING. MOST RECENTLY, HE WAS EMPLOYED PART-TIME BY THE BETTENDORF SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN FULTON, ILLINOIS.
A MAN FROM BERNARD, MIKE KREMER, AGE 81, WAS ABOUT TO PARK IN THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK PARKING LOT JUST NORTH OF KMAQ. HE SAID HIS FOOT FELL ASLEEP AND HE COULD NOT REACH THE BRAKE IN TIME AND HIS PICKUP SLAMMED INTO THE KMAQ BUILDING JUST AFTER 3 THIS AFTERNOON. WE ALL HEARD IT. RAN OUT AND FOUND A 4 BY 4 HOLE IN THE CEMENT BLOCK GARAGE AREA OF OUR BUILDING. THE MAN WAS NOT INJURED. A PIECE OF PLYWOOD COVERS THE HOLE UNTIL IT CAN BE RE-BLOCKED.
KEVIN SCHECKEL OF N. MAIN,MAQUOKETA, SAID SOMEONE KICKED HIS SCREEN DOOR IN AND DAMAGED IT ON WEDNESDAY.
YESTERDAY, READERS OF THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD, INCLUDING ME, READ AN INTERESTING AP STORY THAT SAYS SURVEYS ARE SHOWING THAT COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOLS ARE GETTING OLD AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SWIMMING POPULARITY IS GOING DOWN QUITE A BIT. MAQUOKETA HAS A DRIVE UNDERWAY (6 YEARS OLD) TO REPLACE THE PRESENT POOL WITH A NEW INDOOR ONE. LITTLE MONEY RAISED SO FAR FOR THE ESTIMATED $4MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, THAT INCLUDES A HEALTH CLUB AND GYM. ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ARTICLE, SHOULD SIMPLY EMAIL ME (kmaq@kmaq.com) AND I WILL EMAIL THE STORY TO YOU.
CLAY JOHNSON JR, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND NO INSURANCE WHEN STOPPED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON SOUTH MATTESON.
JERRY RASMUSSEN, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF MY MORNING COFFEE GROUP AT THE DECKER CELEBRATED HIS 84TH YESTERDAY. YUP, JERRY STILL HAS HIS '53
CORVETTE. I THINK ITS A '53. WORTH A LOT OF MONEY. HE AND DOROTHY TAKE A RIDE OCCASSIONALLY. THEY HAVE HAD GUESTS FROM DENMARK THE PAST TWO WEEKS...RELATIVES...AASE AMD RICHARD JOHANSEN OF KOLDING, DENMARK.
RICHARD IS 64 AND WE ENJOYED HIS VISITS WITH US AT COFFEE. JERRY'S
ANCESTORS ARE FROM DENMARK AND JERRY AND DOROTHY HAVE VISITED THE COUNTRY QUITE A FEW TIMES. ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, AFTER RETIRING, JERRY WROTE BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA. GOOD BOOK. IF YOU WANT ONE, LET ME KNOW. I BELIEVE HE HAS A FEW LEFT. IF SO, HE MIGHT EVEN AUTOGRAPH IT FOR YOU.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE IT COOL.
DENNIS VOY