I'M BACK....FROM BRANSON....HAD A GOOD TIME IN THE BOOMING CITY. 111 OF US SAW SOME GREAT SHOWS, WITH PRETTY GOOD WEATHER. TWO OF THE PASSENGERS THE FIRST MORNING, FELL
IN A PARKING LOT AND HAD A FEW ACHES AND PAINS THE REST OF THE TRIP, AND 3 OTHERS HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL....BUT ALL 5 CAME HOME FEELING
OKAY AFTER THEIR ORDEAL.
A LITTLE RAIN YESTERDAY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT NO RAIN TODAY...AND A LITTLE ON THE COOL SIDE, WITH TEMPS IN THE 60'S.
BOB OSTERHAUS GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF
PHARMACY. ONE OF THE GRADS WAS FORMER MAQUOKETA HIGH GRAD (1999), HEATHER BICKFORD, NOW OF MARTELL, AND DAUGHTER OF JIM AND LISA BICKFORD.
CLAIRE SMALL DIED MONDAY, AGE 69, FROM CANCER AND HIS OBITURARY CAN BE FOUND
AT www.laheys.com
MAQUOKETA GRADUATION IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IS TUESDAY.
JACKSON COUNTY GETS TO KEEP TWO JUDICIAL MAGISTRATES. REP. TOM SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA HELPED SECURE FUNDING JACKSON COUNTY WOULDN'T BE CUT BACK TO JUST ONE.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS WILL PUT ON THE COMEDY "THE SILVER WHISTLE" JUNE 24, 25 AND 26 AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. THE CAST INCLUDES DR. BILL OTTEMAN, PAM CRAWFORD, BETH TEBBE, JUNE WAHL, CINDY CARAWAY, DR. PAUL HORST, JOVON EBERHART, JACOB PINION, ANDY HAMILTON, RICH HAINSTOCK, MARCIA VANBUER, TOM STEWART, AND WAYNE BEKKUM. W. DAN PINON WILL BE THE DIRECTOR.
ANDREW IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL MEMORIAL WEEKEND EVENT, STARTING WITH A CLASS REUNION BANQUET TONIGHT AND A PARADE TOMORROW.
MAY 27TH, TOM CALLAHAN TURNED 50. FORMER LONGTIME FAIRBOARD MANAGER. JAKE BICKFORD, OWNER OF BILL MOLER'S STORE FOR MEN WAS 65 YESTERDAY.
NICK PETAROS OF MAQUOKETA, WITH WARTBURG COLLEGE, TOURED TURKEY IN MAY. HIS PARENTS ARE TOM AND COLLEEN AND HIS GRANDFATHER RAN THE FAMOUS "GREEN MILL RESTAURANT" IN THE 50'S AND 60'S.
JOY OBRIECHT OF MAQUOKETA RECENTLY RECEIVED AN IOWA BANKERS BEST OF IOWA MARKETING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AWARD. SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANKK SINCE 1984.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE ON TO THE STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDY.
GO CARDINALS.
IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT LOOKED AT STANDINGS LATELY, THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE IN FIRST PLACE
BY 7 GAMES OVER MILWAUKEE.
JOE BRUNO, SON OF MR. AND MRS. BOB BRUNO OF MAQUOKETA AND A KMAQ PART TIME ANNOUNCER THE PAST TWO YEARS, GRADUATES NEXT SUNDAY AT ANDRW HIGH SCHOOL, AND HAD HIS PARTY TODAY. HE IS COING TO CORNELL COLLEGE IN MT. VERNON THIS FALL. HIS DAD IS ALSO A KMAQ WEEKEND ANNOUNCER.
KARIS DIETZ HAS A BIG BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.
THANKS TO THIS DAILY REPORT, MORE ROTARY DUCKS HAVE BEEN SOLD: THANK YOU JON NISSEN AND CLAUDIA NISSEN OF KANEOHE, HAWAII FOR BUYING TWO DUCKS. THE DUCKS ARE TO BE NAMED AFTER MAQUOKETA PARENTS, DONALD AND PHYLIS NISSEN.
THANK YOU TO ALLEN AND PAULINE BODKIN OF IBERIA, MISSOURIA, FOR BUYING FOUR DUCKS.
THANK YOU TO CLEO PENCE ENGLISH OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS FOR BUYING TWO DUCKS.
VERY SOON, THE NAMES OF THESE DUCK OWNERS WILL BE UP ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE..www.maquoketa-rotary.org ---- WANT TO BUY A DUCK AND MAYBE WIN $1,000 OR $100....AND HELP THE ROTARY ...SEND YOUR CHECK TO ME, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA. THE RACE IS THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER.
THE 3 MOVIES PLAYING TONIGHT AT MY DOWNTOWN THEATRE AND THE TWO PLAYING TONIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN.....THOSE 5 MOVIES....ARE CURRENTLY THE TOP 5 MOVIES IN THE COUNTRY. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN IN THE LITTLE OLD TOWN OF MAQUOETA.
THE AVENUE OF FLAGS IS UP AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY AND AT SACRED HEART CEMETRY. WHAT A SIGHT.
STOCK CAR RACING IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT. PROBABLY OVER 100 CARS RACING AGAIN TONIGHT.
SARA NELSON, A MCHS 2000 GRAD, IS THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL COACH AND THEIR FIRST GAME IS MONDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM LOST TO CLINTON LAST NIGHT, 12 TO 0.
TODAY, THEY HOSTED DECORAH IN A DOUBLE-HEADER. NO SCORES YET.
THE MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL OPENED TODAY.
PROGRESS AGAIN THIS WEEK ON TWO NEW MAQUOKETA CONVENIENT STORES...THE CASEY'S STORE ON EAST PLATT HAS BEEN BRICKED, AND THE TRAVEL MART STORE OUT SOUTH OF TOWN BY THE
COMFORT INN MOTEL, GOT THE ROOF SHINGLED THIS WEEK. BOTH WILL OPEN THIS SUMMER, CASEY'S
FIRST.
STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART, OF PRESTON AND LONGTIME RETIRED BANKER, WILL GIVE THE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS MONDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE SAFE AND HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 23, 2005
IT WAS A RAINY DAY SATURDAY. STOCK CAR RACES CANCELLED. YESTERDAY, BEAUTIFUL DAY.
TODAY, JUST ABOUT AS NICE.
OPEN HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, TO SHOW OFF TO THE PUBLIC, THE NEW ART AND SCIENCE CLASSROOM FACILITY. ALSO, WOMEN'S RESTROOMS HAVE BEEN RENOVATED NEAR THE GYM .....AND WHAT IS CALLED THE ROUND ROOM HAS BEEN REMODELED. THERE WILL BE A SHORT RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. AND THE NEW TENNIS COURTS AND TRACK WILL ALSO BE FEATURED. HOT DOGS AND POP WILL BE SERVED. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO ADDED A NEW ENTRANCE AND OFFICES, BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE OPEN HOUSE. WONDER WHY? I HAVE SEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT NOT MIDDLE SCHOOL. GUESS I'LL GO AND HAVE A HOT DOG AND POP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN GO AND LOOK IN THE WINDOWS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. AT THE MEETING, NICK PITCHER, BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY EDUCATION TEACHER IS RESIGNING AND TROY OSTERHAUS WILL BE NAMED ASSISTANT BOY'S
BASKETBALL COACH, BUT WILL BE RESIGNING HIS FRESHMAN BASKETBALL COACHING POSITION.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED SHARING PROJECT WITH THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA FOR A SIDEWALK ALONG SOUTH 5TH STREET. PRIOR TO THE REGULAR MEETING, THERE WILL BE A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE MAQUOKETA AND DELWOOD BOARDS, STARTING AT 6:30 P.M.T
THE TWO BOARDS WILL TALK ABOUT ANTICIPATED CHANGES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
DENISE RINIKER OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY, BORN FRIDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDMOTHER IS MARTHA RINIKER.
CLAIRE SMALL, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT HIS HOME. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME. HIS COMPLETE OBIT SHOULD BE UP ON THE LAHEY WEB SITE LATER TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE PLAYING GOLF TODAY AND IF THEY WIN, THEY GO ON TO THE STATE
TOURNAMENT LATE THIS MONTH. THEY ARE THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS AND HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF GOING BACK.
SOME OF MY "DAILY REPORT" READERS ARE BUYING ROTARY $5 DUCKS FOR THE JUNE 21ST RACE...WITH CHANCE TO WIN $1,000 OR $100 (SEVEN HUNDRED-DOLLAR WINNERS)
THANKS TO: DELORES FRANZEN OF PRESTON. RON AND SHIRLEY MILLER OF MESA, ARIZONA.
TOM AND LYNETTE VEIT OF HENDERSON, COLORADO AND DARLYCE STIMMEL, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA STUDENT AND MAQUOKETA RESIDENT. MY BOX NUMBER IS 940.
I, ALONG WITH TWO GRANDAUGHTERS, SARA AND CASSIE, WILL LEAVE MAQUKETA AT 5 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING FOR BRANSON, WITH TWO KMAQ-TRAVEL BUSES. WILL BE BACK FRIDAY NIGHT.
NEXT REPORT, NEXT MONDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, JUST ABOUT AS NICE.
OPEN HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, TO SHOW OFF TO THE PUBLIC, THE NEW ART AND SCIENCE CLASSROOM FACILITY. ALSO, WOMEN'S RESTROOMS HAVE BEEN RENOVATED NEAR THE GYM .....AND WHAT IS CALLED THE ROUND ROOM HAS BEEN REMODELED. THERE WILL BE A SHORT RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. AND THE NEW TENNIS COURTS AND TRACK WILL ALSO BE FEATURED. HOT DOGS AND POP WILL BE SERVED. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO ADDED A NEW ENTRANCE AND OFFICES, BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE OPEN HOUSE. WONDER WHY? I HAVE SEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT NOT MIDDLE SCHOOL. GUESS I'LL GO AND HAVE A HOT DOG AND POP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN GO AND LOOK IN THE WINDOWS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. AT THE MEETING, NICK PITCHER, BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY EDUCATION TEACHER IS RESIGNING AND TROY OSTERHAUS WILL BE NAMED ASSISTANT BOY'S
BASKETBALL COACH, BUT WILL BE RESIGNING HIS FRESHMAN BASKETBALL COACHING POSITION.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED SHARING PROJECT WITH THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA FOR A SIDEWALK ALONG SOUTH 5TH STREET. PRIOR TO THE REGULAR MEETING, THERE WILL BE A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE MAQUOKETA AND DELWOOD BOARDS, STARTING AT 6:30 P.M.T
THE TWO BOARDS WILL TALK ABOUT ANTICIPATED CHANGES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
DENISE RINIKER OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY, BORN FRIDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDMOTHER IS MARTHA RINIKER.
CLAIRE SMALL, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT HIS HOME. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME. HIS COMPLETE OBIT SHOULD BE UP ON THE LAHEY WEB SITE LATER TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE PLAYING GOLF TODAY AND IF THEY WIN, THEY GO ON TO THE STATE
TOURNAMENT LATE THIS MONTH. THEY ARE THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS AND HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF GOING BACK.
SOME OF MY "DAILY REPORT" READERS ARE BUYING ROTARY $5 DUCKS FOR THE JUNE 21ST RACE...WITH CHANCE TO WIN $1,000 OR $100 (SEVEN HUNDRED-DOLLAR WINNERS)
THANKS TO: DELORES FRANZEN OF PRESTON. RON AND SHIRLEY MILLER OF MESA, ARIZONA.
TOM AND LYNETTE VEIT OF HENDERSON, COLORADO AND DARLYCE STIMMEL, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA STUDENT AND MAQUOKETA RESIDENT. MY BOX NUMBER IS 940.
I, ALONG WITH TWO GRANDAUGHTERS, SARA AND CASSIE, WILL LEAVE MAQUKETA AT 5 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING FOR BRANSON, WITH TWO KMAQ-TRAVEL BUSES. WILL BE BACK FRIDAY NIGHT.
NEXT REPORT, NEXT MONDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
FIRST..HATS OFF TO JACK WEST OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN! HE'S A FRIEND OF BOB OSTERHAUS (FROM
PHARMACY ASSOCIATION DAYS) AND I DON'T BELIEVE HAS EVER BEEN TO MAQUOKETA, BUT
KEEPS TRACK OF OUR CITY THROUGH BOB AND THIS WEB SITE. HE HAS BECOME A FAN OF MAQUOKETA. AND AGAIN THIS YEAR...HE PURCHASED ROTARY DUCKS FOR THE JUNE 21ST RACE AND MAY WIN $1,000 OR $100. GOT HIS CHECK TODAY FOR FOUR. AND IF HIS WIFE READS THIS.....NANCY WEST....YOUR HUSBAND PUT YOUR NAME ON ONE OF THE FOUR TICKET STUBS. GOOD LUCK.
ANY OTHER READERS WANT TO BUY A DUCK. MAKE $5 CHECK PAYBLE TO MAQUOKETA ROTARY...
MY BOX NUMBER IS 940 AND IN A FEW DAYS, CHECK TO SEE YOUR NAME AS A DUCK BUYER ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
I WENT DOWN TO BILL MERRICK'S BARBER SHOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PURCHASED A NEW US FLAG FOR MY POLE IN FRONT OF MY HOME....HE SELLS THEM FOR THE LEGION...$23....DARN GOOD QUALITY FLAG.
BILL IS A KOREAN WAR VET AND VERY ACTIVE STILL IN THE LEGION AND VFW. BEEN BARBERING IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1952.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HAD A MONEY MAKING PROMOTION THAT WENT WELL THIS SPRING. THEY SOLD A FLAG AND POLE FOR $35 A YEAR, THAY THEY WILL PUT UP AND TAKE DOWN AND STORE...FOR THREE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS. OVER 100 SIGNED UP. NEXT YEAR, THEY HOPE TO RE-SIGN EVERYONE, BUT WON'T HAVE THE COST OF THE FLAG OR POLE AND WILL MAKE MORE PROFIT AND THEY MAY ALSO GAIN NEW BUYERS NEXT YEAR. GOOD PROMOTION BY A GOOD MAQUOKETA SERVICE CLUB...DARN GOOD!
MAQUOKETA IS LOOSING A DENTIST. ANOTHER IS RETIRING. AND A NEW WOMAN DENTIST IS COMING THIS SUMMER. MORE HERE SOON. ALSO, A NEW LOCAL MANAGER FOR THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.......STAY TUNED AS WE SAY ON KMAQ.
THE WHEATLAND BANK ROBBER HAS BEEN ARRESTED. ROBERT S. NELSON, 24, OF DEWITT.
MINOR DAMAGE TO A MAQUOKETA SQUAD CAR. OFFICER J.T. THOMSON BACKED INTO A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY LARRY DERGANZ MONDAY EVENING. LESS THAN $1,000 DAMAGE TO THE SQUAD CAR.
WAS THE OFFICER CHARGED? OUR NEWS STORY DOESN'T SAY. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK.
AL BARKER OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED SOMEONE SHOT A WINDOW OF HIS CAMPER ON EAST PLATT STREET.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO HELP FINANCE AN EXPANSION TO THE FIRE STATION,IF A GRANT IS APPROVED. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.
THE CITY ALREADY OWNS THE ADJACENT LAND AND THE TRUCKS HAVE TO BE SQUEEZED INTO THE CURRENT BUILDING.
THE MAQUOKETA LETTER CARRIERS COLLECTED 2,168 POUNDS OF FOOD SATURDAY WHEN ON THEIR ROUNDS, SURPASSING LAST YEAR. THE FOOD WENT TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
POPPY WEEK IS NEXT WEEK.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
FIRST..HATS OFF TO JACK WEST OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN! HE'S A FRIEND OF BOB OSTERHAUS (FROM
PHARMACY ASSOCIATION DAYS) AND I DON'T BELIEVE HAS EVER BEEN TO MAQUOKETA, BUT
KEEPS TRACK OF OUR CITY THROUGH BOB AND THIS WEB SITE. HE HAS BECOME A FAN OF MAQUOKETA. AND AGAIN THIS YEAR...HE PURCHASED ROTARY DUCKS FOR THE JUNE 21ST RACE AND MAY WIN $1,000 OR $100. GOT HIS CHECK TODAY FOR FOUR. AND IF HIS WIFE READS THIS.....NANCY WEST....YOUR HUSBAND PUT YOUR NAME ON ONE OF THE FOUR TICKET STUBS. GOOD LUCK.
ANY OTHER READERS WANT TO BUY A DUCK. MAKE $5 CHECK PAYBLE TO MAQUOKETA ROTARY...
MY BOX NUMBER IS 940 AND IN A FEW DAYS, CHECK TO SEE YOUR NAME AS A DUCK BUYER ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
I WENT DOWN TO BILL MERRICK'S BARBER SHOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PURCHASED A NEW US FLAG FOR MY POLE IN FRONT OF MY HOME....HE SELLS THEM FOR THE LEGION...$23....DARN GOOD QUALITY FLAG.
BILL IS A KOREAN WAR VET AND VERY ACTIVE STILL IN THE LEGION AND VFW. BEEN BARBERING IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1952.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HAD A MONEY MAKING PROMOTION THAT WENT WELL THIS SPRING. THEY SOLD A FLAG AND POLE FOR $35 A YEAR, THAY THEY WILL PUT UP AND TAKE DOWN AND STORE...FOR THREE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS. OVER 100 SIGNED UP. NEXT YEAR, THEY HOPE TO RE-SIGN EVERYONE, BUT WON'T HAVE THE COST OF THE FLAG OR POLE AND WILL MAKE MORE PROFIT AND THEY MAY ALSO GAIN NEW BUYERS NEXT YEAR. GOOD PROMOTION BY A GOOD MAQUOKETA SERVICE CLUB...DARN GOOD!
MAQUOKETA IS LOOSING A DENTIST. ANOTHER IS RETIRING. AND A NEW WOMAN DENTIST IS COMING THIS SUMMER. MORE HERE SOON. ALSO, A NEW LOCAL MANAGER FOR THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.......STAY TUNED AS WE SAY ON KMAQ.
THE WHEATLAND BANK ROBBER HAS BEEN ARRESTED. ROBERT S. NELSON, 24, OF DEWITT.
MINOR DAMAGE TO A MAQUOKETA SQUAD CAR. OFFICER J.T. THOMSON BACKED INTO A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY LARRY DERGANZ MONDAY EVENING. LESS THAN $1,000 DAMAGE TO THE SQUAD CAR.
WAS THE OFFICER CHARGED? OUR NEWS STORY DOESN'T SAY. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK.
AL BARKER OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED SOMEONE SHOT A WINDOW OF HIS CAMPER ON EAST PLATT STREET.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO HELP FINANCE AN EXPANSION TO THE FIRE STATION,IF A GRANT IS APPROVED. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.
THE CITY ALREADY OWNS THE ADJACENT LAND AND THE TRUCKS HAVE TO BE SQUEEZED INTO THE CURRENT BUILDING.
THE MAQUOKETA LETTER CARRIERS COLLECTED 2,168 POUNDS OF FOOD SATURDAY WHEN ON THEIR ROUNDS, SURPASSING LAST YEAR. THE FOOD WENT TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
POPPY WEEK IS NEXT WEEK.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 16, 2005
WINDY AND COLD YESTERDAY.....MOSTLY CLOUDY AND A LITTLE WARMER TODAY. HIGH IN THE 60'S TODAY BUT 70-PLUS IS COMING THIS WEEK.
SARA O'MEARA CROMER, WHO LIVES AT THE WESTWING PLACE IN DEWITT, IS CELEBRATING HER 107TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. SHE LIVED IN THE DELMAR AND DEWITT AREA MOST OF HER LIFE.
TWO OF HER 5 CHILDREN ARE STILL LIVING, INCLUDING MRS. DON (BETTY) HENNINGSEN OF MAQUOKETA. DON AND BETTY JUST RETURNED HOME LAST WEEK FROM WINTERING DOWN IN FLORIDA.
ASHER SCHROEDER OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (BORN MAY 12, 1925) WITH AN OPEN HOUSE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM OF THE NEW "HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER". ASHER, A RETIRED (1987) ATTORNEY, IS VERY ACTIVE AS A VOLUNTEER IN MAQUOKETA. HE'S ON THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION BOARD, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY BOARD AND IS PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HIS WIFE (CATHERINE) DIED ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO. HE HAS 3 SONS. HE WAS A WORLD WAR 2 POW IN GERMANY.
ANOTHER EX-KMAQ EMPLOYEE IS DOING WELL IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. CHRIS AGNITSCH HAS ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT AS PRESIDENT (CEO) OF THE LANCASTER (OHIO) FAIRFIELD COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND STARTS JUNE 1ST. HE HAS BEEN WITH THE ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CHAMBER. HE WAS A PART-TIME ANNOUCER FOR KMAQ WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND GRADUATED FROM NORTHESTERN UNIVERSITY IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS. HIS WIFE IS AMY. A REMINDER, THAT ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, YOU CAN "CLICK-ON" TO THE "PAST EMPLOYEE" PAGE AND SEE WHEN CHRIS AND ALL OTHER EX-EMPLOYEES WORKED HERE. ALSO, SOME HAVE SIGNED THE PAST-EMPLOYEE GUEST BOOK AND I HOPE MORE WILL SOON. CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS. IF I REMEMBER RIGHT...
THE NORTHWESTERN GRAD HAD A DIFFICULT TIME LEARNING TO OPERATE THE KMAQ CONTROL BOARD AND THEN TURNED INTO A PRETTY GOOD ANNOUNCER. SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA PHARMACIST KENNETH SKELLY, 92, DIED SATURDAY. HIS OBITURARY
IS AT www.laheys.com
DAN AND GRETCHEN MURRAY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA, HAD A BOY LAST WEDNESDAY IN MESA. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS GLADYS (SCHNOOR) DERGANZ OF MAQUOKETA.
DWAINE AND TESSIE BURKEN OF BALDWIN ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MAY 6TH AT OUR HOSPITAL.
GRANDPARENTS ARE AL AND JULIE THOLE OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE HOWARD AND NORMA JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.
52 PEOPLE GAVE BLOOD LAST WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. 11 GAVE TWO UNITS AT THE SAME TIME.
THE LEGION AUXILIARY SPONSORED THE DRIVE AGAIN.
DIXIE MILLER, AGE 74, OF MONMOUTH, DIED LAST NIGHT AT OUR HOSPITAL, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. SHE AND HUBAND FORREST ARE WELL KNOWN IN AREA FOR HAVING TEAMS OF HORSES THAT GAVE WAGON RIDES AT LOCAL EVENTS OVER THE YEARS. HER OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
RAN INTO JON AND CHRIS JENSEN AT COFFEE THIS MORNING. JON WAS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. NOW RETIRED AND LIVES IN CLEAR LAKE AND IN ARIZONA DURING THE WINTER. BOTH LOOKED GOOD.
A DELMAR MAN WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY LAST NIGHT AFTER HIS TRACTOR PINNED HIM. RANDY BUDDE, AGE 41, WAS OPERATING THE TRACTOR IN RURAL BELLEVUE WHEN THE TRACTOR OVERTURNED AND HE WAS TRAPPED UNDER IT. HIS INJURIES ARE NOT BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS.
JOSH IHRIG OF MAQUOKETA, 23, LEFT HIS STALLED VEHICLE ON 53RD AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF BALDWIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, TO GET A TOW TRUCK AND WHILE HE WAS GONE, SOMEONE HIT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND PUSHED IT INTO THE DITCH WHERE IT HIT A TREE STUMP, CAUSING $5,000 IN DAMAGE.
THE OTHER DRIVER LEFT THE SCENE.
WEEKEND POLICE BLOTTER:
HELEN RICKLIFS ON SOUTH MAIN SAID SOMEONE TOOK ABOUT $130 FROM HER PURSE.
DWAYNE GREEN OF PERSHING ROAD SAID SOMEONE ENTERED HIS UNLOCKED MOBILE HOME AND TOOK $40 FROM A DRESSER DRAWER.
EBERHART FARM CENTER ON EAST MAPLE SAID SOMEONE TAMPERED WITH FOUR ANHYDROUS AMMONIA TANKS SUNDAY.
SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL REPORTED A WINDOW BROKEN.
AND RYAN GERISCHER ON 5TH STREET SAID SOMEONE VANDALIZED HIS YARD LIGHTS FRIDAY NIGHT.
A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MURIEL ALLAN WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS SATURDY BY THE LOCAL VFW, AT HORSESHOE POND PARK. THE CERMONY WILL BE AT 1 AM AT THE CITIDEL BUILDING AT THE PARK JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOEKTA. A PLAQUE WILL BE PLACED NEXT TO THE FLAG POLE THERE. CO-SPONSORING THE EVENT, BOY SCOUT TROOP 68. THE TROOP HAD PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED THE FLAG IN HONOR OF MURIAL. SHE WAS A VERY PATRIOTIC PERSON AND WAS A VERY ACTIVE VFW MEMEBER.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
PAT COSTELLO, OWNER OF COSTELLO OLD MILL ART GALLERY WAS ON KWQC-TV SATURDAY MORNING, ON FRAN RILEY'S INTERVIEW SHOW, AND TOLD ABOUT TOURISM PLACES IN AND AROUND JACKSON COUNTY.
MAY IS TOURISM MONTH. THE 1ST ANNUAL TOURISM DINNER IS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AT HORIZON HALL IN BELLEVUE, STARTING AT 6 AND ANYONE MAY ATTEND. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR AND THE GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE THE FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS "IOWA MACHINE SHED" RESTAURANT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SARA O'MEARA CROMER, WHO LIVES AT THE WESTWING PLACE IN DEWITT, IS CELEBRATING HER 107TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. SHE LIVED IN THE DELMAR AND DEWITT AREA MOST OF HER LIFE.
TWO OF HER 5 CHILDREN ARE STILL LIVING, INCLUDING MRS. DON (BETTY) HENNINGSEN OF MAQUOKETA. DON AND BETTY JUST RETURNED HOME LAST WEEK FROM WINTERING DOWN IN FLORIDA.
ASHER SCHROEDER OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (BORN MAY 12, 1925) WITH AN OPEN HOUSE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM OF THE NEW "HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER". ASHER, A RETIRED (1987) ATTORNEY, IS VERY ACTIVE AS A VOLUNTEER IN MAQUOKETA. HE'S ON THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION BOARD, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY BOARD AND IS PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HIS WIFE (CATHERINE) DIED ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO. HE HAS 3 SONS. HE WAS A WORLD WAR 2 POW IN GERMANY.
ANOTHER EX-KMAQ EMPLOYEE IS DOING WELL IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. CHRIS AGNITSCH HAS ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT AS PRESIDENT (CEO) OF THE LANCASTER (OHIO) FAIRFIELD COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND STARTS JUNE 1ST. HE HAS BEEN WITH THE ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CHAMBER. HE WAS A PART-TIME ANNOUCER FOR KMAQ WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND GRADUATED FROM NORTHESTERN UNIVERSITY IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS. HIS WIFE IS AMY. A REMINDER, THAT ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, YOU CAN "CLICK-ON" TO THE "PAST EMPLOYEE" PAGE AND SEE WHEN CHRIS AND ALL OTHER EX-EMPLOYEES WORKED HERE. ALSO, SOME HAVE SIGNED THE PAST-EMPLOYEE GUEST BOOK AND I HOPE MORE WILL SOON. CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS. IF I REMEMBER RIGHT...
THE NORTHWESTERN GRAD HAD A DIFFICULT TIME LEARNING TO OPERATE THE KMAQ CONTROL BOARD AND THEN TURNED INTO A PRETTY GOOD ANNOUNCER. SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA PHARMACIST KENNETH SKELLY, 92, DIED SATURDAY. HIS OBITURARY
IS AT www.laheys.com
DAN AND GRETCHEN MURRAY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA, HAD A BOY LAST WEDNESDAY IN MESA. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS GLADYS (SCHNOOR) DERGANZ OF MAQUOKETA.
DWAINE AND TESSIE BURKEN OF BALDWIN ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MAY 6TH AT OUR HOSPITAL.
GRANDPARENTS ARE AL AND JULIE THOLE OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE HOWARD AND NORMA JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.
52 PEOPLE GAVE BLOOD LAST WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. 11 GAVE TWO UNITS AT THE SAME TIME.
THE LEGION AUXILIARY SPONSORED THE DRIVE AGAIN.
DIXIE MILLER, AGE 74, OF MONMOUTH, DIED LAST NIGHT AT OUR HOSPITAL, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. SHE AND HUBAND FORREST ARE WELL KNOWN IN AREA FOR HAVING TEAMS OF HORSES THAT GAVE WAGON RIDES AT LOCAL EVENTS OVER THE YEARS. HER OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
RAN INTO JON AND CHRIS JENSEN AT COFFEE THIS MORNING. JON WAS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. NOW RETIRED AND LIVES IN CLEAR LAKE AND IN ARIZONA DURING THE WINTER. BOTH LOOKED GOOD.
A DELMAR MAN WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY LAST NIGHT AFTER HIS TRACTOR PINNED HIM. RANDY BUDDE, AGE 41, WAS OPERATING THE TRACTOR IN RURAL BELLEVUE WHEN THE TRACTOR OVERTURNED AND HE WAS TRAPPED UNDER IT. HIS INJURIES ARE NOT BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS.
JOSH IHRIG OF MAQUOKETA, 23, LEFT HIS STALLED VEHICLE ON 53RD AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF BALDWIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, TO GET A TOW TRUCK AND WHILE HE WAS GONE, SOMEONE HIT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND PUSHED IT INTO THE DITCH WHERE IT HIT A TREE STUMP, CAUSING $5,000 IN DAMAGE.
THE OTHER DRIVER LEFT THE SCENE.
WEEKEND POLICE BLOTTER:
HELEN RICKLIFS ON SOUTH MAIN SAID SOMEONE TOOK ABOUT $130 FROM HER PURSE.
DWAYNE GREEN OF PERSHING ROAD SAID SOMEONE ENTERED HIS UNLOCKED MOBILE HOME AND TOOK $40 FROM A DRESSER DRAWER.
EBERHART FARM CENTER ON EAST MAPLE SAID SOMEONE TAMPERED WITH FOUR ANHYDROUS AMMONIA TANKS SUNDAY.
SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL REPORTED A WINDOW BROKEN.
AND RYAN GERISCHER ON 5TH STREET SAID SOMEONE VANDALIZED HIS YARD LIGHTS FRIDAY NIGHT.
A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MURIEL ALLAN WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS SATURDY BY THE LOCAL VFW, AT HORSESHOE POND PARK. THE CERMONY WILL BE AT 1 AM AT THE CITIDEL BUILDING AT THE PARK JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOEKTA. A PLAQUE WILL BE PLACED NEXT TO THE FLAG POLE THERE. CO-SPONSORING THE EVENT, BOY SCOUT TROOP 68. THE TROOP HAD PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED THE FLAG IN HONOR OF MURIAL. SHE WAS A VERY PATRIOTIC PERSON AND WAS A VERY ACTIVE VFW MEMEBER.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
PAT COSTELLO, OWNER OF COSTELLO OLD MILL ART GALLERY WAS ON KWQC-TV SATURDAY MORNING, ON FRAN RILEY'S INTERVIEW SHOW, AND TOLD ABOUT TOURISM PLACES IN AND AROUND JACKSON COUNTY.
MAY IS TOURISM MONTH. THE 1ST ANNUAL TOURISM DINNER IS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AT HORIZON HALL IN BELLEVUE, STARTING AT 6 AND ANYONE MAY ATTEND. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR AND THE GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE THE FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS "IOWA MACHINE SHED" RESTAURANT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, May 14, 2005
HI...
JUST PUT UP LAST NIGHT.....
SEE A PICTURE OF THE OLD PASTIME THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA ON
THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....CLICK ON "DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS"..
AND DON'T FORGET TO READ FRIDAY'S DAILY REPORT BELOW.
NICE SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA, BUT STORMS ARE COMING...THEY SAY.
CHECK BACK AGAIN ON MONDAY.
DENNIS VOY
JUST PUT UP LAST NIGHT.....
SEE A PICTURE OF THE OLD PASTIME THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA ON
THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....CLICK ON "DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS"..
AND DON'T FORGET TO READ FRIDAY'S DAILY REPORT BELOW.
NICE SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA, BUT STORMS ARE COMING...THEY SAY.
CHECK BACK AGAIN ON MONDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, May 13, 2005
I DID A 6 MINUTE AUDIO YESTERDAY(THURSDAY) ....AND NOW FOUND OUT...IT DID NOT GO UP ON THE WEB....DARN IT.
BUT...YOU NEVER KNOW...IT MIGHT STILL POP UP.
WEATHER HAS BEEN "YUCKY"...WET AND COLD...A HALF INCH THURSDAY MORNING AND ANOTHER HALF INCH THIS MORNING. MORE FORECAST FOR TODAY. SUNDAY, WEATHER SHOULD BE BETTER AND WE SHOULD BE BACK IN THE 70'S NEXT WEEK.
BANK ROBBERY AT WHEATLAND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...HE GOT AWAY WITH CASH.
THEY DUG FOOTINGS THIS WEEK FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST, FROM THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE (OR JUST WEST OF MCDONALDS) AND WORD IS...THAT IT WILL BE A SMALL
STRIP MALL.
SEVERAL NEW HOUSES GOING UP AROUND TOWN.
THE 3RD ANNUAL ROTARY DUCK RACE IS AGAIN THE 1ST DAY OF SUMMER....TUESDAY, JUNE 21...AND THIS YEAR, THE RACE WILL BE BACK AT THE SWIMMING POOL OF THE "COMFORT INN"...AT 6:30 P.M. THIS YEAR, ONLY CASH PRIZES, TO TOP 8 FINISHERS. 1ST PLACE, $1,000 AND 2ND THRU 8TH PLACE, $100.
EIGHT CHANCES TO WIN. $5.00 A DUCK. AGAIN THIS YEAR, I'M HOPING SOME OF YOU GUYS AND GALS AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL HELP THE ROTARY DO THEIR THING AND BUY A DUCK.
SEND CHECK TO ME, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. YOUR NAME WILL GO UP AS A DUCK OWNER ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET IS GOING TO BE HELD AT THE METHODIST CHURCH SOCIAL ROOM AND TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDE. IN JUNE WE AGAIN HAVE OUR SENIORS BAND CONCERT AND ICECREAM SOCIAL.
THE MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. THE SPONSOR OF THE YEAR, HOWARD RICKELS. JOHN RINGEN WAS MADE AN HONORY MEMBER. NAMED TO THE HALL OF FAME, THE LATE KEITH CROCE OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED AT AGE 38 IN APRIL. DALE KLOFT GAVE SOME VERY NICE INDUCTION REMARKS AND KEITH'S PARENTS WERE PRESENT, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER AND SISTER. KENT SIMMONS RETIRED AS PRESIDENT AND THE NEW PRESIDENT IS DAVE SCHNOOR.
FRANK RANDALL OF MAQUOKETA MADE THE NEWS AGAIN THIS WEEK. THE SUPERVISORS HAVE RECEIVED MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS PROPERTY ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD, AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. ONE NEIGHBOR SAID IT LOOKS WORSE THAN A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN DISCUSSION WAS HELD AT A MEETING. SUPERVISOR BUCK KOOS SAID IF NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT THE ISSUE, IT WILL MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE THE COUNTY HAS.
BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAMS ARE DOING WELL AGAIN THIS SEASON.
SPEAKING OF GOLF, THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS LEAVING AGAIN. I'D SAY THEY HAVE HAD ABOUT 10 MANAGERS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND MEMBERSHIP IS DOWN.
LOTS OF GOLF COURSES....TOO MANY....IN THE AREA. THE NEW COURSE (PRAIRIE CREEK) IN MAQUOKETA IS GROWING (ADDING HOLES ) AND ALL KINDS OF HOMES ARE GOING UP OUT THERE.
JUAN AND BARBARA MOHR ARE IN TOWN, VISITING BARB'S MOTHER, ELEANOR KUMPF. JUAN AND DR. BROMAN WERE AT COFFEE YESTERDAY.
THE DEWITT NOON LIONS CLUB AND TIPTON LIONS CLUB....BOTH ARE LOOKING AT GETTING A LIONS CLUB GOING IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN. MORE LATER.
AROUND $7,000 HAS BEEN RAISED SO FAR IN THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT DRIVE TO GET A K-9 DOG FOR THE DEPARTMENT. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HAPPEN, BUT A LOT MORE MONEY WILL HAVE TO BE DONATED BY CITIZENS. MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY HAVE REAL DRUG PROBLEMS AND HAVING ANOTHER DOG WILL CERTAINLY HELP.
ITS FRIDAY THE 13TH....DON'T WALK UNDER ANY LADDER. OR, HOPE YOU DON'T SEE A BLACK CAR CROSSING YOUR PATH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BUT...YOU NEVER KNOW...IT MIGHT STILL POP UP.
WEATHER HAS BEEN "YUCKY"...WET AND COLD...A HALF INCH THURSDAY MORNING AND ANOTHER HALF INCH THIS MORNING. MORE FORECAST FOR TODAY. SUNDAY, WEATHER SHOULD BE BETTER AND WE SHOULD BE BACK IN THE 70'S NEXT WEEK.
BANK ROBBERY AT WHEATLAND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...HE GOT AWAY WITH CASH.
THEY DUG FOOTINGS THIS WEEK FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST, FROM THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE (OR JUST WEST OF MCDONALDS) AND WORD IS...THAT IT WILL BE A SMALL
STRIP MALL.
SEVERAL NEW HOUSES GOING UP AROUND TOWN.
THE 3RD ANNUAL ROTARY DUCK RACE IS AGAIN THE 1ST DAY OF SUMMER....TUESDAY, JUNE 21...AND THIS YEAR, THE RACE WILL BE BACK AT THE SWIMMING POOL OF THE "COMFORT INN"...AT 6:30 P.M. THIS YEAR, ONLY CASH PRIZES, TO TOP 8 FINISHERS. 1ST PLACE, $1,000 AND 2ND THRU 8TH PLACE, $100.
EIGHT CHANCES TO WIN. $5.00 A DUCK. AGAIN THIS YEAR, I'M HOPING SOME OF YOU GUYS AND GALS AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL HELP THE ROTARY DO THEIR THING AND BUY A DUCK.
SEND CHECK TO ME, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. YOUR NAME WILL GO UP AS A DUCK OWNER ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET IS GOING TO BE HELD AT THE METHODIST CHURCH SOCIAL ROOM AND TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDE. IN JUNE WE AGAIN HAVE OUR SENIORS BAND CONCERT AND ICECREAM SOCIAL.
THE MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. THE SPONSOR OF THE YEAR, HOWARD RICKELS. JOHN RINGEN WAS MADE AN HONORY MEMBER. NAMED TO THE HALL OF FAME, THE LATE KEITH CROCE OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED AT AGE 38 IN APRIL. DALE KLOFT GAVE SOME VERY NICE INDUCTION REMARKS AND KEITH'S PARENTS WERE PRESENT, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER AND SISTER. KENT SIMMONS RETIRED AS PRESIDENT AND THE NEW PRESIDENT IS DAVE SCHNOOR.
FRANK RANDALL OF MAQUOKETA MADE THE NEWS AGAIN THIS WEEK. THE SUPERVISORS HAVE RECEIVED MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS PROPERTY ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD, AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. ONE NEIGHBOR SAID IT LOOKS WORSE THAN A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN DISCUSSION WAS HELD AT A MEETING. SUPERVISOR BUCK KOOS SAID IF NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT THE ISSUE, IT WILL MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE THE COUNTY HAS.
BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAMS ARE DOING WELL AGAIN THIS SEASON.
SPEAKING OF GOLF, THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS LEAVING AGAIN. I'D SAY THEY HAVE HAD ABOUT 10 MANAGERS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND MEMBERSHIP IS DOWN.
LOTS OF GOLF COURSES....TOO MANY....IN THE AREA. THE NEW COURSE (PRAIRIE CREEK) IN MAQUOKETA IS GROWING (ADDING HOLES ) AND ALL KINDS OF HOMES ARE GOING UP OUT THERE.
JUAN AND BARBARA MOHR ARE IN TOWN, VISITING BARB'S MOTHER, ELEANOR KUMPF. JUAN AND DR. BROMAN WERE AT COFFEE YESTERDAY.
THE DEWITT NOON LIONS CLUB AND TIPTON LIONS CLUB....BOTH ARE LOOKING AT GETTING A LIONS CLUB GOING IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN. MORE LATER.
AROUND $7,000 HAS BEEN RAISED SO FAR IN THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT DRIVE TO GET A K-9 DOG FOR THE DEPARTMENT. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HAPPEN, BUT A LOT MORE MONEY WILL HAVE TO BE DONATED BY CITIZENS. MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY HAVE REAL DRUG PROBLEMS AND HAVING ANOTHER DOG WILL CERTAINLY HELP.
ITS FRIDAY THE 13TH....DON'T WALK UNDER ANY LADDER. OR, HOPE YOU DON'T SEE A BLACK CAR CROSSING YOUR PATH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
I DID A 6 MINUTE AUDIO YESTERDAY(THURSDAY) ....AND NOW FOUND OUT...IT DID NOT GO UP ON THE WEB....DARN IT.
BUT...YOU NEVER KNOW...IT MIGHT STILL POP UP.
WEATHER HAS BEEN "YUCKY"...WET AND COLD...A HALF INCH THURSDAY MORNING AND ANOTHER HALF INCH THIS MORNING. MORE FORECAST FOR TODAY. SUNDAY, WEATHER SHOULD BE BETTER AND WE SHOULD BE BACK IN THE 70'S NEXT WEEK.
BANK ROBBERY AT WHEATLAND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...HE GOT AWAY WITH CASH.
THEY DUG FOOTINGS THIS WEEK FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST, FROM THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE (OR JUST WEST OF MCDONALDS) AND WORD IS...THAT IT WILL BE A SMALL
STRIP MALL.
SEVERAL NEW HOUSES GOING UP AROUND TOWN.
THE 3RD ANNUAL ROTARY DUCK RACE IS AGAIN THE 1ST DAY OF SUMMER....TUESDAY, JUNE 21...AND THIS YEAR, THE RACE WILL BE BACK AT THE SWIMMING POOL OF THE "COMFORT INN"...AT 6:30 P.M. THIS YEAR, ONLY CASH PRIZES, TO TOP 8 FINISHERS. 1ST PLACE, $1,000 AND 2ND THRU 8TH PLACE, $100.
EIGHT CHANCES TO WIN. $5.00 A DUCK. AGAIN THIS YEAR, I'M HOPING SOME OF YOU GUYS AND GALS AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL HELP THE ROTARY DO THEIR THING AND BUY A DUCK.
SEND CHECK TO ME, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. YOUR NAME WILL GO UP AS A DUCK OWNER ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET IS GOING TO BE HELD AT THE METHODIST CHURCH SOCIAL ROOM AND TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDE. IN JUNE WE AGAIN HAVE OUR SENIORS BAND CONCERT AND ICECREAM SOCIAL.
THE MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. THE SPONSOR OF THE YEAR, HOWARD RICKELS. JOHN RINGEN WAS MADE AN HONORY MEMBER. NAMED TO THE HALL OF FAME, THE LATE KEITH CROCE OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED AT AGE 38 IN APRIL. DALE KLOFT GAVE SOME VERY NICE INDUCTION REMARKS AND KEITH'S PARENTS WERE PRESENT, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER AND SISTER. KENT SIMMONS RETIRED AS PRESIDENT AND THE NEW PRESIDENT IS DAVE SCHNOOR.
FRANK RANDALL OF MAQUOKETA MADE THE NEWS AGAIN THIS WEEK. THE SUPERVISORS HAVE RECEIVED MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS PROPERTY ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD, AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. ONE NEIGHBOR SAID IT LOOKS WORSE THAN A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN DISCUSSION WAS HELD AT A MEETING. SUPERVISOR BUCK KOOS SAID IF NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT THE ISSUE, IT WILL MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE THE COUNTY HAS.
BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAMS ARE DOING WELL AGAIN THIS SEASON.
SPEAKING OF GOLF, THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS LEAVING AGAIN. I'D SAY THEY HAVE HAD ABOUT 10 MANAGERS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND MEMBERSHIP IS DOWN.
LOTS OF GOLF COURSES....TOO MANY....IN THE AREA. THE NEW COURSE (PRAIRIE CREEK) IN MAQUOKETA IS GROWING (ADDING HOLES ) AND ALL KINDS OF HOMES ARE GOING UP OUT THERE.
JUAN AND BARBARA MOHR ARE IN TOWN, VISITING BARB'S MOTHER, ELEANOR KUMPF. JUAN AND DR. BROMAN WERE AT COFFEE YESTERDAY.
THE DEWITT NOON LIONS CLUB AND TIPTON LIONS CLUB....BOTH ARE LOOKING AT GETTING A LIONS CLUB GOING IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN. MORE LATER.
AROUND $7,000 HAS BEEN RAISED SO FAR IN THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT DRIVE TO GET A K-9 DOG FOR THE DEPARTMENT. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HAPPEN, BUT A LOT MORE MONEY WILL HAVE TO BE DONATED BY CITIZENS. MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY HAVE REAL DRUG PROBLEMS AND HAVING ANOTHER DOG WILL CERTAINLY HELP.
ITS FRIDAY THE 13TH....DON'T WALK UNDER ANY LADDER. OR, HOPE YOU DON'T SEE A BLACK CAR CROSSING YOUR PATH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BUT...YOU NEVER KNOW...IT MIGHT STILL POP UP.
WEATHER HAS BEEN "YUCKY"...WET AND COLD...A HALF INCH THURSDAY MORNING AND ANOTHER HALF INCH THIS MORNING. MORE FORECAST FOR TODAY. SUNDAY, WEATHER SHOULD BE BETTER AND WE SHOULD BE BACK IN THE 70'S NEXT WEEK.
BANK ROBBERY AT WHEATLAND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...HE GOT AWAY WITH CASH.
THEY DUG FOOTINGS THIS WEEK FOR A NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST, FROM THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE (OR JUST WEST OF MCDONALDS) AND WORD IS...THAT IT WILL BE A SMALL
STRIP MALL.
SEVERAL NEW HOUSES GOING UP AROUND TOWN.
THE 3RD ANNUAL ROTARY DUCK RACE IS AGAIN THE 1ST DAY OF SUMMER....TUESDAY, JUNE 21...AND THIS YEAR, THE RACE WILL BE BACK AT THE SWIMMING POOL OF THE "COMFORT INN"...AT 6:30 P.M. THIS YEAR, ONLY CASH PRIZES, TO TOP 8 FINISHERS. 1ST PLACE, $1,000 AND 2ND THRU 8TH PLACE, $100.
EIGHT CHANCES TO WIN. $5.00 A DUCK. AGAIN THIS YEAR, I'M HOPING SOME OF YOU GUYS AND GALS AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL HELP THE ROTARY DO THEIR THING AND BUY A DUCK.
SEND CHECK TO ME, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060. YOUR NAME WILL GO UP AS A DUCK OWNER ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET IS GOING TO BE HELD AT THE METHODIST CHURCH SOCIAL ROOM AND TWO $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDE. IN JUNE WE AGAIN HAVE OUR SENIORS BAND CONCERT AND ICECREAM SOCIAL.
THE MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. THE SPONSOR OF THE YEAR, HOWARD RICKELS. JOHN RINGEN WAS MADE AN HONORY MEMBER. NAMED TO THE HALL OF FAME, THE LATE KEITH CROCE OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED AT AGE 38 IN APRIL. DALE KLOFT GAVE SOME VERY NICE INDUCTION REMARKS AND KEITH'S PARENTS WERE PRESENT, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER AND SISTER. KENT SIMMONS RETIRED AS PRESIDENT AND THE NEW PRESIDENT IS DAVE SCHNOOR.
FRANK RANDALL OF MAQUOKETA MADE THE NEWS AGAIN THIS WEEK. THE SUPERVISORS HAVE RECEIVED MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS PROPERTY ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD, AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. ONE NEIGHBOR SAID IT LOOKS WORSE THAN A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN DISCUSSION WAS HELD AT A MEETING. SUPERVISOR BUCK KOOS SAID IF NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT THE ISSUE, IT WILL MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE THE COUNTY HAS.
BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAMS ARE DOING WELL AGAIN THIS SEASON.
SPEAKING OF GOLF, THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS LEAVING AGAIN. I'D SAY THEY HAVE HAD ABOUT 10 MANAGERS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND MEMBERSHIP IS DOWN.
LOTS OF GOLF COURSES....TOO MANY....IN THE AREA. THE NEW COURSE (PRAIRIE CREEK) IN MAQUOKETA IS GROWING (ADDING HOLES ) AND ALL KINDS OF HOMES ARE GOING UP OUT THERE.
JUAN AND BARBARA MOHR ARE IN TOWN, VISITING BARB'S MOTHER, ELEANOR KUMPF. JUAN AND DR. BROMAN WERE AT COFFEE YESTERDAY.
THE DEWITT NOON LIONS CLUB AND TIPTON LIONS CLUB....BOTH ARE LOOKING AT GETTING A LIONS CLUB GOING IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN. MORE LATER.
AROUND $7,000 HAS BEEN RAISED SO FAR IN THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT DRIVE TO GET A K-9 DOG FOR THE DEPARTMENT. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HAPPEN, BUT A LOT MORE MONEY WILL HAVE TO BE DONATED BY CITIZENS. MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY HAVE REAL DRUG PROBLEMS AND HAVING ANOTHER DOG WILL CERTAINLY HELP.
ITS FRIDAY THE 13TH....DON'T WALK UNDER ANY LADDER. OR, HOPE YOU DON'T SEE A BLACK CAR CROSSING YOUR PATH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 09, 2005
WE HAD A HALF INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY, THE FORECAST WAS FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTSORMS, WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. NOTHING DEVELOPED, AND WE HAD A HIGH OF 79 TODAY. RAIN STILL IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.
I AM SORRY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE MAQUOKETA NEWS THE LAST FEW DAYS....NEWS THAT I THINK WOULD BE OF INTEREST. SAME FOR TODAY.
OBITUARIES: JEFFY MEYERS, AGE 47, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY....
JIM HAYLOCK, AGE 48, OF SABULA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY....AND
IRMA CURRENT, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY....
AND FULL INFORMATION ON ALL THREE IS AVAILABLE AT www.carsonandson.com
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT MEET THIS WEEK.
HOPEFULLY, I'LL HAVE MORE TOMORROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
I AM SORRY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE MAQUOKETA NEWS THE LAST FEW DAYS....NEWS THAT I THINK WOULD BE OF INTEREST. SAME FOR TODAY.
OBITUARIES: JEFFY MEYERS, AGE 47, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY....
JIM HAYLOCK, AGE 48, OF SABULA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY....AND
IRMA CURRENT, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY....
AND FULL INFORMATION ON ALL THREE IS AVAILABLE AT www.carsonandson.com
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT MEET THIS WEEK.
HOPEFULLY, I'LL HAVE MORE TOMORROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, May 02, 2005
ANOTHER COLD WEEKEND. A LITTLE RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING, OUR FIRST FOR MAY. APRIL WAS JUST OVER ONE AND A HALF INCHES....WAY LOW FOR APRIL. TODAY, A HIGH IN THE 40'S , BUT WARMER WEATHER IS COMING WEDNESDAY. THANK GOODNESS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MARGARET MCCARTHY RETIRED LAST WEEK AFTER 41 YEARS WITH THE SAME BANK. WHEN SHE STARTED, IT WAS JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK. IT HAS HAD 3 OR 4 NAME CHANGES OVER HER YEARS THERE AND IS NOW US BANK...THE BANK IN THE MIDDLE OF MAQUOKETA'S MAIN BLOCK DOWNTWON. THEY HAD A WEEK LONG OPEN HOUSE HONORING HER. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE MQUOKETA AS A VOLUNTEER, INCLUDING BEING A MEMBER OF THE FAIRBOARD.
A LOT OF MINOR ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
NEOMA NABB, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND CLYDE
WERE IN THE MOTEL BUSINESS IN DEWITT MANY YEARS. A FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com
SORRY, BUT NOT A LOT OF NEWS IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA THESE DAYS. BEEN PRETTY QUIET.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MARGARET MCCARTHY RETIRED LAST WEEK AFTER 41 YEARS WITH THE SAME BANK. WHEN SHE STARTED, IT WAS JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK. IT HAS HAD 3 OR 4 NAME CHANGES OVER HER YEARS THERE AND IS NOW US BANK...THE BANK IN THE MIDDLE OF MAQUOKETA'S MAIN BLOCK DOWNTWON. THEY HAD A WEEK LONG OPEN HOUSE HONORING HER. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE MQUOKETA AS A VOLUNTEER, INCLUDING BEING A MEMBER OF THE FAIRBOARD.
A LOT OF MINOR ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
NEOMA NABB, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND CLYDE
WERE IN THE MOTEL BUSINESS IN DEWITT MANY YEARS. A FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com
SORRY, BUT NOT A LOT OF NEWS IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA THESE DAYS. BEEN PRETTY QUIET.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
ANOTHER COLD WEEKEND. A LITTLE RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING, OUR FIRST FOR MAY. APRIL WAS JUST OVER ONE AND A HALF INCHES....WAY LOW FOR APRIL. TODAY, A HIGH IN THE 40'S , BUT WARMER WEATHER IS COMING WEDNESDAY. THANK GOODNESS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MARGARET MCCARTHY RETIRED LAST WEEK AFTER 41 YEARS WITH THE SAME BANK. WHEN SHE STARTED, IT WAS JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK. IT HAS HAD 3 OR 4 NAME CHANGES OVER HER YEARS THERE AND IS NOW US BANK...THE BANK IN THE MIDDLE OF MAQUOKETA'S MAIN BLOCK DOWNTWON. THEY HAD A WEEK LONG OPEN HOUSE HONORING HER. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE MQUOKETA AS A VOLUNTEER, INCLUDING BEING A MEMBER OF THE FAIRBOARD.
A LOT OF MINOR ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
NEOMA NABB, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND CLYDE
WERE IN THE MOTEL BUSINESS IN DEWITT MANY YEARS. A FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com
SORRY, BUT NOT A LOT OF NEWS IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA THESE DAYS. BEEN PRETTY QUIET.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MARGARET MCCARTHY RETIRED LAST WEEK AFTER 41 YEARS WITH THE SAME BANK. WHEN SHE STARTED, IT WAS JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK. IT HAS HAD 3 OR 4 NAME CHANGES OVER HER YEARS THERE AND IS NOW US BANK...THE BANK IN THE MIDDLE OF MAQUOKETA'S MAIN BLOCK DOWNTWON. THEY HAD A WEEK LONG OPEN HOUSE HONORING HER. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE MQUOKETA AS A VOLUNTEER, INCLUDING BEING A MEMBER OF THE FAIRBOARD.
A LOT OF MINOR ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.
NEOMA NABB, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND CLYDE
WERE IN THE MOTEL BUSINESS IN DEWITT MANY YEARS. A FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com
SORRY, BUT NOT A LOT OF NEWS IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA THESE DAYS. BEEN PRETTY QUIET.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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