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NICE DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 84.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR OPENING FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT TO ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE STATE, DECORAH....45 TO 10. I BELIEVE COACH MARK STARTED HIS 23RD SEASON LAST NIGHT. THE SOPHOMORES, AGAIN COACHED BY KEVIN BOWMAN, ALSO LOST.
LATE YESTERDAY, THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM FROM DAVENPORT CAME TO RURAL MAQUOKETA AND BAGGED UP SOME
MATERIAL AT THE FRANK RANDALL PROPERTY NEAR ROCKDALE ROAD, NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, AFTER A SPILL OF DDT INSECTICIDE WAS FOUND. FRANK FRIEBERG, JACKSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST, SAID A 500 ML BOTTLE OF DDT WAS SPILLED ON THE PROPERTY ON 200TH AVENUE. FRIEBERG SAID A BOY, WHOSE PARETNS RENT THE PROPERTY FROM RANDALL, FOUND THE BOTTLE ON THE GROUND WHERE A SHED USED TO BE ON THE PROPERTY. THE BOY PUT THE BOTTLE ON A FENCE POST AND USED A PELLET GUN TO SHOOT AT IT. THE BOTTLE BROKE AND THE CONTENTS SPILLED DOWN THE FENCE POST. IT HAS A VERY STRONG ODOR. THE BOY GOT SOME OF IT ON HIM BUT HIS MOTHER HELPED HIM WASH IT OFF AND THE MOTHER THEN CALLED FRIEBERG'S OFFICE. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WAS CALLED AND FRIEBERG AND BECK WENT TO THE SITE AND CONFIRMED IT WAS DDT AND THE HAZ MAT TEAM WAS CALLED. THE TEAM CUT THE FENCE POST IN PIECES, GATHERED UP THE BOTTLE FRAGMENTS AND DUG UP THE DIRT IN THE AREA WHICH WAS CONTAMINATED. THEY LEFT THE BAGS AT THE PROPERTY AND FRIEBERG SAID RANDALL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING A COMERCIAL FIRM TO REMOVE THE MATERIAL. HE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A RECEIPT FROM A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO SHOW HE'S GOTTEN RID OF THE MATERIAL AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THIS OCCURRED ON THE SAME PROPERTY THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, REGARDING JUNK AND DEBRIS CLEAN-UP ON THE PROPERTY.
BETTY SCHMIDT, 75 OF DAVENPORT DIED TUESDAY. SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA TO GEORGE AND EDNA CLAREY KROLICK AND HAD 4 HUSBANDS. SURVIVORS INCLUDED 8 CHILDREN AND 16 GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO SISTERS, MAXINE GOLLADAY AND DORIS HOFF, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
ST. SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND WIFE JENNIE IS WITH OTHER LEGISLATORS ON A TRIP TO TAIWON.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
DENNIS VOY