CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 44. TOMORROW, FOR ONE DAY, IN THE 50'S.
671 READ MY MONDAY REPORT SINCE 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.....I THINK THAT IS A NEW ONE DAY RECORD. THANK YOU.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT LAST NIGHT BY 21 POINTS AND THEIR PRETTY GOOD SEASON HAS COME TO AN END.
THE BIG HEART BAKERY , OPRATED BY DAC, INC. IN THE MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK CLOSED TODAY. IT HAS BEEN IN OPEATION FOR A FEW YEARS.
JUNE NICHOLSON, AGE 81, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF DELMAR,
DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE.
SOON, HER FULL OBITUARY WILL BE AT www.carsonandson.com
AND THAT TODAY'S SHORT (ALMOST DAILY) REPORT FOR TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
Straight from the Desk of Dennis Voy @ KMAQ Radio Station Downtown Maquoketa Iowa
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
SUNNY AND HIGH TODAY IN THE LOW 40'S.
A BOY, BORN FRIDAY TO CHRIS AND AMY DAVIS OF LOST NATION, AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY. GRANDPARENTS ARE BOYD AND RHONDA DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT HERE TONIGHT IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL.
THE BELLEVUE GIRLS LOST TO TIPTON SATURDAY NIGHT, SO THERE WILL BE NO KMAQ-AREA GIRL'S TEAM AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK.
THE BRASCHLER MUSIC SHOW FROM BRANSON, FRIDAY NIGHT HERE IN MAQUOKETA, WAS A BIG SUCCESS. OVER 700 ATTENDED. SPONSORED BY KMAQ. THANKS FOR ATTENDING. THE GROUP ENJOYED THEIR VISIT, LIKED THE NEW OHWARD CENTER, STAYED AT THE COMFORT INN, AND WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR. WE PROBABLY WILL INVITE THEM.
MARCH 2ND IS THE BIRTHDAY OF ROBERT A. MILLIKAN, BORN IN MAQUOKETA IN 1868. THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER WAS AN 1885 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND IN 1921 BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE ISOLATION OF THE MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRON.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STILL CONDUCT HIS OIL DROP EXPERIMENT.
ALBERT EINSTEIN WAS A STUDENT OF MILLIKAN.
DON HENNINGSON, WHEN YOU COMING HOME? IF SOON, WE WILL WAIT TO HAVE OUR NEXT PEARSON MEETING.
SHIRLEY MILLER DOWN IN ARIZONA, SAYS: THE JACKSON/CLINTON COUNTY POTLUCK WILL BE SUNDAY, MARCH 5TH AT THE SAME LaHACIENDA RESORT ON IRONWOOD AND 60 IN APACHE JUNCTION, STARTING AT 12 NOON. TRY AND ATTEND.
PETER BEZANSON, AGE 91, DIED SUNDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HIS MORRIS PLAN BOUGHT THE JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK IN THE EARLY 60'S...NOW US BANK. IN 1964 AND 1965 HIS BANK SPEAR-HEADED A DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA PARKING LOT PROJECT....BUYING AND TEARING DOWN SEVERAL OLD BUILDINGS TO CREATE MORE PARKING FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON IN IOWA CITY AND A DUAGHTER JUDY MAPLES RUTH, A FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT AND NOW RESIDING IN LEASURE WORLD, ARIZONA.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN IN MAQUOKETA IS THE THAT THE JACK AND JILL STORE IN MAQUOKETA WILL CLOSE IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS. THE STORE ANNOUNCED THE DECISION TO EMPLOYEES FRIDAY. IT WAS STARTED OVER 40 YEARS AGO BY BROTHER PAUL (DECEASED) AND FRANCIS SKEFFINGTON OF DEWITT, IN THE BUILDING THAT IS NOW THE SHOWROOM OF BRAD DEERY MOTORS. THE STORE MOVED TO A NEW BUILDING ON WEST PLATT OVER 30 YEAS AGO.
MAQUOKETA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE FAREWAY STORE, THE NEARLY NEW DICK'S SUPER MARKET AND ALDI'S.....AND IN A YEAR WAL MART WILL HAVE A HUGE GROCERY STORE WITH THEIR REGULAR STORE.
SO, MANY ARE NOT SURPRISED AT JACK AND JILL CLOSING. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 15 MONTHS SINCE DICK'S OPENED.
HERE ARE SOME THINGS BEING TALKED ABOUT. MOVE THE FIRE STATION TO JACK AND JILL. OR MOVE THE FIRE STATION AND POLICE STATION TO THE WAL MART STORE WHEN IT BECOMES EMPTY.
WORD IS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT, COULD USE MORE SPACE. THERE HAS BEEN RUMOR THAT THEISEN'S WAS LOOKING AT (MAYBE ALREADY HAS PURCHASED) THE WAL MART STORE.
THE FOR SALE SIGN AT WAL MART IS GONE. IF FIRE DEPARTMENT MOVED, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THAT BUILDING? A YOUTH CENTER WAS ONE SUGGESTION I HEARD. IS KFC THINKING ABOUT COMING BACK TO MAQUOKETA? THAT'S ALSO A RUMOR.
B & C LIQUOR IS MOVING TO THE FORMER CORNELIUS FARM STORE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, A MUCH LARGER BUILDING. FOR A FEW YEARS, IT WAS A NAPA AUTO PARTS STORE. A LITTLE DISCOUNT GROCERY STORE HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR OVER A YEAR AND SATURDAY, HAD AN AUCTION.
THE DAIRY QUEEN IS OPEN. THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE OPENS MAR. 31ST.
BUT...IF MARCH STARTS OUT LIKE A LAMB (AND THE FORECAST IS FOR A WARM DAY) IT WILL END LIKE A LION.
MCDONALDS HAS A NEW SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICH AND FREE ONES ARE BEING GIVEN AWAY ON KMAQ. JOAN TURNEY OF MAQUOKETA JUST
WON ONE.
THE FAMOUS SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. LENT STARTS WEDNESDAY.
GO TO www.oldcityhallgallery.com AND SEE OVER 60 PORTRAITS DONE BY
MAQUOKETA'S FAMOUS ARTIST ROSE FRANZEN. SOME THAT YOU WILL SEE: DR. CLIFF RASK, JACK ROSENBERG, JACK WILLEY, MARILYN WILLEY,
JOHN JONES, PAM ROSENBERG, TOM BREUCH, BOB GRAVES, SHARON RETTIG, SHELLY HOYE, VERL BANOWETZ, AND JOHN BURROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
A BOY, BORN FRIDAY TO CHRIS AND AMY DAVIS OF LOST NATION, AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY. GRANDPARENTS ARE BOYD AND RHONDA DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT HERE TONIGHT IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL.
THE BELLEVUE GIRLS LOST TO TIPTON SATURDAY NIGHT, SO THERE WILL BE NO KMAQ-AREA GIRL'S TEAM AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK.
THE BRASCHLER MUSIC SHOW FROM BRANSON, FRIDAY NIGHT HERE IN MAQUOKETA, WAS A BIG SUCCESS. OVER 700 ATTENDED. SPONSORED BY KMAQ. THANKS FOR ATTENDING. THE GROUP ENJOYED THEIR VISIT, LIKED THE NEW OHWARD CENTER, STAYED AT THE COMFORT INN, AND WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR. WE PROBABLY WILL INVITE THEM.
MARCH 2ND IS THE BIRTHDAY OF ROBERT A. MILLIKAN, BORN IN MAQUOKETA IN 1868. THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER WAS AN 1885 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND IN 1921 BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE ISOLATION OF THE MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRON.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STILL CONDUCT HIS OIL DROP EXPERIMENT.
ALBERT EINSTEIN WAS A STUDENT OF MILLIKAN.
DON HENNINGSON, WHEN YOU COMING HOME? IF SOON, WE WILL WAIT TO HAVE OUR NEXT PEARSON MEETING.
SHIRLEY MILLER DOWN IN ARIZONA, SAYS: THE JACKSON/CLINTON COUNTY POTLUCK WILL BE SUNDAY, MARCH 5TH AT THE SAME LaHACIENDA RESORT ON IRONWOOD AND 60 IN APACHE JUNCTION, STARTING AT 12 NOON. TRY AND ATTEND.
PETER BEZANSON, AGE 91, DIED SUNDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HIS MORRIS PLAN BOUGHT THE JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK IN THE EARLY 60'S...NOW US BANK. IN 1964 AND 1965 HIS BANK SPEAR-HEADED A DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA PARKING LOT PROJECT....BUYING AND TEARING DOWN SEVERAL OLD BUILDINGS TO CREATE MORE PARKING FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON IN IOWA CITY AND A DUAGHTER JUDY MAPLES RUTH, A FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT AND NOW RESIDING IN LEASURE WORLD, ARIZONA.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN IN MAQUOKETA IS THE THAT THE JACK AND JILL STORE IN MAQUOKETA WILL CLOSE IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS. THE STORE ANNOUNCED THE DECISION TO EMPLOYEES FRIDAY. IT WAS STARTED OVER 40 YEARS AGO BY BROTHER PAUL (DECEASED) AND FRANCIS SKEFFINGTON OF DEWITT, IN THE BUILDING THAT IS NOW THE SHOWROOM OF BRAD DEERY MOTORS. THE STORE MOVED TO A NEW BUILDING ON WEST PLATT OVER 30 YEAS AGO.
MAQUOKETA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE FAREWAY STORE, THE NEARLY NEW DICK'S SUPER MARKET AND ALDI'S.....AND IN A YEAR WAL MART WILL HAVE A HUGE GROCERY STORE WITH THEIR REGULAR STORE.
SO, MANY ARE NOT SURPRISED AT JACK AND JILL CLOSING. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 15 MONTHS SINCE DICK'S OPENED.
HERE ARE SOME THINGS BEING TALKED ABOUT. MOVE THE FIRE STATION TO JACK AND JILL. OR MOVE THE FIRE STATION AND POLICE STATION TO THE WAL MART STORE WHEN IT BECOMES EMPTY.
WORD IS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT, COULD USE MORE SPACE. THERE HAS BEEN RUMOR THAT THEISEN'S WAS LOOKING AT (MAYBE ALREADY HAS PURCHASED) THE WAL MART STORE.
THE FOR SALE SIGN AT WAL MART IS GONE. IF FIRE DEPARTMENT MOVED, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THAT BUILDING? A YOUTH CENTER WAS ONE SUGGESTION I HEARD. IS KFC THINKING ABOUT COMING BACK TO MAQUOKETA? THAT'S ALSO A RUMOR.
B & C LIQUOR IS MOVING TO THE FORMER CORNELIUS FARM STORE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, A MUCH LARGER BUILDING. FOR A FEW YEARS, IT WAS A NAPA AUTO PARTS STORE. A LITTLE DISCOUNT GROCERY STORE HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR OVER A YEAR AND SATURDAY, HAD AN AUCTION.
THE DAIRY QUEEN IS OPEN. THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE OPENS MAR. 31ST.
BUT...IF MARCH STARTS OUT LIKE A LAMB (AND THE FORECAST IS FOR A WARM DAY) IT WILL END LIKE A LION.
MCDONALDS HAS A NEW SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICH AND FREE ONES ARE BEING GIVEN AWAY ON KMAQ. JOAN TURNEY OF MAQUOKETA JUST
WON ONE.
THE FAMOUS SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. LENT STARTS WEDNESDAY.
GO TO www.oldcityhallgallery.com AND SEE OVER 60 PORTRAITS DONE BY
MAQUOKETA'S FAMOUS ARTIST ROSE FRANZEN. SOME THAT YOU WILL SEE: DR. CLIFF RASK, JACK ROSENBERG, JACK WILLEY, MARILYN WILLEY,
JOHN JONES, PAM ROSENBERG, TOM BREUCH, BOB GRAVES, SHARON RETTIG, SHELLY HOYE, VERL BANOWETZ, AND JOHN BURROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 24, 2006
45 TODAY AND PARTLY SUNNY.
SHORT NEWS REPORT TODAY....NOT MUCH HAPPENING, FRANKLY.
MORRIE AND DOROTHY MORRIS CELEBRATING THEIR 61ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY.
KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD CELEBRATES HER 55TH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.
CASEY STUART OF MAQUOKETA HIGH WAS PINNED LAST NIGHT AT THE
STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AND SO WE NOW HAVE NO ONE FROM MAQUOKETA LEFT IN THE TOURNAMENT.
TODAY'S JUST TALK SHOW IN ON TAPE AND ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE....CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF LEIGHTON HEPKER.
THE BRASHLER FAMILY MUSIC SHOW ARRIVES IN MAQUOKETA AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM FOR TONIGHTS 7 PM SHOW, SPONSORED BY KMAQ. THEY DROVE ALL DAY TODAY FROM FON DU LAC, WISCONSIN, WHERE THEY HAD A SHOW
LAST NIGHT. STAYING TONIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. THEN TOMORROW, ON TO FREEPORT,ILLINOIS FOR TWO SHOWS SATURDAY, AFTERNOON LATE AND EVENING.
FATALITY IN JACKSON COUNTY AT ST. DONATUS AREA AT ABOUT 4 THIS MORNING. THE PERSON KILLED IN ACCIDENT IS FROM OUT OF STATE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
SHORT NEWS REPORT TODAY....NOT MUCH HAPPENING, FRANKLY.
MORRIE AND DOROTHY MORRIS CELEBRATING THEIR 61ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY.
KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD CELEBRATES HER 55TH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.
CASEY STUART OF MAQUOKETA HIGH WAS PINNED LAST NIGHT AT THE
STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AND SO WE NOW HAVE NO ONE FROM MAQUOKETA LEFT IN THE TOURNAMENT.
TODAY'S JUST TALK SHOW IN ON TAPE AND ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE....CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF LEIGHTON HEPKER.
THE BRASHLER FAMILY MUSIC SHOW ARRIVES IN MAQUOKETA AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM FOR TONIGHTS 7 PM SHOW, SPONSORED BY KMAQ. THEY DROVE ALL DAY TODAY FROM FON DU LAC, WISCONSIN, WHERE THEY HAD A SHOW
LAST NIGHT. STAYING TONIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. THEN TOMORROW, ON TO FREEPORT,ILLINOIS FOR TWO SHOWS SATURDAY, AFTERNOON LATE AND EVENING.
FATALITY IN JACKSON COUNTY AT ST. DONATUS AREA AT ABOUT 4 THIS MORNING. THE PERSON KILLED IN ACCIDENT IS FROM OUT OF STATE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 23, 2006
SUNNY AND IN MID 30'S.
TOMORROW, IN 40'S.
WEEKEND, BACK DOWN TO THE 20'S FOR A HIGH.
KMAQ IS COVERING TEN 2-A WRESTLERS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
ALL WRESTLED LAST NIGHT. BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER, 7 OF THE 10 WERE ELIMINATED.
MAQUOKETA'S CASEY STUART LOST HIS OPENING MATCH 5 TO 4 (IN THE FINAL 30 SECONDS) AND IN THE WRESTLE-BACK LATER IN EVENING, HE WON 7 TO3 AND WRESTLES TONIGHT. HE COULD STILL GO ALL THE WAY AND END UP WITH A 3RD AT 119 POUNDS.
ADAM PAPE LOST HIS FIRST MATCH, 9 TO 0 AND HIS WRESTLE-BACK
MATCH 14 TO 4 AND FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A 24 AND 13 RECORD.
IN 1-A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ACTION LAST NIGHT HERE IN TOWN,
UNDEFEATED BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WON AGAIN, DEFEATING PRINCE OF PEACE OF CLINTON, BY 29 POINTS. I SAW THE GAME. THE MARQUETTE CENTER, JORDAN EGLSEDER, STANDS 7-FOOT. HE'S BIG TOO AND WORKS WELL UNDER THE BASKET. HE (SENIOR) HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO PLAY WITH UNI IN CEDAR FALLS. MARQUETTE IS OUR BEST BET TO MAKE IT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FROM THIS AREA. ALSO NORTHEAST BOYS COULD GO AND THE BELLEVUE GIRLS (PUBLIC SCHOOL) NEED JUST ONE MORE WIN AND THEY WOULD GO, BUT HAVE A STRONG OPPONENT, TIPTON,THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS APPROVED TWO NEW ORDINANCES THIS WEEK. ONE SETS UP PROVISIONS FOR QUARANTINE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND THE OTHER PROHIBITS LEAD PAINT IN COUNTY HOMES.
THE NEW STRIP-MALL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON WEST PLATT STREET, NEAR DICK'S SUPERMARKET, IS BEING WORKED ON DAILY, BY OWNER KEN MOORE AND HIS CONTRACTORS. IT WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR 5 STORES. THE ONE THEY ARE FINISHING NOW WILL BE WHERE RCS COMPUTERS WILL MOVE TO , ALONG WITH THE FORMER A-1 TV STORE, PURCHASED BY RCS COMPUTERS. LINDA STURTZ, MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL THIS PAST MONDAY NIGHT THAT THE MOVE OVER IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN LATE MARCH. SO, IN JUST OVER A MONTH, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A BIG NEW TV, APPLIANCE AND COMPUTER STORE.
OBIE'S RESTAURANT (FIRST STARTED IN HURSTVILLE) LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST (IN WHAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO THE TANGO BUILDING) HAS BEEN SOLD BY SHARON OBERBROEKLING TO DAN WAITE OF
MAQUOKETA. HE HAS LEASED THE BUILDING AND BUSINESS TO DONNA HEISTER. SHE BEGINS BUSINESS MARCH 1ST. DONNA HAS WORKED PART TIME THERE FOR YEARS AND ALSO HAS BEEN WORKING DAYTIME AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY. SHE WILL BE LEAVING OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
TO WORK FULLTIME IN HER OWN BUSINESS. THE POPULAR OBIE'S TACOS ARE KNOWN THROUGHOUT EASTERN IOWA. THE MENU INCLUDES OTHER MEXICAN FAVORITES AND AMERICAN SANDWICHES AND DINNERS. THERE IS ALSO A BAR, AND GAME ROOM.
THE DAIRY QUEEN HAS OPENED FOR THE SEASON. SPRING CAN'T BE FAR AWAY.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, IN 40'S.
WEEKEND, BACK DOWN TO THE 20'S FOR A HIGH.
KMAQ IS COVERING TEN 2-A WRESTLERS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
ALL WRESTLED LAST NIGHT. BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER, 7 OF THE 10 WERE ELIMINATED.
MAQUOKETA'S CASEY STUART LOST HIS OPENING MATCH 5 TO 4 (IN THE FINAL 30 SECONDS) AND IN THE WRESTLE-BACK LATER IN EVENING, HE WON 7 TO3 AND WRESTLES TONIGHT. HE COULD STILL GO ALL THE WAY AND END UP WITH A 3RD AT 119 POUNDS.
ADAM PAPE LOST HIS FIRST MATCH, 9 TO 0 AND HIS WRESTLE-BACK
MATCH 14 TO 4 AND FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A 24 AND 13 RECORD.
IN 1-A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ACTION LAST NIGHT HERE IN TOWN,
UNDEFEATED BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WON AGAIN, DEFEATING PRINCE OF PEACE OF CLINTON, BY 29 POINTS. I SAW THE GAME. THE MARQUETTE CENTER, JORDAN EGLSEDER, STANDS 7-FOOT. HE'S BIG TOO AND WORKS WELL UNDER THE BASKET. HE (SENIOR) HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO PLAY WITH UNI IN CEDAR FALLS. MARQUETTE IS OUR BEST BET TO MAKE IT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FROM THIS AREA. ALSO NORTHEAST BOYS COULD GO AND THE BELLEVUE GIRLS (PUBLIC SCHOOL) NEED JUST ONE MORE WIN AND THEY WOULD GO, BUT HAVE A STRONG OPPONENT, TIPTON,THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS APPROVED TWO NEW ORDINANCES THIS WEEK. ONE SETS UP PROVISIONS FOR QUARANTINE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND THE OTHER PROHIBITS LEAD PAINT IN COUNTY HOMES.
THE NEW STRIP-MALL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON WEST PLATT STREET, NEAR DICK'S SUPERMARKET, IS BEING WORKED ON DAILY, BY OWNER KEN MOORE AND HIS CONTRACTORS. IT WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR 5 STORES. THE ONE THEY ARE FINISHING NOW WILL BE WHERE RCS COMPUTERS WILL MOVE TO , ALONG WITH THE FORMER A-1 TV STORE, PURCHASED BY RCS COMPUTERS. LINDA STURTZ, MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL THIS PAST MONDAY NIGHT THAT THE MOVE OVER IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN LATE MARCH. SO, IN JUST OVER A MONTH, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A BIG NEW TV, APPLIANCE AND COMPUTER STORE.
OBIE'S RESTAURANT (FIRST STARTED IN HURSTVILLE) LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST (IN WHAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO THE TANGO BUILDING) HAS BEEN SOLD BY SHARON OBERBROEKLING TO DAN WAITE OF
MAQUOKETA. HE HAS LEASED THE BUILDING AND BUSINESS TO DONNA HEISTER. SHE BEGINS BUSINESS MARCH 1ST. DONNA HAS WORKED PART TIME THERE FOR YEARS AND ALSO HAS BEEN WORKING DAYTIME AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY. SHE WILL BE LEAVING OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
TO WORK FULLTIME IN HER OWN BUSINESS. THE POPULAR OBIE'S TACOS ARE KNOWN THROUGHOUT EASTERN IOWA. THE MENU INCLUDES OTHER MEXICAN FAVORITES AND AMERICAN SANDWICHES AND DINNERS. THERE IS ALSO A BAR, AND GAME ROOM.
THE DAIRY QUEEN HAS OPENED FOR THE SEASON. SPRING CAN'T BE FAR AWAY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
SUNNY TODAY, HIGH IN LOW 30'S.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST BY 2 POINTS IN OVERTIME LAST NIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, TO MARION.
THEY PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, HERE, IN THEIR TOURNAMENT OPENER.
STILL NO NEW MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD TO REPLACE KENT SHOUSE, WHOSE 6 YEAR TERM HAS ENDED.
HE IS WILLING TO SERVE LONGER, BUT MAYOR MESSERLI WILL NOT RE-APPOINT HIM BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS CONCERNED THAT SHOUSE, WHILE CHARIMAN OF THE BOARD, VIOLATED THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW ON ONE OR TWO OCCASSIONS.
LAST NIGHT, MESSERLI SUBMITTED THE NAME OF JIM RANKIN, FORMER COUNCILMAN, FOR THE POSITION. THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO APPROVE HIM, BUT I DIED FROM A LACK OF A 2ND. SO, THE STALEMATE CONTINUES.
MESSERLI IS EXPECTED TO SUBMIT ANOTHER NAME AT THE NEX MEETING.
SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST BY 2 POINTS IN OVERTIME LAST NIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, TO MARION.
THEY PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, HERE, IN THEIR TOURNAMENT OPENER.
STILL NO NEW MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD TO REPLACE KENT SHOUSE, WHOSE 6 YEAR TERM HAS ENDED.
HE IS WILLING TO SERVE LONGER, BUT MAYOR MESSERLI WILL NOT RE-APPOINT HIM BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS CONCERNED THAT SHOUSE, WHILE CHARIMAN OF THE BOARD, VIOLATED THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW ON ONE OR TWO OCCASSIONS.
LAST NIGHT, MESSERLI SUBMITTED THE NAME OF JIM RANKIN, FORMER COUNCILMAN, FOR THE POSITION. THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO APPROVE HIM, BUT I DIED FROM A LACK OF A 2ND. SO, THE STALEMATE CONTINUES.
MESSERLI IS EXPECTED TO SUBMIT ANOTHER NAME AT THE NEX MEETING.
SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 20, 2006
SUNNY TODAY...HIGH IN LOW 30'S.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE "MEN WHO CAN COOK" EVENT WAS A SUCCESS YESTERDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. NEARLY 600 ATTENED AND ENJOYED A VARIETY OF GOOD FOOD, PREPARED BY MEN (WITH HELP FROM WIVES) MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB, MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB AND THE DELMAR LIONS CLUB.
THOSE ATTENDING, VOTED FOR THEIR FAVORITE DISHES.
WINNERS WERE: PAUL SEYFERT OF DELMAR LIONS WON FOR HIS CANDIED YAMS IN THE VEGETABLE SECTION. STEVE FLYNN AND HIS ROTARY COMMITEE OF 6, WON THE MAIN COURSE PRIZE FOR THEIR PORK LOIN, BAKED TO PERFECTION
(WITH SECRET HERBS AND SPICES) IN THE EAGLE'S CLUB OVENS.
ED TUBBS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WON THE DESSERT CATEGORY FOR HIS CHOCOLATE FONDUE. RON KNOCK OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMISTS WAS NAMED THE COOLIST COOK FOR HIS PICKLES ON A STICK. THE BLACK RIVER BAND OF MAQUOKETA, RED HENTON, AND DR. PETE ATENZA AS ELVIS, PEFORMED ON THE STAGE. GOOD FUN. AND EACH CLUB MADE SOME MONEY FOR THEIR TREASURY TO DO COMMUNITY PROJECTS. GOOD BET IT WILL BE REPEATED AGAIN NEXT YEAR. I WAS ON THE PORK LOIN COMMITEE, BUT HAD LITTLE TO DO WITH GETTING THE PRIZE, EXCEPT HELPING GUARD THE SECRET RECIPE FOR
DOING UP THE 16 EIGHT POUND LOINS. I WALKED THE FLOOR TAKING A LOT OF DIGITAL PHOTOS WITH MY LITTLE POCKET CAMERA AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE 75 PICTURES ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE...www.kmaq.com CLICK ON THE DENNIS DAILY PHOTOS PICTURE OF A CAMERA. I DIDN'T PUT NAMES WITH THE PICTURES, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS IN A PARTICULAR PICTURE, EMAIL ME.
AND THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN....
DENNIS VOY
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE "MEN WHO CAN COOK" EVENT WAS A SUCCESS YESTERDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. NEARLY 600 ATTENED AND ENJOYED A VARIETY OF GOOD FOOD, PREPARED BY MEN (WITH HELP FROM WIVES) MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB, MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB AND THE DELMAR LIONS CLUB.
THOSE ATTENDING, VOTED FOR THEIR FAVORITE DISHES.
WINNERS WERE: PAUL SEYFERT OF DELMAR LIONS WON FOR HIS CANDIED YAMS IN THE VEGETABLE SECTION. STEVE FLYNN AND HIS ROTARY COMMITEE OF 6, WON THE MAIN COURSE PRIZE FOR THEIR PORK LOIN, BAKED TO PERFECTION
(WITH SECRET HERBS AND SPICES) IN THE EAGLE'S CLUB OVENS.
ED TUBBS OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WON THE DESSERT CATEGORY FOR HIS CHOCOLATE FONDUE. RON KNOCK OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMISTS WAS NAMED THE COOLIST COOK FOR HIS PICKLES ON A STICK. THE BLACK RIVER BAND OF MAQUOKETA, RED HENTON, AND DR. PETE ATENZA AS ELVIS, PEFORMED ON THE STAGE. GOOD FUN. AND EACH CLUB MADE SOME MONEY FOR THEIR TREASURY TO DO COMMUNITY PROJECTS. GOOD BET IT WILL BE REPEATED AGAIN NEXT YEAR. I WAS ON THE PORK LOIN COMMITEE, BUT HAD LITTLE TO DO WITH GETTING THE PRIZE, EXCEPT HELPING GUARD THE SECRET RECIPE FOR
DOING UP THE 16 EIGHT POUND LOINS. I WALKED THE FLOOR TAKING A LOT OF DIGITAL PHOTOS WITH MY LITTLE POCKET CAMERA AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE 75 PICTURES ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE...www.kmaq.com CLICK ON THE DENNIS DAILY PHOTOS PICTURE OF A CAMERA. I DIDN'T PUT NAMES WITH THE PICTURES, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS IN A PARTICULAR PICTURE, EMAIL ME.
AND THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN....
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, February 19, 2006
THERE WAS A FRIDAY REPORT.
THIS A SPECIAL SUNDAY REPORT.
12 BELOW FRIDAY NIGHT, AND 9 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT.
TODAY, SUNDAY...SUNNY AND WARMER.
FRIDAY NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS
EASILY DEFEATED MAQUOKETA VALLEY OF DELHI. LUKE PATTERSON HAD 25 POINTS.
MONDAY NIGHT, THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY THEIR FINAL REGULAR GAME OF THE SEASON, HERE, A CONFERENCE GAME AGAINST MARION.
YESTERDAY, TWO CARDINAL WRESTLERS QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS COMING WEEK AT DES MOINES.
JUNIOR CASEY STUART,AT 112 POUNDS. AND SENIOR ADAM PAPE AT 160 POUNDS. PAPE WAS THERE LAST YEAR. THIS WILL BE FIRST STATE APPEARANCE FOR STUEART. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH WRESTLERS.
DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BE GOING OUT TO DES MOINES THIS WEEK TO COVER
THE TWO CARDINAL WRESTKERS , AS WELL AS SEVERAL MATCHES FOR
DEWITT AND A COUPLE FOR NORTHEAST. HE WILL BE DESCRIBING THE MATCHES OF 10 WRESTLERS TOTAL, SO HE WILL BE BUSY.
AND THE WRESTLING THIS YEAR WILL BE IN THE NEW AUDITORIUM BUILDT RIGHT NEXT TO VETERAN'S AUDITORIUM.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME LAST NIGHT AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT AND LOST 54 TO 27.
DEWITT ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, 30 TO 23.
HAD MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT WON, THEY WOULD HAVE PLAYED EACH OTHER MONDAY NIGHT.
A TWO-CAR GARAGE WAS DETROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOO AT 612 WEST PLATT STREET. THE FIREMEN ARRIVED ABOUT 2:30 AND THE GARAGE WAS FULL ENGULFED. THE GARAGE WENT WITH THE HOME OWNED BY CHANCE PARKER. HIS CHILDREN WERE OUTSIDE AND ALTERTED THEIR FATHER TO THE FIRE. PARKER TOLD FIREFIGHTERS EH SAW FLAMES COMING FROM AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET ON THE NEWLY REMODELED GARAGE. NO CAR IN GARAGE. A MATTRESS INSIDE WAS DESTROYED. NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE. JUST THE FRAME IS STANDING THIS MORNING. TRAFFIC HAD TO BE DETOURED ON BUSY WEST PLATT.
AND IT WAS COLD FOR FIREMEN FIGHTING THE FIRE.
JIM "RED" BLAYNEY, AGE 89, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPTIAL. HE AND NOLAN ZUGSWERERT OF MAQUOKETA FOR A LONGTIME RAN A FEED BUSINESS KNOWN AS B & Z MILL AND FEED AT THE NORTH EDGE OF TOWN, ACROSS FROM THE BASEBALL PARK.
HE WAS A WAR WAR 2 VET. HE AND HIS WIFE GAVE A BUILDING THEY OWNED DOWNTOWN TO THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IT IS NOW USED BY THE CHAMBER AS THEIR OFFICE. HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, KAREN BRUSKIN OF STUART, FLORIDA AND A SON JIM IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ONE GRANDAUGTHTER. A NICE GUY HE WAS.
ALWAYS PLEASANT TO TALK TO.
WELL... HOW ABOUT THAT....A RATHER LONG SUNDAY REPORT.
HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME NEWS FOR HERE ON MONDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THIS A SPECIAL SUNDAY REPORT.
12 BELOW FRIDAY NIGHT, AND 9 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT.
TODAY, SUNDAY...SUNNY AND WARMER.
FRIDAY NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS
EASILY DEFEATED MAQUOKETA VALLEY OF DELHI. LUKE PATTERSON HAD 25 POINTS.
MONDAY NIGHT, THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY THEIR FINAL REGULAR GAME OF THE SEASON, HERE, A CONFERENCE GAME AGAINST MARION.
YESTERDAY, TWO CARDINAL WRESTLERS QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS COMING WEEK AT DES MOINES.
JUNIOR CASEY STUART,AT 112 POUNDS. AND SENIOR ADAM PAPE AT 160 POUNDS. PAPE WAS THERE LAST YEAR. THIS WILL BE FIRST STATE APPEARANCE FOR STUEART. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH WRESTLERS.
DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BE GOING OUT TO DES MOINES THIS WEEK TO COVER
THE TWO CARDINAL WRESTKERS , AS WELL AS SEVERAL MATCHES FOR
DEWITT AND A COUPLE FOR NORTHEAST. HE WILL BE DESCRIBING THE MATCHES OF 10 WRESTLERS TOTAL, SO HE WILL BE BUSY.
AND THE WRESTLING THIS YEAR WILL BE IN THE NEW AUDITORIUM BUILDT RIGHT NEXT TO VETERAN'S AUDITORIUM.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME LAST NIGHT AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT AND LOST 54 TO 27.
DEWITT ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, 30 TO 23.
HAD MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT WON, THEY WOULD HAVE PLAYED EACH OTHER MONDAY NIGHT.
A TWO-CAR GARAGE WAS DETROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOO AT 612 WEST PLATT STREET. THE FIREMEN ARRIVED ABOUT 2:30 AND THE GARAGE WAS FULL ENGULFED. THE GARAGE WENT WITH THE HOME OWNED BY CHANCE PARKER. HIS CHILDREN WERE OUTSIDE AND ALTERTED THEIR FATHER TO THE FIRE. PARKER TOLD FIREFIGHTERS EH SAW FLAMES COMING FROM AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET ON THE NEWLY REMODELED GARAGE. NO CAR IN GARAGE. A MATTRESS INSIDE WAS DESTROYED. NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE. JUST THE FRAME IS STANDING THIS MORNING. TRAFFIC HAD TO BE DETOURED ON BUSY WEST PLATT.
AND IT WAS COLD FOR FIREMEN FIGHTING THE FIRE.
JIM "RED" BLAYNEY, AGE 89, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPTIAL. HE AND NOLAN ZUGSWERERT OF MAQUOKETA FOR A LONGTIME RAN A FEED BUSINESS KNOWN AS B & Z MILL AND FEED AT THE NORTH EDGE OF TOWN, ACROSS FROM THE BASEBALL PARK.
HE WAS A WAR WAR 2 VET. HE AND HIS WIFE GAVE A BUILDING THEY OWNED DOWNTOWN TO THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IT IS NOW USED BY THE CHAMBER AS THEIR OFFICE. HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, KAREN BRUSKIN OF STUART, FLORIDA AND A SON JIM IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ONE GRANDAUGTHTER. A NICE GUY HE WAS.
ALWAYS PLEASANT TO TALK TO.
WELL... HOW ABOUT THAT....A RATHER LONG SUNDAY REPORT.
HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME NEWS FOR HERE ON MONDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 17, 2006
SUNNY AND COLD TODAY...HIGH OF 13. GOING BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.
MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST MAQUOKETA VALLEY IN NON-CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TONIGHT.
THE GIRLS PLAY A TOURNAMENT GAME TOMORROW NIGHT AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
FIVE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WILL BE IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT MONTICELLO AND THE 1ST AND 2ND PLACE IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS GO ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
THE MELING SLEEVE COMPANY OF MAQUOKETA (ORGINALLY HOOF PRODUCTS, THEN DYNAGEAR) INFORMED EMPLOYEES EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT THE MAQUOKETA OPERATION WILL BE CUT FROM 35 TO 10 EMPLOYEES BY THE END OF MARCH. THOSE 10 WOULD REMAIN UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE. THE BUILDING THEY ARE IN IS FOR SALE. IT IS OVER 100,000 SQUARE FEET AND MELING COMPANY RENTS ABOUT A THIRD FOR THE COMPANY THAT MAKES PISTON CYLINDER FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LINDA STURTZ SAID SHE IS WORKING WITH THE MICHIGAN COMPANY AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A SMALLER PLACE TO LOCATE IN MAQUOKETA, EITHER TO LEASE OR BUILD ON.
THERE ARE 3 OTHER BIG BUILDINGS EMPTY AND FOR SALE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.
SOME GOOD INDUSTRY NEWS, THE GENERAC PLANT SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA IS UP TO ABOUT 100 EMPLOYEES, MAKING GENERATORS.
THE ADAC INDUSTRY RECENTLY LEASED THE NEXT DOOR HIDECO BUILDING FROM OWNER TOM PECKOSH. ADAC HAS BEEN EXPANDING ITS OPERATIONS.
THE GANNON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, A 40 YEAR OLD FIRM, SERVING JACKSON, CLINTON AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES, HAS HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME AND ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK IT IS CEASING OPERATIONS IN DUBUQUE AND CLINTON COUNTY AND
PROBABLY ALSO JACKSON COUNTY. THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TO DO
ABOUT THE MATTER IN JACKSON COUNTY. GANNON CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE FORMER ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY BUILDING DOWNTOWN.
THERE ARE ABOUT 500 OPEN CASES IN JACKSON COUNTY.
HAZEL (MRS. WEAVER) CROUCH, 57, DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY AT HER HOME. HER COMPLETE OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
JUDY (MRS. VINCE) KILBURG OF BELLEVUE, IS THE MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY CONTACT PERSON FOR THE "MAKE A WISH" FOUNDATION. LAST WEEK, THE EASTERN IOWA CHAPTER HAD A VALENTINE GALA AT DUBUQUE'S GRAND RIVER CENTER. IF YOU EVER HAVE A NEED FOR "MAKE A WISH", CALL HER FOR MORE INFORMATION
AT 563-872-4447.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST MAQUOKETA VALLEY IN NON-CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TONIGHT.
THE GIRLS PLAY A TOURNAMENT GAME TOMORROW NIGHT AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
FIVE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WILL BE IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT MONTICELLO AND THE 1ST AND 2ND PLACE IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS GO ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
THE MELING SLEEVE COMPANY OF MAQUOKETA (ORGINALLY HOOF PRODUCTS, THEN DYNAGEAR) INFORMED EMPLOYEES EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT THE MAQUOKETA OPERATION WILL BE CUT FROM 35 TO 10 EMPLOYEES BY THE END OF MARCH. THOSE 10 WOULD REMAIN UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE. THE BUILDING THEY ARE IN IS FOR SALE. IT IS OVER 100,000 SQUARE FEET AND MELING COMPANY RENTS ABOUT A THIRD FOR THE COMPANY THAT MAKES PISTON CYLINDER FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LINDA STURTZ SAID SHE IS WORKING WITH THE MICHIGAN COMPANY AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A SMALLER PLACE TO LOCATE IN MAQUOKETA, EITHER TO LEASE OR BUILD ON.
THERE ARE 3 OTHER BIG BUILDINGS EMPTY AND FOR SALE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.
SOME GOOD INDUSTRY NEWS, THE GENERAC PLANT SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA IS UP TO ABOUT 100 EMPLOYEES, MAKING GENERATORS.
THE ADAC INDUSTRY RECENTLY LEASED THE NEXT DOOR HIDECO BUILDING FROM OWNER TOM PECKOSH. ADAC HAS BEEN EXPANDING ITS OPERATIONS.
THE GANNON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, A 40 YEAR OLD FIRM, SERVING JACKSON, CLINTON AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES, HAS HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME AND ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK IT IS CEASING OPERATIONS IN DUBUQUE AND CLINTON COUNTY AND
PROBABLY ALSO JACKSON COUNTY. THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TO DO
ABOUT THE MATTER IN JACKSON COUNTY. GANNON CENTER IS LOCATED IN THE FORMER ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY BUILDING DOWNTOWN.
THERE ARE ABOUT 500 OPEN CASES IN JACKSON COUNTY.
HAZEL (MRS. WEAVER) CROUCH, 57, DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY AT HER HOME. HER COMPLETE OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
JUDY (MRS. VINCE) KILBURG OF BELLEVUE, IS THE MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY CONTACT PERSON FOR THE "MAKE A WISH" FOUNDATION. LAST WEEK, THE EASTERN IOWA CHAPTER HAD A VALENTINE GALA AT DUBUQUE'S GRAND RIVER CENTER. IF YOU EVER HAVE A NEED FOR "MAKE A WISH", CALL HER FOR MORE INFORMATION
AT 563-872-4447.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 16, 2006
A WINTER DAY IN MAQUOKETA AND IOWA.
BAD, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
VERY LITTLE SNOW, BUT ICE AND SLEET. EVEN HAD THUNDER AND LIGHTNING THIS MORNING.
ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED. MANY MEETINGS CANCELLED. SOME BUSINESS PLACES CLOSED. NOW...VERY COLD WEATHER COMING FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE LIGHTNING STRUCK A BARN NEAR FULTON, NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN SAVED THE BARN, BUT 150 BALES OF HAY WERE LOST. THE FIRE WAS AT THE STEPHEN MILLER RESIDENCE, NEAR FULTON ON 142ND STREET.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SET MARCH 6TH AS THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2006-2007 CITY BUDGET. DURING A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED KEEPING THE TAX RATE THE SAME AT$11.61 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. IT'S THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW FOR THE SAME TAX RATE.
JAMES "WORM" REGAN DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JOHN IN MAQUOKETA. FOR THE COMPLETE OBITURARY, GO TO www.carsonandson.com
NO BALL GAMES TONIGHT! ALL POSTPONED, INCLUDING TONIGHT'S GIRL'S TOURNAMENT GAME.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HAVE TWO REGULAR SEASON GAMES LEFT BEFORE TOURNAMENT TIME. THEY PLAY ONE TOMORROW NIGHT HERE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR A NASTY-WEATHER THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
BAD, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
VERY LITTLE SNOW, BUT ICE AND SLEET. EVEN HAD THUNDER AND LIGHTNING THIS MORNING.
ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED. MANY MEETINGS CANCELLED. SOME BUSINESS PLACES CLOSED. NOW...VERY COLD WEATHER COMING FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE LIGHTNING STRUCK A BARN NEAR FULTON, NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID THE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN SAVED THE BARN, BUT 150 BALES OF HAY WERE LOST. THE FIRE WAS AT THE STEPHEN MILLER RESIDENCE, NEAR FULTON ON 142ND STREET.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SET MARCH 6TH AS THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2006-2007 CITY BUDGET. DURING A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED KEEPING THE TAX RATE THE SAME AT$11.61 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. IT'S THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW FOR THE SAME TAX RATE.
JAMES "WORM" REGAN DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JOHN IN MAQUOKETA. FOR THE COMPLETE OBITURARY, GO TO www.carsonandson.com
NO BALL GAMES TONIGHT! ALL POSTPONED, INCLUDING TONIGHT'S GIRL'S TOURNAMENT GAME.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HAVE TWO REGULAR SEASON GAMES LEFT BEFORE TOURNAMENT TIME. THEY PLAY ONE TOMORROW NIGHT HERE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR A NASTY-WEATHER THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
58 YESTERDAY.
38 TODAY.
SNOW TONIGHT.
SNOW TOMORROW.
FRIGID THIS WEEKEND.
SPRING BEGINS MARCH 20TH.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ALMOST WON THEIR 7TH. IN A ROW AT THE MCHS GYM LAST NIGHT. BUT THEN, WITH 2 SECONDS TO GO, DYERSVILLE SCORED A 3-POINTER AND THE CARDINALS LOST 61 TO 60.
THE NEW PREMIER HOME FURNISHINGS STORE ON NORTH MAIN STREET
OPENED THIS WEEK. FORMERLY THE HOME OF OWL FURNITURE.
THE STORE CARRIES A FULL LINE OF FURNITURE, WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES, AND POOL TABLES AND OTHER TABLE GAMES.
THE OWNERS ARE TAMMY AND JIM SCHEBLER OF CLINTON. THEY OPENED THEIR CLINTON STORE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THE STORE MANAGER IN MAQUOKETA IS MARK MICHELS.
WHAT ARE GROCERY MEAT PRICES IN MAQUOKETA THESE DAYS. WELL, IN TODAY'S FAREWAY STORE AD, I SEE THAT NEW YORK STRIP STEAKS ARE $6.99 A POUND AND LEAN, MEATY PORK STEAKS ARE 99 CENTS A POUND.
THE MAQUOKETA PROM THIS YEAR WILL BE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND.
THE KIWANIS CLUB IS AGAIN GOING TO HAVE THE AFTER-PROM PARTY
AND IT WILL BE HELD AT TIMBER LANES. ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE BY POPULAR HYPNOTIST STEVE ATWOOD.
THE EXCHANGE BANK OF MAQUOKETA. MANY YEARS AGO, IT EXISTED.
BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT WAS LOCATED. ANYONE HAVING ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT SHOULD PUT IT ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK,
OR SEND IT TO ME AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
38 TODAY.
SNOW TONIGHT.
SNOW TOMORROW.
FRIGID THIS WEEKEND.
SPRING BEGINS MARCH 20TH.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ALMOST WON THEIR 7TH. IN A ROW AT THE MCHS GYM LAST NIGHT. BUT THEN, WITH 2 SECONDS TO GO, DYERSVILLE SCORED A 3-POINTER AND THE CARDINALS LOST 61 TO 60.
THE NEW PREMIER HOME FURNISHINGS STORE ON NORTH MAIN STREET
OPENED THIS WEEK. FORMERLY THE HOME OF OWL FURNITURE.
THE STORE CARRIES A FULL LINE OF FURNITURE, WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES, AND POOL TABLES AND OTHER TABLE GAMES.
THE OWNERS ARE TAMMY AND JIM SCHEBLER OF CLINTON. THEY OPENED THEIR CLINTON STORE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THE STORE MANAGER IN MAQUOKETA IS MARK MICHELS.
WHAT ARE GROCERY MEAT PRICES IN MAQUOKETA THESE DAYS. WELL, IN TODAY'S FAREWAY STORE AD, I SEE THAT NEW YORK STRIP STEAKS ARE $6.99 A POUND AND LEAN, MEATY PORK STEAKS ARE 99 CENTS A POUND.
THE MAQUOKETA PROM THIS YEAR WILL BE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 22ND.
THE KIWANIS CLUB IS AGAIN GOING TO HAVE THE AFTER-PROM PARTY
AND IT WILL BE HELD AT TIMBER LANES. ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE BY POPULAR HYPNOTIST STEVE ATWOOD.
THE EXCHANGE BANK OF MAQUOKETA. MANY YEARS AGO, IT EXISTED.
BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT WAS LOCATED. ANYONE HAVING ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT SHOULD PUT IT ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK,
OR SEND IT TO ME AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
WE TIED THE 1934 RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE.....58 DEGREES.
BUT, THEY SAY, WE COULD GET 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AND VERY COLD WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE "NO PIT BULLS IN MAQUOKETA" PART OF A CITY ORDINANCE WILL REMAIN IN THAT CITY ORDINACE. THAT WAS DECIDED LAST NIGHT AT A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE OWNERS OF THE PIT BULL THAT BROUGHT THIS PROBLEM UP FOR THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN GIVEN UNTIL MARCH 1ST. TO FIND A HOME OUTSIDE OF MAQUOKETA FOR THE DOG.
SEN. TOM HARKIN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MAQUOKETA WILL RECEIVE A FEDERAL GRANT OF OVER $900,000 TO REHABILITATE THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT RUNWAY.
LONGTIME CARDINAL ELEMENTRY PRINCIPAL SUSANNE BATY WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND 43 APPLICANTS HAVE APPLIED FOR HER JOB. THE BOARD MAY BE INTERVIEWING FINALISTS ON FEBRUARY 25TH.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
BUT, THEY SAY, WE COULD GET 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AND VERY COLD WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE "NO PIT BULLS IN MAQUOKETA" PART OF A CITY ORDINANCE WILL REMAIN IN THAT CITY ORDINACE. THAT WAS DECIDED LAST NIGHT AT A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE OWNERS OF THE PIT BULL THAT BROUGHT THIS PROBLEM UP FOR THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN GIVEN UNTIL MARCH 1ST. TO FIND A HOME OUTSIDE OF MAQUOKETA FOR THE DOG.
SEN. TOM HARKIN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MAQUOKETA WILL RECEIVE A FEDERAL GRANT OF OVER $900,000 TO REHABILITATE THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT RUNWAY.
LONGTIME CARDINAL ELEMENTRY PRINCIPAL SUSANNE BATY WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND 43 APPLICANTS HAVE APPLIED FOR HER JOB. THE BOARD MAY BE INTERVIEWING FINALISTS ON FEBRUARY 25TH.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 13, 2006
45 TODAY IN MAQUOKETA. TOMORROW, SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME.
BUT, THE PREDICTION IS FOR A WINTER WEEKEND.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BASKETBALL TEAM IS NOW 11 AND 7 AND HAS WON 6 IN A ROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT WILL PLAY DYERSVILLE.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS HOSTED A CLASS 2-A SECTIONAL SATURDAY AND FINISHED SECOND TO DEWITT. FIVE CARDINAL WRESTLERS ADVANCED TO THIS SATURDAY'S DISTRICT AT MONTICELLO. THEY ARE:
CASEY STUART WHO TOOK A 2ND SATURDAY AT 112 POUNDS. TONY SCHLITZ ALSO A 2ND AT 125. BILLY KIRK, WAS CHAMPION AT 135.
ADAM PAPE TOOK A 2ND AT 189 AND DAN DUHME TOOK A 2ND AT
HEAVYWEIGHT. CENTRAL OF DEWITT ADVANCED 8 WRESTLERS AND NORTHEAST, GOOSE LAKE, 5.
JOE AND JANET ROLLINGER OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW. THEIR CHILDREN ARE: JANE IN BOONE, JILL IN CARMI, ILLINOIS, JOEL IN DECORAH, JAY IN BETTENDORF AND JOHN IN ELDRIDGE.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
DENNIS VOY
BUT, THE PREDICTION IS FOR A WINTER WEEKEND.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BASKETBALL TEAM IS NOW 11 AND 7 AND HAS WON 6 IN A ROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT WILL PLAY DYERSVILLE.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS HOSTED A CLASS 2-A SECTIONAL SATURDAY AND FINISHED SECOND TO DEWITT. FIVE CARDINAL WRESTLERS ADVANCED TO THIS SATURDAY'S DISTRICT AT MONTICELLO. THEY ARE:
CASEY STUART WHO TOOK A 2ND SATURDAY AT 112 POUNDS. TONY SCHLITZ ALSO A 2ND AT 125. BILLY KIRK, WAS CHAMPION AT 135.
ADAM PAPE TOOK A 2ND AT 189 AND DAN DUHME TOOK A 2ND AT
HEAVYWEIGHT. CENTRAL OF DEWITT ADVANCED 8 WRESTLERS AND NORTHEAST, GOOSE LAKE, 5.
JOE AND JANET ROLLINGER OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW. THEIR CHILDREN ARE: JANE IN BOONE, JILL IN CARMI, ILLINOIS, JOEL IN DECORAH, JAY IN BETTENDORF AND JOHN IN ELDRIDGE.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, February 11, 2006
WE GOT A LITTLE SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND THIS MORNING....WITH GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 30'S.
THE KMAQ FARM & HOME SHOW WENT WELL ....WITH ATTENDANCE NEARLHY 3,000. THURSDAY'S MID-DAY CROWD WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EVER.
THE FARMER OF THE YEAR, NAMED THURSDAY, WAS JERRY FARRELL OF DELMAR. THE AG PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WENT TO ED ANDREWS,WHO RECENTLY RETIRED AS HEAD OF THE SOIL CONSERVATION OFFICE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THE AG BUSINES LEADER AWARD WENT TO AL TUBBS OF DEWITT, CHAIRMAN OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED. WELL OVER 100 PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE SHOW CAN BE SEEN AT WWW.KMAQ.COM... CLICK ON THE FARM SHOW BANNER.
RED HENTON ENTERTAINED BOTH DAYS. HE HAS A NEW CD OUT, WITH 8 SONGS ON IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE, SEND $10 PLUS $1 FOR POSTAGE TO ME HERE AT KMAQ AND I'LL GIVE YOUR ORDER TO RED AND HE WILL SEND THE CD TO YOU. HE HAS PLANS FOR ONE OR TWO MORE THIS YEAR, AND A CHRISTMAS ONE IN NOVEMBER. RED IS 85, BUT HIS VOICE SOUNDS JUST LIKE IT HAS FOR OVER 65 YEARS. SOUNDS GOOD. PS: HE NO LONGER HAS RED HAIR. I FIRST MET RED IN 1958 WHEN RED, BERNIECE, BROTHERS JIM AND RED AND WINDY RIMMER DID A 15-MINUTE DAILY RADIO SHOW ON THE THEN NEW KMAQ. WE RECORDED THE FIVE SHOWS FOR THE WEEK ONE EVENING A WEEK AND I HELPED WITH THE RECORDING.
GERALD SMALLEY, 93, DIED THURSDAY AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE SEEN AT www.laheys.com
BETTY L. MILLER OF PERSHING ROAD IN MAQUOKETA DIED THURSDAY AND HER FULL OBITURARY CAN BE SEEN AT www.carsonandson.com
CHERYL SAUNDERS MANNING OF MAQUOKETA WON $10,000 THIS PAST WEDNESDAY IN THE POWERBALL DRAWING.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON ANOTHER GAME LAST NIGHT, BEATING INDEPENDENCE 67 TO 51....HERE. LUKE PATTERSON WAS HIGH WITH 19 POINTS. ANDY SCHAUF HAS 16. BRAD COOK HAD A SLAM DUNK AND THE FANS ROARED.
THE IOWA HAWKEYES LOST TO LOWLY NORTHWESTERN AGAIN THIS WEEK BUT TODAY, BEAT INDIANA TO REMAIN IN FIRST PLACE IN THE BIG TEN.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE HOSTING A SECTIONAL WRESTLING MEET TODAY, 6 OR 7 SCHOOLS, AT THE MCHS GYM. THE TOP TWO IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS GO ON TO THE DISTRICTS NEXT SATURDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE KMAQ FARM & HOME SHOW WENT WELL ....WITH ATTENDANCE NEARLHY 3,000. THURSDAY'S MID-DAY CROWD WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EVER.
THE FARMER OF THE YEAR, NAMED THURSDAY, WAS JERRY FARRELL OF DELMAR. THE AG PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WENT TO ED ANDREWS,WHO RECENTLY RETIRED AS HEAD OF THE SOIL CONSERVATION OFFICE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THE AG BUSINES LEADER AWARD WENT TO AL TUBBS OF DEWITT, CHAIRMAN OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED. WELL OVER 100 PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE SHOW CAN BE SEEN AT WWW.KMAQ.COM... CLICK ON THE FARM SHOW BANNER.
RED HENTON ENTERTAINED BOTH DAYS. HE HAS A NEW CD OUT, WITH 8 SONGS ON IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE, SEND $10 PLUS $1 FOR POSTAGE TO ME HERE AT KMAQ AND I'LL GIVE YOUR ORDER TO RED AND HE WILL SEND THE CD TO YOU. HE HAS PLANS FOR ONE OR TWO MORE THIS YEAR, AND A CHRISTMAS ONE IN NOVEMBER. RED IS 85, BUT HIS VOICE SOUNDS JUST LIKE IT HAS FOR OVER 65 YEARS. SOUNDS GOOD. PS: HE NO LONGER HAS RED HAIR. I FIRST MET RED IN 1958 WHEN RED, BERNIECE, BROTHERS JIM AND RED AND WINDY RIMMER DID A 15-MINUTE DAILY RADIO SHOW ON THE THEN NEW KMAQ. WE RECORDED THE FIVE SHOWS FOR THE WEEK ONE EVENING A WEEK AND I HELPED WITH THE RECORDING.
GERALD SMALLEY, 93, DIED THURSDAY AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE SEEN AT www.laheys.com
BETTY L. MILLER OF PERSHING ROAD IN MAQUOKETA DIED THURSDAY AND HER FULL OBITURARY CAN BE SEEN AT www.carsonandson.com
CHERYL SAUNDERS MANNING OF MAQUOKETA WON $10,000 THIS PAST WEDNESDAY IN THE POWERBALL DRAWING.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON ANOTHER GAME LAST NIGHT, BEATING INDEPENDENCE 67 TO 51....HERE. LUKE PATTERSON WAS HIGH WITH 19 POINTS. ANDY SCHAUF HAS 16. BRAD COOK HAD A SLAM DUNK AND THE FANS ROARED.
THE IOWA HAWKEYES LOST TO LOWLY NORTHWESTERN AGAIN THIS WEEK BUT TODAY, BEAT INDIANA TO REMAIN IN FIRST PLACE IN THE BIG TEN.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE HOSTING A SECTIONAL WRESTLING MEET TODAY, 6 OR 7 SCHOOLS, AT THE MCHS GYM. THE TOP TWO IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS GO ON TO THE DISTRICTS NEXT SATURDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 10, 2006
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, WITH A HIGH OF 35.
COLD WEEKEND AHEAD.
STEVE FLYNN, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO SERVED ON THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL FOR 8 YEARS, FROM 1996 TO 2004, IS RUNNING, AS A DEMOCRAT, FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. HE WILL SEEK THE POST BEING VACATED BY RETIRING LONGTIME REPUBLICAN, JC ENGEL.
FLYNN IS MANAGER OF CENTURY READY MIXED CONCRET, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA HAS AN ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS PIT BULLS IN THE CITY. BROOKE SCHUMACHER AND ANDREW ROBERTS BROUGHT THEIR PET PIT BULL TO THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT
AND MADE A PLEA TO THE COUNCIL TO LET THEM KEEP THEIR DOG THAT THEY HAVE HAD FOR 4 YEARS IN THE CITY. THE NOTICE TO GET RID OF THE DOG CAME AFTER THE POLICE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT THE DOG.
OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET SAW ROBERTS WALKING THE DOG AND DISCOVERED IT WAS A PIT BULL. THE COUPLE APPEALED THE POLICE
ABATEMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HE TOOK THE NEXT STEP, OF TAKING THE ISSUE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SCHUMACHER, DID ALL THE TALKING (WHILE THE DOG WAS LYING AT THEIR FEET) AND GAVE A WELL PREPARED PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING SOME FACTS ON PIT BULLS. ONE STATISTIC IT THAT THERE WERE 4.7 MILLION DOG BITES IN THE USA LAST YEAR AND ONLY 1 PERCENT OF THOSE WERE BY PIT BULLS. SHE CALLED HER DOG PRACTICALLY A KID. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, THE COUNCIL AGREED THE COUPLE COULD KEEP THEIR DOG, PENDING THE COUNCIL REVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE. THE GUESS IS.... THE CITY WILL REWORD THE ORDINANCE AND NOT SPECIFY BREEDS OF DOGS IN IT.
KELEEN ANN BLOCK DAVIDSON, AGE 36, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HER HOME IN MAQUOKETA AND SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
PLAN TO ATTEND THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
DENNIS VOY
COLD WEEKEND AHEAD.
STEVE FLYNN, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO SERVED ON THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL FOR 8 YEARS, FROM 1996 TO 2004, IS RUNNING, AS A DEMOCRAT, FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. HE WILL SEEK THE POST BEING VACATED BY RETIRING LONGTIME REPUBLICAN, JC ENGEL.
FLYNN IS MANAGER OF CENTURY READY MIXED CONCRET, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA HAS AN ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS PIT BULLS IN THE CITY. BROOKE SCHUMACHER AND ANDREW ROBERTS BROUGHT THEIR PET PIT BULL TO THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT
AND MADE A PLEA TO THE COUNCIL TO LET THEM KEEP THEIR DOG THAT THEY HAVE HAD FOR 4 YEARS IN THE CITY. THE NOTICE TO GET RID OF THE DOG CAME AFTER THE POLICE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT THE DOG.
OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET SAW ROBERTS WALKING THE DOG AND DISCOVERED IT WAS A PIT BULL. THE COUPLE APPEALED THE POLICE
ABATEMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HE TOOK THE NEXT STEP, OF TAKING THE ISSUE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SCHUMACHER, DID ALL THE TALKING (WHILE THE DOG WAS LYING AT THEIR FEET) AND GAVE A WELL PREPARED PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING SOME FACTS ON PIT BULLS. ONE STATISTIC IT THAT THERE WERE 4.7 MILLION DOG BITES IN THE USA LAST YEAR AND ONLY 1 PERCENT OF THOSE WERE BY PIT BULLS. SHE CALLED HER DOG PRACTICALLY A KID. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, THE COUNCIL AGREED THE COUPLE COULD KEEP THEIR DOG, PENDING THE COUNCIL REVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE. THE GUESS IS.... THE CITY WILL REWORD THE ORDINANCE AND NOT SPECIFY BREEDS OF DOGS IN IT.
KELEEN ANN BLOCK DAVIDSON, AGE 36, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HER HOME IN MAQUOKETA AND SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
PLAN TO ATTEND THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 06, 2006
SUNNY AND 38 FOR A HIGH TODAY.
BOYS BASKETBALL OVER THE WEEKEND....MAQUOKETA BEAT SOUTH TAMA IN A WAMAC GAME FRIDAY NIGHT, 77 TO 55 AT THE MCHS GYM AND SATURDAY NIGHT, WENT TO CEDAR RAPIDS AND DEFEATED PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, 73 TO 55.
THE CARDS HAVE NOW WON 5 STRAIGHT AND ARE 10 AND 7 OVERALL AND 8 AND 4 IN THE WAMAC.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE CARDINALL GIRLS LOST BOTH OF THEIR GAMES, TO FALL TO A 6 AND 14 RECORD. FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY LOST TO SOUTH TAMA 50 TO 28 AND SATURDAY NIGHT, LOST TO BENTON COMMUNITY 58 TO 54. BOTH GAMES ON THE
ROAD.
LONG AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THE EXHIBITOR LIST GREW TO 60 TODAY.
SAW "ANNIE" SATURDAY NIGHT AND REALLY LIKED THE SHOW. A GOOD CROWD.
SUNDAY, A SELL OUT AND THEY PUT UP SOME FOLDING CHAIRS.
NO BIRTHS OR OBITUARYS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
BOYS BASKETBALL OVER THE WEEKEND....MAQUOKETA BEAT SOUTH TAMA IN A WAMAC GAME FRIDAY NIGHT, 77 TO 55 AT THE MCHS GYM AND SATURDAY NIGHT, WENT TO CEDAR RAPIDS AND DEFEATED PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, 73 TO 55.
THE CARDS HAVE NOW WON 5 STRAIGHT AND ARE 10 AND 7 OVERALL AND 8 AND 4 IN THE WAMAC.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE CARDINALL GIRLS LOST BOTH OF THEIR GAMES, TO FALL TO A 6 AND 14 RECORD. FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY LOST TO SOUTH TAMA 50 TO 28 AND SATURDAY NIGHT, LOST TO BENTON COMMUNITY 58 TO 54. BOTH GAMES ON THE
ROAD.
LONG AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THE EXHIBITOR LIST GREW TO 60 TODAY.
SAW "ANNIE" SATURDAY NIGHT AND REALLY LIKED THE SHOW. A GOOD CROWD.
SUNDAY, A SELL OUT AND THEY PUT UP SOME FOLDING CHAIRS.
NO BIRTHS OR OBITUARYS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 03, 2006
40 THE HIGH TODAY...EARLY THIS MORNING.....THEN THE TEMERATURE DROPPED SLOWLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY....WAS AT 30 AT 5 P.M.
LAST NIGHT, WRESTLING AT WATERLOO, COLUMBUS....A DOUBLE DUAL MEET. MAQUOKETA DEFEATED GLADBROOK-REINBECK-NORTH TAMA, 48 TO 32. AND THE CARDINALS ALSO TOPPED WATERLOO COLUMBUS, 51 TO 29. MAQUOKETA'S FINAL WAMAC DUAL MEET RECORD WAS 4 AND 6 FOR THE SEASON AND 7 AND 10 OVERALL. THEIR REGULAR SEASON IS OVER. THEY WILL HOST A CLASS 1-A SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, AT 12 NOON AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
DOROTHY BOETGER, 92, OF MAQUOKETA DIED TUESDAY.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, CAROLYN CONDON.
PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE RUNGE MORTUARY IN DAVENPORT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
LAST NIGHT, WRESTLING AT WATERLOO, COLUMBUS....A DOUBLE DUAL MEET. MAQUOKETA DEFEATED GLADBROOK-REINBECK-NORTH TAMA, 48 TO 32. AND THE CARDINALS ALSO TOPPED WATERLOO COLUMBUS, 51 TO 29. MAQUOKETA'S FINAL WAMAC DUAL MEET RECORD WAS 4 AND 6 FOR THE SEASON AND 7 AND 10 OVERALL. THEIR REGULAR SEASON IS OVER. THEY WILL HOST A CLASS 1-A SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, AT 12 NOON AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
DOROTHY BOETGER, 92, OF MAQUOKETA DIED TUESDAY.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, CAROLYN CONDON.
PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE RUNGE MORTUARY IN DAVENPORT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 02, 2006
49 DEGREES IN MAQUOKETA TODAY. HOW ABOUT THAT? BUT, THE SPRING-LIKE WEATHER IS OVER FOR AWHILE. COLD WEATHER COMES BACK TOMORROW.
THE GROUNDHOG SAW HIS SHADOW THIS MORNING....AND THAT MEANS 6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER WEATHER.
FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER AARON TIPPIN IS COMING TO THE 2006 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, ON THURSDAY NIGHT, JULY 27TH. THE
FAIR RUNS JULY 26TH THRU THE 30TH.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WRESTLE AT WATERLOO TONIGHT.
DICK "ANDY" ANDERSON, AGE 66, OF CLINTON DIED MONDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, PATRICIA DEVER OF MAQUOKETA.
VELMA WITT OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE KMAQ BINGO WINNER TODAY.
ITS BEEN YEARS SINCE YOU COULD BUY A NEW PAIR OF SHOES IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THAT MAY CHANGE SOON.
IS THE FIRST MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK GOING TO BE SOLD TO A
GAMBLER IN MICHIGAN? BOB OSTERHAUS THINKS SO.
DUSTIN EDWARDS OF WYOMING AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, HAS PURCHASED THE FORMER KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN BUILDING.
A NEW BUSINESS WILL GO THERE. MORE DETAILS LATER.
KMAQ WILL HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF EXHIBITORS FOR THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW NEXT WEEK. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT, GO TO www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE FARM AND HOME SHOW BANNER.
THERE WAS A FUL HOUSE LAST NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER FOR TONY MELENDEZ IN CONCERT. AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A VERY GOOD SHOW. TONY HAS NO ARMS AND PLAYS GUITAR WITH HIS FEET. ALSO A GOOD SINGER AND HE WAS BACKED BY A TRIO OF MUSICIANS.
TAKE CARE UNTIL TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
THE GROUNDHOG SAW HIS SHADOW THIS MORNING....AND THAT MEANS 6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER WEATHER.
FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER AARON TIPPIN IS COMING TO THE 2006 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, ON THURSDAY NIGHT, JULY 27TH. THE
FAIR RUNS JULY 26TH THRU THE 30TH.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WRESTLE AT WATERLOO TONIGHT.
DICK "ANDY" ANDERSON, AGE 66, OF CLINTON DIED MONDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, PATRICIA DEVER OF MAQUOKETA.
VELMA WITT OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE KMAQ BINGO WINNER TODAY.
ITS BEEN YEARS SINCE YOU COULD BUY A NEW PAIR OF SHOES IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THAT MAY CHANGE SOON.
IS THE FIRST MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK GOING TO BE SOLD TO A
GAMBLER IN MICHIGAN? BOB OSTERHAUS THINKS SO.
DUSTIN EDWARDS OF WYOMING AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, HAS PURCHASED THE FORMER KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN BUILDING.
A NEW BUSINESS WILL GO THERE. MORE DETAILS LATER.
KMAQ WILL HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF EXHIBITORS FOR THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW NEXT WEEK. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT, GO TO www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE FARM AND HOME SHOW BANNER.
THERE WAS A FUL HOUSE LAST NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER FOR TONY MELENDEZ IN CONCERT. AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A VERY GOOD SHOW. TONY HAS NO ARMS AND PLAYS GUITAR WITH HIS FEET. ALSO A GOOD SINGER AND HE WAS BACKED BY A TRIO OF MUSICIANS.
TAKE CARE UNTIL TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
40 AGAIN TODAY, WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR 3RD IN A ROW LAST NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN, DEFEATING WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER BY 1 POINT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR GAME UP AT MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR GARY BAILEY, MAQUOKETA BANKER, AGE 58, WHO DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY MORNING, ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
THE NEW FURNITURE STORE ON NORTH MAIN STREET, WILL OPEN VERY SOON. IT WILL ALSO SELL WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES AND BIG SCREEN TV'S....AND POOL TABLES.
WE MISSED THE BIRTHDAY OF BOB OSTERHAUS MONDAY. HOW OLD?
I'M NOT SURE. HE'S PRETTY OLD, BUT DOESN'T LOOK IT.
YES, THERE WILL BE A MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE AGAIN THIS YEAR.!
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND A GREAT THURSDAY....HAPPY GROUND HOG DAY TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR 3RD IN A ROW LAST NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN, DEFEATING WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER BY 1 POINT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR GAME UP AT MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR GARY BAILEY, MAQUOKETA BANKER, AGE 58, WHO DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY MORNING, ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
THE NEW FURNITURE STORE ON NORTH MAIN STREET, WILL OPEN VERY SOON. IT WILL ALSO SELL WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES AND BIG SCREEN TV'S....AND POOL TABLES.
WE MISSED THE BIRTHDAY OF BOB OSTERHAUS MONDAY. HOW OLD?
I'M NOT SURE. HE'S PRETTY OLD, BUT DOESN'T LOOK IT.
YES, THERE WILL BE A MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE AGAIN THIS YEAR.!
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND A GREAT THURSDAY....HAPPY GROUND HOG DAY TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY