NO REPORT...
HAVE TAKEN TWO KMAQ TRAVEL BUSES TO BRANSON.
BACK NEXT WEEK WITH REPORTS.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
THIS IS THE HOME OF BRIAN AND KIM RIXEN AT 210 SOUTH 5TH STREET IN MAQUOKETA, AND THEIR 2-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, DAILYN.BRIAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HALLOWEEN FAN AND LAST YEAR, STARTED HIS HOME DISPLAY.
THIS YEAR BRIAN AND KIM HAVE ADDED TO IT.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT MOST OF OCTOBER.
DRIVE BY AND TAKE A LOOK, DAYTIME, OR BETTER AT NIGHT OF COURSE
NO ADMISSION.
SOME OF THE SPOOKY CHARACTERS MOVE.
THE ORANGE CONVICT IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR ON THE PORCH,
MOVES WHEN THE GETS HIS SHOCK.
HE AND THE CHAIR BUILDT BY BRIAN.
THE MUMMY ON THE FRONT PORCH ALSOBUILDT BY BRIAN AND KIM.
THERE IS A BLACK SCARY SKELETON THAT POPS UP AND DOWN UNDER AIR-PRESSURE.
AND LOTS MORE TO SEE. AND BRIAN SAYS MORE WILL BE ADDED NEXT HALLOWEEN.
AND OF COURSE, ALSO SOME CREAKY MUSIC AND SMOGG TOO.
HIS HOME DISPLAY WILL BE UP UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER HALLOWEEN IS OVER.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
NICE TODAY IN MAQUOKETA....SUNNY SKIES.
YES...WE AT KMAQ ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE CARDINALS
WORLD SERIES VICTORY! WE HAVE BEEN BROADCASTING CARDINAL GAMES SINCE 1985.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS WON 24 TO 20 LAST NIGHT
AT EPWORTH, BEATING WESTERN DUBUQUE....AND ENDING THE SEASON WITH 4 DISTRICT WINS AND 3 LOSSES.
MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST DOCTOR IS KIMBERLY THOMPSON, D.O......WHO JOINED MEDICAL ASSOCIATES ON WEST QUARRY STREET AUGUST 1ST. SHE ATTENDED DES MOINES UNIVERSITY-OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER MEDICAL DEGREE. SHE COMPLETED HER RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN DAVENPORT AT GENESIS FAMILY PRACTICE AND IS BOARD CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE. HER INTERESTS INCLUDE WOMEN'S HEALTH, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, INCLUDING DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, CHAD, RESIDE IN DEWITT.
THERE WAS AN AUDIO REPORT YESTERDAY. LISTEN IF YOU GET A CHANCE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
YES...WE AT KMAQ ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE CARDINALS
WORLD SERIES VICTORY! WE HAVE BEEN BROADCASTING CARDINAL GAMES SINCE 1985.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS WON 24 TO 20 LAST NIGHT
AT EPWORTH, BEATING WESTERN DUBUQUE....AND ENDING THE SEASON WITH 4 DISTRICT WINS AND 3 LOSSES.
MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST DOCTOR IS KIMBERLY THOMPSON, D.O......WHO JOINED MEDICAL ASSOCIATES ON WEST QUARRY STREET AUGUST 1ST. SHE ATTENDED DES MOINES UNIVERSITY-OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER MEDICAL DEGREE. SHE COMPLETED HER RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN DAVENPORT AT GENESIS FAMILY PRACTICE AND IS BOARD CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE. HER INTERESTS INCLUDE WOMEN'S HEALTH, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS AND INTERNAL MEDICINE, INCLUDING DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, CHAD, RESIDE IN DEWITT.
THERE WAS AN AUDIO REPORT YESTERDAY. LISTEN IF YOU GET A CHANCE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, October 27, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
RAINING IN MAQUOKETA....AND COLD.
ENJOYED WATCHING THE CARDINALS BEAT DETROIT TUESDAY NIGHT AT BUSCH STADIUM. CHRIS CARPENTER PITCHED GREAT. IT WAS DRY AND COOL... AND FUN!
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES (MAKE GLASS 24 HOURS A DAY) AT DEWITT
IS ADDING ON A 70,000 FOOT ADDITION TO THEIR DEWITT PLANT AND WILL BE HIRING ANOTHER 40 PEOPLE.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS LITTLE THEATRE GROUP IN MAQUOKETA (CELEBRATING 40TH YEAR) WILL PUT ON THE MUSICAL "SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK, LIVE! JR." IT WILL HAVE A CAST OF CHILDREN FROM GRADES 3-8 AND FEATURES 11 SONGS. MEMBERS OF THE CAST: ASHLEY BECKER,
BEAU BOWMAN, BEN DAVISON, WILL DAVISON, TAYLOR FISHWILD, ZACH
FISHWILD, KRISTEN GOESSLING, TAYLOR GOODENOW, LACIE HEISERMAN, ANDREW LONG, ERIC MEISLAND, CASSIDY MORRI, JAYCEE SMITH, MARISSA TILL, CATHERINE VAZQUEZ, AND QUENTIN YAROLEM. IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON NOV. 16TH AND 17TH AT 7:30 P.M. EACH NIGHT. TICKETS ARE $10 IN ADVANCE AND $12 AT THE DOOR. TICKETS GO ON SALE OCTOBER 30TH AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
IN MAQUOKETA OR CALL 652-9815. CINDY CARAWAY WILL DIRECT AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.peacepipeplayers.org
LORI WAUGH HIT A DEER ON HIGHWAY 61 MONDAY MORNING....$4,000 DAMAGE TO HER 2002 GMC.
STAYLYN VAUGHN AND JOSHUA SOHN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCT 12 AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDMOHER IS CHERYL SOHN OF MAQUOKETA.
CHRIS AND KRISTIN MOHR ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCTOBER 19TH.
GRANDPARENTS ARE ALAN MOHR AND LAURIE MOHR OF MAQUOKETA...AND TOM AND PEG MANDERSHEID OF MAQUOKETA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS TURNED DOWN A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY NORTH OF MAQUOKTA, ACROSS THE RIVER. THE OWNERS, CLIFFORD PFAB AND JOE ZWACK ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAL TO THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEXT WEEK.
THEIR COMPANY IS MAQUOKETA LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
DURING THE ZONING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY NIGHT, SOME
NEIGHBORS VOICED OPPOSITION TO CHANGING THE ZONING FROM AG TO RESIDENTIAL. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC ON 55TH STREET. THE MEN WANT TO BUILD 11 HOUSES ON THE ACREAGE.'
A NEW MEDICAL BUILDING WILL BE GOING UP ON PROPERTY OF THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA, LOCATED NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PHYSICIANS WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING. HOSPITAL CEO CURT COLEMAN SAYS LEASE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED, BUT SHOULD BE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH. HE SAID PLANS NOW CALL FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, WITH OCCUPATION IN 2008. MEDICAL ASSOCIATES ARE CURRENTLY ON WEST QUARRY STREET, ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE SOUTH. I HEARD MAQUOKETA FAMILY CLINIC
ALSO CONSIDERED MOVING TO THE NEW BUILDING, FROM THEIR NORTH ARCADE STREET LOCATION, BUT APPARENTLY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO.
THEIR OFFICES ARE NEWER AND A MAJOR ADDITION TO THEIR BUILDING WAS COMPLETED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. IT IS HOPED A NEW CLINIC BUILDING WILL HELP ATTRACT MORE DOCTORS TO MAQUOKETA.
A NEW DOCTOR HAS LOCATED IN MAQUOKTA, BUT I HAVE SEEN NO
NEWS RELEASE ABOUT HER, SO CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.
AND THIS IS INTERESTING, AT THIS WEEK HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING, CEO COLEMAN TOLD THE BOARD THAT THE HEALTH INSURACE FROM WELLMARK FOR HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES HAS NOT INCREASED ITS PREMIUMS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED THE PROPOSED HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. NO INCREASE FOR 3 YEARS?
CARDINAL BASEBALL TONIGHT AT ST. LOUIS, HOPEFULLY. GO CARDS!
MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL TOMORROW NIGHT AT EPWORTH.
GO CARDS!
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
ENJOYED WATCHING THE CARDINALS BEAT DETROIT TUESDAY NIGHT AT BUSCH STADIUM. CHRIS CARPENTER PITCHED GREAT. IT WAS DRY AND COOL... AND FUN!
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES (MAKE GLASS 24 HOURS A DAY) AT DEWITT
IS ADDING ON A 70,000 FOOT ADDITION TO THEIR DEWITT PLANT AND WILL BE HIRING ANOTHER 40 PEOPLE.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS LITTLE THEATRE GROUP IN MAQUOKETA (CELEBRATING 40TH YEAR) WILL PUT ON THE MUSICAL "SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK, LIVE! JR." IT WILL HAVE A CAST OF CHILDREN FROM GRADES 3-8 AND FEATURES 11 SONGS. MEMBERS OF THE CAST: ASHLEY BECKER,
BEAU BOWMAN, BEN DAVISON, WILL DAVISON, TAYLOR FISHWILD, ZACH
FISHWILD, KRISTEN GOESSLING, TAYLOR GOODENOW, LACIE HEISERMAN, ANDREW LONG, ERIC MEISLAND, CASSIDY MORRI, JAYCEE SMITH, MARISSA TILL, CATHERINE VAZQUEZ, AND QUENTIN YAROLEM. IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON NOV. 16TH AND 17TH AT 7:30 P.M. EACH NIGHT. TICKETS ARE $10 IN ADVANCE AND $12 AT THE DOOR. TICKETS GO ON SALE OCTOBER 30TH AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
IN MAQUOKETA OR CALL 652-9815. CINDY CARAWAY WILL DIRECT AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.peacepipeplayers.org
LORI WAUGH HIT A DEER ON HIGHWAY 61 MONDAY MORNING....$4,000 DAMAGE TO HER 2002 GMC.
STAYLYN VAUGHN AND JOSHUA SOHN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCT 12 AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDMOHER IS CHERYL SOHN OF MAQUOKETA.
CHRIS AND KRISTIN MOHR ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCTOBER 19TH.
GRANDPARENTS ARE ALAN MOHR AND LAURIE MOHR OF MAQUOKETA...AND TOM AND PEG MANDERSHEID OF MAQUOKETA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS TURNED DOWN A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY NORTH OF MAQUOKTA, ACROSS THE RIVER. THE OWNERS, CLIFFORD PFAB AND JOE ZWACK ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAL TO THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEXT WEEK.
THEIR COMPANY IS MAQUOKETA LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
DURING THE ZONING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY NIGHT, SOME
NEIGHBORS VOICED OPPOSITION TO CHANGING THE ZONING FROM AG TO RESIDENTIAL. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC ON 55TH STREET. THE MEN WANT TO BUILD 11 HOUSES ON THE ACREAGE.'
A NEW MEDICAL BUILDING WILL BE GOING UP ON PROPERTY OF THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA, LOCATED NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PHYSICIANS WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING. HOSPITAL CEO CURT COLEMAN SAYS LEASE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED, BUT SHOULD BE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH. HE SAID PLANS NOW CALL FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, WITH OCCUPATION IN 2008. MEDICAL ASSOCIATES ARE CURRENTLY ON WEST QUARRY STREET, ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE SOUTH. I HEARD MAQUOKETA FAMILY CLINIC
ALSO CONSIDERED MOVING TO THE NEW BUILDING, FROM THEIR NORTH ARCADE STREET LOCATION, BUT APPARENTLY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO.
THEIR OFFICES ARE NEWER AND A MAJOR ADDITION TO THEIR BUILDING WAS COMPLETED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. IT IS HOPED A NEW CLINIC BUILDING WILL HELP ATTRACT MORE DOCTORS TO MAQUOKETA.
A NEW DOCTOR HAS LOCATED IN MAQUOKTA, BUT I HAVE SEEN NO
NEWS RELEASE ABOUT HER, SO CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.
AND THIS IS INTERESTING, AT THIS WEEK HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING, CEO COLEMAN TOLD THE BOARD THAT THE HEALTH INSURACE FROM WELLMARK FOR HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES HAS NOT INCREASED ITS PREMIUMS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED THE PROPOSED HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. NO INCREASE FOR 3 YEARS?
CARDINAL BASEBALL TONIGHT AT ST. LOUIS, HOPEFULLY. GO CARDS!
MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL TOMORROW NIGHT AT EPWORTH.
GO CARDS!
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, October 23, 2006
NO NEWS REPORT TODAY....
I'M OFF TO THE WORLD SERIES!
WILL HAVE NEWS LATER IN WEEK.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
FROM COOL MAQUOKETA...HIGH OF 41 TODAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO DOUGH WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA (78) AND MORRIE MORRIS (85) OF MAQUOKETA.
HEARD FROM DOUG'S SON ROBERT, OF MAQUOKETA, VIA EMAIL, WHO IS A NATIONAL GUARD MASTER SERGEANT IN IRAQ. FIRST EMAIL I'VE EVER
RECEIVED FROM IRAQ. ROBERT (WIFE AUDREY) HAS
BEEN THERE SINCE AUGUST. THIS IS HIS 20TH YEAR IN THE GUARD AND FIRST ASSIGHNMENT IN IRAQ.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
OH YES, GLENN CARAWAY, 92, DIED YESTERDAY, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. HIS FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
I'M OFF TO THE WORLD SERIES!
WILL HAVE NEWS LATER IN WEEK.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
FROM COOL MAQUOKETA...HIGH OF 41 TODAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO DOUGH WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA (78) AND MORRIE MORRIS (85) OF MAQUOKETA.
HEARD FROM DOUG'S SON ROBERT, OF MAQUOKETA, VIA EMAIL, WHO IS A NATIONAL GUARD MASTER SERGEANT IN IRAQ. FIRST EMAIL I'VE EVER
RECEIVED FROM IRAQ. ROBERT (WIFE AUDREY) HAS
BEEN THERE SINCE AUGUST. THIS IS HIS 20TH YEAR IN THE GUARD AND FIRST ASSIGHNMENT IN IRAQ.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
OH YES, GLENN CARAWAY, 92, DIED YESTERDAY, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. HIS FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
Saturday, October 21, 2006
CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY.
SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT.
HIGH SUNDAY, AROUND 40. FALL CONTINUES TO BE DISAPPOINTING.
MAQUOKETA LOST TO MOUNT VERNON LAST NIGHT, 28 TO 0. NOW 3 AND 3 IN THE DISTRICT AND THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON WILL BE AT EPWORTH FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST WESTERN DUBUQUE, AND THAT WILL NOT BE AN EASY GAME EITHER.
LEIGHTON HEPKER ON HIS "JUST TALK" SHOW YESTERDAY, DID A 15-MINUTE POLITICAL POLL. HE GOT 82 CALLS IN THE 15-MINUTE TIME PERIOD. FOR GOVERNOR, CONGRESSMAN NUSTLE (R) LOST TO CULVER, 42 TO 20. FOR 1ST DISTRICT CONGRESS (TO REPLACE NUSTLE), BRUCK BRALEY (D) OUTPOLLED WHALEN, 42 TO 20 ALSO.
FOR STATE REP, TOM SCHUELLER (D) OUTPOLLED DAVID KENDALL, 39 TO 23.
AND
FOR STATE SENATAE, SEN. STEWART (D) OUTPOLLED WYNN 44 TO 18.
NO SURPRISE. JACKSON COUNTY SHOULD GO HEAVY DEMOCRATIC, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR WITH UNHAPPINESS OF PRESIDENT BUSH.
IOWA'S FIRST LADY, MRS. VILSACK, VISITED MAQUOKETA FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AND TOURED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND VISITED WITH KIDS THERE. SHE WAS HERE TO SUPPORT RE-ELECTION OF SCHEULLER AND STEWART.
THE NEW 4-WAY STOP SIGNS ARE UP AT CORNER OF NORTH MAIN AND QUARRY STREET, REPLACING THE STOP AND GO LIGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN HAULED AWAY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT.
HIGH SUNDAY, AROUND 40. FALL CONTINUES TO BE DISAPPOINTING.
MAQUOKETA LOST TO MOUNT VERNON LAST NIGHT, 28 TO 0. NOW 3 AND 3 IN THE DISTRICT AND THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON WILL BE AT EPWORTH FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST WESTERN DUBUQUE, AND THAT WILL NOT BE AN EASY GAME EITHER.
LEIGHTON HEPKER ON HIS "JUST TALK" SHOW YESTERDAY, DID A 15-MINUTE POLITICAL POLL. HE GOT 82 CALLS IN THE 15-MINUTE TIME PERIOD. FOR GOVERNOR, CONGRESSMAN NUSTLE (R) LOST TO CULVER, 42 TO 20. FOR 1ST DISTRICT CONGRESS (TO REPLACE NUSTLE), BRUCK BRALEY (D) OUTPOLLED WHALEN, 42 TO 20 ALSO.
FOR STATE REP, TOM SCHUELLER (D) OUTPOLLED DAVID KENDALL, 39 TO 23.
AND
FOR STATE SENATAE, SEN. STEWART (D) OUTPOLLED WYNN 44 TO 18.
NO SURPRISE. JACKSON COUNTY SHOULD GO HEAVY DEMOCRATIC, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR WITH UNHAPPINESS OF PRESIDENT BUSH.
IOWA'S FIRST LADY, MRS. VILSACK, VISITED MAQUOKETA FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AND TOURED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND VISITED WITH KIDS THERE. SHE WAS HERE TO SUPPORT RE-ELECTION OF SCHEULLER AND STEWART.
THE NEW 4-WAY STOP SIGNS ARE UP AT CORNER OF NORTH MAIN AND QUARRY STREET, REPLACING THE STOP AND GO LIGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN HAULED AWAY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, October 20, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
IT HAS BEEN A RAINY COOL WEDNESDAY. TERRIBLE.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A STOLEN VEHICLE AND MISSING MONEY.
ARDELL FELLER SAID SOMEONE TOOK HIS VEHICLE FROM 412 S. ELIZA STREET ON TUESDAY.
AND....BONNIE DAEMERICH, 513 N. WALNUT, SAID SOMEONE TOOK MONEY FROM HER SON'S ROOM ON TUESDAY.
AND IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT THAT SOMEONE (GET THIS NOW) TOOK THE TIRES AND RIMS OFF HER SON'S VEHICLE EARLY THIS MORNING. VALUE LISTED, $1,700.
THE FAMOUS POTTER'S MILL IN BELLEVUE IS IN THE NEWS TODAY. CAROLYN AND DARYL EGGERS HAVE TURNED OVER OPERATIONS OF THE RESTAURANT, BED AND BREAKFAST AND GIFT SHOP TO BILLY JO PULLEY OF BELLEVUE. THE EGGERS BOUGHT THE POTTERS MILL IN OCTOBER OF 1980. IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO RESTORE THE FACILITY AND IT OPENED AS A RESTAURANT IN 1985. EGGERS THEN WAS A MARSHALLTOWN DOCTOR AND BELLEVUE WAS HIS HOMETOWN. HIS BROTHER AND OTHERS MANAGED IT UNTIL HE RETIRED FROM MEDICINE AND MOVED BACK TO BELLEVUE TO RUN IT WITH HIS WIFE CAROLYN SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THEY ADDED THE BED AND BREAKFAST ROOMS. EGGERS WILL CONTINUE TO OWN THE FACILITY AND SAID BILLIE JO WILL USE MUCH OF THE CURRENT STAFF. SHE WAS MANAGER OF THE PAMIDA STORE IN BELLEVUE UNTIL IT CLOSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHE IS ALSO A BELLEVUE NATIVE AND HAS A DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND EXPERIENCE IN RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT. SHE PLANS TO BE OPEN EVERY DAY, EVEN DURING THE WINTER, AND PLANS TO EXPAND THE GIFT AREA.
ED HUDRLIK, AGE 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. MANY WILL REMEMBER ED AS BEING THE LEADER OF A POPULAR LOCAL COUNRY BAND YEARS AGO.
SOON, HIS FULL OBITUARY WILL BE AT www.carsonandson.com
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS PLAY AT MOUNT VERNON FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BE A TOUGH GAME. MAQUOKETA IS 3 AND 2 IN THE DISTRICT AND THEY ARE 4 AND 1.
THEY ARE POURING CONCRETE LIKE CRAZY AT THE NEW SUPER WAL MART JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, POURING BOTH AN EAST AND WEST EXTRA TURNING LANE.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.'
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A STOLEN VEHICLE AND MISSING MONEY.
ARDELL FELLER SAID SOMEONE TOOK HIS VEHICLE FROM 412 S. ELIZA STREET ON TUESDAY.
AND....BONNIE DAEMERICH, 513 N. WALNUT, SAID SOMEONE TOOK MONEY FROM HER SON'S ROOM ON TUESDAY.
AND IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT THAT SOMEONE (GET THIS NOW) TOOK THE TIRES AND RIMS OFF HER SON'S VEHICLE EARLY THIS MORNING. VALUE LISTED, $1,700.
THE FAMOUS POTTER'S MILL IN BELLEVUE IS IN THE NEWS TODAY. CAROLYN AND DARYL EGGERS HAVE TURNED OVER OPERATIONS OF THE RESTAURANT, BED AND BREAKFAST AND GIFT SHOP TO BILLY JO PULLEY OF BELLEVUE. THE EGGERS BOUGHT THE POTTERS MILL IN OCTOBER OF 1980. IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO RESTORE THE FACILITY AND IT OPENED AS A RESTAURANT IN 1985. EGGERS THEN WAS A MARSHALLTOWN DOCTOR AND BELLEVUE WAS HIS HOMETOWN. HIS BROTHER AND OTHERS MANAGED IT UNTIL HE RETIRED FROM MEDICINE AND MOVED BACK TO BELLEVUE TO RUN IT WITH HIS WIFE CAROLYN SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THEY ADDED THE BED AND BREAKFAST ROOMS. EGGERS WILL CONTINUE TO OWN THE FACILITY AND SAID BILLIE JO WILL USE MUCH OF THE CURRENT STAFF. SHE WAS MANAGER OF THE PAMIDA STORE IN BELLEVUE UNTIL IT CLOSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHE IS ALSO A BELLEVUE NATIVE AND HAS A DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND EXPERIENCE IN RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT. SHE PLANS TO BE OPEN EVERY DAY, EVEN DURING THE WINTER, AND PLANS TO EXPAND THE GIFT AREA.
ED HUDRLIK, AGE 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. MANY WILL REMEMBER ED AS BEING THE LEADER OF A POPULAR LOCAL COUNRY BAND YEARS AGO.
SOON, HIS FULL OBITUARY WILL BE AT www.carsonandson.com
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS PLAY AT MOUNT VERNON FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BE A TOUGH GAME. MAQUOKETA IS 3 AND 2 IN THE DISTRICT AND THEY ARE 4 AND 1.
THEY ARE POURING CONCRETE LIKE CRAZY AT THE NEW SUPER WAL MART JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, POURING BOTH AN EAST AND WEST EXTRA TURNING LANE.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.'
DENNIS VOY
Monday, October 16, 2006
A RAINY AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKTA...AND IN THE LOW 50'S.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MICHELE AND JAMES GRUNTORAD OF DEWITT HAS A GIRL OCT 10TH AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. GRAND PARENTS ARE GARY AND WANDA TRAFFORD OF DEWITT AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE WAYNE AND ARLENE MOELLER OF MAQUOKETA.
JOHN AND CHRIS SNYDER OF GOOSE LAKE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SATURDAY AT THE CLINTON HOSPITAL. LOLITA MCNEIL OF MAQUOKETA IS A GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
MATT APPLEHANS AND KATY PARKER OF LISBON ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCT. 9TH AT A CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL. GREAT GTAND MOTHER IS SHIRLEY CUMMINS OF MAQUOKETA.
MI TIERRA DESIGNS HAS OPENED A NEW JEWELRY SHOWROOM ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE ENGEL AGENCY BUILDING AT 201 W. PLATT STREET, SUITE #1. IT IS OWNED BY SILVIA ENGEL, WIFE OF BRUCE ENGEL.
I MADE A MISTAKE ON NEW OFFICERS FOR THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB. BOB KORANDA IS THE NEW PRESIDENT. MATT WACK, BOARD MEMBER....DOUG MELVOLD, BOARD MEMBER....GALEN BARTELS, BOARD MEMBER....RUTH SHEETS, BOARD MEMBER....LOIS FISCHER, SECRTARY.
NEW OFFICERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED FOR THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB. DR. DON SCHWENKER, PRESIDENT....BOB GAVEN, VICE-PRESIDENT....SALLY DAVIES, SECRETARY AND KEVIN BURNS, TREASURER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MICHELE AND JAMES GRUNTORAD OF DEWITT HAS A GIRL OCT 10TH AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. GRAND PARENTS ARE GARY AND WANDA TRAFFORD OF DEWITT AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE WAYNE AND ARLENE MOELLER OF MAQUOKETA.
JOHN AND CHRIS SNYDER OF GOOSE LAKE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SATURDAY AT THE CLINTON HOSPITAL. LOLITA MCNEIL OF MAQUOKETA IS A GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
MATT APPLEHANS AND KATY PARKER OF LISBON ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCT. 9TH AT A CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL. GREAT GTAND MOTHER IS SHIRLEY CUMMINS OF MAQUOKETA.
MI TIERRA DESIGNS HAS OPENED A NEW JEWELRY SHOWROOM ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE ENGEL AGENCY BUILDING AT 201 W. PLATT STREET, SUITE #1. IT IS OWNED BY SILVIA ENGEL, WIFE OF BRUCE ENGEL.
I MADE A MISTAKE ON NEW OFFICERS FOR THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB. BOB KORANDA IS THE NEW PRESIDENT. MATT WACK, BOARD MEMBER....DOUG MELVOLD, BOARD MEMBER....GALEN BARTELS, BOARD MEMBER....RUTH SHEETS, BOARD MEMBER....LOIS FISCHER, SECRTARY.
NEW OFFICERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED FOR THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB. DR. DON SCHWENKER, PRESIDENT....BOB GAVEN, VICE-PRESIDENT....SALLY DAVIES, SECRETARY AND KEVIN BURNS, TREASURER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, October 14, 2006
SUNNY SATURDAY MORNING....HEADING FOR 60 WITH WIND.
MAQUOKETA HAD AN EASY VICTORY FOR HOMECOMING LAST NIGHT,
DEFEATING CLEAR CREEK AMANA, 49 TO 0.
AND THE WINNER OF THE 2006 GMC PICKUP IS TERRI TAYLOR OF DELMAR.
SHE IS A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S
GOLF COACH.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA HAD AN EASY VICTORY FOR HOMECOMING LAST NIGHT,
DEFEATING CLEAR CREEK AMANA, 49 TO 0.
AND THE WINNER OF THE 2006 GMC PICKUP IS TERRI TAYLOR OF DELMAR.
SHE IS A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S
GOLF COACH.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, October 13, 2006
SUNNY, WINDY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 51.
NICE HOMECOMING PARADE. I TOOK QUITE A FEW PICTURES AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN
THEY ARE UP ON THE WEB.
THE WAMAC CROSS COUNTRY MEET WAS YESTERDAY. IN BOY'S COMPETITION, MAQUOKETA'S MITCH MCDERMOTT TOOK 3RD PLACE. SAM SHANAHAN WAS 18TH AND ALSO GOT A MEDAL.
IN GIRL'S COMPETITION, TRICIA MILLER OF MAQUOKETA TOOK FIRST IN THE CONFERENCE.
HER WINNING TIME WAS 15:38. MOLLY SHANAHAN WAS 18TH AND ALSO GOT A MEDAL.
THE WAMAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WAS ALSO HELD LAST NIGHT AT MARION.
MAQUOKETA WAS 0 AND 4 IN POOL PLAY. IT HAS BEEN A TRYING YEAR FOR
MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL.
KMAQ NEWS HAS LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF COLIN BODENSTEINER,AGE 16, OF PLANO, TEXAS.
HE WAS KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY. HE IS THE SON OF TOM BODENSTEINER, A 1979 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. TOM'S PARENTS ARE CLEM AND LEONA BODENSTEINER, LONGTIME PRINCIPAL AT BRIGGS SCHOOL. HE IS NOW RETIRED AND LIVES IN GRINNELL. HE WAS KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AFTER DRIVING HOME FROM A FOOTBALL GAME. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS AND TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS.
WES AND JANET GILBERT OF SHENANDOAH ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY, OCT 1ST
AT CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN OMAHA. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RON AND CHERYL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.
I WILL TRY TO REMEMBER TO PUT UP THE HOMECOMING GAME SCORE TOMORROW MORNING AND WHO WON THE PICKUP TRUCK...SO CHECK BACK HERE AFTER 10 TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD SATURDAY.
DENNIS VOY
NICE HOMECOMING PARADE. I TOOK QUITE A FEW PICTURES AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN
THEY ARE UP ON THE WEB.
THE WAMAC CROSS COUNTRY MEET WAS YESTERDAY. IN BOY'S COMPETITION, MAQUOKETA'S MITCH MCDERMOTT TOOK 3RD PLACE. SAM SHANAHAN WAS 18TH AND ALSO GOT A MEDAL.
IN GIRL'S COMPETITION, TRICIA MILLER OF MAQUOKETA TOOK FIRST IN THE CONFERENCE.
HER WINNING TIME WAS 15:38. MOLLY SHANAHAN WAS 18TH AND ALSO GOT A MEDAL.
THE WAMAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WAS ALSO HELD LAST NIGHT AT MARION.
MAQUOKETA WAS 0 AND 4 IN POOL PLAY. IT HAS BEEN A TRYING YEAR FOR
MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL.
KMAQ NEWS HAS LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF COLIN BODENSTEINER,AGE 16, OF PLANO, TEXAS.
HE WAS KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY. HE IS THE SON OF TOM BODENSTEINER, A 1979 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. TOM'S PARENTS ARE CLEM AND LEONA BODENSTEINER, LONGTIME PRINCIPAL AT BRIGGS SCHOOL. HE IS NOW RETIRED AND LIVES IN GRINNELL. HE WAS KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AFTER DRIVING HOME FROM A FOOTBALL GAME. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS AND TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS.
WES AND JANET GILBERT OF SHENANDOAH ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY, OCT 1ST
AT CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN OMAHA. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RON AND CHERYL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.
I WILL TRY TO REMEMBER TO PUT UP THE HOMECOMING GAME SCORE TOMORROW MORNING AND WHO WON THE PICKUP TRUCK...SO CHECK BACK HERE AFTER 10 TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD SATURDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
3/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT AND TODAY, CLOUDY WINDY AND COLD. WE ARE IN THE 40'S THIS AFTERNOON AND THERE IS A FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT WITH A LOW AROUND 25-28.
LANNY (BURRIS) SIMPSON, OF MAQUOKETA, IS THE NEW JACKSON COUNTY FAIRBOARD MANAGER, REPLACING DOUG PRATT. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH OFFICE AND WILL LEAVE THERE AND START HER NEW JOB NOVEMBER 1ST. SHE WILL
MANAGE THE THE FAIR, THE FAIRGROUNDS, AND BOTH THE PEARSON AND BOYER BUILDINGS ON THE GROUNDS.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE RECEIVING NEW BULLET-PROOF VESTS AS THE RESULT OF A FEDERAL GRANT FOR NEARLY $3,500.
THE GRANT REQUIRES A 50% LOCAL MATCH.
NEW OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED FOR THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST
CLUB. DR. DON SCHWENKER, PRESIDENT.....BOB GAVEN, VICE-PRESIDENT.....SALLY DAVIES, SECRETARY.....AND KEVIN BURNS, TREASURER.
PARTING WORDS.....IF YOU LIVE IN THE MIDWEST, GET THAT SNOW BLOWER READY FOR ACTION. IT WON'T BE LONG.
DENNIS VOY
LANNY (BURRIS) SIMPSON, OF MAQUOKETA, IS THE NEW JACKSON COUNTY FAIRBOARD MANAGER, REPLACING DOUG PRATT. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH OFFICE AND WILL LEAVE THERE AND START HER NEW JOB NOVEMBER 1ST. SHE WILL
MANAGE THE THE FAIR, THE FAIRGROUNDS, AND BOTH THE PEARSON AND BOYER BUILDINGS ON THE GROUNDS.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE RECEIVING NEW BULLET-PROOF VESTS AS THE RESULT OF A FEDERAL GRANT FOR NEARLY $3,500.
THE GRANT REQUIRES A 50% LOCAL MATCH.
NEW OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED FOR THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST
CLUB. DR. DON SCHWENKER, PRESIDENT.....BOB GAVEN, VICE-PRESIDENT.....SALLY DAVIES, SECRETARY.....AND KEVIN BURNS, TREASURER.
PARTING WORDS.....IF YOU LIVE IN THE MIDWEST, GET THAT SNOW BLOWER READY FOR ACTION. IT WON'T BE LONG.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
CLOUDY AND COOLER TODAY. HIGH 55.
JUST A MINUTE AGO, MET MRS. CHET CULVER. STOPPED AT KMAQ AND MY OFFICE CAMPAIGNING FOR HER HUSBAND. SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE THE NEXT FIRST LADY OF IOWA. HER MOTHER WAS WITH HER ON HER VISIT THROUGH MAQUOKETA. CHET'S DAD, JOHN, VISITED KMAQ OFTEN WHEN HE WAS OUR CONGRESSMAN AND LATER U.S. SENATOR. THE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER IS REPUBLICAN JIM NUSTLE, OUR PRESENT CONGRESSMAN. WILL BE A CLOSE RACE.
SOME NEW PHOTOS ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE. PHOTOS OF DR. BROMAN AND DAUGHTER BETH OF IOWA CITY, KATE CARINDER WITH THE MAQUOKETA FOUNDATION , AND JENNIFER CONNOLLY, HEAD OF SUNSHINE SCHOOL. WEB SITE ADDRESS IS: www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THANKS TO REGULAR READER OF THIS REPORT, BEN BANOWETZ OF ANKENY AND HIS WIFE NIKKIE FOR SENDING ME A NICE CHECK MADE OUT TO THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB FOR SEVERAL RAFFLE TICKETS FOR THE TRUCK RAFFLE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE HOMECOMING GAME. BEN, A '96 MCHS GRAD, SON OF VERL AND KATHY OF MAQUOKETA, WORKS IN DES MOINES FOR THE STATE OF IOWA.
SATURDAY MORNING, I'LL HAVE A SPECIAL REPORT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT MAQUOKETA'S WINNING SCORE WAS AND WHO WON THE NEW PICK-UP.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE CONTRACTING WITH A FIRM TO DO A FINAL CLEAN-UP OF CONTAMINATED SOIL AT THE FORMER TRUCK STOP ALONG HIGHWAY 61. IT WILL COST OVER $197,000 AND THE COUNTY WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE. ACTUALLY, ITS NOT A DONE DEAL YET. THE PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL BY THE STATE.
FLU AND PNEUMONIA VACCINATIONS WILL BE HELD IN JACKSON COUNTY AT THE END OF THE MONTH. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL THE HOPSITAL AT
652-4048.
JAMI AND RANDY WEIMERSKIRCH OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST WEDNESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
ELEANOR PARMER, AGE 94, DIED YESTERDAY AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE IN MAQUOKETA. HER FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
GO CARDINALS. MAQUOKETA AND ST. LOUIS.
DENNIS VOY
JUST A MINUTE AGO, MET MRS. CHET CULVER. STOPPED AT KMAQ AND MY OFFICE CAMPAIGNING FOR HER HUSBAND. SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE THE NEXT FIRST LADY OF IOWA. HER MOTHER WAS WITH HER ON HER VISIT THROUGH MAQUOKETA. CHET'S DAD, JOHN, VISITED KMAQ OFTEN WHEN HE WAS OUR CONGRESSMAN AND LATER U.S. SENATOR. THE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER IS REPUBLICAN JIM NUSTLE, OUR PRESENT CONGRESSMAN. WILL BE A CLOSE RACE.
SOME NEW PHOTOS ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE. PHOTOS OF DR. BROMAN AND DAUGHTER BETH OF IOWA CITY, KATE CARINDER WITH THE MAQUOKETA FOUNDATION , AND JENNIFER CONNOLLY, HEAD OF SUNSHINE SCHOOL. WEB SITE ADDRESS IS: www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THANKS TO REGULAR READER OF THIS REPORT, BEN BANOWETZ OF ANKENY AND HIS WIFE NIKKIE FOR SENDING ME A NICE CHECK MADE OUT TO THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB FOR SEVERAL RAFFLE TICKETS FOR THE TRUCK RAFFLE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE HOMECOMING GAME. BEN, A '96 MCHS GRAD, SON OF VERL AND KATHY OF MAQUOKETA, WORKS IN DES MOINES FOR THE STATE OF IOWA.
SATURDAY MORNING, I'LL HAVE A SPECIAL REPORT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT MAQUOKETA'S WINNING SCORE WAS AND WHO WON THE NEW PICK-UP.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE CONTRACTING WITH A FIRM TO DO A FINAL CLEAN-UP OF CONTAMINATED SOIL AT THE FORMER TRUCK STOP ALONG HIGHWAY 61. IT WILL COST OVER $197,000 AND THE COUNTY WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE. ACTUALLY, ITS NOT A DONE DEAL YET. THE PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL BY THE STATE.
FLU AND PNEUMONIA VACCINATIONS WILL BE HELD IN JACKSON COUNTY AT THE END OF THE MONTH. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL THE HOPSITAL AT
652-4048.
JAMI AND RANDY WEIMERSKIRCH OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST WEDNESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
ELEANOR PARMER, AGE 94, DIED YESTERDAY AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE IN MAQUOKETA. HER FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
GO CARDINALS. MAQUOKETA AND ST. LOUIS.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, October 09, 2006
MAQUOKETA HAD A BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WEEKEND.....AND MONDAY, TODAY, NOT TOO BAD...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 65. BUT, COLDER WEATHER IS COMING......AND.....
SNOWSHOWERS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
GOOD SPORTS WEEKEND....THE HAWKS BEAT PURDUE AT IOWA CITY....HERE, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS BEAT WEST LIBERTY 28 TO 14....THE CARDNALS WON THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST SAN DIEGO......AND THE BEARS WON. BUT, THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES LOST AND SO DID THE PACKERS.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN HAS NAMED ONE OF HIS DEPUTIES, TERRY ROLING, TO THE CIVIL DEPUTY POSITON BEING VACATED BY BILL DEPPE WHO IS RETIRING THIS MONTH. ROLING, WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SINCE 1997, WILL FOCUS MAINLY ON CIVIL DUTIES, BUT WILL ALSO CONTINUE HIS REGUALR DEPUTY PATROL. BRANDON BECK WILL START FULL TIME AS A DEPUTY JANUARY 1ST. HE HAS BEEN A PART TIME DEPUTY AND JAILER FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER.....PAM ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA SAID SOMEONE TOOK HER WALLET FROM HER PURSE WHILE IT WAS IN A CART AT WALMART AT 11:13 SUNDAY MORNING. THE WALLET CONTAINED CREDIT CARDS, DRIVER'S LICENSE AND $150 IN CASH.
IT IS HOMECOMING WEEK FOR MAQUOKETA. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL CEREMONY, CHELSI HEISER WAS NAMED QUEEN AND DANNY CAVEN WAS ANNOUNCED AS KING.
A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, JUDY HEINRICH, WILL BE CALLED TO SERVE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA AS ASSOCIATE PASTOR.
THE CHURCH HAS BEEN WITHOUT A SECOND PASTOR FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
THE CONGREGATION WILL VOTE (FORMALITY) ON THE HIRING OCTOBER 22ND.
PASTOR HEINRICH IS A 1997 GRADUATE OF WARTBURG SEMINARY IN DUBUQUE.
IN 1984, SHE RECEIVED A DEGREE OF MASTERS OF MUSIC EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. JUDY, DIVORCED, HAS AN ADULT SON WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN CHICAGO AND A DAUGTHER AT HOME, A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HER MOTHER IS MARIE AND HER DAD, MARCEL, IS NO LONGER LIVING. A BROTHER JOEL, IS A RURAL MAQUOKETA DAIRY FARMER. FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, SHE HAS SERVED AS PASTOR OF FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ANDOVER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK MY FRIENDS.
DENNIS VOY
SNOWSHOWERS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
GOOD SPORTS WEEKEND....THE HAWKS BEAT PURDUE AT IOWA CITY....HERE, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS BEAT WEST LIBERTY 28 TO 14....THE CARDNALS WON THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST SAN DIEGO......AND THE BEARS WON. BUT, THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES LOST AND SO DID THE PACKERS.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN HAS NAMED ONE OF HIS DEPUTIES, TERRY ROLING, TO THE CIVIL DEPUTY POSITON BEING VACATED BY BILL DEPPE WHO IS RETIRING THIS MONTH. ROLING, WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SINCE 1997, WILL FOCUS MAINLY ON CIVIL DUTIES, BUT WILL ALSO CONTINUE HIS REGUALR DEPUTY PATROL. BRANDON BECK WILL START FULL TIME AS A DEPUTY JANUARY 1ST. HE HAS BEEN A PART TIME DEPUTY AND JAILER FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER.....PAM ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA SAID SOMEONE TOOK HER WALLET FROM HER PURSE WHILE IT WAS IN A CART AT WALMART AT 11:13 SUNDAY MORNING. THE WALLET CONTAINED CREDIT CARDS, DRIVER'S LICENSE AND $150 IN CASH.
IT IS HOMECOMING WEEK FOR MAQUOKETA. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL CEREMONY, CHELSI HEISER WAS NAMED QUEEN AND DANNY CAVEN WAS ANNOUNCED AS KING.
A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, JUDY HEINRICH, WILL BE CALLED TO SERVE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA AS ASSOCIATE PASTOR.
THE CHURCH HAS BEEN WITHOUT A SECOND PASTOR FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
THE CONGREGATION WILL VOTE (FORMALITY) ON THE HIRING OCTOBER 22ND.
PASTOR HEINRICH IS A 1997 GRADUATE OF WARTBURG SEMINARY IN DUBUQUE.
IN 1984, SHE RECEIVED A DEGREE OF MASTERS OF MUSIC EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. JUDY, DIVORCED, HAS AN ADULT SON WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN CHICAGO AND A DAUGTHER AT HOME, A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HER MOTHER IS MARIE AND HER DAD, MARCEL, IS NO LONGER LIVING. A BROTHER JOEL, IS A RURAL MAQUOKETA DAIRY FARMER. FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, SHE HAS SERVED AS PASTOR OF FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ANDOVER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK MY FRIENDS.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, October 06, 2006
NICE DAY... SUNNY AND MID 60'S.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF STEALING A CAR, TAKING ITEMS FROM ANOTHER CAR, AND PUMPING GAS WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. AMY CHASE, AGE 19, IS IN JAIL ON $9,750 CASH BOND.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: JAMES MARSHALL SAID SOMEONE KEYED HIS CAR AT 23 HARVARD STREET. GRETA SCHMIDT AT 211 1/2 EAST PLATT SAID THE BACK END OF HER CAR WAS SMASHED AND TODD CLARY OF 110 1/2 SOUTH MAIN SAID DVD'S WERE TAKEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE.
HAROLD "TOM" GEE, AGE 82, OF HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA AND FORMERLY OF THE MONMOUTH AND MAQUOKETA AREA, DIED LAST FRIDAY IN S.D. AND THE FUNERAL WAS WEDNESDAY. HE WORKED IN THE CHICAGO AREA FOR MANY YEARS AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO NIECES, A NEPHEW AND MANY COUSINS.
MAQUOKETA HOSTS WEST LIBERTY TONIGHT IN FOOTBALL AT GOODNOW FIELD.
THE CARDINALS HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AT WINNING THEIR 2ND GAME OF THE SEASON. THE HOMECOMING GAME IS A WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
A NEW BUSINESS OPENS NEXT WEEK IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. MORE ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK.
THEY HAD A BLESSING OF ANIMALS YESTERDAY AT SACRED HEARD IN MAQUOKETA.
A FEMALE CAT RAN AWAY FROM THE BLESSED EVENT AND WE HAVE HER LISTED TODAY ON OUR LOST AND FOUND. PROBABLY STRESSED OUT ABOUT MAQUOKETA'S NEW CAT ORDINANCE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. IF YOU LIVED AROUND HER, SUNDAY YOU COULD
GO "LEAF VIEWING". A POPULAR OCTOBER SPORT.
DENNIS VOY
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF STEALING A CAR, TAKING ITEMS FROM ANOTHER CAR, AND PUMPING GAS WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. AMY CHASE, AGE 19, IS IN JAIL ON $9,750 CASH BOND.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: JAMES MARSHALL SAID SOMEONE KEYED HIS CAR AT 23 HARVARD STREET. GRETA SCHMIDT AT 211 1/2 EAST PLATT SAID THE BACK END OF HER CAR WAS SMASHED AND TODD CLARY OF 110 1/2 SOUTH MAIN SAID DVD'S WERE TAKEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE.
HAROLD "TOM" GEE, AGE 82, OF HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA AND FORMERLY OF THE MONMOUTH AND MAQUOKETA AREA, DIED LAST FRIDAY IN S.D. AND THE FUNERAL WAS WEDNESDAY. HE WORKED IN THE CHICAGO AREA FOR MANY YEARS AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO NIECES, A NEPHEW AND MANY COUSINS.
MAQUOKETA HOSTS WEST LIBERTY TONIGHT IN FOOTBALL AT GOODNOW FIELD.
THE CARDINALS HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AT WINNING THEIR 2ND GAME OF THE SEASON. THE HOMECOMING GAME IS A WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
A NEW BUSINESS OPENS NEXT WEEK IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. MORE ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK.
THEY HAD A BLESSING OF ANIMALS YESTERDAY AT SACRED HEARD IN MAQUOKETA.
A FEMALE CAT RAN AWAY FROM THE BLESSED EVENT AND WE HAVE HER LISTED TODAY ON OUR LOST AND FOUND. PROBABLY STRESSED OUT ABOUT MAQUOKETA'S NEW CAT ORDINANCE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. IF YOU LIVED AROUND HER, SUNDAY YOU COULD
GO "LEAF VIEWING". A POPULAR OCTOBER SPORT.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, October 05, 2006
BEAUTIFUL BUT COOL DAY.....62.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK RELUCTANTLY APPROVED PAYING $12,767 IN BILLS TO PAY FOR THE RESCUE AND CARE OF THE ANIMALS FROM THE GARIEN PLACE AT RURAL MAQUOKETA. THEY HOPE TO RECOUP THE MONEY LATER.
EVELYN LANGE, 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MONING. THE
FULL OBITUARY IS NOW AT www.carsonandson.com
BILL BOWEN, AGE 66, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE GENESIS EAST HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. HE WAS THE LONGTIME
MEAT MANAGER AT THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL RETIRING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, PEG. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.
EARLIER TODAY, I PUT AN AUDIO POST HERE.....SCROLL DOWN....
WITH A FEW COMMERCIALS RUNNING ON KMAQ THESE DAYS.
SOMETHING DIFFERNT. LISTEN TO THEM IF YOU GET A CHANCE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK RELUCTANTLY APPROVED PAYING $12,767 IN BILLS TO PAY FOR THE RESCUE AND CARE OF THE ANIMALS FROM THE GARIEN PLACE AT RURAL MAQUOKETA. THEY HOPE TO RECOUP THE MONEY LATER.
EVELYN LANGE, 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MONING. THE
FULL OBITUARY IS NOW AT www.carsonandson.com
BILL BOWEN, AGE 66, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE GENESIS EAST HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. HE WAS THE LONGTIME
MEAT MANAGER AT THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL RETIRING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, PEG. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.
EARLIER TODAY, I PUT AN AUDIO POST HERE.....SCROLL DOWN....
WITH A FEW COMMERCIALS RUNNING ON KMAQ THESE DAYS.
SOMETHING DIFFERNT. LISTEN TO THEM IF YOU GET A CHANCE.
THEY ARE "BRICKING" DR. SYBESMA'S NEW VISION CLINIC BUILDING
ON WEST PLATT STREET, NEXT TO TACO JOHNS. HE'LL BE MOVING
FROM DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
HOMECOMING WEEK BEGINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE BIG
JERSEY AUCTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, CONDUCTED BY THE
MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS. THEY ARE ALSO WINDING UP THE
SALE OF $20 RAFFLE TICKETS FOR THE NEW PICKUP TO BE DRAWN FOR
AT THE HOMECOMING GAME. SO FAR, NONE OF MY DISTANT READERS OF THIS REPORT HAVE SENT ME A CHECK FOR A RAFFLE TICKET.......THE ODDS ARE BETTER THAN ANY LOTTERY!!
THESE DAYS...TAKE IT COOL.
DENNIS VOY
THERE IS A WEDNESDAY REPORT.....YESTERDAY'S.....DON'T FORGET TO READ IT IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
NOW...NEW......
JUST BELOW THIS POST THAT YOU ARE READING....IS AN AUDIO REPORT. IT HAS SOME OF THE COMMERCIALS THAT WERE RUNNING ON KMAQ AM AND FM THIS MORNING. THOUGHT YOU MIGHT GET A KICK OUT OF HEARING THEM, ESPECIALLY THE TWO POLITICAL SPOTS.
TO HEAR THE 4 COMMERCIALS, JUST CLICK ON THE AUDIO BELOW.
AND CHECK BACK LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE REGULAR
THURSDAY REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
NOW...NEW......
JUST BELOW THIS POST THAT YOU ARE READING....IS AN AUDIO REPORT. IT HAS SOME OF THE COMMERCIALS THAT WERE RUNNING ON KMAQ AM AND FM THIS MORNING. THOUGHT YOU MIGHT GET A KICK OUT OF HEARING THEM, ESPECIALLY THE TWO POLITICAL SPOTS.
TO HEAR THE 4 COMMERCIALS, JUST CLICK ON THE AUDIO BELOW.
AND CHECK BACK LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE REGULAR
THURSDAY REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
IT'S COOL TODAY, WINDY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY...IN LOW 60'S.
AFTER 27 YEARS, COSTELLO'S OLD MILL ART GALLERY JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA IS CLOSING ITS DOORS IN JANUARY, TO REOPEN IN THE SPRING AS COSTELLO'S OLD MILL RECEPTION HALL, FOR ALL SPECIAL OCCASSIONS. A GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE IS NOW UNDERWAY.
THE AD SAYS THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO OWN A PATRICK J. COSTELLO PRINT. PATRICK WILL CONTINUE TO PAINT, BUT WILL ONLY BE PAINTING/
SELLING ORIGINAL PAINTINGS.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS HAVING A BAD YEAR. LAST NIGHT, THEY HOSTED THEIR FINAL HOME MEET AND LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, 3 TO 0.
GARY WILLISON VISTED MAQUOKETA FOR A FEW DAYS IN SEPTEMBER.
THE WILLISON FAMILY LEFT FOR OREGON BACK IN 1952 AFTER MANY YEARS IN MAQUOKETA. GARY MADE A VISIT HERE IN 1956 AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL IN SEPTEMBER, 50 YEARS LATER. HE'S RETIRED NOW FROM CONSTRUCTION AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE SPRUCE GOOSE MUSEUM IN OREGON, WHICH IS NEAR WHERE HE LIVES. ENJOYED A SHORT VISIT WITH HIM HERE IN MY OFFICE.
READS THIS REPORT WEEKLY TO KEEP UP WITH MAQUOKETA. IF YOU REMEMBER GARY OR HIS FAMILY, AND WANT TO EMAIL HIM, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL FORWARD HIS EMAIL. HE'S MARRIED, HAS A FAMILY AND HAS GOOD MEMORIES OF MAQUOKETA. OH YES, WE HAVE JACK WILLISON LIVING IN MAQUOKETA (RETIRED TOO) AND THEY (GARY AND JACK) ARE NOT RELATED.
GARY'S STORY WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT KMAQ GUEST BOOK ENTRY, WITH MORE INTERESTING DETAILS ABOUT HIS CAREER, FAMILY,
MAQUOKETA CONNECTION, THE SPRUCE GOOSE, ETC. MAYBE HE WILL MAKE AN ENTRY SOMETIME. AND MANY OF YOU OTHER FORMER MAQUOKETANS COULD SO THE SAME? HOPE SO! THAT'S WHAT THE GUEST BOOK IS FOR. AND YES, MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE AND NEED TO DO IT AGAIN FOR OUR NEW READERS SINCE THEN.
LIZ LECHTENBERG IS THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS MANAGER, REPLACING STEVE SHEPHARD. HER HUSBAND IS MAQUOKETA DENTIST, JOE, JR. HER JOB IS TO KEEP THE 840 SEAT AUDITORIUM BUSY AND MANAGE DAILY AFFAIRS.
THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT RUNWAY HAS A NEW CONCRETE OVERLAY....A NEARLY $1 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, WITH MOST PAID FOR BY THE STATE. THEY POURED THE CONCRETE OVER THE OLD ASLPHALT SURFACE. THE AIR FREIGHT COMPANY OUT THERE EMPLOYS AROUND 5 PEOPLE AND WATCHES OVER THE AIRPORT FOR THE CITY. MORE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT. GO CARDINALS....MAQUOKETA AND ST. LOUIS.
DENNIS VOY
AFTER 27 YEARS, COSTELLO'S OLD MILL ART GALLERY JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA IS CLOSING ITS DOORS IN JANUARY, TO REOPEN IN THE SPRING AS COSTELLO'S OLD MILL RECEPTION HALL, FOR ALL SPECIAL OCCASSIONS. A GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE IS NOW UNDERWAY.
THE AD SAYS THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO OWN A PATRICK J. COSTELLO PRINT. PATRICK WILL CONTINUE TO PAINT, BUT WILL ONLY BE PAINTING/
SELLING ORIGINAL PAINTINGS.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS HAVING A BAD YEAR. LAST NIGHT, THEY HOSTED THEIR FINAL HOME MEET AND LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, 3 TO 0.
GARY WILLISON VISTED MAQUOKETA FOR A FEW DAYS IN SEPTEMBER.
THE WILLISON FAMILY LEFT FOR OREGON BACK IN 1952 AFTER MANY YEARS IN MAQUOKETA. GARY MADE A VISIT HERE IN 1956 AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL IN SEPTEMBER, 50 YEARS LATER. HE'S RETIRED NOW FROM CONSTRUCTION AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE SPRUCE GOOSE MUSEUM IN OREGON, WHICH IS NEAR WHERE HE LIVES. ENJOYED A SHORT VISIT WITH HIM HERE IN MY OFFICE.
READS THIS REPORT WEEKLY TO KEEP UP WITH MAQUOKETA. IF YOU REMEMBER GARY OR HIS FAMILY, AND WANT TO EMAIL HIM, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL FORWARD HIS EMAIL. HE'S MARRIED, HAS A FAMILY AND HAS GOOD MEMORIES OF MAQUOKETA. OH YES, WE HAVE JACK WILLISON LIVING IN MAQUOKETA (RETIRED TOO) AND THEY (GARY AND JACK) ARE NOT RELATED.
GARY'S STORY WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT KMAQ GUEST BOOK ENTRY, WITH MORE INTERESTING DETAILS ABOUT HIS CAREER, FAMILY,
MAQUOKETA CONNECTION, THE SPRUCE GOOSE, ETC. MAYBE HE WILL MAKE AN ENTRY SOMETIME. AND MANY OF YOU OTHER FORMER MAQUOKETANS COULD SO THE SAME? HOPE SO! THAT'S WHAT THE GUEST BOOK IS FOR. AND YES, MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE AND NEED TO DO IT AGAIN FOR OUR NEW READERS SINCE THEN.
LIZ LECHTENBERG IS THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS MANAGER, REPLACING STEVE SHEPHARD. HER HUSBAND IS MAQUOKETA DENTIST, JOE, JR. HER JOB IS TO KEEP THE 840 SEAT AUDITORIUM BUSY AND MANAGE DAILY AFFAIRS.
THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT RUNWAY HAS A NEW CONCRETE OVERLAY....A NEARLY $1 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, WITH MOST PAID FOR BY THE STATE. THEY POURED THE CONCRETE OVER THE OLD ASLPHALT SURFACE. THE AIR FREIGHT COMPANY OUT THERE EMPLOYS AROUND 5 PEOPLE AND WATCHES OVER THE AIRPORT FOR THE CITY. MORE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT. GO CARDINALS....MAQUOKETA AND ST. LOUIS.
DENNIS VOY
IT'S COOL TODAY, WINDY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY...IN LOW 60'S.
AFTER 27 YEARS, COSTELLO'S OLD MILL ART GALLERY JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA IS CLOSING ITS DOORS IN JANUARY, TO REOPEN IN THE SPRING AS COSTELLO'S OLD MILL RECEPTION HALL, FOR ALL SPECIAL OCCASSIONS. A GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE IS NOW UNDERWAY.
THE AD SAYS THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO OWN A PATRICK J. COSTELLO PRINT. PATRICK WILL CONTINUE TO PAINT, BUT WILL ONLY BE PAINTING/
SELLING ORIGINAL PAINTINGS.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS HAVING A BAD YEAR. LAST NIGHT, THEY HOSTED THEIR FINAL HOME MEET AND LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, 3 TO 0.
GARY WILLISON VISTED MAQUOKETA FOR A FEW DAYS IN SEPTEMBER.
THE WILLISON FAMILY LEFT FOR OREGON BACK IN 1952 AFTER MANY YEARS IN MAQUOKETA. GARY MADE A VISIT HERE IN 1956 AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL IN SEPTEMBER, 50 YEARS LATER. HE'S RETIRED NOW FROM CONSTRUCTION AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE SPRUCE GOOSE MUSEUM IN OREGON, WHICH IS NEAR WHERE HE LIVES. ENJOYED A SHORT VISIT WITH HIM HERE IN MY OFFICE.
READS THIS REPORT WEEKLY TO KEEP UP WITH MAQUOKETA. IF YOU REMEMBER GARY OR HIS FAMILY, AND WANT TO EMAIL HIM, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL FORWARD HIS EMAIL. HE'S MARRIED, HAS A FAMILY AND HAS GOOD MEMORIES OF MAQUOKETA. OH YES, WE HAVE JACK WILLISON LIVING IN MAQUOKETA (RETIRED TOO) AND THEY (GARY AND JACK) ARE NOT RELATED.
GARY'S STORY WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT KMAQ GUEST BOOK ENTRY, WITH MORE INTERESTING DETAILS ABOUT HIS CAREER, FAMILY,
MAQUOKETA CONNECTION, THE SPRUCE GOOSE, ETC. MAYBE HE WILL MAKE AN ENTRY SOMETIME. AND MANY OF YOU OTHER FORMER MAQUOKETANS COULD SO THE SAME? HOPE SO! THAT'S WHAT THE GUEST BOOK IS FOR. AND YES, MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE AND NEED TO DO IT AGAIN FOR OUR NEW READERS SINCE THEN.
LIZ LECHTENBERG IS THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS MANAGER, REPLACING STEVE SHEPHARD. HER HUSBAND IS MAQUOKETA DENTIST, JOE, JR. HER JOB IS TO KEEP THE 840 SEAT AUDITORIUM BUSY AND MANAGE DAILY AFFAIRS.
THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT RUNWAY HAS A NEW CONCRETE OVERLAY....A NEARLY $1 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, WITH MOST PAID FOR BY THE STATE. THEY POURED THE CONCRETE OVER THE OLD ASLPHALT SURFACE. THE AIR FREIGHT COMPANY OUT THERE EMPLOYS AROUND 5 PEOPLE AND WATCHES OVER THE AIRPORT FOR THE CITY. MORE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT. GO CARDINALS....MAQUOKETA AND ST. LOUIS.
DENNIS VOY
AFTER 27 YEARS, COSTELLO'S OLD MILL ART GALLERY JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA IS CLOSING ITS DOORS IN JANUARY, TO REOPEN IN THE SPRING AS COSTELLO'S OLD MILL RECEPTION HALL, FOR ALL SPECIAL OCCASSIONS. A GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE IS NOW UNDERWAY.
THE AD SAYS THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO OWN A PATRICK J. COSTELLO PRINT. PATRICK WILL CONTINUE TO PAINT, BUT WILL ONLY BE PAINTING/
SELLING ORIGINAL PAINTINGS.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS HAVING A BAD YEAR. LAST NIGHT, THEY HOSTED THEIR FINAL HOME MEET AND LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, 3 TO 0.
GARY WILLISON VISTED MAQUOKETA FOR A FEW DAYS IN SEPTEMBER.
THE WILLISON FAMILY LEFT FOR OREGON BACK IN 1952 AFTER MANY YEARS IN MAQUOKETA. GARY MADE A VISIT HERE IN 1956 AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL IN SEPTEMBER, 50 YEARS LATER. HE'S RETIRED NOW FROM CONSTRUCTION AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE SPRUCE GOOSE MUSEUM IN OREGON, WHICH IS NEAR WHERE HE LIVES. ENJOYED A SHORT VISIT WITH HIM HERE IN MY OFFICE.
READS THIS REPORT WEEKLY TO KEEP UP WITH MAQUOKETA. IF YOU REMEMBER GARY OR HIS FAMILY, AND WANT TO EMAIL HIM, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL FORWARD HIS EMAIL. HE'S MARRIED, HAS A FAMILY AND HAS GOOD MEMORIES OF MAQUOKETA. OH YES, WE HAVE JACK WILLISON LIVING IN MAQUOKETA (RETIRED TOO) AND THEY (GARY AND JACK) ARE NOT RELATED.
GARY'S STORY WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT KMAQ GUEST BOOK ENTRY, WITH MORE INTERESTING DETAILS ABOUT HIS CAREER, FAMILY,
MAQUOKETA CONNECTION, THE SPRUCE GOOSE, ETC. MAYBE HE WILL MAKE AN ENTRY SOMETIME. AND MANY OF YOU OTHER FORMER MAQUOKETANS COULD SO THE SAME? HOPE SO! THAT'S WHAT THE GUEST BOOK IS FOR. AND YES, MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE AND NEED TO DO IT AGAIN FOR OUR NEW READERS SINCE THEN.
LIZ LECHTENBERG IS THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS MANAGER, REPLACING STEVE SHEPHARD. HER HUSBAND IS MAQUOKETA DENTIST, JOE, JR. HER JOB IS TO KEEP THE 840 SEAT AUDITORIUM BUSY AND MANAGE DAILY AFFAIRS.
THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT RUNWAY HAS A NEW CONCRETE OVERLAY....A NEARLY $1 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, WITH MOST PAID FOR BY THE STATE. THEY POURED THE CONCRETE OVER THE OLD ASLPHALT SURFACE. THE AIR FREIGHT COMPANY OUT THERE EMPLOYS AROUND 5 PEOPLE AND WATCHES OVER THE AIRPORT FOR THE CITY. MORE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT. GO CARDINALS....MAQUOKETA AND ST. LOUIS.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
90 FOR A HIGH TODAY.
TOMORROW, DOWN TO 60'S, BELOW NORMAL.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN ROSS DAVIS, DIED TODAY AT THE AGE OF 87.
SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S. www.carsonandson.com
SORRY, BUT THAT'S IT NEWSWISE FOR TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, DOWN TO 60'S, BELOW NORMAL.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN ROSS DAVIS, DIED TODAY AT THE AGE OF 87.
SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S. www.carsonandson.com
SORRY, BUT THAT'S IT NEWSWISE FOR TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, October 02, 2006
89 TODAY, TO TIE THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE. HOT AGAIN TOMORROW
AND COOLING OFF ON WEDNESDAY. NORMAL TEMPS ARE AROUND 70 AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS DID IT (WITH HELP FROM ATLANTA)...
WOW...THAT WAS EXCITING. WE BROADCAST THE FIRST PLAY GAME AGAINST SAN DIEGO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
TWO JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE EMPLOYS HAVE RESIGNED.
BILL GOTTLER WILL LEAVE IN JANUARY. HE IS THE COUNTY ASSESSOR ADN HAS WORKED IN THAT OFFICE SINCE 1977. HE DID NOT MENTION HIS FUTURE PLANS. THE COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD WILL APPOINT HIS SUCCESSOR. THE PERSON HAS TO HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE HAS A LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES. GOETTLER SAID HIS DEPUTY, DEB LANE, HAS NOT TAKEN THE ASSESSOR'S EXAM SO SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE POSITION AT THIS TIME.
ALSO, JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES ANNOUNCED THAT HIS ASSISTANT, NICHOLAS SCOTT HAS RESIGNED. HE HAS HELD THAT POSITION SINCE NOMBER OF LAST YEAR, HAS BEEN COMMUTING FROM CEDAR RAPIDS AND IS JOINING A CEDAR RAPIDS LAW FIRM. KIES, WHO LEAVES OFFICE DECEMB ER 31ST, SAID HE WILL LEAVE THE NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY, PHIL TABOR, PICK SCOTT'S REPLACEMENT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
AND COOLING OFF ON WEDNESDAY. NORMAL TEMPS ARE AROUND 70 AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS DID IT (WITH HELP FROM ATLANTA)...
WOW...THAT WAS EXCITING. WE BROADCAST THE FIRST PLAY GAME AGAINST SAN DIEGO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
TWO JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE EMPLOYS HAVE RESIGNED.
BILL GOTTLER WILL LEAVE IN JANUARY. HE IS THE COUNTY ASSESSOR ADN HAS WORKED IN THAT OFFICE SINCE 1977. HE DID NOT MENTION HIS FUTURE PLANS. THE COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD WILL APPOINT HIS SUCCESSOR. THE PERSON HAS TO HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE HAS A LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES. GOETTLER SAID HIS DEPUTY, DEB LANE, HAS NOT TAKEN THE ASSESSOR'S EXAM SO SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE POSITION AT THIS TIME.
ALSO, JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES ANNOUNCED THAT HIS ASSISTANT, NICHOLAS SCOTT HAS RESIGNED. HE HAS HELD THAT POSITION SINCE NOMBER OF LAST YEAR, HAS BEEN COMMUTING FROM CEDAR RAPIDS AND IS JOINING A CEDAR RAPIDS LAW FIRM. KIES, WHO LEAVES OFFICE DECEMB ER 31ST, SAID HE WILL LEAVE THE NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY, PHIL TABOR, PICK SCOTT'S REPLACEMENT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY