SUNNY AND COOL TODAY....UPPER 50'S.
I DID HAVE A REPORT YESTERDAY! DID YOU NOTICE?
IT WAS AN "AUDIO" ONLY! FOUND OUT THE NEW PHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO MAKE AUDIO-ONLY REPORTS AND IT WORKED FINE, SO FROM NOW ON, I WILL
OCCASSIONALLY DO AUDIO INSTEAD OF WRITTEN DAILY REPORTS. THE NICE THINGS ABOUT AN AUDIO REPORT: A/ I CAN DO THEM FASTER AND B/ I CAN DO THEM FROM ANYWHERE, INCLUDING IN MY CAR OR AT HOME. NO COMPUTER IS NEEDED. BUT, YOU HAVE TO NOTICE THE SMALL INDICATION THAT THE REPORT IS AN AUDIO ONE...AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CLICK ON TO IT AND BRING IT UP TO LISTEN. SO, WHEN YOU DON'T SEE A REGULAR WRITTEN REPORT FOR THE CURRENT DAY, CHECK TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT AN AUDIO ONE INSTEAD.
AND...HOPE YOU LIKE THE PHOTOS. NOW, IT WILL BE A LOT EASIER TO PUT PICTURES UP FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. SO, WATCH FOR MORE. OF COURSE, NOW I WILL HAVE TO START TAKING MORE PHOTOS. I CARRY A LITTLE DIGITAL CAMERA WITH ME MOST OF THE TIME.
DO YOU WANT THE WEB CAM ON MAIN STREET BACK? LET ME KNOW
BY EMAILING ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com
A PRELIMINARY FINDING IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY ON WEST PLATT SHOWS THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT THE ON-OFF RAMPS AT THE 61/64 INTERSECTION ARE NOT NECESSARY. BUT, THE INTERSECTION AT WESTGATE AND PLATT STREETS COULD USE A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE STUDY SUGGESTS REMOVING THE SIGNALS AT THE RAMPS AND USING PLAIN STOP SIGNS ONLY. THE SIGNALS COULD BE MOVED TO PLATT AND WESTGATE DRIVE. BUT, TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, THE COST WILL
STILL BE AROUND $70,000. AND WHO WILL PAY THE PRICE? THE CITY OR THE STATE? MORE ON THIS STILL TO COME. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
YOU STILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO BUY A $20 CHANCE TO WIN THE NEW TRUCK RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS. THE DRAWING WILL BE THE NIGHT OF THE MAQUOKETA HOMECOMING GAME. ODDS OR GOOD.
AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE. WE ARE SELLING THEM HERE AT KMAQ AND IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO WIN, SEND $20 CHECK TO: MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS, %KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA 52060. I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE THAT BUYS A TICKET ON THIS REPORT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE A FORMER MCHS ATHLETE, YOU SHOULD PUT THE CHECK IN THE MAIL TOMORROW.
THE HOMECOMING QUEEN CANDIDATES ARE JESSICA BRUCK, DANIELLE DIETZ,
CHELSI HEISER, EMILY MELVOLD, DEE NUGENT, KELLY SCHUSTER, KELSEY SCOTT AND LAURA SPALDING. KING CANDIDATES ARE JOHNNY BIEHL, DANNY CAVEN,
BRAD COOK, DARON FUGLSANG, MATT GERLACH, BILLY KIRK, AARON KOPPES AND LUKE PATERSON. THE CORONATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 P.M. ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, THE KICK-OFF TO HOMECOMING WEEK. THE CARD'S OPPONENT WILL BE CLEAR CREEK-AMANA.
I'M A LOT HAPPIER TODAY THAN YETERDAY. THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FINIALLY WON A GAME LAST NIGHT.
A MAQUOKETA NATIVEE, DONALD SIEGEL, AGE 77, DIED YESTERDAY AT AN OELWEIN HOSPITAL AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. HE FARM NEAR ANDREW AND WORKED FOR LAMBORN CONSTRUCTION AT ONE TIME IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN OELWIN AND A SON THERE ALSO.
DONNA MYERS, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.
THEY ARE STARTING TO PAVE THE WAL MART PARKING LOT.
JERRY RASMUSSEN IS WRITING ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT WELL KNOWN CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA THAT ARE NO LONGER LIVING. IT WILL BE DONE SOON.
THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS ARE OPEN IN MAQUOKETA, IN THE OLD MANN'S JEWELRY STORE, NEAR THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT STREETS.
I WANTED NEW MULTI-COLOR LIGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS IN DOWNTOWN THIS CHRISTMAS. JUST FOR A CHANGE FOR A YEAR. A POLL WAS TAKEN.
SHUCKS. THE VOTE WAS TO GO FOR ALL WHITE AGAIN. THESE DAYS, YOU CAN'T BE OLD FASHIONED. THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT EMPLOYEES WILL PUT THEM UP AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER.
WILL BE DOWN IN THE 30'S IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT.
SORRY FOR THE LONG REPORT.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
