NICE WEATHER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
JASON HOSCH, 36, OF MAQUOKETA, WON $10,000 IN THE AUGUST 22ND POWERBALL DRAWING.
HE PURCHASED HIS TICKET AT CASEY'S ON EAST PLATT AND CLAIMED HIS PRIZE AT THE REGIONAL OFFICE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HE TOLD LOTTERY OFFICIALS HE WILL PROBABLY USE HIS PRIZE MONEY WHEN HE TRAVELS TO THE BAHAMAS IN DECEMBER.
LYNDA LAI AND TIM ARTERBERRY OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN THIS PAST MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDMOTHERS ARE KASHINA LAI OF MAQUOKETA AND CINDY ARTERBERRY OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA OPENS THE FOOTBALL SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT, HOSTING OELWEIN.
NO LOCAL DEATHS FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
SLOW NEWS WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, August 27, 2007
ANOTHER NICE DAY...SUNNY, BREEZY AND AROUND 80.
AT 4:43 THIS MORNING, AN EMPLOYEE AT KJ'S CONVENIENCE STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET
IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED TO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WHEN SHE ARRIVED
AT WORK, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE STORE HAD BEEN ENTERED FROM THE TIME THEY CLOSED AT 12:30 A.M. AND THAT THE SAFE WAS MISSING. THEY ENTERED THE REAR DOOR AND TOOK THE SAFE. THE SAFE WAS LARGE AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO LIFT
IT. THERE WAS UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CASH AND CHECKS IN THE SAFE FROM OVER THE WEEKEND BUSINESS. SOME OF THE CHECKS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED ON A GRAVEL ROAD
DOUTH OF MAQUOKETA IN CLINTON COUNTY. THE STORE WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING AND RE-OPENED ABOUT 11 A.M. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT. ANYONE THAT MAY HAVE USEFUL INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE
MAQUOKETA POLCE AT 563-652-2468 OR JACKSON COUNTY CRIMESTOPPERS AT 1-800-652-2212.
THE MAQUOKETA CABLE COMMISSION WILL MEET AT NOON TOMORROW. THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WHETHER TO ADD THE BIG TEN COLLEGE CHANNELL INTO THE MIDWEST SERVICE AREA.
MEDIAM COM HAS INDICATED THAT ADDING THE CHANNEL WOULD MEAN INCREASED COSTS FOR NEARLY ALL CUSTOMERS WHETHER THEY HAVE AN INTEREST INTHE BIG TEN PROGRAMS OR NOT.
THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
TARA WEIMERSKIRCH, 24, OF LAMOTTE DIE SUNDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE AFTER A 14-YEAR
BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 11 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, INCLUDING BROTHER RANDY OF MAQUOKETA AND SISTER, LINDY OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDMOTHER, CLARA
IN MAQUOKETA. FOR FULL OBITUARY, GO TO www.laheys.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
AT 4:43 THIS MORNING, AN EMPLOYEE AT KJ'S CONVENIENCE STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET
IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED TO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WHEN SHE ARRIVED
AT WORK, SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE STORE HAD BEEN ENTERED FROM THE TIME THEY CLOSED AT 12:30 A.M. AND THAT THE SAFE WAS MISSING. THEY ENTERED THE REAR DOOR AND TOOK THE SAFE. THE SAFE WAS LARGE AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO LIFT
IT. THERE WAS UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CASH AND CHECKS IN THE SAFE FROM OVER THE WEEKEND BUSINESS. SOME OF THE CHECKS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED ON A GRAVEL ROAD
DOUTH OF MAQUOKETA IN CLINTON COUNTY. THE STORE WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING AND RE-OPENED ABOUT 11 A.M. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT. ANYONE THAT MAY HAVE USEFUL INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE
MAQUOKETA POLCE AT 563-652-2468 OR JACKSON COUNTY CRIMESTOPPERS AT 1-800-652-2212.
THE MAQUOKETA CABLE COMMISSION WILL MEET AT NOON TOMORROW. THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WHETHER TO ADD THE BIG TEN COLLEGE CHANNELL INTO THE MIDWEST SERVICE AREA.
MEDIAM COM HAS INDICATED THAT ADDING THE CHANNEL WOULD MEAN INCREASED COSTS FOR NEARLY ALL CUSTOMERS WHETHER THEY HAVE AN INTEREST INTHE BIG TEN PROGRAMS OR NOT.
THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
TARA WEIMERSKIRCH, 24, OF LAMOTTE DIE SUNDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE AFTER A 14-YEAR
BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 11 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, INCLUDING BROTHER RANDY OF MAQUOKETA AND SISTER, LINDY OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDMOTHER, CLARA
IN MAQUOKETA. FOR FULL OBITUARY, GO TO www.laheys.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, August 25, 2007
BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND DRY, IN MAQUOKETA...FINIALLY. AND TOMORROW SHOULD ALSO BE NICE.
HAVE BEEN BUSY AND NO EXTRA TIME FOR THIS REPORT...BUT WILL GET BACK MORE REGULAR SOON.
AM TREATING FIRST EVER CASE OF "THE SHINGLES"...NOT BAD...BUT NOT FUN EITHER.
NOT MUCH HAS BEEN HAPPENING, EXCEPT THAT MAQUOKETA LIKE MANY PLACES, HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF RAIN. WE ARE AROUND 6 INCHS FOR THE MONTH, NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAT
LAST YEAR. NO FLOODING AROUND HERE, BUT WET GROUNDS AND LONG LAWNS.
SCHOOL GOT UNDERWAY THURSDAY.
MAQUOKETA'S FIRST FOOTBALL GAME IS FRIDAY.
MY ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO MAKE IT INTO FIRST PLACE. THEY
MAY MAKE IT.
DENNIS VOY
HAVE BEEN BUSY AND NO EXTRA TIME FOR THIS REPORT...BUT WILL GET BACK MORE REGULAR SOON.
AM TREATING FIRST EVER CASE OF "THE SHINGLES"...NOT BAD...BUT NOT FUN EITHER.
NOT MUCH HAS BEEN HAPPENING, EXCEPT THAT MAQUOKETA LIKE MANY PLACES, HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF RAIN. WE ARE AROUND 6 INCHS FOR THE MONTH, NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAT
LAST YEAR. NO FLOODING AROUND HERE, BUT WET GROUNDS AND LONG LAWNS.
SCHOOL GOT UNDERWAY THURSDAY.
MAQUOKETA'S FIRST FOOTBALL GAME IS FRIDAY.
MY ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO MAKE IT INTO FIRST PLACE. THEY
MAY MAKE IT.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, August 10, 2007
88 TODAY.
NEAR 90 SATURDAY...
AND IN 90'S SUNDAY...
COULD USE SOME RAIN.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN JASON HUTE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HE EXISTING OUTDOOR POOL IN MAQUOKETA. HE ASKED THAT IT BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA. HE BELIEVES THE CURRENT OUTDOOR POOL SHOULD REMAIN OPEN NEXT YEAR EVEN WHEN THE NEW YMCA INDOOR POOL IS OPENED THIS FALL. HE SAID THERE ARE CHILDREN FROM CAMP SHALOM AND SUNSHINE DAYCARE WHO ARE AT THE POOL NEARY EVERY DAY. AND HE SAID THERE ARE LOTS OF MAQUOKETA KIDS WHO WANT TO BE OUTDOORS WHEN THE WEATHER IS IT HOT, INSTEAD OF USING AN INDOOR POOL.
THE LES BROWN BAND OF RENOWN, DIRECTED BY LES BROWN, JR. WILL DO A CONCERT A WEEK FROM THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 18TH, AT THE OHNWARD FINE ART CENTER'S 850 SEAT THEATRE ON EAST PLATT STREET. TICKETS IN ADVANCE ARE $30. AT THE DOOR THEY WILL BE $35. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE HIGHEST PRICED TICKET EVER FOR AN OHNWARD EVENT.
AND WE LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT DENA MARTIN, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE DEAN MARTIN, WILL BE A GUEST VOCALIST THAT NIGHT. ADVANCE TICKETS ARE ON SALE AT THE OHNWARD BOXOFFICE AND AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
NEAR 90 SATURDAY...
AND IN 90'S SUNDAY...
COULD USE SOME RAIN.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN JASON HUTE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HE EXISTING OUTDOOR POOL IN MAQUOKETA. HE ASKED THAT IT BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA. HE BELIEVES THE CURRENT OUTDOOR POOL SHOULD REMAIN OPEN NEXT YEAR EVEN WHEN THE NEW YMCA INDOOR POOL IS OPENED THIS FALL. HE SAID THERE ARE CHILDREN FROM CAMP SHALOM AND SUNSHINE DAYCARE WHO ARE AT THE POOL NEARY EVERY DAY. AND HE SAID THERE ARE LOTS OF MAQUOKETA KIDS WHO WANT TO BE OUTDOORS WHEN THE WEATHER IS IT HOT, INSTEAD OF USING AN INDOOR POOL.
THE LES BROWN BAND OF RENOWN, DIRECTED BY LES BROWN, JR. WILL DO A CONCERT A WEEK FROM THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 18TH, AT THE OHNWARD FINE ART CENTER'S 850 SEAT THEATRE ON EAST PLATT STREET. TICKETS IN ADVANCE ARE $30. AT THE DOOR THEY WILL BE $35. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE HIGHEST PRICED TICKET EVER FOR AN OHNWARD EVENT.
AND WE LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT DENA MARTIN, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE DEAN MARTIN, WILL BE A GUEST VOCALIST THAT NIGHT. ADVANCE TICKETS ARE ON SALE AT THE OHNWARD BOXOFFICE AND AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, August 09, 2007
THERE WAS A WEDNESDAY REPORT, BUT IT DID NOT GO UP ON THE WEB UNTIL THIS MORNING.
IT WAS NOT THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT....REMEMBER TO READ IT AFTER YOU ARE DONE READING THIS ONE.
TODAY, THURSDAY, ANOTHER HOT DAY AFTER AN INCH OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.
TODAY IN THE UPPER 80'S. TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND, UP TO 90 OR MORE.
ITS OFFICIAL...AGAIN...THE NEW CITY BURNING ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW BURNING OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS ONE AFTERNOON A WEEK WITH SOME LIMITATIONS. THE BURNING MUST BE DONE BETWEEN 1 AND 6 P.M. SATURDAYS. IT PROHIBITS BURN BARRELS. RESIDENTS MAY BURN IN A 3-FOOT SQUARE BURNING RECEPTACLE ABOVE GROUND. RESIDENTS MUST STAND BY THE FIRE UNTIL IT IS OUT. A FIRE EXTINGUISHER MUST BE NEARBY.
THE COUNCIL APPARENTLY IS NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT BURNED OUT BUILDINGS.
THE DEPOT RESTUARANT BUILDING, THAT BURNED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, STILL STANDS.
AN UGLY SITE ON EAST PLATT STREET.
A SCOTT COUNTY JURY YESTERDAY FOUND A FORMER MAQUOKETA WOMAN, MEGAN PRICE, AGE 21, GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND.
SHE STABBED 34 YEAR OLD ALLEN JOHNSON ON JANUARY 5TH AT HIS DAVENPORT DUPLEX.
THE ATV TRACK AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IS NOT OPEN THIS SUMMER AND IS FOR SALE.
A REALTOR SIGN IS ON PROPERTY. IT IS ON LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE CITY
SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, $10,000. RUMOR HAS IT, THE ASKING PRICE IS $350,000. MEANWHILE, LOTS OF WEEDS GROWING TALL ON THE LAND.
HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND PRESTON HAS BEEN WIDENED AND THIS WEEK, A NEW LAYER OF ASPHALT IS BEING PUT DOWN. GOOD IMPROVEMENT, BUT STILL A BAD ROAD
WHEN GETTING BEHIND A SLOW DRIVER AS THERE ARE FEW PASSING PLACES ON THE ENTIRE STRETCH.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE HAS STARTED.
DID YOU KNOW THAT 1936 HAD THE HOTTEST SUMMER IN MAQUOKETA EVER?
KMAQ IS TAKING A BUS TO THE FARM PROGRESS SHOW AUGUST 29TH, IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS.
CALL US IF YOU WANT TO GO ALONG.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
IT WAS NOT THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT....REMEMBER TO READ IT AFTER YOU ARE DONE READING THIS ONE.
TODAY, THURSDAY, ANOTHER HOT DAY AFTER AN INCH OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.
TODAY IN THE UPPER 80'S. TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND, UP TO 90 OR MORE.
ITS OFFICIAL...AGAIN...THE NEW CITY BURNING ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW BURNING OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS ONE AFTERNOON A WEEK WITH SOME LIMITATIONS. THE BURNING MUST BE DONE BETWEEN 1 AND 6 P.M. SATURDAYS. IT PROHIBITS BURN BARRELS. RESIDENTS MAY BURN IN A 3-FOOT SQUARE BURNING RECEPTACLE ABOVE GROUND. RESIDENTS MUST STAND BY THE FIRE UNTIL IT IS OUT. A FIRE EXTINGUISHER MUST BE NEARBY.
THE COUNCIL APPARENTLY IS NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT BURNED OUT BUILDINGS.
THE DEPOT RESTUARANT BUILDING, THAT BURNED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, STILL STANDS.
AN UGLY SITE ON EAST PLATT STREET.
A SCOTT COUNTY JURY YESTERDAY FOUND A FORMER MAQUOKETA WOMAN, MEGAN PRICE, AGE 21, GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND.
SHE STABBED 34 YEAR OLD ALLEN JOHNSON ON JANUARY 5TH AT HIS DAVENPORT DUPLEX.
THE ATV TRACK AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IS NOT OPEN THIS SUMMER AND IS FOR SALE.
A REALTOR SIGN IS ON PROPERTY. IT IS ON LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE CITY
SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, $10,000. RUMOR HAS IT, THE ASKING PRICE IS $350,000. MEANWHILE, LOTS OF WEEDS GROWING TALL ON THE LAND.
HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND PRESTON HAS BEEN WIDENED AND THIS WEEK, A NEW LAYER OF ASPHALT IS BEING PUT DOWN. GOOD IMPROVEMENT, BUT STILL A BAD ROAD
WHEN GETTING BEHIND A SLOW DRIVER AS THERE ARE FEW PASSING PLACES ON THE ENTIRE STRETCH.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE HAS STARTED.
DID YOU KNOW THAT 1936 HAD THE HOTTEST SUMMER IN MAQUOKETA EVER?
KMAQ IS TAKING A BUS TO THE FARM PROGRESS SHOW AUGUST 29TH, IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS.
CALL US IF YOU WANT TO GO ALONG.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
81 TODAY. RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.......
UPPER 80'S TOMORROW AND 90-PLUS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS FORECAST.
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY HAS ISSUED A PEAK ALERT FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS, URGING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY DURING THE DAY, AND DO SUCH THINGS AS LAUNDRY IN THE EVENING HOURS.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAM WALKED AWAY WITH TOP HONORS RECENTLY AT THE NATIONAL DANCE ALLIANCE CAMP IN WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN. THERE WERE 11 TEAMS AND 90 PARTICIPANTS AT THE WEEK-LONG CAMP. BEV BRAUER IS THE DIRECTOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE: COURTNEY MOORE, LIBBY THOLA, KAITLYN MCCUTCHEON, CHELSI SAGERS, MACKENZIE MOORE, JAIME GOODENOW, CASSIE COOK, CASSIE CLAEYS, TAYLOR FOWLER AND ELLEN FULLER. BRAUER SAID ALSO THAT SOME OF THE GIRLS RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL INVITATIONS TO DANCE AT THE ORANGE BOWL.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN PAUL HAHLE, FINISHING HIS FIRST TERM, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER, BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS. HE OWNS THE OLD LUMBER YARD IN MAQUOKETA. COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD, MARSHA MEYERS, AND MATT WINEGAR HAVE NOT DECIDED YET AND NEITHER HAS MAYOR MESSERLI. NOMINATION PETITIONS MAY BE PICKED-UP STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 27TH AT CITY HALL.
JOVIE ATIENZA, AGE 64, (HER HUSBAND IS MAQUOKETA SURGEON) WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 64 LAST NIGHT AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS DRIVING WEST, CROSSED THE ROAD AND WENT INTO THE DITCH, THEN ACROSS TWO PRIVATE DRIVES, AND HIT AN APPLE TREE. SHE, ALONG WITH PASSENGERS, DAUGHTER STEPHANIE PEREZ. AGE 32, OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDSON KYRSTEN PEREZ, WERE ALL TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. CHARGES ARE PENDING.
STAY COOL.
DENNIS VOY
UPPER 80'S TOMORROW AND 90-PLUS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS FORECAST.
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY HAS ISSUED A PEAK ALERT FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS, URGING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY DURING THE DAY, AND DO SUCH THINGS AS LAUNDRY IN THE EVENING HOURS.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAM WALKED AWAY WITH TOP HONORS RECENTLY AT THE NATIONAL DANCE ALLIANCE CAMP IN WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN. THERE WERE 11 TEAMS AND 90 PARTICIPANTS AT THE WEEK-LONG CAMP. BEV BRAUER IS THE DIRECTOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE: COURTNEY MOORE, LIBBY THOLA, KAITLYN MCCUTCHEON, CHELSI SAGERS, MACKENZIE MOORE, JAIME GOODENOW, CASSIE COOK, CASSIE CLAEYS, TAYLOR FOWLER AND ELLEN FULLER. BRAUER SAID ALSO THAT SOME OF THE GIRLS RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL INVITATIONS TO DANCE AT THE ORANGE BOWL.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN PAUL HAHLE, FINISHING HIS FIRST TERM, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER, BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS. HE OWNS THE OLD LUMBER YARD IN MAQUOKETA. COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD, MARSHA MEYERS, AND MATT WINEGAR HAVE NOT DECIDED YET AND NEITHER HAS MAYOR MESSERLI. NOMINATION PETITIONS MAY BE PICKED-UP STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 27TH AT CITY HALL.
JOVIE ATIENZA, AGE 64, (HER HUSBAND IS MAQUOKETA SURGEON) WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 64 LAST NIGHT AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS DRIVING WEST, CROSSED THE ROAD AND WENT INTO THE DITCH, THEN ACROSS TWO PRIVATE DRIVES, AND HIT AN APPLE TREE. SHE, ALONG WITH PASSENGERS, DAUGHTER STEPHANIE PEREZ. AGE 32, OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDSON KYRSTEN PEREZ, WERE ALL TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. CHARGES ARE PENDING.
STAY COOL.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
WE HAD JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING, AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING TOO.
TODAY..HOT AND HUMID AGAIN.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THEIR MEETING THIS MORNING LEARNED THAT THE COMMUNITY CARE RESIDENTS WHO ARE STAYING AT THE ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY WILL MOVE BACK TO THEIR CHARLOTTE ROOMS LATER IN WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL DECIDED AGAINST AN ORDINANCE THEY WERE PROPOSING TO HAVE BUSINESS PARKING LOTS IN CITY TREATED WITH A DUST CONTROL PRODUCT, AFTER TWO BUSINESSMEN, RICK DECKER AND LOUIE CLASEN, SAID IT WOULD BE COSTLY TO DO THIS ON THEIR LOTS ANNUALLY, AND THEY WERE AGAINST THE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF NO ONE HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THEIR LOTS. DO, THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO PASS AN ORDINANCE CALLING OR THE ANNUAL APPLICATION ONLY WHEN A PARKING LOT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT AT CITY HALL.
WILLIE ROBERTS, 30, FORMERLY OF BERNARD, WITH MAQUOKETA RELATIVES, DIED FRIDAY AND HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING TOO.
TODAY..HOT AND HUMID AGAIN.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THEIR MEETING THIS MORNING LEARNED THAT THE COMMUNITY CARE RESIDENTS WHO ARE STAYING AT THE ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY WILL MOVE BACK TO THEIR CHARLOTTE ROOMS LATER IN WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL DECIDED AGAINST AN ORDINANCE THEY WERE PROPOSING TO HAVE BUSINESS PARKING LOTS IN CITY TREATED WITH A DUST CONTROL PRODUCT, AFTER TWO BUSINESSMEN, RICK DECKER AND LOUIE CLASEN, SAID IT WOULD BE COSTLY TO DO THIS ON THEIR LOTS ANNUALLY, AND THEY WERE AGAINST THE ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF NO ONE HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THEIR LOTS. DO, THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO PASS AN ORDINANCE CALLING OR THE ANNUAL APPLICATION ONLY WHEN A PARKING LOT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT AT CITY HALL.
WILLIE ROBERTS, 30, FORMERLY OF BERNARD, WITH MAQUOKETA RELATIVES, DIED FRIDAY AND HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, August 06, 2007
HOT WEEKEND.
90 TODAY WITH THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. MORE RAIN TONIGHT.
WILL BE NEAR 90 ALL WEEK LONG, INCLUDING THIS WEEKEND.
A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY CARE IN CHARLOTTE HAS BEEN CHARGED WIHT ARSON WHICH DESTROYED A COUPLE ROOMS ON THE 3RD FLOOR AND 87 RESIDENTS ESCAPED INJURY.
40 ARE NOW LIVING AT THE ANDREW JACKSON CARE BUILDING NEAR ANDREW THAT WAS CLOSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THE OTHERS ARE LIVING FOR A FEW DAYS IN A CLINTON MOTEL.
$200,000 DAMAGE DONE.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
JAIME AND AND NANCY DRAHOZAL OF MINNESOTA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN FRIDAY.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DONNA AND BOB WIRTH OF MAQUOKETA.
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW HELEN MEYER, AGE 83, DIED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT THE EXTENDED CARE
PART OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE HAD LIVED THE LAST 4 MONTHS. HER HEART JUST GAVE OUT. SHE HAD A GOOD HEART TOO....ALWAYS CARING ABOUT HER FAMILY, INCLUDING ME. OFTEN COMPLAINED THAT I WORKED TOO HARD. GOOD COOK IN HER YOUNGER YEARS ESPECIALLY. SHE AND ARNOLD, WHO DIED A FEW YEARS AGO, WORKED FOR ME MANY YEARS AT THE THEATRES. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM WILL MISS HER OF COURSE.
ALSO AT CARSON WEB ADDRESS, FULL OBITUARY OF PAUL RECHTFERTIG, AGE 93 WHO DIED SUNDAY.
AND,HAZEL HEAD-WAUGH, 88 OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY AND HER OBITUARY IS AT
LAHEY WEB SITE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
90 TODAY WITH THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. MORE RAIN TONIGHT.
WILL BE NEAR 90 ALL WEEK LONG, INCLUDING THIS WEEKEND.
A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY CARE IN CHARLOTTE HAS BEEN CHARGED WIHT ARSON WHICH DESTROYED A COUPLE ROOMS ON THE 3RD FLOOR AND 87 RESIDENTS ESCAPED INJURY.
40 ARE NOW LIVING AT THE ANDREW JACKSON CARE BUILDING NEAR ANDREW THAT WAS CLOSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THE OTHERS ARE LIVING FOR A FEW DAYS IN A CLINTON MOTEL.
$200,000 DAMAGE DONE.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
JAIME AND AND NANCY DRAHOZAL OF MINNESOTA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN FRIDAY.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DONNA AND BOB WIRTH OF MAQUOKETA.
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW HELEN MEYER, AGE 83, DIED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT THE EXTENDED CARE
PART OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE HAD LIVED THE LAST 4 MONTHS. HER HEART JUST GAVE OUT. SHE HAD A GOOD HEART TOO....ALWAYS CARING ABOUT HER FAMILY, INCLUDING ME. OFTEN COMPLAINED THAT I WORKED TOO HARD. GOOD COOK IN HER YOUNGER YEARS ESPECIALLY. SHE AND ARNOLD, WHO DIED A FEW YEARS AGO, WORKED FOR ME MANY YEARS AT THE THEATRES. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM WILL MISS HER OF COURSE.
ALSO AT CARSON WEB ADDRESS, FULL OBITUARY OF PAUL RECHTFERTIG, AGE 93 WHO DIED SUNDAY.
AND,HAZEL HEAD-WAUGH, 88 OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY AND HER OBITUARY IS AT
LAHEY WEB SITE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, August 03, 2007
85 THE HIGH TODAY.
IN IOWA, SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY IS SEPTEMBER 11.
FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD:
TROY THEDE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.
RUNNING FOR HIS SEAT, DOUG KNICKREHM AND MARTY HUDRLIK.
MARY BARTELS IS RUNNING AGAIN AND SHE WILL BE OPPOSED BY MARK PAPE.
THE CLASS OF 82 IS HAVING A 25TH CLASS RE-UNION THIS WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
IN IOWA, SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY IS SEPTEMBER 11.
FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD:
TROY THEDE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.
RUNNING FOR HIS SEAT, DOUG KNICKREHM AND MARTY HUDRLIK.
MARY BARTELS IS RUNNING AGAIN AND SHE WILL BE OPPOSED BY MARK PAPE.
THE CLASS OF 82 IS HAVING A 25TH CLASS RE-UNION THIS WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, August 02, 2007
HOT TODAY...HIGH OF 87.
DELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL WILL RECIEVE A STATE GRAND OF NEARLY $48,000 FOR ITS PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM. MORE THAN 180 SCHOOL DISTRICTS APPLIED FOR FUNDING AND 52 WERE GIVEN A GRANT. SEN. ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT FROM RURAL MAQUOKETA-PRESTON, HELPED PASS THE ALLOCATION OF $15 MILLION STATE WIDE FOR THIS FUNDING.
SPEAKING OF SENATOR STEWART, HE GOT A NEW KNEE A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND IS DOING FINE.
SHOULD COME HOME IN A DAY OR SO.
A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT COMPLAINED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK OF A CREOSOTE POSTS ODOR FROM GASSER TRUE VALUE STORE. LEVI SCHMIDT LIVES BEHIND GASSERS.
NO ONE HAD A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER HAS HIRED A PART-TIME ASSISTANT TOTHE DIRECTOR.
TRACY COSTELLO WILL ASSUME THE DUTIES TO ASSIST LIZ LECHTENBERG. FUNDING WILL BE WITH A IOWA COMMUNITY CULTURAL GRANT. TAYLOR WILL WORK AFTERNOONS MONDAY THRU THURSDAY, DOING BOOKINGS, ADVERTISING, TICKET SALES, ETC. TAYLOR AND HER HUSBAND WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE COSTELLO'S OLD MILL RECEPTION CENTER JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA.
SUE SCOTT, ALLEN BRADY AND DOROTHY CHITTENDEN OBITUARIES ARE ALL AT www.carsonandson.com
DOROTHY SANDLIN, AGE 80, OF BETTENDORF AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT THE KRAMER FUNERAL HOME IN MONTICELLO.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT. CHECK THE OLD PHOTO BELOW IF YOU HAVE NOT YET LOOKED AT IT.
DENNIS VOY
DELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL WILL RECIEVE A STATE GRAND OF NEARLY $48,000 FOR ITS PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM. MORE THAN 180 SCHOOL DISTRICTS APPLIED FOR FUNDING AND 52 WERE GIVEN A GRANT. SEN. ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT FROM RURAL MAQUOKETA-PRESTON, HELPED PASS THE ALLOCATION OF $15 MILLION STATE WIDE FOR THIS FUNDING.
SPEAKING OF SENATOR STEWART, HE GOT A NEW KNEE A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND IS DOING FINE.
SHOULD COME HOME IN A DAY OR SO.
A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT COMPLAINED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK OF A CREOSOTE POSTS ODOR FROM GASSER TRUE VALUE STORE. LEVI SCHMIDT LIVES BEHIND GASSERS.
NO ONE HAD A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER HAS HIRED A PART-TIME ASSISTANT TOTHE DIRECTOR.
TRACY COSTELLO WILL ASSUME THE DUTIES TO ASSIST LIZ LECHTENBERG. FUNDING WILL BE WITH A IOWA COMMUNITY CULTURAL GRANT. TAYLOR WILL WORK AFTERNOONS MONDAY THRU THURSDAY, DOING BOOKINGS, ADVERTISING, TICKET SALES, ETC. TAYLOR AND HER HUSBAND WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE COSTELLO'S OLD MILL RECEPTION CENTER JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA.
SUE SCOTT, ALLEN BRADY AND DOROTHY CHITTENDEN OBITUARIES ARE ALL AT www.carsonandson.com
DOROTHY SANDLIN, AGE 80, OF BETTENDORF AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT THE KRAMER FUNERAL HOME IN MONTICELLO.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT. CHECK THE OLD PHOTO BELOW IF YOU HAVE NOT YET LOOKED AT IT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
THIS PHOTO IS OF THE LATE WALT ALLEN, WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL CO-OWNER OF THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. PHOTO SENT BY HIS SON, JEFF, WHO NOW LIVES IN TEXAS AND HAS MANY GOOD MEMORIES OF THE DRIVE-IN. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN WITH SMILEY BURNETT, SIDEKICK OF GENE AUTRY, WHEN SMILEY APPEARED IN-PERSON AT THE DRIVE-IN IN 1953. HE WAS ON THE ROAD PROMOTING A MOVIE. JEFF SAYS HE SPOKE FROM THE ROOF OF THE CONCESSION STAND. A MICROPHONE WAS EXTENDED FROM THE PROJECTOR BOOTH SO HE COULD BE HEARD THROUGH ALL THE DRIVE-IN SPEAKERS.
JEFF SAID HE WAS VERY DOWN-HOME, FRIENDLY AND EVERYONE LIKED HIM.
WHILE HERE, WALT, JEFF AND OTHERS WENT OUT TO EAT AT DUANE HAYES' RESTAURANT, KNOWN AS "THE TANGO" WHICH WAS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 64 AND THE ROAD TO LAKEHURST, NOW HOME OF OBIE'S TACOS. A PHOTOGRAPHER FROM THE LOCAL PAPER TOOK THIS PHOTO AND THE CAPTION WAS SOMEHING LIKE:
"WHICH PAPER DO YOUR PREFER".
THE DRIVE-IN OPENED IN AUGUST, 1950.
I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE 1972. IT IS NOW A VERY POPULAR EASTERN IOWA ATTRACTION AND ONE OF ONLY 4 DRIVE-IN LEFT IN IOWA. BACK IN THE 50'S, IOWA HAD OVER 50 DRIVE-IN THEATRES.
HOPE YOU CAN VISIT IT SOON.
AT www.maquoketa.com YOU CAN LISTEN TO AN INTERVIEW A QUAD CITY ANNOUNCER DID WITH ME TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE DRIVE-IN.
DENNIS VOY
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