Tuesday, March 20, 2007

NICE DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 50. RAIN IN FORECAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

STACY DRISCOLL, MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UPDATED THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT ON BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE CITY. SHE REPORTED....
MAQUOKETA MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HAS PURCHASED THE FORMER JACK AND JILL BUILDING AND IT WILL BE RENOVATED FOR THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES. THEIR EXISTING OFFICE ON WEST QUARRY STREET WILL LIKELY BE PUT UP FOR SALE OR RENT.

TWO DUBUQUE RESIDENTS HAVE PURCHASED THE FORMER WHOLLY SCRAP BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLEASANT AND IT WILL BE USED FOR A PICKLE BARREL SUB SANDWICH SHOP THAT WILL OPEN IN ABOUT 60 DAYS. IT WILL SEAT UP TO 40.

JOHN LONG WITH BERTHEL FISHER AND COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAVE PURCHASED THE FORMER B & C LIQUOR BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF EAST PLATT AND MATTESON AND WILL REMODEL IT INTO TWO OFFICE SUITES. BERTHEL FISHER WILL OCCUPY HALF THE BUILDING AND WILL HAVE 600 OR SO SQUARE FEET AVAILABLE TO LEASE.

MAZAK CORPORATION WILL OPEN AN OFFICE AT 112 N. MAIN STREET. IT IT THE NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING, SALES AND SUPPORT ARM OF AN INTERNATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDER, YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION OF JAPAN. THEY SELL EQUIPMENT TO INDUSTRY AND THE OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA WILL SERVICE THIS TRI-STATES AREA. TWO OR THREE WILL WORK IN THE OFFICE.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A VANDALISM INCIDENT. BRAD DEERY MOTORS REPORTED SIX VEHICLES RECEIVED MINOR SCRATCHES MONDAY AFTERNOON.

EARL LIETZ, AGE 86, DIED LAST NIGHT. HIS COMPLETED OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

A REMINDER, THERE IS A PHOTO JUST BELOW TODAY'S REPORT. TAKE A LOOK. A PHOTE OF ROCKY LAMAR, ADAM HEPKER, AND BILL FLEMMING.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY
GOOD DAY.
I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE COMPUTER.
I ENTERED A PHOTO A FEW MINUTES AGO...DO LOOK FOR IT BELOW.
AND BELOW IT ....IS MY MONDAY DAILY REPORT.
BELOW THE PICTURE...FOR SOME REASON, THE WORDS "IS THE COACH"
DID NOT COME OUT AFTER ROCKY'S NAME, BUT BELOW MINE INSTEAD.
I MANY TIMES TRIED TO TELL FLEMMING HOW TO COACH, BUT HE NEVER LISTENED.
ENJOY THE PHOTO. I PLAN ON HAVING MORE IN FUTURE.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
DENNIS VOY
GOOD DAY!
BELOW, A PHOTO I JUST PUT UP MINUTES AGO.
THE COMPUTER MADE A GOOF.
AFTER ROCKY'S NAME SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE WORDS: "IS THE COACH". INSTEAD, THE WORDS "IS THE COACH" FOR SOME REASON, SHOWED UP FARTHER BELOW, AFTER MY NAME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THERE WERE MANY TIMES I TRIED TO TELL FLEMMING HOW TO COACH...BUT UNFORTUNATELY, HE NEVER LISTENED.
ANYWAY, ENJOY THE PICTURE. I PLAN MORE PHOTOS IN THE FUTURE. AND DON'T FORGET
TO READ THE MONDAY DAILY REPORT TOO, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
A BEAUTIFUL TUESDAY IN MAQUOKETA!
DENNIS VOY
THE MID AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED IN OLATHE, KANSAS AND IT'S BASKETBALL TEAM LAST WEEK BECAME THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. THE TEAM WON THE DIVISON II TOURNAMENT PLAYED IN BRANSON. ROCKY LAMAR, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, IS EXTREME LEFT IN THE PHOTO. JUNIOR, POINT- GUARD IS ADAM HEPKER, CENTER ABOVE, OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS ALSO NAMED THE MVP OF TOURNAMENT AND IS SON OF LEIGHTON AND CINDY HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA. TO THE RIGHT, BILL FLEMMING, WHO IS ONE OF ROCKY'S ASSISTANTS AND FORMER LONGTIME HEAD BASKETBALL COACH HERE IN MAQUOKETA. NOTE, THE MONDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW THIS PICTURE.
DENNIS VOY
IS THE COACH