Thursday, October 04, 2007

SUNNY AND WARM TODAY..HIGH OF 81.

ANOTHER BURGLARY REPORTED TODAY...THE 4TH THIS WEEK. SHAWN BRADY REPORTED THAT SOMEONE HAD BROKEN INTO THE MAIN STREET CAFE, NEXT TO MAX RAY JEWELRY, IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. A GLASS WAS BROKEN TO GAIN
ENTRY. AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CASH WAS TAKEN FROM THE CASH REGISTER.

BOB HEAD OF MAQUOKETA HAS RAISED $17,000 FOR JACKSON COUNTY HOSPICE WITH THE SALES OF BOBBLEHEADS AND MEMORABILIA FROM HIS EXPERIENCE
WITH THE PORTLAND BEAVERS BASEBALL TEAM THIS SUMMER.
925 BOBBLEHEADS HAVE B EEN SOLD AND ANOHTER 1,000 ARE ON ORDER.
THEY SELL FOR $10 AND IT IS CLEAR PROFIT AS THE COMPANY E-SURANCE HAS PAID FOR ALL THE COSTS FOR THE BOBBLEHEADS IN THE PAST AND WILL BUY THOSE ALSO ON ORDER. ANOTHER SIGNING EVENT WILL BE HELD SOON AGAIN, AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. THE MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF A HOSPICE HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA, THAT WOULD ACCOMODATE 6 PEOPLE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MOVED IN LATE SEPTEMBER TO THEIR NEW OFFICES AT THE FORMER ANDREW CARE FACILITY, OWNED BY THE COUNTY.
EVERYTHING IS MOVED OUT OF THE ROSENBERG BUILDING, WHERE THE DHS OFFICES WERE LOCATED THE LAST 5 YEARS. THE NEW DHS PHONE
NUMBER IS 563-672-9501.

NEW OFFICERS WERE INSTALLED TODAY FOR THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB.
BOB GAVIN IS THE NEW PRESIDENT. HE IS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. HE REPLACED DON SCHWENKER. CARRIE GILSON IS PRESIDENT ELECT. SALLY DAVIES WILL REMAIN AS SECRETARY AND KEVIN BURNS AS TREASURER. THE CLUB MEETS THURSDAY NOON AT THE DECKER HOTEL
AND HAS 47 MEMBERS. IT IS NOW THE LARGEST OF THE 3 MAQUOKETA SERVICE CLUBS. LARGER THAN THE OPTIMIST CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.

BE SURE AND CHECK THE PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY, BELOW THIS REPORT.

HOPE YOU LIKE THEM.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

THE NEW MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF MAQUOKETA OFFICE ON WEST PLATT STREET.
THEY WILL MOVE FROM THEIR QUARRY STREET OFFICES IN MARCH OR APRIL.
OSTERHAUS PHARMACY WILL ALSO BE LOCATED IN THE BUILDING, WHICH WAS THE JACK AND JILL STORE.


WORK CONTINUES AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
THE TALL STRUCTURE WILL BE THE NEXT ENTRANCE LOBBY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
TO THE RIGHT, THE NEW CAFETERIA.




WORK CONTINUES ON THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
IT WILL BE A SUNKEN GYM, WITH WALKWAY AROUND THE BACK ROWS.
YOU WILL WALK DOWN TO GET TO YOUR SEAT.



THE BUILDING BEING ADDED TO ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, TO THE EAST.
THE OLD RECTORY WAS TORN DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR THIS BUILDING.

THE NEW FIRE STATIONS IS TAKING SHAPE.
TO BE READY FOR THE STATE OF IOWA FIREMEN'S CONVENTION COMING TOMAQUOKETA NEXT SUMMER.

THIS NEW OFFICE WILL HAVE GRAND OPENING THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007.
WAS FORMERLY SLIP'S INN, THEN B & C LIQUOR STORE, ON EAST PLATT STREET.

THE NEW YMCA BUILDING, (THE ARC).
LOCATED JUST EAST OF GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD.
WILL OPEN LATER THIS MONTH. FIVE FULL TIME SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN HIRED.