NO SNOW TODAY....ALL SCHOOLS ARE BACK IN SESSION....SUNNY AND HIGH AROUND 30.
SENATOR OBAMA IS HELPING THE LOCAL ECONOMY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. AFTER HIS TALK TONIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, HE STAYS OVERNIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN. LAST I HEARD, NEARLY ALL (64) OF THE
ROOMS THERE (SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA) ARE RENTED BY OBAMA, STAFF, AND SECRET SERVICE, PLUS, THE NEWS MEDIA.
AND HALF OF DECKER HOTEL ROOMS ALSO RENTED TONIGHT.
I HAVE NOT HEARD HOW MANY ROOMS ARE RESERVED AT THE SUPER 8.
JOE HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA WAS RE-ELECTED AS DISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR OF THE IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, DURING THE ORGANIZATION'S 89TH ANNUAL MEETING LAST WEEK IN
DES MOINES. HE REPRESENTS 11 COUNTIES.
THREE VEHICLES COLLIDED ON SOUTH MAIN STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. NO CHARGES. DRIVERS WERE DAREN EARLES, 16, JOHN WEBER, 37 AND SARA MILLER, AGE 22. TOTAL DAMAGE WAS OVER $10,000.
TWO HOMES HIT BY PAINTBALLS LAST NIGHT.....THE HOMES OF SALLY EDWARDS ON PERSHING ROAD AND MARY RUPP ON CARDINAL DRIVE NEARBY.
SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR TILLIE CLARK, AGE 84,
OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED YESTERDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.
SAGE ROSENFELS, HOUSTON TEXANS QB, WILL BE AT THE HELM TONIGHT AGAINST DENVER, AS THE REGULAR QB AGAIN IS MENDING FROM INJURIES. SAGE ENGINEERED THEIR LAST WIN WITH 3 TD'S. THE GAME IS ON NFL NET TONIGHT, WHICH I AND MANY DON'T GET. GO TEXANS.
BY THE WAY, JUST HEARD THIS WEEK THAT SAGE'S PARENTS THIS SUMMER SOLD THEIR HOME OF MANY YEARS NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA AND MOVED TO IOWA CITY. SAGE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, AND GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH AND IOWA STATE.
BUSINESS NEWS: YES, THE UGLY CLOSED GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET, EAST, OF THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH HAS BEEN SOLD.
YES, THE BURNED OUT DEPOT ON EAST PLATT IS STILL STANDING, BUT WORD HAS IT THAT SOMETHING WILL BE HAPPENING THERE SOON.
YES, THE NEW SUB SANDWICH SHOP DOWNTOWN IS STILL NOT OPEN. WORK ON IT STARTED, BY DUBUQUE PEOPLE, THIS PAST SPRING.
YES, THE SALE HAS STARTED AND OSTERHAUS PHARMACY WILL BE MOVING TO (FORMER JACK AND JILL) A RENOVATED
BUILDING ON EAST PLATT. IT WILL BE SMALLER THAN PRESENT LOCATION. BIG SIGNS ARE UP ON BUILDING.
OSTERHOUSE TO THE WEST SIDE OF BUILDING. MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF MAQUOKETA ON THE EAST SIDE.
YES, BOB IS BACK BEHIND THE CHAIR AT BOB'S BARBER SHOP.
SHOULDER OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFUL.
YES, BANOWETZ ANTIQUES IS STILL FOR SALE, BOTH BUILDINGS.
AND YES, KMAQ WILL BE 50 NEXT YEAR. THE YEAR-LONG
CELEBRATION BEGINS IN JANAURY. AUGUST 26TH IS THE OFFICIAL DAY.
IF YOU ARE COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, LET ME KNOW AND I CAN SPREAD THE WORD HERE AND OLD FRIENDS CAN
GET TOGETHER FOR A CUP OF COFFEE WITH YOU.
OR SOME TABOR WINE.
HAPPY SHOPPING TONIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
