YESTERDAY(SATURDAY) WAS A PRETTY GOOD DAY, WITH A HIGH IN MID 80'S.
STOCK CAR RACING WAS HELD ON SCHEDULE AND WE HAD A COUPLE HUNDRED CARS AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN. BUT BECAUSE OF RAIN AND THE FORECAST FOR MORE,
ONLY ABOUT 15 CARS FRIDAY NIGHT. STOCK CAR RACING AND DRIVE-IN MOVIE
WATCHING DEPENDS ON GOOD WEATHER. TODAY, SOME LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING AND THEN CLOUDY SKIES AND A LITTLE SUNSHINE LATE IN AFTERNOON.
SUMMER IS HERE. IN THE 90'S TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE WAS HELD AT NOON TODAY AT THE YMCA POOL. NEARLY 1,000 DUCKS SHOWED UP FOR THE RACE, WHICH WENT
WELL. THE OWNER OF THE WINNING DUCK IS FRAN DEXTER WITH A LOST NATION-ELWOOD PHONE NUMBER. SHE WON $1,000. DUCKS COMING IN 2ND THRU 6TH, AND WINNING $100 FOR THEIR OWNER WERE: RON REIF OF FAIRFIELD AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. ANOTHER $100 WINNER, SUE RIVER OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO SUE ANDERSON AND CITY NOT KNOWN YET. JIM FOSTER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA WAS A WINNER. AND THE FINAL WINNER WAS CHRIS INGSTROM, CITY NOT KNOWN YET.
THANKS TO ALL YOU BOUGHT A DUCK AND HELPED MAKE THE EVENT A SUCCESS
AGAIN. THE ROTARY WILL USE THE PROCEEDS FOR COMMUNITY GOOD.
THIER NEXT PROJECT WILL BE THE ANNUAL SENIORS ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND
BAND CONCERT, COMING ON JULY 1ST AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THEIR PROJECT IN MAY WAS THE SCHOLARS BANQUET.
THE FLY-IN BREAKFAST TODAY WAS ANOTHER SUCCESS. CHECK THE PHOTOS
BELOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA FLY-IN ANNUAL BREAKFAST WAS A BIG SUCCESS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY DESPITE A LITTLE RAIN. THE EVENT WAS SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT COMMISSION. I'LL HAVE ATTENDANCE FIGURES LATER IN WEEK. DESPITE CLOUDY CONDITIONS, OVER
A DOZEN PLANES FLEW IN FOR THE BREAKFAST. AND HUNDREDS OF CARS DROVE
IN. AT 10:30, THERE WAS A LINE WAITING TO EAT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
BECAUSE OF THE CLOUDS, NO AIRPLANE RIDES OR HELICOPTER RIDES WERE
GIVEN. IT WAS HOT ON THIS FIRST DAY OF SUMMER.
DENNIS VOY
DR. JOE LECHTENBERG SR. (DDS) (RETIRED) WITH HIS WIFE KAY AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, ENJOYED BREAKFAST TODAY AT THE AIRPORT WEST OF MAQUOKETA OFF HIGHWAY 64. JOE DID SOME FLYING IN EARLIER DAYS AT THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ENJOYED SEEING JOE A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR AT HIS OFFICE ON NORTH MAIN STREET, FOR MANY YEARS SHARED WITH
ANOTHER RETIRED DENTIST, DR. LEO BIEHL. THE BIEHL FAMILY STILL OWNS AND OPERATES THE DAIRY QUEEN ON SOUTH MAIN. AND DOC IS THERE DAILY
MAKING SURE THE POPULAR BUSINESS LOOKS ATTRACTIVE TO THE CUSTOMERS.
THE DRIVE-IN WINDOW ADDED A FEW YEARS AGO IS VERY POPULAR.
DENNIS VOY
THIS WAS AROUND 10:30 AND MOST SEATS TAKEN AT THE FLY-IN BREAKFAST.
PANCAKES, EGGS, SAUSAGE, APPLE SAUCE, ORANGE JUICE, AND COFFEE WAS ON THE MENU....A GREAT $6 BREAKFAST. JACK ROSENBERG WAS SELLING 50-50 RAFFLE TICKETS FOR AN AIRPORT FUND RAISER AND I WILL HAVE THE WINNER OF THAT DRAWING THIS WEEK.
DENNIS VOY