ICY WEEKEND....
TODAY..SUNNY AND MID 30'.....
WARMER WEATHER REST OF WORK-WEEK...
MARCH WILL COME IN LIKE A LAMB HERE!
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC GIRLS WON THEIR OPENING
STATE TOURNAMENT GAME THIS AFTERNOON, BY 2 POINTS. GAME WAS BROADCAST ON KMAQ. WE WILL DO THEIR NEXT GAME THURSDAY NIGHT
AT 8:30.
THE DEWITT GIRLS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE'LL BROADCAST THAT GAME
TOO.
WE HAVE ONE TEAM NEXT WEEK IN THE BOY'S STATE TOURNAMENT.....NORTH
CEDAR (LOWDEN, CLARENCE AND STANWOOD DISTRICT) AND WILL BROADCAST
THEIR OPENING GAME, AND MORE IF THEY WIN.
A MAQUOKETA BUSINESS, SUBWAY RESTAURANT, WAS BROKEN INTO SOMETIME OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT. THIEVES BROKE A WINDOW IN A SIDE DOOR AND AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CASH WAS TAKEN. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR VANDALISM TO THE RESTAURANT.
"MEN WHO COOK" WAS DOWN IN ATTENDANCE YESTERDAY, BUT STILL A FUN
AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT. TWO PHOTOS BELOW.
THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON IS UNDERWAY. FOR THE 27TH STRAIGHT
YEAR, KMAQ WILL BROADCAST MOST ST. LOUIS CARDINAL GAMES. TODAY,
THE CARDINALS PLAYED THEIR FIRST EXHIBITION GAME DOWN IN FLORIDA AGAINST THE FLORIDA MARLINS AND LOST 6 TO 3. DURING MARCH, KMAQ
WILL BROADCAST THE WEEKEND EXHIBITION GAMES. OUR FIRST TWO WILL
BE THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
AND, THIS YEAR, KMAQ TRAVEL WILL SPONSOR BUS TRIPS TO MILLER PARK
IN MILWAUKEE TO SEE THE CARDINALS AND CUBS PLAY THE BREWERS.
OUR FIRST CUBS BUS TRIP WILL BE ON SUNDAY, APRIL 10TH, TO SEE THE CUBS
PLAY THE BREWERS IN AN AFTERNOON GAME.
OUR FIRST BUS TRIP TO A CARDINAL-BREWERS GAME WILL BE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 12TH. FOR MORE ON THESE AND LATER GAMES, KEEP CHECKING THE KMAQ TRAVEL PAGE ON OUR WEB SITE.....WWW.KMAQ.COM
JUST CLICK-ON THE BUS!
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
DENNIS VOY
AT LAST NIGHT'S "MEN WHOCOOK" DINNER, PEOPLE COULD
VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE COOK. THERE WERE 3 PRIZES.
JACK WILLEY, SECOND FROM
LEFT, FOR 3RD YEAR IN A ROW TOOK 1ST PLACE, THIS YEAR FOR
HIS TACO SOUP. MARTY BALLIU
AT FAR RIGHT, TOOK 2ND PLACE
WITH HIS PORK AND 3RD PLACE
WENT TO OWEN HAYES. I NEVER DID FIND OUT WHAT HE COOKED, BUT I THINK IT WAS A SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE.
HE IS A LION MEMBER AND AT
FAR LEFT, PAST-PRESIDENT OF
THE MAQUOKETA LIONS TOM DEVINE ACCEPTED THE PRIZE FOR OWEN WHO LEFT FOR HOME EARLIER.
LOIS FISCHER (OPTIMIST MEMBER) OF KMAQ SALES, WAS THE 4-MEMBER CHAIRMAN OF THE EVENT AND PRESENTED THE PRIZES. IT WAS ANOTHER FINE DINNER (6TH ANNUAL) AND FEATURED SOME GREAT FOOD, ALL YOU COULD EAT. ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN A BIT FROM PAST YEARS BECAUSE OF THE WINTERY WEATHER. THE FOUR CLUBS THANK ALL WHO ATTENDED. OH YES, MY DESSERT WENT FAST! SECRET RECIPE! CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY
Maquoketa's BLACK VELVET BANDentertained last night at the 6th Annual MEN WHO COOK dinner
at the fairgrounds, sponsored by
the Maquoketa Rotary, Optimist,
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs.
And, as always, they were well
received. Rob Deegan, enjoying
some sunshine in Florida for awhile,
was not with them. Front, Curt Lichter. Back row, left to right,
Chuck Jorgensen, Dale Kilburg,
David Manning and Dan Caraway.
They have a CD with 13 songs on it and it is available at Osterhaus Pharmacy or here at KMAQ. $10 OR $13 with shipping and handling. One will be a prize on this Wednesday's KMAQ BINGO SHOW and one will also be sold on KMAQ'S AUCTION SHOW this Saturday.
Curt told me they hope to come out with a new CD sometime this year. They really like
doing Irish songs and will feature some on the CD. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 24, 2011
CLOUDY TODAY.....LOW 30'S FOR A HIGH. SNOW IN FORECAST OVERNIGHT....ABOUT
3 INCHES.
WE HAVE THE DEWITT BOY'S BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT HERE IN TOWN,
A TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST DUBUQUE WAHLERT. IF THEY WIN TONIGHT,
THEY PLAY NEXT WEEK AND NEED ONE MORE WIN TO GET TO STATE.
MATT CLARK HAS THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT AT 6:50. GO SABERS!
THE DEWITT GIRLS ARE GOING TO STATE. THEY PLAY NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.
BELEVUE MARQUETTE'S OPENING STATE GAME IS MONDAY AFTERNOON AGAINST
NORTH MAHASKA. WE WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES OF COURSE. MATT
CLARK AT THE MIKE.
OUR MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL COULD USE MORE MONEY, BUT THIS WEEK, THE BOARD
APPROVED KEEPING THE COUNTY TAX ASKING THE SAME AS PAST YEARS,
$850,000. DONNA ROEDER, THE HOSPITAL FINANCIAL OFFICER SAID THE
HOSPITAL IS SEEING $85,000 A MONTH IN BAD DEBTS. BOARD PRESIDENT
KEVIN BURNS SAID THEY COULD RAISE THE TAX LEVY BUT THE BOARD FELT
THIS WAS NOT THE TIME. ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN SAID THEY ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO INCREASE REVENUE AND HE WILL PRESENT SOME IDEAS
AT THE MARCH MEETING OF THE BOARD.
AT THE MEETING THIS WEEK, THERE WAS TALK TOO ABOUT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE HOSPITAL AND CODE COMPLIANCES. PART OF THE
HOSPITAL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1950 AND THE MOST RECENT MAJOR
REMODELING WAS IN 2004. CEO COLEMAN SAID THE BOARD SOMETIME THIS YEAR WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER REMODELING AND UPGRADES. BURNS
NOTED THE HOSPITAL IS AN AGING FACILITY.
SOME MAQUOKETA BUSINESS ESTABLILSHMENTS DID THEIR OWN STUDY WHICH
SHOWED ELECTRIC RATES IN MAQUOKETA WERE VERY HIGH COMPARED TO
OTHER CITIES. THE BOARD HEARD THEIR COMPLAINTS AT A RECENT PUBLIC MEETING. THE MMEU BOARD HAS HIRED TWO CONSULTANTS TO INVESTIGATE
SOME LOSS ISSUES (RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME LOSSES IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM) AND DETERMINE WHERE THEY ARE.
A BIRTH. ADAM MILLER AND AMY KOOS OF IOWA CITY ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY IN THE IOWA CITY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAUL AND RUTH MILLER OF DELMAR AND MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE JOYCE AND RICK KOHRT OF MAQUOKETA.
TWO BIG EVENTS THIS SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA DURING LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. THE "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND
THE "POPS CONCERT" AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SIGN OF SPRING: THE MAQUOKETA DAIRY QUEEN HAS OPENED FOR THE SEASON.
ANOTHER GOOD SIGN: OVER 30 HAVE ALREADY SIGNED-UP FOR THE
KMAQ TRAVEL TRIP TO THE CHICAGO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW ON
MARCH 9TH. STILL PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE BUS. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE BUS.
AND CLICK ON THIS PAGE AND I'M OUT OF HERE UNTIL TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
3 INCHES.
WE HAVE THE DEWITT BOY'S BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT HERE IN TOWN,
A TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST DUBUQUE WAHLERT. IF THEY WIN TONIGHT,
THEY PLAY NEXT WEEK AND NEED ONE MORE WIN TO GET TO STATE.
MATT CLARK HAS THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT AT 6:50. GO SABERS!
THE DEWITT GIRLS ARE GOING TO STATE. THEY PLAY NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.
BELEVUE MARQUETTE'S OPENING STATE GAME IS MONDAY AFTERNOON AGAINST
NORTH MAHASKA. WE WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES OF COURSE. MATT
CLARK AT THE MIKE.
OUR MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL COULD USE MORE MONEY, BUT THIS WEEK, THE BOARD
APPROVED KEEPING THE COUNTY TAX ASKING THE SAME AS PAST YEARS,
$850,000. DONNA ROEDER, THE HOSPITAL FINANCIAL OFFICER SAID THE
HOSPITAL IS SEEING $85,000 A MONTH IN BAD DEBTS. BOARD PRESIDENT
KEVIN BURNS SAID THEY COULD RAISE THE TAX LEVY BUT THE BOARD FELT
THIS WAS NOT THE TIME. ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN SAID THEY ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO INCREASE REVENUE AND HE WILL PRESENT SOME IDEAS
AT THE MARCH MEETING OF THE BOARD.
AT THE MEETING THIS WEEK, THERE WAS TALK TOO ABOUT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE HOSPITAL AND CODE COMPLIANCES. PART OF THE
HOSPITAL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1950 AND THE MOST RECENT MAJOR
REMODELING WAS IN 2004. CEO COLEMAN SAID THE BOARD SOMETIME THIS YEAR WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER REMODELING AND UPGRADES. BURNS
NOTED THE HOSPITAL IS AN AGING FACILITY.
SOME MAQUOKETA BUSINESS ESTABLILSHMENTS DID THEIR OWN STUDY WHICH
SHOWED ELECTRIC RATES IN MAQUOKETA WERE VERY HIGH COMPARED TO
OTHER CITIES. THE BOARD HEARD THEIR COMPLAINTS AT A RECENT PUBLIC MEETING. THE MMEU BOARD HAS HIRED TWO CONSULTANTS TO INVESTIGATE
SOME LOSS ISSUES (RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME LOSSES IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM) AND DETERMINE WHERE THEY ARE.
A BIRTH. ADAM MILLER AND AMY KOOS OF IOWA CITY ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY IN THE IOWA CITY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAUL AND RUTH MILLER OF DELMAR AND MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE JOYCE AND RICK KOHRT OF MAQUOKETA.
TWO BIG EVENTS THIS SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA DURING LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. THE "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND
THE "POPS CONCERT" AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SIGN OF SPRING: THE MAQUOKETA DAIRY QUEEN HAS OPENED FOR THE SEASON.
ANOTHER GOOD SIGN: OVER 30 HAVE ALREADY SIGNED-UP FOR THE
KMAQ TRAVEL TRIP TO THE CHICAGO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW ON
MARCH 9TH. STILL PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE BUS. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE BUS.
AND CLICK ON THIS PAGE AND I'M OUT OF HERE UNTIL TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
1 AND 3/4 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.
BUT IT IS MELTING FAST.
COLD TODAY...IN THE 20'S...BUT NEAR 40 TOMORROW.
IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA LOST TO DEWITT
50 TO 39 TO END THE SEASON. DEWITT PLAYS AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC GIRL'S TEAM WON IN OVERTIME
LAST NIGHT....AN UPSET....AND PLAY NEXT WEEK IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
THEIR FIRST TRIP TO STATE SINCE 2005. WE WILL BROADCAST THE MONDAY AFTERNOON GAME.
THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IN BELLEVUE, THE BELLEVUE COMMUNITY
HIGH SCHOOL COMETS, LOST. CLOSE FOR THE FIRST 3 QUARTERS, BUT
MONTICELLO PULLED AWAY IN THE FINAL PERIOD.
DEWITT PLAYS TONIGHT AND IF THEY WIN, THEY WILL ALSO BE IN NEXT WEEK'S GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AT DES MOINES.
BIDS WERE OPENED THIS MORNING FOR THE FORMER TRUCK STOP PROPERTY
OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY, ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS. IT WAS APPRAISED
FOR $113,500. THE HIGH BID ($160,005) CAME FROM BRAD DEERY MOTORS.
THEY HAVE LEASED THE 4.3 ACRES THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS FOR NEW CAR
STORAGE. THERE WERE 3 OTHER LOWER BIDS. THE SECOND HIGHEST, BY
STEVE MOORE, WAS FOR $71,000.
BIDS FOR THE NEARLY 3 ACRES OF LAND ALSO OWNED BY THE COUNTY, ACROSS FROM SUNSHINE, WERE ALSO OPENED THIS MORNING. THAT PROPERTY ON
CRESLANE AND GERMAN STREET IS APPLRAISED FOR $56,300. STEVE MOORE
OF MAQUOKETA HAD THE HIGH BID OF $21,000. THERE WERE 2 OTHERS. THE
2ND HIGHEST WAS FOR $7,501. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE SUPERVISORS.
THEY CAN ACCEPT OR REFUSE BIDS.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY SHORTLY AFTER NOON. DONNA SAID, 74, STOPPED AT THE LIGHT ON CARLISLE AND A CAR BEHIND, DRIVEN BY GERI STERBANZ, AGE 20, STOPPED BEHIND SAID BUT THEN PULLED AHEAD AND HIT SAID'S VEHICLE.
STERBENZ WAS CHARGED. $750 DAMAGE TO SAID'S 99 PONTIAC AND $750 DAMAGE ALSO TO STERBENZ'S 2005 FORD. NO INJUREIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, A THEFT REPORT. SOMEONE TOOK A LAPTOP AND BACKPACK WITH CLOTHES FROM A VEHICLE OWNED BY WILL RENNER WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT FLAPJACK RESTAURANT.
ANNA MAREK-KNAKE, AGE 97, OF OXFORD JUNCTION DIED YESTERDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, LYDIA YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.
ROB ROTMAN SAYS NATALIE PORTMAN IN "THE KINGS SPEECH"
WILL WIN THE OSCAR FOR BEST ACTRESS. AND FOR BEST ACTOR, COLIN FIRTH
FROM THE SAME MOVIE (HE PLAYED THE KING) WILL WIN THE OSCAR. THE MOVIE IS SHOWING NOW IN MAQUOKETA. VERY GOOD MOVIE!
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NO REPORT TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
BUT IT IS MELTING FAST.
COLD TODAY...IN THE 20'S...BUT NEAR 40 TOMORROW.
IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA LOST TO DEWITT
50 TO 39 TO END THE SEASON. DEWITT PLAYS AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC GIRL'S TEAM WON IN OVERTIME
LAST NIGHT....AN UPSET....AND PLAY NEXT WEEK IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
THEIR FIRST TRIP TO STATE SINCE 2005. WE WILL BROADCAST THE MONDAY AFTERNOON GAME.
THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IN BELLEVUE, THE BELLEVUE COMMUNITY
HIGH SCHOOL COMETS, LOST. CLOSE FOR THE FIRST 3 QUARTERS, BUT
MONTICELLO PULLED AWAY IN THE FINAL PERIOD.
DEWITT PLAYS TONIGHT AND IF THEY WIN, THEY WILL ALSO BE IN NEXT WEEK'S GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AT DES MOINES.
BIDS WERE OPENED THIS MORNING FOR THE FORMER TRUCK STOP PROPERTY
OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY, ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS. IT WAS APPRAISED
FOR $113,500. THE HIGH BID ($160,005) CAME FROM BRAD DEERY MOTORS.
THEY HAVE LEASED THE 4.3 ACRES THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS FOR NEW CAR
STORAGE. THERE WERE 3 OTHER LOWER BIDS. THE SECOND HIGHEST, BY
STEVE MOORE, WAS FOR $71,000.
BIDS FOR THE NEARLY 3 ACRES OF LAND ALSO OWNED BY THE COUNTY, ACROSS FROM SUNSHINE, WERE ALSO OPENED THIS MORNING. THAT PROPERTY ON
CRESLANE AND GERMAN STREET IS APPLRAISED FOR $56,300. STEVE MOORE
OF MAQUOKETA HAD THE HIGH BID OF $21,000. THERE WERE 2 OTHERS. THE
2ND HIGHEST WAS FOR $7,501. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE SUPERVISORS.
THEY CAN ACCEPT OR REFUSE BIDS.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY SHORTLY AFTER NOON. DONNA SAID, 74, STOPPED AT THE LIGHT ON CARLISLE AND A CAR BEHIND, DRIVEN BY GERI STERBANZ, AGE 20, STOPPED BEHIND SAID BUT THEN PULLED AHEAD AND HIT SAID'S VEHICLE.
STERBENZ WAS CHARGED. $750 DAMAGE TO SAID'S 99 PONTIAC AND $750 DAMAGE ALSO TO STERBENZ'S 2005 FORD. NO INJUREIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, A THEFT REPORT. SOMEONE TOOK A LAPTOP AND BACKPACK WITH CLOTHES FROM A VEHICLE OWNED BY WILL RENNER WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT FLAPJACK RESTAURANT.
ANNA MAREK-KNAKE, AGE 97, OF OXFORD JUNCTION DIED YESTERDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, LYDIA YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.
ROB ROTMAN SAYS NATALIE PORTMAN IN "THE KINGS SPEECH"
WILL WIN THE OSCAR FOR BEST ACTRESS. AND FOR BEST ACTOR, COLIN FIRTH
FROM THE SAME MOVIE (HE PLAYED THE KING) WILL WIN THE OSCAR. THE MOVIE IS SHOWING NOW IN MAQUOKETA. VERY GOOD MOVIE!
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NO REPORT TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
THIS IS FFA WEEK.THESE COOKIES ARRIVED
THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE STAFF TO ENJOY.
AND WE WILL!
THANKS TO ALL THE
FINE MEMBERS OF THE
MAQUOKETA FFA....
AND THANKS TO ALL FFA
MEMBERS IN THE KMAQ
AREA....
A GREAT, AND VERY NECESSARY
ORGANIZATION ... TO MAKE SURE AMERICA AND THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED THEIR FAMILY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 21, 2011
RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND...
CLOUDY TODAY...
HIGH OF 33. THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK IS COMING WEDNESDAY....SUNNY AND
39.
MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY DEWITT TONIGHT AT DEWITT AT 7 P.M. HEAR THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM OR OUR WEB SITE. MATT CLARK AT THE P BY P MIKE.
THE TEAMS HAVE PLAYED EACH OTHER TWICE DURING REGULAR SEASON AND DEWITT HAS WON BOTH TIMES.
BOTH BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S TEAMS PLAY TONIGHT. IF THEY WIN,
THEY GO TO THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES. BOTH HAVE
THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. WHAT FUN IT WOULD BE TO HAVE BOTH
TEAMS IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
TOMORROW NIGHT, DEWITT PLAYS DECORAH AND IF THEY WIN, THEY GO TO THE
STATE TOURNAMENT.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: DAVID STREETS REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS HOME ON PERSHING ROAD. THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN AND A HANDLE ON THE DOOR BROKEN AND SEVERAL ITEMS WERE TAKEN.
AND NICK DAVIS SAID THAT SOMEONE VANDALIZED HIS TRAILBLAZER WHILE
AT 306 N. ELIZA.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
GLEN CASAD, 90, OF WHEATLAND DIED SATURDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS
DAUGHTER, JANE BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA. THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW MORNING.
ITS OSCAR WEEK! MAY THE BEST MOVIE WIN!
MAQUOKETA NATIVE ROB ROTMAN, OF CHICAGO, SAYS IT WILL BE "THE
KINGS SPEECH". HE HAS A REPUTATION OF PICKING THE WINNERS. I WILL
HAVE FURTHER PREDICTIONS BY HIM LATER.
DENNIS VOY
CLOUDY TODAY...
HIGH OF 33. THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK IS COMING WEDNESDAY....SUNNY AND
39.
MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY DEWITT TONIGHT AT DEWITT AT 7 P.M. HEAR THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM OR OUR WEB SITE. MATT CLARK AT THE P BY P MIKE.
THE TEAMS HAVE PLAYED EACH OTHER TWICE DURING REGULAR SEASON AND DEWITT HAS WON BOTH TIMES.
BOTH BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S TEAMS PLAY TONIGHT. IF THEY WIN,
THEY GO TO THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES. BOTH HAVE
THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. WHAT FUN IT WOULD BE TO HAVE BOTH
TEAMS IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
TOMORROW NIGHT, DEWITT PLAYS DECORAH AND IF THEY WIN, THEY GO TO THE
STATE TOURNAMENT.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: DAVID STREETS REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS HOME ON PERSHING ROAD. THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN AND A HANDLE ON THE DOOR BROKEN AND SEVERAL ITEMS WERE TAKEN.
AND NICK DAVIS SAID THAT SOMEONE VANDALIZED HIS TRAILBLAZER WHILE
AT 306 N. ELIZA.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
GLEN CASAD, 90, OF WHEATLAND DIED SATURDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS
DAUGHTER, JANE BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA. THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW MORNING.
ITS OSCAR WEEK! MAY THE BEST MOVIE WIN!
MAQUOKETA NATIVE ROB ROTMAN, OF CHICAGO, SAYS IT WILL BE "THE
KINGS SPEECH". HE HAS A REPUTATION OF PICKING THE WINNERS. I WILL
HAVE FURTHER PREDICTIONS BY HIM LATER.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 18, 2011
SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 42.
RAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
LIGHT SNOW MONDAY AND COLD AGAIN FOR A COUPLE DAYS ONLY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT TO CLOSE OUT THEIR REGULAR SEASON. THEY PLAY DEWITT MONDAY NIGHT IN A TOURNAMENT GAME.
THE MAQUOKETA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS ONE OF 55 TO BE CLOSED NEXT YEAR. IT IS LOCATED IN THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEW BUILDING NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
RAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
LIGHT SNOW MONDAY AND COLD AGAIN FOR A COUPLE DAYS ONLY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT TO CLOSE OUT THEIR REGULAR SEASON. THEY PLAY DEWITT MONDAY NIGHT IN A TOURNAMENT GAME.
THE MAQUOKETA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS ONE OF 55 TO BE CLOSED NEXT YEAR. IT IS LOCATED IN THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEW BUILDING NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 17, 2011
THE SUN IS SHINING AND WE GOT INTO THE 50'S TODAY. BUT THIS WARMER
WEATHER WON'T LAST LONG.
THE TWO MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS, THE SNYDER TWINS, LOST BOTH MATCHES
LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE WRESTLING MEET AND THE SENIORS ARE OUT OF THE
TOURNAMENT. THE TWO DEWITT GRAPPLERS BOTH WON LAST NIGHT AND
WRESTLE AGAIN TONIGHT. DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES
ON KMAQ-FM SOMETIME AFTER 7 AND THEY WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEB SITE,
WWW.KMAQ.COM
THE NORTHEAST WRESTLERS ALSO LOST TWICE LAST NIGHT AND ARE OUT OF
TOURNAMENT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO 6TH RATED DEWITT LAST NIGHT, 54 TO 23.
THE GAME PLAYED AT DEWITT. THE CARDINALS ENDED UP THE SEASON
WITH A 10 AND 12 RECORD. KELSEY HOLMES AGAIN LED THE CARDINALS IN SCORING. KELSEY WAS THE ONLY SENIOR ON THE TEAM AND
HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE. SO, THE CARDINAL TEAM
WAS A YOUNG ONE AND SHOULD PICK UP A LOT MORE WINS NEXT YEAR.
BRIAN AND JACQUELINE LAHEY OF CEDAR RAPIDS ARE PARENTS OF A BOY WHO WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10TH AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE PATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE RANDY AND LINDA LEHEY OF MAQUOKETA.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, DAWN ZEIMET HAS SOLD DAWN'S DINER (AND THE BUILDING) ON EAST PLATT STREET TO STEVE McAFEE OF MAQUOKETA. THE DINER WILL CLOSE FEBRUARY 25TH.
ZEIMET SAID McAFEE PLANS TO DO SOME REMODELING AND WILL RE-OPEN APRIL 1ST. DAWN HAS HAD THE BUSINESS FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND SAID IT WAS TIME
TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. SHE SAID SHE HASN'T DECIDED WHAT THAT WILL BE.
NANCY, I AND LONNA HAVE HAD LUNCH THERE MANY, MANY TIMES AND WILL MISS
DAWN'S HOME COOKING.......AND THANKS ALSO TO HER FOR BEING A REGULAR
KMAQ ADVERTISER. WE WISH HER THE BEST. STEVE HAS RESTAURANT
EXPERIENCE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HIM BACK IN THE FOOD
BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN. WONDER IF HIS MOM SUE WILL HELP OUT TOO.
SHE REALLY HAS HAD MANY YEARS BEHIND THE COUNTER AND AT THE GRILL.
I THINK HER FIRST RESTAURANT JOB WAS AT THE ONE TIME FAMOUS GREEN
MILL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
"THE KINGS SPEECH" RATED R AND NOMINATED FOR 12 ACADEMY AWARDS, OPENS TOMORROW AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE. IT IS EXPECTED TO GET THE OSCAR FOR
BEST MOVIE.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
WEATHER WON'T LAST LONG.
THE TWO MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS, THE SNYDER TWINS, LOST BOTH MATCHES
LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE WRESTLING MEET AND THE SENIORS ARE OUT OF THE
TOURNAMENT. THE TWO DEWITT GRAPPLERS BOTH WON LAST NIGHT AND
WRESTLE AGAIN TONIGHT. DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES
ON KMAQ-FM SOMETIME AFTER 7 AND THEY WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEB SITE,
WWW.KMAQ.COM
THE NORTHEAST WRESTLERS ALSO LOST TWICE LAST NIGHT AND ARE OUT OF
TOURNAMENT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO 6TH RATED DEWITT LAST NIGHT, 54 TO 23.
THE GAME PLAYED AT DEWITT. THE CARDINALS ENDED UP THE SEASON
WITH A 10 AND 12 RECORD. KELSEY HOLMES AGAIN LED THE CARDINALS IN SCORING. KELSEY WAS THE ONLY SENIOR ON THE TEAM AND
HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE. SO, THE CARDINAL TEAM
WAS A YOUNG ONE AND SHOULD PICK UP A LOT MORE WINS NEXT YEAR.
BRIAN AND JACQUELINE LAHEY OF CEDAR RAPIDS ARE PARENTS OF A BOY WHO WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10TH AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE PATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE RANDY AND LINDA LEHEY OF MAQUOKETA.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, DAWN ZEIMET HAS SOLD DAWN'S DINER (AND THE BUILDING) ON EAST PLATT STREET TO STEVE McAFEE OF MAQUOKETA. THE DINER WILL CLOSE FEBRUARY 25TH.
ZEIMET SAID McAFEE PLANS TO DO SOME REMODELING AND WILL RE-OPEN APRIL 1ST. DAWN HAS HAD THE BUSINESS FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND SAID IT WAS TIME
TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. SHE SAID SHE HASN'T DECIDED WHAT THAT WILL BE.
NANCY, I AND LONNA HAVE HAD LUNCH THERE MANY, MANY TIMES AND WILL MISS
DAWN'S HOME COOKING.......AND THANKS ALSO TO HER FOR BEING A REGULAR
KMAQ ADVERTISER. WE WISH HER THE BEST. STEVE HAS RESTAURANT
EXPERIENCE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HIM BACK IN THE FOOD
BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN. WONDER IF HIS MOM SUE WILL HELP OUT TOO.
SHE REALLY HAS HAD MANY YEARS BEHIND THE COUNTER AND AT THE GRILL.
I THINK HER FIRST RESTAURANT JOB WAS AT THE ONE TIME FAMOUS GREEN
MILL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
"THE KINGS SPEECH" RATED R AND NOMINATED FOR 12 ACADEMY AWARDS, OPENS TOMORROW AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE. IT IS EXPECTED TO GET THE OSCAR FOR
BEST MOVIE.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
IT WAS REAL FOGGY THIS MORNING...AND IT STAYED AROUND MOST OF TODAY.
HIGH TODAY WAS 47.
MORE FOG TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
IN THE 50'S TOMORROW.
MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT STARTED SCHOOL TWO HOURS LATE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE FOG.....AND A BAD ACCIDENT NORTH OF MAQUOKETA
AT 9:30 THIS MORNING TOOK THE LIFE OF A 78-YEAR OLD BERNARD WOMAN WHO
PULLED ONTO HIGH 61 BY THE OTTER CREEK GAS STATION AND WAS HIT
BY A SOUTHBOUND SEMI. CLEAN-UP ON THE HIGHWAY TOOK NEARLY 3 HOURS.
THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI WAS FROM ILLINOIS.
DR. PAUL KOOB WILL HAVE STATE WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND
OUR WEB SITE STARTING AT 6:30.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY DEWITT THERE IN TOURNAMENT PLAY TONIGHT AT 7. THAT GAME ON KMAQ-AM. DEWITT IS RATED 6TH IN THE STATE.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
HIGH TODAY WAS 47.
MORE FOG TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
IN THE 50'S TOMORROW.
MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT STARTED SCHOOL TWO HOURS LATE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE FOG.....AND A BAD ACCIDENT NORTH OF MAQUOKETA
AT 9:30 THIS MORNING TOOK THE LIFE OF A 78-YEAR OLD BERNARD WOMAN WHO
PULLED ONTO HIGH 61 BY THE OTTER CREEK GAS STATION AND WAS HIT
BY A SOUTHBOUND SEMI. CLEAN-UP ON THE HIGHWAY TOOK NEARLY 3 HOURS.
THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI WAS FROM ILLINOIS.
DR. PAUL KOOB WILL HAVE STATE WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND
OUR WEB SITE STARTING AT 6:30.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY DEWITT THERE IN TOURNAMENT PLAY TONIGHT AT 7. THAT GAME ON KMAQ-AM. DEWITT IS RATED 6TH IN THE STATE.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 14, 2011
41 TODAY.
NEAR 60 THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY.
BUT, COLDER WEEKEND COMING UP.
TWO CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE GOING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
WEDNESDAY, SENIORS, TWIN BROTHERS SHILOH AND DAKOTA SNYDER.
ACTION STARTS AROUND 6 P.M. AND PAUL KOOB WILL BE THERE AGAIN
TO BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR INTERNET WEB
SITE. TWO DEWITT WRESTLERS AND TWO FROM NORTHEAST-GOOSELAKE
WILL ALSO WRESTLER THERE IN 2-A AND THEIR MATCHES WILL BE BROADCAST
ALSO BY PAUL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
NO LOCAL MAQUOKETA MAJOR NEWS TO REPORT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
NEAR 60 THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY.
BUT, COLDER WEEKEND COMING UP.
TWO CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE GOING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
WEDNESDAY, SENIORS, TWIN BROTHERS SHILOH AND DAKOTA SNYDER.
ACTION STARTS AROUND 6 P.M. AND PAUL KOOB WILL BE THERE AGAIN
TO BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR INTERNET WEB
SITE. TWO DEWITT WRESTLERS AND TWO FROM NORTHEAST-GOOSELAKE
WILL ALSO WRESTLER THERE IN 2-A AND THEIR MATCHES WILL BE BROADCAST
ALSO BY PAUL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
NO LOCAL MAQUOKETA MAJOR NEWS TO REPORT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, February 12, 2011
SUNNY THIS MORNING....
PARTLY SUNNY NOW....
LOOKING FOR A HIGH IN THE MID 30'S!
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO CLEAR CREEK AMANA,
69 TO 57.
AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO ANAMOSA 38 TO 32.
THE BOYS HAVE TWO REGULAR SEASON GAMES LEFT AND THE
GIRLS WILL PLAY DEWITT (RANKED 5TH) WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
WE WILL HAVE THE GAME HERE ON THE WEB SITE.
THE PPP PLAY LAST NIGHT....I HEAR....WAS GOOD AND VERY FUNNY.
TWO PERFORMANCES LEFT...7 TONIGHT AND 2 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
DON'T FORGET YOUR VALENTINE!
DENNIS VOY
PARTLY SUNNY NOW....
LOOKING FOR A HIGH IN THE MID 30'S!
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO CLEAR CREEK AMANA,
69 TO 57.
AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO ANAMOSA 38 TO 32.
THE BOYS HAVE TWO REGULAR SEASON GAMES LEFT AND THE
GIRLS WILL PLAY DEWITT (RANKED 5TH) WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
WE WILL HAVE THE GAME HERE ON THE WEB SITE.
THE PPP PLAY LAST NIGHT....I HEAR....WAS GOOD AND VERY FUNNY.
TWO PERFORMANCES LEFT...7 TONIGHT AND 2 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
DON'T FORGET YOUR VALENTINE!
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 11, 2011
27 THE HIGH TODAY AND STILL WARMER WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.
INTO THE 40'S BY MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.
MAQUOKETA...
2000 POPULATION.....6,112
2010 POPULATION.....6,141
UP 29 IN TEN YEARS. BUT, BETTER THAN LOWER AS MANY CITIES FOUND
OUT THIS WEEK WEEK THEY GOT THE OFFICIAL 2010 POPULATION FIGURES.
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW TWO-DAY ATTENDANCE, 2,221.
LAST YEAR, 2,480.
COLD WEATHER HURT US.
THE SEVEN COUPLES WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR'S 2ND ANNUAL
DANCING WITH THE CARDS EVENT WERE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK.
THEY ARE:
THE CELEBRITY DANCERS ARE: POLICE OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET....
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER DIRECTOR, RICH HALL....HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL
MUSIC DIRECTOR JOEL HAGEN....MAQUOKETA STATE BANK EMPLOYEE AND
FIREMAN MATT TRANNEL.....DENTIST DR. ABBY GEHL.....FIDELITY BANK MAQUOKETA BRANCH MANAGER CATHY SEYFERT.....AND PHARMACIST MATT OSTERHAUS.
MATT WILL BE TEAMED WITH HIS DAUGHTER LAURA.
JERREMIAH GERARDY WIL DANCE WITH SEYFERT.
JASON SHUSTER WILL BE PARTNERED WITH DR. GEHL.
MORGAN MEYER WILL DANCE WITH MATT TRANEL.
CARLY WARD WILL COMPETE WITH HAGEN.
CASSADY MORRIS IS PAIRED WITH HALL AND
CATHERINE VAZQUEZ WILL DANCE WITH OFFICER ZEIMET.
LAURIE STEINES AND VANESSA FOWLER ARE THE CO-CHAIR OF THE EVENT THAT
WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 27TH AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL GYM. THE NET PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB.
LARRY STRUVE, AGE 71, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME IN CLINTON.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER,
JACQUELINE GILMORE OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A MAKE-UP GAME AT ANAMOSA
TONIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY AT CLEAR CREEK AMANA TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
INTO THE 40'S BY MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.
MAQUOKETA...
2000 POPULATION.....6,112
2010 POPULATION.....6,141
UP 29 IN TEN YEARS. BUT, BETTER THAN LOWER AS MANY CITIES FOUND
OUT THIS WEEK WEEK THEY GOT THE OFFICIAL 2010 POPULATION FIGURES.
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW TWO-DAY ATTENDANCE, 2,221.
LAST YEAR, 2,480.
COLD WEATHER HURT US.
THE SEVEN COUPLES WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR'S 2ND ANNUAL
DANCING WITH THE CARDS EVENT WERE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK.
THEY ARE:
THE CELEBRITY DANCERS ARE: POLICE OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET....
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER DIRECTOR, RICH HALL....HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL
MUSIC DIRECTOR JOEL HAGEN....MAQUOKETA STATE BANK EMPLOYEE AND
FIREMAN MATT TRANNEL.....DENTIST DR. ABBY GEHL.....FIDELITY BANK MAQUOKETA BRANCH MANAGER CATHY SEYFERT.....AND PHARMACIST MATT OSTERHAUS.
MATT WILL BE TEAMED WITH HIS DAUGHTER LAURA.
JERREMIAH GERARDY WIL DANCE WITH SEYFERT.
JASON SHUSTER WILL BE PARTNERED WITH DR. GEHL.
MORGAN MEYER WILL DANCE WITH MATT TRANEL.
CARLY WARD WILL COMPETE WITH HAGEN.
CASSADY MORRIS IS PAIRED WITH HALL AND
CATHERINE VAZQUEZ WILL DANCE WITH OFFICER ZEIMET.
LAURIE STEINES AND VANESSA FOWLER ARE THE CO-CHAIR OF THE EVENT THAT
WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 27TH AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL GYM. THE NET PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB.
LARRY STRUVE, AGE 71, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME IN CLINTON.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER,
JACQUELINE GILMORE OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A MAKE-UP GAME AT ANAMOSA
TONIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY AT CLEAR CREEK AMANA TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 10, 2011
PLEASE NOTE THAT ON MY DAILY REPORT, YOU CAN SIMPLY SCAN DOWN AND
READ SEVERAL REPORTS.....THE LAST ONE..... AND THE ONES BELOW, ETC.
BUT THEN TO READ MORE, OR SEE MORE PHOTOS, YOU HAVE TO CLICK
ON THE BUTTON THAT SAYS "OLDER POSTS".
FOR INSTANCE, TODAY I PUT UP 9 NEW PHOTOS, BUT TO SEE PHOTOS 7, 8 AND 9 ON SOME COMPUTERS, YOU MAY HAVE TO CLICK ON "OLDER POSTS" TO SEE THE 7TH, 8TH AND 9TH PHOTOS, AS WELL AS DAILY REPORTS AND PHOTOS EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU
DENNIS VOY
READ SEVERAL REPORTS.....THE LAST ONE..... AND THE ONES BELOW, ETC.
BUT THEN TO READ MORE, OR SEE MORE PHOTOS, YOU HAVE TO CLICK
ON THE BUTTON THAT SAYS "OLDER POSTS".
FOR INSTANCE, TODAY I PUT UP 9 NEW PHOTOS, BUT TO SEE PHOTOS 7, 8 AND 9 ON SOME COMPUTERS, YOU MAY HAVE TO CLICK ON "OLDER POSTS" TO SEE THE 7TH, 8TH AND 9TH PHOTOS, AS WELL AS DAILY REPORTS AND PHOTOS EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU
DENNIS VOY
ANOTHER BUSY DAY SO FARAT THE KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
NEARLY 12-HUNDRED ATTENDED
YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS PORK
DAY. TODAY WAS BEEF DAY.
IT WAS 12 BELOW IN MAQUOKETA OVER NIGHT
AND TODAY IN THE TEENS.
THE WEATHER HAS HURT ATTENDANCE, BUT NOT THAT
MUCH. LAST NIGHT WAS SLOWER THAN USUAL, BUT
AT 7:20 AT THE CLOSE OF THE
SHOW, THE TEMPERATURE WAS
ALREADY 2 BELOW. ENJOY THE 9 PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY AND AS USUAL, CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO TO
ENLARGE IT. THE SHOW ENDS AT
7:30 TONIGHT. HOPE YOU CAN STILL
MAKE IT. AND IF YOU HAVE ALREADY
ATTENDED, THANK YOU!
PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY
DAN KILBURG AT RIGHT, FARMER NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, AND HIS WIFECOLLEEN, WERE NAMED THE
FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE FARMERS OF THE YEAR AT TODAY'S KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. DAN IS A STEWART OF THE LAND WITH A GREAT INTEREST IN CONSERVATION OF
THE LAND. A BELIEVER IN
NO-TILL TILLAGE, HE HAS
ESTABLISHED TERRACES AND
PONDS ON HIS FARM. HE IS AN
FFA ALUMNI MEMBER AND
ACTIVELY PROMOTES AGRICULTURE ANY WAY HE CAN HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.
THE PLAQUE YOU SEE IN PHOTO WAS PRESENTED ON STAGE BY ROBERT SHEARER, A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AG COMMITTEE. THE
CHAMBER AND THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB HAVE GIVEN THREE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS YEARLY SINCE 1990. THE 22ND ANNUAL AWARDS
WERE PRESENTED ON STAGE AT 12:30 TODAY. A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE TO HELP HONOR THE AWARD WINNERS, WHO DID NOT KNOW IN ADVANCE
THAT THEY WERE GETTING THE AWARD, AFTER THE PRESENTER TOLD ABOUT
THEIR LIFE.
NANCY MOORE, A MEMBER OFTHE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB AND LONGTIME FRIEND OF
HELEN STEWART AT FAR RIGHT,
PRESENTED HELEN WITH THE AG PUBLIC SERVICE PERSON AWARD.
IT WAS HER LATE HUSBAND BILL AS A ROTARIAN, THAT STARTED
THE FARM AND HOME SHOW
FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS FOR KMAQ, BACK IN
1990. SHE AND BILL SERVED
TOGETHER IN THE PEACE CORP IN COSTA RICA 1980 TO 1983,
INSTRUCTING HOW TO FARM BETTER. WHEN BILL WAS ACTIVE AS FFA ADVISOR, SHE WAS THEIR TO SUPPORT HIM LOCALLY AND IN STATE FUNCTIONS. SHE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE FFA ALUMNI AND WITH THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY, COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION, AND THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WHEN ONE ATTENDS A MAQUOKETA OR COUNTY FUNCTION, ESPECIALLY IF AG RELATED, HELEN IS THERE.
DEAN ENGEL AT LEFT, OFMAQUOKETA STATE BANK,
WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE
FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE
AWARDS PROGRAM AGAIN THIS
YEAR, AS A MEMBER OF THE
MAQUOKETA CHAMBER AG COMMITTEE. AND HE INTRODUCED THE AG BUSINESS
AWARD WINNERS, DAN AND DICK
KUNAU, PARTNERS IN KUNAU
IMPLEMENT, PRESTON AND
DEWITT. THE POPULAR IH IMPLEMENT BUSINESS WAS STARTED BY THEIR FATHER, ROBERT, 75 YEARS AGO.
MAQUOKETA'S OWN REDHENTON IN THE BACK AND HIS
FRIEND TO THE RIGHT, DAN BUDDE OF CLINTON, WITH
HITS OF THE PAST FROM 11 UNTIL 3 TODAY. RED HAS
ENTERTAINED AT OUR FARM
SHOW ALMOST EVERY YEAR
SINCE WE STARTED IN THE 1980'S. HIS VOICE IS CLEAR AND SHARP JUST LIKE IT WAS WAY BACK THEN AND HE TURNED
90 LAST FALL.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS NOT WELL ATTENDEDBY YOUNGER FAMILIES. WAS
GLAD TO SEE CARSON STRUVE AND HIS WIFE KALLA AT THE
SHOW TODAY, FARMERS FROM
RURAL MILES. KELLY, AGE
10 MONTHS , REALLY LIKED THE
RASPBERRY T-N-T CONE SHOP
ICECREAM.
THANKS AGAIN THIS YEAR TO
T-N-T ON EAST PLATT STREET
IN MAQUOKETA FOR BRINGING
DOWN THEIR SOFT-SERVE
ICECREAM MACHINE.
IN THE BLUE SHIRT, HARRYHILLAKER, BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE STATE CLIMATOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF THE IOWA
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
HE'S IOWA'S WEATHERMAN.
GIVE A NICE TALK ABOUT THE
WEATHER ON THE STATE THIS
NOON AND THEN LEIGHTON
HEPKER AT RIGHT INTERVIEWED HIM FOR A FUTURE KMAQ
"JUST TALK" SHOW. HARRY HAS
BEEN AT THE JOB FOR 30 YEARS.
HE WAS A HIT TODAY WITH A LOT PEOPLE AND ANSWERED
SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS.
GLAD HE MADE THE LONG TRIP
FROM DES MOINES TO BE WITH US. WILL WE HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS IN IOWA THIS YEAR? I FORGOT TO ASK!
HERE'S JIM FOSTER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA ....A 1969 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND FOUNDER OF FOSTER FAMILY MUSIC IN THE QUAD CITIES. HE HAS BEEN AT ALMOST ALL OF OUR FARM AND HOME SHOWS WITH ORGANS AND PIANOS. THE BUSINESS IS NOWOWNED BY HIS DAUGHTER BUT HE AND HIS WIFE GO DOWN TO
HELP OUT 2 OR 3 DAYS A WEEK.
HIS MOTHER, NOW 88, STILL LIVES IN MAQUOKETA. HE
STARTED THE BUSINESS IN 1984,
DURING BAD ECONOMIC TIMES
AND HIGH INTEREST RATES.
SAYS HE HAD TO TALK TO OVER
30 BANKS BEFORE HE FOUND ONE THAT WOULD GIVE HIM A LOAN.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
SUNNY AND COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 10.
MAY GO DOWN TO MINUS 12 TONIGHT.
TOMORROW IN THE TEENS.
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW GOING WELL!
FINAL DAY IS TOMORROW....BEEF DAY. THE 3 FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE WILL
BE AWARDED TOMORROW, GIVEN ANNUALLY BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS
LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, AT EPWORTH, 52 TO 27. JON BOPES WAS LEADING
SCORER FOR THE CARDINALS WITH 8 POINTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DON AND BETTY HENNINGSEN, FORMER MAQUOKETA
RESIDENTS, WHO CELEBRATED THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON JANUARY 20TH. THEY WERE MARRIED AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DEWITT.
NOW THEY LIVE IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, BUT THEY STILL OWN THE
FAMILY FARM EAST OF MAQUOKETA. DON WORKED A LONG TIME FOR THE
JACKSON STATE BANK AND LATER WHEN IT WAS NAMED HAWKEYE BANK.
THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. DAUGHTER NANCY LIVES
IN FLORIDA AND SUSAN LIVES IN COLORADO.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, KASEY BARTELS, WON $30,000 IN A IOWA LOTTERY
SCRATCH GAME. SHE BOUGHT THE WINNING TICKET AT THE FAREWAY STORE
HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
MAY GO DOWN TO MINUS 12 TONIGHT.
TOMORROW IN THE TEENS.
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW GOING WELL!
FINAL DAY IS TOMORROW....BEEF DAY. THE 3 FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE WILL
BE AWARDED TOMORROW, GIVEN ANNUALLY BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS
LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, AT EPWORTH, 52 TO 27. JON BOPES WAS LEADING
SCORER FOR THE CARDINALS WITH 8 POINTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DON AND BETTY HENNINGSEN, FORMER MAQUOKETA
RESIDENTS, WHO CELEBRATED THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON JANUARY 20TH. THEY WERE MARRIED AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DEWITT.
NOW THEY LIVE IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, BUT THEY STILL OWN THE
FAMILY FARM EAST OF MAQUOKETA. DON WORKED A LONG TIME FOR THE
JACKSON STATE BANK AND LATER WHEN IT WAS NAMED HAWKEYE BANK.
THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. DAUGHTER NANCY LIVES
IN FLORIDA AND SUSAN LIVES IN COLORADO.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, KASEY BARTELS, WON $30,000 IN A IOWA LOTTERY
SCRATCH GAME. SHE BOUGHT THE WINNING TICKET AT THE FAREWAY STORE
HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE ANNUAL KMAQ FARM SHOWSTARTED AT 10:30 WITH A BIG
TURN-OUT. COLD, BUT SUNNY.
40 EXHIBITORS WERE ON HAND
TO GREET THE VISITORS.
EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
DESPITE THE COLD WEATHER,
SO FAR ATTENDANCE MAYBE
NOT GOING TO BE A RECORD,
BUT IS VERY GOOD. AND,
WE ARE LOOKING TO THE REST
OF THE SHOW FROM NOW UNTIL 7:30 TONIGHT AND ALL DAY TOMORROW. IT IS FREE.
IF YOU LIVE AROUND HERE,
HOPE TO SEE YOU. I TOOK
A FEW PHOTOS. CLICK-ON THEM
TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY
SEATED LEFT, BILL NORTHEY, IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, WHO GAVE THE NOON SPEECH TODAY. EARLIER,AT 11:30 HE HAD LUNCH WITH
OVER A DOZEN AG BUSINESSMEN AND FARMERS. LEFT TO RIGHT,
FFA ADVISOR GARY BRUNS,
FARMER AND FARM BUREAU
LEADER MARK MILLER, BANKER/AG LENDER BOB SHEARER, AND BRIAN SCHAWAGER, BANKER/AG LENDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AG COMMITTEE. OVERALL, NORTHEY SAID AGRICULTURE IN IOWA IS DOING WELL AND THERE IS OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE.
DENNIS VOY PHOTO
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
THE SCHEDULE TO THE LEFT ISFOR TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY.
THAT WHICH LOOKS LIKE CROSSED-OUT
WAS DONE BY A HIGH-LIGHT PEN.
DOORS OPEN AT 10:30 TOMORROW MORNING.
WEDNESDAY, IS DAY ONE OF THE TWO
DAY SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN
MAQUOKETA.
CLICK-ON THE SCHEDULE TO THE LEFT
TO ENLARGE IT.
TODAY'S (TUESDAY) DAILY REPORT
IS BELOW THE TWO FARM AND
HOME SHOW "DAILY SCHEDULES"!
DENNIS VOY
4 BELOW THIS MORNING.
6 ABOVE TODAY.
9 BELOW TONIGHT.
10 ABOVE TOMORROW.
IN THE MID 30'S THIS WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE HERE LAST NIGHT AND THE BOYS PLAY WD AT EPWORTH TONIGHT.
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING. EUNICE TILL, 67, OF
MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON MONROE STREET AND TOD ROEDER, 48,
OF ANDREW PULLED OUT FROM A BUSINESS DRIVE AND HIT THE TILL VEHICLE.
ROEDER WAS CHARGED. NO INJURIES. $2,500 DAMAGE TO TILL'S 2006 FORD
REGISTERED TO ANDREW SCHOOLS AND NO DAMAGE TO THE 1991 TRUCK
REGISTERED TO BALLIU CONSTRUCTION.
SEE YOU AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW TOMORROW AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
6 ABOVE TODAY.
9 BELOW TONIGHT.
10 ABOVE TOMORROW.
IN THE MID 30'S THIS WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE HERE LAST NIGHT AND THE BOYS PLAY WD AT EPWORTH TONIGHT.
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING. EUNICE TILL, 67, OF
MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON MONROE STREET AND TOD ROEDER, 48,
OF ANDREW PULLED OUT FROM A BUSINESS DRIVE AND HIT THE TILL VEHICLE.
ROEDER WAS CHARGED. NO INJURIES. $2,500 DAMAGE TO TILL'S 2006 FORD
REGISTERED TO ANDREW SCHOOLS AND NO DAMAGE TO THE 1991 TRUCK
REGISTERED TO BALLIU CONSTRUCTION.
SEE YOU AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW TOMORROW AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 07, 2011
WE HAD NEARLY 2 INCHES MORE SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND.
TODAY, SUNNY AND A HIGH OF 27.
VERY COLD WEATHER, BUT NO SNOW, THE NEXT 3 DAYS. STARTING FRIDAY,
WARMER AND IN MID 30'S BOTH THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT.
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE GIRLS BEAT RANKED SOLON AT SOLON, 41 TO 29.
THEN SATURDAY NIGHT, AT HOME, THEY LOST TO MONTICELLO 48 TO 29.
GOING INTO ACTION TONIGHT, THEY ARE 9 AND 10 OVERALL.
THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT, LOST TO RANKED SOLON, 40 TO 20 AND
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE BOYS BEAT MONTICELLO 47 TO 39. THEIR OVERALL
RECORD TODAY IS 7 AND 10.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE SECTIONALS SATURDAY AND
FIVE CARDINALS WILL ADVANCE TO DISTRICT WRESTLING THIS COMING
SATURDAY. THEY ARE: SHILOH AND DAKOTA SNYDER, CHRISTIAN FLENKER,
HAVEN MILLER AND JOSH HOLTZ. THE 1ST AND 2ND PLACE WRESTLERS
THIS SATURDAY AT WEST LIBERTY WILL GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
IN DES MOINES.
THE 66TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA USBC MEN'S CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT
CONCLUDED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER 10 DAYS OF BOWLING.
THE TOP TEAM (3448) WAS "I DON'T KNOW TEAM" AND ITS MEMBERS ARE
CHAD WEIRUP, CHRISTOPHER WEIRUP, RANDY WEIRUP, DENNY GLASER AND
JOHN DAEHLER. THE DOUBLES CHAMPS (1,432) ARE BRIAN SHEA AND RON PAULSEN.
MIKE VARNER (755 WITH HANDICAP) TOOK THE SINGLES CATEGORY. ALL EVENTS SCRATCH (2,116)JASON GIBSON AND ALL EVENTS, HANDICAP (2,136) MIKE VARNER.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
NICE GOING PACKERS!
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, SUNNY AND A HIGH OF 27.
VERY COLD WEATHER, BUT NO SNOW, THE NEXT 3 DAYS. STARTING FRIDAY,
WARMER AND IN MID 30'S BOTH THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT.
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE GIRLS BEAT RANKED SOLON AT SOLON, 41 TO 29.
THEN SATURDAY NIGHT, AT HOME, THEY LOST TO MONTICELLO 48 TO 29.
GOING INTO ACTION TONIGHT, THEY ARE 9 AND 10 OVERALL.
THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT, LOST TO RANKED SOLON, 40 TO 20 AND
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE BOYS BEAT MONTICELLO 47 TO 39. THEIR OVERALL
RECORD TODAY IS 7 AND 10.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE SECTIONALS SATURDAY AND
FIVE CARDINALS WILL ADVANCE TO DISTRICT WRESTLING THIS COMING
SATURDAY. THEY ARE: SHILOH AND DAKOTA SNYDER, CHRISTIAN FLENKER,
HAVEN MILLER AND JOSH HOLTZ. THE 1ST AND 2ND PLACE WRESTLERS
THIS SATURDAY AT WEST LIBERTY WILL GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
IN DES MOINES.
THE 66TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA USBC MEN'S CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT
CONCLUDED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER 10 DAYS OF BOWLING.
THE TOP TEAM (3448) WAS "I DON'T KNOW TEAM" AND ITS MEMBERS ARE
CHAD WEIRUP, CHRISTOPHER WEIRUP, RANDY WEIRUP, DENNY GLASER AND
JOHN DAEHLER. THE DOUBLES CHAMPS (1,432) ARE BRIAN SHEA AND RON PAULSEN.
MIKE VARNER (755 WITH HANDICAP) TOOK THE SINGLES CATEGORY. ALL EVENTS SCRATCH (2,116)JASON GIBSON AND ALL EVENTS, HANDICAP (2,136) MIKE VARNER.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
NICE GOING PACKERS!
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 04, 2011
SUNNY AND COLD TODAY....LOTS OF MELTING THOUGH.
NO SCHOOL TODAY.
MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST SOLON AND GIRLS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT.
MAQUOKETA WILL HOST MONTICELLO IN BASKETBALL TOMORROW.
GIRLS AT 5 AND BOYS AT ABOUT 6:30. WE WILL BROADCAST THE
GAMES ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE, STARTING JUST BEFORE
5 P.M.
THE WRESTLERS ARE IN THE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT
DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION. THE TOP TWO IN EACH WEIGHT DIVISION
GO ON TO DISTRICT NEXT WEEKEND.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
NO SCHOOL TODAY.
MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST SOLON AND GIRLS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT.
MAQUOKETA WILL HOST MONTICELLO IN BASKETBALL TOMORROW.
GIRLS AT 5 AND BOYS AT ABOUT 6:30. WE WILL BROADCAST THE
GAMES ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE, STARTING JUST BEFORE
5 P.M.
THE WRESTLERS ARE IN THE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT
DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION. THE TOP TWO IN EACH WEIGHT DIVISION
GO ON TO DISTRICT NEXT WEEKEND.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 03, 2011
SUNNY DAY TODAY.
LAST NIGHT, A LOW OF 10 BELOW.
TODAY, WE ARE IN THE TEENS.
WE MAY HIT 30 THIS WEEKEND.
EVERYONE IS TRYING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AFTER THE BIG STORM.
THE QC TIMES REPORTS THAT THE SNOWFALL IN DAVENPORT, NEAR 16 INCHES,
WAS THE 2ND LARGEST EVER. IT WAS THE 3RD LARGEST IN HISTORY AT
CHICAGO. IN MAQUOKETA, WE DON'T HAVE THE RECORDS LIKE THE LARGE CITIES,
BUT WE PROBABLY MADE THE TOP 5 LIST.
TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS. POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER SAID MITCHELL HAACK, 24, OF
DEWITT WAS STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAMILY DOLLAR PARKWAY AND
200TH AVNEU TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND LUANN STREETER, 54, OF MAQUOKETA,
WAS BEHIND THE HAACK VEHICLE AND COULD NOT GET IT STOPPED AND IT HIT
THE REAR OF THE HAACK VEHICLE. NO DAMAGE TO TO STREETER'S 2000
GMC AND $2,000 DAMAGE TO THE HAACK 2003 BUICK. NO INJURIES IN THIS
ACCIDENT.
IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT, DON McDONALD, 82, OF MAQUOKETA AND TOM MESSERLI, 50, OF MAQUOKETA, ENTERED THE INTERSECTION AT PLATT AND VERMONT
AT THE SAME TIME AND COLLIDED. THIS WAS AT 3 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BOTH DRIVERS SAID THEY HAD THE GREEN LIGHT. $2,000 DAMAGE TO MCDONALD'S 2000 FORD EXPLORER AND ALSO $2,000 DAMAGE TO MESSERLI'S 2002 CHEVY S10. NO INJURIES AND NO C HARGES FILED.
SPAIN OIL COMPANY ON SOUTH STREET REPORTED A GASOLENE DRIVE-OFF.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SOMEONE PUMPED $30.80 IN GAS AND LEFT WITHOUT
PAYING FOR IT.
CHECK THE PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY.
SEE YA TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
LAST NIGHT, A LOW OF 10 BELOW.
TODAY, WE ARE IN THE TEENS.
WE MAY HIT 30 THIS WEEKEND.
EVERYONE IS TRYING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AFTER THE BIG STORM.
THE QC TIMES REPORTS THAT THE SNOWFALL IN DAVENPORT, NEAR 16 INCHES,
WAS THE 2ND LARGEST EVER. IT WAS THE 3RD LARGEST IN HISTORY AT
CHICAGO. IN MAQUOKETA, WE DON'T HAVE THE RECORDS LIKE THE LARGE CITIES,
BUT WE PROBABLY MADE THE TOP 5 LIST.
TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS. POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER SAID MITCHELL HAACK, 24, OF
DEWITT WAS STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAMILY DOLLAR PARKWAY AND
200TH AVNEU TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND LUANN STREETER, 54, OF MAQUOKETA,
WAS BEHIND THE HAACK VEHICLE AND COULD NOT GET IT STOPPED AND IT HIT
THE REAR OF THE HAACK VEHICLE. NO DAMAGE TO TO STREETER'S 2000
GMC AND $2,000 DAMAGE TO THE HAACK 2003 BUICK. NO INJURIES IN THIS
ACCIDENT.
IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT, DON McDONALD, 82, OF MAQUOKETA AND TOM MESSERLI, 50, OF MAQUOKETA, ENTERED THE INTERSECTION AT PLATT AND VERMONT
AT THE SAME TIME AND COLLIDED. THIS WAS AT 3 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BOTH DRIVERS SAID THEY HAD THE GREEN LIGHT. $2,000 DAMAGE TO MCDONALD'S 2000 FORD EXPLORER AND ALSO $2,000 DAMAGE TO MESSERLI'S 2002 CHEVY S10. NO INJURIES AND NO C HARGES FILED.
SPAIN OIL COMPANY ON SOUTH STREET REPORTED A GASOLENE DRIVE-OFF.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SOMEONE PUMPED $30.80 IN GAS AND LEFT WITHOUT
PAYING FOR IT.
CHECK THE PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY.
SEE YA TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
MAQUOKETA, AND ALL OF EASTERN IOWA, AND MANY OTHER STATES, WAS WARNED ABOUT A TERRIBLE BLIZZARD COMING OUR WAY. IT CAMEEARLY LAST NIGHT AND
DID NOT END UNTIL LATE
THIS MORNING. TODAY,
THOUSANDS SPENT THE DAY
AT HOME. AND THOUSANDS
WERE AT WORK CLEANING
UP THE SNOW....SHOVELING,
PLOWING, BLOWING, AND
HAULING. IT WAS SO BAD,
EVEN A FUNERAL WAS POSTPONED. I TOOK A FEW
PHOTOS FOR YOU TO ENJOY.
WHAT A WAY TO START THE NEW MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THE ONLY GOOD NEWS TODAY WAS THE GROUNDHOG
DIDN'T SEE HIS SHADOW AND WE WILL THEREFORE HAVE AN EARLY SPRING.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF MY THEATRE...WHICH WAS CLOSED TONIGHT. THE SNOW
YOU SEE STILL NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. MARTY BALLIU WILL DO IT OVERNIGHT
WITH HIS PICKUP PLOW. THE THEATRE WILL BE CLOSED AGAIN TONIGHT, AS WILL MOST BUSINESS PLACES. SORRY YOU FOLKS DOWN SOUTH MISSED IT.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM
DENNIS VOY
LOOKING NORTH ON MAIN STREET. ALL SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED TODAY AND MOSTSTORES. NO MAIL DELIVERY.
THE Y WAS CLOSED AND THE
LIBRARY. AND THE COURT HOUSE AND CITY HALL.
MOST RESTAURANTS TOO.
WAL MART WAS OPEN AND
FAREWAY OPENED TWO HOURS
LATE. NO NEWSPAPER DELIVERIES IN MAQUOKETA
TODAY. IT WAS A DANDY!
WE GOT AROUND 14-15 INCHES
OF SNOW, BUT SNOW DRIFTS
WERE 3, 4 AND 5 FEET HIGH.
THE WIND BLEW ALL NIGHT
AT 30-50 MPH.
LOOKING SOUTH ON MAIN STREET. TONIGHT WEGET DOWN TO 10 BELOW.
NO SCHOOL AGAIN TOMORROW.
THIS HAD TO BE ON OF THE
WORST STORMS IN
MAQUOKETA IN THE PAST
50 YEARS. CERTAINLY MORE
DRIFTING THAN ANY OTHER.
I SLEPT IN MY OFFICE OVER NIGHT SO I COULD GET KMAQ
ON-THE-AIR AT THE REGULAR
TIME OF 5:35 A.M. I KNEW
RUSTY, WHO LIVES IN DELMAR,
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE
IT IN. THE PHONE STARTED RINGING AT 5 A.M. AND HUNDREDS OF CALLS FOLLOWED DURING THE MORNING, WITH QUESTIONS AND CANCELLATIONS.
BETWEEN 5:30 AND 9 A.M.... I PLAYED NO MUSIC...IT WAS ALL TALK.
FUN TIME TO BE A BROADCASTER! KMAQ HAS A WEB CAM THAT SHOWS DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA "LIVE" FROM SUN-UP TO SUN-DOWN. IT IS AIMED
AT THE POST OFFICE AND THE M-S-B BANK CLOCK WHICH GIVES THE TIME AND TEMP.
YOU'LL NOTICE CARS MOVING UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET. TO GET TO THE WEB
CAM, YOU GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE "ON AIR LISTEN" BUTTON IN
THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER. THAT BUTTON BRINGS YOU TWO THINGS...
KMAQ-FM AND THE WEB CAM.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
A BUSY DAY AT THE PASTIME THEATREIN MAQUOKETA. I THINK IT WAS A
PEP RALLY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL TEAM. LOOK CLOSELY
AND YOU WILL FIND THE MHS
CHEERLEADERS. NANCY JO (STEWART) MOORE
WAS ONE.
PHOTO TAKEN IN 1952 AT A MAQUOKETA
HOMECOMING PEP RALLY.
WESTPHAL'S WAS A GROCERY STORE.
THE PASTIME CAME DOWN IN 1973 AND
"SMILES ON MAIN DENTAL CLINIC" IS NOW
IN THAT LOCATION.
THE PASTIME HAD OVER 600 SEATS.
I OWNED IT FROM OCTOBER 1, 1972 UNTIL
JANUARY 31, 1973. THE LAST MOVIE WAS
SHOWN THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 31ST.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT A
LITTLE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
TO THE RIGHT, THE FORECAST WE ARE
READING EVERY HALF HOUR NOW.
DOES NOT LOOK GOOD.
SNOWING NOW, AND BLOWING HARD.
WE ARE GETTING LOTS OF CANCELLATIONS
FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
NOTE HOW COLD IT WILL GET AFTER THE
SNOW STOPS.
CLICK ON THE FORECAST TO ENLARGE IT AND
MAKE FOR EASIER READING. YOU MAY HAVE TO CLICK ON IT TWICE TO MAKE IT LARGE ENOUGH FOR READING.
DENNIS VOY