THE DAY STARTED OUT AT 48 DEGREES AT 6 THIS MORNING...
A LITTLE SUNSHINE OVER THE BREAKFAST HOURS...
THEN THE TEMPERATURE STARTED FALLING...
THE CLOUDS MOVED IN....
IT SNOWED A LITTLE...
AND NOW WE ARE AT 32.
OUR BONUS DAY OF THE YEAR, NOT GOOD WEATHER-WISE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ATV CLUB PROPOSED SOME RECREATIONAL RIDES
BE ALLOWED ON COUNTY ROADS THIS SUMMER.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LISTENED BUT TOOK NO ACTION.
THE CLUB IS HOPING TO HAVE 8 TO 10 RIDES BEGINNING JUNE 9TH AND ENDING IN OCTOBER.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION
SERVICE HAS CHANGED THEIR NAME TO "CARSON CELEBRATION OF LIFE CENTER".
TWO BIG FISH FRYS IN MAQUOKET TOMORROW NIGHT....AT THE EAGLES CLUB AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, SPONSORED BY THE FFA.
SPRING IS 3 WEEKS AWAY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
A CLOUDY AND DAMP DAY TODAY....HIGH OF 37. NOT VERY NICE.
THE BELLEVUE GIRLS (COMETS) BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED IN THE
STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES TODAY. WE BROADCAST THE
GAME ON KMAQ. THEY PLAYED IKM MANNING, RANKED 3RD IN THE
STATE. BELLEVUE, UNDEFEATED AND RANKED 14TH, LED AT THE HALF, BUT LOST THE GAME 71 TO 55. BELLEVUE HAS 4 OF THE 5 STARTERS COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.
NEW WINDOWS WILL BE INSTALLED THIS SUMMER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND HIGH SCHOOL, AT A COST OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. THE MONEY WILL COME FROM THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX REVENUS. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WILL BE REPLACING THE ORIGINAL 1963 WINDOWS.
THEY WILL BE THE BRONZE COLOR ON THE EXTERIOR, GOING BACK TO
THE HISTORICAL LOOK.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD IS MEETING TODAY AND WILL TALK ABOUT A TAX ASKING INCREASE THIS YEAR....UP BY $100,000 OVER LAST YEAR....TO $950,000.
FOR A HOME VALUED AT $125,000....THAT WOULD BE A TAX INCREASE OF
$140.00 A YEAR.
RICHARD EFFERDING, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
THEFT. THE REPORT SAID THAT LAST NOVEMBER 30TH, HE WROTE A CHECK
FOR $2,500 TO SEVEN HILLS PAVING AS A PAYMENT FOR SERVICES. THE DEPUTY REPORT SAID THE CHECK DID NOT CLEAR BECAUSE THE ACCOUNT
HAD BEEN CLOSED.
RUSSELL CULVER, AGE 51, OF ELIZABETH, ILLINOIS, DIED LAST FRIDAY.
HE WAS A 1978 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL . HE WORKED
FOR PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA AND ALSO FOR
FARMERS IN THE MAQUOKETA AND PRESTON AREA. HE IS SURVIVED BY
HIS MOTHER AND THE FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE
LAW-JONES FUNERAL HOME IN ELIZABETH.
LEAP YEAR....ONE MORE DAY LEFT IN FEBRUARY. MAKE IT A GOOD ONE.
DENNIS VOY
THE BELLEVUE GIRLS (COMETS) BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED IN THE
STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES TODAY. WE BROADCAST THE
GAME ON KMAQ. THEY PLAYED IKM MANNING, RANKED 3RD IN THE
STATE. BELLEVUE, UNDEFEATED AND RANKED 14TH, LED AT THE HALF, BUT LOST THE GAME 71 TO 55. BELLEVUE HAS 4 OF THE 5 STARTERS COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.
NEW WINDOWS WILL BE INSTALLED THIS SUMMER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND HIGH SCHOOL, AT A COST OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. THE MONEY WILL COME FROM THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX REVENUS. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WILL BE REPLACING THE ORIGINAL 1963 WINDOWS.
THEY WILL BE THE BRONZE COLOR ON THE EXTERIOR, GOING BACK TO
THE HISTORICAL LOOK.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD IS MEETING TODAY AND WILL TALK ABOUT A TAX ASKING INCREASE THIS YEAR....UP BY $100,000 OVER LAST YEAR....TO $950,000.
FOR A HOME VALUED AT $125,000....THAT WOULD BE A TAX INCREASE OF
$140.00 A YEAR.
RICHARD EFFERDING, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
THEFT. THE REPORT SAID THAT LAST NOVEMBER 30TH, HE WROTE A CHECK
FOR $2,500 TO SEVEN HILLS PAVING AS A PAYMENT FOR SERVICES. THE DEPUTY REPORT SAID THE CHECK DID NOT CLEAR BECAUSE THE ACCOUNT
HAD BEEN CLOSED.
RUSSELL CULVER, AGE 51, OF ELIZABETH, ILLINOIS, DIED LAST FRIDAY.
HE WAS A 1978 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL . HE WORKED
FOR PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA AND ALSO FOR
FARMERS IN THE MAQUOKETA AND PRESTON AREA. HE IS SURVIVED BY
HIS MOTHER AND THE FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE
LAW-JONES FUNERAL HOME IN ELIZABETH.
LEAP YEAR....ONE MORE DAY LEFT IN FEBRUARY. MAKE IT A GOOD ONE.
DENNIS VOY
I ATTENDED THE MONTHLY MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEONYESTERDAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB. AND AS ALWAYS, JUST INSIDE THE DOOR,
TO GREET EVERYONE, WAS THIS SMILING FACE. IT BELONGS TO CHERYL CLARK. SHE HAS BEEN THE "2ND IN COMMAND" SINCE 1989....OVER 22 YEARS WITH THE CHAMBER AND SHE SAYS SHE STILL LOVES HER JOB AND HOPES TO RETIRE WITH THE CHAMBER. SHE GOT HER FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE CHAMBER WHILE HER MOTHER OPERATED A T-SHIRT SHOP ON MAIN STREET
IN THE LATE 70'S TO EARLY 80'S. IN FACT, CHERYL WORKED FOR HER AND
SERVED ON THE RETAIL TRADE COMMITTEE REPRESENTING HER MOM'S BUSINESS. HER MOM DIED IN 1984 AND HER DAD (WORKED FOR THE IOWA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT) DIED IN 1996. HER BROTHER ROB WAS A CARPET LAYER, BIG BOWLER, AND DIED IN 1993 AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 41.
SHE HAS A SISTER LISA THAT LIVES IN MAQUOKETA. CHERYL, AFTER
GRADUATING FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOL IN 1974, FIRST WORKED AT A COUPLE OTHER PLACES DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING LEINBACH'S DEPARTMENT STORE, AND SHE MANAGED McLANE OFFICE PRODUCTS. SO, YOU COULD SAY
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN HER "2ND HOME" FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
THE CHANGES WE HAVE BOTH SEEN DURING THOSE YEARS.
CHERYL IS MARRIED TO ANDY (SINCE 1981) AND HE WORKED FOR THEISEN'S
FOR 14 YEARS UNTIL HE BECAME MANAGER OF THE SUPER 8 MOTEL IN 1991.
THE MOTEL WAS 20 YEARS OLD LAST JULY AND NOW IS KNOWN AS
MAQUOKETA INN AND SUITES. CHERYL AND ANDY LOVE TO GOLF,
GO TO MOVIES, LIKE TRAVELING AND VACATION IN FLORIDA THE LAST TWO
WEEKS IN MARCH. THEY HAVE NO CHILDREN.
TWO MAQUOKETANS WHO DAILY MEET AND GREET A LOT OF VISITORS TO
MAQUOKETA...AND MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME! THANK YOU CHERYL AND
ANDY!
DENNIS VOY
ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I PUT UP SOME PHOTOS HERE AFTER VISITING THENATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM AT ANAMOSA......INCLUDING SOME
OF THE OLD 3-WHEEL CYCLE THAT WAS USED FOR MANY YEARS BY THE
MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN CASE YOU MISSED THOSE PHOTOS WITH STORY, YOU MAY WANT TO GO
BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AND GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
MUSEUM.
TODAY, A FEW MORE PHOTOS TAKEN THAT DAY.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, February 25, 2012
RUSTY AND RENNE LIETZ (RUSTY IS KMAQ'S MORNING ANNOUNCER AM STATION)
CELEBRATED THEIR 40TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WAS
ON FEBRUARY 12TH. LAST NIGHT THEIR SONS HAD A SURPRISE PARTY FOR THEM
AT THE LEGION IN LOST NATION. THE SONS ARE
IN THE MIDDLE, ONE TALL
AND ONE WITH SHINY TOP....
RUSTY IS IN RIGHT CORNER OF
COURSE AND RENNE IS IN LEFT
CORNER WITH ARM ON SHOULDER OF HER GRANDSON AND RIGHT BEHIND 3 GRANDDAUGHTERS.
FUN TIME AT LOST NATION LAST NIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH!
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
RIGHT NOW, AROUND 3 O'CLOCK, BIG HEAVY SNOWFLAKES ARE COMING DOWN
IN MAQUOKETA.
BUT, IT IS TOO WARM FOR THE SNOW TO STAY. WHEN IT GETS COLDER TONIGHT, IT WILL STAY AND WE MAY GET 4 INCHES. TOMORROW BACK UP TO 34 AND MELTING.
SUNDAY, MID 40'S.
STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA WILL PRESENT A PEN USED BY GOV. BRANSTAD TO SIGN LEGISLATION PROVIDING TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS......THE PEN GOING TO A MAQUOKETA NATIVE WHO IS USING THE BENEFITS TO ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SPC COYLA CLARK OF MAQUOKETA, A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OF BOWMAN'S, WILL MEET WITH THE SENATOR IN THE RECEPTION AREA OF THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SATELLITE BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA AT 11:00 A.M. TOMORROW
MORNING. SHE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TOUR IN AFGHANISTAN WHERE SHE SERVED WITH THE 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM OF THE 34TH
DIVISION OF THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD. SHE IS NOW A STUDENT AT
NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN PEOSTA. SENATE FILE 2007 PROVIDES
AN ADDITIONAL $1.3 MILLION IN THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD'S TUITION
ASSISTANCE EFFORT, WITH A BENEFIT TO SOLDIERS AT IOWA'S UNIVERSITIES OF UP TO $1,300 PER SEMESTER IN ADDITIONAL AID.
A "FOR SALE" SIGN WILL BE PUT UP AT MAIN AND PLEASANT, THE SITE OF THE
MAJOR DOWNTOWN FIRE. THE SIGN SAYS "AVAILABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT" AND GIVES THE SIZE OF THE LOT AND THE CITY'S PHONE
NUMBER. THE NON-PROFIT GROUP "MIDAS" WILL SHARE THE $400 COST OF THE SIGN. MIDAS OWNS THE PROPERTY RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF MAIN
AND PLATT AND THE CITY OWNS THE REST, A MUCH LARGER LOT.
JASON TURNER, AGE 39, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO MANUFACTURE A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE: METHAMPHETAMINE. THE JUDGE SAID HE WILL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE ONE-THIRD OF THE SENTENCE. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY FINES OF $2,500 AND $1,262 FOR VICTIM RESTITUTION. HE WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR ON RURAL 35TH STREET.
JADE BAXTER, AGE 3, DIED FEBRUARY 9TH IN LAKEWOOD, WASHINGTON.
THE SERVICE WILL BE AT LAKEWOOD TOMORROW AT 11. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER PARENTS, CHRISTINA AND STEVE BAXTER AND HER GRANDMOTHER, EDNA REUTER OF MAQUOKETA.
"DARBY" CALLAHAN, AGE 87, OF CASCADE AND FORMERLY OF BERNARD, DIED
TUESDAY AT HIS HOME. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 10:30 SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FILLMORE. HE WAS A FARMER AND INSURANCE MAN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, LaVONNE AND EIGHT SONS, INCLUDING TOM CALLAHAN OF MAQUOKETA AND PAT CALLAHAN OF ANAMOSA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND ALSO FOUR DAUGHTERS AND 33 GRANDCHILDREN.
YESTERDAY, I WROTE OF THE DEATH OF DORIS BROWN.
HER FUNERAL WILL BE IN FORT DODGE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TODAY, I LEARNED THAT PRIVATE BURIAL WILL BE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA. AGAIN, THAT WILL BE PRIVATE BY THE FAMILY.
ALSO I WAS TOLD THAT A SHORT MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 5:00 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND (A WEEK FROM TOMORROW) AT THE METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA, WITH LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP TO FOLLOW.
THE SNOW IS NOT MELTING OUT THERE...IT IS STARTING TO BUILD UP ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW BY GOING TO OUR
WEB SITE...www.kmaq.com AND CLICK-ON THE LISTEN BUTTON. THE LISTEN
BUTTON LETS YOU LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM WHILE YOU VIEW NORTH MAIN STREET
ON OUR "LIVE" WEB CAM. THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK TEMPERATURE
SIGN WOULD SHOW YOU THAT IT IS NOW 34 DEGREES IN MAQUOKETA.
NOT ONE, BUT TWO, ELVIS LEGEND SHOWS IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK. TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 9 UNTIL 11:30 P.M. AT TIMBER LANES AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7 AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER....BY TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
AND..... ALSO SATURDAY NIGHT, PRO-WRESTLING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS,
FEATURING GUEST LOCAL WRESTLER MIKE FRANZEN OF MONMOUTH FAME.
AS I LEAVE YOU, I'M SINGING QUIETLY....LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW.
TONIGHT...THE HAWKEYES VERSUS THE BADGERS...MEN'S BIG 10 BASKETBALL AT 8.
TOMORROW NIGHT,THE VERY GOOD GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIE..."DESCENDANTS", RATED R, STARTS AT MY THEATRE. I'VE SEEN IT TWICE.....VERY GOOD.....AND IT MAY WIN SOME OSCARS THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.
HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU.
DENNIS VOY
IN MAQUOKETA.
BUT, IT IS TOO WARM FOR THE SNOW TO STAY. WHEN IT GETS COLDER TONIGHT, IT WILL STAY AND WE MAY GET 4 INCHES. TOMORROW BACK UP TO 34 AND MELTING.
SUNDAY, MID 40'S.
STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA WILL PRESENT A PEN USED BY GOV. BRANSTAD TO SIGN LEGISLATION PROVIDING TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS......THE PEN GOING TO A MAQUOKETA NATIVE WHO IS USING THE BENEFITS TO ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SPC COYLA CLARK OF MAQUOKETA, A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OF BOWMAN'S, WILL MEET WITH THE SENATOR IN THE RECEPTION AREA OF THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SATELLITE BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA AT 11:00 A.M. TOMORROW
MORNING. SHE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TOUR IN AFGHANISTAN WHERE SHE SERVED WITH THE 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM OF THE 34TH
DIVISION OF THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD. SHE IS NOW A STUDENT AT
NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN PEOSTA. SENATE FILE 2007 PROVIDES
AN ADDITIONAL $1.3 MILLION IN THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD'S TUITION
ASSISTANCE EFFORT, WITH A BENEFIT TO SOLDIERS AT IOWA'S UNIVERSITIES OF UP TO $1,300 PER SEMESTER IN ADDITIONAL AID.
A "FOR SALE" SIGN WILL BE PUT UP AT MAIN AND PLEASANT, THE SITE OF THE
MAJOR DOWNTOWN FIRE. THE SIGN SAYS "AVAILABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT" AND GIVES THE SIZE OF THE LOT AND THE CITY'S PHONE
NUMBER. THE NON-PROFIT GROUP "MIDAS" WILL SHARE THE $400 COST OF THE SIGN. MIDAS OWNS THE PROPERTY RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF MAIN
AND PLATT AND THE CITY OWNS THE REST, A MUCH LARGER LOT.
JASON TURNER, AGE 39, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRING TO MANUFACTURE A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE: METHAMPHETAMINE. THE JUDGE SAID HE WILL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE ONE-THIRD OF THE SENTENCE. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY FINES OF $2,500 AND $1,262 FOR VICTIM RESTITUTION. HE WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR ON RURAL 35TH STREET.
JADE BAXTER, AGE 3, DIED FEBRUARY 9TH IN LAKEWOOD, WASHINGTON.
THE SERVICE WILL BE AT LAKEWOOD TOMORROW AT 11. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER PARENTS, CHRISTINA AND STEVE BAXTER AND HER GRANDMOTHER, EDNA REUTER OF MAQUOKETA.
"DARBY" CALLAHAN, AGE 87, OF CASCADE AND FORMERLY OF BERNARD, DIED
TUESDAY AT HIS HOME. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 10:30 SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FILLMORE. HE WAS A FARMER AND INSURANCE MAN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, LaVONNE AND EIGHT SONS, INCLUDING TOM CALLAHAN OF MAQUOKETA AND PAT CALLAHAN OF ANAMOSA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND ALSO FOUR DAUGHTERS AND 33 GRANDCHILDREN.
YESTERDAY, I WROTE OF THE DEATH OF DORIS BROWN.
HER FUNERAL WILL BE IN FORT DODGE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TODAY, I LEARNED THAT PRIVATE BURIAL WILL BE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA. AGAIN, THAT WILL BE PRIVATE BY THE FAMILY.
ALSO I WAS TOLD THAT A SHORT MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 5:00 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND (A WEEK FROM TOMORROW) AT THE METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA, WITH LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP TO FOLLOW.
THE SNOW IS NOT MELTING OUT THERE...IT IS STARTING TO BUILD UP ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW BY GOING TO OUR
WEB SITE...www.kmaq.com AND CLICK-ON THE LISTEN BUTTON. THE LISTEN
BUTTON LETS YOU LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM WHILE YOU VIEW NORTH MAIN STREET
ON OUR "LIVE" WEB CAM. THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK TEMPERATURE
SIGN WOULD SHOW YOU THAT IT IS NOW 34 DEGREES IN MAQUOKETA.
NOT ONE, BUT TWO, ELVIS LEGEND SHOWS IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK. TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 9 UNTIL 11:30 P.M. AT TIMBER LANES AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7 AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER....BY TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
AND..... ALSO SATURDAY NIGHT, PRO-WRESTLING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS,
FEATURING GUEST LOCAL WRESTLER MIKE FRANZEN OF MONMOUTH FAME.
AS I LEAVE YOU, I'M SINGING QUIETLY....LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW.
TONIGHT...THE HAWKEYES VERSUS THE BADGERS...MEN'S BIG 10 BASKETBALL AT 8.
TOMORROW NIGHT,THE VERY GOOD GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIE..."DESCENDANTS", RATED R, STARTS AT MY THEATRE. I'VE SEEN IT TWICE.....VERY GOOD.....AND IT MAY WIN SOME OSCARS THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.
HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU.
DENNIS VOY
KATHY BECKER, CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR FOR THE MAQUOKETA YMCA "PARTNERS WITH YOUTH CAMPAIGN" PUTS THE $48,000 MARK ON THE THERMOMETER TOWARD A GOAL OF $72,000. DOLLARS RAISED GO TO THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ALLOWING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE YMCA AT LITTLE OR NO COST, BASED ON THEIR INCOME. SCOTT WARREN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE Y SAID, "OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING HARD TO RAISE THE NEEDED FUNDS BY MARCH 2ND. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET GIVEN, PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING US TO IMPACT LIVES THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT."CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED.
DENNIS VOY
I TOOK THIS PHOTO AT 6:15 THIS MORNING, COMING TO WORK GOING NORTH ON MAIN STREET.......YOUR FIRST PHOTO OF THE NEW STREET LIGHTS.CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
AND...ROBERT CHRISTENSEN VISITED THE NEW LOCATION OF K-MOTOR SPORTS AND HAS 9 PHOTOS OF IT ON HIS POPULAR WEB SITE....listjacksoncountyia.com
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH OF 43.
SNOW SHOWERS IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
THE JACKSON-CLINTON COUNTY SNOWBIRD GATHERING AT APACHE JUNCTION,
ARIZONA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
MAQUOKETA STATE BANK EMPLOYEES RECENTLY CONTRIBUTED $570 TO
THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.....PROCEEDS FROM A SOUPER BOWL LUNCH.
THE EMPLOYEES DONATED THE MONEY IN ORDER TO WEAR THEIR FAVORITE
FOOTBALL JERSEY TO WORK.
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW DENTIST....JOINING LECHTENBERG DENTAL.
HE IS DR. BRAD YOUNG. HE AND HIS WIFE MARIE LIVE IN DAVENPORT....
NEARLY EQUAL DISTANCE FROM WHERE THEY WORK.
DORIS BROWN, AGE 84, OF FORT DODGE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
DIED MONDAY. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 3 THIS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AT THE CELEBRATION CENTER AT FRIENDSHIP HAVEN. BURIAL
WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE VISITATION WILL BE FROM 5 UNTIL 7 P.M. FRIDAY AT THE GUNDERSON
FUNERAL HOME IN FORT DODGE. DORIS AND HUSBAND DR. PAUL BROWN, LIVED IN MAQUOKETA FOR 50 YEARS AND AFTER PAUL RETIRED, THEY MOVED TO FORT DODGE WHERE THEY HAVE LIVED FOR 7 YEARS. DORIS IS
SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND PAUL OF 65 YEARS....7 CHILDREN....23 GRAND CHILDREN, 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A BROTHER. MEMORIALS ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE "DARE TO IMAGINE" BUILDING FUND AT FRIENDSHIP
HAVEN.
TIPTON CITY MANAGER DOUG BOLDT HAS RESIGNED TO GO INTO BUSINESS.
HE WAS MAQUOKETA'S PUBLIC WORK'S DIRECTOR PRIOR TO TAKING A SIMILAR JOB IN TIPTON 14 YEARS AGO. HE WILL RUN CENTURY MANUFACTURING IN TIPTON.
DON'T FORGET TO READ ABOUT ASHER SCHROEDER BELOW AND IF YOU
WANT TO EMAIL HIM....DO IT.....aeschroeder@msn.com
HAD JURY DUTY ONE-HALF DAY LAST WEEK....TODAY GOT MY PAY CHECK....$30.00
SO LONG ON THIS ASH WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
SNOW SHOWERS IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
THE JACKSON-CLINTON COUNTY SNOWBIRD GATHERING AT APACHE JUNCTION,
ARIZONA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
MAQUOKETA STATE BANK EMPLOYEES RECENTLY CONTRIBUTED $570 TO
THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.....PROCEEDS FROM A SOUPER BOWL LUNCH.
THE EMPLOYEES DONATED THE MONEY IN ORDER TO WEAR THEIR FAVORITE
FOOTBALL JERSEY TO WORK.
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW DENTIST....JOINING LECHTENBERG DENTAL.
HE IS DR. BRAD YOUNG. HE AND HIS WIFE MARIE LIVE IN DAVENPORT....
NEARLY EQUAL DISTANCE FROM WHERE THEY WORK.
DORIS BROWN, AGE 84, OF FORT DODGE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
DIED MONDAY. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 3 THIS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AT THE CELEBRATION CENTER AT FRIENDSHIP HAVEN. BURIAL
WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE VISITATION WILL BE FROM 5 UNTIL 7 P.M. FRIDAY AT THE GUNDERSON
FUNERAL HOME IN FORT DODGE. DORIS AND HUSBAND DR. PAUL BROWN, LIVED IN MAQUOKETA FOR 50 YEARS AND AFTER PAUL RETIRED, THEY MOVED TO FORT DODGE WHERE THEY HAVE LIVED FOR 7 YEARS. DORIS IS
SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND PAUL OF 65 YEARS....7 CHILDREN....23 GRAND CHILDREN, 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A BROTHER. MEMORIALS ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE "DARE TO IMAGINE" BUILDING FUND AT FRIENDSHIP
HAVEN.
TIPTON CITY MANAGER DOUG BOLDT HAS RESIGNED TO GO INTO BUSINESS.
HE WAS MAQUOKETA'S PUBLIC WORK'S DIRECTOR PRIOR TO TAKING A SIMILAR JOB IN TIPTON 14 YEARS AGO. HE WILL RUN CENTURY MANUFACTURING IN TIPTON.
DON'T FORGET TO READ ABOUT ASHER SCHROEDER BELOW AND IF YOU
WANT TO EMAIL HIM....DO IT.....aeschroeder@msn.com
HAD JURY DUTY ONE-HALF DAY LAST WEEK....TODAY GOT MY PAY CHECK....$30.00
SO LONG ON THIS ASH WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEETS AT NOON EVERY WEDNESDAY AT THEEAGLES CLUB. THIS SERVICE CLUB WILL CELEBRATE IT'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN MAQUOKETA NEXT YEAR. IN ROTARY, THE HIGHEST LOCAL HONOR IS
TO BE A "PAUL HARRIS FELLOW", NAMED AFTER THE FOUNDER OF ROTARY.
SHOWN HERE IN THE CENTER IS ROTARIAN ASHER SCHROEDER, WHO IS A
LONGTIME MEMBER OF ROTARY....IS OUR (I'M A MEMBER TOO) CLUB TREASURER AND IS A "PAUL HARRIS FELLOW". THIS PAST CHRISTMAS, HIS
FAMILY DECIDED TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE FELLOWSHIP ON BEHALF
OF ASHER AND MADE HIM A "PAUL HARRIS FELLOW PLUS 1". SO, TODAY,
WAS MORE OR LESS ASHER SCHROEDER DAY AT ROTARY, AS PRESENT FOR THE MEETING WERE HIS 3 SONS AND SISTER-IN-LAW SALLY SCHROEDER, SHOWN PINNING THE NEW PIN ON ASHER. SALLY, MARRIED TO OLDEST SON BILL, IS AN RN AND THEY LIVE IN ANKENY AND SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE ANKENY ROTARY CLUB. ALSO PRESENT WAS YOUNGER SON JOHN OF SIGOURNEY AND YOUNGEST SON DAVID OF DUBUQUE. ASHER IS RETIRED AS ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA, SINCE
1987. HE HAS LIVED IN MAQUOKETA SINCE RETIREMENT (HIS WIFE CATHERINE IS NO LONGER LIVING) AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY IN MANY
WAYS, INCLUDING SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYK. ASHER AND FELLOW ROTARIAN BRIG. GEN. CHARLES
MITCHELL WERE THE TWO MAIN FORCES IN ESTABLISHING THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM HERE IN MAQUOKETA. ASHER SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
WITH THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND WAS WOUNDED AND TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY. I LIKE ASHER A LOT.......AND ENJOY ATTENDING ROTARY
WITH HIM. HE'S A DARNED GOOD MAN.
ANOTHER GOOD MAN IN THIS PHOTO (AT LEFT) IS FELLOW ROTARIAN CLYDE
HARPER, MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. MORE ON HIM ANOTHER TIME.
OR, YOU CAN GO TO THE ROTARY WEB SITE AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
ROTARY AND WHAT IT DOES.....www.maquoketarotary.org
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED!
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
WINDY AND CLOUDY THIS MORNING....SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND
A HIGH OF 41.
THE OLD MAQUOKETA POOL WILL BE LEVELED BY THE END OF APRIL.
LAST NIGHT THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID FROM ARDO
SCHMIDT TO TAKE DOWN THE BATHHOUSE, CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND FILL
IN THE 1972 POOL. THE AREA WILL BE LEVELED TO ONE GRADE AND SEEDED
WITH GRASS.
NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON WHAT THE LAND WILL BE USED FOR.
IT COULD BE USED FOR PARKING DURING GOODENOW FIELD EVENTS, OR
COULD BE SOLD. THE PROPERTY EXTENDS FROM THE POOL AREA
TO ADJACENT ELIZA STREET TO THE SOUTH AND ALSO THERE IS A CONNECTION TO MAIN STREET (A LOT WHERE A HOME ONCE STOOD AND OWNED BY THE CITY) TO THE WEST.
THE FEDERAL AGENCY FANNIE MAE HAS BLINKED.
THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE FINIALLY HEARD FROM THE AGENCY THAT IT WILL CLEAN-UP THE FORMER WILLIE MORTENSEN PROPERTY OFF THE CAVES
ROAD. IT WAS PURCHASED BY FANNIE MAE LAST YEAR IN A SHERIFF'S SALE AND SINCE THEN, FANNIE MAE HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION OF THE COUNTY'S NUISANCE ORDINACE.
NUMEROUS NOTICES WERE SENT AND FANNIE MAE UNTIL THIS WEEK, DID NOT RESPOND. NOW THEY SAY THEY WILL CLEAN-UP THE PROPERTY AND POSSIBLY
DEED IT TO NEIGHBORS. BUT, THE AGENCY WANTS TO COUNTY TO ELIMINATE
THE FINES THAT TO DATE TOTAL MORE THAN $68,000.
IT SOUNDS LIKE LOTS OF ARRANGMENTS NEED TO BE MADE AND I WILL KEEP
YOU POSTED ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
TOMORROW IS ASH WEDNESDAY, AND THE START OF LENT.
DENNIS VOY
A HIGH OF 41.
THE OLD MAQUOKETA POOL WILL BE LEVELED BY THE END OF APRIL.
LAST NIGHT THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID FROM ARDO
SCHMIDT TO TAKE DOWN THE BATHHOUSE, CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND FILL
IN THE 1972 POOL. THE AREA WILL BE LEVELED TO ONE GRADE AND SEEDED
WITH GRASS.
NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON WHAT THE LAND WILL BE USED FOR.
IT COULD BE USED FOR PARKING DURING GOODENOW FIELD EVENTS, OR
COULD BE SOLD. THE PROPERTY EXTENDS FROM THE POOL AREA
TO ADJACENT ELIZA STREET TO THE SOUTH AND ALSO THERE IS A CONNECTION TO MAIN STREET (A LOT WHERE A HOME ONCE STOOD AND OWNED BY THE CITY) TO THE WEST.
THE FEDERAL AGENCY FANNIE MAE HAS BLINKED.
THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE FINIALLY HEARD FROM THE AGENCY THAT IT WILL CLEAN-UP THE FORMER WILLIE MORTENSEN PROPERTY OFF THE CAVES
ROAD. IT WAS PURCHASED BY FANNIE MAE LAST YEAR IN A SHERIFF'S SALE AND SINCE THEN, FANNIE MAE HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION OF THE COUNTY'S NUISANCE ORDINACE.
NUMEROUS NOTICES WERE SENT AND FANNIE MAE UNTIL THIS WEEK, DID NOT RESPOND. NOW THEY SAY THEY WILL CLEAN-UP THE PROPERTY AND POSSIBLY
DEED IT TO NEIGHBORS. BUT, THE AGENCY WANTS TO COUNTY TO ELIMINATE
THE FINES THAT TO DATE TOTAL MORE THAN $68,000.
IT SOUNDS LIKE LOTS OF ARRANGMENTS NEED TO BE MADE AND I WILL KEEP
YOU POSTED ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
TOMORROW IS ASH WEDNESDAY, AND THE START OF LENT.
DENNIS VOY
A BOY'S BASKETBALL THRILLER LAST NIGHT HERE IN MAQUOKETA...
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HAD THE GAME WON....EVERYONE THOUGHT....
BUT THEN DUBUQUE WAHLERT SCORED 11 POINTS IN 87 SECONDS AND
BEAT MAQUOKETA BY 3 POINTS.
THE CARDS FINE SEASON HAS ENDED!
GOOD NEWS FROM LAST NIGHT....THE BELLEVUE COMET GIRLS WON..
...AND GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT, PLAYING NEXT TUESDAY MORNING.
THEY ARE NOW 25 AND 0.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HAD THE GAME WON....EVERYONE THOUGHT....
BUT THEN DUBUQUE WAHLERT SCORED 11 POINTS IN 87 SECONDS AND
BEAT MAQUOKETA BY 3 POINTS.
THE CARDS FINE SEASON HAS ENDED!
GOOD NEWS FROM LAST NIGHT....THE BELLEVUE COMET GIRLS WON..
...AND GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT, PLAYING NEXT TUESDAY MORNING.
THEY ARE NOW 25 AND 0.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 20, 2012
SUNNY AND NICE TODAY...HIGH OF 41.
SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING(AROUND AND INCH TOTAL), BUT THEN MORE SUNSHINE TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH A HIGH NEAR 40 AND THE SNOW WILL ALL AGAIN DISAPPEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HOST DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT AT 7 PM IN
3-A TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL PLAY. MAQUOKETA, 16 AND 5 AND WAHLERT, 9 AND 11, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT WAHLERT IS IN A 4-A LEAGUE. LAST DECEMBER 20TH, THE CARDS DEFEATED WAHLERT, ALSO HERE, IN OVERTIME, 59-56.
SO, IT WILL BE A HECK OF A GAME TONIGHT. MATT CLARK WILL BE THERE
TO BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ AM-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE, STARTING AROUND 6:50 TONIGHT.
GO CARDS!
ALSO TONIGHT, THE BELLEVUE COMET GIRLS (RANKED 14TH IN THE STATE) PLAY UNRANKED CENTRAL LEE IN IOWA CITY AND THE WINNER GOES TO THE
STATE TOURNAMENT. THE LAST TIME BELLEVUE WAS AT STATE WAS IN 1999.\
FOUR OF THE SIX WRESTLERS FROM THE KMAQ AREA THAT WRESTLED IN THE
STATE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEK, CAME HOME WITH A MEDAL. PAUL KOOB
OF MAQUOKETA DID THE BROADCAST OF ALL THEIR MATCHES ON KMAQ.
TWO WERE FROM MIDLAND, WYOMING....ONE FROM DEWITT CENTRAL AND ONE
FROM NORTH CEDAR. THE TWO OTHERS, FROM NORTHEAST IN GOOSELAKE,
BOTH LOST THEIR OPENING MATCH AND WERE THEN IMMEDIATELY OUT
OF THE TOURNAMENT. AS ALWAYS, DR. KOOB DID A GREAT JOB! THERE
WAS NO MAQUOKETA CARDINAL AT THE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.
ONE MORE NOTE FROM THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT. DO YOU REMEMBER CARL RYAN? HE WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BARBER (MY BARBER) WHO DIED EARLY IN LIFE OVER 10 YEARS AGO. AND HIS WIFE JOAN WORKED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR MANY YEARS AND SHE DIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THEIR SON, SHAWN, WAS A GOOD WRESTLER AT MCHS AND HIS FAMILY LIVES IN BETTENDORF. WELL, THIS PAST WEEKEND, HIS TWO SONS WERE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE YOUNGEST, LOGAN, TOOK 5TH PLACE WITH 3-A BETTENDORF AT 132 POUNDS. HE IS JUST A SOPHOMORE. THE OTHER GRANDSON OF CARL AND JOAN, SENIOR CONNOR, DREW A VERY TOUCH OPPONENT AND WAS DEFEATED 10 TO 4 AND TOOK SECOND PLACE AT STATE AT 170 POUNDS. CARL AND JOAN WOULD BE HAPPY AND PROUD TODAY.
ONE MAN WAS INJURED AND TWO WERE CHARGED FOLLOWING A FIGHT AT
THE LAZY J MOTEL LAST NIGHT. THE LAZY J ON WEST PLATT STREET, IS NO LONGER A MOTEL, BUT THE SIGN IS STILL USED AND NOW IT HAS ABOUT 10 APARTMENTS. POLICE WERE CALLED AT 10:45 LAST NIGHT AND THE AMBULANCE WAS ALSO CALLED. DEPUTY CHAD GRUVER SAID WESLEY
BRUNDAGE, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS ASSAULT
AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION. ALSO, EVERETT CLARK, AGE 33, OF MAQUOKETA
WAS ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. BRUNDAGE TOLD OFFICERS THAT TIM RABINEAU CALLED BOTH BRUNDAGE AND CLARK TO MEET HIM
AT THE LAZY J FOR A FIGHT. BOTH MEN WENT TO THE LOCATION AND THE
FIGHT ENSUED. RABINEAU WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE
WITH MULTIPLE FACIAL INJURIES AND A BROKEN NOSE. CLARK'S
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .271 AND BRUNDAGE LEVEL REGISTERED
.157. THERE WAS AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR BRUNDAGE FOR A SEPARATE ASSAULT CHARGE. THAT ASSAULT HAPPENED FEBRUARY 8TH AT SOUTH NIAGARA STREET AND THE VICTIM SAID BRUNDAGE HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A BEER BOTTLE.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT DEMOLITION
WORK AT THE OLD POOL SITE.
THEY WILL HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE NEW LIGHTING PROJECT IN THE CITY.
ALSO, THERE WILL BE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND LITTLE BEAR PARK.
THE MAQUOKETA CAVES (INSIDE THE STATE PARK) WILL BE OPEN TO VISITORS THIS YEAR (THEY WERE CLOSED THE LAST TWO YEARS) BUT THERE WILL BE A
SCREENING PROCESS AND SOMEONE WILL BE HIRED TO IMPLEMENT
THE SCREENING. THOSE SCREENED WILL BE GIVEN A NON-TRANSFERABLE
WRIST BAND WHICH WILL PERMIT ACCESS TO THE CAVES. THIS NECESSARY
BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITE NOSE SYNDROME FOR BATS, A FUNGUS
THAT HAS BEEN FOUND IN CAVES IN THE MIDWEST, BUT NOT AT THE
MAQUOKETA STATE PARK. AND VISITS TO THE CAVES, STARTING IN APRIL,
WILL END OCTOBER 1ST WHEN THE CAVES WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE
HIBERNATION SEASON. MY GUESS IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE BETTER
THAN THE PAST TWO YEARS, BUT NOTHING LIKE IN THE YEARS BEFOR, AND FOR
A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. MANY PEOPLE WILL SKIP THE CAVES BECAUSE OF THE SCREENING, I BELIEVE.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BELOW, INCLUDING THE PHOTOS
I TOOK SATURDAY AT THE MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM.... OF THE 3-WHEELER USED FOR MANY YEARS BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
REMEMBER THE GAME TONIGHT AT 6:50 HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE
OR ON KMAQ AM AND FM.
DENNIS VOY
SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING(AROUND AND INCH TOTAL), BUT THEN MORE SUNSHINE TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH A HIGH NEAR 40 AND THE SNOW WILL ALL AGAIN DISAPPEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HOST DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT AT 7 PM IN
3-A TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL PLAY. MAQUOKETA, 16 AND 5 AND WAHLERT, 9 AND 11, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT WAHLERT IS IN A 4-A LEAGUE. LAST DECEMBER 20TH, THE CARDS DEFEATED WAHLERT, ALSO HERE, IN OVERTIME, 59-56.
SO, IT WILL BE A HECK OF A GAME TONIGHT. MATT CLARK WILL BE THERE
TO BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ AM-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE, STARTING AROUND 6:50 TONIGHT.
GO CARDS!
ALSO TONIGHT, THE BELLEVUE COMET GIRLS (RANKED 14TH IN THE STATE) PLAY UNRANKED CENTRAL LEE IN IOWA CITY AND THE WINNER GOES TO THE
STATE TOURNAMENT. THE LAST TIME BELLEVUE WAS AT STATE WAS IN 1999.\
FOUR OF THE SIX WRESTLERS FROM THE KMAQ AREA THAT WRESTLED IN THE
STATE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEK, CAME HOME WITH A MEDAL. PAUL KOOB
OF MAQUOKETA DID THE BROADCAST OF ALL THEIR MATCHES ON KMAQ.
TWO WERE FROM MIDLAND, WYOMING....ONE FROM DEWITT CENTRAL AND ONE
FROM NORTH CEDAR. THE TWO OTHERS, FROM NORTHEAST IN GOOSELAKE,
BOTH LOST THEIR OPENING MATCH AND WERE THEN IMMEDIATELY OUT
OF THE TOURNAMENT. AS ALWAYS, DR. KOOB DID A GREAT JOB! THERE
WAS NO MAQUOKETA CARDINAL AT THE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.
ONE MORE NOTE FROM THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT. DO YOU REMEMBER CARL RYAN? HE WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BARBER (MY BARBER) WHO DIED EARLY IN LIFE OVER 10 YEARS AGO. AND HIS WIFE JOAN WORKED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR MANY YEARS AND SHE DIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THEIR SON, SHAWN, WAS A GOOD WRESTLER AT MCHS AND HIS FAMILY LIVES IN BETTENDORF. WELL, THIS PAST WEEKEND, HIS TWO SONS WERE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE YOUNGEST, LOGAN, TOOK 5TH PLACE WITH 3-A BETTENDORF AT 132 POUNDS. HE IS JUST A SOPHOMORE. THE OTHER GRANDSON OF CARL AND JOAN, SENIOR CONNOR, DREW A VERY TOUCH OPPONENT AND WAS DEFEATED 10 TO 4 AND TOOK SECOND PLACE AT STATE AT 170 POUNDS. CARL AND JOAN WOULD BE HAPPY AND PROUD TODAY.
ONE MAN WAS INJURED AND TWO WERE CHARGED FOLLOWING A FIGHT AT
THE LAZY J MOTEL LAST NIGHT. THE LAZY J ON WEST PLATT STREET, IS NO LONGER A MOTEL, BUT THE SIGN IS STILL USED AND NOW IT HAS ABOUT 10 APARTMENTS. POLICE WERE CALLED AT 10:45 LAST NIGHT AND THE AMBULANCE WAS ALSO CALLED. DEPUTY CHAD GRUVER SAID WESLEY
BRUNDAGE, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS ASSAULT
AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION. ALSO, EVERETT CLARK, AGE 33, OF MAQUOKETA
WAS ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. BRUNDAGE TOLD OFFICERS THAT TIM RABINEAU CALLED BOTH BRUNDAGE AND CLARK TO MEET HIM
AT THE LAZY J FOR A FIGHT. BOTH MEN WENT TO THE LOCATION AND THE
FIGHT ENSUED. RABINEAU WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE
WITH MULTIPLE FACIAL INJURIES AND A BROKEN NOSE. CLARK'S
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .271 AND BRUNDAGE LEVEL REGISTERED
.157. THERE WAS AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR BRUNDAGE FOR A SEPARATE ASSAULT CHARGE. THAT ASSAULT HAPPENED FEBRUARY 8TH AT SOUTH NIAGARA STREET AND THE VICTIM SAID BRUNDAGE HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A BEER BOTTLE.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT DEMOLITION
WORK AT THE OLD POOL SITE.
THEY WILL HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE NEW LIGHTING PROJECT IN THE CITY.
ALSO, THERE WILL BE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND LITTLE BEAR PARK.
THE MAQUOKETA CAVES (INSIDE THE STATE PARK) WILL BE OPEN TO VISITORS THIS YEAR (THEY WERE CLOSED THE LAST TWO YEARS) BUT THERE WILL BE A
SCREENING PROCESS AND SOMEONE WILL BE HIRED TO IMPLEMENT
THE SCREENING. THOSE SCREENED WILL BE GIVEN A NON-TRANSFERABLE
WRIST BAND WHICH WILL PERMIT ACCESS TO THE CAVES. THIS NECESSARY
BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR WHITE NOSE SYNDROME FOR BATS, A FUNGUS
THAT HAS BEEN FOUND IN CAVES IN THE MIDWEST, BUT NOT AT THE
MAQUOKETA STATE PARK. AND VISITS TO THE CAVES, STARTING IN APRIL,
WILL END OCTOBER 1ST WHEN THE CAVES WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE
HIBERNATION SEASON. MY GUESS IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE BETTER
THAN THE PAST TWO YEARS, BUT NOTHING LIKE IN THE YEARS BEFOR, AND FOR
A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. MANY PEOPLE WILL SKIP THE CAVES BECAUSE OF THE SCREENING, I BELIEVE.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BELOW, INCLUDING THE PHOTOS
I TOOK SATURDAY AT THE MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM.... OF THE 3-WHEELER USED FOR MANY YEARS BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
REMEMBER THE GAME TONIGHT AT 6:50 HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE
OR ON KMAQ AM AND FM.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL IS PRESENTED A CHECK FOR $2,500....AN AMERICA'S FARMERS GROW COMMUNITIES CHECK . IT ISMADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
MONSANTO FUND, WHICH
DESIGNATES A LOCAL FARM
FAMILY WHO IN TURN GIVE IT TO A LOCAL NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION. SHOWN IN PHOTO, LEFT TO RIGHT, BOB GANNON (MONSANTO REP),
MICHAEL AND MARY SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA (WINNING FARMERS) AND KEVIN BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA, MIDDLE SCHOOL VICE-PRINCIPAL.
THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR A VARIETY OF SPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. A BIG THANKS TO MONSANTO AND MICHAEL AND MARCH SCHMIDT.
PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED
Sunday, February 19, 2012
SATURDAY, NANCY AND I DECIDED TO TAKE AN AFTERNOON RIDE ONA BEAUTIFUL WINTER DAY AND HEADED WEST ON 64 TO ANAMOSA.
THIS NICE JONES COUNTY-SEAT TOWN IS FAMOUS FOR THE STATE PRISON AND FOR YEARS, IT'S CONNECTION WITH HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYLES.
J & P CYCLE SALES IS NORTH OF TOWN ON NEW FOUR-LANE 151 (NOW FROM
CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE) AND IS A WORLD-WIDE SUPPLIER OF PARTS FOR
THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BIKE. IN ADDITION TO ITS HUGE WAREHOUSE
FACILITIES, IT HAS A LARGE PUBLIC STORE, CARRYING PARTS AND EVERYTHING
ANY BIKE FAN COULD WANT, INCLUDING CLOTHING. J & P EMPLOYS AROUND
300 PEOPLE AT ITS ANAMOSA AND FLORIDA LOCATIONS. THE OWNERS (FATHER WHO STARTED THE BUSINESS IN ANAMOSA IN THE 70'S AND HIS SON
WHO NOW RUNS IT) BOTH LIVE IN ANAMOSA. MANY YEARS AGO THE DAD STARTED A MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM AT HIS CYCLE BUSINESS, THEN MOVED IT TO DOWNTOWN ANAMOSA AND JUST LAST YEAR, MOVED IT TO THE MUCH BIGGER FORMER WALMART BUILDING NEXT TO THE 151/64 INTERSECTION.
I HAD NEVER VISITED IT DOWNTOWN AND WE HAD BEEN MEANING TO DO SO
AT THE NEW LOCATION AND YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY. PAID THE $7
SENIOR CITIZEN ADMISSION ($8 FOR OTHERS-KIDS FREE) AND STARTED THE
TOUR. AND WHAT A PLACE. AROUND 350 MOTORCYCLES OF ALL AGES AND
EVERYTHING RELATED. A REALLY GREAT MUSEUM. WE SOON RAN INTO
THE OLD 3-WHEEL MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT CYCLE THAT WAS
USED FOR MANY YEARS HERE IN TOWN. WHEN I CAME TO TOWN IN '58, IT WAS
THE CYCLE THAT POLICE OFFICER ART HEUERTZ USED TO CHECK PARKING
METERS DOWNTOWN. IF YOU LOOK CLOSE, IN THE SECOND PHOTO FROM THE TOP, IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW BLANK PARKING
METER TICKETS THAT HE USED TO WRITE THE PARKING FINE. SOME OF
YOU (ME INCLUDED) WERE ISSUED TICKETS WHEN HE USED THIS CYCLE.
THE BLACK 3-WHEELER WAS IN JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADES AND OTHER PARADES TOO. ART WAS A NICE GUY AND SO WAS HIS SON CARROLL (WHO DIED A FEW YEARS AGO) AND WHO WAS FIRST A BARBER AND IN LATER YEARS, OWNED THE BAKERY WITH HIS WIFE CAROLYN, DAUGHTER OF FAMOUS AND POPULAR LONGTIME BAKER, WALT DOLCH, ALSO A NICE GUY AND EXCELLENT BAKER.
WELL ANYWAY, ENJOY THE PHOTOS, AND TRY TO VISIT THE MUSEUM.
I TOOK OTHER PHOTOS AND WILL PUT MORE UP HERE IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT A PLUS ECONOMIC ATTRACTION FOR ANAMOSA, NOW OPERATED BY
A COMMUNITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND THE MAN WHO STARTED IT ALL
IS NOW RETIRED BUT STILL ACTIVE WITH THE MUSEUM AND IS ON THAT
BOARD.
AS ALWAYS, CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 17, 2012
TODAY....SUNNY....NICE....47 DEGREES.
NICE WEEKEND, BUT LITTLE COOLER, ALMOST HERE.
LONG WEEKEND FOR SOME WITH PRESIDENT'S DAY MONDAY.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK, THE COUNCIL LOOKED AT
SEVEN BIDS TO DEMOLISH THE OLD POOL AND BATH HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA.
LOW BID WAS FROM ARDO SCHMIDT, $38,269.
HIGH BID WAS $89,500.
A PREVIOUS BID OF $4,650 FOR ASBESTOS REMOVAL IS ALSO PART OF THE
PROJECT.
THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THIS TO ACT ON OR NOT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT.
THE JOB INCLUDES REMOVING CONCRETE DECKING AND SIDEWALKS AROUND THE FILLED-IN 1040'S POOL....REMOVING CONCRETE SLABS NEAR THE POOL
HOUSE, REMOVE THE OLD BASKETBALL COURT AND STRUCTURES WITHIN
THE FENCE THAT SURROUNDS THE 1970'S POOL.
MY QUESTION....WHAT ABOUT THE 1970'S POOL ITSELF?
THE ADDITION TO THE WELDING SHOP AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
WILL BE PUT OUT FOR BIDS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. A 40 BY 60 FOOT
ADDITION HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, BUT PAID-FOR BY CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE COLLEGE RECEIVED A $366.000 GRAND TO PAY FOR THE FACILITY. IT WILL BE A STEEL BUILDING THAT WILL
MATCH THE CURRENT WELDING CLASSROOM BUILDING. IT WILL COST THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTHNG AND IT WILL BECOME A DISTRICT BUILDING. IT WILL BE ADA ACCESSIBLE. THE WELDING PROGRAM WILL
BE EXPANDED AND WILL BE CALLED A MANUFACTURING CENTER.
ADDED WILL BE TWO ROBOT WELDERS, TWO CNC MACHINES AND A PLASMA
CUTTER. OTHER CLASSES MAY BE ADDED.
A DEFINITE PLUS FOR MAQUOKETA!
THE SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS KETTLE DRIVE THIS PAST CHRISTMAS
BROUGHT IN $16,207.54......70% STAYS IN JACKSON COUNTY FOR FAMILIES
IN NEED. FAMILIES THAT HAVE A NEED WILL BE ABLE TO REQUEST
HELP ONE TIME.
IT WON'T BE LONG AND IT WILL BE HERE......TORQUEFEST 2012 IN MAQUOKETA!
MAY 4TH AND 5TH....AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
BIGGER AND BETTER!
THIS YEAR THERE WILL BE A PRE-TOURQUEFEST DOWNTOWN EVENT ON
THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE IT STARTS. RICH CURRENT OF THE
CORONADO CAR CLUB IN MAQUOKETA HAS MORE INFORMATION.
AND THE TORQUEFEST WEB SITE IS: vintagetorquefest.com
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
NICE WEEKEND, BUT LITTLE COOLER, ALMOST HERE.
LONG WEEKEND FOR SOME WITH PRESIDENT'S DAY MONDAY.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK, THE COUNCIL LOOKED AT
SEVEN BIDS TO DEMOLISH THE OLD POOL AND BATH HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA.
LOW BID WAS FROM ARDO SCHMIDT, $38,269.
HIGH BID WAS $89,500.
A PREVIOUS BID OF $4,650 FOR ASBESTOS REMOVAL IS ALSO PART OF THE
PROJECT.
THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THIS TO ACT ON OR NOT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT.
THE JOB INCLUDES REMOVING CONCRETE DECKING AND SIDEWALKS AROUND THE FILLED-IN 1040'S POOL....REMOVING CONCRETE SLABS NEAR THE POOL
HOUSE, REMOVE THE OLD BASKETBALL COURT AND STRUCTURES WITHIN
THE FENCE THAT SURROUNDS THE 1970'S POOL.
MY QUESTION....WHAT ABOUT THE 1970'S POOL ITSELF?
THE ADDITION TO THE WELDING SHOP AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
WILL BE PUT OUT FOR BIDS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. A 40 BY 60 FOOT
ADDITION HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, BUT PAID-FOR BY CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE COLLEGE RECEIVED A $366.000 GRAND TO PAY FOR THE FACILITY. IT WILL BE A STEEL BUILDING THAT WILL
MATCH THE CURRENT WELDING CLASSROOM BUILDING. IT WILL COST THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTHNG AND IT WILL BECOME A DISTRICT BUILDING. IT WILL BE ADA ACCESSIBLE. THE WELDING PROGRAM WILL
BE EXPANDED AND WILL BE CALLED A MANUFACTURING CENTER.
ADDED WILL BE TWO ROBOT WELDERS, TWO CNC MACHINES AND A PLASMA
CUTTER. OTHER CLASSES MAY BE ADDED.
A DEFINITE PLUS FOR MAQUOKETA!
THE SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS KETTLE DRIVE THIS PAST CHRISTMAS
BROUGHT IN $16,207.54......70% STAYS IN JACKSON COUNTY FOR FAMILIES
IN NEED. FAMILIES THAT HAVE A NEED WILL BE ABLE TO REQUEST
HELP ONE TIME.
IT WON'T BE LONG AND IT WILL BE HERE......TORQUEFEST 2012 IN MAQUOKETA!
MAY 4TH AND 5TH....AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
BIGGER AND BETTER!
THIS YEAR THERE WILL BE A PRE-TOURQUEFEST DOWNTOWN EVENT ON
THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE IT STARTS. RICH CURRENT OF THE
CORONADO CAR CLUB IN MAQUOKETA HAS MORE INFORMATION.
AND THE TORQUEFEST WEB SITE IS: vintagetorquefest.com
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPT. DR. KIM HUCKSTADT TALKED WITH SEN. TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA AT THE IOWA STATEHOUSE ON FEB. 16TH. SEN. BOWMAN, A MEMBER OF THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, ASKED ABOUT IDEAS TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS. RECENTLY THE IOWA SENATE VOTED TO INCREASE STATE SUPPORT FOR MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS DURING THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR AND PROVIDE A TOTAL OF $8,897,450. BOWMAN SAYS THE IOWA HOUSE AND GOV. BRANSTAD HAVE THUS FAR FAILED TO FOLLOW THE 40-YEAR-OLD STATE LAW REQUIRING STATE GOVERNMENT TO HELP LOCAL SCHOOLS BUDGET FOR THE FUTURE.PHOTO CONTRIBUTED!
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 16, 2012
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY....SUNNY AND IN 40'S.
SAME FOR TOMORROW.
DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION DEFEATED THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS IN TOURNAMENT PLAY LAST NIGHT AT DAVENPORT, 61 TO 35. THE CARDINAL GIRLS FINISH
THE SEASON AT 5 AND 17.
A BIRTH:
JOSHUA AND ALYCIA KARSJENS OF NORTH LIBERTY ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN FEBRUARY 9TH AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ROBERT HENEKE OF IOWA CITY AND FORMERLY OF
MAQUOKETA AND JOHN AND DONELLE KILBURG OF SPRAGUEVILLE.
SORRY, SHORT REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
SAME FOR TOMORROW.
DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION DEFEATED THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS IN TOURNAMENT PLAY LAST NIGHT AT DAVENPORT, 61 TO 35. THE CARDINAL GIRLS FINISH
THE SEASON AT 5 AND 17.
A BIRTH:
JOSHUA AND ALYCIA KARSJENS OF NORTH LIBERTY ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN FEBRUARY 9TH AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ROBERT HENEKE OF IOWA CITY AND FORMERLY OF
MAQUOKETA AND JOHN AND DONELLE KILBURG OF SPRAGUEVILLE.
SORRY, SHORT REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
WE HAD SUNSHINE THIS MORNING AND NOW CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
TOMORROW SHOULD BE SUNNY AND HIGH IN 40'S.
BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...MAQUOKETA, HERE, BEAT MARION 61 TO
49. DEREK HOPSON SCORED 23 POINTS....HE HAD SIX 3-POINT BASKETS.
THE CARDINALS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON, WITH A 16 AND 5 RECORD.
THE CARDINALS PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT MONDAY NIGHT IN TOURNAMENT
PLAY. EARLIER THIS SEASON, THEY BEAT THEM IN OVERTIME.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY THEIR TOURNAMENT OPENER AT DAVENPORT
ASSUMPTION TONIGHT AT 7. MAQUOKETA IS 5 AND 11 FOR SEASON AND
ASSUMPTION IS RANKED 4TH IN THE STATE WITH A 19 AND 2 RECORD. LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL HAVE THE GAME TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE....START AT 6:50 TONIGHT.
DAVID CLARK ROLLED AT 299 GAME MONDAY NIGHT IN THE BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL MILLER LITE LEAGUE AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.
TOO BAD. BUT, HE HAS HAD PERFECT GAMES BEFORE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAID THIS WEEK THEY DO NOT PLAN
TO INCREASE TAXES THIS YEAR.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT A TRACTOR FIRE THIS MORNING AT THE DENGER FARM AT 15160 - 150TH STREET.
TWO ELVIS SHOWS COMING TO MAQUOKETA THIS MONTH.
FRIDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 24TH, STARRING JUNIOR TANNER, AT TIMBER LANES.
SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 25TH, STARRING JOSEPH HALL AT OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER. "DON'T BE CRUEL"!
AN OPERA SHOW, "THE MAGIC FLUTE" WILL BE PUT ON SATURDAY, MARCH
10TH AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER....AT 7 P.M.
COMING SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH TO OHNWARD, "THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA"...AT 7 P.M.
LENT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. ASH WEDNESDAY IS FEBRUARY 22ND.
SHROVE TUESDAY IS FEBRUARY 21ST AND THE ANNUAL ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH "SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER" WILL BE THAT NIGHT FROM 4:30 UNTIL 7 P.M. AT THEIR NEW FELLOWSHIP HALL. HOMEMADE CHICKEN AND NOODLES.
FREE WILL OFFERING AND THE QUILT RAFFLE DRAWING.
THE 2012 SPRING TREE SALE IS ONE UNTIL MARCH 30TH AT THE JACKSON SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT OFFICE ON EAST PLATT STREET
IN MAQUOKETAA. ALL KINDS OF TREES AT $20 FOR A BUNDLE OF 5.
OR EVERGREENS FOR $25 FOR A BUNDLE OF 5. GOT A PLACE TO PLANT
5 TREES? CALL 563-652-2337 FOR AN ORDER BLANK.
REMEMBER IN THE 70'S WHEN "THE KINGS FIVE" CAME TO TOWN?
AND SANG AT THE FAMOUS "ROSE GARDEN" NIGHT CLUB?
ONE OF THE FIVE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED SANDY MANUEL.
WELL...HE'S STILL HERE! AND HE IS A 2012 INDUCTEE TO THE IOWA ROCK
AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. HE'S BEEN THE DRUMMER WITH "COUNTRY TRADITION"....ONE OF JACKSON COUNTY'S FAVORITE COUNTRY BANDS.
THEY PLAY A LOT AT MOONEY HOLLOW BARN AT GREEN ISLAND.
CONGRATULATIONS SANDY!
DUTRACT COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION IS LOCATED WHERE THE ROSE GARDEN ONCE STOOD....AND BEFORE THAT, THE HI-HO GRILL AND THEN THE HI-HO
LANES. THE ROSE GARDEN ROOF CAVED-IN AFTER A SNOWFALL AND
THAT WAS IT FOR THE POPULAR BUILDING.
WRESTLING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH
DR. PAUL KOOB AT THE MIKE FROM THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES...
ON KMAQ AND ON OUR HOME WEB PAGE....CLICK-ON THE LISTEN BUTTON.
MAE KISH OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR BINGO WINNER YESTERDAY ON
KMAQ. MELITA HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA WON MONDAY.
BOTH WON $15 CASH AND PRIZES ....AND THIS IS THE WEEK OUR BINGO PLAYERS
ARE GOING TO BINGO SPONSORS FOR THE NEW BLACK CARDS WE START USING
NEXT MONDAY, REPLACING THE ORANGE.
GENI CARR OF FULTON AND SHIRLEY WINIGAR OF MAQUOKETA BOTH
WON A FREE BOX OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES TODAY ON KMAQ.
MICHELLE COX OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR LAST LUCKY PHONE NUMBER WINNER ON KMAQ...WINNIGN $72.
AND OF COURSE, THE LOCAL THEATRE OWNER GIVES AWAY A LOT OF MOVIE PASSES EACH WEEK. HE'S A NICE GUY!
IT PAYS TO LISTEN TO KMAQ.
SORRY, NO PRIZES FOR THE DAILY REPORT!
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW SHOULD BE SUNNY AND HIGH IN 40'S.
BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...MAQUOKETA, HERE, BEAT MARION 61 TO
49. DEREK HOPSON SCORED 23 POINTS....HE HAD SIX 3-POINT BASKETS.
THE CARDINALS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON, WITH A 16 AND 5 RECORD.
THE CARDINALS PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT MONDAY NIGHT IN TOURNAMENT
PLAY. EARLIER THIS SEASON, THEY BEAT THEM IN OVERTIME.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY THEIR TOURNAMENT OPENER AT DAVENPORT
ASSUMPTION TONIGHT AT 7. MAQUOKETA IS 5 AND 11 FOR SEASON AND
ASSUMPTION IS RANKED 4TH IN THE STATE WITH A 19 AND 2 RECORD. LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL HAVE THE GAME TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE....START AT 6:50 TONIGHT.
DAVID CLARK ROLLED AT 299 GAME MONDAY NIGHT IN THE BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL MILLER LITE LEAGUE AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.
TOO BAD. BUT, HE HAS HAD PERFECT GAMES BEFORE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAID THIS WEEK THEY DO NOT PLAN
TO INCREASE TAXES THIS YEAR.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT A TRACTOR FIRE THIS MORNING AT THE DENGER FARM AT 15160 - 150TH STREET.
TWO ELVIS SHOWS COMING TO MAQUOKETA THIS MONTH.
FRIDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 24TH, STARRING JUNIOR TANNER, AT TIMBER LANES.
SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 25TH, STARRING JOSEPH HALL AT OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER. "DON'T BE CRUEL"!
AN OPERA SHOW, "THE MAGIC FLUTE" WILL BE PUT ON SATURDAY, MARCH
10TH AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER....AT 7 P.M.
COMING SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH TO OHNWARD, "THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA"...AT 7 P.M.
LENT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. ASH WEDNESDAY IS FEBRUARY 22ND.
SHROVE TUESDAY IS FEBRUARY 21ST AND THE ANNUAL ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH "SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER" WILL BE THAT NIGHT FROM 4:30 UNTIL 7 P.M. AT THEIR NEW FELLOWSHIP HALL. HOMEMADE CHICKEN AND NOODLES.
FREE WILL OFFERING AND THE QUILT RAFFLE DRAWING.
THE 2012 SPRING TREE SALE IS ONE UNTIL MARCH 30TH AT THE JACKSON SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT OFFICE ON EAST PLATT STREET
IN MAQUOKETAA. ALL KINDS OF TREES AT $20 FOR A BUNDLE OF 5.
OR EVERGREENS FOR $25 FOR A BUNDLE OF 5. GOT A PLACE TO PLANT
5 TREES? CALL 563-652-2337 FOR AN ORDER BLANK.
REMEMBER IN THE 70'S WHEN "THE KINGS FIVE" CAME TO TOWN?
AND SANG AT THE FAMOUS "ROSE GARDEN" NIGHT CLUB?
ONE OF THE FIVE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED SANDY MANUEL.
WELL...HE'S STILL HERE! AND HE IS A 2012 INDUCTEE TO THE IOWA ROCK
AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. HE'S BEEN THE DRUMMER WITH "COUNTRY TRADITION"....ONE OF JACKSON COUNTY'S FAVORITE COUNTRY BANDS.
THEY PLAY A LOT AT MOONEY HOLLOW BARN AT GREEN ISLAND.
CONGRATULATIONS SANDY!
DUTRACT COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION IS LOCATED WHERE THE ROSE GARDEN ONCE STOOD....AND BEFORE THAT, THE HI-HO GRILL AND THEN THE HI-HO
LANES. THE ROSE GARDEN ROOF CAVED-IN AFTER A SNOWFALL AND
THAT WAS IT FOR THE POPULAR BUILDING.
WRESTLING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH
DR. PAUL KOOB AT THE MIKE FROM THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES...
ON KMAQ AND ON OUR HOME WEB PAGE....CLICK-ON THE LISTEN BUTTON.
MAE KISH OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR BINGO WINNER YESTERDAY ON
KMAQ. MELITA HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA WON MONDAY.
BOTH WON $15 CASH AND PRIZES ....AND THIS IS THE WEEK OUR BINGO PLAYERS
ARE GOING TO BINGO SPONSORS FOR THE NEW BLACK CARDS WE START USING
NEXT MONDAY, REPLACING THE ORANGE.
GENI CARR OF FULTON AND SHIRLEY WINIGAR OF MAQUOKETA BOTH
WON A FREE BOX OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES TODAY ON KMAQ.
MICHELLE COX OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR LAST LUCKY PHONE NUMBER WINNER ON KMAQ...WINNIGN $72.
AND OF COURSE, THE LOCAL THEATRE OWNER GIVES AWAY A LOT OF MOVIE PASSES EACH WEEK. HE'S A NICE GUY!
IT PAYS TO LISTEN TO KMAQ.
SORRY, NO PRIZES FOR THE DAILY REPORT!
DENNIS VOY
BUSINESS NEWS PHOTOS FROM MAQUOKETA:TOP PHOTO---THE ADDITION TO "CLOVER RIDGE" IS PROGRESSING.
2ND FROM TOP---"K MOTOR SPORTS" HAS MOVED FROM THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA TO THE FORMER THEISEN'S BUILDING ON EAST PLATT STREET, WITH MUCH, MORE ROOM AND BETTER VISABILITY. NICE TO SEE THE BUILDING WITH A BUSINESS IN IT AGAIN.
3RD FROM TOP---A BIG EMPTY BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA, SOLD BY VERL AND
KATHY BANOWETZ. BUT, THERE IS STILL A FOR SALE SIGN ON THE PROPERTY
SO NEW OWNER MIGHT SELL IT AGAIN. NO INDICATION AT ALL AS TO WHAT
WILL NOW GO INTO THE FORMER MAIN BUILDING FOR BANOWETZ ANTIQUES.
IT WAS THE PAMIDA STORE BEFORE BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL.
4TH FROM TOP---THE NEW "BANOWETZ ANTIQUES" NOT AS BIG AS BEFORE, BUT STILL BIG. IT WAS THE SHOWROOM BUILDING BEFORE, AND IS
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OLD LOCATION. PLUS...VIRL
AND KATHY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF THEIR INVENTORY AT THE ORIGINAL
LOCATION OVER 40 YEARS AGO, NEXT TO THEIR HOME JUST NORTH OF
MAQUOKETA ABOUT A MILE OR SO.
BOTTOM PHOTO: "CLOVER RIDGE" HAS A NEW VAN TO TRANSPORT THEIR
RESIDENTS AROUND TOWN TO SHOP OR WHATEVER.
PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
A CLOUDY VALENTINE'S DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE HIGH WAS 36.
LOTS OF SNOW MELTED.
WARMER TOMORROW.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS MADE A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT
THIS MORNING.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOARD MEMBERS WERE CALLED TO THE MEETING AND THE SUPERVISORS TOLD THEM THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO DONATE
$25,000 TOWARD THE COST OF THE NEW DIGITAL SIGN FOR THE JACKSON
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THEY ARE USING SOME OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE
SALE OF THE S & H INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. THE TOTAL RAISED NOW FOR
THE SIGN IS $30,000 AND THE COST OF IT WILL BE AROUND $35,000.
THE SUPERVISORS SAID THEY WANTED TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK
THE FAIR BOARD DOES. THEY PRAISED THE FAIRGROUNDS, SAYING WE HAVE ONE OF T HE NICEST FACILITIES IN THE STATE.
THREE MORE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WERE APPROVED FOR
EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT.
THEY ARE: LOWELL SCHROEDER, A CUSTODIAN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR
25 YEARS.
ROBERTA ROSHEIM, A TEACHER IN THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 36 YEARS.
AND...
CAROL HAMMILL, WHO HAS TAUGHT 41 YEARS, MOSTLY AT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
THEY WILL ALSO RETIRE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, JOINING
FOUR OTHERS WHO WERE APPROVED EARLIER AND LISTED ON THIS
DAILY REPORT.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, SYDNEY ETHRIDGE, AGE 41, WAS DRIVING WEST
ON THE CAVES ROAD, AND HIS VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE ON THE
ICE-COVERED ROAD AND THEN WENT OUT OF CONTROL, SLID INTO
THE DITCH FOR ABOUT 100 FEET BEFORE HITTING THE CORNER OF A MACHINE
SHED. NO INJURIES. DAMAGES OF $2,500 TO THE 2005 HONDA PILOT
REGISTERED TO LORI SCHNOOR OF MAQUOKETA AND $250 DAMAGE TO THE
SHED OWNED BY CLETUS GERARDY ON THE CAVES ROAD.
NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
DON'T EAT TOO MUCH CANDY TONIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
THE HIGH WAS 36.
LOTS OF SNOW MELTED.
WARMER TOMORROW.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS MADE A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT
THIS MORNING.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOARD MEMBERS WERE CALLED TO THE MEETING AND THE SUPERVISORS TOLD THEM THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO DONATE
$25,000 TOWARD THE COST OF THE NEW DIGITAL SIGN FOR THE JACKSON
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THEY ARE USING SOME OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE
SALE OF THE S & H INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. THE TOTAL RAISED NOW FOR
THE SIGN IS $30,000 AND THE COST OF IT WILL BE AROUND $35,000.
THE SUPERVISORS SAID THEY WANTED TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK
THE FAIR BOARD DOES. THEY PRAISED THE FAIRGROUNDS, SAYING WE HAVE ONE OF T HE NICEST FACILITIES IN THE STATE.
THREE MORE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WERE APPROVED FOR
EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT.
THEY ARE: LOWELL SCHROEDER, A CUSTODIAN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR
25 YEARS.
ROBERTA ROSHEIM, A TEACHER IN THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 36 YEARS.
AND...
CAROL HAMMILL, WHO HAS TAUGHT 41 YEARS, MOSTLY AT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
THEY WILL ALSO RETIRE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, JOINING
FOUR OTHERS WHO WERE APPROVED EARLIER AND LISTED ON THIS
DAILY REPORT.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, SYDNEY ETHRIDGE, AGE 41, WAS DRIVING WEST
ON THE CAVES ROAD, AND HIS VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE ON THE
ICE-COVERED ROAD AND THEN WENT OUT OF CONTROL, SLID INTO
THE DITCH FOR ABOUT 100 FEET BEFORE HITTING THE CORNER OF A MACHINE
SHED. NO INJURIES. DAMAGES OF $2,500 TO THE 2005 HONDA PILOT
REGISTERED TO LORI SCHNOOR OF MAQUOKETA AND $250 DAMAGE TO THE
SHED OWNED BY CLETUS GERARDY ON THE CAVES ROAD.
NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
DON'T EAT TOO MUCH CANDY TONIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 13, 2012
NASTY DAY TODAY...LIGHT SNOW AND ONLY 31 FOR A HIGH.
MORE SNOW TONIGHT, ENDING IN MORNING AND THEN THURSDAY MORNING SOME SNOW.
WEDNESDAY, RAIN AND HIGH OF 40.
NO MAQUOKETA WRESTLER WILL GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS
WEEK.....FIRST TIME SINCE 1979.
WE WILL HAVE SIX GOING FROM THE KMAQ AREA AND SO DR. PAUL KOOB
WILL BE THERE AND AND BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES.
TWO FROM NORTHEAST IN GOOSELAKE.... ONE FROM CENTRAL, DEWITT....
TWO FROM MIDLAND WYOMING ... AND ONE FROM NORTH CEDAR
IN STANWOOD.
PAUL'S COVERAGE BEGINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON ON KMAQ-FM, KMAQ-AM
AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR BASKETBALL SEASON
TOMORROW NIGHT, HERE, AGAINST MARION. NON-CONFERENCE GAME
AT 7:30. WE WILL NOT BE BROADCASTING IT.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY THEIR OPENING TOURNAMENT GAME WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST THE CAME.
MORE TOMORROW ON THAT GAME.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
MORE SNOW TONIGHT, ENDING IN MORNING AND THEN THURSDAY MORNING SOME SNOW.
WEDNESDAY, RAIN AND HIGH OF 40.
NO MAQUOKETA WRESTLER WILL GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS
WEEK.....FIRST TIME SINCE 1979.
WE WILL HAVE SIX GOING FROM THE KMAQ AREA AND SO DR. PAUL KOOB
WILL BE THERE AND AND BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES.
TWO FROM NORTHEAST IN GOOSELAKE.... ONE FROM CENTRAL, DEWITT....
TWO FROM MIDLAND WYOMING ... AND ONE FROM NORTH CEDAR
IN STANWOOD.
PAUL'S COVERAGE BEGINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON ON KMAQ-FM, KMAQ-AM
AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR BASKETBALL SEASON
TOMORROW NIGHT, HERE, AGAINST MARION. NON-CONFERENCE GAME
AT 7:30. WE WILL NOT BE BROADCASTING IT.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY THEIR OPENING TOURNAMENT GAME WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST THE CAME.
MORE TOMORROW ON THAT GAME.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
YESTERDAY'S HIGH WAS 31.
LAST NIGHT'S LOW WAS 31.
AT 6 THIS MORNING WE HAD 31 AND THE TEMPERATURE, WITH A NORTHERLY
WIND, LOWERED GRADUALLY UNTIL 22 A FEW MINUTES AGO.
COLD TONIGHT, AROUND 6 AND COLD TOMORROW, A HIGH OF 21.
LOW OF 5 ABOVE TOMORROW NIGHT....A COLD WEEKEND COMING.
LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON TOO.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS HOST CLEAR CREEK AMANA FOR
A CONFERENCE BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AT 7:30.
THE GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ FM TONIGHT AND ON OUR WEB SITE.
AND THEN, ONE FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME NEXT WEEK AGAINST
MARION, BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD OPENED TODAY AT NEW LOCATION.
ROBERT HAS SOME MORE PHOTOS ON HIS WEB SITE, TAKEN THIS MORNING....
GO TO listjacksoncountyia.com
THE FINAL ATTENDANCE FIGURE FOR THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW
WAS 2,144...UP OVER LAST YEAR. THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED.
"ON GOLDEN POND" WILL BE PRESENTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT
AT 7 AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2....A PEACE PIPE PLAYER'S PRODUCTION.
TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE AT THE DOOR , AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
CHORAL DIRECTOR JOEL HAGEN AND SOME OF HIS CHORUS MEMBERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE DOING "SINGING VALENTINES" AGAIN THIS YEAR ON VALENTINES DAY. MONDAY, CALL THE HIGH SCHOOL IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION AND TALK TO JOEL. NEW THIS YEAR, SINGING TO SOMEONE
FOR YOU OVER THE PHONE TO SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
LAST NIGHT'S LOW WAS 31.
AT 6 THIS MORNING WE HAD 31 AND THE TEMPERATURE, WITH A NORTHERLY
WIND, LOWERED GRADUALLY UNTIL 22 A FEW MINUTES AGO.
COLD TONIGHT, AROUND 6 AND COLD TOMORROW, A HIGH OF 21.
LOW OF 5 ABOVE TOMORROW NIGHT....A COLD WEEKEND COMING.
LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON TOO.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS HOST CLEAR CREEK AMANA FOR
A CONFERENCE BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AT 7:30.
THE GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ FM TONIGHT AND ON OUR WEB SITE.
AND THEN, ONE FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME NEXT WEEK AGAINST
MARION, BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD OPENED TODAY AT NEW LOCATION.
ROBERT HAS SOME MORE PHOTOS ON HIS WEB SITE, TAKEN THIS MORNING....
GO TO listjacksoncountyia.com
THE FINAL ATTENDANCE FIGURE FOR THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW
WAS 2,144...UP OVER LAST YEAR. THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED.
"ON GOLDEN POND" WILL BE PRESENTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT
AT 7 AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2....A PEACE PIPE PLAYER'S PRODUCTION.
TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE AT THE DOOR , AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
CHORAL DIRECTOR JOEL HAGEN AND SOME OF HIS CHORUS MEMBERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE DOING "SINGING VALENTINES" AGAIN THIS YEAR ON VALENTINES DAY. MONDAY, CALL THE HIGH SCHOOL IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION AND TALK TO JOEL. NEW THIS YEAR, SINGING TO SOMEONE
FOR YOU OVER THE PHONE TO SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 09, 2012
THE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED AT 12:30 THISAFTERNOON TO A NEARLY PACKED-HOUSE AT THE PEARSON MEMORIAL
CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA, DURING KMAQ'S ANNUAL
FARM AND HOME SHOW. THIS WAS THE 23RD ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTATION.
CO-SPONSORS ALL THESE YEARS HAVE BEEN THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
AND THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE.
SHOWN ABOVE, TODAY'S EMCEE AND MEMBER OF THE AWARD'S COMMITTEE,
SCOTT GENT OF RURAL MONMOUTH. SCOTT IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COUNTY
WITH THE PORK PRODUCERS, FARM BUREAU, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
ALSO BELOW, MY PHOTO OF TODAY'S FIVE WINNERS.....
ON THE LEFT, FARMERS OF THE YEAR, PAUL AND SANDRA GERLACH OF RURAL
MAQUOKETA. IT TOOK A GOOD 5 MINUTES TO READ OFF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND THE SAME FOR THE OTHER WINNERS, SO I WON'T BEGIN TO LIST WHY THEY WERE CHOSEN. I'M SURE KELLY GERLACH OF THE
MAQUOKETA SENTINAL-PRESS WILL MENTION A LOT IN HER STORY.
STANDING IN THE MIDDLE, JUDY TONDERUM, WHO WAS HONORED AS AG PUBLIC SERVICE PERSON OF THE YEAR. AGAIN, SHE IS VERY ACTIVE, BUT HERE AT KMAQ, WE KNOW HER BEST FOR HER VOLUNTEER WORK AS A JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDNER, WHICH INCLUDES CO-HOSTING TWICE A MONTH ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW, A FLOWER AND GARDEN PROGRAM.
AND TO THE RIGHT, AG BUSINESS PERSONS OF THE YEAR, GARY AND BETTY
FARRELL OF FARRELL'S, INC. AT PRESTON. THEY HAVE A LARGE AND GROWING
AG BUSINESS THAT INCLUDES TRUCKING.
ALL ARE EXCEPTIONAL WINNERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FIVE!
TODAY, PORK DAY, HAS BEEN ANOTHER BIG ATTENDANCE DAY...AND IT IS NOT
OVER UNTIL 7:30 TONIGHT. HOPE YOU CAN STILL MAKE IT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN EASTERN IOWA....PERFECT DAY FOR THE KMAQ
FARM AND HOME SHOW.
WE HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT SO FAR AND WILL BE OPEN UNTIL
7:30 TONIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA....COME ON DOWN.
IT'S FREE AND HAVE SUPPER TONIGHT AT OUR BARGAIN FOOD BAR...
IT IS BEEF DAY....FEATURING BURGERS OFF THE GRILL BY THE CATTLEMEN.
SEE PHOTOS TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON:
THE NOON SPEAKER WAS LINDSEY HALEY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR THE
IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION. SEE A PHOTO OF HER BEING INTERVIEWED BY
KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER.
THE OPTIMIST CLUB HAS A BOOTH AND THERE'S A PHOTO OF MEMBERS
OWEN THORSON AND GALEN BARTELS.
BERNIE KLUESNER OF NEW VIENNA HAS ON DISPLAY HIS AWARD WINNING
WOOD FARM TRACTORS AND MACHINERY THAT HE HAS BUILDT DURING
HIS 20 YEARS OF RETIREMENT. UNBELIEVABLE WORKMANSHIP USING A
VARIETY OF WOOD. HIS HOBBIE HAS WON HIM BIG AWARDS AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR THE LAST FEW YEARS. THERE ARE TWO PHOTOS BELOW AND IS
WIFE INEZ IS IN EITHER OR BOTH.
SCHUELLER AND SONS RECONSTRUCTION HAS A BOOTH AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF TOM (ALSO RUNNING FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE) AND DON FARRELL
OF DELMAR. TOM HAS BEEN A STATE REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE AND IS
RUNNING AGAIN.
THERE ARE A COUPLE WIDE SHOTS OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, SHOWING A GOOD TURNOUT.
PHOTO OFJUDY TONDERUM IN A MASTER GARDNER BOOTH SHOT.
LOOK FOR THELMA NISSEN AND WANDA CORNELIUS TAKING CARE OF THE
COOKIE CONTEST ENTRIES AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR KMAQ.
FREE POPCORN IS AGAIN AVAILABLE AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK
BOOTH JUST AS YOU GET INSIDE THE PEARSON CENTER. SHOWN HANDING OUT DELICIOUS POPCORN, LONGTIME M-S-B EMPLOYEES, KATHY KUNDE AND HILL
THERE IS A PHOTO AT THE FRANZEN FAMILY TRACTOR BOOTH OF MIKE AND
KANDY FRANZEN STANDING NEXT TO KANDY'S PRIZE 1950 WHITE TRACTOR.
ALSO A PHOTO TAKEN AT MAGGIE'S PLACE ASSISTED LIVING IN DEWITT AND ONE ALSO OF JOHN DAGUE IN HIS DAGUE EQUIPMENT FARM MACHINERY BOOTH.
BIG SHOW...GOES AGAIN TOMORROW AND I'LL HAVE MORE PHOTOS
TOMORROW.
CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO BELOW TO ENLARGE IT!
DENNIS VOY
FARM AND HOME SHOW.
WE HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT SO FAR AND WILL BE OPEN UNTIL
7:30 TONIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA....COME ON DOWN.
IT'S FREE AND HAVE SUPPER TONIGHT AT OUR BARGAIN FOOD BAR...
IT IS BEEF DAY....FEATURING BURGERS OFF THE GRILL BY THE CATTLEMEN.
SEE PHOTOS TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON:
THE NOON SPEAKER WAS LINDSEY HALEY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR THE
IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION. SEE A PHOTO OF HER BEING INTERVIEWED BY
KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER.
THE OPTIMIST CLUB HAS A BOOTH AND THERE'S A PHOTO OF MEMBERS
OWEN THORSON AND GALEN BARTELS.
BERNIE KLUESNER OF NEW VIENNA HAS ON DISPLAY HIS AWARD WINNING
WOOD FARM TRACTORS AND MACHINERY THAT HE HAS BUILDT DURING
HIS 20 YEARS OF RETIREMENT. UNBELIEVABLE WORKMANSHIP USING A
VARIETY OF WOOD. HIS HOBBIE HAS WON HIM BIG AWARDS AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR THE LAST FEW YEARS. THERE ARE TWO PHOTOS BELOW AND IS
WIFE INEZ IS IN EITHER OR BOTH.
SCHUELLER AND SONS RECONSTRUCTION HAS A BOOTH AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF TOM (ALSO RUNNING FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE) AND DON FARRELL
OF DELMAR. TOM HAS BEEN A STATE REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE AND IS
RUNNING AGAIN.
THERE ARE A COUPLE WIDE SHOTS OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, SHOWING A GOOD TURNOUT.
PHOTO OFJUDY TONDERUM IN A MASTER GARDNER BOOTH SHOT.
LOOK FOR THELMA NISSEN AND WANDA CORNELIUS TAKING CARE OF THE
COOKIE CONTEST ENTRIES AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR KMAQ.
FREE POPCORN IS AGAIN AVAILABLE AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK
BOOTH JUST AS YOU GET INSIDE THE PEARSON CENTER. SHOWN HANDING OUT DELICIOUS POPCORN, LONGTIME M-S-B EMPLOYEES, KATHY KUNDE AND HILL
THERE IS A PHOTO AT THE FRANZEN FAMILY TRACTOR BOOTH OF MIKE AND
KANDY FRANZEN STANDING NEXT TO KANDY'S PRIZE 1950 WHITE TRACTOR.
ALSO A PHOTO TAKEN AT MAGGIE'S PLACE ASSISTED LIVING IN DEWITT AND ONE ALSO OF JOHN DAGUE IN HIS DAGUE EQUIPMENT FARM MACHINERY BOOTH.
BIG SHOW...GOES AGAIN TOMORROW AND I'LL HAVE MORE PHOTOS
TOMORROW.
CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO BELOW TO ENLARGE IT!
DENNIS VOY
ROBERT CHRISTENSEN, A VOLUNTEER AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITYCUPBOARD, TOOK THESE THREE PHOTOS TODAY AT THE NEW LOCATION
OF THE CUPBOARD, ON WEST PLATT STREET, IN THE FORMER ALDI'S FOOD
STORE BUILDING. THE CUPBOARD TAKES UP ABOUT HALF OF THE BUILDING
AND DAC, INC. THE OTHER HALF. FREE PARKING OUT FRONT. NO STEPS.
ROBERT SAYS THEY ARE READY FOR OPENING DAY THIS FRIDAY, WHEN
THE DOORS OPEN AT 9 A.M. AND REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 11. THOSE COMING
FOR GROCERIES FIRST SIGN-UP AT THE ENTRY. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL
VOLUNTEERS ON HAND TO HELP WITH THE DISTRIBUTION AND THEY WILL
BE DIRECTED BY THE MANAGER OF THE CUPBOARDD, GARY EGGERS, SHOWN
ABOVE. ALSO, SEE A PHOTO OF PART OF THE LARGER FACILITY. A LOT MORE ROOM THAT AT THE FORMER LOCATION.
ALSO OPENING DAY FRIDAY, THE SCOTTISH RITE WILL BE ON HAND TO
PRESENT A CHEKC FOR $1,500 TO THE CUPBOARD, A VERY NICE DONATION.
SCOTTISH RITE ALSO GAVE $1,500 TO THE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION MONDAY
EVENING AND WILL BE PRESENTING A CHECK ALSO THIS WEEK TO THE DUBUQUE COMMUNITY CUBOARD. THERE CHECKS WILL BE A NICE BOOST TO ALL 3 COMMUNITIES.
DENNIS VOY
PHOTOS BY ROBERT CHRISTENSEN (MORE AT ---listjacksoncountyia.com)
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
CLOUDY AND 31 DEGREES TODAY.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND MID 30'S FOR FIRST DAY OF THE KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW.
HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT.
BIG CARDINAL BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM....
THE CARDINAL BOYS HOSTING THE WESTERN DUBUQUE BOBCATS.
BOTH TEAMS VERY EQUAL.
BUT MAQUOKETA HAS THE HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE.
THE GAME STARTS AT 7:30 AND WILL NOT BE BROADCAST.
IT WILL BE "WHITE-OUT" NIGHT AT THE GYM......ALL CARDINAL FANS
ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO WERE WHITE TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIKL LAST NIGHT APPROVED APPLYING FOR
A DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GRANT THROUGH A DIAMOND VOGEL PAINT PROGRAM (PLUS SOME HOPEFUL FUNDING FROM THE DUBUQUE RACING
ASSOCIATION) TO SPRUCE-UP THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER.
PAINTING AND NEW FLOOR COVERING IS PLANNED. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY MOORE SAID IF THE CITY FIXES UP THE COMMUNITY CENTER, MORE PEOPLE WILL RENT IT FOR EVENTS. ALSO AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING, IT WAS
MENTIONED THAT THE CITY PLANS TO TAKE THE OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER BACK FROM THE YMCA. THE BUILDING, WITH TWO FLOORS, IS LOCATED
ACROSS FROM GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD AND NEXT TO THE OLD CITY
POOL.
A BIRTH:
MONICA NIESS AND SELIM SANDOVAL OF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO ARE
PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN JANUARY 22ND. GRANDPARENTS ARE GENI
AND DARRALD CARR OF FULTON, IOWA. GENI SAID DARRALD AND HER
RECENTLY TOOK THE AMTRAK TRAIN FROM GALESBURG TO SANTA FE
TO VISIT MONICA AND FAMILY, INCLUDING THE NEW BABY SOFIA. GENI SAID
THEY ENJOYED THE TRAIN RIDE (THEIR FIRST) AND SHE SAID OF COURSE
THE BABY WAS PRECIOUS. GENI, LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT OSTERHAUS
PHARMACY (AND THE VOICE OF MANY OF THEIR COMMERCIALS ON KMAQ)(DARRALD , RETIRED, WAS THE MEAT DEPARTMENT MANAGER AT FAREWAY) SAID SOFIA IS THE #5 GRANDCHILD FOR THEM AND 2 MORE ARE ON THE WAY THIS SUMMER. AND GENI SAID WHILE ON THEIR TRIP TO
SANTA FE, SHE KEEP UP ON MAQUOKETA NEWS BY BRINGING IN THIS
DAILY REPORT WHILE ON VACATION.
AND YES...THEY ENJOYED THE AMTRAK RIDE. HAD ONE GREAT
DINNER IN THE DINING CAR.
SOMETIME, KMAQ TRAVEL WILL SPONSOR AN AMTRAK TRIP.
I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY AROUND HER LIKE ME...THAT HAVE NEVER
BEEN ON ONE. LOWELL CARLSON, RETIRED JACKSON COUNTY NEWSPAPERMAN, HAS TAKEN MANY AND HAS NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT RIDING THE RAILS.
GLORIA KAUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR KMAQ BINGO WINNER
YESTERDAY AND TODAY, A REPEAT WINNER, ELSIE SPRINGER OF
MAQUOKETA. AND SHE TOLD US THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE HER 55TH
YEAR OF BEING A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN MAQUOKETA. QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!
SEE YOU AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW TOMORROW. DOORS OPEN
AT 10:30. I'LL TAKE SOME PHOTOS AND HAVE THEM HERE THE NEXT
3 DAYS.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND MID 30'S FOR FIRST DAY OF THE KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW.
HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT.
BIG CARDINAL BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM....
THE CARDINAL BOYS HOSTING THE WESTERN DUBUQUE BOBCATS.
BOTH TEAMS VERY EQUAL.
BUT MAQUOKETA HAS THE HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE.
THE GAME STARTS AT 7:30 AND WILL NOT BE BROADCAST.
IT WILL BE "WHITE-OUT" NIGHT AT THE GYM......ALL CARDINAL FANS
ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO WERE WHITE TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIKL LAST NIGHT APPROVED APPLYING FOR
A DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GRANT THROUGH A DIAMOND VOGEL PAINT PROGRAM (PLUS SOME HOPEFUL FUNDING FROM THE DUBUQUE RACING
ASSOCIATION) TO SPRUCE-UP THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER.
PAINTING AND NEW FLOOR COVERING IS PLANNED. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY MOORE SAID IF THE CITY FIXES UP THE COMMUNITY CENTER, MORE PEOPLE WILL RENT IT FOR EVENTS. ALSO AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING, IT WAS
MENTIONED THAT THE CITY PLANS TO TAKE THE OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER BACK FROM THE YMCA. THE BUILDING, WITH TWO FLOORS, IS LOCATED
ACROSS FROM GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD AND NEXT TO THE OLD CITY
POOL.
A BIRTH:
MONICA NIESS AND SELIM SANDOVAL OF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO ARE
PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN JANUARY 22ND. GRANDPARENTS ARE GENI
AND DARRALD CARR OF FULTON, IOWA. GENI SAID DARRALD AND HER
RECENTLY TOOK THE AMTRAK TRAIN FROM GALESBURG TO SANTA FE
TO VISIT MONICA AND FAMILY, INCLUDING THE NEW BABY SOFIA. GENI SAID
THEY ENJOYED THE TRAIN RIDE (THEIR FIRST) AND SHE SAID OF COURSE
THE BABY WAS PRECIOUS. GENI, LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT OSTERHAUS
PHARMACY (AND THE VOICE OF MANY OF THEIR COMMERCIALS ON KMAQ)(DARRALD , RETIRED, WAS THE MEAT DEPARTMENT MANAGER AT FAREWAY) SAID SOFIA IS THE #5 GRANDCHILD FOR THEM AND 2 MORE ARE ON THE WAY THIS SUMMER. AND GENI SAID WHILE ON THEIR TRIP TO
SANTA FE, SHE KEEP UP ON MAQUOKETA NEWS BY BRINGING IN THIS
DAILY REPORT WHILE ON VACATION.
AND YES...THEY ENJOYED THE AMTRAK RIDE. HAD ONE GREAT
DINNER IN THE DINING CAR.
SOMETIME, KMAQ TRAVEL WILL SPONSOR AN AMTRAK TRIP.
I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY AROUND HER LIKE ME...THAT HAVE NEVER
BEEN ON ONE. LOWELL CARLSON, RETIRED JACKSON COUNTY NEWSPAPERMAN, HAS TAKEN MANY AND HAS NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT RIDING THE RAILS.
GLORIA KAUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR KMAQ BINGO WINNER
YESTERDAY AND TODAY, A REPEAT WINNER, ELSIE SPRINGER OF
MAQUOKETA. AND SHE TOLD US THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE HER 55TH
YEAR OF BEING A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN MAQUOKETA. QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!
SEE YOU AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW TOMORROW. DOORS OPEN
AT 10:30. I'LL TAKE SOME PHOTOS AND HAVE THEM HERE THE NEXT
3 DAYS.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 06, 2012
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY, A HIGH OF ONLY 31.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, ANGELA BROOKS, AGE 32, WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND CHARGED WITH HAVING NUMEROUS BAGGIES OF MARIJUANA.
THE MAIN ATTRACTION AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR THIS JULY WILL
BE "38 SPECIAL", A ROCK BAND DATING BACK TO THE 1980'S.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.
THE MCHS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT BEAT SOLON, 55 TO 47...
FOR THEIR 8TH STRAIGHT WIN. THEY ARE NOW 13 AND 3 IN THE CONFERENCE.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST TO SOLON, 53 TO 45....THEIR 10TH STRAIGHT LOSS.
BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOWLING TEAMS DEFEATED BELLEVUE AT TIMBER LANES HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND AT DEWITT SATURDAY, IN THE
CLASS 2-A SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, MAQUOKETA QUALIFIED
JUST ONE WRESTLER FOR THIS SATURDAY'S DISTRICT MEET AT MT.
VERNON. JUNIOR CHRISTIAN FLENKER WAS A RUNNER-UP SATURDAY AT 120 POUNDS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, ANGELA BROOKS, AGE 32, WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND CHARGED WITH HAVING NUMEROUS BAGGIES OF MARIJUANA.
THE MAIN ATTRACTION AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR THIS JULY WILL
BE "38 SPECIAL", A ROCK BAND DATING BACK TO THE 1980'S.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.
THE MCHS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT BEAT SOLON, 55 TO 47...
FOR THEIR 8TH STRAIGHT WIN. THEY ARE NOW 13 AND 3 IN THE CONFERENCE.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST TO SOLON, 53 TO 45....THEIR 10TH STRAIGHT LOSS.
BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOWLING TEAMS DEFEATED BELLEVUE AT TIMBER LANES HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND AT DEWITT SATURDAY, IN THE
CLASS 2-A SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, MAQUOKETA QUALIFIED
JUST ONE WRESTLER FOR THIS SATURDAY'S DISTRICT MEET AT MT.
VERNON. JUNIOR CHRISTIAN FLENKER WAS A RUNNER-UP SATURDAY AT 120 POUNDS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 03, 2012
IT WAS FOGGY AGAIN THIS MORNING, BUT NO SCHOOL DELAY.
NO SUN TODAY.....DAMP AND HIGH OF 33. THE WEEKEND WILL BE A LITTLE
BETTER.
WESTERN IOWA WILL BE GETTING A LOT OF SNOW!
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT, AT VAN HORNE....DEFEATING
BENTON COMMUNITY, 76 TI 47. HOT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE BY CARDS!
HERE IN TOWN, THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST TO #1 RATED BENTON, 69 TO 38.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT AT 7:30 AND WE WILL
AGAIN, BROADCAST THAT GAME ON KMAQ FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
MATT CLARK AT THE MIKE.
COULD THIS BE THE YEAR MAQUOKETA GOES TO STATE? MAYBE! THEY
HAVE A COUPLE TOUCH OPPONENTS TO BEAT TO MAKE IT THERE. THE
CARDINALS LAST TIME AT STATE WAS IN 1987.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS OPEN TOURNAMENT PLAY TOMORROW AT
DEWITT. ANY WRESTLER THAT TAKES A 1ST OR 2ND TOMORROW GOES
FURTHER ON THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL.
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY (FORMERLY THE
MAQUOKETA FOUNDATION) GAVE OUT $77,930 IN GRANT MONEY LAST
YEAR TO LOCAL GROUPS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING TO FOUNDATION
OR ASKING FOR A GRANT....TALK TO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS: LORAS
HERRIG, VAL HORST, LIZ LECHTENBERG, LENKE CARSON, TOM BREUCH,
DARWIN SCHIPPER AND NANCY JOHNSON.
KMAQ TRAVEL IS TAKING A BUS TO THE CHICAGO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW AGAIN THIS YEAR (OUR 3RD ANNUAL) ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14TH.
FOR DETAILS, GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BUS.
A FIRE AT A BUSINESS TODAY. THE BELT ON A DRYER MALFUNCTIONED AT THE LAUNDRY MAX ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, RESULTING IN A MINOR FIRE
AT ABOUT 2 THIS AFTERNOON. FIREMEN PULLED THE CLOTHES OUT OF THE DRYER AND USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE MINOR FLAMES.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON MAIN STREET AT 10:40 YESTERDAY MORNING.
COURTNEY EDENS, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO
STOP IN AN ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE
SUSPENDED. HE WAS GOING SOUTH ON MAIN AND FAILED TO STOP AND HIT
A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY VERNON AMBROSY, AGE 68, OF ZWINGLE. NO INJURIES.
MILT CORNELIUS HIT A DEER EARLY THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 62.
DOUG DRURY ON 489TH AVENUE REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT SOMEONE
TOOK A LOAD OF WOOD AND HIS POMERANIAN DOG.
STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE YESTERDAY, SAYING
THE DNR WILL, YES WILL, OPEN THE CAVES AT THE STATE PARK LATE THIS
SPRING. MORE DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
MAQUOKETA HAS HAD A SMALL FARMER'S MARKET ON SATURDAY MORNINGS
FOR MANY YEARS. NOW, A GROUP IS TRYING TO BUILD AND PROMOTE A BIGGER AND BETTER ONE AND IT MAY BE ON TUESDAY EVENINGS INSTEAD.
THE NEXT MEETING ON THE SUBJECT WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6, AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS, IN THE PEARSON CENTER, WHERE THE KMAQ FARM SHOW WILL ALSO BE GOING ON. THE 6-MEMBER COMMITEE IS LOOKING FOR MORE IDEAS FROM THE PUBLIC,WHO THEY INVITE TO THE MEETING.
ELMER PETERS, 75, OF BETTENDORF, DIED LAST SUNDAY. HIS FUNERAL
IS TOMORROW AT TIPTON. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, LUCILLE DEPPE OF
MAQUOKETA.
THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT, CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT, DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, CLOSED THIS WEEK. I SAW PEOPLE HAULING OUT EQUIPMENT
YESTERDAY.
I LIKED THE PLACE AND THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING OKAY??
BIG BREAKFAST SUNDAY MORNING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY
THE FAIRBOARD.
BIG GAME SUNDAY! DON'T BET ON THE PACK! THEY WON'T BE THERE!
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
NO SUN TODAY.....DAMP AND HIGH OF 33. THE WEEKEND WILL BE A LITTLE
BETTER.
WESTERN IOWA WILL BE GETTING A LOT OF SNOW!
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT, AT VAN HORNE....DEFEATING
BENTON COMMUNITY, 76 TI 47. HOT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE BY CARDS!
HERE IN TOWN, THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST TO #1 RATED BENTON, 69 TO 38.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT AT 7:30 AND WE WILL
AGAIN, BROADCAST THAT GAME ON KMAQ FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
MATT CLARK AT THE MIKE.
COULD THIS BE THE YEAR MAQUOKETA GOES TO STATE? MAYBE! THEY
HAVE A COUPLE TOUCH OPPONENTS TO BEAT TO MAKE IT THERE. THE
CARDINALS LAST TIME AT STATE WAS IN 1987.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS OPEN TOURNAMENT PLAY TOMORROW AT
DEWITT. ANY WRESTLER THAT TAKES A 1ST OR 2ND TOMORROW GOES
FURTHER ON THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL.
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY (FORMERLY THE
MAQUOKETA FOUNDATION) GAVE OUT $77,930 IN GRANT MONEY LAST
YEAR TO LOCAL GROUPS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING TO FOUNDATION
OR ASKING FOR A GRANT....TALK TO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS: LORAS
HERRIG, VAL HORST, LIZ LECHTENBERG, LENKE CARSON, TOM BREUCH,
DARWIN SCHIPPER AND NANCY JOHNSON.
KMAQ TRAVEL IS TAKING A BUS TO THE CHICAGO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW AGAIN THIS YEAR (OUR 3RD ANNUAL) ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14TH.
FOR DETAILS, GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BUS.
A FIRE AT A BUSINESS TODAY. THE BELT ON A DRYER MALFUNCTIONED AT THE LAUNDRY MAX ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, RESULTING IN A MINOR FIRE
AT ABOUT 2 THIS AFTERNOON. FIREMEN PULLED THE CLOTHES OUT OF THE DRYER AND USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE MINOR FLAMES.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON MAIN STREET AT 10:40 YESTERDAY MORNING.
COURTNEY EDENS, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO
STOP IN AN ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE
SUSPENDED. HE WAS GOING SOUTH ON MAIN AND FAILED TO STOP AND HIT
A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY VERNON AMBROSY, AGE 68, OF ZWINGLE. NO INJURIES.
MILT CORNELIUS HIT A DEER EARLY THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 62.
DOUG DRURY ON 489TH AVENUE REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT SOMEONE
TOOK A LOAD OF WOOD AND HIS POMERANIAN DOG.
STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE YESTERDAY, SAYING
THE DNR WILL, YES WILL, OPEN THE CAVES AT THE STATE PARK LATE THIS
SPRING. MORE DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
MAQUOKETA HAS HAD A SMALL FARMER'S MARKET ON SATURDAY MORNINGS
FOR MANY YEARS. NOW, A GROUP IS TRYING TO BUILD AND PROMOTE A BIGGER AND BETTER ONE AND IT MAY BE ON TUESDAY EVENINGS INSTEAD.
THE NEXT MEETING ON THE SUBJECT WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6, AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS, IN THE PEARSON CENTER, WHERE THE KMAQ FARM SHOW WILL ALSO BE GOING ON. THE 6-MEMBER COMMITEE IS LOOKING FOR MORE IDEAS FROM THE PUBLIC,WHO THEY INVITE TO THE MEETING.
ELMER PETERS, 75, OF BETTENDORF, DIED LAST SUNDAY. HIS FUNERAL
IS TOMORROW AT TIPTON. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, LUCILLE DEPPE OF
MAQUOKETA.
THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT, CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT, DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, CLOSED THIS WEEK. I SAW PEOPLE HAULING OUT EQUIPMENT
YESTERDAY.
I LIKED THE PLACE AND THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING OKAY??
BIG BREAKFAST SUNDAY MORNING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY
THE FAIRBOARD.
BIG GAME SUNDAY! DON'T BET ON THE PACK! THEY WON'T BE THERE!
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 02, 2012
VERY FOGGY THIS MORNING AND IT DIDN'T LIFT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
NOW SUN IS SHINING. SCHOOL START WAS DELAYED 2 HOURS THIS
MORNING. OUR HIGH TODAY 40 AND SUNNY..... AND 44 TOMORROW, SAYS
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD WILL BE MOVING INTO A NEW RENOVATED BUILDING THIS WEEKEND....IN THE FORMER ALDI'S FOOD
STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET. THE BUILDING NOW OWNED BY DAC.
GARY EGGERS, THE CUPBOARD MANAGER SAID HE HAS VOLUNTEERS
LINED UP TO HELP MAKE THE MOVE FROM THE BASEMENT OF THE
METHODIST CHURCH. THE NEW LOCATION WILL BE 3 TO 4 TIMES
LARGER AND WILL OPEN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH. EGGERS AID
DAC....WHICH WILL HAVE OFFICES IN HALF THE BUILDING....WILL NOT BE CHARGING RENT FOR THE CUPBOARD, BUT THE CUPBOARD WILL PAY
IT'S UTILITY BILLS. THEY WILL DO FUND-RAISING TO PAY THE
ELECTRIC AND HEAT BILLS. EGGERS SAID THE NEW LOCATION WILL OFFER EASIER ACCESS FOR CLIENTS BECAUSE THERE IS NO STAIRWAY OR ELEVATOR.
AND EGGERS SAID THEY ALWAYS CAN USE MORE MONEY OR CANNED GOODS.
TO DONATE MONEY, SEND CHECK TO COMMUNITY CUPBOARD, PO BOX 743,
MAQUOKETA, OR YOU CAN BRING CANNED GOODS TO THEIR NEW
LOCATION.
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TONIGHT...
MAKE-UP GAMES....THE GIRLS HOSTING BENTON COMMUNITY AND
THE BOYS PLAY AT VAN HORNE AGAINST BENTON COMMUNITY.
VARSITY GAMES AT BOTH LOCATIONS AT 6:30....EARLY BECAUSE OF THE
TRAVEL DISTANCE. IF YOU CAN'T GET TO VAN HORNE, MATT CLARK
WILL HAVE THE BOYS GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE
AT 6:25 TONIGHT.
TOMORROW NIGHT, MATT WILL BROADCAST THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AT SOLON GAME, ALSO A WAMAC CONFERENCE GAME...AT 7:30.
AND SPEAKING OF MATT, THERE IS A PICTURE OF MATT AND KELSIE
THOMPSON IN YESTERDAY'S MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS. THEY ARE GETTING MARRIED MAY 26TH, AT THE CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY CHURCH.
PARENTS ARE GREG AND SHERIE THOMPSON OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND
DAVID AND LISA CLARK OF MAQUOKETA. KELSIE IS A GRADUATE OF
LINN MAR HIGH SCHOOL IN MARION AND KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SHE IS THE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SHERMCO IN MARION.
MATT IS A GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL AND IOWA
STATE UNIVERSITY. WHEN HE'S NOT BROADCASTING BALL GAMES ON KMAQ,
HE IS A SOFTWARE TECHNICIAN WITH ROCKWELL COLLINS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
KELSIE AND MATT, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIG DAY!
"THE WOMAN IN BLACK" .. A NEW MOVIE.. STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT NATIONWIDE AND AT THE VOY THEATRE...IT IS A "GHOST" STORY.
THE MAQUOKETA GROUNDHOG DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW!
DENNIS VOY
NOW SUN IS SHINING. SCHOOL START WAS DELAYED 2 HOURS THIS
MORNING. OUR HIGH TODAY 40 AND SUNNY..... AND 44 TOMORROW, SAYS
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD WILL BE MOVING INTO A NEW RENOVATED BUILDING THIS WEEKEND....IN THE FORMER ALDI'S FOOD
STORE ON WEST PLATT STREET. THE BUILDING NOW OWNED BY DAC.
GARY EGGERS, THE CUPBOARD MANAGER SAID HE HAS VOLUNTEERS
LINED UP TO HELP MAKE THE MOVE FROM THE BASEMENT OF THE
METHODIST CHURCH. THE NEW LOCATION WILL BE 3 TO 4 TIMES
LARGER AND WILL OPEN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH. EGGERS AID
DAC....WHICH WILL HAVE OFFICES IN HALF THE BUILDING....WILL NOT BE CHARGING RENT FOR THE CUPBOARD, BUT THE CUPBOARD WILL PAY
IT'S UTILITY BILLS. THEY WILL DO FUND-RAISING TO PAY THE
ELECTRIC AND HEAT BILLS. EGGERS SAID THE NEW LOCATION WILL OFFER EASIER ACCESS FOR CLIENTS BECAUSE THERE IS NO STAIRWAY OR ELEVATOR.
AND EGGERS SAID THEY ALWAYS CAN USE MORE MONEY OR CANNED GOODS.
TO DONATE MONEY, SEND CHECK TO COMMUNITY CUPBOARD, PO BOX 743,
MAQUOKETA, OR YOU CAN BRING CANNED GOODS TO THEIR NEW
LOCATION.
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TONIGHT...
MAKE-UP GAMES....THE GIRLS HOSTING BENTON COMMUNITY AND
THE BOYS PLAY AT VAN HORNE AGAINST BENTON COMMUNITY.
VARSITY GAMES AT BOTH LOCATIONS AT 6:30....EARLY BECAUSE OF THE
TRAVEL DISTANCE. IF YOU CAN'T GET TO VAN HORNE, MATT CLARK
WILL HAVE THE BOYS GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE
AT 6:25 TONIGHT.
TOMORROW NIGHT, MATT WILL BROADCAST THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AT SOLON GAME, ALSO A WAMAC CONFERENCE GAME...AT 7:30.
AND SPEAKING OF MATT, THERE IS A PICTURE OF MATT AND KELSIE
THOMPSON IN YESTERDAY'S MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS. THEY ARE GETTING MARRIED MAY 26TH, AT THE CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY CHURCH.
PARENTS ARE GREG AND SHERIE THOMPSON OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND
DAVID AND LISA CLARK OF MAQUOKETA. KELSIE IS A GRADUATE OF
LINN MAR HIGH SCHOOL IN MARION AND KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
SHE IS THE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SHERMCO IN MARION.
MATT IS A GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL AND IOWA
STATE UNIVERSITY. WHEN HE'S NOT BROADCASTING BALL GAMES ON KMAQ,
HE IS A SOFTWARE TECHNICIAN WITH ROCKWELL COLLINS IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
KELSIE AND MATT, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIG DAY!
"THE WOMAN IN BLACK" .. A NEW MOVIE.. STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT NATIONWIDE AND AT THE VOY THEATRE...IT IS A "GHOST" STORY.
THE MAQUOKETA GROUNDHOG DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW!
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
52 YESTERDAY....
CLOUDY THIS MORNING....
PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH NEAR 40.
WARMER TOMORROW.
IN BASKETBALL, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS TRAVELED TO ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT
AND ON THEIR 6TH GAME IN A ROW, BEATING ANAMOSA 44 TO 40. PAYTON
RIVER HAD 16 POINTS. THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 11 AND 3 IN THE
WAMAC AND 12 AND 4 OVERALL.
NEXT UP, THE BOYS WILL PLAY BENTON COMMUNITY THURSDAY NIGHT AT VAN HORNE....A 6:30 WAMAC CONFERENCE GAME. MATT CLARK WILL BE THERE
TO BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR INTERNET SITE.
THEN FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BOYS WILL BE AT SOLON FOR ANOTHER WAMAC
GAME, AT 7:30 AND MATT CLARK WILL ALSO BROADCAST IT.
DON'T MISS LISTENING TO THESE TO GAMES.
THE MAQUKETA GIRLS....ON THE OTHER HAND....ARE IN A BAD SLUMP.
LAST NIGHT, HERE ON THE CARDINAL GYM, THEY LOST THEIR 8TH STRAIGHT
GAME....AGAINST ANAMOSA....40 TO 32. BAILY MILLER HAD 10 POINTS TO
LEAD MAQUOKETA. THEY ARE NOW 5 AND 10 IN THE WAMAC AND AND 5 AND 15 OVERALL.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS HAVE A TOUGH DRAW FOR THE TOURNAMENT OPENER.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 15TH, THEY WILL PLAY DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION AT THE ASSUMPTION GYM. ASSUMPTION IS CURRENTLY RANKED
SECOND IN THE STATE IN CLASS 3-A.
AND, THE BELLEVUE COMETS WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT AND THEY ARE
17 AND 0....BUT STILL NOT RATED.
THE BIG NEWS STORY TODAY! IT IS POSSIBLE THE CAVES AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS YEAR. THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS CONSIDERING OPENING
THE CAVES ON A LIMITED BASIS THIS SUMMER. SCOTT DYKSTRA, CAVES
RANGER, SAID THE DNR HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK ABOUT THE TOPIC.
THE DNR CLOSED THE CAVES....NOT THE PARK....IN 2009 BECAUSE OF THE
WHITE NOSED BAT SYNDROM AS THE DNR FEARED PARK VISITORS WOULD
TRANSPORT THE FUNGUS FROM STATE PARK TO STATE PARK ON THEIR CLOTHING WHICH WOULD CONTAMINATE THE BATS IN THE CAVE.
MOST PEOPLE DISLIKE BATS, BUT THEY HAVE A DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIVE.
TODAY, SEN. TODD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA, SAID HE HAS FILED LEGISLATION
TO REQUIRE THE DNR TO REOPEN THE CAVES. BOWMAN SAID THE LEGISLATION WOULD HELP STRUGGLING BUSINESSES. HE POINTED OUT
THAT THE NUMBER OF VISITORS AT THE PARKED HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY
THE LAST TWO YEARS. IN 2009, THERE WERE MORE THAN 200,000 VISITORS
TO THE PARK AND THAT NUMBER DROPPED TO 40,000 LAST YEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA STATE PARK IS A GREAT PARK WITHOUT THE CAVES,
INCLUDING A NICE CAMPGROUND....BUT PEOPLE COME HERE FROM ALL OVER
EASTERN IOWA TO MAINLY GO THROUGH THE CAVES.
IF THEY WILL BE OPEN THIS SUMMER, IT WILL BE GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS
FOR MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS A NEW DIRECTOR AND SHE IS ON-THE-JOB THIS WEEK. LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN REBECCA TUBBS
LICHTER SAID THE BOARD HAS HIRED ELENA LANZ OF WEST PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA. SHE WORKED FOR A LIBRARY THERE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, TY, RELOCATED TO MAQUOKETA TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY IN EASTERN IOWA.
SHE WILL BE PAID $42,000 A YEAR. THE BOARD RECEIVED MORE THAN
30 APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB. THERE WERE 12 PHONE SCREEN INTERVIEWS AND FOUR CANDIDATES WERE INTERVIEWD FACE-TO-FACE.
HERE AT KMAQ, WE WELCOME A NEW BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.....
"SOUTH END COMPUTER SALES AND SERVICE". IT OPENED TODAY AT
902 SOUTH MAIN STREET, IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH OBERBROCKLING AND SCOTT INSURANCE.....FOR MANY YEARS, THE HOME OF THE SOUTH END
SUPPER CLUB,OWNED BY CURLY AND VIVIAN MILLER. THE OWNER OF
"SOUTH END COMPUTERS" IS RUSS SANFORD, WITH MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER SALES AND SERVICE. HE WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 TO 5 MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY AND HIS PHONE NUMBER IS 563-748-OO16.
BEST WISHES TO RUSS AND HIS NEW BUSINESS! STOP IN AN WELCOME HIM TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
CLOUDY THIS MORNING....
PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH NEAR 40.
WARMER TOMORROW.
IN BASKETBALL, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS TRAVELED TO ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT
AND ON THEIR 6TH GAME IN A ROW, BEATING ANAMOSA 44 TO 40. PAYTON
RIVER HAD 16 POINTS. THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 11 AND 3 IN THE
WAMAC AND 12 AND 4 OVERALL.
NEXT UP, THE BOYS WILL PLAY BENTON COMMUNITY THURSDAY NIGHT AT VAN HORNE....A 6:30 WAMAC CONFERENCE GAME. MATT CLARK WILL BE THERE
TO BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR INTERNET SITE.
THEN FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BOYS WILL BE AT SOLON FOR ANOTHER WAMAC
GAME, AT 7:30 AND MATT CLARK WILL ALSO BROADCAST IT.
DON'T MISS LISTENING TO THESE TO GAMES.
THE MAQUKETA GIRLS....ON THE OTHER HAND....ARE IN A BAD SLUMP.
LAST NIGHT, HERE ON THE CARDINAL GYM, THEY LOST THEIR 8TH STRAIGHT
GAME....AGAINST ANAMOSA....40 TO 32. BAILY MILLER HAD 10 POINTS TO
LEAD MAQUOKETA. THEY ARE NOW 5 AND 10 IN THE WAMAC AND AND 5 AND 15 OVERALL.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS HAVE A TOUGH DRAW FOR THE TOURNAMENT OPENER.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 15TH, THEY WILL PLAY DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION AT THE ASSUMPTION GYM. ASSUMPTION IS CURRENTLY RANKED
SECOND IN THE STATE IN CLASS 3-A.
AND, THE BELLEVUE COMETS WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT AND THEY ARE
17 AND 0....BUT STILL NOT RATED.
THE BIG NEWS STORY TODAY! IT IS POSSIBLE THE CAVES AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS YEAR. THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS CONSIDERING OPENING
THE CAVES ON A LIMITED BASIS THIS SUMMER. SCOTT DYKSTRA, CAVES
RANGER, SAID THE DNR HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK ABOUT THE TOPIC.
THE DNR CLOSED THE CAVES....NOT THE PARK....IN 2009 BECAUSE OF THE
WHITE NOSED BAT SYNDROM AS THE DNR FEARED PARK VISITORS WOULD
TRANSPORT THE FUNGUS FROM STATE PARK TO STATE PARK ON THEIR CLOTHING WHICH WOULD CONTAMINATE THE BATS IN THE CAVE.
MOST PEOPLE DISLIKE BATS, BUT THEY HAVE A DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIVE.
TODAY, SEN. TODD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA, SAID HE HAS FILED LEGISLATION
TO REQUIRE THE DNR TO REOPEN THE CAVES. BOWMAN SAID THE LEGISLATION WOULD HELP STRUGGLING BUSINESSES. HE POINTED OUT
THAT THE NUMBER OF VISITORS AT THE PARKED HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY
THE LAST TWO YEARS. IN 2009, THERE WERE MORE THAN 200,000 VISITORS
TO THE PARK AND THAT NUMBER DROPPED TO 40,000 LAST YEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA STATE PARK IS A GREAT PARK WITHOUT THE CAVES,
INCLUDING A NICE CAMPGROUND....BUT PEOPLE COME HERE FROM ALL OVER
EASTERN IOWA TO MAINLY GO THROUGH THE CAVES.
IF THEY WILL BE OPEN THIS SUMMER, IT WILL BE GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS
FOR MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS A NEW DIRECTOR AND SHE IS ON-THE-JOB THIS WEEK. LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN REBECCA TUBBS
LICHTER SAID THE BOARD HAS HIRED ELENA LANZ OF WEST PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA. SHE WORKED FOR A LIBRARY THERE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, TY, RELOCATED TO MAQUOKETA TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY IN EASTERN IOWA.
SHE WILL BE PAID $42,000 A YEAR. THE BOARD RECEIVED MORE THAN
30 APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB. THERE WERE 12 PHONE SCREEN INTERVIEWS AND FOUR CANDIDATES WERE INTERVIEWD FACE-TO-FACE.
HERE AT KMAQ, WE WELCOME A NEW BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.....
"SOUTH END COMPUTER SALES AND SERVICE". IT OPENED TODAY AT
902 SOUTH MAIN STREET, IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH OBERBROCKLING AND SCOTT INSURANCE.....FOR MANY YEARS, THE HOME OF THE SOUTH END
SUPPER CLUB,OWNED BY CURLY AND VIVIAN MILLER. THE OWNER OF
"SOUTH END COMPUTERS" IS RUSS SANFORD, WITH MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER SALES AND SERVICE. HE WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 TO 5 MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY AND HIS PHONE NUMBER IS 563-748-OO16.
BEST WISHES TO RUSS AND HIS NEW BUSINESS! STOP IN AN WELCOME HIM TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THESE APPLE TREES HAVE BEEN CHOPPED DOWN AT THE FAMOUS TUBB'S ORCHARD ON WESTERN AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA. THEY ARE THE ONESTO THE NORTH OF THE HOME (IN BACKGROUND) AND THE WORK IS
BEING DONE BY A CEDAR RAPIDS FIRM. OWNER TOM TUBBS TOLD A FRIEND
TODAY THAT HE PLANS TO PLANT 1,000 OAK TREES WHERE THE APPLE TREES WERE AND WILL DO THAT THIS SPRING. APPARENTLY, THE TREES TO
THE SOUTH OF THE HOUSE, TO SUMMIT STREET, WILL STAY. I'VE HEARD
THEY ARE NOT AS OLD AS THE ONES BEING CHOPPED DOWN. ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST OF HIS HOUSE, LAST YEAR TOM PLANTED ROWS AND
ROWS OF WALNUT TREES.
MAQUOKETA...THE TIMBER CITY!
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM AND ENJOY AN APPLE TONIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
OK...TODAY, A BETTER LOOK AT THE FIRE PHOTO THAT WAS UP HERE LAST NIGHT,SIDEWAYS. NOTHING NEW ON THE FIRE OTHER THAN CAPT. JAMES CONNOLLY OF THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID
IT IS STILL NOT KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION AND NOT CONSIDERED
SUSPICIOUS. HE SAID FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO SAVE MANY BELONGINGS IN THE UPSTAIRS APARTMENT AND THAT
DOWNSTAIRS HAD SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE. HE ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO THE HOME AT $50,000. THE HOUSE
IS OWNED BY DAN AND KAREN BREITBACH
WHO OWN THE DOWNTOWN FLOOR
COVERING BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA AND
WHO JUST OVER 4 YEARS AGO, LOST THEIR
BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA'S BIG DOWNTOWN FIRE. CLICK-ON THE PHOTO
TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY