SALARIED EMPOYEES IN THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL RECEIVE
APPROXIMATELY A 2.5 PERCENT PAY RAISE.
AND, HOURLY EMPLOYEES WILL GET A 10-CENT AN HOUR RAISE.
THE APPROVAL FOR THE RAISES CAME LAST NIGHT AT THE BOARD MEETING.
IT IS A 2-YEAR CONTRACT FOR MOST ALL EMPLOYEES.
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY WAS NOT ADDRESSED.
BIG DAY MONDAY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS....
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL HAS A TWO SPORT SPRING ATHLETE GOING
TO STATE IN TRACK. MORE ABOUT HER AND A PHOTO OF HER ON THE LEIGHTON HEPKER BLOG......WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE CARDINAL.
BUDDY HOLLY FANS WILL HAVE FUN THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER....
KMAQ WILL HAVE A SPECIAL PRE-GRADUATION AUCTION SHOW AT 5:45 P.M.
THURSDAY. BIG SAVINGS. BIDS TAKEN OVER THE PHONE.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7, THE MCHS BACCALAUREATE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. ALL ARE INVITED AND SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION. IT WILL
BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-AM-1320.
A BOAT EDUCATION COURSE COMING UP....
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY SCHOLAR DINNER WAS HELD WEDNESDAY
NIGHT, MAY 8TH, AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. THE TOP 20 MCHS GRADUATING SENIORS WERE HONORED.
THE ROTARY HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 50 YEARS. ROTARIAN
DAVE UPDEGRAPH TOOK A GROUP PHOTO AND YOU CAN SEE IT BY
GOING TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.
THIS TWO-HOUR-PLUS PG-13 MOVIE STARTS THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE
VOY 3 THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS FOR ALL AGES, FROM THE ROUSING
OPENING SEQUENCE TO THE GOB-SMACKING CLIMAX, THE MOVIE PUTS
THE ADVENTURE INTO SPACE AND HOW! THE MOVIE STARTS WITH THE CREW OF THE USS ENTERPRISE INVOLVED IN SAVING A PLANET. THEY GO
ABOUT IT RATHER DRAMATICALLY WITH SCIENCE OFFICER SPOCK IN A "LIVE"
VOLCANO TRYING TO DETONATE A COLD FUSION DEVICE WHILE CAPTAIN
KIRK AND CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER BONES ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM
INTERESTING-LOOKING NATIVES.
IT WILL BE A HUGE HIT.
52060. YOUR DUCK MAY WIN YOU $500.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING SEVERAL LOUD BOOMS WHICH WERE HEARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
RESIDENTS HAVE CALLED THE MAQUOKETA LAW CENTER (SUNDAY AND
MONDAY) REPORTING THE LOUD NOISE. IT APPEARS TO BE COMING
FROM NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. ANYONE KNOWING WHAT THE NOISE IS
SHOULD CALL THE LAW CENTER.
MAQUOKETA NATIVE JOEL MILLER FROM DELAVAN, WISCONSIN CAME ALL THE WAY TO MAQUOKETA TODAY TO SPEAK AT THE "BROWN BAG LUNCH"
AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM, SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THERE WAS A FULL HOUSE TO HEAR HIM TALK
ABOUT GROWING UP ON THE FAMILY FARM LOCATED IN THE FAMOUS
"SAND PRAIRIE" AREA OF JACKSON COUNTY, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
EVEN THOUGH NOTHING BUT SAND SOIL, IT STILL GROWS GARDEN
PRODUCE AND CORN. HE IS SHOWN WITH A CLOCK FROM MAQUOKETA
ONE-ROOM SCHOOL #6 THAT WAS IN THE SAND AREA. HE IS WRITING
A BOOK ABOUT HIS EARLY DAYS IN JACKSON COUNTY.
MAQUOKETA RECEIVED WORD TODAY THAT A FORMER WELL KNOWN
MAQUOKETA MINISTER DIED MAY 5TH IN ST. PAUL. REV. RUSSELL FATE WAS 88 AND SUFFERED FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. HE SERVED HERE AS THE PASTOR OF THE U.C.C. CHURCH (20 YEARS) AND RETIRED IN 1990.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 65 YEARS AND 4 SONS. A MEMORIAL
SERVICE WILL BE ON JUNE 22ND AT IOWA CITY.
THREE MAQUOKETA STUDENTS WILL TRAVEL TO NASHVILLE, TENN. THIS SUMMER FOR THE HOSA NATIONALS. THE STUDENTS ARE JENNA BREITBACH, HANNAH FULTNER, AND BRIDGET GOETZINGER. PAULETTE
HORNER, HOSA ADVISOR, SAID ALL THREE QUALIFIED AT THE STATE
CONFERENCE IN MARCH.
FULTNER WILL COMPETE IN NURSE ASSISTING; GOETZINGER IN MEDICAL
PHOTOGRAPHY AND BREITBACH IN LIFE SUPPORT SKILLS. LAST YEAR,
BREITBACH SCORED 11TH IN THE NATION IN THE SAME EVENT.
BREITBACH WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE BARBARA JAMES PRESIDENTIAL
AWARD FOR HER COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. FULTNER WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE CLUB SCRAPBOOK.
HORNER (ALSO HOST OF CARDINAL COUNTDOWN ON KMAQ) SAID THE CLUB
ITSELF WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AND FOR PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS EVENTS DURING HOSA WEEK.
SO...NO DAILY REPORT UNTIL FRIDAY.
ENJOY THE WEATHER!
DENNIS VOY