CLOUDY THIS MORNING THEN PARTLY SUNNY THE REST OF TODAY.
TODAY'S HIGH, ONLY 70.
TOMORROW, RAIN IN THE MORNING AND MOSTLY CLOUDY THE REST OF THE  DAY WITH A HIGH OF 71.

A 54 YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA MAN THREATENED TO KILL HIMSELF WITH A HIGH POWERED RIFLE LAST NIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HOSPITAL
EMERGENCY ROOM.       JUST SO HAPPENS, SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN
WAS AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR A COMMITTAL OF ANOTHER PERSON.
TWO DEPUTIES AND A MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER RACED TO THE
HOSPITAL.    THE MAN SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO SHOOT ANYONE BUT
HIMSELF.     AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF TALKING TO HIM, THE MAN KNELT DOWN IN THE GRASSY AND  FINALLY PUT THE GUN ON THE GROUND.    THE SHERIFF THEN CAME UP FROM BEHIND AND GRABBED THE GUN.  
SHERIFF KETTMAN SAID IT TOOK THE FOUR OFFICERS TO OVERPOWER THE
LARGE MAN AND PREVENT HIM FROM GETTING BACK UP.   HE WAS THEN
COMMITTED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL AND HIS NAME WAS NOT RELEASED.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT HIGHWAY 64 AND 61.    POLICE SAID LORI McCAULLEY, AGE 50, OF MAQUOKETA, FAILED TO YIELD UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND THAT RESULTED IN BRITTANY THOMPSON OF BALDWIN HITTING THE McCAULLEY CAR.   McCAULLEY WAS CHARGED.    HER CAR RECEIVED $1,200 IN DAMAGES AND THE THOMPSON CAR, ABOUT $200.
NO INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT.

THIS LARGE 1979 PAINTING (REPRINT) BY PAT COSTELLO, IS THE SILENT
AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK, AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WEB SITE.
WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

KMAQ TRAVEL HAS SCHEDULED A TWO-DAY BUS TRIP TO THE FAMOUS "MALL
OF AMERICA"....THE LARGEST MALL IN THE WORLD.   IT ALSO HAS A
LARGE INDOOR THEME PARK AND IS A FAMILY VACATION FAVORITE.
GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK ON THE TRAVEL BUTTON.

THE MAQUOKETA MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATON ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARD'S BANQUET WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB.
AWARDS TO:    SPONSOR OF THE YEAR, "FUZZY"  CLARK  OF CLARK
FENCING.....INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME, JOHN DAEHLER.....
2012-2013 HONORARY MEMBER OF YEAR AWARD TO DUANE "DUNES" SCHROEDER.....AND THE NEW PRESIDENT FOR 2013-2014,  JOHN
"TRUCKER" MOLITOR.

WINNERS LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE STOCK CAR RACES IN MAQUOKETA.....STEPHAN KAMMERER, RAY COX,JR., MITCH SCHMITZ,
BEN CHAPMAN, KILE VOHRINGER, AND MITCH BIELENBERG.

FOR MORE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL SPORTS AND ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
NEWS....GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE CARDINAL.

CHECK THE PHOTOS I TOOK OVER THE NOON HOUR TODAY AT
THE LAKEHURST DAM......BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY


  

THE 7TH GRADERS FROM MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD THEIR ANNUAL
PICNIC AT LAKEHURST TODAY.    RED HENTON (PARTICIPATED SO THEY HAD
A PA SYSTEM) AND CALLED ME AND SUGGESTED I COME OUT TO TAKE A FEW
PICTURES.      THEY HAD A HOTDOG LUNCH, DID SOME GAMES, FOUND OUT
HOW THE DAM WORKS AND LEARNED HOW GENERATORS MAKE ELECTRICTY,
EVEN PEDALING A BIKE THAT ACTUALLY POWERS A FLAT-SCREEN TV.

CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.

THE KIDS WERE "HOSTED" BY THE MANAGERS OF THE DAM (WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE NEXT TO IT) PETE AND JUDY SCHULTZ.   THE TRIP WAS
ARRANGED BY JESSICA HINGTGEN, SCIENCE TEACHER AT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL.  

THE DAM IS OWNED BY "RENEWABLE WORLD ENERGIES" WITH HEADQUARTERS AT NESHKORO, WISCONSIN.    HERE, WITH THE DAM IN THE BACKGROUND, IS WILLIAM D. HARRIS THE PRESIDENT/CEO.
THE COMPANY HAS 3 DAMS IN IOWA, INCLUDING THE ONE AT ANAMOSA, AND
ABOUT 15 IN WISCONSIN, PLUS A FEW OTHERS.....I THINK HE SAID THEY
HAVE 25 TOTAL.    ALL 25 GENERATE ELECTRICITY (AT A LOW COST) AND
KEEP US LESS DEPENDENT ON OIL.    HE COMES DOWN HERE SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO YOUR CLUB OR
ORGANIZATION.    THE WEB SITE IS:    www.renewableworldenergy.com

THE STUDENTS (AND ADULTS TOO) WERE LEARNING AND HAVING FUN.
I THINK RED HAD 4 HOTDOGS.

DENNIS VOY