TODAY TURNED OUT BETTER THAN EXPECTED, WITH MORE SUNSHINE
AND A HIGH OF 69.
TOMORROW WILL BE NICER BUT SUNDAY, A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN.
TWO ACCIDENTS NEAR WELTON THIS MORNING AND ONE DRIVER IS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT IOWA CITY.
AROUND 9 A.M. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS CALLED TO HIGHWAY 61 JUST SOUTH OF WELTON. THERE, A 2 VEHICLE ACCIDENT. ROSEMARY CRAWFORD, AGE NOT IN NEWS RELEASE, WAS DRIVING A 2009 FORD
FOCUS SOUTH BOUND AND STRUCK THE REAR OF A GRAIN TRUCK DRIVEN
BY THOMAS DIERCKS OF GRAND MOUND. CRAWFORD WAS TAKEN TO THE
GENESIS HOSPITAL AND HER CONDITION IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.
SHORTLY AFTER, ANOTHER CRASH HAPPENED A HALF-MILE SOUTH.
A CAR STRUCK THE BACK OF A SEMI AS TRAFFIC WAS SLOWING OR STOPPED FOR THE CRASH AHEAD. THE DRIVER OF THAT JACKSON COUNTY CAR WAS TAKEN FROM THE SCENE BY MEDFORCE HELICOPTER.
HER NAME WAS NOT RELEASED.
MORE TROUBLE WITH HUMAN WASTE BEING DUMPED INTO THE DITCH ON THE CITY STREET PAST THE FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. THIS AFTER DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IT WAS
DECIDED TO PUT UP 4 BY 8 SIGNS. DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SIGNS WILL
SAY BUT THE COUNCIL WANTS SIGNS THAT WILL BE BLUNT, STERNLY WORDED, ABOUT THE ISSUE OF NOT DUMPING. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY TRUCK DRIVERS WAITING TO LOAD OR UNLOAD AT THE FACILITY.
CITY CREWS HAVE BEEN PICKING UP THE WASTE. THE CITY COULD PUT
UP "NO PARKING" SIGNS, BUT THAT WOULD MOVE THE PROBLEM TO
ANOTHER PLACE. TRUCK DRIVERS CAN USE REST ROOMS AT WAL MART
OR THE TRUCK STOP.
THIS IS FREE FISHING WEEKEND IN IOWA.
FLAPJACK RESTAURANT CELEBRTED ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY THIS
WEEK. THE RESTAURANT WAS ACTUALLY BUILDT 40 YEARS AGO
AND WAS THEN CALLED NOBY'S RESTAURANT.
THE NEWLY-PAVED CITY PARKING LOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF MAQUOKETA'S MAIN BLOCK HAS BEEN FINISHED. TODAY LINES WERE PAINTED AND CARS
STARTED PARKING IN IT THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKS VERY GOOD!
A BIG IMPROVEMENT! NOW "PERXACTLY BAR AND GRILL" IS SUROUNDED BY A NEW PARKING LOT AND IT COST THEM NOTHING.
THERE IS ONE SUMMER BOWLING LEAGUE, NEW, THIS SUMMER AT TIMBER LANES....THE SUMMER DIE HARDS, A MIXED LEAGUE BOWLING EACH THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE STARS LAST NIGHT: LOUIE CLASEN, RAY LANG, DWAYNE RUPP,
JOHN DALHER, BARBARA SPRAGUE, LARA GLASSMEYER, LORI GANZER AND
NANCY FELLER. IN FIRST PLACE, "US".
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. DON'T FORGET THE GRAND OPENING
TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE NEW VERIZON CELL PHONE STORE
ON THE ROAD LEADING TO GASSER'S AND FAREWAY.
DENNIS VOY
IN MAQUOKETA IN THE MID 60'S AND AT THAT TIME, ALSO WAS A PART
TIME STUDENT ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ. IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, HIS
FATHER WAS JACKSON COUNTY SUPERINTENDANT OF SCHOOLS AND HIS MOTHER WORKED AT THE COURT HOUSE. I REMEMBER HIM AS A SMART,
SOFT-SPOKEN GUY. THE FUNERAL OR CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE
FOR HIM WAS HELD JUNE 1ST IN FAIRFIELD.
DENNIS VOY