SUNNY, WINDY AND COLD TODAY. HIGH OF 33, DOWN FROM 42 YESTERDAY.
REST OF THE WEEK, A LOT TO BE DESIRED.
DEWITT WON THEIR TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GAME AT THE STATE
TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT, BY 2 POINTS. IT WAS THEIR FIRST STATE
TOURNAMENT WIN IN 31 YEARS. A RESERVE PLAYER FOR THE SABERS
MADE A 3/4 GYM SHOT WITH 2 SECONDS LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF AND MADE IT...ESTIMATED AT 80 FEET...A SWISHER. DEWITT PLAYS WAVERLY
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8. WE WILL HAVE IT HERE ON OUR WEB SITE HOME- PAGE AND KMAQ-FM, 95.1.
JOE CAVANAUGH IN THE ODD MIX LEAGUE SUNDAY AT TIMER LANES
ROLLED A 300 GAME. HAD A 734 SERIES. NICE GOING JOE.
SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY WILL HOST A TOWN HALL MEETING NEXT
WEEK, FRIDAY, MARCH 21ST IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE JACKSON
COUNTY COURTHOUSE. 8 TO 9 AM AND ALL INVITED.
"THE MONUMENTS MEN" WITH GEORGE CLOONEY AND MATT DAMON
STARTS TOMORROW AT THEATRE.
THE 2ND ANNUAL MOTOR MADNESS WILL BE JUNE 27 AND 28 IN MAQUOKETA.
SOME NEW FEATURES WILL BE ADDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION,
GO TO WWW.MAQUOKETAMOTORMADNESS.COM
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
THANKS.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
YEARS AGO IN MAQUOKETA
TOP: THE OLD GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE ON EAST MAPLE STREET. EAST PLATT STREET WAS THE NORTH BOUNRY OF IT. TUDDY SMITH THURSDAY NIGHT PRIME RIB WAS A SPECIALTY.
ROSS MEN'S WEAR, OWNED BY TOM ROSS, IN THE LATE 50'S AND EARLY 60'S WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE DECKER HOTEL. BUILDING NO LONGER
THERE. MAQUOKETA HAD 3 OR 4 MEN'S WEAR STORES THEN.
OK TIRE STORE, ON PLATT ST CORNER, ONE BLOCK WEST OF MAIN, NOW A LOT FOR BRAD DEERY MOTORS. THEN OWNED BY JOHN AND GLADY LARKEY, THEN LATER BECAME HICK'S TV AND APPLIANCE AND THEN GRUENWALD TV AND APPLIANCE UNTIL IT WAS TORN DOWN.
TOWN AND COUNTRY LANES ON WEST SIDE OF MAQUOKETA. TORN DOWN AND MADE THE LOCATION FOR WAL MART'S FIRST STORE. NOW THEISEN'S FARM AND HOME STORE.
DENNIS VOY