Monday, June 09, 2014

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE DAY TODAY AND  SHOULD BE NICE ALL WEEK, WITH TEMPEATURES
IN THE MID TO UPPER 70'S.

FRIDAY, HUNDREDS OF VINTAGE CARS WILL BE COMING UP FROM BETTENDORF AND PASSING THROUGH MAQUOKETA ON THEIR WAY NORTH TO BELLEVUE ON HIGHWAY 62,
THEY WILL BE COMING BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 2 P.M. AND MANY WILL BE
STOPPING DOWNTOWN AROUND THE GREEN SPACE AREA.   THE CORONADO
CAR CLUB WILL BE THERE TO GREET AND WELCOME THEM.     THERE WILL BE  A D-J THERE.    NO FOOD STANDS ARE PLANNED BUT THERE WILL BE FLYERS DIRECTING THEM TO LOCAL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.   AGAIN,
HUNDREDS OF CARS, MAYBE OVER A THOUSAND, ARE EXPECTED.

THERE WAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A BARN FIRE AT MIKE DUHME'S FARM NEAR ZWINGLE.    MIKE'S ANTIQUES ALSO LOCATED THERE.    THE BARN
WAS FULLY ENGULFED AND NEARLY ON THE GROUND WHEN FIREMEN
ARRIVED.   A SMALLER NEARBY BARN WAS ALSO DAMAGED.   THE
"ANTIQUES"  BARN WAS NOT DAMAGED.     TWO FIVE-YEAR ODL TWINS
SET FIRE TO SOME TWINE WITH A LIGHTER AND THAT STARTED THE BLAZE.  THE BARN IS RENTED AND IT WAS THE RENTER'S CHILDREN.     THE KIDS HAD RECEIVED FIRE PREVENTION TRAINING IN SCHOOL AND APPARENTLY WERE CURIOUS ABOUT FIRES.   MAQUOKETA FIREMEN ASSISTED AT THE SCENE.
    
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.     FIRST AT 6, A JOINT MEETING WITH THE ANDREW SCHOOL BOARD.     AT THE REGULAR MEETING AT 7:15 AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THERE WILL BE SOME RESIGNATIONS AND SOME NEW HIRES.


MAQUOKETA'S AERIAL FIRE TRUCK WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE TURNS AT MAIN AND QUARRY IF BUMPOUTS ARE BUILT AT THE INTERSECTION.   SUNDAY, SEVERAL TOOK THE TRUCK FOR A TRIAL RUN
AND FOUND THIS OUT.    "BUMPOUTS"  ARE IN THE PLAN FOR THE NEW
STREETSCAPE PROGRAM BEING PLANNED  FOR DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

THE CITY COUNCIL PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WILL BE INTERVIEWING THREE LAW FIRMS FOR THE MAQUOKETA  CITY ATTORNEY POSITION.
THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO GO OUT FOR BIDS INSTEAD OF REHIRING
CURRENT MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY KEN WRIGHT.      ONE FIRM COMING FOR INTERVIEW IS FROM DUBUQUE AND ANOHTER FROM CEDAR RAPIDS.
THE WRIGHT LAW FIRM IN MAQUOKETA WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWED.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR SANDRA JO KLEIN, AGE 36, OF SPRINGBROOK, WILL BE THIS THURSDAY AT 11 A.M. AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PRESTON.
SHE DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT  FRIDAY NEAR ANDREW.    SHE WAS THE MANAGER OF KWIK STAR ON WEST PLATT STREET AND A MEMBER OF THE
SPRINGBROOK CITY COUNCIL.   SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND JOHN AND TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS.

A MAQUOKETA NATIVE, PHILIP SCHOENTHATLER, AGE 57, OF  CEDAR RAPIDS, DIED FRIDAY.   HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE EASTERN IOWA AIRPORT AND
AT  WILDWOOD STEAKHOUSE IN IOWA CITY.   HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE,
TWO DAUGHTERS, HIS MOTHER NORMA MOTTET IN MAQUOKETA AND
A BROTHER MARTY.   CREMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE.    THERE WILL NOT BE A FUNERAL SERVICE AT THIS TIME  AND A "CELEBRATORY SERVICE" WILL BE HELD JUNE 22ND AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

HAVE A NICE WEEK.

DENNIS VOY








FULTON COMMUNITY CHURCH (140TH CELEBRATION)

SUNDAY WAS A GREAT DAY AT THE LITTLE JACKSON COUNTY TOWN OF FULTON, NORTH OF MAQUOKETA A FEW MILES AND ALONG HIGHWAY 61.
THE FULTON COMMUNITY CHURCH
CELEBRATED ITS 140TH ANNIVERSARY.
OVER 50 PEOPLE (MEMBERS AND GUESTS) GATHERED FOR A SPECIAL
11 A.M. WORSHIP SERVICE AND POTLUCK DINNER AFTER.    

THE MINISTER OF THE CHURCH IS PASTOR FRED KRAMER, SHOWN ABOVE.
NOTE, SITTING ON THE CHAIR BEHIND HIM, GLEN HENTON.   GLEN, AGE 93,
ATTENDED THE CHURCH AS A LITTLE BOY.
GLEN "RED" WAS PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATON FOR ALL HEHAS DONE AND STILL DOES FOR THE CHURCH.   HE WAS THE EMCEE OF THEANNIVERSARY SERVICE YESTERDAY.       JACKSON COUNTY ALMOST LOST THE LITTLE CHURCH WHEN HIGHWAY 61 WAS MADE INTO A 4-LANE HIGHWAY.THE CHURCH WAS IN THE WAY AND ABOUT TO BE DEMOLISHED WHENRED AND FRIENDS RAISED MONEY AND MOVED IT INTO DOWNTOWN FULTON.   THEY SET IT ON A NEW FOUNDATION THAT INCLUDED A BASEMENT.
AND IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED AND  USED SINCE THEN.    THERE ARE TWO
11 A.M. SUNDAY SERVICES EVERY MONTH.
RED'S GRANDAUGHTER BROOKE BYAM, COUNTRY SINGER FROM NASHVILLE,
WAS PRESENT AND LED THE CONGREGATION SINGING HYMNS.
 RED'S DAUGHTER JUDY FROM CLINTON (BROOKE'S MOTHER) SANG A SONG WITH DAD.
ABOVE,  RED'S GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, ERICA SUBCLIFF, SANG A SONG.
RED HAD HAS TWO DAUGHTERS.   NANCY LIVES IN GEORGIA.   HER SON MATT WALKER ABOVE IS THE ORGANIST FOR THE CHURCH TWICE  EACH MONTH AND WAS ON HAND YESTERDAY.    HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR
YEARS, DRIVING FROM IOWA CITY FOR THE SUNDAY SERVICE.
HE ALSO IS MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR GRANDPA RED'S MUSIC CD'S ON SALE AT KMAQ.

THE 70-MINUTE SERVICE CONCLUDED WITH THE BLESSING BY PASTOR KRAMER  AND BY THEN, EVERYONE WAS HUNGRY AND WENT DOWNSTAIRS FOR THE POTLUCK.




FOUR GENERATIONS  OF CHURCH MEMBERS.    GRANDPA DONALD DELARM SURRONDED BY:    DAUGHTER ROSE (MRS.DAVE) KNOEBEL IN DARK TOP...
DAUGHTER BEVAN KNOEBEL AND HER SONS SPENCER LAMAR IN THE GREEN  SHIRT AND ATLEE LAMAR IN THE BROWN SHIRT.    ROSE AND BEVAN BOTH ATTENDED SUNDAY SCHOOL AT THE CHURCH.    THEY NO LONGER HAVE SUNDAY SCHOOL OR SPENCER AND ATLEE WOULD ATTEND.    ROSE
IS ALSO THE GARDNER FOR THE CHURCH, TAKING CARE OF THE  FLOWERS
OUTSIDE.     VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT THE TWO MONTHLY
SUNDAY SERVICES.

RED IS ALREADY MAKING PLANS FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY THE LITTLE.....
FULTON COMMUNITY CHURCH.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY