Monday, October 13, 2014

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NASTY DAY TODAY (50'S)....RAINING NOW....MORE RAIN TONIGHT, TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY....MAYBE LONGER.
ENOUGH SAID.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED A LOWER RATING FROM THE ISO, AN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.    CURRENTLY, THE CITY'S RATING IS AT 5.  AFTER THE RECENT INSPECTION, THE RATE WAS REDUCED TO 4.   FIRE
CHIEF MARK BECK SAID THE RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE RATES WILL NOT BE
EFFECTED, BUT IN A YEAR, THE COMMERCIAL RATE WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED.
HE SAID THE RATING IS THE RESULT OF WORK BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DISPATCH AND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT.   HE SAID THEY HAVE WORKED
HARD TO MAKE THE REDUCTION.    HE ALSO SAID THE LACK OF FULLTIME
PERSONNEL CAUSED THE DEPARTMENT TO LOOSE SOME POINTS.    CITY
COUNCILMAN AND FIREMAN JERRY BOWEN SAID THE 4 RATING IS A BIG THING FOR A SMALL FIRE DEPARTMENT LIKE MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING TWO THEFTS.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JEFF MORITZ ON SOUTH JONES TOLD POLICE HIS
SON'S BIKE WAS TAKEN OVERNIGHT, VALUED AT $100.
MEREDITH BRANDT ON SOUTH PROSPECT TOLD POLICE FRIDAY MORNING
THAT HER LICENSE PLATE HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM HER VEHICLE.

A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64.     MARILYN
WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AND SAID THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE TO THE FRONT END OF HER CAR, BUT IT WAS DRIVEABLE.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

GO CARDINALS.  GAME 3 AT 3 TOMORROW AFTERNOON ON KMAQ-FM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

HAVE YOU TAKEN TIME TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT?   DO IT!

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW THAT I PUT UP HERE TODAY.

 

 

 




JUST A FEW PHOTOS

LEFT, DEAN AND KAREN TILTON, RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, VISITING MAQUOKETA LAST WEEK.   WE HAD JUST ENJOYED A DELICIOUS
NOON BUFFET AT "THE TRADING POST" IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
ENJOYING THE BELGIAN WAFFLE BREAKFAST YESTERDAY AT BOYER HALL ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY HELION LODGE #36.    GREAT BREAKFAST...GOOD CROWD...GOOD FUN.
LEIGHTON AND CINDY HEPKER'S GRANDAUGHTER.   HOW ABOUT THAT
RIGHT LEG-UP POSE?      THEY WERE DOWN TO SEE HER THIS WEEKEND
AT OLATHE, KANSAS.
TREVIS AND NANCY MAYFIELD OF DIXON, ILLINOIS AND THE NEW OWNERS
OF THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS, BELLEVUE HERALD-LEADER AND
DEWITT OBSERVER.     I MET TREVIS SATURDAY, WE HAD A SHORT VISIT
AND MY FIRST IMPRESSION.....GOOD!
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1954 AT THEIR REUNION AT THE
DECKER HOTEL IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
1ST ROW:   MARGARET (WALLACE) FOWLER....ANN (WILCOX) EDELMAN....
LAVONNE (RUBEL) STEVENS....PAT (KIRK) EVEN....KAY (HENEKE) KOEPPEN.
2ND ROW:   VIRGINIA (MOHR) HUGHES....MARY (NAIRN) HAMANN....BONNABELL (KUNDE) CREGER....NANCY (STEWART) MOORE AND
SHIRLEY (BAKER) WELLS.
LADIES UP-THE-STAIRS:   GERI (CASEL) ALTHOFF....BETTY (SEILER) BARTH....JENEANE (EATON) HINRICHSEN.....PATTY (TAYLOR) GREENWORD....
LULUBELL (KUNDE) KOCH....SANDRA (HAYLOCK) HOUSE....THEN FINISHING
THE FRONT ROW ON STAIRWAY....BUD BLOSSFELD....WAYNE MAYBERRY....
AND HAROLD LUBBEN.        MEN IN BACK ROW....WAYNE WELLS....BOB WOLTER....GALEN BARTELS....JOE ROLLINGER....AND JERRY MAYNARD.

ROBERT AND BONNIE CHRISTENSEN AT WINTERSET YESTERDAY ON ONE 
OF THE COVERED BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY.