FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

-15 LAST NIGHT.
12 ABOVE TODAY.
12 BELOW TONIGHT.
WARMING A LITTLE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ABOUT AN INCH OF
NEW SNOW IN THE FORECAST.

THE BELLEVUE CATHOLIC MOHAWKS BASKETBALL TEAM WON LAST NIGHT
....DEFEATING LONE TREE, 54 TO 48, THANKS TO A BIG 4TH QUARTER,
LED BY LOGAN SCHROEDER.  HE SCORED 14 OF HIS  20 POINTS IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER AND 8 FOR 8 AT THE FREE THROW LINE.    THE MOHAWKS ARE  NOW 19 AND 4 AND WILL PLAY BELLE  PLAINE, 23 AND 1, TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 AT CEDAR RAPIDS PRAIRIE  HIGH SCHOOL.   WE WILL BROADCAST THE GAME.   IF THE MOHAWKS WIN, THEY GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND WOULD BE THE ONLY KMAQ AREA TEAM TO GO THIS YEAR.

TUESDAY EVENING, A GROUP FROM ANDREW SCHOOL DISTRICT MET WITH
MAQUOKETA AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT ANDREW WILL HELP WITH SOME
PROJECTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA.   A TOTAL OF $20,000
WILL BE PROVIDED IN 3 AREAS.    $10,000 FOR REMODELING THE SCIENCE
ROOM....$5,000 FOR A SECURITY CAMERA AND KEY SECURITY SYSTEM
FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL MAIN ENTRANCE AND $5,000 TOWARD STUDENT
COMPUTERS.    ANDREW WILL USE MONEY FROM THEIR LOCAL OPTION
SALES TAX.

THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC LEGISLATIVE FORUM  AT MAQUOKETA CITY
HALL AT 9 TOMORROW MORNING.    ISSUES BEING DEBATED IN THE
2015 IOWA LEGISLATURE WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH ST. REP. BRIAN
MOORE.

KMAQ IS TAKING A BUS TO THE CARDINAL-BREWERS GAME IN MILWAUKEE  SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 25TH.     READ ALL ABOUT IT ON THE KMAQ
CARDINAL BLOG.    OTHER CARDINAL INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED THERE.
GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE CARDINAL.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

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THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

OVER 3 INCHES OF SNOW LATE YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT.
COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 11.
TONIGHT, DOWN TO MINUS 11.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 10.
TOMORROW NIGHT, 12 BELOW.
SATURDAY, HIGH OF 17.
SATURDAY NIGHT, GOOD CHANCE FOR MORE SNOW AND WARMER.
SUNDAY SNOW ENDS WITH HIGH OF 28.

AND THEN SUNDAY, MARCH ARRIVES!    WE ARE READY FOR SOME NICE
MARCH WEATHER.

THE POPULAR COD FFA FISH FRY, FRIED OR BAKED, IS TOMORROW NIGHT
AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.    ALL YOU CAN EAT...$10
THIS IS FFA MONTH.

LONNIE HERMAN WON KMAQ BINGO TODAY.    THIS LONGTIME AVID
KMAQ LISTENER IN MAQUOKETA, RETIRED, HAS BEEN PLAYING KMAQ
BINGO SINCE 2008 AND HAS NEVER WON.   ABOUT TIME!    HER WINNING CARD NUMBER WAS 7777.   SHE WON $15 CASH, TWO VOY THEATRE TICKETS AND TWO COD DINNERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW NIGHT.

CHAD SPECHT HAS  RESIGNED AS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, AFTER TWO YEARS.    THIS YEAR'S SEASON ENDED WITH A TOURNAMENT LOSS AGAINST DAVENPORT ASUMPTION MONDAY NIGHT, AND THE SEASON ENDED AT 4 AND 16.
HIS SON, A SENIOR, PLAYED ON THE TEAM THIS YEAR.   CHAD GRADUATED
FROM MAQUOKETA AND PLAYED BASKETBALL UNDER COACH BILL
FLEMMING.    WE  HAVE HAD BOTH CHAD AND AN EARLIER HEAD COACH THAT DID NOT TEACH, AND WAS NOT WITH THE PLAYERS AND STUDENT BODY
DURING SCHOOL HOURS.   MANY BELIEVE THAT IS DETRIMENTAL TO
THE PROGRAM.     HIS RESIGNATION WAS A SURPRISE AS HE WAS A GOOD
COACH AND LIKED COACHING.   

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS...... NOT LIKE THEY USED TO BE!    MORE
CHOICES LIKE SOCCER AND BOWLING  AND OTHER "HIGH TECH"
THINGS TO DO.    SMART PHONES?   TEXTING!    X BOXES!
I NEVER WAS AN ATHLETE IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 50'S....WORKED....AND KEPT HAULING FRIENDS WITH MY BLACK '47 CHEVY.     BUT WE WENT TO
ALMOST EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GAME AND CHEERED FOR THE MARSHMEN!

THE  JACKSON COUNTY 5-YEAR ROAD PLAN WILL BE DISCUSSED AT
A MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT AT CITY HALL.     IOWA GOVERNOR BRANSTAD SIGNED NEW LEGISLATION YESTERDAY TO RAISE THE GAS TAX 10-CENTS.

BOYS TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT ON KMAQ AND OUR
WEB HOME PAGE.....BELLEVUE MARQUETTE AGAINST LONE TREE.
MATT CLARK GOES ON THE AIR AT 6:45.

STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE....

PUT AN EXTRA BLANKET ON TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW THAT I TOOK LAST NIGHT AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.

A LENT VISIT TO 1ST METHODIST CHURCH

NANCY, A MEMBER, ME, A GUEST, WITH CAMERA IN POCKET, ATTENDED THE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LENTEN SERVICE AT THE 1ST METHODIST CHURCH UP ON THE HILL ON WESLEY DRIVE IN MAQUOKETA.   DESPITE COLD AND
SNOWY WEATHER, ABOUT 50 IN ATTENDANCE.
THE SERVICE BEGAN WITH SINGING BY SOME OF THE BEST SINGERS OF THE
CHURCH....

AN EXTRA KEYBOARD FOR AN  EXTRA-BETTER SOUND.
THE SERMON BY CHURCH VOLUNTEER JOSH RIORDAN....

THIS WAS A "FIRST" FOR JOSH AND HE DID WELL ON HIS TEXT:  "DISCOVER THE REBEL JESUS".
AT 6:30...DOWNSTAIRS FOR SUPPER...

HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICHES .. CHIPS .. BARS FOR DESSERT.

PASTOR JEFF DADISMAN AT SUPPER AT OUR TABLE, WITH LONGTIME MEMBER VIVIAN RIVER.   YUP...ROSS WAS STILL WORKING ATTENDING AN OUT-OF-TOWN MEETING.    PASTOR DADISMAN IS A SOFT-SPOKEN HEAVY-ON-PRAYERS PASTOR AND WELL-LIKED BY HIS CONGREGATION.   
MANY TIMES, RUNS OVER WITH HIS SERMON, LIKE TOO-MANY PASTORS.

THIS DAIRY FARMER DELIVERED THE MILK AND STAYED FOR SUPPER.
NO, THIS IS LONGTIME MEMBER OF CHURCH, AND RETIRED CONTRACTOR,
JOHN CRESSEY OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.   CONNIE WAS HELPING IN THE
KITCHEN.   JOHN WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IN THE 80'S....NOW RETIRED AND....JOHN LOVES HIS "BIBS".     VISITORS TO THE CHURCH 
ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!   DRESS AS YOU PLEASE, LIKE JOHN DID.
TRY THEIR 10:30 SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE (ALSO BROADCAST "LIVE" ON
KMAQ-FM) AND THEY WILL HAVE MORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT LENTEN
SERVICES TOO, AT 5:45 P.M.
                                                          AMEN!

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

IT IS SNOWING LIGHTLY IN MAQUOKETA....AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
AT LEAST 4 INCHES WILL BE ON GROUND BY TOMORROW MORNING. 
A SNOW EMERGENCY HAS BEEN CALLED IN MAQUOKETA BY CITY
HALL.

WATCH THE SNOW ON THE KMAQ WEB CAM LOOKING OVER MAIN STREET.
GO TO OUR  HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE WEB CAM.

THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BOARD APPROVED THE TAX ASKING FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2016....$1,016,212....$38,860 OVER THIS YEAR.   MOST OF INCREASE
WILL BE TO HELP FUND A COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR.

OVER $15,000 WAS RAISED AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, BY CLUB HOPE, AND A CHECK IN THAT AMOUNT WILL BE SENT TO THE IOWA CITY
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.   THIS WAS A RECORD AMOUNT RAISED FOR THE 4-YEAR HISTORY DANCE MARATHON.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, JAKE AND JUDY BICKFORD VISITED HIS BROTHER RON AND WIFE IN ARIZONA.   THEY HAVE 3 GRAPEFRUIT TREES IN THEIR BACK YARD AND BOTH ARE SHOWN PICKING ABOVE, JAKE  AT LEFT.    JAKE GAVE ME ONE...REALLY DELICIOUS.   THEY HARVEST HUNDREDS EACH YEAR AND
GIVE THEM AWAY TO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, AND BROTHER IN
COLD MAQUOKETA.   RON IS A RETIRED IOWA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT.

BONNIE  MITCHELL SPOKE AT ROTARY THIS NOON.

A NEW MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY (CENTER) JOINED ROTARY TODAY.

READ ABOUT BONNIE AND THE ATTORNEY BY GOING TO THE KMAQ
WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WON THEIR TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GAME
LAST  NIGHT AND PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.    THEY NEED TO WIN
2 MORE GAMES TO GET TO STATE.     AND IF THEY DO, THEY WILL BE
THE ONLY BOY'S TEAM FROM OUR AREA TO GET THERE.
WE WILL HAVE NO GIRLS TEAM AT STATE NEXT WEEK.

OH MY BACK IS STARTING TO ACHE JUST THINKING ABOUT THE SHOVELING
AHEAD.

HAVE A  GOOD NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

IN THE 30'S TODAY....
BUT, ONE DAY ONLY.
THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE COLD AND SOME SNOW ALSO FORECAST.
THE NORMAL MAQUOKETA HIGHS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR SHOULD
BE IN THE UPPER 30'S.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, THERE, LAST NIGHT.... 56 TO 38....TO END THE SEASON WITH THOSE LATE-IN-SEASON 4 WINS.
DEWITT ALSO LOST.   VERY DOUBTFUL WE WILL HAVE ANY AREA HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS MAKE IT TO STATE.

BID ON THIS BEAUTIFUL HAND-MADE 12-INCH BY 36-INCH TABLE RUNNER
ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE.    GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND
CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

MILT SCHECKEL, AGE 91, OF BELLEVUE, DIED SUNDAY.   THE FUNERAL
IS SATURDAY.    HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ARLETA AND THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING GAIL  HANLON OF MAQUOKETA.
HACKMANN FUNERAL HOME IN BELLEVUE IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY


  

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

COLD SUNDAY.
10 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
10 ABOVE TODAY.
32 TOMORROW.
THEN COLD AGAIN WEDNESDAY.

THE GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IS NEXT WEEK IN DES MOINES.
AND THERE WILL BE NO TEAM FROM THE KMAQ AREA THERE.

TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM  WILL PLAY A TOURNAMENT GAME  AT DEWITT, AT 6:30, AGAINST DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.    MATT CLARK WILL GO ON THE AIR AT 6:15 ON KMAQ-FM
AND OUR HOME WEB PAGE.    HE WILL ALSO DO THE DEWITT GAME AT 8.

WE HAD ONLY ONE HIGH SCHOOL BOWLER FROM THE KMAQ AREA IN THE
BOYS/GIRLS STATE BOWLING TOURNAMENT TODAY  IN DES MOINES.  CENTRAL DEWITT BOWLER SHELBY CARRIER IN CLASS 1-A MADE HER SECOND STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE TOURNAMENT AND  ROLLED A 177 AND 220 FOR A TWO-GAME HIGH OF 397, GOOD FOR 5TH PLACE.     THE WINNING SCORE WAS 441.   SHELBY DURING THE SEASON AVERAGED 437.

REMEMBER THOSE OLD PHOTOS OF MAQUOKETA THAT I HAD HERE LAST WEEK?   I HAVE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE ABOUT THEM AND WILL
SOON ADD INFORMATION ABOUT THEM, BELOW EACH PHOTO.

THE CLASS OF 65 IS HAVING A CLASS RE-UNION THIS SUMMER AND
THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE ADDRESS OF JIM SMITH AND
SUE HOLTRY.    EMAIL ME IF YOU  HAVE  EITHER OR BOTH.

SATURDAY NIGHT'S DANCE MARATHON AT MCHS WAS DEEMED A HUGE
SUCCESS.    IT WAS SPONSORED BY CLUB HOPE AND ADVISOR MINDY
ORRIS TOLD KMAQ THAT 650 PEOPLE ENJOYED THE EVENING MEAL AND AT ONE TIME, THERE WAS OVER 1,000 TAKING IN ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES.
MINDY HOPES TO HAVE A "DOLLAR" FIGURE OF MONEY RAISED BY
THIS WEDNESDAY.    PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
AT IOWA CITY.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

MILTON SCHECKEL, 91, OF BELLEVUE DIED YESTERDAY AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE.   THE FUNERAL WILL BE SATURAY.   HE FARMED HIS ENTIRE LIFE.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE ARLETA, THREE SONS, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING GAIL HANLON OF MAQUOKETA.    ALSO 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.    HACHMANN FUNERAL HOME IN BELLEVUE IN IN CHARGE OF ALL ARRANGEMENTS.

RUTH KEIL, 87,  OF BELLEVUE, DIED FRIDAY AT   FINLEY HOSPITAL IN
DUBUQUE.    THE FUNERAL WILL BE AT NOON TOMORROW.    HACHMANN FUNERAL HOME IN BELLEVUE IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
RUTH KEIL IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING DEBRA EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD  WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 24 THE HIGH TODAY.
LOW TONIGHT, 1 ABOVE.
TOMORROW, UPPER 20'S.
THEN COLD AGAIN SUNDAY.

KMAQ HAS RECEIVED WORD THAT VIRGINIA YOCUM, AGE 99, DIED FEB. 14TH AT FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WHERE SHE HAD LIVED NEAR FAMILY
SINCE MOVING FROM MAQUOKETA IN 2004.     VIRGINIA AND HER LATE
HUSBAND DUDLEY OWNED AND OPERATED THE LOCAL WESTERN AUTO
STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS.

I GOT A SHORT EMAIL FROM STEVE McAREAVY IN WEDDINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.   HE AND HIS WIFE ROBYN (SLATTERY) HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE
FOR 29 YEARS AND HE HAS A CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE THERE.      HIS
LATE FATHER WAS A LONGTIME CHIROPRACTOR IN HIS OFFICE ACROSS
FROM THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY.      HIS MOTHER,  EMOGENE, LIVES
IN VIERA, FLORIDA BY DAUGHTERS MARY AND KATE AND SHE JUST TURNED 91 AND IS DOING GOOD, SAYS STEVE.   STEVE ALSO HELPED IDENTIFY
SOME OF THE OLD BUILDINGS IN THE PHOTOS BELOW.    HE READS THIS DAILY REPORT REGULARLY.   NICE HEARING FROM HIM.   HIS DAD WAS A REGULAR IN OUR MORNING COFFEE GROUP AT THE DECKER.

AT AROUND 5 THIS AFTERNOON, I ATTENDED A MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE "AFTER BUSINESS HOURS"  OPEN HOUSE AT THE NEW SCHUELLER AUCTION FACILITY IN MAQUOKETA, FORMERLY THE HOME
OF BANOWETZ ANTIQUESF, OWNED AND OPERATED BY BEN AND ABBY SCHUELLER.  

THERE WAS A NICE TURNOUT AND IT IS A REALLY EXCELLENT, LARGE PLACE TO HAVE AUCTIONS.

ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, THE BUILDING WAS A POPULAR ROLLER RINK AND
THE PADDED CURVED WALL IS STILL THERE.    THEN LATER IT BECAME A
SMALL SHOPPING MALL AND LATER AGAIN, A BIG FURNITURE STORE, AND
LASTLY, BANOWETZ  ANTIQUES. 

BEN AND ABBY AND YOUNGEST BOY, JACK.   THEY HAVE ANOTHER BOY,
AND A DAUGHTER TOO.
CONGRATULATIONS BEN AND ABBY ON A NICE NEW ADDITION TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND ONE FINAL NOTE:    THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1965
IS PLANNING A 50TH CLASS REUNION.    JAMES LUETT FROM CLINTON IS
WORKING ON IT AND IS LOOKING FOR THE ADDRESS OF JIM SMITH (SON OF DASIL AND IMOGENE SMITH) AND SUE HOLTRY, WHOSE DAD WAS THE MINISTER HERE FOR THE METHODIST CHURCH.   IF YOU CAN HELP,
EMAIL JUDY BOWLING AT jbowling41@yahoo.com AND SHE WILL FORWARD THE INFORMATION TO JAMES.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY.

OLD MAQUOKETA PHOTOS

HELP IDENTIFY....EMAIL ME.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE...WHERE?
PASTIME THEATRE 10 CENTS... DON'T KNOW WHY THAT SIGN IS THERE?

AN OIL WELL IN MAQUOKETA??

THAT LONG BUILDING TO LEFT WITH TWELVE 2ND STORY WINDOWS?
 LOOK AT ALL THE HIGH-WIRE POLES RIGHT DOWN MAIN STREET.

I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE CORNER BUILDING TO THE RIGHT, WITH 4 UPPER WINDOWS.
NOTICE BOARD WALK-WAYS ACROSS THE STREET IN SOME PHOTOS.

LOOKS LIKE TWO, OR MAYBE JUST ONE BIG, GROCERY STORE.
WHERE LOCATED??
MAQUOKETA HAD A LOT OF IRON RAILINGS  ON UPPER PORCHES.
NOTICE THE BRICK STREET.

SEE THE WOOD WALKWAYS ACROSS THE STREET.    WONDER WHAT
THE BIG BUILDING IS ON RIGHT SIDE, AT THE UPPER END OF PHOTO?
LIGHT COLOR.

THERE IS IT...THE FAMOUS TOWN CLOCK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

8 BELOW THIS MORNING.
SUNNY AND HIGH OF 14 TODAY.
-1 TONIGHT.
HEAT SPELL COMING...
23 TOMORROW.
29  SATURDAY.
BUT INTO THE TEENS AGAIN SUNDAY.

THERE WAS  AN ADVISORY TASK FORCE MEETING IN THE MAQUOKETA
MIDDLE SCHOOL TUESDAY.    THE 2 HOUR MEETING INCLUDED MUCH
DISCUSSION ON THINGS TO BE DONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE MAIN ISSUE, A NEW HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM.   AND TO MAKE IT COMPLIANT, WIDENING 6 DOORS IN THE BUILDING.   THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY 26TH.

AT THE SUPERVISORS MEETING TUESDAY, ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ TALKED ABOUT UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS THAT LEGISLATORS MIGHT TRY TO REGULATE.     THE IOWA D.O.T. SAYS THERE ARE 21,000 IN AND IT WOULD
COST $13 MILLION TO DO SO AND IN JACKSON COUNTY, $112,000.
ALSO AT THE MEETING, LEO MARTENS AND ROBERT ROHWEDDER WERE NEWLY APPOINTED TO THE JACKSON COUNTY EMINENT DOMAIN COMMISSION.

IN MAGISTRATE COURT, MATTHEW LASLEY, AGE 29, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 5TH DEGREE WEDNESDAY FOR STEALING A FOOD SCALE FROM WAL MART, VALUED AT $29.97.   HE AS FINED $185.

THESE TWO FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGERS ARE COMING TO THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR THIS SUMMER.   AND THE  FAIR $30 FUN CARDS ARE
READY AND FOR SALE AT THE  FAIR OFFICE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN
MAQUOKETA.    MAKE  GREAT BIRTHDAY GIFTS.    ONE IS ALSO  FOR SALE
ON THE ROTARY SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK....AT KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.  EMAIL YOUR BID.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT
GAME LAST NIGHT TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION AT THE ASSUMPTION
GYM AND HAVE FINISHED THE SEASON.   

AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT THIS AFTERNOON, CARDINAL
SENIOR LOGAN MAYBERRY LOST HIS OPENING MATCH AND THEN
LATER, WAS PINNED IN HIS WRESTLE-BACK MATCH AND IT NOW OUT
OF THE TOURNAMENT.    BUT....IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT JUST TO GET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

VERA MEDINGER, AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS THE KMAQ BINGO WINNER
TODAY.

HOPE YOU CAN CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

0 THIS MORNING.
7 ABOVE TODAY.
-8 TONIGHT.
COLD TOMORROW AGAIN.
BUT, IN 20'S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

END OF REPORT.    BUSY DAY.    SORRY.

SOME OLD PHOTOS THOUGH....
PHOTOGRAPHER HAMLEY TOOK THESE...THAT'S HIS SHOP BELOW AND
ALSO IN PHOTO BELOW IT.   NOTE SIGN BY THE HORSES.   THE LITTLE BUILDING IS GONE.
NOW, BRAD DREERY OWNS THE BUILDING TO THE NORTH OF IT AND IT HAS
AN BIG OPEN ROOM UPSTAIRS.

 

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT!

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY, SUNNY AND COLD...HIGH UPPER TEENS.
COLD TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND
THURSDAY, BUT INTO THE 20'S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT.
THE CITY IS WORKING ON NEXT YEAR'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY
OPERATING FUND BUT NOT BEFORE BEING DISCUSSED AGAIN BY
THE CITY FIANCE COMMITTEE.    THE COUNTY PAYS PART OF IT TOO.

THE  CITY VOTED TO BUY A WARNING SIREN FOR NEARLY $20,000 TO
BE INSTALLED IN AREA OF WAL MART.

THE CITY ACCESS CHANNEL IS GOING DIGITAL AT 78.2 AND 78.4

AND TIM CHAPIN WAS APPOINTED TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMISSION AND FILLS THE REQUIREMENT OF 4.   CHAPIN IS
A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MAN.

LOGAN MAYBERRY, A SENIOR AT MCHS, WILL WRESTLE AT THE STATE
TOURNAMENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 152 POUNDS AND WITH  HIS
RECORD OF 35 AND 4 WILL GO AGAINST SENIOR BRIAN DITTMEN OF SOUTHEAST POLK HIGH SCHOOL, WITH A RECORD OF 25 AND 6.

A BEATLES LEGENDS SHOW IS COMING TO OHNWARD IN MARCH.   MORE
LATER.

ANOTHER NEW BEAUTY SALON IN MAQUOKETA, ACROSS FROM THE THEATRE.    HEARD TODAY, THAT THERE ARE NOW 9 IN TOWN.
AND TWO BARBERS.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

IT WAS A COLD WEEKEND, BUT NOT AS COLD AS FORECAST.    SATURDAY NIGHT WE DID NOT GET DOWN TO 10 BELOW, ONLY 0.     BUT,  LOOKS LIKE
8 OR 9 BELOW THIS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.    A COLD WEEK
AHEAD, BUT WARMER WEATHER NEXT WEEK.      GOOD NEWS, LITTLE OR NO
SNOW IN FORECAST.     WE HAD SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, BUT CLOUDS ARRIVED AND STAYED.... AND HIGH TODAY IN THE UPPER TEENS.

LOGAN MAYBERRY, A SENIOR AT MCHS, WILL BE IN THE STATE WRESTLING
TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, AT 152 POUNDS IN CLASS 3-A.    LOGAN CAME THROUGH WITH A SECOND PLACE FINISH IN THE DISTRICT SATURDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.   HE IS THE SON OF JIM AND SUE MAYBERRY OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND OWNERS OF MAYBERRY APPLIANCES IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    THERE HAS BEEN A LONG STRING OF GOOD MAYBERRY WRESTLERS FOR MANY YEARS AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
MAQUOKETA DID NOT HAVE A STATE QUALIFIER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
ALSO FROM THIS AREA GOING TO STATE, A WRESTLER FROM BELLEVUE, DEWITT, AND TWO FROM NORTH CEDAR.

SINCE DR. PAUL KOOB IS NOW THE WRESTLING COACH FOR MAQUOKETA,
FOR THE FIRST YEAR YEAR IN A LONG TIME,  HE WILL NOT BE BROADCASTING THE HOLD-BY-HOLD ACTION ON KMAQ THIS YEAR.
WE WILL BE COVERING THE TOURNAMENT THOUGH, WITH DAY TO DAY
RESULTS FROM WELLS-FARGO ARENA.

AND FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM  WON THEIR 4TH STRAIGHT GAME DEFEATING INDEPENDENCE IN A ROAD ROAD GAME,
59 TO 36.    THEY FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT AT HOME AGAINST CENTER POINT URBANA.

THEN TOURNAMENT PLAY BEGINS FOR THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS
BASKETBALL TEAMS.

TOMORROW, THE QUALIFYING BEGINS FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS STATE
BOWLING TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES ON FEBRUARY 23, AT PLAZA LANES.
MAQUOKETA BOWLERS WILL QUALIFY IN CLASS 1-A TOMORROW AT CASCADE, WHICH IS ONE OF SEVEN QUALIFYING MEETS IN CLASS1-A.

A ROBBERY IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT.    JEREMY NEDERMAN REPORTED
AT 504 ROSEMERE  LANE, APARTMENT 4, THAT RESIDENTS THERE WERE BURGLARIZED AND ASSAULTED IN THE APARTMENT.   WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY NOTICED ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAD TEETH KNOCKED OUT AND THE 3-YEAR-OLD SON WAS PRESENT DURING THE BURGLARY.   THE
RESIDENTS REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND THE SUSPECTS FLED THE SCENE AFTER STEALING A PLAY STATION 4.   THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT AT 7.

A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF KMAQ DIED SATURDAY.    EARL SAUNDERS DIED AT HIS RURAL MAQUOKETA HOME, AT THE AGE OF 92.    HE WORKED FOR
25 YEARS IN THE KMAQ ADVERTISING SALES DEPARTMENT, CALLING ON
BUSINESS PLACES IN MAQUOKETA AND IN MOST SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.    HE SOLD THE COMMERCIALS,  AND WROTE THEM FOR A KMAQ ANNOUNCER TO TAPE RECORD.    AND HE WAS A GOOD SALESMAN, SETTING GOALS AND MOST OF THE TIME REACHING THOSE.   WHENEVER
IT WAS A BUSY TIME AT KMAQ, WITH LOTS OF ADVERTISING FOR A SPECIAL
EVENT, (LIKE RIDICULOUS DAY OR A COUNTY FAIR) THOUGH THE LOG WAS ALREADY HEAVY WITH SPOTS, EARL, WITH A SMILE, WOULD SAY "THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE COMMERCIAL".    HE LIKED SELLING!    AND EVERYONE AT KMAQ LIKED EARL!     I LAST TALKED TO HIM IN EARLY DECEMBER AND HE WAS DOING WELL.    THE PHOTO BELOW IS ONE OF QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO AT A KMAQ PARTY, SEATED AT LEFT
WITH HIS LATE WIFE EVA, WHO WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA TEACHER.

THE FUNERAL FOR EARL WILL BE THURSDAY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.   THE COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT carsonandson.com WEB SITE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.    BUTTON UP YOUR COAT.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com





    

MAX MOELLER

MAX MOELLER  HAD  AN AUTO TRIM BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.    AS A KID
DELIVERED MILK ALL OVER MAQUOKETA.    MOVED FROM MAQUOKETA
TO SUNNY ARIZONA (SANFORD) IN JUNE OF 1961.    TURNED 95 LAST
WEEK.    NOW,  LIVES ALONE, COOKS WITH HEALTHY FOOD ONLY AND
BUILDS AND SELLS LOW COST  HOUSES.    HAS A FAMILY DOWN THERE TO HELP HIM OUT WHEN NEEDED.

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND 28 TODAY.
10 TONIGHT.
TOMOROW, DROPPING TO 5 ABOVE LATE AFTERNOON.
TOMORROW NIGHT, 8 BELOW.
SUNDAY, 10 ABOVE.
BUUURRRR

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE IN INDEPENDENCE
FOR MAKE-UP GAMES TONIGHT.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA  BOYS AND GIRLS BOWLING TEAMS
BOTH BEAT INDEPENDENCE.   

ABOVE, LANNY SIMPSON, FAIR MANAGER FOR JACKSON COUNTY, HOLDING
THE 2015 FUN CARD.    THEY CAN BE USED EVERY DAY AT THE JULY
FAIR AND COST $30 AND ARE  AVAILABLE NOW AT LANNY'S OFFICE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, FOR GIFT GIVING.     THE GRANDSTAND WILL LOOK
AND BE "WARMER" THEN, FOR SURE.

GOOD WELL-DESERVED TURN-OUT AT THE OPEN HOUSE AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK TODAY IN HONOR OF FLORIAN STEFFEN'S
41ST RETIREMENT.

 

THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK!

 

DENNIS VOY
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THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND COLD,  HIGH TODAY 15.
STILL CALLING FOR COLD WEEKEND,INCLUDING LOW SATURDAY NIGHT OF
MINUS 10.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK HIRED JAN WAGNER FOR A NEW POSITION AS ASSISTANT TO THE PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR AND SHE
WILL ALSO BE THE DISTRICT REGISTRAR.    SHE WORKED FOR LORAS COLLEGE FOR OVER 20 YEARS UNTIL 2013 AND HAS BEEN THE "ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE COORDINATOR" FOR SEDGWICK CMS IN DUBUQUE.   THERE WERE
41 APPLICANTS FOR THE JOB.
ALSO AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THE "FRIENDS OF GOODENOW FIELD" PRESENTED PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FOOTBALL AND SOCCER COMPLEX AT A COST OF OVER $300,000.      PLANS CALL FOR
TREES, A NEW FENCE, SIDEWALKS, A GATEWAY ENTRANCE, BRICK AND STONE TICKET BOOTH AND MORE.

FLORIAN STEFFEN, IN MIDDLE ABOVE, SURROUNDED BY MANY MAQUOKETA STATE BANK EMPLOYEES IN THIS RECENT CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, IS RETIRING AFTER 41 YEARS.  THERE WILL BE AN "OPEN HOUSE"  FOR STAFF AND THE PUBLIC FROM 2 UNTIL 4 TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON AT THE
MAIN DOWNTOWN BANK.   HE STARTED IN THE LOAN DEPARTMENT AND
ENDED UP BEING PRESIDENT.   STOP IN AND WISH  HIM WELL.

ABOVE...."SPONGEBOB"...THE #1 MOVIE IN THE COUNTRY....GOES INTO WEEK
#2 TOMORROW AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.

NOW SHOWING AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE..."FIFTY SHADES"...RATED R.

HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER BIG WEEK..."THE AMERICAN SNIPER"...AT THE
VOY 3 THEATRE.    HAS BEEN DONG BIG BUSINESS HERE.    AND EVERYONE LIKES
THE MOVIE, RATED R.

FOR SHOW TIMES, 24 HOURS A DAY, CALL THE THEATRE RECORDING AT 563-652-3535.   IT TELLS WHAT TIME THE MOVIES START AND WHAT TIME
THEY END AND ALSO
GIVES ADMISSION  PRICES AND TELLS
WHAT MOVIES ARE
COMING.

SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

THE TEMPERATURE WENT UP OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND WAS AT 32 THIS MORNING....
AND THEN, EVEN WITH SUNSHINE,  IT DROPPED DURING THE DAY TO 27 THIS AFTERNOON AND IT WILL BE COLD TONIGHT AND THE REST OF THE WEEK.
LITTLE OR NO SNOW THE REST OF THE WEEK.

PILOTS IN THIS AREA WILL FIND SOME OF THE CHEAPEST FUEL AT THE
MAQUOKETA AIRPORT.     A SURVEY SHOWED OF 11 AREA AIRPORTS,
MAQUOKETA'S RATES ARE AMONG THE LOWEST.   THE AIR NAVIGATION WEB SITE LISTS THE PRICES AND SOME PILOTS CHECK PRICES IN THE AREA
BEFORE FILLING UP.    SO, EVEN IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, THERE ARE
DIFFERENT PRICES AND MAQUOKETA'S ARE BETTER THAN MOST.

THIS WEEK, THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED  A

BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2015-16 THAT TAKES EFFECT JULY 1ST.    THE TAX

RATE WILL DROP SLIGHTLY TO $5.28 PER $1,000.    THE CURRENT RATE IS

$5.31.      FOR THE RURAL AREAS, THE DECREASE WILL BE DOWN TO $8.26

PER $1,000.     LAST YEAR IT WAS $8.30.     THE NEW BUDGET FOR 2015-2016

PROJECTS REVENUES OF $14.58 MILLION DOLLARS AND SPENDING OF

$13.86  MILLION DOLLARS.

THE BUDGET INCLUDES MONEY FOR COURT HOUSE SECURITY MEASURES

AND 4-PERCENT PAY INCREASES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.


IN SPORTS:

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS TEAM WON THEIR THEIR STRAIGHT GAME, DEFEATING ANAMOSA 56 TO 49 ON THE ROAD.
ALSO THERE LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST TO ANAMOSA,
37 TO 31.     THE GIRLS FINISHED THEIR SEASON AT 4 AND 17 AND
PLAY DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION IN TOURNAMENT PLAY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS A TICKET FOR SATURDAY NIGHT'S SHOW AT OHNWARD FINE
ARTS CENTER ON THE ROTARY SILENT AUCTION.....AND THERE IS NO
BID SO FAR.    GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY
BLUE WHEEL.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

A LITTLE SUSHINE THIS MORNING, AND MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON
WITH A HIGH TODAY IN THE MID 20'S.    COLDER WEATHER FOR THE REST
OF THE WEEK.

NO LOCAL BIG NEWS TODAY.

BUT IN SPORTS:

A LOT OF  YOU KNOW DAN BECK, LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY BASKETBALL COACH IN PRESTON AND NOW EASTON VALLEY AT MILES.    HE GOT HIS 600 VICTORY LAST WEEK AND THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION FOR HIM TONIGHT
AFTER THE BOY'S VARSITY GAME IN MILES.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS IN A NON-CONFERENCE GAME
HERE, LOST TO #13 RATED IN 2-A CASCADE, 42 TO 35.

TONIGHT, THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY A GIRL-BOY DOUBLE-HEADER AT ANAMOSA.

LIKE THE GIRLS, THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION
IN TOURNAMENT ACTION AT 6:30 P.M. ON MONDAY, FEB. 23RD.....AT THE DEWITT GYM.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BOWLING TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE
CAMANCHE INVITATIONAL SATURDAY.    THE CARDINALS ROLLED
A 3248...2ND BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY.   NAMED TO THE ALL-TOURNAMENT
TEAM FROM MAQUOKETA, DALTON WAUGH, WHO WAS FIRST....LUKE BRAME, WHO WAS SECOND....AND CONNER SCHNOOR WHO TIED FOR 6TH
INDIVIDUALLY.

A SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING OF THE MOVIE AT 8 P.M. THURSDAY
NIGHT AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE.    OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT REGULAR
ADMISSION PRICE, $7.00.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

WEEKEND WEATHER WAS PRETTY GOOD....UPPER 30'S WITH A LOT OF MELTING SNOW.   TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER, ONLY 29.
TONIGHT, 12.
TOMORROW 30 AND WEDNESDAY 33.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING TONIGHT.

OHNWARD VALENTINE EVENT SATURDAY NIGHT.

SPORTS:    SATURDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS WON THEIR
SECOND STRAIGHT GAME BY DEFEATING CENTRAL OF DEWITT AT THE MAQUOKETA GYM, 50 TO 48 IN OVERTIME.
AND THE FIRST GAME OF THE BOY-GIRL DOUBLE-HEADER SAW THE
SABER GIRLS DEFEAT MAQUOKETA, 37 TO 21.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST CASCADE AT 7:30 TONIGHT.
THE WRESTLERS WILL WRESTLE IN SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT ACTION THIS SATURDAY.

                                                             BRIELLE REICKS

                                                               MONICA MITTS

                                                                ERICA BARKER

THERE WAS A RUMOR GOING AROUND MAQUOKETA LAST WEEK THAT ROSE FRANTZEN WILL BE PAINTING A PORTRAIT OF FIRST-LADY MICHELLE
OBAMA.     I EMAILED  HER MOTHER ELLEN THIS MORNING AND SHE SAID
NO, JUST A RUMOR.    SHE DID SAY THAT ROSE AND HER HUSBAND CHUCK RECEIVED A SPECIAL INVITATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND ACCEPTED,  AND WENT TO AN ARTS RECEPTION AT WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE MICHELLE OBAMA GAVE OUT AWARDS TO CHILDRN IN THE ARTS.    NICE HONOR FOR ROSE AND CHUCK.   GUESS THAT EVENT IT WHAT GOT THE RUMOR STARTED.

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL "ADVANCE SHOWING" OF "FIFTY SHADES OF
GRAY" AT 8 P.M. THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, IN DIGITAL-CINEMA,  AT THE VOY 1
THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA.    THEN IT OFFICIALLY STARTS IN MAQUOKETA
AND NATIONWIDE FRIDAY. 

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
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