Monday, April 30, 2018

MONDAY (82 degrees) DAILY

PLATT STREET (HIGHWAY 64) IS CLOSED WHILE WORKING ON UNDERGROUND THINGS RELATED TO THE NORTH 2ND STREET RE-ROUTING ADJACENT TO THE
BRAD DEERY SHOWROOM.    DETOURS WILL BE UP AT LEAST  6  WORKING DAYS.     THIS IS A CITY  PROJECT,
WORKING WITH DEERY.   WILL BE NICE WHEN DONE.

THIS IS ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST BUSINESS PLACES, ACROSS FROM THE THEATRE.    IT IS A 
CLOTHING AND GIFT SHOP UP-FRONT AND IN ROOM
BEHIND, A BEAUTY SHOP.    THE OWNER IS JENNA KEIL,
OF MAQUOKETA, A MCHS GRAD.... AND SHE GRADUATED
3  YEARS AGO FROM CAPRI COLLEGE IN DUBUQUE.

























JENNA RUNS THE BUSINESS ALONE WITH SOME  HELP FROM HER MOTHER BRENDA TAYLOR OF MAQUOKETA.
THE HOURS-OPEN ARE:   MONDAY - FRIDAY, 10 A.M.
UNTIL 5 P.M. AND SATURDAYS  9 A.M. - 2 P.M.
JENNA SAYS COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT HER LITTLE
STORE ANYTIME.    AND FOR A HAIR APPOINTMENT,
CALL HER ON HER CELL ANYTIME AT 563-321-9343.

DENNIS VOY



Thursday, April 26, 2018

THURSDAY DAILY

THERE WAS NO WEDNESDAY DAILY























THE JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE AND MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE SPONSORED A JOB FAIR YESTERDAY (4-25-18) AT THE TIMBER EVENTS
CENTER AT TIMBER LANES.    FIRST .....FROM 1 UNTIL 2:30 p.m. WAS FOR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS AND FROM 2:30 until 4:30, ADULTS LOOKING FOR A JOB.
GOOD TURN OUT OF STUDENTS AND KIND OF A LOW TURNOUT FOR ADULTS.
ALL THE BUSINESS PLACES BELOW HAD, AND STILL HAVE, A JOB OPENING, SO
PASS THE WORD TO ANYONE YOU KNOW THAT IS LOOKING FOR A JOB, TO CHECK
THIS DAILY REPORT.    I TOOK A FEW PHOTOS OF STUDENTS THAT STOPPED BY THE
KMAQ TABLE, WHERE KMAQ HAD A REGISTRATION FOR FIVE $10 GIFT CARDS TO
THE VOY THEATRE/61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE.

REMEMBER YOU CAN CLICK-ON TO ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND FILL YOUR SCREEN.































































































































































































REMEMBER...YOU CAN CLICK-ON TO ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND
FILL YOUR SCREEN.


DENNIS VOY




















Tuesday, April 24, 2018

TUESDAY (HOT 70 TEMP) DAILY


GOLFERS, HERE IS A DATE TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDA.   THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS
CLUB WILL SPONSOR THEIR ANNUAL 5-PERSON BEST-SHOT TOURNAMENT ON
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23RD.   THE TEE-OFF WILL BE AT 1 P.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA
COUNTRY CLUB COURSE.    LUNCH AND DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED.   MORE
DETAILS COMING SOON OR EMAIL LEIGHTON HEPKER AT ..  kmaq@kmaq.com





THE #1 MOVIE IN THE COUNTRY,
SHOWING NOW THROUGH THURSDAY
MAY 3RD AT THE VOY THEATRE.



BUSINESS NEWS
BOB AND CAROL KILBURG HAVE BEEN IN THE MEAT BUSINESS IN PRESTON
SINCE 1967, BECOMING PARTNERS THEN WITH ALEX AND RUTH ANN BORMAN.   AFTER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF ALEX IN 2006,  BOB AND CAROL PURCHASED RUTH AND ALEX'S PART OF THE BUSINESS.   THIS MONTH,  BOB  AND CAROL ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAVE SOLD THE PRESTON MEATS WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION PART OF THEIR BUSINESS TO AN ILLINOIS FIRM NEAR ST. LOUIS.     THE PRESTON MEATS AND  PRESTON GROCERY WILL CONTINUE TO BE OWNED AND OPERATED BY BOB AND CAROL.    THEY ASKED KMAQ NEWS TO THANK THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR
BUSINESS AND LOYALTY THE PAST 50 YEARS AND THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING JACKSON AND CLINTON COUNTY FOR MANY MORE
YEARS, ONLY WITH A FEW LESS DUTIES.

DENNIS VOY































Monday, April 23, 2018

MONDAY 70-DEGREES DAILY

WE HAD TWO LOCAL RUNNERS IN THE BOSTON MARATHON.
LISA MANDERSCHEID OF MAQUOKETA COVERED THE COURSE IN 4-HOURS AND 10 MINUTES.   IT WAS THE FIRST TIME FOR HER.
AND STEVE MAYBERRY, SON OF WAYNE AND BARB MAYBERRY OF
MAQUOKETA, RAN IT IN OVER 4 HOURS....I WAS NOT GIVEN THE EXACT TIME.



"THE AVENGERS INFINITY WAR"
STARTS EVERYWHERE FRIDAY NIGHT,
INCLUDING THE VOY 3 THEATRE AND IT WILL 
 BE THE OPENING MOVIE OF THE SEASON
AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE.     "BLACK
PANTHER" WILL BE THE 2ND FEATURE
AT THE DRIVE-IN.
THE 61 WILL BE OPEN ONLY FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHTS TO START OFF THE NEW SEASON.

PITCH, HIT AND RUN WINNERS
LAST WEEKEND  IN MAQUKETA.
THE CONTEST SPONSORED BY
THE KIWANIS CLUB



GOOD SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT AT OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER.   FOUR TALENTED WOMEN.
AROUND 250 ENJOYED
"FAREWELL ANGELINA"

DENNIS VOY