WEDNESDAY DAILY

A FAMOUS IOWAN SPOKE AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB TODAY, GUEST OF ROTARIAN BOB OSTERHAUS.     HE IS JOHN RAPSON, SINCE 1993, THE PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.   HE IS IS COMING BACK TO PERFORM AT THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE ON OCTOBER 20TH, AT 7 P.M.

  
JOHN AND SEVERAL OTHER MUSICIANS WILL PRESENT "HOT TAMALE LOUIE".

THE CD ABOVE HAS 12 SONGS ON IT.    SEE BELOW.

MARK OCTOBER 20TH ON YOUR CALENDAR.    ABOUT
100 SEATS AVAILABLE.    MIGHT WANT TO MAKE A
RESERVATION.      563-652-9925

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TUESDAY DAILY

THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK HOSTED A 2018 ECONOMIC SUMMIT LAST NIGHT AT THE TYCOGA VINEYWARD & WINERY BETWEEN WELTON AND DEWITT.      GOOD PORK CHOP DINNER FOLLOWED BY A 75-MINUTE PRESENTATION BY WILLIAM A. STRAUSS.     HIS "SUMMARY" SLIDE IS BELOW....

IN PHOTO ABOVE (PHOTO CONTRIBUTED), GARY AND MARILYN DREW ARE ON
THE LEFT SIDE OF PHOTO.   TO THEIR LEFT....MEMBERS OF THE OHNWARD
BOARD:    AMANDA DEWULF....SUE SANDBERG....OHNWARD MANAGER RICH HALL....
MARY STEPHANY....RICHARD SHERRARD....LUANNE HUCKSTADT....JOHN FRANDSEN
AND KATHY KLOCKE.

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MONDAY DAILY

LAYERS OF MAQUOKETA COFFEE HOUSE
COMMUNITY FREE EVENT
SUNDAY NIGHT, 5 TO 6:30,  IN THE GREEN SPACE
LOCAL TALENT
LIONS CLUB FOOD
FREE COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE
NICE TURN OUT ON BEAUTIFUL NIGHT

PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY NANCY AND TREVIS MAYFIELD

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SUNDAY DAILY

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS AS EXPECTED LOST FRIDAY NIGHT TO A  #1
CEDAR RAPIDS TEAM, 41 TO 0.   TO MARION THIS  FRIDAY.   HOMECOMING IN TWO
WEEKS.

BELLEVUE WON OVER  #1 RATED WEST BRANCH FRIDAY NIGHT AND NOW HAVE
A 5 AND 0 RECORD.

A BAD TURN-OUT YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR THE DOG
EVENT  CALLED "BARN HUNTING".    BUT PAM WAGENER DID A NICE JOB  PUTTING
ON THE DEMONSTRATION OF THIS NEW  POPULAR SPORT FOR DOG OWNERS.
PAM IS A GRAD OF MCHS AND CAME BACK TO MAQUOKETA 3 YEARS AGO AND
LIVES ON E-17 AND IS ANXIOUS TO START A GROUP HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
ON OCTOBER 6TH, YOU CAN TAKE  YOUR DOG TO THE NEXT PRACTICE SESSION
AT 4-H GROUNDS IN DEWITT, AT 4 P.M.    THEN ON OCTOBER 21 AND 22 THERE
WILL BE TWO DAYS OF COMPETING, ALSO IN DEWITT, WITH  300 OR MORE DOGS
EXPECTED EACH  DAY.    STARTS AT 8 A.M. BOTH DAYS.   THERE IS A FEE TO ENTER YOUR DOG, BUT WATCHING IS FREE.   TAKE THE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS WITH YOU.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT "BARN HUNTING" WITH YOUR DOG....ANY
BREED OR SIZE....CALL PAM AT 319-530-6324.    YOUR DOG NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED
IN SOMETHING.

THIS PHOTO TAKEN AT THE CAVES YESTERDAY.  IT WAS THE DAY FOR THE
ANNUAL FRIENDS OF THE CAVES PANCAKE BREAKFAST WITH HOMEMADE MAPLE
SYRUP MADE AT THE CAVES.   BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR IT...AND BIG TURNOUT FOR
THE BREAKFAST AND DISPLAYS.

SANDY GERLACH IS A VERY ACTIVE "FRIENDS" MEMBER AND WAS HAPPY ABOUT
THE TURNOUT.       THANKS SANDY.
THERE WERE THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO SEE....

HE IS HOLDING A BABY TURTLE, BORN ABOUT A WEEK AGO.    THERE WERE
SNAKES TOO.    WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THE CAVES STATE PARK.    AND
IT IS NOW BETTER THAN EVER WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE THIS SUMMER.

SAW MARY RONEK THE OTHER DAY AND SHE  SAID COME ON OUT TO OUR FARM
WITH YOUR GRANDKIDS AND SEE OUR 21 MINIATURE PONIES.     DID THAT
YESTERDAY AFTER LEAVING THE CAVES.      CORA, TRENTON AND LANDON ENJOYED THE VISIT.

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FRIDAY DAILY

STARTS TONIGHT AT THE VOY 
THEATRE.    POPULAR FAMILY MOVIE!

MAQUOKETA WILL HOST CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER AT 

GOODENOW FIELD TONIGHT.    THEY ARE 4 AND 0 AND ARE RANKED #1.     THE GAME ON KMAQ AM, FM AND ON OUR WEB HOME PAGE AT ABOUT 7:15.

OPEN HOUSE OF THIS NEW COMMUNITY CUPBOARD BUILDING ON WEST PLATT, SUNDAY FROM 11  UNTIL 1.   PICNIC LUNCH FREE.

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WEDNESDAY (RAIN/COLD) DAILY

THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK 60TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE  TIMBER CENTER.

ABOUT 500 ENJOYED A HAM AND BEEF DINNER,
SERVED BY M-S-B STAFF MEMBERS.

M-S-B WAS STARTED BY MAC POOLER.   IN 1965, JOHN 
FAGERLAND AND ED TUBBS (BOTH DECEASED) BOUGHT THE THEN SMALL BANK AND BUILDT IT TO
A LARGE BANKING CORPORATION,  OHNWARD BANK
SHARES, WITH LOCAL BANKS IN SEVERAL EASTERN IOWA COUNTIES.      ABOVE,  KENDRA BECK AND 
ALAN TUBBS WELCOMED THE GUESTS LAST NIGHT.
KENDRA'S DAD WAS JOHN FAGERLAND AND ALAN'S DAD WAS ED TUBBS.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB LAST WEEK HELD
THEIR ANNUAL "REVERSE RAFFLE" DINNER WITH
HALF THE PROCEEDS TO BE DONATED FOR THE NEW 
COMMUNITY CUPBOARD BUILDING ON WEST PLATT
STREET.        AT TODAY'S MEETING, (LEFT) ROTARY PRESIDENT BRIAN SPANNAGEL PRESENTED A CHECK
FOR $5,583 FOR THE CUPBOARD BUILDING, TO A 
MEMBER OF THE BOARD, RON SCHAEFER.
PHOTO BY: JACOB BELLINGS

MAQUOKETA WILL BE GETTING A NEW CITY COUNCIL PERSON.   AT
THE COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT,  CRAIG ORRIS RESIGNED
HIS FIRST WARD SEAT BECAUSE OF INCREASED TIME COMMITMENTS.
THE COUNCIL HOPES TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO REPLACE HIM.
ANYONE IN THE FIRST WARD WANTING THE JOB NEEDS TO CONTACT
CITY HALL.      ORRIS WAS ELECTED IN 2015 AND HIS TERM WAS TO
END  DECEMBER 31ST, 2019.

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TUESDAY DAILY

ANOTHER BIG  "MUSCLES ON MAIN" CAR SHOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA SPONSORED BY THE FAMOUS
MAQUOKETA CORONADO CAR CLUB.

THE NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT THE MAQUOKETA YMCA....ADAM BLASER....A NATIVE (GREW UP ON  A
FARM) OF COAL VALLEY,  ILLINOIS.   STARTS SEPTEMBER
24TH.

THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS "HALL OF FAME" DINNER WAS HELD SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE  BELLEVUE
STATE PARK LODGE.   GOOD TURNOUT OF DEMOCRATS AND CANDIDATES IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN (23 YEARS AND COUNTING) WAS INDUCTED BY RICK DICKINSON.   RICK, OF 
DUBUQUE, NATIVE OF SABULA.   STILL HAS HOME
THERE AND WAS A FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR.   FOR YEARS, HE HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING LOTS OF NEW BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN DUBUQUE.   

ALSO INDUCTED IN THE HALL OF FAME, LONGTIME
(OVER 40 YEARS) DEMOCRATIC BACKERS AND WORKERS FOR THE PARTY, LYNN AND JIM WACKER.
GIVING THEM THEIR PLAQUE, FORMER STATE 
REPRESENTATIVE BOB OSTERHAUS.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER CASSIE (DAUGHTER OF RICK AND SHERI) WEDDING RECEPTION WAS SATURDAY
NIGHT IN BETTENDORF...AND MY 75-YEAR-OLD BROTHER GERALD (AND WIFE BETTY) CAME DOWN FOR
THE EVENT.   JERRY IS RETIRED FROM JOHN DEERE 
HORICON (WISCONSIN) WORKS WHERE HE WAS A FORMAN HELPING TO MAKE THOUSANDS OF THE
JOHN DEER LAWN AND GARDEN TRACTORS.    MY
OTHER BROTHER, 71 YEAR OLD CHUCK, WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT DOWN FROM MILWAUKEE.   THAT'S MY
DAUGHTER LONNA CLAUSSEN LISTENING TO NANCY.
I HAVE NO SISTERS.

IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND WITH TOO MUCH FOOD.

MY GREAT GRANDSON TRENTON, AGE 9, ....PROBABLY ANOTHER SHOJI TABUCHI SOME DAY.    

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FRIDAY DAILY

STARTS TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA AT THE VOY 1

MAQUOKETA HOSTS MT. VERNON  TONIGHT.   GAME ON THIS WEB SITE AT
7:15.    BOTH TEAMS 0 AND 3.    MT. VERNON HAD TO FORFEIT LAST WEEK'S WIN
BECAUSE OF INELIGIBLE PLAYER.

TOMORROW ROCK AND ROLL SHOW AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AT 7 P.M.
GOOGLE JOHNNY ROGERS....HE'S TALENTED.

LAST NIGHT AT MAQUOKETA ROTARY DINNER AND REVERSE RAFFLE EVENT...
200 ATTENDED...WITH PROCEEDS TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
ASHER SCHROEDER  AND LARRY BECKER EACH WON $1,000 IN THE RAFFLE.
FUN NIGHT.

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WEDNESDAY DAILY

LITTLE BEAR PARK

IS ONE OF THE FINEST COMMUNITY PARKS IN IOWA.

WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE IT.

THAT'S A NEW SIGN.

"FEED THE NEED"

MAQUOKETA'S COMMUNITY CUPBOARD BUILDING ON WEST PLATT, FORMERLY
MOVIES AMERICA.    IT IS CITY OWNED AND MANAGED BY THE MAQUOKETA
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION.    ENOUGH MONEY HAS BEEN RAISED TO BUY IT,
AND REMODEL  IT.       WHEN THE GOAL IS MET, IT WILL THEN HAVE AN ESCROW
FUND FOR EMERGENCY EXPENSES.    IT IS OPEN TO ANYONE IN NEED OF FOOD
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.   NO QUESTIONS ASKED.   VOLUNTEERS STAFF IT.
PROBABLY FEW COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR OWN BUILDING FOR THEIR CUPBOARD.
CASH OR NON-PARISHABLE FOOD STILL NEEDS TO BE DONATED AS IN THE PAST.
PASTER JEFF OF THE METHODIST CHURCH DID A LOT OF WORK TO GET THIS
BUILDING FOR THE CITY, AND DID MUCH WORK GETTING IT READY TO OPEN.
THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IS HOSTING A "COME AND SEE" HOTDOG OPEN
HOUSE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M.    PUT IT ON
YOUR CALENDAR.

THIS OUTFIT WAS PARKED WHEN I CAME TO WORK EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
IT WAS THERE MOST OF SUNDAY NIGHT AND UNTIL ABOUT NOON MONDAY.  WHAT
A RIG!    $MILLION MAYBE?    THE DIESEL ENGINE WAS NEVER TURNED OFF,  AND I
SUPPOSE THE DRIVER SLEPT IN IT AND THE OWNERS AT THE HOTEL.   NO IDEA
WHO THEY WERE.    PROBABLY A CAR IN THE TRAILER?
BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU HAD LUNCH OR DINNER LATELY AT THE DECKER?   IT CONTINUES TO NEED BACKING BY MAQUOKETA AREA CITIZENS.
WE WOULD HATE   NOT TO HAVE   THIS 1875 FIFTEEN ROOM
HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND BASEMENT BAR.   BEAUTIFUL REASONABLE-PRICED
ROOMS AND DELICIOUS FOOD.    I THINK ONLY PLACE IN TOWN WHERE YOU CAN GET PRIME RIB...OR A HAMBURGER.     MANY PEOPLE DON'T GO BECAUSE THE THINK IT IS TOO NICE FOR THEM.   IT IS NICE ALRIGHT, BUT ALL ARE WELCOME, AND WILL FEEL AT HOME IN A SUIT,  DRESS, AND YES... JEANS.    VISIT AS YOU ARE.
YES...I ALWAYS GIVE IT AN EXTRA GOOD WORD OR TWO....
IT IS MY NEIGHBOR!   MANY GREAT PLACES TO EAT IN MAQUOKETA, AND
WE FREQUENT THEM ALL....BUT THE DECKER WILL ALWAYS BE A LITTLE SPECIAL.      THE SUNDAY BUFFET BREAKFAST......YES ALSO SPECIAL.
IF  YOU HAVE TIME, LORRAINE ENO ... USING THE WINDING STAIRWAYS OR MODERN
ELEVATOR, WILL GIVE YOU A TOUR OF ALL 3 STORIES.   YES, THERE'S A NEW
GIFT SHOPPE TOO.    SURE THERE IS A HANDICAPPED ENTRY OFF MAIN STREET...
NO STEPS.    PASS THE WORD ABOUT THE DECKER, PLEASE!    WE ARE FORTUNATE
TO HAVE IT.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS MT. VERNON FRIDAY NIGHT.  

GAME ON KMAQ IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.

VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT, CENTRAL DEWITT 3, MAQUOKETA 0.

CROSS COUNTRY LAST NIGHT.....NORTH SCOTT INVITATIONAL...

BOTH CARDINAL BOYS AND GIRLS HAD BAD NIGHT

AND FINISHED LAST.

ADDISON MICHEL HAD BEST TIME FOR THE GIRLS.

TYLER MEYERES HAD BEST TIME FOR THE CARDINAL BOYS.

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