Sunday, April 28, 2019

SUNDAY DAILY

WORK IS PROGRESSING AT GOODENOW FIELD.     IT WILL REALLY LOOK DIFFERENT AND WILL BE READY FOR THE FOOTBALL SEASON STARTING IN AUGUST.   DONATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN AND CAN BE SENT TO BOB GAVIN AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.


TOOK THIS PHOTO WHEN AT WAL MART THIS MORNING.    STARTING TOMORROW,
NO LONGER WILL THE STORE BE OPEN 24 HOURS.


MCHS PROM WAS LAST NIGHT, AT THE WILD ROSE CASINO BALLROOM IN CLINTON
AND THE AFTER PROM PARTY AT THE YMCA IN MAQUOKETA.


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Saturday, April 27, 2019

SATURDAY DAILY

A LONGTIME POPULAR RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA IS CLOSING AT 8 P.M.
TUESDAY, APRIL 30TH.    IT OPENED IN 1971 AND THE PRESENT OWNERS HAVE OWNED IT FOR 36 YEARS.    THEY ARE GOING TO SELL IT.





























THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE OPENED FOR THE SEASON LAST NIGHT, WITH NEARLY A FULL LOT.   ABOVE, STANDING NEXT TO THE NEW TICKET BOOTH, IS CASIE CASEL, WHO  FINISHED BUILDING THE LITTLE BUILDING AT 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.    IT WAS NEEDED AND IT IS NICE.    AND THE  YOUNGEST AT THE THEATRE LAST NIGHT WAS HIS GRANDSON GRAYSON, AGE 2 MONTHS.     YES..CASIE IS HAPPY ABOUT THE JOB CASEL CONSTRUCTION DID, BUT EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH HIS (AND WIFE BILLIE'S) FIRST GRANDCHILD.

RAINY COLD WET DAY TODAY, WITH SOME SNOW, AND THAT MEANS A SLOW NIGHT TONIGHT AT
THE DRIVE-IN.

BUT BETTER WEATHER STARTS TOMORROW AND
BACK IN THE 60'S BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

THURSDAY DAILY

NO REPORT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, AS NANCY AND I WERE IN  ST. LOUIS
WATCHING THE RED HOT CARDINALS.    THEY HAVE WON THEIR LAST 5 GAMES...ARE IN FIRST PLACE AND PLAY THE REDS NEXT.    FUN AND GOOD FOOD AT BUSCH
STADIUM, COURTESY THE CARDINALS, HOSTING 147 CARDINAL RADIO STATIONS,
THE LARGEST RADIO NETWORK IN THE MAJORS.    THIS IS OUR 34TH YEAR
OF BROADCAST CARDINAL  GAMES ON KMAQ-FM 95.1.      RADIO STATIONS
IN NEWTON, ATLANTIC, KEOKUK AND DES MOINES ALSO BROADCAST CARDINAL GAMES.



THE  JACKSON COUNTY PREVENTION COALITION WILL BE CONDUCTING A MEDICATION DROP-OFF IN FRONT OF THE MAQUOKETA POLICE STATION THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH FROM 1O UNTIL11 A.M.    AN OFFICER WILLBE CURBSIDE TO TAKE YOUR UNUSED, UNWANTED AND EXPIRED MEDICATIONS FOR 
 SAFE DISPOSAL.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE CERTIFIED PREVENTION SPECIALIST WITH ASAC IS JULIE FURNE AND HER PHONE NUMBER IS 652-2215.

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Monday, April 22, 2019

MONDAY DAILY







HEAD EAST....THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
TICKETS $30 IN ADVANCE,  $35 AT THE DOOR.

THE "WALKIN' THE LINE" JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE SHOW LAST SATURDAY NIGHT WAS A GREAT SHOW, WITH AROUND 700 ATTENDING.   BENNIE WHEELS SOUNDED JUST LIKE JOHNNY.





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Saturday, April 20, 2019

SATURDAY DAILY REPORT

HERE IN MAQUOKETA....WE ARE HAVING GREAT WEATHER FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND!

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

WEDNESDAY DAILY

BENNIE DOES JOHNNY CASH THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.



LEIGHTON WOULD BE PROUD.         AS I AM...I'M  HIS GODFATHER.     NANCY AND
I HAD DINNER WITH CINDY A WEEK AGO....ALL IS WELL WITH HER.   DOING SOME
SUBSTITUTE TEACHING A COUPLE DAYS WEEK AND LEAVING THIS FRIDAY FOR
EASTER WITH ADAM AND AMY AND KIDS IN ARIZONA.

HERE.....70+  DEGREES TWO DAYS IN A ROW...FANTASTIC!   NOW RAIN COMING...
BUT FORECAST FOR EASTER SUNDAY IS VERY GOOD.






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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

WEDNESDAY DAILY

            "MR. FARMER'S MARKET MAQUOKETA"
TED STRAIT SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY (HE IS A MEMBER TOO) ABOUT THE 2019 FARMER'S MARKET
OPENING FOR THE SEASON (EVERY TUESDAY AS
ALWAYS) ON TUESDAY, MAY 14.    FOUR TO SEVEN P.M.
ONE OF BIGGEST AND BEST IN IOWA.   TED'S 6TH
YEAR AS A VOLUNTEER TO HEAD IT UP.     STARTED
WITH ABOUT 7 VENDORS AND NOW AVERAGES AROUND 14 AND  HAS HAD AS HIGH AT 19.    COST
FOR A VENDOR IS $75 A SEASON OR $10 PER TUESDAY.
PRODUCE AND OTHER FOOD, WINE, MUSIC,  FOOD
BAR (COME FOR SUPPER) AND KID'S PLAYLAND.
BIGGER AND BETTER THIS YEAR OF COURSE!
MARK IT (MAY 14) ON YOUR CALENDAR....AND EVERY TUESDAY ON THE CALENDAR UNTIL OCTOBER.


TWO EASTER EGG HUNTS IN MAQUOKETA THIS
SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH.
KIDS CAN GO TO BOTH.

THE KIWANIS HUNT AT NINE A.M.
IN THE GREEN SPACE DOWNTOWN.
IF INCLEMENT WEATHER, IT WILL BE
HELD AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE
SCHOOL.


AND  SATURDAY... HUNT ALSO AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE. 
IN THE COURTYARD, STARTING AT 1 P.M.
IF INCLEMENT WEATHER,  IT WILL BE HELD IN THE
CLOVER RIDGE GREAT ROOM.  






Monday, April 08, 2019

MONDAY DAILY

GROSSMAN HALL IN DELMAR.
IT WILL BE A VERY BUSY PLACE THIS FRIDAY...4 TO 7 P.M.
THE ANNUAL DELMAR METHODIST ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH FRY IS VERY POPULAR.
$11 IN ADVANCE, $12 AT THE DOOR.  
SEE YOU THERE!























WORK HAS STARTED.   THIS HOLE IN THE GROUND WILL BE TURNED INTO A VERY
POPULAR PLACE THIS SUMMER IN THE DELMAR PARK.    KIDS WILL REALLY
LOVE IT.    DELMAR DEVELOPMENT IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE.    MORE LATER.



THE NEW TICKET BOOTH AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE IS NEARING COMPLETION. SATURDAY,  CASEY CASEL, OF CASEL CONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA (THE THEATRE'S DO-ALL MAN FOR 8 YEARS) AND HIS EMPLOYEE  LUKE BOWMAN, WORKED MOST OF THE DAY GETTING BOOTH ENCLOSED.      TODAY,  JADYN (OF LaMOTTE) WITH WIRE ONE, DID THE WIRING.      THE DRIVE-IN OPENS FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH.
YOU BET!    WE ARE GETTING THE TRAIN READY FOR ITS 47TH YEAR OF GIVING FREE TRAIN RIDES BEFORE SHOW TIME.     I BOUGHT THE THEATRE  IN 1972 AND LATER IN
YEAR, BOUGHT THE TRAIN THAT WAS IN STORAGE AT A CEDAR RAPIDS MALL.
SO, WHO KNOWS HOW OLD THE TRAIN IS.







THEY ARE MOVING DIRT EVERYWHERE AT GOODENOW FIELD.    NOTE THE BLACK
DIRT IN UPPER LEFT CORNER WHERE THE TICKET BOOTH WAS AND THE SAND BROUGHT IN ON WEST WEST SIDE, BY THE SCOREBOARD.

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         LOOK BELOW...THERE WAS A SUNDAY DAILY.







Sunday, April 07, 2019

SUNDAY DAILY

THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BY BOTH CEMETERIES IS NEARLY DONE.    THE DEDICATION IS PLANNED FOR MEMORIAL DAY AFTERNOON.
THERE ARE FOUR LIKE THIS AND ROOM FOR  MORE.   






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Friday, April 05, 2019

FRIDAY DAILY


ALL 3 MOVIES SHOWING NOW IN MAQUOKETA.    FOR SHOW TIMES,  24 HOURS A DAY, CALL 563-652-3535 FOR A RECORDING.



Monday...looking FOR 70 degrees in Maquoketa

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Wednesday, April 03, 2019

WEDNESDAY DAILY

JULIE (MRS. KEN) MOORE EAST OF MAQUOKETA, GAVE THE PROGRAM AT
ROTARY TODAY, ABOUT THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY AND THE
SHELTER JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA, ON THE HILL OFF OF HIGHWAY 62.
THIS MORNING, THE SHELTER HAD 23 CATS AND 18 DOGS FOR ADOPTION.
GO OUT TODAY OR TOMORROW AND ADOPT ONE.     YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
WILL BE HAPPY AND THE YOUR NEW PET WILL BE VERY HAPPY.

























YESTERDAY, I MENTIONED THE STAGE HAS DISAPPEARED AT THE MCHS OLD GYM.   THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHILE COMING DOWN.   SUPT. HOOVER,  (FELLOW ROTARIAN) WAS AT THE MEETING TODAY AND SAID THE FORMER STAGE AREA AND ROOM ADJACENT WILL BE CONVERTED TO A PRACTICE/WORKOUT ROOM FOR THE
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.
THE OLD GYM IS STILL USED.
PHOTOS OF FORMER STAGE BY SUPT. HOOVER.

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Tuesday, April 02, 2019

TUESDAY DAILY

GRANT WOOD WAS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM
FOR THE WEEKLY "BROWN BAG LUNCH" SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.     A FULL HOUSE IN THE BASEMENT COMMUNITY
ROOM HEARD  TOM MILLIGAN DO GRANT WOOD IN A 45 MINUTE TALK ON THE
LIFE OF GRANT, WHO MILLIGAN CALLED THE PRAIRIE REBEL.   I THINK
EVERYONE ENJOYED THE TALK.      CURATOR BONNIE MITCHELL GETS SOME
INTERESTING PROGRAMS EVERY WEEK FOR THE TUESDAY NOON EVENT, WHERE
YOU BRING YOUR BROWN BAG, AND DESSERT IS FREE.    ANYONE CAN
COME TUESDAYS, SO TAKE ONE IN SOON.  NO CHARGE.

THEY'RE TEARING UP THE TOWN!    TAKING THE OLD BLEACHERS AWAY NEXT
TO THE GRANDSTAND AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.    TO BE REPLACED BY NEW.
TAKING AWAY THE STAGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL OLD GYM.    MANY OF YOU PERFORMED OR WATCHED A GAME ON THAT STAGE.
AND THEY ARE TEARING UP GROUND AT GOODENOW FIELD, STARTING THE BIG
RE-BUILDING OF THE FOOTBALL AND SOCCER STADIUM.
AND ON MY WAY BACK TO T HE STATION, I SAW A CITY EMPLOYEE.... NOT TEARING
UP BUT FILLING IN....POT HOLES.


CLICK-ON ABOVE TO ENLARGE.

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Monday, April 01, 2019

MONDAY DAILY

NEW WEEKEND SPRING AND SUMMER HOURS START THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
SATURDAYS, 12 TO 5 AND SUNDAYS ALSO 12 TO 5.   NO ADMISSION.   INTERESTING THINGS TO SEE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AND GOOD PLACE  ALSO TO TAKE
KIDS AND GRANDKIDS WITH YOU.   NICE GIFT SHOP INSIDE.     HAS A BASEMENT
MEETING ROOM/KITCHEN AREA THAT RENTS AT A REASONABLE RATE FOR BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, ETC.     THE ENTIRE BUILDING, WITH JACKSON
COUNTY CONSERVATION OFFICES, IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SO YOU
CAN VISIT WEEKDAYS TOO.   



THE CLINTON-JACKSON DAIRY BANQUET WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT, CAITLIN GEISE...LISA AND BRAD GEISE AND CLAY
GEISE.      THEY RECEIVED AN APPRECIATION AWARD FOR  HOSTING LAST SUMMER'S PICNIC ON THE FARM.























KAREN  GIBBS, EMPLOYEE AT THEISEN'S IN MAQUOKETA,
ACCEPTED AN APPRECIATION AWARD FOR THEISEN'S FOR THE THINGS THEY DO TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE AGRICULTURE IN BOTH COUNTIES.
ALTERNATE JACKSON-CLINTON DAIRY PRINCESS CAELON MACHANDE,  DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND CARMIN AND MARY HOLTZ, 2019-2120 DAIRY PRINCESS, DAUGHTER OF JEFF AND LISA HOLTZ.
LEFT TO RIGHT:  KEIDYNE MACHANDE, 2018-2119 PRINCESS....CAELON MACHANDE....MARY HOLTZ AND IOWA DAIRY PRINCESS ALTERNATE GRACE
HOWE.
GOOD FOOD, GOOD MUSIC BY "COUNTRY TRADITION" AND FREE CHEESE OR BUTTER TO EVERY FAMILY ATTENDING.

WHAT WOULD THE WORLD DO WITHOUT MILK???

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