TUESDAY REPORT

 

MAQUOKETA'S  "GREEN SPACE" CHRISTMAS TREE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

BEHIND IS THE MITCHELL-MASKREY BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN RE-DONE OUTSIDE

AND INSIDE.   THE SILVER ADD-ON IS THE STAIRWAY TO 4 APARTMENTS THAT

WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEKEND AND ARE FOR RENT.

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MONDAY REPORT

LONGTIME RETIRED BUSINESSMAN TED MAZE ATTENDED A CELEBRATION IN HIS HONOR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT TIMBER LANES CENTER.   LUNCH AND CAKE AFTER ENJOYED BY MANY.

 

NICE LOOKING COUPLE....NEITHER SHOWING THEIR TRUE AGE....LOOKING AND FEELING MUCH  YOUNGER.   

LONGTIME OWNER OF MAQUOKETA LUMBER...CHECK THOSE 1976 PRICES.

HE WAS ACTUALLY PROMOTED TO MANAGER IN 1963 BEFORE BUYING THE BUSINESS IN 1968.

TED HAS BEEN IN THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB FOR 64 YEARS...HARDLY EVER

MISSES A MEETING.    HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF ROTARY ICE CREAM SOCIAL EACH

SUMMER FOR 44 YEARS.

HE SERVED IN THE ARMY IN GERMANY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

HE WAS BORN IN CARROLL, IOWA......ONE OF 8 BOYS.

SON MARK BOUGHT THE BUSINESS IN 1995.   TED STILL CHECKS IN OFTEN TO SEE

IF THERE IS ANYTHING HE COULD  DO.

HE HAS  TWO DAUGHTERS, MICHELLE AND MARY PAT.

MAQUOKETA  HAS BEEN LUCKY TO  HAVE TED AND  PAT.     YES, I FORGOT,

PAT HAS PLAYED THE ORGAN OR PIANO FOR EVENTS HUNDREDS OF TIMES.

THANK YOU AND KEEP STAYING ACTIVE TED AND PAT!

YES...SANTA AND MRS. KLAUS MADE IT TO MAQUOKETA SUNDAY,  IN TIME TO VISIT WITH KIDS IN THE AFTERNOON AND LIGHT THE TREE IN THE GREEN SPACE.

NICE DAY.....LITTLE  COOL, BUT INSIDE THE FORMBE BIG BANK BUILDING DOWNTOWN

THERE WAS PLENTY OF HOT CHOCOLATE.

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WEDNESDAY THANKSGIVING EVE REPORT

 

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FRIDAY DAI LY

 

EASTON VALLEY (MILES, PRESTON AND SABULA) LOST THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP

GAME THURSDAY AT THE UNI DOME.  GREAT GAME.

THREE FATALITIES ON NORTH AND SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK.

NORTH NEAR HURSTVILLE, TWO MAQUOKETA MEN KILLED INSTANTLY.

LAST NIGHT, A DUBUQUE MAN.

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TUESDAY REPORT

 

THE FOOD DRIVE IS ON NOW UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.   TAKE FOOD TO

THE  HIGH SCHOOL AND PLACE IT IN A BOX OUT FRONT.

REMEMBER THIS TREE?      IT WAS OVER MAIN AND PLATT FOR MANY YEARS.

IN THE EARLY 70'S,  JAKE BICKFORD  AND I  HAD A DRIVE FOR NEW DECORATIONS

FOR DOWNTOWN AND THIS TREE WAS PART OF THE DECORATIONS PURCHASED.

PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT IT.    IT PLAIN WORE OUT FROM BEING PUT UP

AND TAKEN DOWN....AND THE WINTER COLD AND WINDS TOO.

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FRIDAY REPORT

 SNOW SHOWERS....FIRST OF YEAR...IN MAQUOKETA FORECAST THIS WEEKEND...
ALONG WITH  COLD TEMERATURES, AROUND 40.

THE EASTON VALLEY RIVER HAWKS (PRESTON, MILES, SABULA) 8-PLAYER

FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NEXT THURSDAY 

MORNING AT 9:30 AT THE UNI DORM AT CEDAR FALLS.    PLAYING THE

CAM HIGH SCHOOL OF SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.   BOTH TEAMS ARE 12 AND 0.

WE WILL BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ STARTING AT 9:15 WEDNESDAY

MORNING.

BRETT STALKER OF MILES, OWNER OF "STALKER'S PUB" IN DOWNTOWN

MILES.       I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AND HAD ONE OF HIS FAMOUS 

PORK TENDERLOIN SANDWICHES.     THIS SUMMER IT WAS JUDGED  ONE

OF THE FIVE BEST BY THE IOWA PORK PRODUCER'S ASSOCIATION.    AND

FINAL JUDGING PUT IT AT #3 IN THE STATE.   IT IS GOOD!!    YOU HAVE TO

TRY ONE OR TWO SOON.     HE HAS OWNED HIS PUB FOR 17 YEARS AND IT

IS OPEN FOR LUNCH AND EVENINGS, THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY.    HE IS

ORIGINALLY FROM MAQUOKETA AND HIS DAD STILL LIVES HERE.    A NICE

PLACE FOR A FAMILY DINNER, WITH A MENU OF MANY FAVORITES.

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WEDNESDAY REPORT

 

JANUARY 1, 2022, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A NEW MAYOR....TOM MESSERLI

ABOVE.    LAST NIGHT HE DEFEATED COUNCILMAN KEVIN KUHLMAN, 

446 VOTES TO 289.

HE HAS WORKED FOR KMAQ NEARLY 40 YEARS.,,,FIRST AS AN ANNOUNCER

AND THEN PART TIME CHIEF ENGINEER THE LAST 25 YEARS OR SO. 

FULL TIME HE WORKS AS A DISPATCHER AT THE POLICE/SHERIFF COMMUNICATIONS

CENTER.    ALSO DOES ENGINEERING FOR SEVERAL OTHER RADIO STATIONS.

AND..IS MAQUOKETA'S LOCKSMITH.    HE WILLL BE 61 TOMORROW.

HE IS DIVORCED AND HIS LONGTIME FRIEND IS RETIRED KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR

SHERI MELVOLD AND HE HAS A DAUGHTER IN TEXAS,  A SISTER IN BELLEVUE

AND HIS MOTHER LIVES IN CLINTON.

ALSO LAST NIGHT,  COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER WAS RE-ELECTED,  DEFEATING

JIM TRIVETTEE  506 TO 209.

FOR SCHOOL BOARD, GREGORY BOPES WAS RE-ELECTED AND  A NEW MEMBER

WILL BE MARY HERRING.

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TUESDAY DAILY

 BIG NEWS TODAY.....OSTERHAUS PHARMACY HAS BEEN SOLD TO A WATERLOO

FIRM, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31ST.    IT WILL BE THEIR 6TH PHARMACY.    BOTH MATT 

AND MARILYN WILL WORK FOR THE NEW OWNERS AND BOB (WHO STARTED THE

BUSINESS HERE IN 1965) WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIS SMALL OFFICE THERE.

GRANDDAUGHTER SARA CLASEN IS MANAGER OF MY THEATRES, SINCE

SPRING WHEN JACK JONES RETIRED AS MANAGER AFTER 47 YEARS.

SHE ALSO HAS A DAYCARE BUSINESS AT HER HOME IN BETTENDORF AND HAS

3 FOSTER CHILDREN...AGES 8-10 AND 12...THAT SHE ADOPTED 8 YEARS AGO.

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