Dennis' Daily Report

Light rain all day....9/l0 of an inch...and more tonight and tomorrow...but we needed it.

Chris Goodall, age 16, of Delmar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Goodall, was accidentally shot in his right buttocks this weekend, with a 410
guage shotgun. He and two others were hunting squirrell when he dropped the gun and it discharged. Goodall underwent minor surgery today at the local hospital and is in good condition. He had a license but the other two didn't and will be charged.

The Homecoming King and Queen were both announced yesterday. Brandy Dean, daughter of David Dean was crowned Queen last night at the MCHS gym and her Royal Escort is Casey Taylor, son of David Taylor and Lou Ann Clark. They will reign this Friday night during the game and Saturday during the dance at the Delmar Gym. The Coronation took part last night during a break in the sale of football jerseys, an annual fund raising auction held by the Athletic Booster Club.

A busy weekend ahead. Friday night, the Homecoming Game and the Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce is having a Moonlight Madness Sale also. Saturday, the Annual OCTOBERFEST OF BANDS event...with morning parade and afternoon field competiton and Sunday, the Historical Society's Annual Pioneer Day at the fairgrounds, featuring a Horse Drawn parade.... and competition.

I will be gone for 3 days attending a movie convention in Wisconsin.
Leaving late tomorrow morning and returning Thursday afternoon. So, my next report PROBABLY won't be until Friday afternoon. Maybe sooner.

Mark McGuire caught Sammi Sosa this afternoon...they both have 61 home runs now.

Hope everybody is HAPPY!

Enjoy the week.

DENNIS VOY

 

A HOT DAY IN MAQUOKETA..86.

Maquoketa, was surprised and upset by Western Dubuque last night....loosing 19 to 12...never leading as WD won their Homecoming Game. Maquoketa is now 1 and 1 in the District and so is Western Dubuque which last week was defeated badly by DeWitt. DeWitt won again last night in overtime over Vinton-Shellsburg, at Vinton. So,
Maquoketa, ranked 8th this week, will drop out of the Top 10.
Maquoketa fresh-soph team also lost last night...they have won just one game so far this season.

The 4th Annual Alzeimer's Memory Walk was held this morning. KMAQ was one of the sponsors and had a walking team. Our team turned-in just over $400 and the total for the event went over $7,400...way over the goal lof $5,000. Over 60 "walkers" took part. A group of Bellevue residents turned-in over $2,400 in contributions. Needless to say, we are happy for a very succesful walk.

Have a good Sunday!

DENNIS VOY  

Nice again.

Maquoketa play Western Dubuque there tonight in football. It is there homecoming. Maquoketa is 3 and 0.

Iowa has this weekend off.

The street in front of Carson Funeral Home...is Maquoketa's historic street in what they call our historic district...because of all the old beautiful old homes on it, including Squires Manor Bed and Breakfast. In early October, the street lights and poles will be replaced with 18 antique lights and short poles. They are being paid for by private donations. Should look neat. I'll keep you posted.

Preston has a new City Hall, new Library, new Golf Course and it looks like a new swimming pool...Aquatic Center...could be ready for use next summer. Anticipated cost, $600,000.

The Savanna Ordinace Army Depot was opened in 1917. Next year it will close. Tomorrow, an Open House, for a last look, will be held from noon 'til 6.

A couple from Mississippi flew into Maquoketa Airport...and used the city's car (I did not know they had a car for use out there)...to visit the Maquoketa Caves State Park. While there, the rear window was broken, and taken...flight plans, $l50 in cash and credit cards...total value missing, $400. Cynthia and Ted Williams of Mississippi are not happy about their Maquoketa visit, I'm sure.

Jane C. Glahn Ludwick, age 82, of Raleigh, North Carolina, and formerly of Maquoketa, died Tuesday at North Carolina and services are pending at the Carson & Son Funeral Home in Maquoketa.

Have a GOOD weekend.

DENNIS VOY  

I'LL HAVE TO GIVE TODAY'S WEATHER IN MAQUOKETA ANOTHER "10"

Maquoketa has a new School Board member. He is Brad Miller. Brad is the Pastor of the Lutheran Church in Camanche and his wife, Pam, is the co-Pastor of First Lutheran Church in Maquoketa. Brad, like myself, is a Rotary Member and so I have gotten to know him a little through Rotary and I'm sure he will do a good job. He will serve the unexpired term of Linda Hicks, until next September's election.

The 23rd Annual OCTOBERFEST OF BANDS will be October 2nd in Maquoketa.
Judy Neiss is again the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce event and reports that 26 bands will be in the parade. Not a record, but a good number.

The City of Maquoketa has received a $15,000 GRANT from Prairie Meadows Race Track & Casino near Des Moines....and the money will be used to buy two big WELCOME TO MAQUOKETA signs at two Maquoketa entrances. No details, yet. Kate Carinder heads a committee to get the signs in place.

Tod and Renee Bowman are parents of a boy, born yesterday at Finley Hospital in Dubuque. Grandparents are Larry and Katie Hayward and
Hugh and Mary Bowman. They have another boy, around 3.

Davenport is getting an IMAX theatre..being buildt by PUTMAN MUSEUM.

Thanks for stopping by.

DENNIS VOY  

Another fantastic weather day in Maquoketa.

It was announced at the Supervisors meeting this week that the new North Main Street (old highway 61) Maquoketa River bridge is
finished, as is the approach to it from the North. But, North Main leading up to it from the South is still not done and won't be until mid-October. It will be quite a change....something you will want to see next time you come home for a visit.

The former Postmaster of Elwood (office is now closed for good) Dave Riggs, age 59, has been charged with misappropriation of funds.
Prior to leaving the job as final Postmaster earlier this year, he allegedly took more than $1,000 and falsified postal forms. He held the job more than 30 years. Authorities say he will plead guilty
on December 3rd and faces a maximum of one year in prison and $100,000 fine.

County Supervisors have agreed to clean up contamination at the former Mickel's Truck Stop in Maquoketa as the County has people interested in the property. The County took ownership if it in leu of back taxes.

Josh and Sara Knight of Maquoketa are parents of a boy born Monday
at the local hospital.

That's it for today.

DENNIS VOY  

Terrific day..little cool.

Two men were charged with selling Marijuana to two youth near a
Maquoketa school Monday. Kenneth Heiar, age 22, of Andrew and James T. Baker,Sr., of Maquoketa, were each charged with distribution or possession with intent to distribute a scheduled 1 substance within 1,000 feet of a school. Both are in the Jackson County Detention Center on a $32,500 cash bond each. Maquoketa police say they received a phone call from some parents on East Grove Street saying their children had just purchased Marijuana. This was on Monday night and the report did not mention near what school the sale of the drug was near.

A pop machine was stolen from in front of Ryan's Hair Care building on North Main Street Sunday night and it was found yesterday at the end of Codfish Hollow Road. It was cut through and pop and money missing. Value was listed at $2,072 for the machine.

Bud Frost, age 66, of Maquoketa, died this morning at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Services pending at Haylock-O'Hara and Lahey Funeral Home.

Thanks again for your visit.

DENNIS VOY  

Sunny, windy and cool today..high around 62.

The Maquoketa Police Department hasa received a Federal GRANT which will allow an officer to be put into the school system fulltime. The city received $115,000 through the COPS grant program...a 3-year program. Both the city and school district will provide some matching funds. Applications for the position will be taken immediately.

Tom Wing, age 78, of Bradenton, Florida, died Sept. 10th in Kokomo, Indiana. He was born in Maquoketa and is survived by a brother, Jack, of St.Donatus.

Blaine Morehead, age 82, died this morning at Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa.

Doug Melvold got married Saturday. Have no other details.

Word is....the Governor will come to Maquoketa within two weeks to announce the big new Industry for Maquoketa.

City Council meeting tonight...so should have some news from it tomorrow.

DENNIS VOY  

NO REPORT TODAY  

Beautiful day in Iowa...

Maquoketa was trailing in their football game last night, with 2 minutes left....then scored a touchdown...still trailed..then did a successful off-side kick...and won the game in the last 30-seconds.
Final, Maquoketa 19, South Tama 14....all Cardinal points in the final quarter. Maquoketa now 3 and 0.

And that is it for today.

DENNIS
 

Nice day...today...high 75.

Great night for football in Maquoketa where the Cardinals HOST South Tama. Maquoketa is ranked #10 in the State this week in 3A.

Jackson County's August Jobless Rate was 3.1%....up from 2.5 in July and down from 3.6 last August.

There is an RV Convention going on this weekend at the fairgrounds...up to 75 RV's expected.

Sunday, a Baker's Seminar will be held in Maquoketa,hosted by Romer's Bakery. This Iowa Baker's Association event will attract around 60 bakers. Did you know that you can take a computer image of a person and put the picture on cake frosting? Years ago, Walter Dolch, now deceased, owner of Dolch's Pastries in town, was first the State of Iowa Baker's Associatiion President.... and then the National President.

No changes after the 5 PM deadline yesterday for city council and Mayor. Three Mayor candidates, Jack Rosenberg will seek re-election and he will be opposed by longtime Councilman, Neal Morehead and
Maquoketa Lawn Care Service owner, Richard Stimmel.

No candidate for the 3rd Ward, where Jim Bollman lives and has served as Councilman. He is not seeking re-election.

Highway signs are being put up on the new 4-lane highway 61 through town...won't be long until it is opened.

For IOWA news....check out www.radioiowanews.com

Have a nice weekend.

DENNIS VOY

DENNIS VOY  

Nice today...high of 70.

A well-known Maquoketa man, Bill Sagers, Jr., died suddenly this morning at his home. Bill owned and operated his own tiling and backhoe business from l966 until 1990 when he retired.
Services will be Sunday at the United Church of Christ...and friends may call Saturday from 3 til 7 at Carson & Son Funeral home. He is survived by his wife, Madonna, 1 daughter and 2 sons. A year or two ago, he and Madonna buildt a new home just East of Maquoketa and he was right now in the process of building a deck and lookout tower adjacent to the house. He enjoyed rebuilding and showing old farm tractors. Age 59.

VP Al Gore was supposed to be in Jackson County tonight, visiting
the Kalmas Restaurant...but he will NOT be here. Some big mixup by someone.

Gotta end this..too much more to do here at station.

DENNIS VOY  

Nice today...now cloudy and tonight, we could go down into the 30's.

School Board election yesterday. Maquoketa had no contest. The Bond issue for Midland (Wyoming,Lost Nation, Oxford Junction Onslow)
School Distict, for a 3.9 million new elementary school was soundly defeated.

Dale Edwards, 73, former Maquoketa resident died in Lime Springs,Iowa Sept 13th...has no survivors in this area. No one seems to know who he was.

Doris Powers Shea of Maquoketa, formerly of Delmar, died today at the Crestridge Nursing Home, at age of 83. Services pending at Haylock-O'Hara and Lahey Funeral Home here in town.

Mrs. Neale (Florence) Bowman, age 85, Andrew, died yesterday at the local hospital. The couple co-owned with his brother, the Bowman Locker until retirement.

Ernie Cook, age 65, of Goose Lake died yesterday of cancer. He years ago was the Stock Car Racing promoter for races here in town. Since then has been a truck driver.

Short report today, sorry.

DENNIS VOY

 

This afternoon, mostly sunny and a high of 69.

A fatality in Jackson County. A Chicago woman, 49-year-old Gertha (Correct) Smith died in a one-vehicle accident yesterday afternoon on highway 52 a mile Northwest of Sabula. The driver, from Lawton, Oklahoma, was treated and released from a Clinton hospital. The driver, Clinton Rushing, age 66, was driving South and lost control of his 99 Chevy, which was totaled. Dr. Paul Koob, Medical Examiner, pronounced her dead at the scene.

The open house yesterday at the Decker Hotel was nice....the Decker now has l8 completely NEW rooms and baths. The last 6 on 3rd floor just finished this summer. They are larger than 2nd floor rooms.
Room rates vary from $55 to $125 a night.

At the School Board meeting in Maquoketa last night, Linda Hicks resigned from the Board. She also has resigned her Deputy Auditor Position with Jackson County. She apparently is moving from the State. Anyone interested in the Board position is to apply for it and the Board will interview and appoint the person until next year's school board election.

Nothing was brought up at last night's meeting about the two Coaches who were arrested for Open Contain in vehicle violation.

Heading home for dinner...then back later for Election Coverage.

DENNNIS VOY

 

PART 2 for Monday...

I was doing the report and then realized it was 5 o'clock and I had to do the Evening News Final...so had to end quickly.

Tomorrow, School Board Election day in Iowa. Here in Maquoketa, we have no contest. Running un-opposed is Bill Schwenker. Polls will be open from noon until 8 P.M. The following School Districts have a race ... Andrew, Bellevue, Preston, Midland and North Cedar.
Plus, Midland has on the ballot, a 3.9-million-dollar Bond Issue, to build an addition to the Elementary School in Oxford Junction.
Many are in favor of that issue, but many are also opposed. So...even though Maquoketa has no contest, we should have quite a few listeners for our Election Coverage on KMAQ tomorrow night starting at 8.

The Maquoketa School Board meets tonight, so I should have some news from it on tomorrow's report.

On the Police Blotter...Mark Hillebrand, teacher and head football coach here in town, reported to the police that early Sunday morning, someone had thrown a bowling ball through the rear window of his 1995 Ford Van. Damages are estimated at $800.

A 15-year old Maquoketa youth, Jennifer Lee Wells, said she wanted to see if she could drive alone. She borrowed a family friend's car, and ended up in an accident, 6 miles South of Maquoketa. She told
the Trooper she was going 45 miles per hour and doesn't remember how the accident happened. The vehicle went into the ditch and rolled once. Damage to the 96 Lumnina, $l0,000.

Well...heading for an open house at the Decker Hotel....they are showing-off their new suites on the 3rd floor...to Maquoketa
Chamber of Commerce members.

See you later.

TOMORROW!

DENNIS VOY  

Yesterday, ll/l00-inch of rain, mainly in morning and sunny late in afternoon.....and today...sunny and cool..high in low 60's.

In case you have not checked, Iowa State defeated Iowa 17 to 10 Saturday and Sage Rosenfels did well at QB for the Cyclones.

Yesterday afternoon, took the Historical Society's bus tour of the Green Island area of Jackson County, along the Mighty Mississippi.
Two RTA buses and Jr. Papke, Miles, Iowa historian, narrated the tour.
It was fun....visited the Green Island Bottoms....the neat little Hilltop Restaurant at Green Island....the Mooney Hollow Barn..and Hoot Owl Holler, owned by Joe Schlecht and in the hills and valleys of Jackson County, near Green Island. There, they were having their annual end-of-summer picnic, complete with Indian dances and a Country and Blue Grass band from this area....one of the members being
Maquoketa roofer, Bob Hare...who sings well and writes music too...I didn't know he had that talent......anyway, my wife Nancy didn't want to go and I gave her h=== about it when I got home. SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL JACKSON COUNTY...is the motto here...and it fits.

MONDAY, PART TWO COMING LATER.

DENNIS

 

TESTING, NO REPORT  

Nice sunny day, high mid 70's.

The Maquoketa Cardinals defeated Monticello last night, 14 to 8.
Now 2 and 0. District action (counts in standings) begins next Friday night.

Longtime Maquokta City Councilman Neil Morehead is running for Mayor.
He is retired and is currently East Half councilman, and his term expires this year. He was a Councilman for a long time, then took the City Administrator job at Preston for about 6 years, then retired and ran for Maquoketa Council. He and his wife Carolyn live in Maquoketa. For many years, he was a mechanic for Rotman Motors.

Richard Stimmel is also circulating papers for Mayor. He runs a lawn-care service in Maquoketa and also works for Wal-Mart. He ran before and lost by a big margin.

And Mayor Jack Rosenberg has indicated he will run for re-election.

Tuesday is school board election day in Iowa.

Iowa-Iowa State tonight in football...Sage Rosenfels at QB for the Cyclones.

Have a good Sunday.

DENNIS VOY  

A beautiful sunny, little windy, day in Maquoketa..high of 73

The Vice-President of the United States is coming to Jackson County.
VP Al Gore will be making a campaign swing through Iowa and will stop around 5:30 P.M. next Thursday at the famous Kalmes Store and Restaurant in St. Donatus.

Victor Carlson, age 75, a longtime Maquoketa electrician died today at a Davenport hospital. He is survived by his wife, Betty..two daughters, LuAnn Schepers and Lori Reuter and a son, Don ..all of Maquoketa. Services Monday afternoon t Haylock-O'Hara and Lahey Funeral Home in Maqoketa.

Brad Deery Motors this week purchased the old Salvation Army Citidel (woodframe church) just North of the Decker Hotel. They already owned the land on two sides of it. I assume they will tear it down soon.

KMAQ TRAVEL is now promoting a 20th bus trip to Branson in December.
...leaving from Maquoketa. Let me know if you want information on it.

Have a nice weekend. Check here tomorrow for Maquoketa-Monticello football score.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY AND COOL TODAY..AROUND 60

This story has them talkin'....

Two Maquokta football coaches face alcohol charges for having open cans of beer in their vehicle as they returned from Monticello last week. Charged with Open Container violation, Head Varsity Coach Mark Hillebrand and Assistant Coach Frosty Ward. Iowa State Patrol Troopers say they stopped Hillebrand's personal van for speeding on highway 64 just outside of Anamosa. The Trooper, Fred Herman, said the pair told him they were coming back after exchanging training films for football. There were two cold unopened cans of beer in the back seat and one partially consumed can near Hillebrand who told Herman that he was using it to spit his tobacco in. The other can was open and spilled on the floor in front of the passenger Ward.
Hillebrand, who was driving, tested .03 for alcohol consumption with .10 as the legal limit, so he was not charged with drunk driving. The two coaches are scheduled to appear in Jones County Magistrate Court next week.

Nothing more today.

DENNIS VOY  

Nice, cooler day.

Last night at the Maquoketa City Council meeting, the council hired
an architect and design firm to start some planning for a new city swimming pool and recreation facility. The cost to hire the firm is $12,500. The firm will talk with the local pool comittee and other residents to determine what kind of design to present to the city.
The same firm desinged the new Aquatic Center in DeWitt, which opened this summer and was a big hit and success. No definite site for a new facility has been choosen.

The new four-lane 61 through Maquoketa is almost finished....new stop and go lights still need to be installed at the end of the northbound off-ramp. The lights are already in place for the southbound off-ramp. Also still to be done....paint striping....signing and some lawn seeding.

City councilman were told last night that the new bridge over the Maquoketa River on old highway 61, North, will open in mid-October, a month later than anticipated. The bridge is done, but the new part of North Main Street leading to the new bridge , still needs a lot of work.

G.L. Stockham and Son (Grandson David, in charge) Contractors are putting in the "footings" this week for the new Durtrac Credit Union Building on highway 64 West, across from Wal Mart. The "modular" building will then be brought in, and set in place, and the new "bank" is scheduled to open sometime in late fall.

Iowa State is a 3-point favorite to defeat Iowa this Saturday night in Ames. Maquoketan Sage Rosenfels will start again at Quarterback for the Cyclones. Game will be on the Fox TV Network. Since you can't hear KMAQ where you are (most of you can't)....it is okay to watch the game on TV.

Maquoketa plays at Monticello Friday night.

The cleaning company is still at Jack & Jill today.

Talked to retired former high school Principal Dick Wold at Rotary today and he says he is enjoying retirement. Looks good. Busy....and getting ready also for daughter Teresa's wedding this fall.

I sometimes wonder if I would like retirement. Is it really pretty bad?

Sorry some of you guys aren't here to enjoy Maquoketa's terrific weather.

So much for today.

DENNIS VOY  

No report today.

DENNIS VOY  

Whoops...today is Monday.

The report below is the MONDAY, NOT SUNDAY REPORT.  

Another terrific weather day in Maquoketa.

The fire was not as bad as I thought, or was told, at the Jack & Jill Store.
They had a cleaning company there all night and opened for business at 11 this morning. My son, Dave, walked through it this afternoon and said that except for the smell of the fire, you would not have known there was one.
It is beleived the fire started near a celophane shrink wrap iron used in the produce department. Fortunately, only the sprinklers in that section of the store were set off.

Just got back from Springbrook where that little town's annual Labor Day celebration was held this afternoon and evening....featuring the fire department's annual chicken bar-be-que.
Great meal..half a chicken and all the trimmings, including dessert. Stood in line nearly a half hour after hunting for a parking space. They had kids games and bingo and a raffle. I'm still stuffed.

Big day tomorrow...I get a badly needed haircut at Sal's Styling Salon...been so busy...now am a week or two over-due.

Hope your Labor Day was a good day and that the week ahead will be great.

Being buildt just East of Maquoketa..a lookout tower...right next to Bill Sager's new home...Amish are building it for Bill. When it is finished, I'll ask Bill if I can climb it and report back to you on how much of Jackson County I could see from the top. By the way..a little farther East was Maquoketa's Zoo. It did not open this year. Buildings and cages and pens are still there.

Laborly yours...

DENNIS VOY  

A nicer day today than expected...hot and breezy.

A fire during the noon hour today at the Jack & Jill Store in Maquoketa has closed the store for an undetermined length of time. The fire either started in the Produce Section or in a storage area. Flames were visable in the back area, but most of the damage was from smoke. The Andrew Fire Department assisted at the scene.
Firemen from both Maquoketa and Andrew were at the scene for about 2 hours.
The store is owned by people in Tipton who also have a grocery store in that city and I believe one or two other locations. I assume they will have to completely restock the store. For color pictures at the fire, bring up www.maquoketa.com

More on the fire on tomorrow's Daily Report. I just heard that it may be a week or two before they reopen. The store is located on West Platt Street and was originally owned by brothers Francis and Paul Skeffington. Paul died quite a few years ago and Francis is retired. Paul's daughter and son-in-law Bob Lee own the Skeffington's Jack & Jill Store in DeWitt.

Nancy and I were at the Delmar Community Celebration today. The old Delmar Railroad Depot has been restored and was open. Volunteers have done a fantastic job making it into a museum.
A gentleman from Illinois was there showing slides of railroad depots in the area years ago...an interesting half-hour presentation. Dale and Gennie Brooks were married 55 years ago and her dad,Dr. O. L. Frank of Maquoketa had a l6mm movie camera and had Ves Francois take movies of the event, including when they were to board the train at Delmar to go on their honeymoon. The 5 minute movie has been transferred to Vhs Tape and given to the museum. It is in color and shows the train coming into the town to pick up the newlyweds and others....an excellent video for the museum, and narrated by Dale himself.
They were both at the event today. They recently buildt a new home in Maquoketa. Also enjoyed a pork dinner prepared by the Delmar Lions Club, and attended the dedication of the Veterans New MEMORIAL in the new Delmar park.
The park is right across the street from the Depot, and is the old railroad right-of-way. It is a beautiful park which includes a pavilion and gazebo.
Delmar is pretty proud of their new park and restored depot and they should be. Next time you come home this way, be sure to pay Delmar a visit, just 8 minutes from Maquoketa. A cycle amd vintage car show and volleyball and softball tournament were also part of today's festivities. A good time for a couple hours, visiting our neighbor town of Delmar. Their next big event will be their Christmas Festival.

Don't forget to go to www.maquoketa.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

A nice, hot day in Maquoketa...90 the high.

The Maquoketa Cardinals football team opened the season at home last night and won their game over Waterloo Columbus, 14 to 12. The
sophomores lost. Next week, at Monticello.

I went to the Iowa-Nebraska game this morning....big crowed..over 70,000 and warm. Had a good dinner in a tent near the stadium.... then enjoyed the first half of game. At halftime, the Hawks trailed by a 7 to 0 score and everyone was excited about their play...but, they fell apart the 2nd half and lost 42 to 7. We left early in the 4th Quarter to avoid the traffic jam. Next Saturday night, the Hawks play the Iowa State Cyclones in Ames.

No news...just sports... to send your way today.

Have a good Sunday and Labor Day Monday.

DENNIS VOY

 

Hot again today...88. Same for tomorrow.

Sage Rosenfels, Junior at Iowa State, led the Cyclones football team to a win last night over Indiana State. He is son of Bob and Jamie Rosenfels of rural Maquoketa and a l996 MCHS Grad. He ran for a 52-yard TD and passed for another...was the starting QB and made the Sports Headlines this morning. This summer, he married daughter of Florian and Karen Steffen of Maquoketa. Next Saturday, his next game will again be in Ames ..against Iowa. Iowa opens the season at home tomorrow against Nebraska, a sell-out. A well-known Maquokta golfer sold his tickets to tomorrow's game to a man from Omaha for $l19 each.
They have a face value of $33. KMAQ will broadcast the game and the Hawkeye Network is hosting affiliates tomorrow, so I'll be there with son, son-in-law and grandson. Network will have a tail-gate tent in the parking lot and the game starts already at ll. GO HAWKS.

MY GREEN BAY PACKERS WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT! My big concern these days is that Sosa will hit 71 home runs and take record away from McGuire.
As a Cardinal fan, you can understand my concern....of course, no sympathy if you are a Cub fan.

Maquoketa opens up football season tonight at Goodenow field..hosting Waterloo Columbus. The game will be broadcast on KMAQ-AM by Leighton Hepker and Coach Bill Flemming. Bob Warner will broadcast on FM.. our area-game-of-the-week from Preston where the Trojans will host Northeast of Goose Lake.

APAC, the telemarketing company, announced today that they would add one-hundred more employees at their Maquoketa office, about double what they have now. The 7,500 square foot office is in the heart of downtown Maquoketa, where the Schultz Variety Store was located...and in the old days, was the location of the Pastime Theatre. I wonder where they will find that many applicants for a telemarketing job.

Have a good weekend. Being in radio, we'll LABOR on LABOR DAY as always...but a shorter day.

DENNIS VOY

 

Hot today, 93...4 degrees under today's record. Hot again tomorrow, but cooler for Labor Day weekend.

Not much new. Yesterday, at Rotary, Dr. Cliff Rask talked on his recent trip to the Soviet Union.

Last night, Nancy and I had dinner with a few couples ...in honor of Louie and Elaine Watters...home for a visit. Last few years, they have been living in Missouri, South of St. Louis. When the railraod that Louie was with for many years closed their shop in Clinton...if he wanted to stay with the company, he had to re-locate to Missouri.
So, they sold home and moved....Elaine leaving the Maquoketa State Bank position. She has been working at a bank down there. Anyway, next May, Louie retires and they plan to move back to Maquoketa. He'll
be 62. Loves to golf. Both look good. Elaine's mother, Helen Shady, is 87, and still does lots of volunteer work here in town.
Also at dinner, Carol and Merlin Yeager. Merlin farms and Carol
was transferred to gas company office in Dubuque, so is driving alone daily, but retires from that job at end of year. Merlin still flying...has his own l973 plane. They are building a home on the Mississippi at Bellevue...doing it themselves. Both in 50's but look around 40, especially Carol. Bob Hartley's were there too.....they live in Delmar now..he works at Prairie House in Maquoketa (a home for those retarded) and she is teller at Maquoketa State Bank. Both look good and Pat likes the Internet, so may be reading this in Delmar.....and I can't end this without saying that Ron and Doris Evans were at dinner too. Ron, retired Maquoketa Police Chief, works parttime at the fairgrounds, doing maintenance work and Doris has a great job doing "dot" greeting cards, etc....travels a lot for the company. Ron looks good...but Doris, around 60 I guess, but looks much,much older. So, now you are up-to-date on people you possibly know. Boring paragraph if you don't know these people.

They have started tearing down Jim Beller's old barber shop building on East Platt. And..took the front door off the building across from KMAQ, so guess you could say that demolition has also begun there.
The former Hays Cafe restaurant on East Platt opened Tuesday as DAWN'S DINER.

Why do we have to scroll down so much before reading this report?
Good question! I don't have the answer, but let me know if you do.

Time to quit for another day.

DENNNIS VOY(EATING HOME TONIGHT)

 

NO REPORT TODAY