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   Day: THURSDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/31/03, 3:49 PM


HOT,HUMID,SUMMER DAY.

THE BELLEVUE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WON THEIR GAME TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN FORT DODGE. THEY WILL PLAY 3 GAMES, WITH THE FIRST AT 5 P.M. MONDAY.... AND KMAQ WILL BROADCAST ALL 3.

BROTHERS BOB AND JIM YOCUM ARE VISITING MOM VIRGINIA THIS WEEK. BOTH RETIRED. BOB,THE OLDEST OF THE TWO, LIVES OUT IN COLORADO, AND JUST FINISHED THE BICK-ACROSS-IOWA RAGBRAI 7-DAY BIKE EVENT FOR THE UMP-TEENTH TIME. JIM LIVES IN BOSTON, AND WAS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER. HE LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE HIS LATE DAD, DUDLEY. DUDLEY OWNED AND OPERATED THE WESTERN AUTO STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. A GREAT GUY. AND VIRGINIA IS A REAL LADY...HAVE KNOWN HER FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND SHE ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING NICE TO SAY TO ME, GENERALLY ABOUT KMAQ. HAS LIVED IN THE SAME HOME ON SOUTH 4TH STREET FOR OVER 50 YEARS. SHE HAS A DAUGHTER
TOO AND SORRY TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES. ENJOYED A SHORT VISIT WITH BOTH BOB AND JIM LAST NIGHT OUTSIDE THE YOCUM HOME.

MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CAR FIR LAST NIGHT....CAR OWNED BY MICHELLEL RYAN OF ZWINGLE. THE FIRE WAS AT STEVE'S BOBY SHOP AT 419 NORTH OLIVE. EARLIER LAST NIGHT, THE CAR, WHICH HAD STOPPED RUNNING, HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF AT THE BUSINESS AROUND 8:30 LAST NIGHT. THE FIRE CAUSED A TOTAL LOSS OF THE CAR, AND THE BUSINESS BUILDING RECEIVED NO DAMAGE.

A MINOR CAR-TRUCK ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT AT INTERSECTION OF WALNUT AND EAST GROVE....THE CAR DRIVEN BY MICHAEL PETRILLO, AGE 22 OF ANDREW AND THE TRUCK BY RYAN JOHNSON, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA.
PETRILLO CHARGED WITH STOP-SIGN VIOLATION.

A MAQUOKETA GIRL WILL BE FEATURED ON THE COVER OF THE AUGUST EDITION OF WALLACE'S FARMER MAGAZINE. ASHLEY SCHNOOR, DAUGHTER OF RODNEY AND SHERRY SCHNOOR, OF MAQUOKETA, WILL BE A SENIOR THIS FALL AT MCHS. LAST JULY, DURING THE FAIR, THE MAGAZINE SENT SOMEONE TO THE FAIR TO TAKE PICTURES OF ASHLEY AND HER HEIFFER. HER GRANDMOTHER,LOIS, IS ALSO FEATURED IN THE 3-PAGE FEATURE ON ASHLEY AND HER HEIFFER, NAMED SARAH.

ELLA HUNTER, AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, KAY MUELLER,IN BELLEVUE...AND GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 SISTERS.

A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SEVERAL CHILDREN IN 1999. MAQUOKETA POLICE PICKED UP JACK KOONTZ, AGE 45, ON A WARRANT FOR FIVE CHARGES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE 2ND DEGREE. HE IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

STEVEN KORTHAUS, AGE 54, OF DAVENPORT, DIED JULY 28TH, FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MARILYN, A SON IN FLAGSTAFF AND HIS FATHER, ORIVILLE, IN MAQUOKETA.

KEEP COOL.

DENNIS VOY









 

   Day: TUESDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/29/03, 6:57 PM


A HOT HUMID DAY...BUT A SHOWER LATE THIS AFTERNOON COOLED THINGS OFF.

THE BELLEVUE GIRLS PLAY A GIRL'S TOURNAMENT SOFTBALL DISTRICT FINAL TONIGHT, AND IF THEY WIN, THEY GO TO THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK AT FORT MADISON.

POLICE BLOTTER: A BREAK-IN AT THE CONCESSION STAND AT BURLINGAME FIELD ON EAST QUARRY OVERNIGHT. A PADALOCK WAS BROKEN AND TAKEN...A QUANTITY OF CANDY AND POWERADE. ALSO, ABOUT $60 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING.

BRIAN EDWARDS, 37, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCED TO 5 DAYS IN JAIL, SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
BACK ON MAY 29TH, EDWARDS HIT KATHY ROCKWELL IN THE FACE AND THREW HER TO THE GROUND AT PERSHING TRAILER COURT.

ITS NOW 6 P.M. AND THE SUN IS SHINING AGAIN.

NO DEATHS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT. SORRY FOR SHORT REPORT.

DENNIS VOY  

   Day: Monday

Daily Report

Date: 7/28/03, 10:25 PM


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   Day: MONDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/28/03, 7:09 PM


NICE TODAY. HAD A BRIEF SHOWER AROUND NOON YESTERDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME TO MARION LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, 11 TO 0.

THE FAIR FINAL ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN SLIGHLTY FROM LAST YEAR.....15,537, DOWN FROM 15,783.

POLICE BLOTTER: A VENDOR AT THE FAIR REPORTED HIS DISPLAY BROKEN INTO OVERNIGHT SATURDAY AND A BUCH OF KNIVES TAKEN..A VALUE OF AROUND $400.

MAGGIE FULKNER OF 111 S. NIAGARAA REPORTED SOMEONE BROKE INTO HER APARTMENT THROUGH A WINDOW AND TOOK $160 IN CURRENCY.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, DAN DEMOSS, AGE 23, WAS ARRESTED FOR THE THIRD TIME WITHIN A WEEK FOR DRUNK DRIVING.

KEVIN AND ERICA BARKER OF ANDREW HAD A GIRL A WEEK AGO TODAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ROBERT BARKER OF MAQUOKETA AND DIANE BARKER OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS GLATHA WINCHIP OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL....THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL...NOW HAS A NEW SIGN, IDENTIFYING IT ..AND VISABLE FROM CARS ON SOUTH MAIN.
IT HAS A READER BOARD FOR CHANGING MESSAGES.

JEREMY BLUNT OF SCOTCH GROVE WON THE $45 CASH DRAWING AT THE KMAQ BOOTH DURING THE FAIR.

THE TOP STEER AT THE FAIR WAS SHOWN BY AN ANDREW BOY AND THE RESERVE CHAMP WAS SHOWN BY A MILES 4-H MEMBER. BOTH ANGUS.

THEY'RE 'BRICKING' THE NEW HOSPITAL ADDDITION.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

   Day: FRIDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/25/03, 4:31 PM


HOT TODAY, UPPER 80'S.

KID'S DAY YESTERDAY WAS WELL ATTENDED(IN AFTERNOON), BUT ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN LAST NIGHT FOR THE TWO SHOWS. ATTENDANCE WAS 2,183, WHEREAS LAST YEAR IT WAS 3,637 FOR BOTH THE DAN SEALS SHOW AND THE PRO BULL-RIDING. $50 WINNERS FROM MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT: DOUG SCHMITZ...MATT MCPHERSON...MARY LOU JOHNSON...ALISHA ARENSDORF...AND RHONDA HUEBBE. TONIGHT, THE TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL.

TWO MAQUOKETA MEN ARE IN JAIL, SUSPECTED OF BREAKING INTO TWO MAQUOKETA BUSINESSES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. MAQUOKETA POLICE ARRESTED MICHAEL KURT MALLOY, AGE 19 AND NICHOLAS WARD, AGE 22. POLICE SAY THEY BROKE INTO SPAIN OIL ON MAY 15 AND 21 AND ON MAY 14, AT BURKEY'S TRADING POST. MALLOY WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, MARIJUANA.

VINCE FRANZEN, AGE 71, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY MORNNG AT HIS HOME. HE IS SURVIVED
BY HIS WIFE, DARLENE, AND2 SONS, MIKE OF MONMOUTH AND BRIAN OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO 5 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING CINDY NIENKARK OF MAQUOKETA, JUDY NIENKIRK OF MAQUOKETA, BARBARA
IHRIG OF MAQUOKETA, BRENDA FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA AND KAREN FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO TWO BROTHERS, GERALD OF MAQUOKETA, MART OF MAQUOKETA, MARVIN OF MAQUOKETA, AND WAYNE OF MAQUOKETA AND SIX SISTERS,INCLUDING LKMARIE WAGNER OF MAQUOKETA, AND RITA HUGHES OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. I'LL TRY AND HAVE A SHORT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY REPORT.

DENNIS VOY
 

   Day: THURSDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/24/03, 7:03 PM


STILL ANOTHER NICE DAY..HIGH 84.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR STARTED LAST NIGHT WITH A BIG 95-MINUTE PARADE DOWN MAIN STREET AND TO THE FAIRGROUNDS. PARADE WAS NICE...BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SHORTENED A BIT AND I THINK THEY SHOULD OUTLAW THE PRACTICE OF THROWING CANDY OUT TO THE PARADE WATCHERS. THIS BECOMES DISTRACTING AND IS ALSO A BIT DANGEROUS. BIG MESS TO CLEAN UP AFTER TOO. AND..A RECORD FAIR ATTENDANCE LAST NIGH ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. LAST YEAR ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IT WAS 1,817 AND LAST NIGHT, 3,804....THANKS TO GOOD WEATHER AND THE NEW ENTERTAINMENT, THE COMBINE DEMOLITION DERBY. THE FAIR QUEEN FOR 2003 IS TINA TILL, DAUGHTER OF ALLAN AND KAREN TILL OF MAQUOKETAS. SHE WAS LAST YEAR'S JACKSON-CLINTON DAIRY PRINCESS. FIRST RUNNER-UP WAS MEGAN NIMS, DAUGHTER OF VERNON JR. AND ROBIN NIMS OF MAQUOKETA. EVERY NIGHT AT 9:30, TEN NAMES ARE DRAWN FOR $50 CASH AND YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN. MAQUOKETA WINNERS LAST NIGHT WERE LARRY HENEKE, HEATHER WAACK, JERRY FEY, DAVID DAGUE AND MICHELLE TEBBE. MORE PROOF OF THE CROWD LAST NIGHT. JAKE BICKFORD WORKED AT THE OPTIMIST FOOD STAND AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND IT WAS THE BUSIEST NIGHT HE CAN REMEMBER IN THE MANY YEARS THEY HAVE HAD THE STAND THERE. HE SAID HE ALWAYS WORKS THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHIFT AND NORMALLY GETS HOME AT 10:30 OR SO. LAST NIGHT,HE GOT HOME AT MIDNIGHT. THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST IN FRONT OF THE BAKERY LAST NIGHT, THAT WAS MENTIONED IN LAST NIGHT'S DAILY REPORT, WAS BRIAN BOPES OF MAQUOKETA, JACKSON COUNTY JUVINILE PROBATION OFFICER. HE'S $140 RICHER TODAY, THANKS TO A HORSE OF THE BELLEVUE SADDLE CLUB. TODAY WAS KID'S AFTERNOON AT THE FAIR AND A BIG TURNOUT.

THERE WAS A BLOOD DRIVE YESTERDAY AT THE HOSPITAL AND THE GOAL WAS 80 UNITS AND THE NETTED 63.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT THE NEW CLASSROOM BUILDNG PROJECT AT CARDINALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA IS PROGRESSING AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER.

AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR BLUFF LAKE AND THE BLUFFLAKE CATFISH FARM RESTAURANT NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. KOREY KUHLMAN, AGE 24, WAS BACKING OUT OF A PRIVATE DRIVE ON 95TH AVVENUE. A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A BETTENDORF WOMAN WAS COMING AROUND AN EMBANKMENT. KUHLMAN COULDN'T SEE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE BANK AND COLLIDED WITH THE QUAD CITIES CAR. NO CHARGES FILED. BY THE WAY, KOREY AND HIS FIANCE' WORK AT THE RESTAURANT AND ARE GETTING MARRIED SOON AND HAVE STARTED BUILDING A NEW HOME NEAR THE RESTAURANT. KOREY'S MOTHER, LINDA , OWNS THE POPULAR SUPPER CLUB.

DOROTHY O'CONNELL OF A CARE CENTER IN MARION AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY. AT ONE TIME SHE SERVED AS MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE AND WAS AN RTA BUS DRIVER IN MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS ALSO A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.

VINCE FRANZEN, AGE 71, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON. HE IS THE FATHER OF MIKE FRANZEN, PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOARD.

RON REIF WAS IN YESTERDAY. VISITING MAQUOKETA FOR A FEW DAYS. GOOD TO SEE HIM.

DUANE HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA IS AGAIN WORKING HARD AT THE FAIR...JUST LIKE HE HAS SINCE BECOMING A FAIRBOARD MEMBER BACK IN 1972. HE HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD 5 OR 6 TIMES. THAT'S DEDICATION!

THIS IS ROSS AND VIVIAN RIVER'S 50TH YEAR AS A JACKSON COUNTY BUSINESS AT THE FAIR.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB HAS THE BINGO STAND AGAIN THIS YEAR AT THE FAIR. I'LL BE WORKING THE STAND SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUS GLASER AND DR. BROMAN.

THE FAIRGROUNDS HAS A NEAT NEW ENTRANCE OFF HIGHWAY 62, KNOWN AS THE EAST GATE. TWO BRICK PILLARS WITH BLACK WROUGHT IRON GATE.

AT THE KMAQ BOOTH IN THE PEARSON BUILDING, FAIRGOERS ARE INVITED TO SIGN UP FOR $45 IN CASH.
WHY THAT FIGURE? IN AUGUST, KMAQ WILL CELBRATE ITS 45TH BIRTHDAY.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY


 

   Day: WEDNESDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/23/03, 5:26 PM


BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...SUNNY, BREEZY, HIGH IN UPPER 70'S. GOING TO BE NICE NIGHT FOR THE PARADE AND THE START OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
MAIN AND QUARRY STREETS ARE BOTH LINED WITH EMPTY FOLDING CHAIRS....RESERVING PLACES TO WATCH THE PARADE.

IN STREET IN FRONT OF BAKERY....28 SPACES WILL BE MARKED ON THE STREET...EACH WITH A NUMBER.
EACH SPACE COST $5 IN GAME. FIRST HORSE DODO THAT DROPS ON A NUMBERED SPACE NETS A HAPPY
PARADE WATCHER $140. AHHH..ONLY IN ONE-OF-A-KIND
MAQUOKETA. A ROMER-FLYNN-TABOR PRODUCTION.

DEWITT GOT GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS THIS WEEK. THEIR LARGEST EMPLOYER, THE GUARDIAN GLASS FACTORY HAS ANNOUNCED A $40-MILLION ADDITION TO PLANT...WILL BE READY TO EMPLOY ABOUT 50 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES NEXT YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME. THE PLANT WILL NOW HAVE A STATE-OF-THE-ART COATER FACLITY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL IS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER NEW BOARD MEMBER. METHODIST PASTOR CLAIR ODELL RETIRED AND MOVED TO THE QUAD-CITIES AND JODY HELMLE WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE HIS PLACE ON THE BOARD. PASTOR GERALD GJERDE OF THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA, SOLD HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA, IS GETTING MARRIED IN AUGUST AND WILL LIVE IN DEWITT. HE WILL CONTINUE WITH FIRST LUTHERAN. WHOEVER IS APPOINTED TO TAKE HIS POSITION ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD, WILL SERVE UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 2004 ELECTION. GJERDE
IS GETTING MARRIED THE A LADY THAT WORKS FOR ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DAVENPORT. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THERE AND DEWITT WILL BE KIND OF THE MID-WAY OF THEIR JOB LOCATIONS.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DEWITT LAST NIGHT, 12 TO 2, AND FINISHED THE SEASON WITH 14 WINS AND 15 LOSSES. SENIOR (THIS COMING YEAR) ADAM HEPKER HIT A TWO-RUN HOME RUN TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF MAQUOKETA'S SCORING. HIS FIRST HOME RUN IN VARSITY PLAY. HIS DAD IS LEIGHTON OF KMAQ...AND WAS DOING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY OF THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS, WHO WON THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME MONDAY NIGHT, LAST NIGHT WON AGAIN, BEATING NORTH CEDAR, 5 TO 3. THEY PLAY EITHER MAQUOETA VALLEY OR MARION THIS SATURDAY NIGHT...AND KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST THE GAME.

TOMORROW, CHECK FOR FAIR PICTURES ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS.

SEE YOU AT THE FAIR.

DENNIS




 

   Day: TUESDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/22/03, 4:40 PM


NICE AGAIN TODAY...SUNNY..A BREEZE AND HIGH IN 70'S.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALLL TEAM WON THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME LAST NIGHT, DEFEATING MONTICELLO 1 TO 0. THEY PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT, AT MT. VERNON, AGAINST NORTH CEDAR OF STANDWOOD.

THE NORTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT OF GOOSE LAKE, TRYING TO CUT THEIR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, DECIDED LAST NIGHT TO TERMINATE THE POSITION OF THE DISTRICT'S LIBRARIAN, KATHY GERONZIN OF MAQUOKET, AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT. LAST NIGHT, THE BOARD HELD A CLOSED SESSION WITH GERONZIN THAT LASTED FOR MORE THAN 8 HOURS. AT THE END OF THAT TIME, THE BOARD DELIBERATED FOR 45 MINUTES AND JUST BEFORE 1 A.M. THIS MORNING, VOTED ON THE CONTRACT TERMINATION.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ANIMAL NEGLECT AFTER A KITTEN AND FOUR BIRDS WERE FOUND IN HER MOBILE HOME LAST WEEK WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER MARK MANDERS CHARGED 60 YEAR OLD HELEN RICKLEFS OF 651 NORTH MATTESON WITH ANIMAL NEGLECT.

I WAS AT A NOON BROWN BAG LUNCH AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM TODAY AND ON DISPLAY NOW, A 1934 RARE JOHN DEERE TRACTOR, RESTORED BY RON AND ELANE CORNELIUS OF ANDREW. ONLY 4 WERE MADE AND THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE OTHER 3 IS NOT KNOWN. IT IS ON LOAN TO THE MUSEUM FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND IS IN THE MAIN MUSEUM, NOT THE FARM EQUIPMENT BUILDING.
AND DID YOU KNOW THAT BEER WAS BREWED IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 1900. THERE WAS A BREWERY AT THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CITY, DOWN BY THE BALLPARK.
IN LATER YEARS, IT WAS CONVERTED TO A SODA WORKS, KNOWN AS THE MAQUOEKTA BOTTLING COMPANY.

LAUREL SOENKSEN, AGE 59, DIED MONDAY MORNING AT HER HOME. SHE WAS A 1961 GRAD OF MCHS AND WAS
A HOMEMAKER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, HARVEY, AND 2 DAUGHTERS, KIM BLAKE OF DUBUQUE AND JEAN SPRINGER OF MAQUOKETA, 5 GRANDCHILDREN, HER MOTHER, RITA HUTE KNOCK OF MAQUOKETA AND 2 BROTHERS, RONALD IN MESA AND GERALD IN CORPUS CHRISTI.

THE EVANS CARNIVAL HAS ARRIVED IN MAQUOKETA AND IS SETTING UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THE FAIRGROUNDS IS A BUSY PLACE, WITH LOTS TO DO.
EVEN RETIRED POLICE CHIEF, RON EVANS, FORMER GROUNDSKEEPER FOR THE FAIRBOARD, IS BACK FROM HIS NEW HOME IN PELLA, TO HELP AT THE FAIR.

THE FAIRBOARD WEB SITE..www.maquoketa.com/jcfair.

THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB WILL AGAIN OPERATE THEIR FOOD STAND UNDER THE GRANDSTAND AND THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WILL OPERATE THE BINGO STAND.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT. LATER IN THE WEEK, CHECK DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS FOR JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PICTURES.

DENNIS VOY

 

   Day: TUESDAY MORNING

Daily Report

Date: 7/22/03, 8:52 AM


MONDAY'S REPORT IS JUST BELOW THIS SPECIAL MORNING REPORT.

FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR COMING UP THIS WEEK IN MAQUOKETA...GO TO..

www.maquoketa.com/jcfair

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME LAST NIGHT, SHUTTING OUT MONTICELLO, 1 TO 0.

CHECK BACK LATER TODAY FOR THE TUESDAY EVENING REPORT.

DENNIS VOY  

   Day: MONDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/21/03, 6:01 PM


ABOUT A HALF-INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY, NICE DAY...SUNNY, BREEZY, AND HIGH AROUND 80.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATED DEWITT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND NOW CONTINUE ON THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THEY PLAY #3 RATED DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION AT DEWITT. THE CARDS WILL HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM.

TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WILL PLAY A TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST MONTICELLO, A TEAM THAT HAS DEFEATED MAQUOKETA TWICE THIS SEASON.

A PRESTON MAN, TERRY BURKEN, AGE 27, DIED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS TODAY FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT SUNDAY. BURKEY WAS DRIVING NORTH ON 362ND STREET AT 135TH AVENUE AT 12:36 A.M. SUNDAY. HE CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND CAME BACK ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND WENT INTO THE DITCH. THE VEHICLE THEN WENT AIRBORNE, HIT A UTILITY POLE AND LANDED IN A FIELD. THE PRESTON AMBULANCE TOOK BURKEN TO THE CLINTON HOSPITAL AND HE WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY.
HE IS THE SON OF JIM AND MARY BURKEN OF PRESTON AND IS SURVIVED ALSO BY 3 SISTERS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRESTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO MEETS TONIGHT.

BREAK-IN OVER THE WEEKEND AT SPAIN OIL COMPANY ON SOUTH MAIN...THE 2ND IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. ENTRY THROUGH A REAR DOOR AND AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ITEMS TAKEN.

SATURDAY, TWO ARIZONA MEN WERE CHARGED BY AN IOWA CONSERVATION OFFICER WITH DRUNK DRIVING ON A BOAT AND HAVING DRUGS ON THE BOAT. THEY WERE ARRESTED ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY IN MAQUOKETA, WITH THE 6 P.M. PARADE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

 

   Day: FRIDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/18/03, 6:51 PM


BEAUTIFUL LOW HUMIDITY DAY TODAY..HIGH OF 81.

JAMMIN'NEAR THE DAM TONIGHT IN BELLEVUE.
PARADE TONIGHT AT MILES.
GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR IN MONTICELLO.
BUSY NIGHT AHEAD IN OUR AREA.

LAST SATURDAY, THE SUPERVIORS HELD AN AUCTION AT THE OLD MICHEL'S TRUCK STOP BUILDING. THE "STUFF" INSIDE BROUGHT ABOUT $800. ONE OF THE SALES WAS TO A MAN WHO PURCHASED 41 OLD VOTING MACHINES. HE GAVE ONE TO THE HISTORICAL SOCITY MUSEUM. THE BUILDING ITSELF BROUGHT A TOP BID OF $475. THIS WEEK, SUPERVIORS REJECTED THAT BID SAYING IT WAS WORTH MORE. THE BUYER WILL HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN AND MOVE IT AWAY.

THE JUNE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY. IT WAS AT 6.8, DOWN FROM 6.9 IN MAY. A YEAR AGO JUNE, IT WAS AT 5.4.
THE STATE OF IOWA RATE WAS 4.2,DOWN FROM 4.5 IN MAY.

KENNETH NIMS, 62, OF LOST NATION, DIED WEDNESDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, NOEL IN MAQUOKETA AND A DAUGHTER, KELLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS A VIET NAM VETERAN AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE IOWA HEMP COALITION.

VIOLA SHUSTER, AGE 55, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED JUNE 30TH AT MARION, IOWA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, JAMES OF DUBUQUE AND HER MOTHER, DOLORES BANOWETZ OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM PLAYS DEWITT IN 3-A TOURNAMENT ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT AT DEWITT, AT 7:30. KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST THE GAME 'LIVE' FROM DEWITT.

STUDENT ANNOUNCER TIM MELVOLD WILL GO TO COLLEGE IN DUBUQUE THIS FALL, SO KMAQ HAS AN OPENING FOR A PART-TIME ANNOUNCER. ANY AGE CONSIDERED.
KMAQ IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. TIM HAS BEEN WITH US FOR OVER 4 YEARS AND HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. HIS MOTHER SHERI, IS NEWS DIRECTOR AT KMAQ.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

   Day: THURSDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/17/03, 6:58 PM


95 TODAY.

THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE IS OFFICIALLY OPEN IN MAQUOKETA. HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT TODAY AND IT IS A NICE RETAIL STORE. THEY HAD A BUSY DAY.
PHIL LEE IS THE LOCAL MANAGER. HE CAME HERE FROM DUBUQUE. HE HAS BEEN WITH THE FIRM FOR 5 YEARS, ALL IN DUBUQUE AND THIS IS A PROMOTION FOR HIM TO BE THE NEW MAQUOKETA MANAGER.

SGT. DAVE COFFMAN OF MAQUOKETAA, RESIGNED HIS MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT POSITION AND HAS TAKEN A JOB AS AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIIONS AND APPEALS. HE WILL BE INVESTIGATING THINGS LIKE MEDICAID AND WELFARE FRAUD. COFFMAN HAS BEEN WITH THE MAQUOEKTA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 26 YEARS. HE PLANS TO STAY LIVING IN THIS AREA.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW OFFICER WHO REPLACES TERRANCE PROHASKA, WHO RESIGNED IN APRIL. PROHASKA LEFT TO JOINTHE MASON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE NEW POLICEMEN HERE IN TOWN IS SCOTT HANSEN, AGE 27. A NATIVE OF MAQUOKETA.

A NEW BUSINESS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA. DALE AND BECKY DAVISON PLAN TO OPEN A QUAIL HATCHERY IN A NEW BUILDING AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, BUILDT BY JOHN MANSON. THEY FOR MANY YEARS HAVE HAD A LARGE QUAIL BUSINESS AT THEIR RURAL MAQUOKETA FARM. THE HATCHERY WILL BE AN ADDITION TO THEIR CURRENT BUSINESS.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

KEEP COOL.

DENNIS VOY

 

   Day: TUESDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/15/03, 6:51 PM


SAME STORY...WARM, BUT NICE, HIGH TODAY OF 87

PETE AND VERONICA HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH THIS SUNDAY AT THE COMFORT INN MOTEL MEETING ROOM, FROM 2 'TIL 4. THEY WERE MARRIED IN MONTICELLO JULY 21, 1953. HE RETIRED FROM ALCOHA IN 1996 AND SHE FROM ENNIS BUSINESS FORMS IN DEWITT IN 1995. THEY HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND 10 GRANDCHILDREN. ONE DAUGHTER, THERESA CELENTANO LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND WORKS FOR KMAQ.

MAQUOKETA POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF VANDALISM.
THIRTY-TWO WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT IN THE CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING SOMETIME IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

IN MAGISTRATE COURT NEWS....DONALD DEMOSS, JR, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE 3RD DEGREE, A CLASS C FELONY. THE POLICE REPORT SAYS HE ENGAGED IN SEX WITH A 14 YEAR OLD FEMALE FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS. HE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT ON AN ARREST WARRANTT AND IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

RYAN GARIEN AND TARA YADDOFF OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN JULY 10TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. ONE MATERNAL GRANDPARENT IS DEB SMITHSON OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS LOIS GARIEN OF MAQUOKETA.

NO DEATHS.

CHECK DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS NOW...AND SEE A NEW PICTURE OF THE NEW FAMILY DOLLAR STORE WHICH OPENS THURSDAY AND ANOTHER BETTER PICTURE OF THE NEW AUDITORIUM BEING BUILDT ON EAST PLATT STREET.

NO REPORT TOMORROW, AS I'LL BE IN DES MOINES.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY  

   Day: MONDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/14/03, 6:58 PM


NICE DAY..LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH OF 86.

A BELLEVUE MAN IS IN FAIR CONDITION TODAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE, AFTER A STABBING INCIDENT SATURDAY. MICHAEL PERKINS OF BELLEVUE ENTERED THE APARTMENT OF JOHN HIPSCHEN OF BELLEVUE WITHOUT PERMISSION. DURING AN ARGUMENT, PERKINS WAS STABBED IN THE BACK AND ABDOMEN. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THEY FOUND PERKINS SITTING ON THE STEPS TO HIS APARTMENT, UNCONSCIOUS AND BLEEDING FROM MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

WEEKEND THEFT...BULLOCKS,INC. REPORTED THAT SOMEONE TOOK A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND HOSES, PLUS A PULL-BEHIND BLADE, VALUE OF THE ITEMS MISSING, $600.

ROBERT DONATSCH OF NORTH WALNUT REPORTED SOMEONE THREW A BOAT ANCHOR THROUGH HIS WINDSHIELD AND SCRATCHED THE HOOD OF HIS CAR...DAMAGES LISTED AT $550.

IN MAGISTRATE COURT...

TERRY RICKLEFS, AGE 34, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION. HE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 10:40 AFTER HE HAD WANDERED ONTO SOMEONE'S PORCH.

ELDON KOCH, AGE 61, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT AND BURGLARY IN THE 3RD DEGREE.

MILTON MILCZAREK, AGE 50, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE JACK AND JILL STORE.

CONGRESSMAN DICK GEPHARDT WAS IN TOWN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SENATOR JOHN KERRY WILL BE VISITING MAQUOKETA IN A FEW DAYS. THE RACE IS ON LOCALLY TOO.

YESTERDAY,WHILE BIKE RIDING, I RAN INTO RICH AND CAROL KENDALL AT THE HOME OF RICH'S MOTHER. THEY LIVE IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND WERE ON A SUNDAY VISIT TO MAQUOKETA. BOTH MCHS GRADS. THEY OWN TWO CULVER'S FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, A VERY FAST GROWING AND POPULAR CHAIN OF RESTAURANTS HERE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. ONE RESTAURANT IS LOCATED NEAR WESTDALE MALL, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND THE OTHER IS AT HIAWATHA, AT THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CITY. BOTH SEAT ABOUT 100.
THEY ARE HAVING FUN AND WORKING HARD. I AM A REAL FAN OF CULVER'S....GREAT FOOD....HOME OF BUTTER BURGERS AND OVER 100 FLAVORS OF CUSTARD.
IF IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS AREA, STOP IN AND SAY HELLO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY






 

   Day: SATURDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/12/03, 5:30 PM


I'M BACK....WAS IN WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA.
BUCY CATCHING UP NOW.

MONDAY, I MISSED A TORNADO-LIKE STORM THAT HIT MAQUOKETA ABOUT 6:30 IN THE MORNING....AND THE CLEAN-UP IS STILL GOING ON...TREES, BUT MOSTLY BRANCHES. SINCE MONDAY MORNING, MAQUOKETA HAS HAD 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS WEEK. THE GRASS IS GREEN AGAIN.

ITS FAIRTIME! THE WYOMING (IOWA) FAIR IS THIS WEEKEND AND ALSO CEDAR COUNTY FAIR AT TIPTON.
WE DID BROADCASTS FROM BOTH. JONES COUNTY NEXT WEEK AND JACKSON COUNTY THE WEEK AFTER. RED HENTON IS GETTING NERVOUS. HE WILL BE THE GRAND MARSHALL OF THE PARADE IN MAQUOKETA JULY 23RD.

JACKSON RED, A NEW WINE PRODUCED AT TABOR WINERY, HAS WON A GOLD MEDAL AT AN INTERNATIONAL WINE-TASTING EVENT RECENTLY IN MICHIGAN. TABOR WINE IS VERY POPULAR AND THE WINERY NEAR BALDWIN IS GROWING. NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA, YOU SHOULD VISIT THE WINERY. SAMPLES? SURE.

AGNES TUBBS CELEBRATED HER 90TH YESTERDAY. SHE IS NOW IN THE EXTENDED CARE UNIT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HER HUSBAND FORREST AND SON TOM STILL RUN THE TUBBS APPLE ORCHARD. AGNES WORKED AS A SECRETARY AT MAQUOKETA SALES COMPANY FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.

A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, RED HEALY OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE HIS 90TH.

MAQUOKETA SHORLINE DEVELOPMENT IS BUILDING 6 NEW HOMES ON NORTH ARCADE STREET.

THE NEW $2 MILLION DOLLAR SUPER MARKET...WILL BE KNOWN AS DICK'S...IS GOING UP IN THE NEW WESTGATE SHOPPING AREA ON WEST PLATT. ABOUT 2 OF THE 4 OUTSIDE WALLS ARE UP.

THE FAMILY DOLLAR NEW STORE IS BEING STOCKED THIS WEEKEND AND WILL OPEN NEXT THURSDAY..ALSO IN WESTGATE. WILL BE MAQUOKETA'S 3RD DOLLAR STORE.

MADONNA FOGARTY, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED JULY 6TH. SHE SERVED ONE YEAR AS PRINCIPAL AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA, 1989-90.

REMEMBER LAST FEBRUARY, MARK WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA HAD A QUARRELL WITH HIS TWO SISTERS AND ALL 3 LANDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL? THE JURY TRIAL WAS THIS WEEK. THE TWO SISTERS, BOTH MCHS GRADS, EMELIE AND DAWN, WERE ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING THEIR BROTHER MARK AND BOTH WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY THIS WEEK BY THE JURY HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THERE WERE NO WITNESSES AND IT WAS THEIR WORD AGAINST HIS WORD. THE PARENTS, DUANE AND BEVERLY, ARE BOTH DECEASED.

THE VFW POST HOME HAS A NEW $5,500 WELL, THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION.
THE POST HOME IS LOCATED NORTH OF MAQUOKETA JUST OFF OLD HIGHWAY 61 AND IN THE PAST, WATER WAS RECEIVED FROM A NEARBY RESIDENCE. VIRTUS SCOTT IS THE CURRENT VFW COMMANDER.

THE 8TH ANNUAL FARM BUREAU COOKOUT, DANCE AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY IS TONIGHT AT THE MARK AND JULIE MILLER FARM NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. LAST YEAR, OVER 600 ATTENDED.

DON LYONS, FORMER MCHS ATHLETE...HIS DAD WAS LONGTIME SHERIFF...IS A BASEBALL COACH AT DENISON. HE RECENTLY RECORDED HIS 400TH WIN.
THIS AFTERNOON, HIS TEAM IS PLAYING THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS AT CEDAR RAPIDS. THEN THE MAQUOKETA BOYS RETURN HOME AND HAVE A DOUBLE-HEADER WITH CONFERENCE FOE ANAMOSA, AT 6:30 TONIGHT. THREE GAMES AND A 130 MILE ROUND-TRIP TODAY FOR THE CARDINALS. THEY SHOULD SLEEP WELL TONIGHT.

DEAN NELSON, LONGTIME FOOTBALL COACH AT MONTICELLO, DIED JULY 4TH AT MONTICELLO, AT THE AGE OF 75. HE COACHED 34 SEASONS.

CATHERINE STREETS, AGE 84, OF WYOMING, IOWA, DIED THIS WEEK. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, DENNIS, LONGTIME TEACHER, COACH AND NOW PRINCIPAL AT MCHS. SHE GRADUATED FROM MCHS AND WAS A TEACHER FOR OVER 34 YEARS.

ETHELYN HOERSCHELMAN, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS....VIRGINIA YOUNG AND CHERYL HEINRICH, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

DONALD KUNDE,SR....AGE 71, OF PRESTON AND FORMERLY OF THE BALDWIN AREA, DIED JULY 8TH.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 3 SONS, INCLUDING DONALD OF MAQUOKETA....7 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING MARJORIE DONATSCH AND JANE HASTINGS, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

J AND BARBARA SCHANBACKER OF ATKINS, IOWA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN EARLY THIS MONTH IN CEDAR RAPIDS. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ARLIN AND BERNICE KILBURG OF MAQUOKETA.

THE CLASS OF '78 AT MCHS IS CELEBRATING THEIR 25TH CLASS RE-UNION THIS WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
BIG PARTY TONIGHT AT THE NEW COMFORT INN MOTEL
COMMUNITY ROOM. LINDA POLK OF MAQUOKETA IS ONE OF THOSE IN CHARGE AND SAYS OVER 70 CLASS MEMBERS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT THAT YEAR, FROM SWEDEN, WHO LIVED WITH THE ZIEMBAS THAT YEAR.

RIDICULOUS DAY IS THIS COMING WEDNESDAY IN MAQUOKETA, WITH SIDEWALK SELLING AND BARGAINS GALORE.

GUESS THIS IS ENOUGH CATCH-UP FOR NOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY





 

   Day: SATURDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/5/03, 4:51 PM


NO REPORT TODAY.

I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN A LOT NEXT WEEK, SO
MY NEXT DAILY REPORT WILL BE A WEEK
FROM MONDAY, JULY 14TH.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

   Day: WEDNESDAY

Daily Report

Date: 7/2/03, 4:50 PM


SAME OLD STORY...HOT AND HUMID.

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD MEMBERS ASHER SCHROEDER AND BOB SEARS, ALONG WITH CURATOR BONNIE MITCHELL AND HER HUSBAND,CHARLES,
APPEARED BEFORE THE CITY FINANCE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK TO ASK THAT THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA GIVE THE HISTOICAL SOCIETY THE CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING AND 4 TO 6 ACRES OF LAND WHERE IT STANDS....TO BE USED FOR A NEW LOCATION FOR THE GROUP'S BUILDING. THEY TOLD COUNCIL MEMEBERS THE CURRENT MUSEUM AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. IT IS ESTMATED THE CLINTON ENGINES TWO STORY BUILDING WILL REQUIRE IMMEDIATELY A NEW ROOF AND NEW WINDOWS, AT A COST OF AROUND $400,000.

BRICKS FOR THE CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDITION WILL COST, MAYBE 44-CENTS EACH. OR THEY MIGHT COST $1.34 EACH. THE ARCHITECT SAID THEY WILL COST 44-CENTS EACH...BUT CONTRACTOR CRESSEY AND ASSOCIATES SAID THEY WILL COST $1.34 EACH. JERRY NELSON WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE BOARD TO GO TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING A DIFFERENT BRICK.

LEROY ELKINS, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY EVENING AT HIS HOME. HE OPERATED A TEXACO STATION IN TOWN AND LATER OWNED HIS OWN MECHANICS SHOP, FROM 1965 TO 1993. HIS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE DORIS, A SISTER, LOIS WATTERS OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, LAVERN IN CLINTON.

SUSAN LUCKE GAVE THE PROGRAM TODAY AT ROTARY, ABOUT THE BELLEVUE WAR. SHE RECENTLY WROTE A BOOK ON THE ONE DAY WAR, OF APRIL 1, 1940.
ORDER THE BOOK ONLINE AT www.mcmillenbooks,com

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM LAST NIGHT DEFEATED NORTH EAST, 7 TO 6 AND PLAY DUBUQUE SENIOR TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM LOST A DOUBLE-HEAD AGAINST CASCADE LAST NIGHT, 5 TO 3 AND 8 TO 7 AND WILL PLAY ANOTHER DOUBLE-HEADER AT DAVENPORT TONIGHT.

DEAN ENGEL, WHO WORKS AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, WON $100 IN CHAMBER BUCKS SUNDAY AT THE FARM TOUR BECAUSE HIS GUESS WAS THE CLOSEST AS TO WHEN A TRACTOR WOULD RUN OUT OF GAS AND STOP.
HE WAS ALSO ON THE COMMITTEE. SAID HE JUST MADE A WILD GUESS AND IT CAME CLOSE, JUST 9-SECONDS OFF. ARROUND 250 ATTENDED THE FARM TOUR OF FRANDSEN FARM USED TRACTORS AND PARTS.

KEEP COOL.

DENNIS VOY



 


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