Dennis' Daily ReportThursday, March 11, 2010
FLOWER SHOW YESTERDAY, AT NAVY PIER. HAD A
GOOD TIME AND SPRING-LIKE WEATHER TOO. SHOWN
ABOVE, TWO JACKSON COUNTY GARDENERS AND THEIR
WIVES AT THE SHOW. LEFT TO RIGHT: WAYNE AND
JUDY SCHNEIDER FROM MILES AND BOB AND JUDY
ANDERSON FROM MAQUOKETA. ALL 4 RETIRED AND
READY TO DO SOME SPRING PLANTING IN THE YARD
AND GARDEN. HERE IN MAQUOKETA, 50 YESTERDAY
AND SUNNY AND 58 TODAY. GOT A LITTLE RAIN LAST
NIGHT AND FIRST THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OF THE
YEAR.
THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND BOYS WON THEIR GAME
BY 2 POINTS THIS AFTERNOON (GAME ON KMAQ) AND
WILL PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT 6 TOMORROW
NIGHT. WE WILL BROADCAST IT!
A 15 YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA YOUTH WAS INVOLVED IN
A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT IN DAVENPORT. THE NAME OF
THE BOY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. HE WAS TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT BY HIS SISTER AND
TREATED FOR THE GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS NECK AREA.
THE INCIDENT STEMMED FROM SOME SORT OF ENCOUNTER
WITH PEOPLE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. WORD HAS IT THE BOY'S
GIRL FRIEND WAS ALSO WITH HIM.
A BIRTH: BRIAN AND MYRA GROSS ARE PARENTS OF A
GIRL BORN IN IN IOWA CITY TUESDAY. SHE WAS NAMED
JEWEL ASPEN AND WEIGHED 3 POUNDS.
CLICK-ON THE ABOVE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
PARTLY SUNNY AND IN THE MID 40'S TODAY.....FEELS GOOD.
THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM CAME FROM BEHIND IN THE SECOND HALF TO DEFEAT THE ANKENY TEAM BY 11 POINTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AT THE STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. CAL-WHEAT WILL NOW PLAY
LYNNVILLE-SULLY THIS THURSDAY AT 12:15 AND WE WILL BROADCAST THE GAME
ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM.
THERE WILL BE NO TAX LEVY INCREASE FOR MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS. LAST NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND KEEP
THE TAX RATE THE SAME AT $12.45 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION.
SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT AND THERE WILL BE NONE TOMORROW.
CHECK BACK THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
DENNIS VOY
THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM CAME FROM BEHIND IN THE SECOND HALF TO DEFEAT THE ANKENY TEAM BY 11 POINTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AT THE STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. CAL-WHEAT WILL NOW PLAY
LYNNVILLE-SULLY THIS THURSDAY AT 12:15 AND WE WILL BROADCAST THE GAME
ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM.
THERE WILL BE NO TAX LEVY INCREASE FOR MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS. LAST NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND KEEP
THE TAX RATE THE SAME AT $12.45 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION.
SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT AND THERE WILL BE NONE TOMORROW.
CHECK BACK THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, March 08, 2010
CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 38 TODAY.
TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA TODAY ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR IOWA SENATE'S 13TH DISTRICT. THE SEAT IS NOW HELD BY SENATOR ROGER STEWART OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, WHO ANNOUNCED LATE LAST YEAR THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. HE HAS HAD THE OFFICE FOR 8 YEARS.
IN MAKING HIS ANNOUNEMENT, BOWMAN SAID HE IS RUNNING BECAUSE HE WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT. HE WENT ON TO SAY
THAT AS A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF THIS AREA, HE UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS AND ISSUES FACING FAMILIES TODAY. TOD HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR AND WRESTLING
COACH FOR OVER 20 YEARS. HE HAD 7 OF HIS MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS AT THE
STATE TOURNAMENT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, RESIGNED HIS HEAD WRESTLING POSITION AT MCHS. HE AND HIS WIFE OF 17 YEARS, RENEE, ARE THE PARENTS OF 3 CHILDREN, AGE 13, 10 AND 7. HIS FATHER IS LONGTIME
MAQUOKETA SERVICE STATION OWNER HUGH BOWMAN. TOD GRADUATED FROM LUTHER AND GOT HIS MA AT WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. HE HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS POLITICAL ROLES AND WAS AN IOWA DELEGATE TO THE 2008 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN DENVER.
SUNSHINE SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA HELD THEIR 2ND ANNUAL ART SHOW AND
AUCTION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO A VERY GOOD TURNOUT. RAFFLE WINNERS:
$1,500 TO PATTY GARIEN.....$500 DEB SCANLON.....$300 BY MILDRED KOPP AND
JUDY WOODS WON $150. JENNIFER LUCE WON A $500 TRAVEL VACATION....RON FILLOON WON A NINTENDO DSI GAME AND CHERYL JOHNSON A SIX-MONTH
MEMBERSHIP TO THE MAQUOKETA YMCA. IN THE 50-50 DRAWING, DEREK
SCHMIDT WON $625 CASH. SALLY DAVIES IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL WITH A STAFF OF NEARLY 30, ESTABLSHED 37 YEARS AGO.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A THEFT. ROSE FRANZEN REPORTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE TOOK A DRILL PRESS, CHAIN SAW, AIR COMPRESSOR, TROLLING MOTOR AND A WEED EATER FROM
8531 - 13TH STREET.
KMAQ HAS A BUS GOING TO THE FLOWER SHOW AT CHICAGO WEDNESDAY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SEATS STILL LEFT ON THE TRI-STATE BUS WHICH LEAVES
MAQUOKETA AT 6:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING.
FOR A SHORT VIDEO ON THE FLOWER SHOW, GO TO www.chicagoflower.com
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE QUITE A SHOW TO SEE AT NAVY PIER ON CHICAGO'S LAKEFRONT. CALL KMAQ AND RESERVE A SEAT.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA TODAY ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR IOWA SENATE'S 13TH DISTRICT. THE SEAT IS NOW HELD BY SENATOR ROGER STEWART OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, WHO ANNOUNCED LATE LAST YEAR THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. HE HAS HAD THE OFFICE FOR 8 YEARS.
IN MAKING HIS ANNOUNEMENT, BOWMAN SAID HE IS RUNNING BECAUSE HE WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT. HE WENT ON TO SAY
THAT AS A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF THIS AREA, HE UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS AND ISSUES FACING FAMILIES TODAY. TOD HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR AND WRESTLING
COACH FOR OVER 20 YEARS. HE HAD 7 OF HIS MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS AT THE
STATE TOURNAMENT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, RESIGNED HIS HEAD WRESTLING POSITION AT MCHS. HE AND HIS WIFE OF 17 YEARS, RENEE, ARE THE PARENTS OF 3 CHILDREN, AGE 13, 10 AND 7. HIS FATHER IS LONGTIME
MAQUOKETA SERVICE STATION OWNER HUGH BOWMAN. TOD GRADUATED FROM LUTHER AND GOT HIS MA AT WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. HE HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS POLITICAL ROLES AND WAS AN IOWA DELEGATE TO THE 2008 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN DENVER.
SUNSHINE SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA HELD THEIR 2ND ANNUAL ART SHOW AND
AUCTION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO A VERY GOOD TURNOUT. RAFFLE WINNERS:
$1,500 TO PATTY GARIEN.....$500 DEB SCANLON.....$300 BY MILDRED KOPP AND
JUDY WOODS WON $150. JENNIFER LUCE WON A $500 TRAVEL VACATION....RON FILLOON WON A NINTENDO DSI GAME AND CHERYL JOHNSON A SIX-MONTH
MEMBERSHIP TO THE MAQUOKETA YMCA. IN THE 50-50 DRAWING, DEREK
SCHMIDT WON $625 CASH. SALLY DAVIES IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL WITH A STAFF OF NEARLY 30, ESTABLSHED 37 YEARS AGO.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A THEFT. ROSE FRANZEN REPORTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE TOOK A DRILL PRESS, CHAIN SAW, AIR COMPRESSOR, TROLLING MOTOR AND A WEED EATER FROM
8531 - 13TH STREET.
KMAQ HAS A BUS GOING TO THE FLOWER SHOW AT CHICAGO WEDNESDAY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SEATS STILL LEFT ON THE TRI-STATE BUS WHICH LEAVES
MAQUOKETA AT 6:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING.
FOR A SHORT VIDEO ON THE FLOWER SHOW, GO TO www.chicagoflower.com
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE QUITE A SHOW TO SEE AT NAVY PIER ON CHICAGO'S LAKEFRONT. CALL KMAQ AND RESERVE A SEAT.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, March 05, 2010
ANOTHER NICE 40 DEGREE DAY TODAY.
THE NEW PARK RANGER OF THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK APPEARED BEFORE THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK.
HE IS SCOTT DYKSTRA, WHO REPLACED LARRY ZIRKELBACH LAST FALL.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE CAVES: 3,772 PEOPLE SIGNED IN AT THE VISITORS CENTER THE PARK, THE BUILDING THAT WAS THE OLD SAGER'S MUSEUM, BUT WAS EXTENSIVELY REMODELED A FEW YEARS AGO. PEOPLE FROM 31 STATE VISITED THE CAVES AND TWO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THERE ARE ABOUT 60 VOLUNTEERS
WHO MAN THE CENTER DURING THE SEASON. DYKSTRA SAID UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE MAKES A FINAL DECISION, HE WON'T KNOW WHEATHER HE WILL BE ABLE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL HELP THIS SUMMER. HE SAID THERE ARE NO MAJOR
NEW PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR AT THE PARK.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION AT 4:30 THIS
MONDAY AFTERNOON TO REVIEW THE BUDGET. THAT AT 7 P.M. A SPECIAL
MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
IN SPORTS, A SURPRISE LAST NIGHT AT THE BASKETBALL BANQUET IN MAQUOKETA.
TROY OSTERHAUS, HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT MCHS ANNOUNCED HE IS STEPPING DOWN. HE HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA 9 YEARS. HE WAS FRESHMEN COACH FOR
3 YEARS, VARSITY ASSISTANT FOR 3 AND THEN VARSITY COACH FOR 3.
HE WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE. HE SIGHTED FAMILY REASONS. HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN DUBUQUE AND HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND ANOTHER ON THE WAY.
EARLIER THIS WINTER, HEAD WRESTLING COACH TOD BOWMABN SUBMITTED HIS LETTER OF RESIGNATION AS COACH OF THE CARDINALS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE NEW PARK RANGER OF THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK APPEARED BEFORE THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK.
HE IS SCOTT DYKSTRA, WHO REPLACED LARRY ZIRKELBACH LAST FALL.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE CAVES: 3,772 PEOPLE SIGNED IN AT THE VISITORS CENTER THE PARK, THE BUILDING THAT WAS THE OLD SAGER'S MUSEUM, BUT WAS EXTENSIVELY REMODELED A FEW YEARS AGO. PEOPLE FROM 31 STATE VISITED THE CAVES AND TWO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THERE ARE ABOUT 60 VOLUNTEERS
WHO MAN THE CENTER DURING THE SEASON. DYKSTRA SAID UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE MAKES A FINAL DECISION, HE WON'T KNOW WHEATHER HE WILL BE ABLE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL HELP THIS SUMMER. HE SAID THERE ARE NO MAJOR
NEW PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR AT THE PARK.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION AT 4:30 THIS
MONDAY AFTERNOON TO REVIEW THE BUDGET. THAT AT 7 P.M. A SPECIAL
MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
IN SPORTS, A SURPRISE LAST NIGHT AT THE BASKETBALL BANQUET IN MAQUOKETA.
TROY OSTERHAUS, HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT MCHS ANNOUNCED HE IS STEPPING DOWN. HE HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA 9 YEARS. HE WAS FRESHMEN COACH FOR
3 YEARS, VARSITY ASSISTANT FOR 3 AND THEN VARSITY COACH FOR 3.
HE WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE. HE SIGHTED FAMILY REASONS. HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN DUBUQUE AND HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND ANOTHER ON THE WAY.
EARLIER THIS WINTER, HEAD WRESTLING COACH TOD BOWMABN SUBMITTED HIS LETTER OF RESIGNATION AS COACH OF THE CARDINALS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, March 04, 2010
40 DEGREES TODAY IN MAQUOKETA
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
YES YES
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW CITY ATTORNEY. KEN WRIGHT WAS APPOINTED AT THE MONDAY NIGHT COUNCIL MEETING. HE REPLACES MARK LAWSON WHO RESIGNED AFTER HE WAS NAMED A COUNTY MAGISTRATE. KEN HAS DONE IT BEFORE.
HE ASSISTED JE GOODENOW FROM 1968 TO 1978 AND WAS THE ATTORNEY
FROM 1978 TI 1988. HE WILL RECEIVE $28,800 A YEAR.
THERE WILL BE A WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA THIS
FRIDAY AT 10 A.M. AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY
A LUNCH. A FREE-WILL OFFERING WILL BE TAKEN AND THE PROCEEDS WILL
GO TO THE LOCAL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA FFA ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTION IS THIS SUNDAY MORNING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, STARTING AT 11 A.M.
THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA IS HAVING
THEIR ANNUAL AUCTION AND RAFFLE AT 1 P.M.
LOWELL HENRY, PHOTOGRAPHER, STARTED HIS BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA
60 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH. THINK HOW MANY TIMES HE HAS SAID:
"SAY CHEESE". WE HAVE A FEW OTHER LONGTIME BUSINESSMEN STILL
GOING INTO WORK DAILY(OR ALMOST DAILY) AFTER 50 YEARS: CARL ROTMAN....ROSS RIVER.....BILL MERRICK....JOHN WAGENER....DENNIS VOY....HUGH BOWMAN....ROCHELLE RAY....VIVIAN RIVER....BOB OSTERHAUS.
SOME OF YOU LIVING OUTSIDE IOWA....BIG IOWA SPORTS STORY TODAY....THE IOWA
HAWKEYE BASKETBALL TEAM IS HAVING THEIR WORST SEASON IN THE HISTORY
OF IOWA BASKETBALL. THEY LOST THEIR 20TH GAME LAST NIGHT.
TAKE CARE!
DENNIS VOY
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
YES YES
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW CITY ATTORNEY. KEN WRIGHT WAS APPOINTED AT THE MONDAY NIGHT COUNCIL MEETING. HE REPLACES MARK LAWSON WHO RESIGNED AFTER HE WAS NAMED A COUNTY MAGISTRATE. KEN HAS DONE IT BEFORE.
HE ASSISTED JE GOODENOW FROM 1968 TO 1978 AND WAS THE ATTORNEY
FROM 1978 TI 1988. HE WILL RECEIVE $28,800 A YEAR.
THERE WILL BE A WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA THIS
FRIDAY AT 10 A.M. AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY
A LUNCH. A FREE-WILL OFFERING WILL BE TAKEN AND THE PROCEEDS WILL
GO TO THE LOCAL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA FFA ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTION IS THIS SUNDAY MORNING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, STARTING AT 11 A.M.
THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA IS HAVING
THEIR ANNUAL AUCTION AND RAFFLE AT 1 P.M.
LOWELL HENRY, PHOTOGRAPHER, STARTED HIS BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA
60 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH. THINK HOW MANY TIMES HE HAS SAID:
"SAY CHEESE". WE HAVE A FEW OTHER LONGTIME BUSINESSMEN STILL
GOING INTO WORK DAILY(OR ALMOST DAILY) AFTER 50 YEARS: CARL ROTMAN....ROSS RIVER.....BILL MERRICK....JOHN WAGENER....DENNIS VOY....HUGH BOWMAN....ROCHELLE RAY....VIVIAN RIVER....BOB OSTERHAUS.
SOME OF YOU LIVING OUTSIDE IOWA....BIG IOWA SPORTS STORY TODAY....THE IOWA
HAWKEYE BASKETBALL TEAM IS HAVING THEIR WORST SEASON IN THE HISTORY
OF IOWA BASKETBALL. THEY LOST THEIR 20TH GAME LAST NIGHT.
TAKE CARE!
DENNIS VOY
TO THE RIGHT IS THE POST COMMANDER OF THE
MAQUOKETA AMERICAN LEGION TIMBER CITY POST 75
CLIF MERRICK. TO THE LEFT, IS LONGTIME MEMBER
OF THE LEGION, W.H. "BILL" MERRICK, WHO HAS HELD
ALL TITLES AND IS NOW FINANCE OFFICER. A SPECIAL
MEETING WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT 7 P.M. AT THE EAGLES
CLUB ON EAST PLATT STREET. THERE WERE ABOUT
20 MEMBERS PRESENT, TO DISCUSS SELLING THE
POST BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ON THE CORNER
OF MAIN AND PLATT STREETS. IT HAS BEEN OWNED BY
THE LEGION SINCE THE MID-30'S. THE UPSTAIRS WAS
USED FOR MEETINGS AND DINNERS, THE MAIN FLOOR
HAS BEEN RENTED FOR RETAIL BUSINESS AND THE
BASEMENT A LONG TIME AGO HAD A TAVERN USING
THE OUTSIDE STAIRWAY. THE MAIN FLOOR IS EMPTY NOW.
AFTER DISCUSSION, IT WAS VOTED TO SELL THE BUILDING
TO A PROSPECTIVE BUYER. THE LEGION WILL CONTINUE
TO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY NIGHT
EACH MONTH AT THE EAGLES. THERE IS ALSO AN ACTIVE
LADIES AUXILIARY AND THEY WILL HOST THE COUNTY LEGION
MEETING LATER THIS MONTH. COMMANDER MERRICK SAID
IN CHECKING THROUGH FILES RECENTLY, HE DISCOVERED THAT
IN 1948, THE POST 75 HAD 800 MEMBERS. THERE ARE NOW 170.
I JUST PAID MY DUES THE OTHER DAY ($35.00 A YEAR) FOR
2010 AND HAVE BEEN A MEMBER FOR 31 YEARS. IF YOU EVER
SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, MAKE
YOUR CHECK TO TIMBER CITY AMERICAN LEGION AND
SEND IT TO ME AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
ANOTHER MID-30S SUNNY DAY TODAY....BUT WE HOPE TO REACH 40 BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER.
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD HAS A NEW MEMBER, CAROLINE BYBEE. MONDAY NIGHT, MAYOR JASON HUTE PUT BYBEE'S NAME UP FOR
APPOINTMENT AND THE COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOR. BYBEE, WIFE OF DR. JERALD BYBEE, IS A RETIRED FRENCH TEACHER AND SAID SHE WAS INTERESTED IN SAFE, RELIABLE, GREEN AND EFFICIENT POWER. THE POSITION IS FOR SIX YEARS AND
IS STRICTLY VOLUNTEER, NO PAY.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING GAMES START THIS WEEKEND
ON KMAQ.
AND SIGN OF SPRING TOO...THE DAIRY QUEEN IN MAQUOKETA HAS OPENED FOR
THE SEASON.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD HAS A NEW MEMBER, CAROLINE BYBEE. MONDAY NIGHT, MAYOR JASON HUTE PUT BYBEE'S NAME UP FOR
APPOINTMENT AND THE COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOR. BYBEE, WIFE OF DR. JERALD BYBEE, IS A RETIRED FRENCH TEACHER AND SAID SHE WAS INTERESTED IN SAFE, RELIABLE, GREEN AND EFFICIENT POWER. THE POSITION IS FOR SIX YEARS AND
IS STRICTLY VOLUNTEER, NO PAY.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING GAMES START THIS WEEKEND
ON KMAQ.
AND SIGN OF SPRING TOO...THE DAIRY QUEEN IN MAQUOKETA HAS OPENED FOR
THE SEASON.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB IS SPONSORING
ANOTHER "DANCING WITH THE CARDS" EVENT ON SATURDAY
NIGHT, MARCH 13TH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WEST GYM.
DOORS WILL OPEN AT 5:30 AND THE DANCING STARTS
AT 6:30. HIGH SCHOOL DANCER TAYLOR
FOWLER WILL DANCE WITH OPTOMETRIST DAVID SYBESMA....
DANCE TEAM'S MACKINZIE MOORE WILL DANCE WITH TOM
DEVINE OF THE MAQUOKETA YMCA....PEACE PIPE PLAYERS
CHOREGRAPHER ERICA BARKER WILL DANCE WITH
EVAN COLLISTER. MAYOR JASON HUTE WILL
DANCE WITH CHELSEA SAGERS......TYLER ZARUBA
WILL DANCE WITH LENKE CARSON, CO-OWNER
OF BELLA SOLE JEWELRY.....VETERINARIAN
KRISTIAN BECKER WILL DANCE WITH CATHERINE
VASQUEZ AND INVESTMENT COUNSELOR
KERRY SCHEPERS WILL DANCE WITH JASON SCHUSTER.
TODAY'S "JUST TALK" SHOW ON KMAQ WAS ABOUT THE
EVENT AND ON THE SHOW AND BEING INTERVIEWED
BY KMAQ'S SHERI MELVOLD (LOWER LEFT CORNER)
IS: L-R...DAVID SYBESMA, TOM DEVINE, MACKIE
MOORE, DAUGHTER OF KEN MOORE AND LINDA
MOORE, TAYLOR FOWLER, DAUGHTER OF THE STEVE
AND VENNASSA FOWLER AND A MEMBER OF THE
ATHLETIC BOOSTERS, LORI STEINES. CLICK-ON
PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY
STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOM SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA
MEETS WITH RICK SCHMIDT OF THE MAQUOKETA FIRE
DEPARTMENT DURING A VISIT TO THE CAPITOL TODAY.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 37. FORTY DEGREE WEATHER COMING SOON.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE BID WAS LET FOR THE CLEAN-UP
OF THE DOWNTOWN FIRE DEBRIS. THE CONTRACT WAS LET TO G & B CONSTRUCTION FOR $268,550. THE COMPANY WILL START CLEAN-UP SOMETIME
IN APRIL AND THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 2 WEEKS. THE CORNER
BUILDING STILL STANDING WILL NOT BE INCLUDED THIS TIME. IT WILL COME DOWN
LATER.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS WILL RECEIVE A 2 AND 1/2
PERCENT PAY RAISE BEGINNING IN JULY. THE RAISE WAS APPROVED LAST NIGHT BY THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR LEON SCHOENTHALER, AGE 51, OF NEWPORT, MICHIGAN,
AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED JANUARY 7TH IN MICHIGAN, WILL
BE HELD THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN
MAQUOKETA, AT 11:00 A.M.
SHORT REPORT TODAY.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE BID WAS LET FOR THE CLEAN-UP
OF THE DOWNTOWN FIRE DEBRIS. THE CONTRACT WAS LET TO G & B CONSTRUCTION FOR $268,550. THE COMPANY WILL START CLEAN-UP SOMETIME
IN APRIL AND THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 2 WEEKS. THE CORNER
BUILDING STILL STANDING WILL NOT BE INCLUDED THIS TIME. IT WILL COME DOWN
LATER.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS WILL RECEIVE A 2 AND 1/2
PERCENT PAY RAISE BEGINNING IN JULY. THE RAISE WAS APPROVED LAST NIGHT BY THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR LEON SCHOENTHALER, AGE 51, OF NEWPORT, MICHIGAN,
AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED JANUARY 7TH IN MICHIGAN, WILL
BE HELD THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN
MAQUOKETA, AT 11:00 A.M.
SHORT REPORT TODAY.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
