55 YESTERDAY, 53 TODAY AND LOOKING FOR 60-DEGREE WEATHER TOMORROW.

YESTERDAY WAS DEADLINE FOR FILING FOR COUNTY OFFICES. THERE WILL BE ONE NOVEMBER CONTEST IN JACKSON COUNTY. CURRENT REPUBLICAN SUPERVISOR DAVID KENDALL OF BELLEVUE WILL BE OPPOSED BY DEMOCRAT LARRY KOOS OF LAMOTTE.
BOTH COUNTY INCUMBENT AUDITOR MIKE COTTON AND COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN, A DEMOCRAT, WILL HAVE NO COMPETITION IN THE PRIMARY. COTTON IS FROM SABULA AND KETTMAN FROM BELLEVUE.

FIRECALL THIS MORNING AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE APARTMENT WERE EVACUATED AFTER SMOKE FILLED THE UPPER APARTMENT AT 112 S. ELIZA. ASST. FIRE CHIEF AL MUHLHAUSEN SAID SOMEONE WAS MOVING INTO THE APARTMENT. THE POWER HAD BEEN OFF AND THERE WERE ITEMS ON THE KITCHEN STOVE. WHEN THE POWER WAS TURNED ON IN THE APARTMENT, THE BURNER WAS ON AND CAUGHT MATERIALS ON FIRE, CAUSING THE SMOKE. THE APARTMENT IS BEING RENTED BY LANDON USHER AND THE BUILDING OWNER IS TOM HARE.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS LITTLE THEATRE GROUP WILL PUT ON THE MUSICAL "GYPSY" IN JUNE AND AUDITIONS FOR THE MUSICAL WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY. VETERAN PPP DIRECTOR JOHN RANDOLPH BURROW WILL DIRECT AND THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR WILL BE ANNE PITCHER HAWKS.

ON THE HOME PAGE OF KMAQ, www.kmaq.com, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE "MEET THE EMPLOYEES" PAGE AND SEE A PICTURE OF ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS OF KMAQ, INCLUDING PICTURES OF THREE FAIRLY NEW EMPLOYEES, ROBERT BRUNO, HIS SON JOE, AND NATE CLASEN. NATE IS MY GRANDSON. AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, A NEW "PAST EMPLOYEE GUEST BOOK" HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. IF YOU EVER WORKED FOR KMAQ, BE SURE TO MAKE AN ENTRY.

ON KMAQ'S REGULAR "GUEST BOOK" THESE DAYS, SOME POLITICAL ENTRIES.
YES...NOT THE PLACE FOR THOSE, BUT LIKE MANY OTHERS NOT MENT FOR IT.....THE BEST THING TO DO IS IGNORE THEM....AND CONTINUE ON WITH WHAT THE BOOK IS MENT FOR.
THE LONG ENTRIES YOU AND I DON'T CARE FOR CAN BE SKIPPED OVER AND SOON DISAPPEAR. SO AGAIN...THE BEST ADVICE..."IGNORE-DON'T COMMENT-AND GO ON WITH YOUR ENTRY".

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

AN ELEPHANT WAS SEEN RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, OLD 61, THIS AFTERNOON.
BOB LARKEY AND SOME OF HIS MEN ROUNDED IT UP AND HAVE IT AT THE MAQUOKETA SALES COMPANY. GOING TO PUT IN ON NEXT WEDNESDAY'S SALE.

ST. LOUIS CARDINAL BASEBALL STARTS MONDAY AFTERNOON ON KMAQ.....THE CARDINALS HOST THE BREWERS AND PRESIDENT BUSH WILL THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

DENNIS VOY...
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APRIL FOOLS ON THE ELEPHANT STORY.