SUNDAY REPORT CONTINUES...THIS IS 3

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR HAS BEEN GOING GOOD. ATTENDANCE IS UP AND MAY BE BEST IN SEVEAL YEARS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARADE WAS GOOD...AND LONG.
THURSDAY NIGHT, RAIN CAME, AND CANCELLED THE BUDDY JEWEL COUNTRY SHOW. THEY HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND IN GRANDSTAND AT 8 WHEN THEY HAD TO CANCEL, BUT BUDDY WENT OUT INTO GRANDSTAND WITH A COUPLE BAND MEMBERS AND WITHOUT PA, SANG IN THE CENTER OF GRANDSTAND AND THEN AT BOTH ENDS...SO HE WAS NICE ENOUGHT TO DO THAT....AND THEN SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER.
FRIDAY NIGHT TRACTOR AND TRUCK PULL WAS BIG AND LAST NIGHT, A FULL GRANDSTAND, PLUS, FOR THE STOCK CAR RACES.
ASHLEY SCHNOOR, 2004 MCHS GRAD, AND DAUGHTER OF RODNEY AND SHERRY SCHNOOR OF MAQUOEKTA, SHOWED THE GRAND CHAMP STEER YESTERAY.
TONIGHT, THE BULL RIDING SHOW. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING AWAY CASH EVERY NIGHT...DIFFERENT AMOUNTS...AND TONIGHT, ONE PERSON WILL GET $500.
THEY HAVE A NEW BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE FAIR (CELEBRATING 150 THIS YEAR) AND YOU CAN BUY ONE FOR $7. EMAIL ME AND I'LL TAKE YOUR ORDER.
GENE AUTRY WAS THE MAIN ENTERTAINER IN 1977, OR MAYBE 78. SHOJI TABUCHI, NUMBER ONE SINGER IN BRANSON NOW, WAS THE ENTERTAINER HERE IN 1974. I AND KMAQ, HAVE BEEN COVERING THE FAIR SINCE THE 1959 FAIR. WE WERE IN A TENT THAT FIRST YEAR AND WERE CELEBRATING OUR 1ST ANNIVERSARY WITH A DRAWING FOR FREE RADIOS. JAN GARBER'S ORCHESTRA WAS A FEATURED ACT THEN. ADMISSION WAS $1. NOW IT IS $6 BUT YOU CAN BUY A FUN-SAVER CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE SALE FOR A GOOD SAVINGS ON DAILY ADMISSION. THE FAIR HERE IS A GOOD ONE....MUCH BIGGER AND MORE TO DO THAN THAT FIRST ONE I WENT TO IN 1959. MORE PERMANENT BUILDINGS NOW. IF YOU HAVE STORIES TO SHARE ABOUT THE FAIR, DO SO ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.

SO MUCH FOR THE FAIR, FOR NOW.

ONE DEATH. GALEN BURKEY, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY. HE WORKED FOR THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL UTILITY PLANT OFR 23 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ARLENE AND SEVERAL CHILDREN. RON,MIKE AND GARY LIVE HERE IN TOWN.

I'M NOT SURE I MENTIONED IN EARLIER REPORT THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 12:30, LARRY MCCLOY OF MAQUOKETA ACCIDENTALLY RAN HIS CAR INTO THE WALL AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WEST SIDE OFFICE PARKING AREA. FOOT MUST HAVE SLIPPED TO ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF BRAKE. HE WORKS FOR ME AT THE THEATRE, BUT I HAVE NOT YET TALKED TO HIM. HIS WIFE, LIZ AND GRANDSON WERE WITH HIM AND NO INJURIES. THE CAR WENT
RIGHT INTO THE BUILDING AND STOPPED WHEN IT HIT THE VALUT WALL.

FULL HOUSE LAST NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN. IN FACT, HAD TO TURN AWAY A LOT OF CARS.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE DOING LOTS OF THINGS THESE DAYS, AS THE SUMMER VACATION IS FAST COMING TO A CLOSE. I STARTED AT 5:30 YESTERDAY MORNING HERE AT THE STATION AND LEFT THE DRIVE-IN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST. LONG DAY. AT 65, I HAVE NO TROUBLE DOING THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE I'LL BE ABLE TO STAND THIS WHEN I'M 80.

SPEAKING OF AGE....GRAND-DAUGHTER CASSIE OF BETTENDORF IS 7 TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASSIE. WILL BE DOWN AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON FOR YOUR PARTY. SHE IS RICK AND SHERI'S DAUGHTER.

WELL..SORRY FOR THE LENGTHY REPORT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY