BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 86.
 
LATE WITH THIS REPORT, AS I JUST GOT BACK FROM DOING SOME BROADCASTS FROM THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR AT TIPTON.
 
SAD NEWS!    MY FRIEND OF OVER 40 YEARS, BERNICE HENTON, AGE 8O,  DIED THIS MORNING AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS, AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA.    EVERYONE KNEW BERNICE.   SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND MARRIED GLEN "RED" HENTON ON AUGUST 30, 1941.      SHE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR 17 YEARS, AND THEN WORKED AS AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY DRAFT BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.   SHE HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH HUSBAND RED AND THEIR MUSICAL GROUP.      SHE DID A LOT OF TRAVELING WITH RED ALSO DURING THE YEARS HE WAS A TOP HORSESHOE PITCHER.      SHE IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND, RED, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, JUDY OF CLINTON AND NANCY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.       I FIRST MET BERNICE BACK IN THE LATE 50'S WHEN THE MUSICAL GROUP OF BERNICE, RED, THE LATE WINDY RIMMER,  AND THE LATE RAY SHIELDS DID A DAILY RADIO SHOW ON KMAQ, CALLED   "THE SCHMIDT CITY CLUB SHOW"  SPONSORED BY KIRCHOFF DISTRIBUTING COMPANY.      I VISITED BERNICE AT THE HOSPITAL TUESDAY AND WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION.  EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW THEN THAT THE TIME WAS COMING, SHE LAUGHED AND TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS THAT WE BOTH REMEMBERED.      THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE MONDAY AT 2 P.M. AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME  IN MAQUOKETA.       CARSON'S HAVE A WEB SITE FOR ONLINE TRIBUTES AND ANY OF YOU THAT CARE TO LEAVE A TRIBUTE FOR THE FAMILY CAN  GO TO www.carsonand.com.
REST IN PEACE BERNICE AND THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
 
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IMPROVED IN JUNE, WHEN IT WENT DOWN TO 5.6-PERCENT, DOWN FROM 6 PERCENT IN MAY.      IN JUNE LAST YEAR, IT WAS 7.1 PERCENT.
 
FOR SOME REASON, MOST OF THE NUMBERS IN THIS REPORT ARE SMALL.   IN PARAGRAPH ABOVE, THE 6 LOOKS OK, BUT THE 7.1 IS DIFFERENT.     ??
 
BOB DEVINE, I HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, SO EMAIL TOMORROW AND I'LL FORWARD IT ON TO HIM.       I HAVE IT SOMEPLACE, BUT NOT SURE I CAN FIND IT.     DON'T WORRY, THE GUY ISN'T GOING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING.     BY THE WAY,  LEIGHTON HEPKER OF KMAQ AND SON JUSTIN PLAYED GOLF TUESDAY IN PELLA IN THE HAWKEYE NETWORK EVENT AND PLAYED WITH YOUR SON TOM.  
DIDN'T KNOW TOM WAS A RADIO SALESMAN FOR THE CHARLES CITY STATION.      BOB, TELL US MORE ABOUT TOM.       READERS, BOB DEVINE 40 YEARS AGO DID A POPULAR BIG BAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW ON KMAQ-AM.       HE WAS ALSO A PRETTY GOOD GOLFER AND HIS DAD-IN-LAW OWNED THE PRESTON TIMES FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.      ED BLACK WAS HIS NAME AND HIS DAUGHTER MARY AND BOB GOT TOGETHER SOMEWHERE.
 
POLICE BLOTTER:     GAS IS HIGHER THAN MANY LIKE.       SOMEONE TOOK ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF GAS FROM DAVID PETERS  VEHICLE ON CARDINAL DRIVE.
 
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS HELD TONIGHT AND IN CLOSED SESSION TO TALK ABOUT BUYING SOME PROPERTY.       NO IDEA WHAT PROPERTY.
 
THANKS FOR COMING BY AGIAN.
 
DENNIS VOY