NO RAIN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, A LITTLE COOLER WEATHER BUT NOW AND FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS, NO RAIN FORECAST AND HIGHS EACH DAY AROUND 90.
BUSY WEEK, ONLY A COUPLE OF THESE REPORTS. STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER WAS ON VACATION....WE HAD THE DEWITT GIRLS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND KMAQ HOSTED THE CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT.
BY THE WAY, THE CONCERT BY THE CELEBRATION IOWA SINGERS AND DANCERS AND JAZZ BAND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THE BUSLOAD ARRIVED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 AND WENT RIGHT TO THE NEW ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER TO REHERESE. THEN KMAQ TREATED THEM TO AN EVENING DINNER AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER. A GREAT MEAL PREPARED BY THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES LADIES AUXILIARY. THEN THE SHOW STARTED AT 7:15. ITS WAS A FANTASTIC SHOW PUT ON BY THE 36 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE, THE CREAM OF THE CROP SO TO SPEAK. THEY RECEIVED A COUPLE STANDING OVATIONS AT THE END OF THE 2 AND A HALF HOUR SHOW ATTENDED BY AROUND 650 PEOPLE. THEN THEY STAYED OVERNIGHT AT SOME 20 HOST HOMES IN AROUND MAQUOKETA AND LEFT FRIDAY MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST....ON TO ANOTHER TOWN TO DO THE SHOW AGAIN. WE HAVE HAD MANY MANY GOOD COMMENTS AND MAY TRY TO HAVE THEM COME BACK TO MAQUOEKTA AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
THE CLASS OF 55 IS HAVING THEIR 50TH CLASS REUNION IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK. THEY ARE HAVING A DINNER AT 7 TONIGHT AT MICKEL'S HALL.
AND THE CLASS OF 80 IS HAVING THEIR 25TH REUNION ALSO THIS WEEKEND. THEY HAD A DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN AND TODAY HAVE AN EVENT AT TIMBER LANES AND TONIGHT THEY WILL ENJOY MOVIES AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
SHELLY HOYE, WHO WORKS FULLTIME AT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WHO HAS WORKED FOR ME FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AT MY "CINEMA MOVIE RENTALS" STORE NEXT TO THE THEATRE, IS FROM THAT CLASS. AND A KMAQ PART-TIME ANNOUNCER IN THE MID 70'S, JON GLANDORF, IS ALSO FROM THAT CLASS AND STOPPED FOR A VISIT THIS MORNING. HE'S WITH A BIG RADIO STATION IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HAS BEEN IN THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS. HE WAITED NEARLY 25 YEARS TO GET MARRIED....THIS PAST SPRING....AND HIS WIFE IS ALSO AN AIR-PERSONALITY WITH A DIFFRENT RADIO STATTION IN SAN FRANCISCO. NICE TALKING TO JON. HIS MOTHER PAT, IS RETIRED AND HER HUSBAND, ALSO RETIRED, AND BOTH ARE NOW ON A 6-MONTH PRIVATE BOAT CRUISE AROUND THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE UNITED STATES. THEY STARTED OUT IN FEBRUARY AND WILL THE VOYAGE IN SEPTEMBER.
CARLOS MEYER, FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN 1961 IS IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND. HE LIVED WITH THE DR. SWIFT FAMILY AND IS AN ARCHITECT. HE IS COMING BACK FOR HIS MAQUOKETA CLASS REUNION NEXT SUMMER.
JAQUIE CAPESIUS, A MAQUOKETA FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN 78-79 VISITED THE ROBERTS FAMILY RECENTLY. WARREN ROBERTS AND HIS LATE WIFE, HOSTED JAQUIE.
TIMBER LANES IS CELEBRATING ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY. OWNED BY MR. AND MRS. LOUIE CLASEN ALL THESE YEARS. THE EARLY YEARS, THEY WERE PARTNERS WITH HIS PARENTS. LOUIE HAS RUN A GOOD BOWLING ALLEY.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEGINS MONDAY. MAQUOKETA'S FIRST GAME WILL BE AUGUST 26TH, HOSTING DECORAH.
GOT AN EMAIL FROM GERRY CARPENTER. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE TEACHERS IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1951-1956. THEY CURRENTLY LIVE IN RAMONA, CALIFORNIA AND JUST RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT HIS DAILY (NOT ALWAYS DAILY AS YOU ALL KNOW) AND HAVE NOW STARTED TO CHECK IT REGULARLY.
WELCOME TO THE REPORT GERALD AND DOROTHY CARPENTER.
THAT'S IT FOR A SPECIAL SATURDAY REPORT.
HAVE A GOOD NEW WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
