NO REPORT TODAY.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DENNIS VOY

IT SNOWED A LITTLE LAST NIGHT AND MOST OF TODAY.
SNOW HAS ENDED. ABOUT 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ON THE GROUND. THAT'S WELL OVER 20 INCHES FOR THE MONTH.

SENATIR HILIARY CLINTON IS COMING TO THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS TOMORROW (SAT) AFTERNOON.
SHE WILL BE AT THE PEARSON CENTER AT 4:30. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO THE "PICK A PRESIDENT" EVENT. THIS WILL BE HER SECOND APPEARANCE HERE.

A TWO CAR ACCIDENT JUST SOUTH OF BELLEVUE YESTERDAY MORNING. ONE CAR DRIVEN BY NANCY AHLBORN, AGE 47, OF BELLEVUE AND THE OTHER BY FRANK STRATHMAN, AGE 64, OF BELLEVUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. THE AHLBORN VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL ON THE SNOW AND ICE HIGHWAY AND THE TWO VEHICLE HIT NEARLY HEAD-ON.
AHLBORN AND TWO PASSENGERS IN THE STRATHMAN VEHICLE, BARB STRATHMAN OF BELLEVUE AND MARY MEYER OF BELLEVUE, WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE, AND TREATED FOR HIP AND LEG INJURIES. THEIR CONDITION NOT KNOWN TODAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

MORE SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR MAQUOKTA. STARTING TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COULD GET ANOTHER 4 INCHES.
GOT A HALF-INCH LAST NIGHT.....AND TOTAL SO FAR IN MAQUOKETA, 14 AND 1/2 INCHES.

THE HOSPITAL HAS HIRED A RECRUITMENT FIRM TO SEARCH FOR A NEW SURGEON FOR MAQUOKETA. DR. PEDRO ATIENZA
HAS SAID HE PLANS TO RETIRE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. HE
MOVED HIS OFFICE INTO THE HOSPITAL LAST YEAR. THE FEE IS $25,000 PER PHYSICIAN WITH $12,000 DUE UP FRONT.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, LINDA SCHULZ, AGE 56, WAS CHARGED FOLLOWING A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT JUST BEFORE 11 YESTERDAY MORNING AT CORNER OF HIGHWAY 64 AND MICKINSEY DRIVE. SHE WAS NOT INJURED. NEITHER WAS THE DRIVER OF OTHER CAR FROM HIAWATHA.

I HAVE THE COMPLETED OBITUARY NOW ON SUSANNE BATY
OF MAQUOKETA. SHE, AGE 59, DIED FRIDAY AT HER HOME AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. SHE WAS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR 10 YEARS FROM 1976 TO 1986 AND LATER SERVED AS PRINCIPAL AT CARDINAL FOR 20 YEARS, RETIRING IN 2006. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND CORLIS, TWO DAUGHTERS, EMILY BATY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AND ERIN MILLER OF LOVELAND, COLORADO. ALSO SURVIVING, HER PARENTS, ANNE AND WESTON BIRDSALL, THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. THE CREMATION SOCIETY OF EASTERN IOWA IS ASSISTING WITH ARRANGEMENTS.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW ATTORNEY. ADWIN L. HESSELTINE HAS JOINED THE FIRM OF SCHOENTHALER, ROBERG, BARTELT, AND KAHLER IN MAQUOKETA AS AN ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY.
HE IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL IN DES MOINES.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN GALEN SAUNDERS AND HIS WIFE JANET WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY THIS SUNDAY. THEY HAVE 3 CHIDLREN...JIM OF MAQUOKETA...JENNIFER IN ILLINOIS AND JASON IN ARIZONA.
ALSO 6 GRANDCHILDREN.

NANCY HENTON SCHOLL WAS IN TO SAY HELLO THIS MORNING WITH HER DAD, GLEN. SHE AND ROBERT HAVE LIVED IN GEORGIA FOR A COUPLE YEARS. SHE READS THIS REPORT REGULARLY. REMEMBER IN THE 60'S....SHE WAS ONE OF THE TOP WOMEN HORSESHOE PITCHERS IN THE COUNTRY, LIKE HER DAD. ALSO A GOOD SINGER. AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE HENTONS RAN THE LAKEHURST SUPPER CLUB AND NANCY WORKED THERE.

RED WILL ENTERTAIN AGAIN AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW ON FEBRUARY 7TH AND 8TH.

THE MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IS CLOSED THIS WEEK AND WILL REOPEN JANUARY 3RD.

WELL...GUESS I'LL POLISH UP THE SNOW SHOVEL AGAIN.
WILL LET YOU KNOW TOMORROW IF I HAD TO USE IT.

DENNIS VOY

THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL HERE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.
CLOSE TO 40. TODAY, PRETTY NICE TOO.

BREITBACH'S COUNTRY DINING CONTINUES TO MAKE THE
NEWS. THE OWNER SAYS HE WILL REBUILD AND HOPES TO
RE-OPEN IN MAY. ABOUT 500 CARS PASSED BY THE BURNED OUT STRUCTURE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAMILY LIKELY BEGAN WITH AN LP GAS LEAK. A FEW THINGS WERE SAVED, INCLUDING A SIX-FOOT HAND-CARVED CUCKOO-CLOCK FROM GERMANY. A BLANKET LEFT BEHIND BY OUTLAW JESSE JAMES IN THE 1800'S AND THE DEED AND ABSTRACT FROM 1852 WERE DESTROYED. MIKE BREITBACH SAYS HE IS THANKFUL NO ONE WAS HURT.

JIM HESS, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA, MATCHED FOUR WHITE BALLS PLUS THE POWERBALL TO WIN $10,000 IN THE DECEMBER 19TH POWEBALL DRAWING. HE PURCHASED HIS WINNING TICKET AT KJ'S CONVENIENCE STORE ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....THE GREAT WALL CHINESE RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA REPORTED THAT THE WINDOW IN THEIR FRONT DOOR WAS BROKEN.

THE IOWA DNR AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION ARE ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON THEIR PROPOSALS TO CHANGE THE WATER QUALITY LISTINGS FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE STATE. IN JACKSON COUNTY, THEY ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE NORTH FORK OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AND DEEP CREEK BOTH TO A2, A LOWER CLASSIFICATION. THE A2 LOWER CLASSIFICATION IS FOR STREAMS NOT IN NEED OF PROTECTION TO KEEP THEM SUITABLE FOR HUMAN RECREATIONAL USES. BOTH THE NORTH FORK AND DEEP CREEK ARE ON THE LIST FOR A LOWER CLASSIFICATION BASICALLY BECAUSE THE DNR HAS NO RECORD OF COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE USE THESE TWO STREAMS FOR RECREATION. THE NORTH FORK IS JUST UNDER 70 MILES LONG AND DEEP CREEK IS JUST OVER 8 MILES LONG, AND
LOCAL CITIZENS ARE UPSET ABOUT THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE CONTRARY TO DNR RECORDS, THE NORTH FORK OF THE RIVER IS USED FOR CANOEING, TUBING, FISHING, AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. IF THE RIVER IS DESIGNATED
TO A LOWER CLASSIFICATION, THE RIVER WILL BE OFF LIMITS
TO ALL RECEATIONAL ACTIVITIES. PUBLIC COMMENTS
ARE WELCOME, AND THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS IS
JANUARY 2ND. THERE IS A QUESTIONAIRE THE PUBLIC
CAN FILL OUT AND RETURN TO THE DNR HEADQUARTERS
IN DES MOINES. ANYONE WANTING TO FILL OUT THE QUESTIONAIRE CAN PICK ONE UP HERE AT KMAQ. BUT
AGAIN, IT MUST BE E-MAILED OR POSTMARKED NO LATER
THAN JANUARY 2ND. OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
DE-CLASSIFICATION PROCESS IS ALSO AVAILABLE HERE AT KMAQ LISTENERS ARE NOT TO CONFUSE THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE ENTIRE MAQUOKETA RIVER. THE MAQUOKETA RIVER SOUTH FORK IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED FOR RE-CLASSIFICATION, JUST THE SMALLER NORTH FORK. AND ALSO DEEP CREEK IN JACKSON COUNTY. ALSO ON THE LIST OF STREAMS SCHEDULED FOR RECREATIONAL OR AQUATIC LIFE DOWNGRADES ARE: ELK RIVER AND YANKEE RUN IN CLINTON COUNTY, ROCK CREEK AND SUGAR CREEK IN CEDAR COUNTY,
AND TWO SEGMENTS OF BUFFALO CREEK IN JONES COUNTY.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

4/10ths of an inch of rain Saturday afternoon and early evening in Maquoketa. Then the temperature dropped and snow started around
9 P.M. Sunday morning, we had 5 inches of new snow on ground.
We have had 14 inches this month. Sunny today...and tomorrow, Christmas Day will also be nice, with some sunshine and a high
in the mid 30's.

Saturday, I visited my good friend Dale Brooks at the extended care facililty at the hospital. Dale, in his 80's, had a freak auto accident in September...hitting the gas pedal instead of break ...and running into a building in DeWitt and breaking his neck. His wife was along and did not get hurt. The healing is taking a long time, but he should be okay in another couple months and back home. His father-in-law was longtime Maquoketa doctor O.L. Frank. Doc might have delivered some of you.....he brought about 3,000 into the world during his Maquoketa career.

Sage Rosenfels had another decent day as QB of the Houston Texans yesterday, but Indianapolis won the game. Sage threw for two TD's and his passing was good for ever 200 yards.

A good KMAQ advertiser and Iowa's oldest bar and restaurant,
Breitbach's Country Dining at Balltown, north of Dubuque, burned to the ground this morning. It opened in 1852. Nancy and I had dinner there a couple times this year, the last time in November. It was not only a good restaurant, it was a tourist attraction. They came from all over to eat at Breitbach's. It had seating for around 250, and
was filled with antiques.

KMAQ has learned that Susanne Baty, of Maquoketa, retired Principal at Cardinal Elementary School, died Friday night. We have had calls here at KMAQ asking about services, but nothing has been released at this time. Survivors include her husband, Corlis.

Many people have left a Christmas greeting on the KMAQ Guest
Book. Check it out. Click on the guest book at www.kmaq.com . Still time to enter one yourself.

MERRY CHRISTMAS from everyone here at KMAQ.

Dennis Voy

HEAVY FOG AGAIN TODAY...NO SCHOOL. MORE FOG IN FORECAST TONIGHT. SNOW COMING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE FORECAST NOW THRU SUNDAY NIGHT NOT VERY GOOD.

WRESTLING LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA 40, CENTER POINT
URBANA 36. MAQUOKETA RECORDED 6 PINS BUT ALSO GOT PINNED 5 TIMES.

GIRL'S BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...MARION BEAT MAQUOKETA,
64 TO 37.

MAQUOKETA IS GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR COMMUNITY CELEBRATION...TIMBER CITY DAYS...JUNE 27, 28 AND 29.
NEXT PLANNING MEETING, JANUARY 8TH.

CHRISTA AND JOSH KOOB OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE DR. PAUL AND BRENDA KOOB OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD PERIODS OF SUNSHINE EARLY TODAY, AND NOW
LATE IN AFTERNOON, MISTING. A HIGH TODAY OF 34.
FORECAST IS FOR SNOW TO COME OUR WAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND MORE AT NIGHT, WITH STRONG WINDS.

SENATOR JOE BIDEN IS COMING TO JACKSON COUNTY TOMORROW (FRIDAY)...AT 1:30 P.M. AT POTTER'S MILL
IN BELLEVUE. HAVE TO GIVE HIM A PLUG....AT THIS TIME...HE'S MY MAN AND GETS MY VOTE IN EARLY JANUARY.

SHAPE UP JACKSON COUNTY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER...STARTING IN JANUARY. THIS YEAR, THE GOAL FOR THE COUNTY IS FOR 300 PEOPLE TO LOOSE 3,000 POUNDS AND EXERCISE 12,750 HOURS. ANYONE CAN SIGN UP BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 18TH AT THE HOSPITAL HERE IN TOWN
OR ON THE HOSPITAL WEB SITE.

TWO MORE PAINT BALL INCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA....BOTH REPORTED YESTERDAY. HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES ON SOUTH OLIVE AND HAIR SOLUTIONS ON EAST QUARRY BOTH HIT. POLICE SAY CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST THREE JUVINILES AND POSSIBLY A 4TH.

THE 12TH ANNUAL AREA PRODUCER FEEDER CALF SHOW WAS HELD THIS MONTH AT MAQUOKETA SALES COMPANY, CO-SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY BEEF PRODUCERS...THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES.
FIRST PLACE WAS $100 IN BOTH THE STEER CLASS AND THE HEIFER CLASS AND WINNING BOTH CLASSES, MATT WILLILAMS OF MAQUOKETA.

DIANE ROCKWELL, AGE 68, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. THE COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com

BLANCH EARLES, AGE 94, FORMERLY OF MAQUOEKTA, DIED TUESDAY AT HER HOME IN PLANO, TEXAS. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY BASKETBALL AT MARION TONIGHT. THESE DAYS, WE ARE HAVING MANY TRIPLE HEADERS, INCLUDING TODAY. FRESHMAN AT 4:30....JV AT 6 AND VARSITY AT 7:30.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE AT CENTER POINT URBANA TONIGHT.

CHECK THE GUEST BOOK AND MAKE AN ENTRY TONIGHT....IF YOU HAVE TIME.

DENNIS VOY

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.
IN SPORTS..
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN HERE AND THE BOYS LOST THERE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS DIANE HURD IN TEXAS.
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY AND WARMER TODAY..HIGH OF 35.

HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY HAS OFFERED $35,000 FOR THE BICENTENNIAL PARK JUST NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN APPRAISED OVER TWICE THAT AMOUNT AND TODAY THE SUPERVISORS AT A WORK SESSION INDICATED THEY STILL WANT THE APPRAISED AMOUNT. HOSPICE WOULD BUILD A NEW BUILDING ON IT.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LOST HERE LAST NIGHT TO DAVENPORT WEST, BUT IT WAS A GOOD DUAL MEET AND THE YOUNG MAQUOKETA SQUAD DID WELL.

THE BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY TONIGHT...THE BOYS AT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN AND THE GIRLS HERE.

BRENT AND SHEILA NUGENT HAVE OFFERED THE CITY $10,000
FOR THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES QUONSET HUT. IT WAS THE COMPANY CAFFETERIA IN THE BOOMING DAYS OF THE PLANT. IT IS IN BAD SHAPE NOW. NUGENTS WOULD EXPAND THEIR ADJACENT BUSINESS ON TO THE PROPERTY. THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT VOTED IN FAVOR OF SELLING TO THE NUGENTS, AND A PUBLIC HEARING WILL NOW BE NECESSARY, AND WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 7TH.

JERRY GRAVES, AGE 45, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN A FREAK LOGGING ACCIDENT NOVEMBER 28TH. HE HAS LIVED IN MAQUOKETA FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE OWNER OF EASTERN IOWA FORESTRY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND 7 CHILDREN, INCLUDING 4 AT HOME. THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW NIGHT IN DUBUQUE AND BURIAL WILL BE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA. MRS. GRAVES AND FAMILY INVITES CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS TO STOP IN AT OBIE'S IN MAQUOKETA THURSDAY BETWEEN 3 AND 7 P.M. HIS WIFE
ALSO TOLD KMAQ NEWS THE BUSINESS WILL CONTINUE IN OPERATION AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. VERY SAD SITUATION. HE WAS IN A BUCKET WHEN A TREE LIMB FELL TO GROUND AND BOUNCED BACK UP ABOUT 20 FEET AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. DON'T FORGET TO READ AND SIGN THE GUEST BOOK.

DENNIS VOY

PARTLY SUNNY AND COLD TODAY...AROUND 20 FOR A HIGH.
WARMER WEATHER TOMORROW AND FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEK. FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, WE SHOULD BE IN THE 30'S. WE GOT 4 INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY. SO FAR, 9 FOR THE MONTH. NO SNOW LAST DECEMBER.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL MEET SATURDAY, WITH 8 TEAMS. WESTERN DUBUQUE WON IT. MAQUOKETA FINISHED 4TH. TAKING
FIRST PLACE FOR THE CARDINALS, MARCUS BREEDEN AT 112 POUNDS, TINM O'CONNELL AT 119 AND LARRY EGGERS AT 171.
THE CARDINALS WRESTLE DAVENPORT WEST TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, NON-CONFERENCE MEET. KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES STARTING AT 7:30 P.M. DR. PAUL
KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE MIKES.

RED HENTON HAS A NEW CD OUT...WITH 15 SONGS HE HAS NEVER RECORDED BEFORE. WE HAVE IT HERE AT KMAQ.
STILL ONLY $5 .. BUT IF RED SENDS IT, ADD $1.50 POSTAGE.
SEND CHECK TO KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IA. 52060.

CINEMA MOVIE RENTALS, NEXT TO THE THEATRE, HAS CLOSED AND ALL DVD MOVIES WILL BE SOLD THIS WEEKEND AT THE STORE. $6.99 A MOVIE. HUNDREDS TO CHOOSE FROM.
ALL GOOD TITLES.

A MOBILE HOME FIRE THIS AFTERNOON ON THE CAVES ROAD NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. THE BEN BOLLINGER HOME
WAS DESTROYED. A DOG DIED IN THE FIRE. NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. THE FAMILY IS LIVING IN ANOTHER MOBILE HOME NEARBY.

WE HAVE HAD A RASH OF PAINT BALL VANDALISM INCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA THIS PAST WEEK, INCLUDING OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAYS CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINT THREE JUVENILES.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

ART DAURELLE, 81, OF CLINTON DIED LAST THURSDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, TOM, OF MAQUOKETA.

SEE A NEW PHOTO BELOW.

TEN CHRISTMAS GREETINGS SO FAR ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK. THANKS. CHECK THE GUEST BOOK WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

EVERY MORNING AT 9:30, WE HAVE COFFEE AT THE DECKER
HOTEL. OWNERS TROY OR RAEANNE THEIDE BREW THE COFFEE AND WE SERVE OURSELVES AND THROW IN A DOLLAR.
REFILLS INCLUDED. NOT A BAD DEAL. BEEN DOING THIS THERE FOR A DOZEN YEARS OR MORE. BEHIND ME, BOB OSTERHAUS AND JERRY RASMUSSEN. BACK IN THE CORNER IS MORRIE MORRIS. BOB ENGEL IS IN THE LIGHT BLUE SHIRT ON THE RIGHT MIDDLE AND IN THE RIGHT CORNER WITH THE DARK BLUE DRESS SHIRT AND TIE, JAKE BICKFORD. NOT PICTURED, DAVE JOHNSON WHO SITS IN A COUPLE MORNINGS A WEEK AND ALSO MISSING AND A GOOD MEMBER OF THE GROUP, ED TUBBS. BOB STOCKHAM STOPS BY ONCE IN AWHILE ALSO. IT IS THIS GROUP THAT COULD SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS OF MAQUOKETA, IF SOMEONE WOULD LISTEN.
AND THIS GROUP SAYS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. JOIN US SOME MORNING. REMEMBER...CLICK ON THE PHOTO AND IT WILL GET LARGER.
DENNIS VOY

GOOD SATURDAY!
IT IS SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA. WE GOT AN INCH LAST NIGHT.
AND...WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER COUPLE INCHES TODAY.
IT WAS COLD....15 LAST NIGHT. HIGH TODAY IN 20'S.

IN SPORTS: THURSDAY NIGHT, THE YOUNG (NO SENIORS)
CARDINAL WRESTLING SQUAD LOST TO WEST DELAWARE, 52 TO 23. NOT BAD, CONSIDERING THE MANCHESTER PROGRAM IS
ONE OF THE BEST. TODAY, THE CARDINAL GRAPPLERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL AT DEWITT.

IN BASKETBALL, LAST NIGHT: THE IOWA HAWKEYES LOST TO DRAKE BY 6 POINTS. FIRST WIN AT IOWA CITY BY DRAKE IN 40 YEARS. DRAKE'S NEW COACH IS KENO DAVIS, SON OF DR. TOM DAVIS, FORMER GREAT HAWKEYE COACH. HIS DRAKE TEAM IS OFF TO THEIR BEST START EVER, 9 AND 1. THE HAWKS ARE HAVING BAD YEAR SO FAR UNDER THEIR NEW COACH.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT....THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE YEAR, AT THE MCHS GYM, BEATING ANAMOSA, 59 TO 46. LEADING THE CARDS LAST NIGHT WITH 17 POINTS EACH, DILLON O'CONNELL AND
ZACH BELLENDIER. MATT BOPES HAD 13. THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 1 AND 4. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED AT ANAMOSA
LAST NIGHT AND LOST, 53 TO 45.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD IS BEING ASKED TO LOOK AT A SCHOOL CALENDAR NEXT YEAR WHICH WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE FIRST SEMESTER END BEFORE CHRISTMAS. AND TO DO THIS, THE SCHOOL YEAR MIGHT HAVE TO START AS EARLY AS AUGUST 11TH. NOTHING DEFINITE, JUST IN DISCUSSION STAGE.

ARLENE FULTNER, 73, DIED LAST NIGHT. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON.'

THIS YEAR AGAIN THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER WILL BE HELD AT THE EAGLES CLUB AND SPONSORED
BY THE EAST IRON HILL CHURCH, THE FULTON CHURCH AND THE EAGLES. THERE WILL BE CARRYOUTS AND DELIVERIES TOO....AND FOR RESERVATIONS OR IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL IS 652-6626.

THE HOUSTON TEXANS, WITH QB SAGE ROSENFELS STARTING AND SCORING ONE TD AND PASSING FOR ANOTHER, WON AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT DOWN IN HOUSTON, BEATING COLORADO.
TWO WINS IN A ROW FOR SAGE AND HIS TEAM. THEY ARE NOW 7 AND 7 FOR THE SEASON.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL PUT ON "THE ODD COUPLE" BY NEIL SIMON, AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON FEBRUARY 29TH AND MAR 1ST AND 2ND.
NOW YOU KNOW....AND ALSO NOW KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR IS LEAP YEAR. OH YES...LORI HOUSTON AND BECKY HEAD KUTSCH WILL CO-DIRECT THE PRODUCTION BY THE LONGTIME LITTLE THEATRE GROUP.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTO BELOW THAT I TOOK LAST NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO START USING THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK
TO WISH PEOPLE MERRY CHRISTMAS. I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE AT LEAST 100 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ON THE GUEST BOOK.
BE SURE TO MENTION WHERE YOU LIVE AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CARE TO SHARE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

AGAIN THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS IS JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 64. IT IS HUGE. THE PHOTO HERE IS OF THE ENTRANCE TO
IT. IT IS PUT UP ANNUALLY BY PAUL AND DIANNE BRADY.
THANKS PAUL AND DIANNE FOR DOING THIS. I WILLL HAVE SOME OTHER CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
DENNIS VOY

AROUND 500 CAME TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER LAST NIGHT TO HEAR SENATOR OBAMA, INCLUDING ME. I TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES....THIS ONE OF THOSE SITTING UP ON STAGE. HE WAS INTRODUCED BY FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE BOB OSTERHAUS. HE THEN SPOKE AROUND 30 MINUTES AND AFTER ANSWERED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. THEN STAYED LAST NIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN. OVER 100 MOTEL ROOMS WERE FILLED IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS HERE OVERNIGHT. EARLY THIS MORNING, HE WORKED OUT AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA YMCA. WE ALL KNOW HE'S A GOOD SPEAKER...AND WAS AGAIN LAST NIGHT. LOTS OF IDEAS TO BETTER AMERICA, LIKE ALL THE CANDIDATES. I ENJOY ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND WE IN IOWA ARE LUCKY TO HAVE
SO MANY BIG POLITICIANS TOURING THE STATE EVERY FOUR
YEARS....AND IN A POSITION WHERE IF WE WANT, WE CAN GO UP AND TALK TO THEM, AND TAKE THEIR PICTURE. IN MOST OTHER STATES....GETTING CLOSE TO A POSIBLE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
AND SO.....THE CAMPAIGN GOES ON....BUT IT WON'T BE LONG, JUST AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR....WHEN WE FIND OUT WHICH TWO CANDIDATES CAME OUT ON TOP IN THE ALL IMPORTANT IOWA CAUCAS SYSTEM OF CANDIDATE SELECTION.
DENNIS VOY

NO SNOW TODAY....ALL SCHOOLS ARE BACK IN SESSION....SUNNY AND HIGH AROUND 30.

SENATOR OBAMA IS HELPING THE LOCAL ECONOMY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. AFTER HIS TALK TONIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, HE STAYS OVERNIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN. LAST I HEARD, NEARLY ALL (64) OF THE
ROOMS THERE (SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA) ARE RENTED BY OBAMA, STAFF, AND SECRET SERVICE, PLUS, THE NEWS MEDIA.
AND HALF OF DECKER HOTEL ROOMS ALSO RENTED TONIGHT.
I HAVE NOT HEARD HOW MANY ROOMS ARE RESERVED AT THE SUPER 8.

JOE HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA WAS RE-ELECTED AS DISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR OF THE IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, DURING THE ORGANIZATION'S 89TH ANNUAL MEETING LAST WEEK IN
DES MOINES. HE REPRESENTS 11 COUNTIES.

THREE VEHICLES COLLIDED ON SOUTH MAIN STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. NO CHARGES. DRIVERS WERE DAREN EARLES, 16, JOHN WEBER, 37 AND SARA MILLER, AGE 22. TOTAL DAMAGE WAS OVER $10,000.

TWO HOMES HIT BY PAINTBALLS LAST NIGHT.....THE HOMES OF SALLY EDWARDS ON PERSHING ROAD AND MARY RUPP ON CARDINAL DRIVE NEARBY.

SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR TILLIE CLARK, AGE 84,
OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED YESTERDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.

SAGE ROSENFELS, HOUSTON TEXANS QB, WILL BE AT THE HELM TONIGHT AGAINST DENVER, AS THE REGULAR QB AGAIN IS MENDING FROM INJURIES. SAGE ENGINEERED THEIR LAST WIN WITH 3 TD'S. THE GAME IS ON NFL NET TONIGHT, WHICH I AND MANY DON'T GET. GO TEXANS.
BY THE WAY, JUST HEARD THIS WEEK THAT SAGE'S PARENTS THIS SUMMER SOLD THEIR HOME OF MANY YEARS NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA AND MOVED TO IOWA CITY. SAGE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, AND GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH AND IOWA STATE.

BUSINESS NEWS: YES, THE UGLY CLOSED GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET, EAST, OF THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH HAS BEEN SOLD.
YES, THE BURNED OUT DEPOT ON EAST PLATT IS STILL STANDING, BUT WORD HAS IT THAT SOMETHING WILL BE HAPPENING THERE SOON.
YES, THE NEW SUB SANDWICH SHOP DOWNTOWN IS STILL NOT OPEN. WORK ON IT STARTED, BY DUBUQUE PEOPLE, THIS PAST SPRING.
YES, THE SALE HAS STARTED AND OSTERHAUS PHARMACY WILL BE MOVING TO (FORMER JACK AND JILL) A RENOVATED
BUILDING ON EAST PLATT. IT WILL BE SMALLER THAN PRESENT LOCATION. BIG SIGNS ARE UP ON BUILDING.
OSTERHOUSE TO THE WEST SIDE OF BUILDING. MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF MAQUOKETA ON THE EAST SIDE.
YES, BOB IS BACK BEHIND THE CHAIR AT BOB'S BARBER SHOP.
SHOULDER OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFUL.
YES, BANOWETZ ANTIQUES IS STILL FOR SALE, BOTH BUILDINGS.
AND YES, KMAQ WILL BE 50 NEXT YEAR. THE YEAR-LONG
CELEBRATION BEGINS IN JANAURY. AUGUST 26TH IS THE OFFICIAL DAY.

IF YOU ARE COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, LET ME KNOW AND I CAN SPREAD THE WORD HERE AND OLD FRIENDS CAN
GET TOGETHER FOR A CUP OF COFFEE WITH YOU.

OR SOME TABOR WINE.

HAPPY SHOPPING TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

MY STREET, NORTH JONES, LOOKING SOUTH

1 and 15/100 inches of precipitation yesterday in Maquoketa. So far this month, we have had 5 inches of snow. Last December, we got no snow.'

No school today, mainly because the county roads are bad for the school bus gang. Other highways and streets are back to near normal and
we are having a nice day. Even had some sunshine.

Five veteran Maquoketa teachers are retiring at the end of school year, taking the early retirement program offered by the district. They are:
John Manson, 35 years with the district....Sandra Arensdorf, 21 years....
Dennis Streets, 42 years....Chris Tubbs, 16 years ....and Bob Majerus,
40 years.

Thanks for checking in.

Dennis Voy

WHAT A DAY! EARLY THIS MORNING, FREEZING RAIN. THE PHONES STARTED RINGING AT 5:30 A.M. ALL SCHOOLS IN MAQUOKETA AREA CANCELLED. CLUB MEETINGS CANCELLED.
MANY BUSINESS PLACES DID NOT OPEN OR CLOSED EARLY. THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE CLOSED. ALL SPORTS TONIGHT CANCELLED. THE LIBRARY CLOSED. THE NEW YMCA CLOSED. OVERNIGHT LOW OF 29....TEMP WENT UP A LITTLE OVERNIGHT. THEN HIT 31 EARLY MORNING AND THAT WAS HIGH FOR TODAY. TEMP DROPPED DOWN INTO UPPER 20'S MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. NOW..THE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CALLED OFF EARLY. NOTHING MORE THAN LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT AND COLD. NO PRECIPITATION FOR REST OF WEEK, BUT COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ALL WEEK.
SO, TOMORROW SHOULD BE A BETTER DAY.

SENATOR OBAMA WILL SPEAK IN MAQUOKETA AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER THURSDAY NIGHT, AT 7 P.M.
OR A LITTLE LATER.

LOTS OF TREE BRANCHES DOWN. A COUPLE SEMI'S JACK-KNIFFED TODAY NEAR MAQUOKETA, BUT NO INJURIES.
LOTS OF POWER LINES DOWN IN IOWA. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE MORE REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS TOMORROW.

THE PHOTO YOU SEE ABOVE WAS TAKEN BY ME SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY, LOOKING OUT MY LIVING ROOM WINDOW.
KINDA PRETTY.....BUT NOTICE HOW BRANCHES ARE DROOPING.

YES..THE VOY THEATRE WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT....GUESS THE THEATRE AND BOWLING ALLEY BOTH WILL BE OPEN FOR THOSE WANTING TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.

AND WINTER STILL HAS NOT ARRIVED. THIS IS STILL FALL.
NOTHING LIKE THE 4-SEASONS.

DRIVE WITH CARE...AND BUCKLE UP.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

AN ICE STORM IN MAQUOKETA OVER THE WEEKEND...
AND NOW ANOTHER WINTER STORM FOR MAQUOKETA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT.
MORE SLEET AND SNOW IN THE FORECAST. WILL PROBABLY BE A LOT OF CANCELLATIONS TOMORROW.
HAD A GOOD KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TRIP TO NASHVILLE LAST WEEK. GOT HOME AT 7 LAST NIGHT. NASHVILLE WAS BUSY.
QUITE A CITY.

FRIDAY NIGHT, HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST THEIR BASKETBALL GAME TO DEWITT BY ABOUT 10 POINTS. DEWITT IS NOW 3 AND 0 AND MAQUOKETA IS NOW 0 AND 4. AND AT DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS UPSET DEWITT AND WON THE BALL GAME IN OVERTIME.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT.

ANGELA AND DAVID SPICKERMANN OF MAQUOKETA ARE THE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST THURDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

CARL BARTELS, 90, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HIS OBITURARY AND BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

AGAIN THIS SEASON, KMAQ IS AIRING OLD TIME CHRISTMAS
RADIO SHOWS AT 3 EACH AFTERNOON. TODAY IT WAS THE LONE RANGER SHOW AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON, EDGAR BERGEN AND CHARLIE MCCARTHY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

IT IS 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LIGHT SNOW HAS STARTED
IN MAQUOKETA. THE WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WE COULD GET
1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT.
OUR HIGH WAS 28 TODAY.
OVER THE WEEKEND, WE GOT 1 AND 4/10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...MOSTLY SLEET...SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SOME RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON,WITH HIGH WINDS. THE SLEET
IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS...HARD TO GET OFF SINCE WE HAVE HAD NO TEMPS ABOVE 32. STORES HAVE HAD A RUN ON ICE MELT AND IT WORKS A LITTLE.
NOW, SNOW ON TOP OF ICE. PAVED HIGHWAYS THOUGH WERE IN GOOD SHAPE YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYS "A CHRISTMAS STORY" WAS NOT PUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT THERE WAS A GOOD TURNOUT OF OVER 300 AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE DEDICATION CEREMONY OF THE NEW YMCA WENT ON AS SCHEDULED SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WITH ABOUT 60 IN ATTENDANCE. THE LT. GOVERNOR DID NOT MAKE IT. SHE FAXED A LETTER READ BY SEN. ROGER STEWART.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR GAME FRIDAY NIGHT.
THEY ARE HOSTING MANCHESTER TONIGHT. THE BOYS ARE AT
MACHESTER TONIGHT, PLAYING WEST DELAWARE.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS DID WELL AT CASCADE SATURDAY, WINNING 2 MATCHES AND LOOSING 1, TO ALWAYS POWERFULL DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.

AN ICY INTERSECTION RESULTED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT SUMMIT AND SECOND. ONE CAR DRIVEN BY LORI MASSEY, AGE 40, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE
OTHER DRIVEN BY HANNA THORSEN, AGE 17, OF MAQUOKETA.
NO INJURIES.

I WILL TRY AND HAVE ONE MORE REPORT TOMORROW SOMETIME, AND THEN NO REPORT UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK.
I WILL BE GONE 4 DAYS FOR KMAQ TRAVEL, ESCORTING A TRIP TO NASHVILLE, STARTING THURSDAY MORNING.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

LIGHT SNOW STARTED ABOUT 10 THIS MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. VERY LITTLE SNOW SINCE, BUT TERRIBLE SLEET. HIGHWAYS ARE VERY SLIPPERY. TALKED TO LONGTIME DEPUTY ED CLARK JUST BEFORE NOON AND HE SAID THE ROADS ARE AS BAD AS HE HAS EVER SEEN. LOTS OF CANCELLATIONS. THE YMCA GRAND OPENING WENT ON AS SCHEDULED THIS AFTERNOON. WYOMING CANCELLED ITS BIG ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ONE-DAY EVENT TODAY AND WILL RE-SCHEDULE.
PRESTON'S SECOND DAY OF THEIR HOLIDAY EVENT CANCELLED
TODAY'S SCHEDULE. THEY STILL HAVE SOME THINGS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.
DELMAR WILL HAVE THEIR HOLIDAY EVENT TOMORROW AS SCHEDULED.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS PRODUCTION OF "A CHRITMAS STORY' WAS WELL-ATTENDED LAST NIGHT AND I'VE HEARD SOME GOOD COMMENTS. TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND THE FINAL PERFORMANCE WILL BE AT 2 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED HOST LAST NIGHT TO DUBUQUE SENIOR AND LOST 64 TO 55. DILLON O'CONNELL LEAD MAQUOKETA WITH 13 POINTS. MATT BOPES HAD 12 AND DYLAN BARTELS, 11. MAQUOKETA IS NOW 0 AND 2.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED LAST NIGHT, AWAY, BUT THE COACH DID NOT REPORT THE SCORE TO US...OR TO THE PAPERS, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID. WIN OR LOOSE, THE COACH SHOULD REPORT HIS SCORE TO THE MEDIA, BUT MANY DON'T, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY LOOSE. AND THEN THERE ARE COACHES THAT GO THE EXTRA MILE BY GETTING THE SCORE TO US QUICKLY ... SOMETIMES THEY GIVE US MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE.
MONDAY, I SHOULD HAVE THE GIRL'S SCORE AND ALSO HOW THE WRESTLERS DID TODAY AT CASCADE.

A MILES MAN WAS KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT JUST NORTH OF MAQUKETA, NEAR HURSTVILLE, AT 8:30 LAST NIGHT.
HE PULLED ONTO HIGHWAY 61 AND WAS STRUCK BY A BETTENDORF CAR GOING NORTH. THAT WAS THE 2ND FATALITY IN NOVEMBER IN THAT AREA. AND THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF OTHER ACCIDENTS AT TWO DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS THERE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY.
WE ARE WAITING FOR A WINTER STORM TO HIT TOMORROW, SATURDAY.
I MAY HAVE A REPORT SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THE STORM IS DOING...
AND GIVE YOU TONIGHT'S GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL
SCORES.
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY...HIGH OF 35.
BAD WEATHER IS BEING FORECAST FOR SATURDAY.

THE NEW YMCA WILL HAVE ITS GRAND OPENING SATURDAY.
LT. GOV. PATTY JUDGE WILL BE ON HAND FOR THE 1 P.M.
CEREMONY AND MATT OSTERHAUS, YMCA BOARD CHAIRMAN, WILL BE THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES.

LEIGHTON HEPKER WROTE THIS STORY AND IT AIRED YESTERDAY. WORD FOR WORD: NO ONE WAS INJURED IN A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 5:50 TUESDAY MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH JONES AND WEST PLATT STREETS. 68 YEAR OLD DENNIS VOY OF MAQUOKETA WAS SOUTHBOUND ON JONES. AS HE MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO PLATT STREET, HE STRUCK AN EAST BOUND CAR ON PLATT DRIVEN BY 14 YEAR OLD BRITTNEY BICKFORD OF RURAL
MAQUOKETA. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE VOY WAS DRIVING WAS
ESTIMATED AT $500. THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE BICKFORD DRIVEN CAR REGISTERED TO JENNIFER WIEBENGA OF RURAL ZWINGLE. VOY WAS SIGHTED FOR FAILING TO YIELD.

GOLDA GILMORE, 94, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

JANICE K. EDSON, 63, OF DUBUQUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT A CARE FACILITY AT DUBUQUE.
SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS OPEN WAMAC CONFERENCE PLAY AT CENTER POINT URBANA TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WILL HOSTING DUBUQUE SENIOR TOMORROW NIGHT, A NON-CONFERENCE GAME.
IN THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON, THEY LOST
TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT. THE NEW COACH THIS YEAR IS
TROY OSTERHAUS. HE WAS THE ASSISTANT LAST YEAR.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS START THE SEASON SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CASCADE DUALS, A NEW EVENT ON THE CARDINALS SCHEDULE. WRESTLING SATURDAY, STARTING AT 9 A.M. WILL BE MAQUOKETA, CASCADE, VINTON SHELLSBURG, AND CLAYTON RIDGE. MAQUOKETA COACH TOD BOWMAN
IS WORKING WITH A VARSITY SQUAD OF 23 GRAPPLERS...4
JUNIORS, 15 SOPHOMORES, AND 4 FRESHMEN. NO SENIORS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY, WINDY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH IN LOW 30'S.

A 6-MONTH CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $50,000 FOR A HABIT FOR HUMANITY HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA HAS COME TO A SUCCESFUL
CLOSE. THE GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED THANKS TO THE
GENEROSITY OF MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HUMANITY HOME IN MAQUOKETA. NOW, APPLICATIONS ARE STILL BE TAKEN FOR A FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL T O TURN THIS HOUSE INTO A HOME.
ANYONE WANTING MORE INFORMATION....FOR YOURSELF OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW...CALL 563-556-6437.

WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF THE DEATH OF FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT MARGO E. MOHR. SHE DIED NOVEMBER 19 AT WEST ALEXANDRIA, OHIO AT THE AGE OF 64.
SHE WAS A 1961 GRAD OF MCHS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 SISTERS, INCLUDING VIRGINA HUGHES OF PRESTON....ALSO SURVIVED BY TWO BROTHERS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS PLANNED AND WILL BE HELD AT THE PENCE CEMETERY HEAR BALDWIN, NEXT SUMMER.

DORIS HAYES, 73, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME...www.carsonandson.com HER LATE HUSBAND WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL BAND INSTRUCTOR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL MANY YEARS AGO.

I WILL NOT HAVE A REPORT TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY, YOU WILL HEAR A REPORT ON A FENDER BENDER ACCIDENT I HAD THIS MORNING. DARN IT!!
YES..IT WAS MY FAULT.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY.
WILL BE IN THE 40'S MOST OF WEEK.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF SEASON
SATURDAY NIGHT, HERE, DEFEATING NORTHEAST OF GOOSE LAKE BY A BIG MARGIN. THEY ARE NOW 1 AND 2. THEY PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER INVESTIGATED A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT AROUND 1 FRIDAY AFTERNOON JUST SOUTHEAST OF ANDREW. MATTHEW SCHEPERS, AGE 18,
MAQUOKETA LOST CONTROL OF H S CAR AND IT HIT A MAILBOX AND SLAMMED INTO A FENCE. THE CAR WAS REGISTERED TO LU ANN ELKINS OF MAQUOKETA. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $3,500. NEITHER SCHEPERS NOR A PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. SCHEPERS WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

HELEN KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA HIT A DEER SATURDAY NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 62. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF HER AUTO. HELEN, BY THE WAY, IS BACK TO WORK ....IS THE MANAGER OF A NEW ANTIQUE STORE IN BELLEVUE.

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WILL BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN DEWITT AT 3:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF HIS WIFE.'

DUB ROMER OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 88TH BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK.

THE MID AMERICA NAZERENE COLLEGE (IN KANSAS)BASKETBALL TEAM IS OFF TO ANOTHER GOOD START AND THIS WEEKEND IMPROVED TO A 9 AND 0 AFTER JUST WINNING A
WEEKEND TOURNAMENT IN ORANGE CITY, IOWA. SENIOR GUARD ADAM HEPKER (CINDY AND LEIGHTON'S SON), THE COACH ROCKY LAMAAR, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA (JUST GOT HIS 500 THE WIN-ALL AT MID AMERICA) AND AST. COACH, BILL FLEMMING, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA COACH, ARE ALL PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN THE TEAM'S EARLY SEASON SUCCESS.

THE STILL NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA IS HAVING ALL KINDS OF FREE
PROGRAMS. THIS SUNDAY, ONE ON SHARKS AND RAYS OF
MONTEREY BAY. STARTS AT 1:30. WHEN YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA, PUT A STOP AT THE HURTVILLE CENTER ON YOUR SCHEDULE. YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED. CHECK OUT THE NEW YMCA TOO....AND DRIVE BY THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL GYM AND THE NEW FIRE STATION. LOTS TO SEE WHEN YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA DURING THE HOLIDAYS AHEAD. TAKE A DRIVE ALSO ON NEWLY REDONE WESTERN AVENUE. REALLY NICE.
REALLY WIDE.

THE ATV RACE TRACK AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAQUOKETA, NEXT TO THE CITY BRUSH AND LEAVES
DUMP, IS APPARENTLY NEVER GOING TO BE USED AGAIN.
IT'S FOR SALE AND LOOKS LIKE WORK MAY HAVE STARTED TO LEVEL IT.

THE BIG CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE POST OFFICE IS LIGHTED AGAIN THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON. NO CEREMONY FOR THE LIGHTING AS WAS DONE FOR MANY YEARS.

"ENCHANTED" WAS THE NUMBER 1 MOVIE THIS PAST WEEKEND NATIONWIDE AND ALSO HERE IN MAQUOKETA AT MY THEATRE.
WE SAW IT SATURDAY NIGHT AND ENJOYED IT. FROM DISNEY STUDIO....STARTS OFF AS AN ANIMATED MOVIE AND THEN THE CHARACTERS TURN INTO REAL PEOPLE. RATED PG. YOU'LL LIKE IT. FEEL YOUNG AGAIN...TAKE IN A MOVIE. AND DON'T FORGET TO HAVE SOME POPCORN. THE VOY THEATRE IS
33 YEARS OLD AND LOOKS EXACTLY AS IT DID WHEN IT OPENED.
HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT CHANGING THE DECOR BUT MOST PEOPLE SAY TO LEAVE IT AS IS. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO COME BACK FOR VISIT AND SEE IT AS IT LOOKED WHEN
THEY WERE HERE WHILE IN SCHOOL. LOTS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE THAT ARE NOT VISABLE THOUGH....LIKE A NEW ROOF A FEW WEEKS AGO, RE-CONDITONED MARQUE LAST SUMMER, AND NEW HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. WALTHER MATHAU AND CAROL BURNETT WERE IN THE FIRST MOVIE TO RUN AT THE THEATRE. REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT? WE NOW HAVE GIFT CARDS FOR HOLIDAY GIVING. IF INTERESTED IN BUYING SOME, EMAIL ME AND I'LL
FIX YOU UP.

YOU DON'T GET COMMERCIALS ON THIS REPORT VERY OFTEN...
I COULDN'T RESIST.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. ENJOY THAT LEFT OVER TURKEY HAS I WILL TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

IT WAS COLD THIS MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. 15 DEGREES.
WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, IT WARMED UP TO 32 TODAY.
LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW FELL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

JUSTIN MOHR, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS INJURED IN A GUNSHOT INCIDENT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT RURAL WYOMING, REMAINS IN SERIOUS TO CRITICAL CONDITION AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. KMAQ NEWS WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT HE HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT AND IS ABLE TO TALK WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. HE LOST A KIDNEY, PART OF HIS LIVER AND IS PARALIZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. HE WILL BEGIN PHYSICAL THERAPY NEXT WEEK. HIS PARENTS, AL AND ELOISE MOHR, ARE WITH HIM
DAY AND NIGHT. JUSTIN CAN NOT SEE VISITORS AT THIS TIME.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING SOMETHING FOR THE FAMILY. TWO EMPLOYEES AT BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY (JUSTIN'S DAD IS MANAGER OF THE FIRM) ARE HEADING UP A DRIVE FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY AND WILL BE TAKING THINGS TO THE HOSPITAL EVERY FEW DAYS.
CARDS, PACKAGES AND MONETARY DONATIONS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY ON EAST PLATT STREET. A BENEFIT WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.

BETTY L. ELLIS, AGE 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LATE LAST NIGHT AT THE CLOVER RIDGE PLACE IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, SHERI MELVOLD OF MAQUOKETA.
THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS W. VOY

MAQUOKETA'S FIRST SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DIDN'T
AMOUNT TO MUCH. THANKSGIVING MORNING, A FARM FIELD
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, LOOKNG SOUTH.
LESS THAN AN INCH FELL.

NO SNOW YET..BUT SUPPOSEDLY COMING. IT'S 3 IN THE AFTERNOON AND CLOUDY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS RECEIVED A REPORT ON THE APPRAISAL FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK, JUST NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL HERE IN TOWN. THE PARK WAS OPENED IN 1976 AS A HEALTH FITNESS PARK AND HAS BEEN USED LITTLE OVER THE YEARS. IT BORDERS THE BEAUTIFUL MAQUOKETA RIVER. HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY IS INTERESTED IN BUYING THE PARK AND USE IT FOR THEIR NEW 6-TO-10 BED HOSPICE HOUSE. THE APPRAISAL CAME IN AT $77,500. SUPEVISORS WILL TALK ABOUT SELLING IT DURING THEIR WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK. A PUBLIC HEARING
WILL HAVE TO BE HELD BEFORE IT CAN BE SOLD BY THE COUNTY. IT IS LOCATED IN THE CITY. I'M NOT SURE HOW I WOULD VOTE ON SELLING IT.

LOIS POTTER, AGE 65, DIED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 3:40 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. SHE WAS WESTBOUND ON 65RD STREET, FAILED TO YIELD AT THE STOP SIGN AND PULLED INTO THE PATH OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A STATE OF WASHINGTON MAN, DRIVING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61. HE WAS DRIVING A 2000 CHEVY TAHOE AND HE WAS NOT INJURED. POTTER WAS NOT
WEARING A SEAT BELT. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY DROPPED TO 3.9 PERCENT IN OCTOBER, FROM 4.1 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.

NICOLE AND JAMES COLLINS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN THURSDAY, NOV. 15TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

JEANNE LARSON AND AARON ARENSDORF OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY, NOV. 16TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE LARRY AND SANDY ARENSDORF OF MAQUOKETA.

JEREMIAH AND DEBRA CHRISTIANSEN OF BALDWIN ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SATURDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARGO AND PAUL CHRISTIANSEN OF
MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR GAME LAST NIGHT TO NORTH SCOTT, 58 TO 52. KELSEY BOLLMAN HAD 19 POINTS, TOPS FOR THE CARDINALS. THEY ARE NOW 0 AND 2.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

GO PACKERS.

DENNIS VOY

43 WAS THE OVERNIGHT LOW LAST NIGHT.
AND TODAY'S HIGH WAS 43....THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT BUDGE ALL DAY. FOG THIS MORNING....AND NOW FOG IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AGAIN. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AND AN INCH AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. NO SNOW IN FORECAST FOR THANKSGIVING DAY, BUT TURKEY DAY WILL BE COLD, WITH A HIGH IN MID 30'S.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN WAS KILLED LATE THIS AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 61, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, IN THE VICINITY OF THE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. POSSIBLY WEATHER RELATED. NO DETAILS YET AVAILABLE AND HER NAME CAN NOT BE AIRED UNTIL TOMORROW. MANY PEOPLE IN MAQUOKETA KNOW HER.

JONES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES RELEASED INFORMATION TODAY ON THE GUNSHOT INCIDENT AT RURAL WYOMING
SATURDAY NIGHT, WHICH RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURIES TO A MAQUOKETA MAN. JUSTIN MOHR, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA IS IN THE HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY, IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
JONES COUNTY DEPUTY GREG GRAVER SAID AARON SCOTT, AGE 23, OF WYOMING WAS SITTING IN HIS PICKUP HOLDING A LOADED HANDGUN AT HIS RESIDENCE, RURAL WYOMING, ON 20TH AVENUE. BROCK BOWMAN, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTING TO DISARM SCOTT OF THE FIREARM. A STRUGGLE ENSUED OVER THE HANDGUN AND THE WEAPON FIRED ONCE AND THE BULLIT
TRAVELED THROUGH THE DRIVERS WINDOW AND HIT JUSTIN MOHR WHO WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE TRUCK. MOHR WAS FIRST TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND THEN WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, WHERE HE REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH INTERNAL INJURIES, ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY. AARON SCOTT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN FILED AT THIS TIME.
THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. MOHR IS A SENIOR AT ST. AMBROSE COLLEGE IN DAVENPORT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S HAVE STARTED THEIR SEASON.
THEY LOST THEIR OPENING GAME AT CEDAR RAPIDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND WITH THEIR 0 AND 1 RECORD, ARE HOSTING NORTH SCOTT TONIGHT.

THE KMAQ OLD TIME TURKEY SHOOT IS GOING ON AGAIN THESE DAYS AND LISTENERS ARE SHOOTING AT TURKEYS IN KMAQ'S CAGES. WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF WINNERS AND LOTS OF BAD SHOOTERS TOO. THIS FUN PROMOTION HAS BEEN A REGULAR AT THANKSGIVING TIME SINCE 1958.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN. I'LL HAVE THE ACCIDENT STORY TOMORROW AND THE NAME OF THE WOMAN THAT
WAS KILLED.

DENNIS VOY

IT WAS FOGGY THIS MORNING AND WE HAD NO SUNSHINE TODAY AND A HIGH IN THE LOW 50'S. YESTERDAY WE GOT
3/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN, OUR FIRST RAIN IN NOVEMBER.
LAST NOVEMBER, WE GOT AROUND 2 1/2 INCHES. SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST FOR MID-WEEK. WE COULD HAVE A WHITE
THANKSGIVING AND A HIGH THURSDAY IN THE LOW 30'S ..AND A LOW THURSDAY NIGHT AROUND 15.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.'

A 21 YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA MAN WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BY AIR AMBULANCE SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER SUFFERING A GUNSHOT WOUND IN JONES COUNTY. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE GUNSHOT INCIDENT (POSSIBLY AN ACCIDENT) WAS REPORTED AT 10:22 SATURDAY NIGHT ON 20TH AVENUE, RURAL WYOMING. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THE MAQUOKETA MAN HAD A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE UPPER ABDOMEN. WE SHOULD HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THIS INCIDENT TOMORROW.

FIVE MORE DEER ACCIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. DIANE LARSEN OF MAQUOKETA HIT ONE SUNDAY NIGHT.

JENNIFER MCKEE, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A CAR
ACCIDENT ON 150TH AVENUE IN CLINTON COUNTY. SHE HIT
A DEER THAT ENTERED THE ROAD AND WHEN SHE SWERVED TO AVOID THE ANIMAL, SHE LOST CONTROL AND IT WENT INTO THE DITCH. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA BY OXFORD JUNCTION AMBULANCE AND TREATED FOR POSSIBLE INJURIES. HER 2002 FORD MUSTANG HAD DAMAGES LISTED AT $5,000.

ALSO, AN ELDERLY CALAMUS COUPLE WAS DRIVING AT RURAL DEWITT SUNDAY AND HIT A DEER. IT LANDED ON THE WINDSHIELD, BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND THE DEER THEN LANDED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES.

GLADYS SCHLEMMER DIED YESTERDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

HAD A GREAT TIME IN BRANSON WITH 54 GUESTS. BRANSON WAS VERY BUSY AND MORE BUILDING IS GOING ON IN ALL AREAS OF THE BOOMING CITY. HAD A SCARE THOUGH. OUR BUS BROKE DOWN ON THE WAY AND IT TOOK NEARLY 2-HOURS FOR A MECHANIC TO GET US BACK ON THE ROAD. WE SKIPPED A BREAKFAST STOP AND GOT BACK ON THE TIME SCHEDULE.

THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ARE UP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

CHECK THE GINGEBREAD BELOW BY BONNIE MITCHELL.

HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY WEEK EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY

THIS GINGERBREAD HOUSE WAS MADE BY BONNIE MITCHELL, CURATOR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM.
SEE IT AND 16 OTHER GINGERBREAD CREATIONS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE MUSEUM ON THE MAQUOKETA FAIRGROUNDS.

SUNNY AND NICE TODAY .. HIGH OF 60.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS LEARNED LAST WEEK THAT THE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK DOWN THIS SUMMER. BEL TUBBS, PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MAQUOKETA CAVES, REPORTED 188,000 VISITORS, DOWN FROM 195,960 LAST YEAR. DOWN BECAUSE SOME FLOODING EARLIER THIS YEAR RESULTED IN ONE OF THE LARGEST CAVES BEING SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS DURING THE BUSY SUMMER SEASON. THERE WERE 11,000 CAMPERS THIS YEAR, DOWN FROM 12,740 LAST YEAR.
AND, 3,075 STOPPED IN AT THE VISITOR CENTER, WHICH WAS NEARLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, THE STATE WIDENED THE ROAD FROM THE CAVES HIGHWAY INTO THE PARK AND NOW BUSES HAVE A PLACE TO TURN AROUND.
THE FRIENDS GROUP AT THE VISITOR CENTER SOLD T-SHIRTS AND TRAIL SHIRTS AND PROCEEDS BOUGHT SOME PLANTS AROUND THE CENTER. AND THEY PLAN ON GETTING NEW SIGNS FOR OUTSIDE NEXT YEAR. THERE ARE 78 VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK AT THE CAVES, UP FROM 68 LAST YEAR. THE FRIENDS OF THE CAVES MEET FEBRUARY THROUGH OCTOBER AND THE CAVES RANGER JIM MAGIRL. ATTENDS THE MEETINGS.
HE WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM DICK MOELLER IN WEST PALM BEACH,
TELLING ME THAT HIS DAD, FAY, OF 802 EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE 98 THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH.
HIS PHONE NUMBER IS 563-652-2159. HE LISTENS RELIGIOUSLY TO KMAQ. HE STILL LIVES ALONE, DRIVES HIS CAR, BUT ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES A YEAR AND STILL PLAYS THE PIANO AND SINGS AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME ONCE A MONTH. HIS DAUGHTER, DICK'S SISTER, IS LOIS SCHEPERS OF RURAL DELMER. SEND HIM A CARD IF YOU HAVE TIME, OR CALL HIM THURSDAY. DICK SAID HE AND LOIS ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD DAD FOR SO LONG.

CHECK OUT THE PICTURES I PUT UP HERE OVER THE WEEKEND AND CLICK-ON TO THEM TO MAKE THEM LARGER.

I HAVE A FULL KMAQ-TRAVEL BUSLOAD GOING WITH ME TO BRANSON TOMORROW. BE BACK FRIDAY NIGHT. SO, NO DAILY REPORT UNTIL THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT MONDAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER GINGERBREAD HOUSE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM. SEVENTEEN ARE ON DISPLAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS. STOP IN.

ONE OF THE FIRST HOMES IN MAQUOKETA TO BE DECORATED FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS THE SHIRLEY WHITCHELO HOME AT 716 WEST QUARRY STREET. SHE DOES IT EVERY YEAR AND CHANGES IT A LITTLE ALSO. YES...IN MAQUOKETA...IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LITTLE LIKE CHRISTMAS!!

THE NEW MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION IS GOING UP FAST.
IT WILL BE FACED WITH TWO DIFFERENT COLORS OF BRICK. THE RED TO LEFT IS ALMOST COMPLETED. THE GRAYISH BRICK TO RIGHT IS NEARLY IN PLACE AND THAT SAME COLOR WILL EXTEND TO THE OLD FIRE STATION TO THE RIGHT, WITH THE FOUR OVERHEAD DOORS. LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO HAVE
LOTS OF ROOM FOR TRUCKS, EQUIPMENT, OFFICES AND TRAINING AND SOCIAL ROOMS.
REMEMBER...CLICK-ON THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT BIGGER.
AND CHECK THE PICTURE OF THE LOCAL PILE OF IOWA GOLD
BELOW THE FIRE STATION.
DENNIS VOY

BELOW, A PHOTO I TOOK THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ON OLD HIGHWAY 61. IOWA IS HAVING A RECORD CROP OF CORN AND SOMETIMES AFTER IT IS PICKED, IT HAS TO BE TAKEN TO A TEMPORARY PLACE

UNTIL PERMANENT STORAGE CAN BE FOUND OR BARGE SHIPMENT IS AVAILABLE. THIS LARGE PILE OF IOWA GOLD

IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AROUND, WITH OVER A HALF-MILLION BUSHELS OF CORN IN THE PILE. AT SOMEWHERE AROUND $3.00 A BUSHEL....IT IS A RICH SIGHT TO SEE. FALL LEAVES ARE PRETTY, BUT CORN IS PRETTY TOO.

REMEMBER...CLICK-ON THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT BIGGER.

NICE DAY TODAY...WE ARE IN THE LOW 60'S.

DENNIS VOY

UPDATED and fixed link.
Dave

SUNNY AND COOL TODAY.
WE'LL BE IN THE 50'S TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.

LOTS FOR OF THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND. TOMORROW NIGHT, THE ANNUAL HUMANE SOCIETY DINNER AT THE EAGLES AND THE ANNUAL CATTLEMEN'S BANQUET AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. SUNDAY MORNING, THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION FOUNDATION CASSEROLE BREAKFAST AT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA. AND SUNDAY, 11 AM UNTIL 2 P.M...THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY EXPO AT DEWITT, IN TWO LOCATIONS AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, KMAQ WILL HAVE A BOOTH AT THE DEWITT COMMUNTY CENTER LOCATION. THE OTHER
HALF OF EXPO AT THE KC HALL ACROSS FROM BARNE'S FOODLAND. THE TREE OF LIGHTS AT THE OHNWARD CENTER IN MAQUOKETA OPENS TO VIEWING THIS SUNDAY. THE OHNWARD CENTER HAS A NICE WEB SITE....www.ohnwardfineartscenter.com
....AND NOTICE , A KID'S MUSICAL-COMEDY SHOW WILL BE ON STAGE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2.

UPDATE - FIXED LINK
THE STRATHMAN SONG/VIDEO I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS WEEK....DID NOT COME UP WITH THE ADDRESS I GAVE YOU.
TRY THIS ONE: www.cities97.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=81883&g=1194612382
NOTE: THIS IS A_BETWEEN ARTIST AND SUBMISSION. THANKS TO DAD, FRANK STRATHMAN, FOR THIS NEW ADDRESS. IF THIS DOES NOT WORK, YOU COULD EMAIL HIM DIRECT AT bfb@iowatelecom.net
CHECK OUT Davids Blog for more info as well www.DavidVoy.com


THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD HAD AGREED TO DONATE LAND AT WASHINGTON AND 5TH STREET TO CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR ITS NEW MAQUOKETA COLLEGE.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT A BOND ISSUE OF BUILDING THE FACILITY PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.2 MILLION.
THIS SITE WOULD BE JUST EAST OF THE NEW GYM...AND HIRING AN ARCHITECT IS NEXT WITH CONSTRUCITION TO START
NEXT YEAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IF IOWA BEATS MINNESOTA TOMORROW, THEY GET A BOWL BID.

THE IOWA BASKETBALL SEASON OFFICIAL FIRST GAME IS TONIGHT.

WE HAVE TWO NEW PART TIME ANNOUNCERS AT KMAQ.
JACI MOORE, A FRESHMAN AT MCHS....AND JAYNE EVOL OF
DELMAR. SHE AND HER HUSBAND MOVED TO DELMAR NOT LONG AGO AND SHE HAS BEEN A LEGAL SECRETARY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND STILL IS. A FIRST JOB FOR JACI AND A SECOND JOB FOR JAYNE. BOTH DOING NICE WORKING EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS. WILL GET A PHOTO OF BOTH ON THE DAILY REPORT SOON. OUR NEW FULLTIME ANNOUNCER, RUSTY, IS
DOING GOOD AND WE CONTINUE TO GET GOOD COMMENTS FROM HIS LISTENERS.

"FRED CLAUS" OPENS NATIONWIDE INCLUDING AT THE VOY THEATRE, TONIGHT.

THE CASINO ON THE MISSISSIPPI AT FORT MADISON IS CLOSING FOR NOT ENOUGH BUSINESS. HOW ABOUT THAT.

LOOK AT ANOTHER GINGERBREAD BUILDING PHOTO BELOW.
THIS ONE DONE BY JANET STANG. REMEMBER, TO ENLARGE THE PHOTO, JUST "CLICK ON IT".

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

STILL ANOTHER GINGERBREAD BUILDING ON DISPLAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA FROM NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

SUNNY AND COLD AGAIN TODAY. 40 FOR A HIGH.
LAST NIGHT, WE GOT DOWN TO 20 IN MAQUOKETA. WARMER WEATHER IS COMING SOON.

IN THE ELECTION YESTERDAY. NEIL MOREHEAD WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL, DEFEATING ED TURNEY,432 TO 405. MARGO SHOUSE WILL BE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. SHE GOT 148 VOTES, DEFEATING LEONARD DITCH AND TODD GREEN. DITCH GOT 128 VOTES AND GREEN, 37 VOTES. THE HOTEL-MOTEL TAX INCREASE PASSED, 640 TO 190. TOM MESSERLI WAS RE-ELECTED MAYOR WITH NO BALLOT OPPOSITION, GETTING 571 VOTES. THERE WERE SOME WRITE-IN VOTES FOR MAYOR, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN NAMES OR FIGURES. TWO INCUMBANT COUNCILMEMBERS WERE, LIKE MESSERLI, UNOPPOSED. MATT WINEGAR AND MARSHA MEYERS WERE BOTH RE-ELECTED.

DEWITT LOST THEIR PLAYOFF GAME TO KEOKUK LAST NIGHT, 42 TO 7.

CHECK THE GINGERBREAD PHOTO BELOW, OF THE GINGERBREAD PASTIME THEATRE, DONE BY MICHELLE FLAGEL.
REMEMBER, WITH ALL PHOTOS ON THIS DAILY REPORT..CLICK ON THE PHOTO AND IT WILL BE ENLARGED ON YOUR MONITOR SCREEN.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

HERE IS ANOTHER OF THE 17 GINGERBREAD BUILDINGS FOR HOLIDAY VISITORS TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. NO ADMISSION FEE AT THE MUSEUM. STOP IN AND GO UPSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT 17 PEOPLE HAVE DONE, WORKING FROM A PHOTO. THIS IS THE OLD PASTIME THEATRE, DEMOLISHED IN
EARLY 1973 TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW SCHULTZ BROTHERS VARIETY STORE.

SUNNY, WINDY AND COOL TODAY. TONIGHT, MIGHT GET DOWN
TO THE TEENS.

VOTING IS GOING ON IN MAQUOKETA. NOT ONLY ARE VOTERS CASTING THEIR VOTE FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, RESIDENTS ARE ALSO BEING ASKED TO APPROVE AN INCREASE IN THE CITY'S MOTEL HOTEL TAX. THE PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT CALLS FOR THE LODGING TAX TO INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT 5 PERCENT TO 7 PERCENT. THE PROPOSED RATE IS THE HIGHEST ALLOWED BY STATE LAW AND WOULD RAISE A MOTEL BILL BY $1 ON A $50 A NIGHT ROOM. MAQUOKETA HAS FOUR LODGING FACILITIES.

NICK HELGERSON, CHRISTA BELLMAN, TERRY SKRIVSETH,
TONY PORTY, ERIC MEYER AND MILTON GONNER.....ALL HIT A DEER WITH THEIR VEHICLE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.

CHAD STRATHMAN, A LAWYER IN MINNEAPOLIS, PLAYS WITH A GROUP OF LAWYERS IN A BAND THAT PLAYS AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE TWIN CITIES. LAST YEAR, WHEN HIS WIFE
GOT REALLY SICK, HE WROTE A SONG FOR HER, THE BAND HE IS IN RECORDED IT...AND IT IS GETTING SOME PLAY ON RADIO IN THE TWIN CITIES. AND YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF THE BAND AND HEAR THE SONG AT www.cities97.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html IN THE PHOTO OF THE GROUP, CHAD IS IN A RED SHIRT AND STANDING ON THE LEFT. CHAD'S PARENTS ARE FRANK AND BARB STRATHMAN, OF BELLEVUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUKETA. I BELIEVE CHAD GRADUATED FROM MCHS. I GAVE THE SONG A LISTEN.
IT'S GOOD!

NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE LOST THEIR SECOND PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT AND TONIGHT DEWITT PLAYS AGAIN AGAINST KEOKUK. SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME. WE'LL HAVE IT ON KMAQ AM AND FM AT 7 TONIGHT, RIGHT AFTER OUR SPEICIAL AUCTION SHOW. LEIGHTON HEPKER AND MARK HILLEBRAND AT THE MIKES. AFTER THE GAME, WE'LL HAVE ELECTION COVERAGE. ALL THIS WEEK , FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW, WE ARE DOING A WEEK OF NIGHTIME AUCTION SHOWS, THRU THIS FRIDAY, STARTING AT 6:50 EACH NIGHT AND GOING FOR AN HOUR OR JUST OVER.

GOT A GOOD PICTURE WITH SOMEONE FROM MAQUOKETA IN IT? EMAIL IT TO ME AND I MIGHT PUT IT UP HERE ON THE REPORT.

BE SURE TO COME BACK TOMORROW TO FIND OUT WHO WON THE ELECTION.

DENNIS VOY

WINDY AND COLD TODAY. HIGH ONLY IN THE 40'S.

TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY. POLLS WILL BE OPEN IN
MAQUOKETA FROM 7 A.M.UNTIL 8 P.M. IN MAQUOKETA,
THERE ARE TWO RUNNING FOR THE AT-LARGE COUNCIL
POSITION, INCUMBENT NEIL MOREHEAD AND ED TURNEY.
AND IN THE OTHER CONTEST IN MAQUOKETA, THERE ARE THREE RUNNING FOR FIFTH WARD COUNCIL. THEY ARE LEONARD DITCH, TODD GREEN AND MARGO SHOUSE.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

JOE PUETZ, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY MORNING.
HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT http://www.carsonandson.com/

SAGE ROSENFELS STARTED FOR HOUSTON YESTERDAY, PLAYED THE WHOLE GAME AND DIRECTED THE TEXANS TO A WIN OVER OAKLAND, INCLUDING A 65 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. ALL MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL FANS ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

TRAVIS SAUNDERS ROLLED A 300 GAME LAST WEEK IN THE
SUBURBAN BUD LIGHT LEAGUE AT TIMER LANES. ENDED UP WITH A 717 SERIES.

THE MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL
TEAM IS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE MEN'S N.A.I.A. DIVISION
TWO PRE-SEASON POLL. THEY FINISHED LAST YEAR AS THE NUMBER ONE TEAM. THE COACH IS ROCKY LAMAR, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. BILL FLEMMING IS ASSISTANT COACH AND
SENIOR ADAM HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA IS A POINT GUARD AND THEIR LEADING SCORER. THEY STARTED OFF THE SEASON
THIS WEEKEND IN A TOURNAMENT AND WON BOTH GAMES, SO THEY ARE OFF TO A GOOD START AGAIN. MIDAMERICA IS IN OLATHE, KANSAS.

WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FLURRIES POSSIBLE. GOSH ITS NICE TO HAVE THE FOUR SEASONS.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTOS BELOW.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

SUNDAY, THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL FUND RAISING DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
IN MAQUOKETA. GOOD TURNOUT AND GOOD FOOD ENJOYED BY HUNDREDS. DURING THE AFTERNOON, JIM CLARKE, THE FOUNDER OF GREEN ISLAND AND DR. FREDERICK SWIFT, SR. WERE BOTH INDUCTED INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY HALL OF FAME. AND, AFTER DINNER, MANY TOURED THE MUSEUM BEFORE LEAVING. AND MANY WENT TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE MUSEUM TO VIEW THE NEW GINGERBREAD HOMES
MADE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THERE ARE 17 UPSTAIRS IN A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY DISPLAY AND ALL ARE OF A BUILDING IN JACKSON COUNTY THAT IS WAS TORN DOWN.
SHOWN HERE IS LAUREN STREETS OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF CHRIS AND HER GRANDPARENTS ARE DENNIS AND JULIE STREETS. SHE IS ADMIRING THE GINGERBREAD HOME MADE BY GRANDMA JULIE OF THE MAPLE
GROVE SCHOOL THAT ONCE STOOD IN THE FULTON, IOWA AREA.
IN THE FUTURE, I'LL PUT UP HERE A PICTURE OF A FEW OTHER
OF THE HOMES FOR YOU TO SEE. BETTER YET, VISIT THE MUSEUM BETWEEN NOW AND CHRISTMAS AND SEE ALL 17
ON DISPLAY AND ALSO TAKE TIME TO BROWSE THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FINEST COUNTY MUSEUMS IN IOWA.

ENJOYED ATTENDING WITH NANCY, THE 50TH FOR BUDDY AND MYRNA OLSON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HERE IN TOWN.
BUDDY WAS MY POLICE CHIEF WHEN I WAS MAYOR AND WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. AND MYRNA I'VE KNOWN JUST AS LONG AND HAPPY ALSO TO CALL A GOOD FRIEND.
BOTH HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS. BUDDY WAS POLICE CHEIF FOR A TOTAL OF 15 YEARS.
MYRNA A NURSE. AND IN LATER YEARS, THEY OPERATED A
SECURITY BUSINESS AND BUDDY WAS A GOOD ADVERTISER ON KMAQ. THEY ARE BOTH RETIRED NOW. FIFTY YEARS AGO, JACK GAVIN WAS THEIR BEST MAN. AND HER SISTER DEANNA WAS MAID OF HONOR. SHE WAS THERE YESTERDAY, AS WAS MYRNA'S MOTHER, WHO IS 97. AND OF COURSE THEIR
TWO SONS, DAVID AND JAY AND TOTAL OF 3 GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GIRLS AND A BOY. HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERARY TO BUDDY AND MYRNA. YES..THAT IS BUDDY (LOOKS GOOD) IN THE PICTURE...THEY DID A LITTLE "TOUCH-UP" (OF BUDDY) IN THE PHOTO.
DENNIS VOY

MORE CLOUDY THAN SUNNY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 55.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND AGAIN A HIGH IN MID 50'S.

GOT AN EMAIL FROM ROGER AND MARILYN SCHRUNK, FORMER MAQUOKETANS, WHO HAVE LIVED IN CALIFORNIA SINCE THE EARLY 80'S. THEIR HOME AT LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA, IS LESS THAN A HALF-MILE FROM THE NEAREST BLAZE DURING THE WILD FIRES IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA. TOO CLOSE TO COMFORT WAS THEIR COMMENT. WHEN IN MAQUOKETA, ROGER WORKED IN THE HOSPITAL LAB AND MARILYN OWNED A LADIES CLOTHING STORE. GLAD THEY ESCAPED THE FIRE DAMAGE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS THINKING ABOUT PURCHASING THE FORMER B-CAP PROPERTY AT THE AIRPORT.
IT WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AT THE NEXT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT. THE PROPERTY WOULD BE USED AS A TURF RUNWAY AND HANGAR SPACE COULD BE SOLD FOR AN AVIATION RELATED BUSINESS AT THE AIRPORT.

AROUND 700 ENJOYED A NICE CONCERT LAST NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER OF THE VIENNA BOYS CHOIR.
LATED NEARLY 2 HOURS. GOOD TURNOUT.

BARBARA L. WIDEL, AGE 70, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. THE FULL OBITURARY IS AT
WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY WITH HIGHS IN UPPER 50'S.
IN OCTOBER, WE GOT JUST UNDER 4 INCHES OF RAIN AND SO FAR, WE HAVE HAD AROUND 40 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
IN MAQUOKETA. PRETTY GOOD.

IN PLAYOFF FOOTBALL LAST NIGHT, DEWITT DEFEATED FAIRFIELD AND WILL NOW PLAY MARION NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT IN DEWITT. DEWITT SCORED A NEAR RECORD HIGH OF 69 POINTS. THE RECORD IS 70 AGAINST SAVANNA.
NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE WON THEIR GAME AND WILL PLAY THEIR NEXT GAME ON MONDAY NIGHT, AGAIN AT GOOSE LAKE, TAKING ON IOWA CITY REGINA.
IOWA CITY REGINA, RANKED #2 IN THE STATE, DEFEATED BELLEUE LAST NIGHT.

JEFFREY FULTINER, AGE 44, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY.
HIS COMPLETE OBIT IS AT http://www.carsonandson.com/

BARBARA WIDEL, AGE 70, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE AND SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.

FOR MANY YEARS, MAQUOKETA HAD ONLY A COUPLE ELEVATORS. IN RECENT YEARS, SEVERAL MORE WERE INSTALLED. MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST BEGAN OPERATIONS
TODAY, AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. THE 3-STOP ELEVATOR IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, JUST OFF THE NORTH ENTRYWAY. LAST YEAR, M-S-B STARTED A 3-PHASE
REMODELING PROJECT, IN THE LOWER LEVEL. FIRST, BUILDING A NEW BOARD ROOM. THEN PHASE TWO, A LARGER AREA FOR BOOKKEEPING, AND PHASE THREE, THE ADDITION OF AN ELEVATOR. WORK STARTED EARLY THIS YEAR AND TODAY, THE NEW ELEVATOR WAS PUT INTO SERVICE AND THE
NORTH ENTRANCE WAS AGAIN OPENED FOR PUBLIC USE.
THE ELEVATOR WAS NEEDED FOR ACCESS TO THE MEETING ROOM IN THE LOWER LEVEL USED FOR PUBLIC BANKING SEMINARS AND ALSO WAS NEEDED FOR ACCESS TO THE LOWER LEVEL REST ROOMS FOR THE HANDICAPPED. AND OF COURSE, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE DOING BANKING BUSINESS ON EITHER LEVEL AND NOT ABLE TO USE A STAIRWAY.
THIS AFTERNOON, AL TUBBS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
ONWARD BANKS (M-S-B IS THE OLDEST OHNWARD BANK-1958)
AND BARB MILLER, M-S-B PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER GAVE ME A RIDE ON THE NEW ELEVATOR. I TOOK 3 PHOTOS, BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET ONE UP HERE ON THIS DAILY REPORT. CHECK IT OUT BELOW. THE NEW ATM MACHINE IS ALSO IN SERVICE AND IS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE NORTH ENTRANCE.

GOING TO SEE THE VIENNA BOYS CHOIR AT THE OHNWARD CENTER TONIGHT. WILL GIVE YOU A REPORT TOMORROW.

IT'S NOVEMBER. BUSY DAYS AHEAD IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. HOPE YOU HAVE A FUNTIME. I PLAYED MY FIRST CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS MORNING, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY SONG I COULD FIND BY ROBERT GOULET, WHO DIED THIS WEEK AT THE AGE OF 73. GOOD SINGER. SAW HIM IN PERSON ONCE IN BRANSON.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY

MY TOUR AND FIRST RIDE ON THE NEW MAQUOKETA STATE BANK ELEVATOR IS OVER AND ALAN AND BARB BID ME FAREWELL AND ENCOURAGED ME TO USE IT OFTEN. IT WAS A SMOOTH RIDE. THEY ARE ON LOWER LEVEL NOW. ALAN
WILL GO UP TO MIDDLE STOP AND HEAD FOR HIS OFFICE IN THE EAST OHNWARD BUILDING ACROSS THE ROAD, AND
BARB WILL GO UP TO TOP LEVEL AND RETURN TO HER OFFICE.
YES, ITS EASY AND FUN TO USE THE NEW ELEVATOR.

NICE TODAY...HIGH IN MID 60'S.

A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA TEACHER, MARIAN HARRISON HERRICK, AGE 97, OF WENDALL, MARYLAND, DIED OCTOBER 27 IN MARYLAND. SHE WAS BORN TO WILLIAM AND CORA HARRISON IN MAQUOKETA AND GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH AND THEN ATTENDED MAQUOKETA JUNIOR COLLEGE. AFTER GRADUATING FROM IOWA, SHE RETURNED TO MAQUOKETA TO TEACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL GETTING MARRIED AND MOVING TO WENDALL. SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE COUSINS, INCLUDING HELEN FEENEY OF MAQUOKETA.

HOW ABOUT THOSE GREEN BAY PACKERS?

DENNIS VOY

NICE WEEKEND WEATHER.
NICE DAY TODAY AND TOMORROW SHOULD BE GOOD ALSO.

AT THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET SATURDAY AT FORT DODGE, MAQUOKETA'S TRISHA MILLER, AT STATE FOR THE 3RD YEAR IN A ROW, FINISHED IN 4TH PLACE IN THE CLASS 3-A GIRL'S RACE, ONE SPOT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. HER TIME WAS 14:58, 34 SECONDS BEHIND THE FIRST PLACE RUNNER.

THE MAQUOEKTA FOOTBALL CARDIANLS LOST THEIR FINAL GAME OF SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT HERE AT GOODENOW FIELD,
48 TO 28 TO WESTERN DUBUQUE. BOTH THE VARSITY AND SOPHOMORE TEAMS FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A 4 AND 5 RECORD.

DEWITT, NORTHEAST AND BELLEVUE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DEWITT WILL HOST FAIRFIELD AND WE WILL BROADCAST THE GAME ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM AT 6:45 WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SAGE ROSENFELS DID NOT START FOR HOUSTON YESTERDAY, BUT CAME IN AFTER THE FIRST STRING QUARTERBACK GOT INJURED AGAIN, AND SAGE ACCOUTED FOR THE ONLY TD.
HOUSTON LOST THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT, LOOSING TO SAN DIEGO 35 TO 10.

HALLOWEEN IS OVER FOR KIDS IN MAQUOKETA. TRICK OR TREAT DAY WAS YESTERDAY FROM 4 UNTIL 6. THERE ARE NO COMMUNITY PARTIES PLANNED FOR KIDS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SITUATION IMPROVED NEXT HALLOWEEN. MAYBE THE YMCA CAN DO MORE FOR KIDS AT HALLOWEEN THEN.

KAYLA LORRAINE CURRENT, AGE 16, A SOPHOMORE AT MCHS AND DAUGHTER OF BRIAN AND TONYA CURRENT OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICXS IN IOWA CITY, FOLLOWING A 7-YEAR BATTLE WITH LEUKEMIA. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

32 HERE AT KMAQ FOR AN OVERNIGHT LOW. TODAY, SUNNY AND AROUND 50.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST, 3 MATCHES TO 0, IN TOURNAMENT ACTION LAST NIGHT AT DUBUQUE TO 11TH RANKED DUBUQUE WAHLERT, ENDING THEIR SEASON.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS CLOSE OUT THE FOOTBALL SEASON
TOMORROW NIGHT HERE, HOSTING WESTERN DUBUQUE.
MAQUOKETA HAS 4 WINS THIS SEASON AND WESTERN DUBUQUE HAS 5 WINS. SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME, WITH MAQUOKETA HAVING THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.

THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET IS THIS SATURDAY AT FORT DODGE. MAQUOKETA WILL BE REPRESENTED BY TRICIA MILLER. THIS IS HER 3RD STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE STATE MEET. LAST YEAR SHE FINISHED 5TH IN 3-A.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CONGRESSMAN TOM TANCREDO, REPUBLICAN FROM COLORADO, WILL HOLD A "GOVERNMENT 101" SESSION AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW MONRING FROM 9:00 UNTIL 9:45.

IN MAGISTRATE COURT, TWO MEN WERE CHARGED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO THE FORMER FAMILY PHARMACY BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET TUESDAY NIGHT.
CHARGED WERE NATHAN HAYLOCK, AGE 19 AND MATTHEW ADLER, AGE 21. THE POLICE REPORT SAID ADLER THREW A ROCK THROUGH THE WINDOW IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN ENTRY.

ESTHER PAULSON, AGE 70, OF MAQUOKETA. DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

TRICK OR TREAT NIGHT IS THIS SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA.

HOPE YOU ARE PLANNING A SCARY HALLOWEEN.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE!

MAQUOKETA POLICE AND JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A WESTERN AVENUE APARTMENT IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT AND TWO PEOPLE FACE SIX CHARGES EACH AS A RESULT. HEATHER SAMS, AGE 21 AND ROBERT SAMS, AGE 51, ARE BOTH CHARGED WITH POSESSION OF A CONTROLED SUBSTANCE AND OTHER CHARGES, INCLUDING CHILD ENDANGERMENT, AS HEATHER SAMS' TWO MONTH OLD CHILD WAS IN THE APARTMENT AT THE TIME. BOTH APPEARED IN MAGISTRATE COURT THIS MORNING AND WERE RELEASED ON $10,000 UNSECURED BOND.

AL MUHLHAUSEN, MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, WAS ON KMAQ JUST TALK SHOW THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION THAT WILL BE HELD IN MAQUOKETA NEXT SEPTEMBER 3-7. IT WILL BE HEADQUARTERED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND MUHLHAUSEN, KEITH BURNS AND RICK SCHMIDT ARE CO-CHAIRING THE EVENT. THE LOCAL FIREMEN ARE HOPING TO SEE AROUND 2,500 FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE CONVENTION.

FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE BOB OSTERHAUS AND HIS WIFE ANN, OF MAQUOKETA, ANNOUNCED TODAY THEIR SUPPORT OF BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT, CITING HIS COMMITMENT TO CHANGING POLITICS IN WASHINGTON, DC. TO BRING ABOUT A REAL CHANGE.
BOB SERVED IN THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS A DEMOCRAT FROM 1996 THROUGH 2004.
TO DATE, SENATOR OBAMA HAS RECEIVED 15 ENDORSEMENTS FROM CURRENT IOWA STATE LEGISLATORS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM LAST NIGHT, DEFEATED DEWITT 3 TO 2 AND NOW ADVANCE IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. THEY WILL PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT UP AT THEIR GYM TOMORROW NIGHT. WAHLERT IS RANKED 11TH IN THE STATE.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS GETTING A NEW WEB SITE AND IT WILL ALSO BE JOINED WITH THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA. JUST ONE ADDRESS FOR BOTH. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS DONE SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MORRIE MORRIS....86 TODAY AND STILL PLAYING A GOOD GAME OF GOLF. WIFE DOROTHY, LONGTIME BOOKKEEPER HERE AT KMAQ, WAS 84 YESTERDAY AND SHE NOW PLAYS VERY LITTLE GOLF, BUT STILL LIKES TO WATCH THE GOLFERS LOOKING OUT OVER THE GOLF COURSE FROM THEIR HOME. SON LEON IS RETIRED IN LIVING IN DALLAS AND DAUGHTER CHERYL IS RETIRED AND LIVING IN ARIZONA.
LEON IS STILL BUILDING A PLANE IN HIS GARAGE. HE'S BEEN A PILOT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL DAYS.

AND I'M FLYING OUT OF HERE.

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BEAUTIFUL FALL WEEKEND...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN THE 70'...BUT TODAY, CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 52. FROST ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. TOMORROW, HIGH OF 60.

MAQUOKETA LOST TO MOUNT VERNON 28 TO 21 FRIDAY NIGHT.
THEY END THE SEASON HOSTING WESTERN DUBUQUE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. WESTERN DUBUQUE IS IN 3RD PLACE, RIGHT BEHIND DEWITT AND MARION.

MAQUOKETA GOES AGAINST DEWITT IN TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL TONIGHT AT DEWITT.

TWO SEPERATE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. BETTENDORF AND DUBUQUE RIDERS. FOUR PEOPLE TOTAL...3 WITH MINOR INJURIES AND 1 WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. BOTH HARLEY BIKES.

REV. DAN BEAN...OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH. IN THE LATE 50'S, HE WAS PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA AND HIS WIFE JANE WAS KMAQ'S FIRST BOOKKEEPER. THIS NEWS CAME FROM FORMER MAQUOKETAN, MAX MOELLER, WHO NOW LIVES
IN SAFFORD, ARIZONA. IF YOU WANT JANE'S SLOW MAIL ADDRESS, EMAIL ME. I CAN ALSO GIVE YOU MAX'S EMAIL ADDRESS.

EVELYN BOWLING, AGE 78, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. HER COMPLETE OBITURARY IS AT
WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

MABEL JONES, 92, OF PELLA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT HER HOME IN PELLA. SHE IS STEP-MOTHER OF JACK IN MAQUOKETA AND BARB IN PELLA.
JOHN AND MABLE MOVED TO PELLA LAST YEAR TO BE NEAR
BARB. SERVICES PENDING AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME
IN MAQUOKETA.

THE FAMOUS VIENNA BOYS CHOIR IS COMING TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 1ST...FOR 7 P.M. CONCERT. ADVANCE TICKETS RE $25.00 AND AT THE DOOR, WILL BE $30.00. TICKETS ON SALE
AT THE OHNWARD CENTER AND AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY.

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WINDY AND COOL TODAY.
WEEKEND FORECAST LOOKING VERY NICE.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS HOST TO MT. VERNON TONIGHT. SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME.

RESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA WHO WANT TO PUT UP POLITICAL SIGNS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES MAY DO SO AT ANY TIME. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO ENFORCE THE CITY'S ORDINANCE WHICH PROHIBITS NATIONAL POLITICAL SIGNS IN PRIVATE YARDS 45 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION OR EVENT. THIS IS THE RESULT OF A COURT DECISION IN 1994 BETWEEN A RESIDENT AND THE CITY OF GLADSTONE, MISSOURI.

A MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL BE RECOMMENDING TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THAT THE NEW YMCA BE GIVEN THE USE OF THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ITS EXERCISE PROGRAMS. THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGE FOR ITS USE EITHER.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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SUNNY THIS MORNING, AND SPRINKLES THIS AFTERNOON, WITH CLOUDY SKIES....HIGH OF 66 TODAY.

HAPPY 85TH BIRTHDAY TO FLOYD TAYLOR, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE AND MAXINE LIVE IN ORLANDO AND HAVE 3 GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, ALL GIRLS.
SON RICH SAYS HIS DAD HAS LOTS OF STORIES ABOUT HIS DAYS IN MAQUOKETA. LET ME KNOW HERE AT KMAQ IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE TO FLOYD OR MAXINE. I'LL GIVE YOU RICH'S EMAIL ADDRESS.

KIM AND BRIAN RIXEN HAVE THEIR HALLOWEEN DISPLAY AGAIN IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME AT 210 SOUTH 5TH STREET IN
MAQUOKETA. DRIVE BY IF YOU GET A CHANCE. I SWEAR, ONE OF THE SCARY CHARACTORS IN THE SETTING LOOKS JUST LIKE BUDDY OLSON.

ALICIA DIRKS AND DUSTIN DERGANZ OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCTOBER 11TH AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE MATTHEW AND BECKY DIRKS OF MAQUOKETA AND KEN AND SHARON DERGANZ OF MAQUOKETA.

CHRISTOPHER AND PAUL BREWER OF MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCTOBER 11TH AT A HOSPITAL IN NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS. GRANDPARENTS ARE ROBERT AND LINDA BAILEY AND JAMES MANDERSHEID, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

JACKSON COUNTY RECEIVED FROM CLINTON COUNTY, JUST A LITTLE OVER $24,000 FOR USE OF THE ANDREW CARE FACILTY BY CLINTON COUNTY FOLLOWING A FIRE IN AUGUST AT THE CLINTON COUNTY HOME. OVER 40 OF THE RESIDENTS SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY BUILDING UNTIL REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THEIR HOME.

DR. ERIC PETERSON, D.O. IN MAQUOKETA, WAS THIS WEEK OFFICIALLY HIRED AS CLINTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER, REPLACING DR. PAUL KOOB OF MAQUOKETA, WHO RESIGNED IN LATE SEPTEMBER. PETERSON HAS BEEN ACTING EXAMINER SINCE THEN. ITS A PARTTIME POSITION. DR. PETERSON AS BEEN WITH MEDICAL ASSOCIATES IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1998.
HE RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE IN DES MOINES. MEDICAL ASSOCIATES WILL MOVE INTO NEW OFFICES THIS SPRING, IN THE FORMER JACK AND JILL BUILDING ON WEST PLATT, BEING REMODELED BY STOCKHAM AND SON CONTRACTORS.

MAQUOKETA FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WAS HONORED AT THE FIRST EVER MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB FIREMEN APPRECIATION BANQUET LAST NIGHT. BECK RECEIVED A PLAQUE. HE HAS BEEN CHIEF FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS AND HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 25 YEARS. ALSO, ALL FIREMEN RECEIVED A SHAVING KIT FROM THE CLUB.

I SPOKE TO THE GOOSE LAKE LIONS CLUB LAST NIGHT AND
KMAQ ENGINEER-ANNOUNCER TOM MESSERLI SPOKE TO THE DELMAR LIONS CLUB THIS MORNING. NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN RADIO.

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59 FOR A HIGH TODAY UNDER CLOUDY SKIES. SUNNY AND NEAR 70 TOMORROW. 1/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT.

HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY TOLD THE SUPERVISORS AT THEIR MEETING THIS MORNING AT THE COURTHOUSE THAT THEY WANT TO BUY BICENTENNIAL PARK, JUST NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL, FOR A SIX-BED FACILITY. SO, AN APPRAISAL WILL BE DONE. THE PARK HAS RIVER FRONTAGE, BUT IS NOT USED.
MAINLY, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING IN IT. NO PICNIC TABLES, OR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. IT IS BASICALLY A WALKING OR MEDITATION PARK.

THE CAST HAS BEEN ANNOUNED FOR "A CHRISTMAS STORY", THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS
IN LATE NOVEMBER AND EARLY DECEMBER. SHELLEY HOYE WILL DIRECT, ASSISTED BY LORI HOUSTON AND REBECCA KUTSCH. CAST MEMBERS INCLUDE: CHRIS RAKER, WILLIAM OTTEMAN, ROBYN LANE, ANDREW LONG, JACK ROLLING, BEAU BOWMAN, ZACH FISHWILD, QUENTIN YAROLEM, TAYLOR FISHWILD, SARAH TABOR, ERICA BARKER, PAUL HORST, BILL DAVISON, ED SZABO, KALLEIGH BURTON, ADALYN DOSTAL, BROKELYN KIPP, PETER LYON, SYDNEY STENDER, BROOKLYN WALLER, BRYLEE BLANCHARD, DARIUS CLARK, ZACHARY GAVIN, SARA KILBURG, KAITLYN LANE AND SIDNEY MICHEL.
SANDY HANSEN WILL BE STAGE MANAGER AND CURT GRUVER.
IT WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE 840 SEAT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, NOVEMBER 30 AND DECEMBER 1 AND 2.

A YEAR AGO, WE HAD SNOW IN MAQUOKETA OCTOBER 12TH.
NO SNOW YET.

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8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY. TODAY, CLOUDY AND COOL.

OVER THE WEEKEND, ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, IT WAS REPORTED THAT SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK INTO THE CAN CITY STORE ON EAST PLATT.

CHARLES MEYER OF NORTH ELIZA STREET REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK A RADIO FROM HIS UNLOCKED VEHICLE.

AND FOUL LANGUAGE WAS REPORTED WRITTEN ON A STOP SIGN AT SOUTH 4TH STREET AND MAPLE.

A PRIVATE WAGON RIDE AT ABOUT 1:30 SUNDAY MORNING NEAR CLINTON, SENT 13 OF ABOUT 25 RIDERS TO THE HOSPITAL. ONE TAKEN WITH SERIOUS INJURIES TO IOWA CITY. THE FARM TRACTOR DRIVER APPARENTLY BECAME DISORIETNED IN THE DARK AND THE TRACTOR AND WAGON ROLLED DOWN ABOUT 30 FEET OVER THE EDGE OF A QUARRY.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS ANNOUNED THAT IT WILL HOST A MEET THE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES MEETING WEDNESDAY, OCT 24TH AT CITY HALL, WITH KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER AS MODERATOR. IT WILL START AT 7 PM AND WILL BE ON THE LOCAL ACCESS CHANNEL.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

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CLOUDY DAY TODAY...HIGH MID 50'S.

MAQUOKETA DEFEATED CLEAR CREEK AMANA 43 TO 30....COMING FROM EHIND TO WIN. CLEAR CREEK HAD A 30 TO 15 POINT LEAD WITH 9 MINUTES TO GO IN GAME AND MAQUOKETA THEN SCORED 28 UNANSWERED POINTS. ZACK BELLENDIR THREW FOR 5 TOUCHDOWN PASSES. MAQUOKETA INTERCEPTED 3 PASSES. THE CARDINALS ARE NOW ARE 4 AND 3. CLEAR CREEK HAS JUST WON ONE GAME THIS SEASON.

JEFF AND MEGAN ROSENBERG OF HAMPTON, IOWA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN THURSDAY AT A MASON CITY HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND PAM ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA.

WILLIAM HAHLE, SON OF COUNCILMAN AND BUSINESSMAN PAUL HAHLE, WANTS TO BUY THE QUONSET HUT BUILDING FORMERLY OWNED BY CLINTON ENGINES, NOW OWNED BY THE CITY. HE OFFERED $7,500 FOR IT. FOR A LONGTIME, THE CITY HAS DEBATED WHAT TO DO WITH THE RUNDOWN BUILDING. THIS IS ANOTHER CHAPTER AND THEY WILL DISCUSS IT AGAIN AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. HAHLE PLANS TO START A HARDWOOD LUMBER BUSINESS. MEANWHILE, WORK CONTINUES ON GETTING THE FORMER CLINTON ENGIENS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING READY TO BE ANOTHER JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM. RETIRED MARINE BRIG. GEN. CHARLES MITCHELL IS THE KEY VOLUNTEER ON THAT BIG PROJECT. HIS WIFE, THE FORMER BONNIE WELLS, IS THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.

THE IOWA HAWKEYES TODAY UPSET ILLINOIS...WINNING 10 TO 6 AT IOWA CITY.

A SCARECROW BY KAREN LANE AND THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER WON TOP HONORS IN A SCARECROW DESIGN CONTEST AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. THE PRIZE WAS A $50.00 CERTIFICATE.

KAITLIN LUETT HAS BEEN AWARDED THE BROMAN FAMILY FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2007. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF DENNIS AND DIANE LUETT OF MAQUOKETA AND IS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MAJORING IN COMMUNICATIONS.

WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF THE DEATH OF PAUL HANCHAR, AGE 61, OF LITTLE ELM, TEXAS. HE DIED OCTOBER 9TH. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE MONDAY IN LEWISVILLE, TEXAS.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS MOTHER, RUTH HANCHAR OF MAQUOKETA, HIS WIFE DIANE, TWO SONS, ONE DAUGHTER AND A SISTER AND BROTHER.

I SAW "THE WIZARD OF OZ" AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER LAST NIGHT. THE AUDITORIUM WAS NEARLY FULL...AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD, FUNNY SHOW. CONGRATS TO PAM CRAWFORD, THE DIRECTOR AND HER ASSISTANT MARY GILMORE. JUNE WAHL DID A GREAT JOB AS THE WICKED WITCH AND JACK WILLEY ALSO WAS A BIG HIT AS THE WIZARD. I COULD MENTION ANOTHER DOZEN THAT DID A TERRIFIC JOB.....GOOD SHOW!!!

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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COOL LAST NIGHT...41...A HIGH TODAY ONLY OF 54 AND WE WILL BE DOWN IN THE MID-30'S TONIGHT.

FIRST...THE OTHER DAY WHEN I MENTIONED THAT BILL MERRICK IS THE LONGEST IN BUSINESS BARBER IN MAQUOKETA...I GAVE HIS STARTING DATE AS 1972....HE HAS BEEN BARBERING AT SAME LOCATION DOWNTOWN SICE 1952. AND HE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE OVER THE YEARS WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THE VFW.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE ASSOCIATION IS ASKING FOR A 6 PERCENT PAY RAISE AND SOME CHANGES IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND TRAINING PAY. THEIR FIRST SESSION WITH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CITY MANAGER WAS THIS MORNING. POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER AND DISPATCHER ANDREA WERNER REPRESENTED THE ASSOCIATION.
THERE IS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION WHICH COVERS PRIMARILY STREET EMPLOYEES. THEY HAVE NOT PRESENTED THEIR REQUESTS TO THE CITY.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS FOOTBALL AT CLEAR CREEK AMANA TOMORROW NIGHT.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTO BELOW OF THE METHODIST BANANA SPLIT.

AND CHECK OUT THIS SITE AGAIN TOMORROW.

THIS SITE IS AVERAGING AROUND 450 HITS EVERY 24 HOURS.
THAT MEANS AROUND 800 READERS. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN MAQUOKETA AND WHAT'S GOING ON. READERS ARE MOSTLY FROM OUT OF TOWN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MANY FROM RIGHT HERE IN TOWN.

COME VISIT MAQUOKETA SOON...AND STOP-IN AND SAY H ELLO.

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SOME MAQUOKETA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD FUN LAST NIGHT OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, BUILDING A 25-FOOT LONG BANANA SPLIT. AND HERE IT IS! ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED TO BRING A SPOON AND HELP DEVOUR IT. LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE QUITE A FEW WITH SPOONS. GOOD THING IT WAS A 50- PLUS DEGREE NIGHT......80-PLUS DEGREE WEATHER WE RECENTLY HAD WOULD HAVE TURNED THE SPIT INTO A MALT QUICKLY.

COOL NIGHT LAST NIGHT...45...COOL DAY TODAY...IN 50'S.

JOSE MARTINEZ, AGE 17, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS REPORTED AS A RUNAWAY ON MONDAY NIGHT AND NOW HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STEALING TWO CARS. HE WAS PICKED UP ON HIGHWAY 61 IN CLINTON COUNTY LAST NIGHT ALLEGEDLY DRIVING ANOTHER STOLEN VEHICLE FROM DUBUQUE.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A TREE AND FIELD FIRE AT 2:25 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...WHERE 1 TO 2 ACRES OF CORN ON THE TOM FULLER FARM WERE BURNED. THE FIRE STARTED AS A TREE FIRE AND SPREAD TO THE CORN AND FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE FOR A COUPLE HOURS.

LOREN LUBBEN, RETIRED MAQUOKETA FARMER AND BANKER,
WAS OPERATING A RESTORED VINTAGE TRACTOR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND IT TIPPED OVER IN A FIELD NEAR THE COMFORT INN HOTEL JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED BUT WAS NOT NEEDED AS LUBBEN WAS NOT TRAPPED. HE WAS INJURED AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN IOWA CITY. I HEARD THIS AFTERNOON THAT HE HAS BROKEN RIBS AND WILL BE
OKAY. STATE TROOPER MILAN JAMES SAID HE WAS NOT ABLE TO TALK TO LUBBEN TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

A BIRTH. JULIE AND JOHN CLAUS OF KEOKUK HAD A BOY LAST SATURDAY AT KEOKUK. GRANDPARENTS ARE CHUCK AND RITA WHARTON OF MAQUOKETA AND DAN CLAUS OF DELMAR.

IT IS NATIONAL 4-H WEEK.....AND WE HAVE A GREAT 4-H PROGRAM HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.

AND IT IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF A FIRE STARTED AT YOUR HOME? YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR'S WORKING?

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA. SUNNY AND HIGH OF 70.
COOLER TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING GREAT.
LEAVES ARE STARTING TO TURN AND VIEWING WILL BEGIN THIS WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY TO AREAS NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.

FORMER MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACH JEFF TAMPIR WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE IOWA WRESTLING HALL
OF FAME ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27TH IN DES MOINES. TAMPIR WILL BE ONE OF FIVE COACHES INDUCTED IN THE CEREMONY AT AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN DURING THE HALL OF FAME BANQUET, STARTING AT 7 P.M. TAMPIR, NOW RETIRED,
CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN 1970 AND BEGAN COACHING 7TH AND 8TH GRADE WRESTLING. HE WAS NAMED HEAD COACH OF THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS IN 1988 AND HELD THE POST FOR 13 YEARS. HIS DUAL MEET RECORD WAS 190-45-2. HIS TEAMS WON OR SHARED TEN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HE COACHED 53 STATE QUALIFIERS INCLUDING THREE STATE CHAMPIONS.

THREE VEHICLE THEFTS LAST NIGHT. VINCENT MEDINGER'S WAS STOLEN UP ON THE CAVES ROAD. BRIAN BEEDLES OF GALENA WAS FOUND SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND HAD BEEN STOLEN EARLIER IN EVENING IN GALENA AND A TRUCK WAS STOLEN AT BURNETT THIEL FORD THAT WAS OWNED BY A WHEATLAND MAN. THE BEEDLE VEHICLE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS BEEN RECOVERED.

AN ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN LAST NIGHT AT CAN CITY AND JIM MAYBERRY REPORTED SOMEONE BROKE INTO A MACHINE SHED AT HIS FARM ON 175TH STREET.

THEY ARE BRICKING PART OF THE FORMER JACK AND JILL BUILDING TODAY, THAT WILL BE NEW MEDICAL OFFICES AND
THE LARGE PARKING LOT IS BEING RESURFACED TODAY WITH
ASPHALT. THAT CORNER IS STARTING TO REALLY LOOK NICE ON WEST PLATT STREET.

BUT..YES...THE BURNED OUT DEPOT IS STILL STANDING ON EAST PLATT AND ALSO STANDING, THE UGLY FORMER GAS STATION BUILDING ON EAST PLATT, ON THE CORNER JUST EAST OF THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.

IT IS NOT AS EASY FOR MEN AND BOYS TO GET A HAIRCUT THESE DAYS AS BOB THE BARBER HAD A SHOULDER OPERATION AND WILL NOT BE CUTTING HAIR UNTIL LATE NEXT MONTH. HE HAS BEEN A BARBER HERE IN TOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
BUT..NOT AS LONG AS BILL MERRICK. BILL HAS HAD HIS SHOP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1972.

TUESDAY NIGHT IS STILL BINGO NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
AND TUESDAY NIGHT IS STILL BARGAIN NIGHT AT THE VOY
THREE THEATRE.

DR. BROWMAN IS BACK HOME, I'VE BEEN TOLD ...AND EXPECTS TO START ATTENDING ROTARY MEETINGS AGAIN, SOON. GOOD NEWS! ANXIOUS TO SEE HIM BACK.

MANCHESTER GOT 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES SUNDAY AND HAD CITYWIDE FLOODING AND NO SCHOOL YESTERDAY.

A PHOTO OF A NEW KMAQ ANNOUNCER IS BELOW THIS REPORT.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

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KMAQ NEW FULLTIME EMPLOYEE, RUSTY LIETZ OF DELMAR.
RUSTY IS ON KMAQ-AM-1320 FROM 5:40 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM.

Strange weather day today in Maquoketa. We started off with sunshine.

Then had mid-day rain and later in afternoon, sunny and beaufiful.

High today in upper 60's. Cooler tonight and tomorrow.

Hiliary Clinton made her scheduled appearance in Maquoketa

last night. She got a nice Maquoketa welcome. See two photos I took

of her below this report.

The Maquoketa Cardinals won again Friday night, beating West Liberty there,

42 to 21. The are now 3 and 3 for the season and 2 and 2 in the District.

They play Clear Creek Amana there this Friday. Should be a good game too.

Charles Reistroffer of Maquoketa hit a deer at 7:19 last night on highway 64 West, near the Maquoketa airport. No injuries.

The Town & Country Quilters hosted a quilt show yesterday as part of the Pioneer Days event at the fairgrounds. Winner of the raffle quilt was Thais Grosskruger.

First place for embroidery butterfly quilt went to Ruth Wall. Second place called Curves in Motion went to Nettie Tracy. Third place was a flannel quilt and the winner was Pat Strait. Fourth place called quilt Diva went to Marilyn Rankin.

School Board meeting tonight.

New asphalt project is near completion on South Jones. And paving of Western Avenue began today and will take 2 weeks. With those two close by street

closed, there is a lot of traffic on the adjacent streets. It will be nice to have both open again.

A new movie, filmed in Iowa...THE FINAL SEASON...with Tom Arnold, had its premier this weekend in Iowa and opens nationwide this Friday. Supposed to be good, and a hit, and will also open this Friday here in Maquoketa. You'll want to see this true-story baseball movie, rated PG.

"The Wizard of Oz" will be presented this weekend at the Ohnward Center in Maquoketa. Tickets on sale there and at Osterhaus Pharmacy.

Have a good week...and check out the Hiliary photos below.

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AROUND 350 PEOPLE WERE ON HAND (MOSTLY DEMOCRATS) SUNDAY EVENING AT 6:30, AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM TO HEAR SENATOR HILIARY CLINTON. IN THIS PHOTO, SHE IS BEING INTRODUCED BY STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART. THE FULL HOUSE CROWD ENJOYED HER 30-MINUTE POLITICAL SPEACH.





ON A HOT NIGHT (IN 80'S) AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM, SENATOR HILIARY CLINTON RECEIVED A BIG WELCOME FROM JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS AND PROBABLY SOME REPUBLICANS TOO. SEN. CLINTON MENTIONED SHE HAS BEEN SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THEIR 90'S WHO HAVE COME TO HER RALLIES. PICTURED HERE, SHE GREETS ELOISE STEWART OF RURAL MAQUOKETA-PRESTON, AGE 97, MOTHER OF SENATOR ROGER STEWART OF PRESTON AND NANCY JO MOORE OF MAQUOKETA.

86 today...1 degree short of the record high for this date.
Upper 80's again tomorrow and Sunday.

A stove caught fire in Maquoketa this morning, but the homeowner, Mrs. Brian, Charity Crist at 414 Cynthia Drive, put it out with a fire extinguisher before firemen arrived. Firemen used fans to clear smoke out of house, but only damage was to the stove.

The Habitat for Humanity local drive is up to $41,000...$9,000 still short of goal...to build a home for a local family. Alliance Pipepline started the drive with $25,000 and the rest has been raised locally, including $3,500 from the Maquoketa Area Community Foundation.
Six families have applied to get the home. Volunteers and the family will build it. Still
to be selected...the family...the location...and all after the goal has been met.

Pioneer Day is this Sunday at the Jackson County Historical Society Museum on the fairgrounds in Maquoketa. Activities from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. including a Cowboy Cookout over the noon hour. The public is invited.

Maquoketa plays at West Liberty tonight...two pretty even teams playing each other.

Hiliary comes to Maquoketa Sunday night at 6:30...to the Middle School.

and that's it for another week. Have a good weekend.

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