A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY.
SORRY THE PRINT IS SMALL TODAY. DON'T KNOW WHY.
BELLEVUE'S HERITAGE DAYS THIS WEEKEND, INSTEAD OF JULY 3 AND 4 LIKE MOST YEARS.
LEIGHTON HEPKER BROADCASTING THE PARADE ON KMAQ-AM NOW. SOMEONE WILL WIN A NEW SPORTS CAR LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE ANNUAL NEW CAR RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE BELLEVUE.CHAMBER.
DEWITT WILL HAVE THEIR PARADE ON JULY 4TH AND I'LL BE BROADCASTING IT AGAIN THIS
YEAR. CLINTON COUNTY FIREWORKS THAT NIGHT IN GRAND MOUND. THE DEWITT CHAMBER AND DEWITT POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE HAVING A RAFFLE FOR A NEW HARLEY AND THAT DRAWING
IS COMING UP THIS WEEK.
LAMOTTE WILL HAVE THEIR JULY 4TH EVENT AGAIN THIS YEAR IN THE DOWNTOWN PARK AND
FIREWORKS THAT NIGHT.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, MAQUOKETA HAS NOTHING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 4TH. NO FIREWORKS.
THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 7TH, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AFTER THE STOCK CAR RACES.
IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT HEARD, THE ROTARY DUCK RACE IN MAQUOKETA WAS WON BY SYNDEY CLARK OF MAQUOKETA AND SHE WINS $1,000. $100 WINNERS: KATHY ANDERSON OF WEBSTER CITY...MICKEY PEARSON-ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA...JANE DIEOR OF DUBUQUE AND RYAN BECK OF PEORIA. OVER 1000 DUCKS IN THE RACE AND YOU CAN WATCH IT AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
SORRY I'VE MISSED A LOT OF REPORTS LATELY. MANY REASONS. I HAVE BEEN THE ESCORT ON TWO KMAQ TRAVEL TRIPS....A 4-DAY TO NASHVILLE AND A 1-DAY TO SPRINGFIELD.
ALSO, KMAQ WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING OVER A WEEK AGO, KNOCKING OUT OUR PHONES, SOME COMPUTERS, OUR SAT DISH AND MORE. NEW PHONE SYSTEM GETS INSTALLED NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE JUST ABOUT BACK TO NORMAL, BUT IT WAS HECTIC FOR A FEW DAYS AND LISTNERS
COULD TELL IT. PLUS, BOB WARNER, KMAQ-AM ANNOUNCER HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL
OVER A WEEK AND SO WE ALL HAVE HAD TO FILL IN FOR HIM. TALKED TO HIM YESTERDAY AND HE HOPES TO BE BACK SOON.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM IS 12 AND 10 THESE DAYS. 5 AND 7 IN THE WAMAC.
THE OTHER NIGHT, LUKE PATTERSON, WHO JUST GRADUATED, HIT A GRAND SLAM HOME RUN AGAINST NORTHEAST AND IT WAS HIS 27TH HOME RUN IN HIS CAREER AS A CARDINAL, ESTABLSING A NEW HOME RUN RECORD FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
MELISSA AND NOAH NUSBAUM OF MAQUOKETA HAD A BOY THIS PAST MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
KARISA AND STACY BROWN OF BALDWIN HAS A GIRL THIS PAST TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
GRAND PARENTS ARE LON MYATT OF BALDWIN AND VICKI CARTER OF MAQUOKETA.
JUST CHECKED AND ON JUNE 9TH, I FINISHED 10 YEARS OF DOING THIS REPORT. NOW IN YEAR NUBER 11. TIME GOES BY. YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE REPORTS....THEY ARE STILL UP HERE ON THE WEB.
THEISEN'S MOVED TO THE FORMER WAL MART STORE THIS WEEK. NICE NEW, BIG STORE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.'
DENNIS VOY
