2 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY, THE LAST DAY OF MONTH. OVER 11 INCHES FOR THE MONTH, COMPARED TO 8 INCHES LAST JANUARY. LAST FEBRUARY, WE HAD 14 INCHES OF SNOW. IN THE UPPER 20'S TODAY AND IN THE 30'S FOR THE WEEKEND, WITH RAIN AND A HIGH OF 40 ON MONDAY.

IN OVERTIME LAST NIGHT, THE ANAMOSA BOYS BEAT MAQUOKETA, 45 TO 42.
DAN HOLMES LED MAQUOKETA WITH 15 POINTS. CARDS ARE NOW 5 AND 10.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT TO VINTON SHELLSBURG, 49 TO 33. KELSEY BOLLMAN LED MAQUOKETA WITH 9 POINTS. THE CARDS ARE NOW 5 - 13.

INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS. AND THE WRESTLERS IN TOURNAMENT ACTION TOMORROW.

ALSO IN SPORTS, 2004 MCHS GRAD ADAM HEPKER REACHED A MILESTONE IN HIS COLLEGE CAREER THIS WEEK. HEPKER, WHO HAS STARTED EVERY GAME IN HIS 4-YEARS AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY, SCORED HIS 2,000 POINT OF HIS CAREER LAST NIGHT WHEN THE PIONEERS WON ON THE ROAD, 92 TO 85, OVER BAKER UNIVERSITY. HEPKER SCORED 33 POINTS IN THAT GAME BUT NEEDED ONLY 18 GOING INTO THE CONTEST TO MOVE INTO THE 2,000 POINT CLUB AT MI
AMERICA WHERE HE IS A 2-TIME ALL-AMERICAN. THE PIONEERS ARE COACHED
BY ROCKY LAMAR AND ASSISTED BY BILL FLEMMING AND ARE 19 AND 3 ON THE SEASON AS THEY GET READY FOR ACTION TOMORROW AT CULVER-STOCKTON IN CANTON, MISSOURI. CONGRATULATIONS ADAM!! ADAM'S PARENTS ARE CINDY AND KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER. ADAM'S DAD PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FOR SPRINGVILLE HIGH AND DIDN'T ALWAYS START AND DIDN'T SCORE 2,000 POINTS EITHER.... PROBABLY AROUND 200. IF YOU CAN'T BE A GOOD ATHLETE, SAYS LEIGHTON, BE A GOOD SPORT. LEIGHTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD SPORT, EXCEPT WHEN HE YELLS AT THE REFS.
AFTER THE BASKETBALL SEASON IS OVER, WE'LL HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS ABOUT ADAM.

NEXT THURSDAY EVENING DURING THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW, THE ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE CELEBRITY KARAOKEE. SPECTATORS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITES BY DROPPING CASH INTO A CONTAINER
WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY OR TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALREADY AGEEING TO SING: BOB HEAD....FIREMEN RICK SCHMIDT AND JAMES CONNELY....HOSPITAL CEO CURT COLMAN....CHAMBER DIRECTOR STACY DRISCOLL.....ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY CHRIT RAKER....
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SINGING AS A TRIO....AND THE FARM GUYS OF KMAQ FAME, JOE HEINRICH, LES JOHNSON AND MARK MILLER. MORE CELEBS
WILL BE ADDED BEFORE THE THURSDAY NIGHT SHOW.

THE GAS DRIVE-OFFS ARE GETTING BIGGER. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS INFORMED THAT SOMEONE PUMPED $48 INTO A GAS CAN YESTERDAY AT THE K AND K STATON IN BALDWIN AND DROVE OFF.

THE LUTHER COLLEGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENTERTAINS TOMORROW (SAT) AFTERNOON AT 3 P.M. $10 IN ADVANCE, $13 AT THE DOOR.... AT THE OHNWARD CENTER. 85 MUSICIANS. WE MAY GO.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY