NICE SPRING DAY .. SUNNY AND HIGH OF 75.

WHEN KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR, GASOLENE WAS 29.9 CENTS A GALLON. TODAY,
IT IS ABOUT $3.65.9 A GALLON. I BOUGHT MY GAS THEN AT THE ZEPHYR STATION ON SOUTH MAIN, OWNED AND OPERATED BY DWIGHT DARNELL. HE WAS MY ADVERTISING ACCOUNT, AND RAN SPOTS EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. THE CAR I HAD THEN WAS A 1954 DESOTA. THE ZEPHYR STATION, BY THE WAY, IS STILL OPEN , OWNED BY SPAIN OIL.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM WAS HELD SATURDAY NIGHT. THE GRAND MARCH WAS HELD AT 5 IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. PROM PARTICIPANTS WERE THEN BUSED WITH 5 COACHES TO THE SITE OF THE PROM, THE GRAND HARBOR AT DUBUQUE. THE JUNIOR CLASS KING AND QUEEN WERE DYLON O'CONNELL AND HANNA THORSON.
THE SENIOR CLASS KING AND QUEEN WERE TREVOR MANGLER AND COURTNEY DEVER. AFTER THE DANCE, THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS "AFTER PROM" PARTY WAS HELD AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.

IN BUSINESS NEWS: TOM MESSERLI (MAYOR TOM AND KMAQ PARTTIME ENGINEER AND SATURDAY MORNING FM ANNOUNCER) HAS SOLD A-1 ELECTRONICS ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA TO BRYSON BORMANN OF PRESTON. THE SALE TAKES EFFECT MAY 12TH. THE SHOP WILL CLOSE AT NOON T HIS FRIDAY AND REOPEN MONDAY MORNING. MESSERLI HAS OWNED THE ELECTRONICS REPAIR BUSINESS FOR 13 YEARS. BORMANN HAS OWNED PRESTON ANTENNA AND TV FOR 10 YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT BUSINESS.
MESSERLI ALSO RECENTLY LEASED RADIO STATION KROS IN CLINTON AND
WILL CONTINUE HIS RADIO AND TV ENGINEERING BUSINESS. BORMANN PLANS TO KEEP THE NAME A-1 ELECTRONICS AND WILL CONTINUE TO REPAIR TELEVISIONS AT 116 NORTH MAIN STREET.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. CHECK THE NEW PHOTOS BELOW.

DENNIS VOY