NICE DAY TODAY...AND COOL...AROUND 60.

SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT WAS A NOMINEE FOR THE 2008-2009 IOWA SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD SPONSORED BY THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF IOWA.
"WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL LEADERS WHO REPRESENT EXCELLENCE IN
EDUCATION," SAID DAN SMITH, SAI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. HIS PEERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI BEND AREA EDUCATION AGENCY REGION NOMINATED HUCKSTADT AND HE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT SAI'S ANNUAL BANQUET IN AUGUST 2009.
DR. LANE PLUGGE, SUPT. OF IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WAS SELECTED AS THIS YEAR'S AWARD RECIPIENT.

RUTH HANCHAR, 92, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL.
HER LATE HUSBAND HAD A PHARMACY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA IN THE 50'S AND 60'S. HER OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME'S WEB SITE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY ANNUAL ALZHEIMERS MEMORY WALK RAISED OVER $8,000 SATURDAY IN BELLEVUE. RON AND JOAN DELEGARDELLE OF MAQUOKETA
WERE ON THE WALK COMMITTEE AGAIN THIS YEAR. RON TERMED IT A BIG SUCCESS.

THE SAVANNA-SABULA BRIDGE MAY REOPEN THIS SATURDAY. THEY ARE DOING FINAL WORK ON A NEW DECK FOR IT.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

IT IS HOMECOMING WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. KMAQ'S WINDOWN WAS PAINTED-UP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BY SOME TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE....THEY DID A NICE JOB! THE THEME IS "MARDI GRAS MADNESS".
MAQUOKETA PLAYS DEWITT. THIS MORNING, THE RADIO IOWA SPORTSCAST
MENTIONED THE SABERS ARE RANKED 6TH IN THE STATE THIS WEEK IN THE LATEST POLL. THE ALUMNI GET-TOGETHER WILL BE HELD AFTER THE GAME FRIDAY
NIGHT AT THE DECKER HOTEL BAR DOWNSTAIRS. IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE GAME, BE SURE TO STOP BY AFTER. KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THE HOMECOMING GAME AT 7:30 ON BOTH KMAQ AM & FM, IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE IT IN PERSON.
THE WEATHERMAN FORECAST FOR FRIDAY IS GOOD.
CLICK ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. CLICK TWICE TO ENLARGE IT EVEN MORE. GO CARDS!!
DENNIS VOY

NICE WEEKEND WEATHER!
THUNDERSTORM WITH GOOD RAIN AROUND 6 THIS MORNING.
NOW SUNSHINE.

THIS IS HOMECOMING WEEK FOR MAQUOKETA. THE THEME IS "MARDI GRASS MADNESS".

THE CARDINALS PLAY DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD.

THE CARDINALS DEFEATED ANAMOSA THERE FRIDAY NIGHT, 31 TO 13.
DEWITT PLAYED BENTON COMMUNITY FRIDAY NIGHT, AND WON BY ONLY A FEW POINTS. MAQUOKETA ALSO HAS DEFEATED BENTON COMMUNITY.
SO...THE HOMECOMING GAME SHOULD BE A DANDY AND MAQUOKETA SHOULD HAVE A GOOD CHANCE FOR A WIN, EVEN THOUGH DEWITT IS A RATED TEAM.

HOMECOMING WEEK GOT UNDERWAY YESTERDAY WITH THE JERSEY AUCTION.

AND THE HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY, SELECTED
BY THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS. THE QUEEN IS JENI SCHURBON, DAUGHTER OF SCOTT AND JOAN SCHURBON. AND THE KING IS JOEY EVANS, SON OF JO ANN AND TOM EVANS.

WILL PROBABLY HAVE THE MONDAY NEWS DAILY REPORT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

CHECK IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

HOT AGAIN TODAY...82.
COOL WEATHER COMING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

A MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN RESIGNED THIS WEEK. MATT WINEGAR, FIRST WARD COUNCILMAN, AND HIS FAMILY, HAVE MOVED TO A NEW HOME EAST OF MAQUOKETA. HE HAS SERVED ONE FULL TERM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA. LITTLE WARM, AROUND 80.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL HOMECOMING WILL KICK-OFF SUNDAY WITH THE ANNUAL JERSEY AUCTION AND CORONATION OF THE HOMECOMING
ROYALTY.
THE THEME FOR HOMECOMING THIS YEAR..."MARDI GRAS MADNESS".
THE HOMECOMING COURT: DILLON O'CONNELL, AUSTIN DIETZEL, DANIEL
HOLMES, DYLAN BARTELS, MATT BOPES, BRANDON ROOT, JOEY EVANS,
ERIC BENTON, BRIANNA BAKER, JESSICA OLSON, KATIE DIRKS, STEPHANIE
DAVISON, JENI SCHURBON, HANNA THORSON, JESSA GOMBERT AND HANNAH
DAVISON.
THE HOMECOMING PARADE WILL BE THROUGH DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AT 2 P.M. ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3. I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE PARADE MARSHAL.
EACH DAY NEXT WEEK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A SPECIAL DAY WITH MONDAY AS DRESS-UP MARDI GRAS DAY. WINDOWN PAINTING IS PLANNED DOWNTOWN
STARTING MONDAY.
TUESDAY WILL BE CROSS DRESS DAY AND CARDINAL VOLLEYBALL GAMES AT HOME STARTING AT 4:30.
WEDNESDAY IS DRESS-UP FOR THE DECADES WITH EACH CLASS AND THE FACULTY DRESSING UP.
DRESS-UP IN DIFFERENT COLORS IS SCHEDULED THURSDAY WITH EACH CLASS WEARING A SPECIFIC COLOR.
FRIDAY IS SPIRIT DAY WITH DRESSING IN RED AND WHITE. THE HOMECOMING
VARSITY ATHLETE BREAKFAST WILL BE AT 7 A.M. FRIDAY AND THE PEP
RALLY IS AT 1 P.M. AND THE PARADE AFTER.
THE MAQUOKETA-DEWITT SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL GAME WILL START
AT 5:15 FRIDAY AND THE VARSITY GAME AT 7:30. THE DEWITT SABERS ARE RANKED AGAIN THIS WEEK WITH THEIR 4 AND 0 RECORD. KMAQ AM & FM WILL
BROADCAST THE GAME FOR THOSE UNABLE TO GET UP TO GOODENOW FIELD
TO WATCH IT. LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL DO THE PLAY-BY-PLAY WITH FORMER HEAD COACH MARK HILLEBRAND DOING COLOR COMENTARY.
THE HOMECOMING DANCE WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 9 UNTIL MIDNIGHT
IN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS AREA.
GO CARDINALS!

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

WE GOT A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING. BUT, SUN CAME OUT AFTER AND WE HAVE HAD ANOTHER PRETTY NICE DAY, COOLER THAN THE LAST FEW, BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MID 70'S.

BEFORE I FORGET, JACK AND MARILYN WILLEY CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH THIS SUNDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS!

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WILL BE TACKLING RECYCLING STARTING
NEXT MONTH. DURING MONDAY NIGHT'S BOARD MEETING, JERRY NELSON, DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT, SAID THEY HAVE PURCHASED SOME RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS AND WILL PUT THEM AT VARIOUS DISTRICT BUILDINGS. THIS ISSUE WAS PROMPTED WHEN THE COST INCREASED BY THE DISTRICT'S TRASH HAULER. THE HAULER SAID A LOT OF RECYCLABLES WERE
TOSSED IN THE GARBAGE. SO FAR, KATHY McCAULLEY'S CLASS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON THE RECYCLING PROGRAM.

TALKED TO TWO FORMER MAQUOKETA CLOTHIERS THIS PAST WEEKEND.......ONE IN TOWN FOR A WEDDING AND THE OTHER FOR THE MHS CLASS OF 1953 REUNION. JIM DAVIS WAS HERE FOR THE CLASS REUNION. HE WORKED FOR HIS DAD FRANKLIN, FROM MID 50'S UNTIL MOVING TO ANOTHER JOB AND STATE IN 1963. DAVIS MEN'S WEAR WAS WHERE THE BURNED-OUT HALLMARK CARD STORE WAS AND IN THE 70'S, FRANKLIN SOLD THE STORE TO ORLA DAVIS (NO RELATION) AND DAVIS CLOTHEIRS WAS IN BUSINESS UNTIL AROUND 1980. ORLA AND I SERVED ON THE CHAMBER BOARD TOGETHER FOR A FEW YEARS IN THE 70'S. HE IS RETIRED AND
HE AND COLLEEN LIVE IN TAMA. NOT SURE WHERE JIM, ALSO RETIRED, LIVES NOW. GOOD SEEING BOTH. ORLA WAS HERE FOR THE JESSE (ART) WING-ASHLEY LECHTENBERG WEDDING, WHICH NANCY AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING. AFTER THE METHODIST CHURCH VOWS....THE RECEPTION WAS OUT IN THE COUNTRY, RURAL BALDWIN, IN A LARGE WHITE TENT NEXT TO A POND, AND FEATURED A SURPRISE AFTER DINNER FIREWORKS DISPLAY. ORLA AND
COLLEEN ARE GRANDPARENTS OF ASHLEY. BEAUTIFUL WEDDING! AND LUCKILY THEY HAD GREAT WEATHER FOR IT. JESSE'S FATHER, DR. JOE, IS RESTORING
AN 1869 STONE HOME OUT THERE. WAS A STAGECOACH STOP IN THE DAYS OF THE OLD WEST. PROJECT NOW IS KIND OF A LABOR OF LOVE, AS HE HAS BEEN AT THE RESTORATION FOR YEARS WITH LOTS STILL TO DO. THE NEW COUPLE IS LIVING IN MAQUOKETA.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN SAID TELEMARKETERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOU CELL PHONE NUMBERS BEGINNING THURSDAY. THERE IS A NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY FOR CELL PHONE NUMBERS. THE SHERIFF SAID HE TRIED IT AND IT IS NOT COMPLICATED. CALL 1-888-382-1222 FROM YOUR CELL PHONE. YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER WHEN YOU CALL AND ENTER IT WHEN ASKED TO. IT TAKES JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AND IT WILL BLOCK YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FROM TELEMARKETERS FOR 5 YEARS. REMEMBER, YOU MUST CALL FROM THE CELL PHONE YOU WANT TO H AVE BLOCKED.
AND IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, AND GET TELEMARKETING CALLS, REMEMBER YOU WILL BE CHARGED ON YOUR BILL FOR THE INCOMING CALL.

THE VOY 1 THEATRE HAS THE NEW MOVIE "EAGLE EYE" STARTING FRIDAY.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A BIG HIT, RATED PG-13. SEEN A MOVIE LATELY?
GET AWAY FROM THAT TV SCREEN ONCE IN AWHILE. FEEL LIKE A TEEN AGAIN AND TAKE IN A MOVIE! AND DON'T FORGET TO ENJOY SOME THEATRE POPCORN WITH IT. NO POPCORN TASTES BETTER THAN THEATRE POPCORN.
WE LIKE TO SELL IT, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS LITTLE PROFIT IN IT.

CHECK THE BIG-FISH PHOTO BELOW.....AND HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

HERE AGAIN IS KEN LITTERER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. I HAD A PHOTO OF HIM HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH THE RADIO HE WON AT KMAQ. I TOLD YOU HE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A FISHING TRIP. HERE'S PROOF! HE CAUGHT THIS
8-POUND WALLEYE .... 28 INCHES LONG....IN CANADA, ABOUT 250 MILES DUE NORTH
OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA. NICE CATCH KEN.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE....AND AGAIN TO ENLARGE EVEN MORE.
DENNIS VOY

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEPTEMBER MEETING WAS HELD
AT NOON TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. STANDING TO THE LEFT, STACY DRISCOLL, DIRECTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
ECONOMIC DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA. HER SALARY IS ABOUT SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CHAMBER. TO THE RIGHT, MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER. BOTH LOOK PRETTY SERIOUS IN THIS PHOTO. NOTE IN BLUE,
CITY COUNCIL WOMAN, MARGO SHOUSE SITTING AT TABLE WITH SENATOR ROGER STEWART. WE ALL NEW THE CITY MANAGER WOULD TALK ABOUT THE FIRE DEBRIS DOWNTOWN AND FOR THAT REASON, I THOUGHT THE CROWD WOULD BE BIGGER THAN IT WAS. ANYWAY, BEING THE OWNER OF TWO GOOD SIZE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN, I WASN'T GOING TO MISS THE MEETING. I'M CERTAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN. SO, I TOOK MY LITTLE DIGITAL CAMERA,
HITCHED A RIDE WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER (PICKED UP JAKE BICKFORD ON THE WAY) AND FIRST ENJOYED A DELICIOUS PORK LOIN DINNER. THEN THE MEETING AND
THE STORY ABOUT IT IS IN TODAY'S "DAILY REPORT" BELOW. REMEMBER...CLICK ONCE ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT....OR TWICE TO ENLARGE IT MORE.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER HOT DAY IN MAQUOKETA.....LOW 80'S....A DOZEN DEGREES OVER NORMAL
FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY MEETING WAS HELD AT NOON TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER
WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER. MOST OF HIS REMARKS WERE ABOUT THE FIRE
MESS DOWNTOWN. MUCH OF WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT HAS BEEN MENTIONED AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. NO STUDY HAS BEEN DONE TO DETERMINE IF THERE REALLY IS AN ASBESTOS PROBLEM. I HEARD WEEKS AGO THAT STUDY WOULD COST ABOUT $8,000 AND THAT THE CITY HAD NO FUNDS FOR THAT. STACY DRISCOLL, CHAMBER DIRECTOR, WHO JOINED IN ON TODAY'S PROGRAM WITH BRIAN, SAID THE ESTIMATED COST FOR A STUDY WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF $30,000. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO ASBESTOS FOUND IN THAT 15 PERCENT OF THE RUINS CLEARED AWAY AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE "SMILES ON MAIN" DENTAL BUILDING, SO THAT WORK COULD BE DONE ON A NEW WALL FOR IT. THERE, THE TESTING WAS DONE AS DEBRIS WAS BEING CLEARED AWAY. IF A LOAD TESTED FOR NO ASBESTOS, IT WAS HAULED AWAY TO AN ORDINARY DUMP SITE. IF THE LOAD HAD SOME ASBESTOS, IT WAS TO BE HAULED TO A SPECIAL SITE FOR ASBESTOS. AS IT TURNED OUT, THERE WAS NO CONTAMINATION IN THAT AREA. WOULD THE OTHER 85% TURN OUT THE SAME? BEST GUESS IS, PROBABLY NOT. AND THE CITY MANAGER SAID HE HAS BEEN TOLD BY THE DNR THAT IF THERE IS ANY ASBESTOS FOUND, THE ENTIRE DEBRIS WOULD HAVE TO BE HAULED AWAY TO A SPECIAL SITE, AT THE ESTMATED COST OF $500,000-PLUS. SO, THE FEELING IS, WHY WASTE THE $30,000 FOR TESTING. ASBESTOS WILL SURELY BE FOUND SOMEWHERE IN THE RUINS! AS I SEE IT, THE ONLY ANSWER.....COME UP WITH THE HALF-MILLION DOLLARS AND HAUL IT ALL AWAY. SOON! INITIALLY, THERE WERE 5 BUILDINGS WITH THE PROBLEM. NOW THERE ARE 3. DR. ATIENZA HAS GONE AHEAD AND SOLVED HIS PROBLEM. THE CORNER BUILDING IS APPARENTLY NO LONGER AN ISSUE AS THE SUB RESTAURANT OWNERS HAVE, OR ARE ABOUT TO, SELL THEIR BUILDING FOR A NEW BUSINESS. SO THAT LEAVES THE HALLMARK, FLOOR COVERING AND FURNITURE BUILDINGS WITH THE PROBLEM. BREITBACH'S HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THEY WOULD GIVE THEIR BUILDING TO THE CITY AT NO COST. I WOULD ASSUME THE OTHER TWO WOULD DO THE SAME. SO, AFTER THE $500,000 CLEAN-UP, THE CITY WOULD OWN A LARGE LOT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA'S MAIN BLOCK. IT MIGHT BE A GREEN SPACE FOR QUITE AWHILE BEFORE BEING SOLD BY THE CITY. BUT CERTAINLY BETTER THAN A BLACK SPACE FOR MAYBE MANY, MANY MORE MONTHS. MY IDEA IN THE SEPTEMBER 5THE DAILY REPORT WAS FOR THE CITY TO COME UP WITH HALF, AND DONATIONS (BY ANY BUSINESS, CLUB, CITIZEN) THE OTHER HALF. THESE DONORS WOULD PROBABLY NEVER GET THEIR MONEY BACK, BUT THE CITY MIGHT EVENTUALLY GET THEIR $250,000 BACK. IT IS TIME TO TURN IN THE SONG BOOKS AND PASS THE PLATE.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE CORNER BUILDING IF IT GETS OPEN? MIGHT BE A PLUS, AND NO PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE OF THAT AREA. BUT IF IT WOULD NOT FIT IN WITH A DEVELOPER'S PLAN TO THE NORTH, THE DEVELOPER WOULD JUST HAVE TO TRY TO BUY THE BUILDING. IN ANY CASE, I WOULD HOPE SOME DAY THE NEW OWNER WOULD TAKE OFF THE METAL SLANTED ROOF ON THE BUILDING, AND
RESTORE THE ROOF TO THE ORIGINAL APPEARANCE. IT REALLY LOOKS ODD NOW.

AND WHAT ABOUT A "STREET SCAPE" PROJECT FOR DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
THE CITY MANAGER TODAY TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT IT AND PASSED AROUND
SOME DRAWINGS ON HOW IT WOULD LOOK. LIKE IN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE DONE THIS (ESPECIALLY DEWITT), THE "LOOK" IS GREAT!
WAGNER SAID ESTIMATED COSTS ARE IN THE MILLIONS. GOOD IDEA FOR THE FUTURE, (AND THERE IS SOME FUNDING FOR A PROJECT LIKE T HIS) BUT NO NEED
TO DO MUCH THINKING ABOUT IT UNTIL THE FIRE MESS IS GONE, GONE, GONE.

WHAT ABOUT THE OLD CITY POOL? THE CITY MANAGER ALSO BROUGHT IT UP IN HIS NOON TALK TO THE CHAMBER. SINCE I HAVE LISTENED TO ALL THE ANGLES, THE PLUS AND MINUS POINTS, THE COMMON SENSE ANSWER! BULLDOZE IT IN! CONVERT THE LAND INTO A PARKING LOT FOR THE NEARBY CITY BUILDING AND GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD, AND PUT THE IDEA OF AN OUTDOOR POOL ON HOLD FOR A FEW YEARS WHILE CITIZENS ENJOY THE NEW INDOOR POOL.

ONE MORE THING BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING TODAY. CHAMBER DIRECTOR DRISCOLL SAID THE CHAMBER IS SEEKING INPUT FROM CITIZENS ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S (2009) HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT DAY AND HOURS. I GUESS YOU ALREADY KNOW MY FEELINGS......IT SHOULD BE ON HALLOWEEN DAY, REGARDLESS OF THE DAY OF THE WEEK AND FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE THE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 26TH. THIS YEAR, ON OCTOBER 31ST, DESPITE ALL THE HYPE IN STORES, ETC...THE MAQUOKETA KIDS WILL JUST HAVE TO PRETEND THERE IS NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT OCTOBER 31.

SORRY TO RAMBLE...AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU DISAGREE ON ISSUES MENTIONED TODAY! IS THIS CALLED THOUGHT PROVOKING? ANYWAY, I'LL TRY NOT DO THIS AGAIN FOR A LONG TIME. ONE FURTHER NOTE. THE MAJORITY OF THE READERS OF THIS REPORT LIVE OUTSIDE MAQUOKETA NOW, BUT I ALSO KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN TOWN THAT CHECK IN DAILY.

NOW...TO NEWS FOR TODAY'S DAILY REPORT:

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT. BILL SCHWENKER WAS NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD FOR THE COMING YEAR. BRIAN TABOR REMAINS
THE VICE PRESIDENT. BARB McKEON, BOARD SECRETARY AND SHOENTHALER, BARTELT AND KAHLER AS THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY. BOARD MEMBER MARTY HUDRLIK WILL CONTINUE AS THE DISTRICT'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE JACKSON
COUNTY CONFERENCE BOARD. BOARD MEMBER MARK PAPE WAS NAMED TO THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE WITH DELWOOD.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND THE SURRONDING COUNTIES
WENT UP IN AUGUST COMPARED TO JULY. FOR THE STATE OVERALL, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS UP FROM 4.3 TO 4.6 PERCENT.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE RATE WENT FROM 4.4 PERCENT IN JULY TO 4.7 PERCENT IN AUGUST.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA REQUIRES ALL DOGS AND CATS OVER AGE 6 MONTHS TO BE LICENSED WITH THE CITY EACH YEAR. THE DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 1.
A LATE FEE AFTER. GET THE LICENSE AT CITY HALL FOR $5 PER ANIMAL.
SENIOR CITIZENS AGE 55 AND OLDER, PAY ONLY $1.

IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BILL NORTHEY WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA
AT THE FARM BUREAU OFFICE AT 4 P.M. ON OCTOBER 1ST. NORTHEY HAS SAID
HE WANTS TO MEET IOWANS IN ALL 99 COUNTIES TO TALK ABOUT THE STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE STATE, AS WELL AS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

OUR AIR-CONDITIONER IS OUT HERE AT KMAQ. A NEW COMPRESSOR IS ON ORDER.
ANOTHER REASON YOU ARE GETTING A HOT REPORT TODAY!

BE GOOD!

DENNIS VOY

NICE WEEKEND WEATHER.
80 YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

NO BIG MAQUOKETA NEWS TODAY.

MAQUOKETA UPSET BENTON COMMUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT...WINNING 14 TO 7.
THIS WEEK, SHOULD BE EASY GAME AT ANAMOSA. WEEK AFTER, OUR HOMECOMING, WITH DEWITT, NOW 3 AND 0 AND RANKED ABOUT 5TH IN THE STATE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAQUOKETA BUILDING WAS HELD TODAY. THOSE SHOWN ABOVE ARE....LEFT TO RIGHT:
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT....SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT ANNE HAWKS....BOB GALLAGHER OF BETTENDORF, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD.....KENDRA BECK, A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE BOARD.....DR. PAT KEIR, CHANCELLOR FOR THAT EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND DR. KAREN VICKERS, PRESIDENT OF
CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
MORE ON THE GROUNDBREAKING IN TODAY'S FRIDAY DAILY REPORT BELOW.
DENNIS VOY

WE ARE HAVING GREAT WEATHER IN MAQUOKETA. ALL WEEK LONG!
AND THE WEEKEND SHOULD ALSO BE GOOD.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS PLAY AT VAN HORNE AGAINST BENTON COMMUNITY TONIGHT. WON'T BE EASY! WE'LL HAVE IT ON KMAQ AT 7:30. IT IS A LONG DRIVE FOR FANS.

HAVE HAD BLOGGER PROBLEMS THIS WEEK AGAIN, HENCE NO DAILY REPORT SINCE
TUESDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS HIRED THEIR ENGINEERING FIRM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND SUMMIT, A HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA.
IT IS BAD, BUT THE WAIT IS NO LONGER THAN BIG CITY INTERSECTIONS. AND MANY LIKE ME AVOID THE INTERSECTION AND USE AN EASY ALTERNATE.
IT IS GOING TO COST AROUND $10,000 FOR THE STUDY. I THINK THAT MONEY MIGHT INSTEAD BE PUT IN A FIRE CLEAN-UP FUND. BUT, THE COUNCIL
DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND A PENNY ON THAT "ECONOMIC DEVELOPENT" PROBLEM.
IN A RELATED ISSUE, THE CITY ENGINEER JULIE NEBEL SAID HER FIRM HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION CONCERNING PUTTING IN SIGNALS AT PLATT AND WESTGATE TO THE IOWA D.O.T AND ARE AWAITING WORD ON WHETHER A GRANT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. AGAIN, IT IS NOT BUSY ALL THE TIME AT THE INTERSECTION , BUT THERE ARE TIMES DURING THE WEEK WHEN IT IS NOT EASY GET ON TO MAIN TO THE LEFT.
GETTING BACK TO THE FIRE MESS! CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER TOLD THE
COUNCIL THIS WEEK THAT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO PAY FOR A FENCE AROUND THE DEBRIS. HE SAID HIS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DAVE POPP HAS GOTTEN QUOTES ON A FENCE, BUT THE FENCE WOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND DONATIONS WHICH ARE IN THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACCOUNT. HE SAID HE WANTED TO CLARIFY TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE FIRE DEBRIS PROPERTY IS PRIVATE AND NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. COUNCILMAN NEIL MORHEAD SAID HE FOUND A STATE FUND WHICH MIGHT HAVE SOME FUNDING FOR THE CLEAN-UP, BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR THE ESTIMATED HALF-MILLION OR MORE NEEDED TO DO THE JOB. MAYBE THE COUNCIL SHOULD BUY A LOTTERY TICKET TWICE A WEEK. THE JACKPOT THIS WEEK IS OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

IN THE GOOD NEWS DEPARTMENT: THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAQUOKETA CENTER.
I ATTENDED THE 30-MINUTE EVENT, ATTENDED BY AROUND 35 PEOPLE.
I TOOK SOME PHOTOS, AND WILL TRY TO GET THEM UP ON THIS REPORT.
GRADING OF THE LAND JUST EAST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STARTED THIS
PAST MONDAY, SO THE PROJECT GOT UNDERWAY A LITTLE AHEAD OF TODAY'S
CEREMONY. THE NEW BUILDING WITH CLASSROOMS, OFFICES AND A COMMUNITY ROOM WILL BE READY TO MOVE INTO NEXT SUMMER. GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO MAQUOKETA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM......THANKS TO THE LATE BANKER FROM MAQUOKETA, JOHN FAGERLAND (LONGTIME TRUSTEE FOR THE COLLEGE DISTRICT) WHO GAVE THE SEED MONEY ($250,000) FOR THE BUILDING. HIS WIFE EVELYN PRESENTED THE CHECK TO THE COLLEGE CHANCELLOR DR. PAT KEIR DURING THIS AFTERNOON'S CEREMONY.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL SET SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 26TH AS THE OFFICIAL TRICK OR TREAT TIME IN MAQUOKETA. BUT IT WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARSHA MEYERS SAID KIDS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRICK OR TREAT ON HALLOWEEN, OCTOBER 31ST. I AGREE!! AND, I'LL ADD, AT NIGHT AND NOT DURING (NON-SPOOKY) DAYTIME HOURS!!

MORE GOOD NEWS! MCHS GRAD ADAM HEPKER (SON OF LEIGHTON AND CINDY)
WILL BE A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER. ADAM, WHO GRADUATED AS A THREE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN FROM MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY IN OLATHE,KANSAS, WILL PLAY FOR THE KANSAS CITY SPARTANS IN THE AMERICAN
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. THE KC TEAM IS A NEWLY FORMED TEAM FOR THE 2008-2009 SEASON. ADAM WAS INVITED TO TAKE PART IN TWO TRY-OUT CAMPS AND WAS SELECTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. HE WILL BEGIN WORKOUTS EARLY NEXT MONTH AND THE FIRST OF 30-GAMES WILL BE IN DECEMBER. OTHER TEAMS IN THE ABA ARE LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS, DETROIT, CLEVELAND AND NASHVILLE.
HIS WIFE (THEY WERE MARRIED THIS PAST JUNE) IS A TEACHER IN THE KC
AREA. CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAM!

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT
WOOD MANUFACURING COMPANY THAT WAS INTERESTED IN THE COUNTY'S S & H BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, DECLINED THE SUPERVISOR'S COUNTER OFFER TO BUY THE BUILDING. THE COMPANY HAD OFFERED $300,000 FOR THE BUILDING WITH A GUARANTEE OF 20 TO 25 JOBS WITH WAGES OF 11 TO 14 DOLLARS AN HOUR.
SUPERVISORS COUNTERED WITH $500,000 FOR THE BUILDING AND WAGES OF $12.50 TO $15.00 AN HOUR. AGAIN, NO REPLY TO THE COUNTER OFFER AND THE SUPERVISORS SAID THEY WOULD NOT CONTACT THE COMPANY AGAIN.

NOTHING NEW OR OFFICIAL ON THE POOL HALL FOR DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
ANOTHER INSPECTION WAS DONE THIS WEEK THOUGH AND DAVE WIERSMA (WHO IS BUYING THE BUILDING TO OPEN THE BUSINESS) AGREED TO BRACE A BURNED CEILING BEAM ON THE MAIN FLOOR. WIERSMA SAID THE ENGINEERS SAY THE NORTH WALL WHICH WAS EXPOSED TO THE FIRE IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND. WIERSMA HAS LEARNED THAT THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A FREE STANDING FACILITY IN 1873 BY J.E. SQUIERS. STILL NEEDED BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE BUSINESS IS APPROVAL BY THE FIRE MARSHALL.

MAQUOKETA HAS ANOTHER NEW POLICE OFFICER, A DELMAR NATIVE, MIKE OWEN, AGE 33. HE WILL ATTEND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY IN JANUARY. HE AND HIS WIFE TERRA HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS. HE REPLACES BILL COAKLEY WHO RESIGNED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. OWEN OWNED HIS ON CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS. HE IS THE SECOND NEW POLICE OFFICER. CHAD WEIPERT IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING THE ACADEMY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

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NO REPORT TODAY

OVER THE WEEKEND, MAQUOKETA GOT 1.6 INCHS OF RAIN.
TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 63. THE REST OF THE WEEK, LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE PRETTY NICE WEATHER.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

A JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY, KEVIN SCOTT OF MAQUOKETA, HAS BEEN FIRED. SHERIFF KETTMAN SAID HE TERMINATED THE EMPLOYMENT LAST WEDNESDAY AND DECLINED TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE FIRING, OTHER THAN TO SAY IT WAS A PERSONNEL ISSUE. SCOTT HAS BEEN A DEPUTY FOR SIX YEARS FOR THE COUNTY.

A BIRTH: ERIC AND DR. JENNI GERLACH THOME OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY IN BLOOMINGTON. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE STEVE AND CAROL LUCKE OF MAQUOKETA.

HOMECOMING IS OCTOBER 3RD IN MAQUOKETA, AGAINST DEWITT. AND THAT WEEKEND, THE MHS CLASS OF 1958 WILL HAVE THEIR 50TH CLASS REUNION.
THAT MEANS, QUITE A FEW OF THAT PRETTY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM THAT YEAR WILL BE HOME FOR HOMECOMING. SHOULD BE A FUN WEEKEND.

COME ON HOME FOR HOMECOMING!

DENNIS VOY

THIS IS WHERE JACKSON COUNTY'S FIRST "HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOUSE " IS GOING UP........JUST NORTH, DOWN THE HILL FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AND, OVER THE WEEKEND, DESPITE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN, VOLUNTEERS HELPED SCHUELLER AND SONS GET THE WALLS UP AND THE ROOF ON. BELOW, THE PHOTO I TOOK THIS (MONDAY)
MORNING. WHAT A DIFFERENCE THE WEEKEND MADE.
DENNIS VOY

MONDAY MORNING....NO LONGER JUST A CONCRETE FLOOR ON THE LOT. THE ROOF IS EVEN FINISHED! THIS HOUSE HAS NO BASEMENT OR GARAGE.

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GOOD SATURDAY!
IT RAINED IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY.
IT RAINED DURING THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL GAME LAST NIGHT.
IT RAINED ALL NIGHT.
IT IS STILL RAINING.
NOT HEAVY.
SHOULD STOP THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

MAQUOKETA WON LAST NIGHT, 27 TO 6

PRELIMINARY ENROLLMENT FIGURES FOR THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOWS A SLIGHT DECREASE THIS YEAR. 1,495 THIS YEAR, 1500 LAST YEAR.
294 AT CARDINAL SCHOOL, 288 AT BRIGGS, 317 AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND 516 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

ANOTHER "HOOP TO JUMP THROUGH" IN THE EFFORT TO GET THE OLD TRUCK STOP AT MAQUOKETA CLEANED UP TO SATISFY THE DNR. THIS WEEK, THE DNR WANTS THE THREE WELLS TESTED ON THE PROPERTY, AT A COST OF $3,330. IT WILL, LIKE ALL PAST WORK (FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW), BE PAID FOR BY THE STATE FUEL CLEAN-UP PROGRAM. THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO THE COUNTY AND WHEN THE DNR SAYS SO...IT CAN BE SOLD AND THE PROPERTY CAN GO BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS.
NOW, THE PROPERTY IS LEASED BY BRAD DEERY MOTORS, FOR VEHICLE STORAGE.

BE SURE AND CHECK THE TWO NEW PHOTOS BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY

THE PHOTO ABOVE SHOWS ME ACCEPTING A PLAQUE FROM CHARLIE BECKER, LONGTIME LEADER OF CAMP COURAGEOUS NEAR MONTICELLO, ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST SUCCESSFUL CAMPS. I HAVE KNOWN CHARLIE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. EACH SPRING AND SUMMER, THEY HAVE A BIG BREAKFAST AND I TRY NOT TO MISS THEM. HE STOPPED IN LAST WEEK TO PRESENT THE PLAQUE, WHICH READS: "CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA.....TALL PINE AWARD....PRESENTED TO
KMAQ-DENNIS VOY (50 YEARS ON THE AIR).....FOR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND DEDICATION TOWARD MAKING POSSIBLE THE DREAM OF COMING TO CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA A REALITY FOR THOUSANDS OF CAMPERS WITH
DISABILITIES". WRITE TO CHARLIE TO GET HIS LATEST NEWSLETTER. JUST WRITE TO CHARLIE BECKER, CAMP COURAGEOUS, MONTICELLO, IOWA.
OR "GOOGLE" CAMP COURAGEOUS.
AND....THANKS CHARLIE.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN ENLARGE ANY PHOTO ON THIS DAILY REPORT BY CLICKING-ON THE PHOTO. AND, CLICK A SECOND TIME, AND IT GETS EVEN LARGER. ALSO, BE SURE AND CHECK THE PHOTO BELOW AND THE FRIDAY STORY UNDER.
DENNIS VOY

THIS POPULAR BAR AND GRILL IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. IT HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN PAINTED. IN THE OLD DAYS, IT WAS A BLACKSMITH SHOP.
IT WAS MADE INTO A RESTAURANT AND BAR IN THE MID 70'S. GOOD FOOD!
I REALLY LIKE THEIR PULLED PORK SANDWICH. IT IS AT 110 SOUTH OLIVE STREET,
JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM EAST PLATT STREET, BEHIND BILL MOLER'S STORE
FOR MEN.
NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.
I WILL HAVE ONE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) ALONG WITH MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL
SCORE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
IT IS RAINING NOW IN MAQUOKETA, LIGHT RAIN.
DENNIS VOY

THE KMAQ BUMPER STICKER! THE BACKGROUND IS REALLY A DARK BLUE.

THERE ARE 3 COUPONS ON BACK SIDE OF EACH STICKER, GOOD FOR SAVINGS

AT "THE HITCHING POST" ADULT AND OTHER BEVERAGES STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA....."THE OLD LUMBER YARD GIFTS AND MORE DECOR" ON EAST PLATT STREET......AND "BEIDLER'S IMPLEMENT" JOHN DEERE STORE ON OLD HIGHWAY 61 SOUTH, MAQUOKETA. FREE BUMPER STICKERS ARE BEING GIVEN OUT AT MANY BUSINESS PLACES IN THE KMAQ AREA. BUMPER STICKER CASH PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY ON KMAQ FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE CLOSEST BUMPER STICKER SPONSOR NEAR YOU, EMAIL ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com

CLICK-ON THE BUMPER STICKER ABOVE TO ENLARGE IT.

THE THURSDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.

ALSO BELOW THE DAILY REPORT, THE WHITE HOUSE LETTER TO KMAQ.

DENNIS VOY

RAIN THIS MORNING....ONE AND 1/10 INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING IN MAQUOKETA.
JUST SHORT PERIODS OF SUNSHINE TODAY. AROUND 75 DEGREES.

MAQUOKETA WILL HOST VINTON-SHELLSBURG TOMORROW NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD. BOTH TEAMS ARE 1 AND 1 AND ITS A DISTRICT GAME. KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST IT. WE HAVE THE COACH KEVIN BOWMAN SHOW ON-THE-AIR AT 5:50 TONIGHT (AND EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT) ON KMAQ-FM.

A BIRTH: JAKE AND CARRIE COUNTRYMAN OF SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS ARE
PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN TUESDAY.
GRANDPARENTS ARE KATHY AND CURT COUNTRYMAN OF SYCAMORE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS NANCY MOORE OF MAQUOKETA.
GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHERS ARE MAXINE COUNTRYMAN OF MAQUOKETA AND ELOISE STEWART OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
LITTLE KALLI JO COUNTRYMAN HAS A 2-YEAR OLD BROTHER, KRISTIN.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB HELD ITS RAFFLE DRAWING AT THIER NOON MEETING YESTERDAY, FOR TWO TICKETS TO THE IOWA-IOWA STATE GAME
THIS SATURDAY IN IOWA CITY. SOMEHOW, ROTARIAN ED TUBBS GOT A HOLD OF TWO TICKETS FOR THE RAFFLE. THEY ARE HARD TO COME BY. ANYWAY, ROTARIAN GUS GLASER DREW THE WINNING NAME, LINDA MAJERUS OF IOWA CITY.
YES...THE SAME LINDA (FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA) THAT WON $100,000 IN IOWA LOTTERY IN AUGUST. REV. ERIC ELKIN IS THE PRESIDENT OF ROTARY, AND THE CLUB MEETS AT NOON WEDNESDAYS AT THE EAGLES CLUB.

THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB IS NOW ALSO HAVING THEIR WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MEETING (BREAKFAST) AT THE EAGLES CLUB, STARTING PROMPTLY AT 7 A.M. DR. MATTHEW WAACK IS THE PRESIDENT. THEY ARE THE HARDEST WORKING CLUB IN TOWN.

THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB MEETS EVERY THURSDAY NOON AT THE DECKER HOTEL BACK GREEN ROOM. BOB GAVIN IS PRESIDENT.

ALL THREE CLUBS HAVE WOMEN MEMBERS. YEARS AGO, THEY WERE MEN'S CLUBS ONLY.

THE FAMOUS "CREW CUTS" FROM CALIFORNIA ARE IN MAQUOKETA. THEY ARRIVED YESTERDAY. THEY WILL PUT ON A SHOW TONIGHT AT THE OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER, COURTESY OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY. ALL 840 FREE TICKETS ARE GONE. I'LL BE THERE....SHHHHH BOOM, SHHHHH BOOM...LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THEY HAVE HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF HITS. THANKS M-S-B!

THE FIREMEN'S TOTAL WENT OVER 2,200 LAST WEEK....REPRESENTING AROUND 130 TOWNS IN IOWA AT THE STATE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION HERE IN TOWN.

THE MAQUOKETA FFA IS NOW SELLING THEIR 2009 CALENDARS. $7.00 A CALENDAR AND YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FAMILY BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES IN IT.
TO ORDER ONE, EMAIL gbruns@mail.ms.maquoketa.k12.ia.us GARY BRUNS IS ONE OF THE FFA ADVISORS.

KMAQ TRAVEL HAS ABOUT 15 SEATS LEFT ON BUS 2 FOR THE 4-DAY CHRISTMAS TRIP TO BRANSON. BUS 1 FILLED UP THE FIRST WEEK. CALL ME AT 1-800-747-0057 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOING.

WE ARE HAVING KMAQ BUMPER STICKER WINNERS ALMOST DAILY.
BIGGEST WINNER SO FAR WAS MIKE YARRINGTON OF MAQUOKETA, $95.10, OUR FM FREQUENCY IN CASH. DARRELL CARR (RETIRED FAREWAY MEAT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE) WON $50.00 YESTERDAY. GET A BUMPER STICKER ON YOUR CAR!

AN OLD HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF WEST QUARRY AND NORTH NIAGARA IS BEING TORN DOWN THESE DAYS TO MAKE ROOM FOR BRAD DEERY EMPLOYEE PARKING.
THAT WILL BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT TO THAT CORNER, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM LITTLE BEAR PARK.

HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY!

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD A DINNER PARTY FOR STAFF AND FAMILY THE NIGHT OF THE KMAQ ANNIVERSARY ON AUGUST 26TH. SARA CLASEN CLARK, MY GRANDDAUGHTER,
PRESENTED ME WITH A FRAMED LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUSCH, WHICH
SHE MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR. I UNDERSTAND, IT INVOLVED A LITTLE PAPER WORK ON HER PART. THANKS SARA!
CLICK ON IT TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

NICE DAY TODAY...SUNNY , BREEZY AND IN 70'S.

ANNE HAWKS WON RE-ELECTION TO THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD
YESTERDAY, BY A SMALL MARGIN OF 83 VOTES OVER GEORGE HOUSTON. OVER 700 WENT TO THE POLLS AND OVER 300 VOTED ABSENTEE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS RECEIVED AN OFFER FOR THE S & H BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM OVER A YEAR AGO. THEY DID NOT LIKE THE OFFER FROM A MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT PRODUCES PRODUCTS FOR THE HOME AND WILL ANSWER THE OFFER WITH THEIR REQUIREMENTS. THE COMPANY WOULD GUARANTEE 20-25 JOBS.

THE LONE BUILDING LEFT STANDING IN AT THE SOUTH END OF MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA FOLLOWING LAST JANUARY'S BIG FIRE, MAY SOON BE THE SIGHT
OF A NEW BUSINESS, A FAMILY POOL HALL. DAVE WIERSMA OF MAQUOKETA,
WHO ALSO OWNS THE "GOT HER DOWN" DETAILING BUSINESS ON EAST PLATT,
HAS PURCHASED THE BUILDING THAT JUST BEFORE THE FIRE WAS TO BE A
PICKLE BARRELL SUBS RESTAURANT. BUT, THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL WAS AT THE BUILDING TODAY AND HAS ORDERED WIERSMA TO BRING THE BUILDING UP TO THE 2006 STATE FIRE CODE BEFORE HE OPENS THE BUSINESS.

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA HAS HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL MINISTRIES, A PARTTIME POSITION AND SHARING ARRANGEMENT WITH CAMP SHALOM NEAR MAQUOKETA. SHE WILL WORK 12 TO 15 HOURS A WEEK AT FIRST LUTHERAN AND THE REST OF THE WEEK AT THE CAMP. SHE IS MAGGIE ATKINSON, A NATIVE OF DAVENPORT. PREVIOUSLY, MARIE STERN HELD THE JOBG AT BOTH SITES. SHE LEFT IN AUGUST OF 2006 AND THE POSITION AT FIRST LUTHERAN HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THEN.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

A COLD (IN 50'S) AND RAINY DAY TODAY, FOLLOWING A NICE WEEKEND.

SORRY I HAD UPLOADING PROBLEMS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THIS REPORT.
OF ALL TIMES TO FAIL ME, WITH THE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION IN TOWN.'

THE STATE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. LOTS OF PEOPLE STOPPED OVER AT FIRST WARD PARK FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO WATCH
THE FIREMEN COMPETE IN GAMES. A GOOD TURN OUT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE PARADE. SUNDAY MORNING, MANY WENT TO THE BUSINESS MEETING AND OTHERS TOOK OFF FOR HOME STARTING EARLY IN MORNING. BY NOON, MOST HAD LEFT TOWN. NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE AT DYERSVILLE AND IN 2010, PERRY.
THE ASSOCIATION HAS OVER 50,000 MEMBERS. OVER 2,000 ATTENDED THE CONVENTION HERE, A VERY GOOD TURNOUT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN AND THEIR SPOUSES FOR A JOB WELL DONE!! THANK YOU!!

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST TO WAUKON AT GOODENOW FIELD FRIDAY NIGHT, 14 TO 10. THE CARDINALS WERE DRIVING FOR ANOTHER TD WHEN TIME RAN OUT.

TOMORROW IS SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY IN IOWA. JACKSON COUNTY POLLING PLACES WILL BE OPEN FROM NOON UNTIL 8 P.M. VOTING WILL TAKE
PLACE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR MAQUOKETA VOTERS.
MAQUOKETA HAS TWO POSITIONS OPEN. INC. BILL SCHWENKER IS UNOPPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION AND THE ANNE HAWKS IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION AND IS OPPOSED BY GEORGE HOUSTON.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS AT 7 TONIGHT.

JULIA F. SMITH, AGE 95, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY AT THE HOSPITAL. HER OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

IOWA PLAYS IOWA STATE THIS SATURDAY AT IOWA CITY. BOTH TEAMS ARE 2 AND 0.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

HERE IS KEN LITTERER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, THE WINNER OF THE KMAQ MONTH OF AUGUST 50TH ANNIVERSARY RADIO. KEN MOVED TO THIS AREA IN 1974 FROM CANADA, WHERE HE OWNED AND OPERATED A RESORT FOR MANY YEARS. HE HAS BEEN LISTENING TO KMAQ SINCE 1974. IN 1975, HE, JOHN PAYNE AND FLOYD WIRTH PURCHASED THE B & Z MILL AND FEED FROM JIM BLAYNEY AND NOLAN ZUGSCHWRDT. KEN AND HIS WIFE HAVE 5 CHILDREN, 2 BOYS AND 3 GIRLS AND I BELIEVE HE SAID ALL LIVE IN CANDADA. ONE SON HAS WORKED MANY YEARS IN A GOLD MINE IN CANADA. KEN WAS UP FISHING WITH FAMILY THE PAST 10 DAYS AND READ THAT HE HAD WON THE KMAQ RADIO ON THIS REPORT.
HE IS RETIRED AND WILL BE STOPPING IN TO SHOW ME SOME PICTURES OF THE FISH HE CAUGHT LAST WEEK.
DENNIS VOY

Our Daily Report Issue is now resolved.

We had a Firewall issue blocking the logistics involved with dad updating his daily report.
It was a change in our hosting providers FTP server and has now been resolved.
Thanks for being patient and continue to enjoy Dennis's Daily Report.

David
KMAQ Web Admin

IT IS SATURDAY MORNING...AND WE HAVE HAD TROUBLE TRYING TO GET THIS DAILY REPORT UP ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB.
IT HAS BEEN OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL EMAILS AND CALLS TO THE HOST OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THE DAILY REPORT, AND STILL NOTHING...

BUT..IF YOU ARE NOW GETTING THIS REPORT...THE PROBLEM IS OVER, FINIALLY.
DENNIS VOY

TEST...THURSDAY REPORT IS BELOW, WITH FRIDAY NOTATION.

COLD AND WET TODAY(THURSDAY)

NOTE: THIS REPORT DID NOT GO UP AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL GO UP SOMETIME TODAY, FRIDAY.

NOT VERY NICE WEATHER FOR THE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION, BUT WE NEEDED SOME RAIN AND THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WILL BE MUCH BETTER.....
SHOULD HAVE SUNSHINE BOTH TOMORROW AND SATURDAY AND IN THE 70'S.

GROUNDBREAKING WILL BE SCHEDULED IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS FOR A SATELLITE CAMPUS IN MAQUOKETA FOR CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
KAREN VICKER, THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT, SAID THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BUILDING BEING COMPLETED A YEAR FROM NOW. IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON LAND AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH FIFTH STREET AND WASHINGTON STREET,
AT THE EDGE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLD THE COLLEGE THE LAND FOR $1.00. A CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER, PORTZEN CONSTRUCTION OF DUBUQUE, FOR $1.7 MILLION. THE 11,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WILL HAVE SEVERAL CLASSROOMS, COMPUTER LABS, AND A CAREER TECHNOLOGY LAB AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY ROOM. FUNDING WILL COME FROM THE PASSAGE OF A REFERENDUM LAST FALL WHICH INCLUDED THE MAQUOKETA BUILDING AND SEVERAL OTHER COLLEGE PROJECTS. ALSO, THE LATE JOHN FAGERLAND OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS A LONGTIME COLLEGE BOARD MEMBER, DONATED $250,000 TOWARD THE MAQUOKETA SATELLITE CAMPUS.

NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC ATTENDED A HEARING THIS WEEK OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ABOUT REZONING SOME PROPERTY ON WESTERN AVENUE. THE ZONING COMMISSION UNAMIOUSLY APPROVED A REQUEST FROM DUANE STICKLEY TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 113 WESTERN AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO BUSINESS. STICKLEY AND HIS FATHER, GALE, HAVE BEEN OPERATING THEIR ELECTRIC BUSINESS FROM THE SITE FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.
PART OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND PART BUSINESS.
STICKLEY SAID HE PLANS TO DEMOLISH THE HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY AND BUILD A 35 BY 80-FOOT STORAGE BUILDING.

YES..THE PICTURE OF THE MOST POPULAR MAQUOKETA RESTAURANT (ON THIS REPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK) WAS OF BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA, JUST BEYOND THE CAVES STATE PARK. HAD LOTS OF EMAILS AND ALL GUESSED IT. IT HAS NO SIGN ON BUILDING. LATELY, SATURDAY NIGHT
CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD TO WAIT AT LEAST 90-MINUTES TO GET SEATED.
IT WAS FEATURED BY BILL WUNDRUM IN THE QUAD CITY TIMES EARLIER THIS SUMMER. IT IS OPEN THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS WAUKON IN FOOTBALL TOMORROW NIGHT AT GOODENOW
FIELD.

SOMEONE IS CLEANING OUT THE BUILDING ON SOUTH MAIN THAT WAS SAVED IN THE JANUARY BIG FIRE. WHERE THE SUB SANDWICH SHOP WAS PLANNING TO OPEN. WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS WILL LOCATE THERE? I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I FIND OUT. APPARENTLY IT WILL NOT BE A RESTAURANT.

CHRISTOPHER AND JENNIE WEIS OF IOWA CITY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY.
GRANDPARENTS ARE ARDELL AND DEBBIE WEIS OF BELLEVUE AND GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE ELDON AND IRENE WALLER OF BELLEVUE AND GRETRUDE DAEHLER OF MAQUOKETA.

YESTERDAY MORNING AT 3 A.M......THE JACKSON COUNTY DISPATCH CENTER RECEIVED THE REPORT OF A FIRE AT 7501 214TH AVE, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
THE HOUSE/GARAGE FIRE WAS AT THE HOME OF STEVEN AND CINDY MUELLER AND UPON ARRIVAL, FIREMEN FOUND THE HOUSE FULL ENGULFED. MAQUOKETA, ANDREW, BALDWIN AND DELMAR FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

SAGE ROSENFELTS STARTS ANOTHER SEASON SUNDAY AS BACKUP QUARTERBACK FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS. HE WAS MAQUOKETA CARDINAL QUARTERBACK
AND ALSO THE IOWA STATE CYCLONE QB AND WENT PRO AFTER COLLEGE.
HAD A GOOD PRE-SEASON.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB IS SELLING CHANCES AGAIN IN A RAFFLE FOR TWO TICKETS TO THE IOWA-IOWA STATE FOOTBALL CLASH. $5 A CHANCE. I HAVE SOME RAFFLE TICKETS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. IF SO, JUST EMAIL ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com

NOTE: THIS BEING ADDED FRIDAY MORNING. SUNSHINE IN MAQUOKETA FRIDAY MORNING. THE QUAD CITY TIMES HAS A NICE ARTICLE ABOUT KMAQ THIS
(FRIDAY) MORNING, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSINESS PAGE. A NEAT WIDE-ANGLE
PHOTO OF ME IN THE FM CONTROL ROOOM. YOU CAN GO TO THAT
SITE: www.qctimes.com AND THEN CLICK TO NEWS...AND THEN GO TO BUSINESS
AND SCROLL DOWN TO THE KMAQ STORY.



THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY KEVIN E. SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA, A FULLTIME PHOTOGRAPHER (AND A GOOD ONE) FOR THE QUAD CITY TIMES. THE STORY WRITTEN BY THOMAS GEYER AND HE DID A VERY GOOD, VERY ACCURATE STORY ON KMAQ. THANKS TO BOTH KEVIN AND THOMAS. THOMAS ALSO COVERS THE POLICE BEAT AT DAVENPORT AND
THAT IS HOW HE GOT THE COMMENT FROM MY SON RICK.

DENNIS VOY

IT HAS BEEN COOL AND CLOUDY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA, QUITE A CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY. VERY LITTLE RAIN TODAY, BUT CLOUDY AND A LITTLE BREEZY.
HIGH ONLY IN THE 60'S.

THE STATE OF IOWA FIREMEN'S CONVENTION IS UNDERWAY IN MAQUOKETA.
OFF TO A BIG START. DOUG GONNER, MAQUOKETA FIREMAN, TOOK ME ON
A GOLF CART TOUR OF THE GROUNDS THIS AFTERNOON. HE ESTIMATES ABOUT 3/4 OF THE FIREMEN ARE HERE ALREADY AND THE REST WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW
AND FRIDAY. AROUND 2,500 ARE EXPECTED FOR THE 130TH ANNUAL EVENT.
MOST WITH THEIR OWN RV'S, BUT SOME IN TENTS AND EVERY HOTEL AND MOTEL ROOM IN MAQUOKETA IS FILLED. THE EAGLES AUXILIARY IS SERVING BREAKFAST
AT THEIR CLUB AND THEY HAD 80 FOR BREAKFAST ALREADY THIS MORNING.'
THEY EXPECT A COUPLE HUNDRED TOMORROW MORNING. MAQUOKETA RESTAURANTS ARE STOCKED WITH FOOD AND WELCOME SIGNS AND OUTDOOR MENU BOARDS. ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT A COUPLE MOBILE
GRILLS AND ARE FIXING PORK TONIGHT RIGHT NEAR PEARSON HALL.'
SATURDAY NIGHT IS STEAK NIGHT AND KALMES CATERING OF ST. DONATUS WILL DO UP ALL THE STEAKS THAT NIGHT. KMAQ WILL BE ON THE AIR "LIVE" FROM IN FRONT OF BOYER HALL, STARTING AT 6:05 TONIGHT. I'LL BE TALKING TO VISITING FIREMEN AND LOCAL FIGHTERS TOO. ITS A FESTIVE TIME IN
MAQUOKETA. AFTER READING TODAY'S NEWS ON THIS REPORT, BE SURE TO GO ON DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTOS I TOOK. REMEMBER, YOU CAN ENLARGE EACH PHOTO JUST BY CLICKING ON IT.

I WATCHED THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ON THE DOWNTOWN FIRE MESS. WAS GLAD TO SEE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT THE TEMPORARY FENCE WAS PUT BACK IN PLACE.
FOR SEVERAL DAYS, A SEGMENT CAME DOWN AND NO ONE FIXED IT.
LAST NIGHT, THERE WAS THE SUGGESTION THAT A PLYWOOD FENCE BE PUT UP ALONG MAIN STREET TO HIDE THE MESS A LITTLE, AND THAT KIDS BE INVITED TO PAINT SCENES ON IT. COME ON! WELL.... THE COUNCIL VOTED TO DO THAT. THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS THE MESS TO BE CLEANED UP, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY CITY MONEY. THE OWNERS DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE TO DO THE CLEAN-UP. ONE BUSINESS OWNER THAT LOST A BUILDING IN THE FIRE SAID THEY WOULD GIVE THEIR LAND, AT NO COST, TO THE CITY. THE COUNCIL WANTS SOMEONE TO CHECK ON STATE AND FEDERAL FREE MONEY, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT'S SIMPLY WISHFUL THINKING.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT IF I WERE CITY MANAGER, I WOULD DO NOTHING ELSE UNTIL I GOT THIS PROBLEM SOLVED. MAYBE THE CITY COULD AGREE TO MATCH EVERY DOLLAR DONATED BY INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESS PLACES, CLUBS.....
ALL COULD SIGN A 3-YEAR PLEDGE WITH THE FIRST YEAR DUE IN 90-DAYS,
THEN THE REST IN 2009 AND 2010. $250,000 IN PLEDGES AND $250,000 FROM A CITY G-O BOND. AFTER THE MESS IS CLEANED UP, THE CITY WILL HAVE A CHOICE PIECE OF REAL ESTAGE TO SELL AND RE-COUP SOME (MAYBE ALL) OF THE MONEY PLEDGED. IF THE BIG RETAILER THAT HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE ENTIRE AREA DECIDES TO BUY, THE PLEDGES WON'T BE NECESSARY. THAT RETAILER IS STILL SLIGHTLY INTERESTED! IF A DRIVE IS STARTED, I'M READY TO MAKE A PLEDGE
AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MANY OTHER PLEDGES MADE TO GET THIS HUGE DOWNTOWN PROBLEM SOLVED.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE AN IDEA? EMAIL ME IF YOU DO AND I'LL PASS IT ON.

ALL THE TIME I HAVE FOR THIS DAILY REPORT TODAY. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BELOW.

FIREMEN, WELCOME TO MAQUOKETA!!!

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN EVERYBODY.

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THIS IS THE LINE-UP AT THE REGISTRATION WINDOW AT BOYER HALL.
ALL KINDS OF CONVENTION SHIRTS ARE ON SALE BY THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT. SEE SOME HANG BY THE WELCOME SIGN.
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CAMPERS EVERYWHERE. HERE, LOOKING NORTH OVER THE PARKING LOT USED AT FAIRTIME. SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE THINGS GOING ON AT THE FIRST WARD PARK AND THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO STOP BUY. THERE WILL BE FOOD STANDS
THERE TOO.
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SOME LUCKY CONVENTION PERSON WILL WIN ONE OF THESE CABINETS IN
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT CONVENTION RAFFLE. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN AND THEIR WIVES ARE GOING TO BE MAKING MONEY IN SEVERAL WAYS.
THE RAFFLE IS ONE. RENTING THE RV SITES A BIG ONE. ALL GOING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TREASURY TO LET THE MVFD SERVE MAQUOKETA AND THE AREA BETTER THAN EVER, FROM THEIR BEAUTIFUL, NEWLY EXPANDED FIRE STATION.
WHAT A JOB THIS IS. PLANNING STARTED A YEAR AGO.
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INSIDE BOYER HALL ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA, HERE IS WHERE
FIREMEN AND WOMEN AND CAN BUY CHANCES ON QUILTS, AND LOTS OF OTHER ITEMS.
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THIS IS WHERE FIREMEN FIRST CHECK-IN. THIS IS ON QUARRY STREET AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS. THERE THEY ARE TOLD WHERE THEY
ARE TO PARK THEIR RV OR PITCH THEIR TENT. RV'S WERE LINED UP AT ALL INTERSECTIONS TODAY. SOME PULLING TRAILERS WITH GOLF CARTS OR PARADE ENTRIES. DOUG SAID MOST ARE MEN FIREMEN WITH SPOUSE. BUT, HE SAID,
THERE ARE MANY WOMEN FIREWOMEN ALSO, WITH THEIR SPOUSE ALONG AS GUEST. AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME SITUATIONS OF HUSBAND-WIFE FIREFIGHTERS.
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EVERY FIREMEN THAT REGISTERS GETS A FREE "GOODY BAG". THE BAG WAS DONATED BY FAREWAY AND INSIDE, GIFTS FROM MAQUOKETA MERCHANTS.
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THIS SCENE IS THE CAMPING AREA NORTH OF THE RACE TRACK. THIS LAND
WAS ACQUIRED BY THE FAIRBOARD TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING AT FAIRTIME. EVERY RV IS SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRICITY. NOTE THE POLE TO LEFT. THESE ARE ALL OVER THE VARIOUS CAMPGROUNDS. THE TRANSFORMER ON TOP WILL BE SOLD AFTER THE CONVENTION. THE WHITE BOX AT THE BASE OF EACH POLE WILL GO ONTO TO THE CITY THAT SPONSORS NEXT YEAR'S CONVENTION. THERE ARE OVER 100 PORTA POTTIES ON THE CAMPGROUNDS. PLUS, ALL THE FAIRGROUND RESTROOMS ARE OPEN FOR USE.
THERE ARE TWO SEMI TRAILERS....ONE FOR MEN AND OTHER FOR WOMEN AND EACH
HAVE 10 SHOWER STALLS.
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GAME TIME FOR SOME VINTON FIREMEN.
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HOW ABOUT THIS OLD TIMER FROM THE VINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT?
IT WILL BE IN THE PARAGE AT 6:30 SATURDAY NIGHT. THE PARADE WILL
START AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GO NORTH ON MAIN STREET AND TURN LEFT AT QUARRY AND HEAD OUT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS. EVERYONE CAN WATCH THE PARADE. THE KIDS WILL ENJOY SEEING MORE FIREMEN AND FIRE TRUCKS THAN THEY HAVE EVER SEEN IN A PARADE.
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THIS VINTAGE FIRE TRUCK WILL BE IN THE BIG PARADE SATURDAY NIGHT.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT. GOLF CARTS ARE ALL OVER THE FAIRGROUNDS. NOT A LOT OF TENTS LIKE THIS ONE.
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THE AUGUST RADIO WINNER ON KMAQ WAS KEN LITTERER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA,
RETIRED MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER KMAQ ADVERTISER. THE DRAWING WAS HELD JUST AFTER 5 P.M. ON KMAQ, WITH DOTTIE BAYLES OF THE KMAQ SALES OFFICE (STARTED WITH US IN 1977) DRAWING OUT THE WINNING NAME.
WE WILL HAVE A PHOTO OF KEN ON THIS REPORT LATER THIS WEEK. AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE UP TOMORROW, A PHOTO OF OUR SEPTEMBER FREE RADIO. WE ARE GIVING AWAY 12 FREE RADIOS IN 2008, OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR. OVER 500 LISTENERS HAVE SENT IN THEIR NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND THE YEAR THEY STARTED LISTENING TO KMAQ.

THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL STAFF MEMBERS AT SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAY CARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, SPENT HER FINAL DAY OF WORK THERE ON AUGUST 28TH. SEE HUTTON WORKED FOR 35 YEARS AT SUNSHINE AND REMEMBERS DAY ONE WHEN NANCY MOORE OPENED THE FACILITY IN THE BASEMENT OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. HER DAUGHTER JILL STARTED AT SUNSHINE WHEN SHE WAS 2 YEARS OLD AND WENT THRU THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. NOW, JILL WORKS AT SUNSHINE. SUE'S FOUR SONS WORKED AT SUNSHINE OFF AND ON AS THEY WERE GROWING UP AND NOW 3 OF THE 4 SONS ARE IN EDUCATION. SHE WILL CONTINUE HER FULLTIME WORK AT WALMART IN MAQUOKETA, ANOTHER JOB SUE HAS HAD FOR MANY YEARS.

SHIRLEY WOOD, AGE 76, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY
IN BURLINGTON. HER OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
HER LATE HUSBAND, CHUCK, WAS A SALESMAN FOR KMAQ IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF KMAQ.

COUNTRY SINGER JERRY REED, AGE 71, HAS DIED. HE APPEARED IN THE
SMOKEY AND BANDIT MOVIE TOO AND WAS THE MAIN ENTERTAINER IN MAQUOKETA AT THE 1986 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW.

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HOT TODAY, 90. HUMID TOO.
BUT RELIEF IS COMING TOMORROW.
I WILL HAVE TODAY'S REPORT IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW.
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MAQUOKETA'S MOST POPULAR RESTAURANT! EMAIL ME IF YOU KNOW WHICH
IT IS! kmaq@kmaq.com
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THIS IS THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK VISITOR'S CENTER, AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK. HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I STOPPED IN, SO DID SO SUNDAY.
IT WAS BUSY. ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE LOOKED AT THE SHORT VIDEO AND THEN
LOOKED AT THE OTHER PHOTOS AND DISPLAYS. GOOD TO VISIT THIS BUILDING BEFORE GOING DOWN TO THE POPULAR PARK AND GOING THROUGH THE CAVES.
NO ADMISSION CHARGE. THERE IS A SMALL GIFT SHOP. VOLUNTEERS OPEN THE CENTER EVERY WEEKEND DURING THE SUMMER. WELL DONE INSIDE AND OUT.
PUT IT ON YOUR LIST OF PLACES TO VISIT NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA.
A HALF-HOUR OR LESS WILL DO IT.
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THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GREAT FOR THE WEEKEND. TODAY, SUNNY AND WE EXPECT TO GET UP IN THE UPPER 80'S. SOME RAIN AND COOLER WEATHER IS COMING.

HOPEFULLY, THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD FOR THE STATE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION LATER THIS WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. FIREMEN HAVE STARTED TO ARRIVE. I WAS DOWN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS LAST NIGHT AND ABOUT 20 RV'S ARE PARKED ALREADY AT BOTH BIG CAMPGROUNDS SET UP FOR THE FIREMEN AND WIVES.
IT WILL BE FUN, BUSY WEEK IN MAQUOKETA AND I'LL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT IT ALL WEEK LONG, WITH SOME PHOTOS TOO.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN HELPED FOUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS FIGHT A RURAL LAMOTTE FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. 50 BIG BALES OF HAY WERE DESTROYED.
THE HAY BALES WERE NEXT TO BUILDING AND THEY SAVED THE BUILDING.
FIRMEN WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 4 HOURS.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS WON THEIR OPENING FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT AT WEST LIBERTY.

IOWA STATE WON FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE HAWKEYES SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SO BOTH OF IOWA'S MAJOR FOOTBALL TEAMS ARE OFF AND RUNNING.

SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT. I'LL HAVE MORE TOMORROW.

HAVE A FUN AND SAFE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.

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