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