Wednesday, October 22, 2008

COLD AND WINDY TODAY.
JUST A LITTLE SUNSHINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH TODAY, 54

MAQUOKETA STILL HAS A CHANCE TO GET INTO THE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, BECAUSE THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT COULD GO IN EACH DISTRICT WAS INCREASED TO 4.

THREE MORE DEER ACCIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY YESTERDAY.....VEHICLES DRIVEN BY JIM EVILSIZER, ROGER EGGERS, AND KATIE DONLINGER.

THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMISTS ANNUAL APPRECIATION DINNER WAS LAST NIGHT AND GIVEN SPECIAL RECOGNITION WAS MAQUOKETA FIREMAN RICK SCHMIDT.
HE HAS BEEN A FIREMEN FOR 10 YEARS, IS THE FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER,
AND WAS ONE OF THREE CO-CHAIRMAN FOR THE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION
IN MAQUOKETA THIS PAST SEPTEMBER.

ERIN HOFFMAN AND SCOTT FOUST OF ZWINGLE ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. LOCAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DAN AND TERRI SELZER OF MAQUOKETA AND GREATGRANDPARENTS ARE LIONEL AND KAROL KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA.

DOROTHY MORRIS WAS 86 TODAY AND MORRIE MORRIS WILL BE 87 TOMORROW.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOTH. DOROTHY WAS LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF KMAQ
AND MORRIE IS IN OUR MORNING COFFEE GROUP. STILL PLAYS GOLF.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM "LIVE" ON YOUR COMPUTER. JUST GO TO www.kmaq.com AND CLICK-ON THE "LIVE RADIO" BUTTON RIGHT ABOVE THE STAFF PHOTO.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

IF THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WERE IN THE WORLD SERIES TONIGHT, OF COURSE, THEY WOULD WIN.

DENNIS VOY