NOT A BAD SUNDAY...A LITTLE SNOW.
TODAY, SUNNY THIS MORNING AND NOW CLOUDY. THEY PREDICTED AN INCH OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON, BUT SO FAR, NOTHING. REST OF WORK WEEK LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, BUT WILL GET COLD AGAIN THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET SATUDAY NIGHT. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WAS GIVEN A POCKET WATCH FOR HUIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO HONORED WERE AL MUHLHAUSSEN AND KEITH BURNS FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AND RICK SCHMIDT FOR 10 YEARS.
NEW MEMBERS CHRIS RAKER, JUSTIN KOONTZ AND BJORN BECK WERE NOTED.
FIRE CHIEF BECK SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW YEARS, THEY HAVE THEIR FULL SLATE OF VOLUNTEERS WITH 35 MEMBERS.
HE SAID THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT IS 11.71 YEARS.
DURING 2008, THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 90 CALLS, UP FROM 55 IN 2007.
THERE WERE 40 RESCUE CALLS AND THE RESPONSE TIME WAS 9 MINUTES. AN AVERAGE OF 15 MEN ANSWERED THE CALLS. AND LAST STATISTIC....TUESDAYS HAD THE MOST ACTIVITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE NUMBER 1 MOVIE THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS "PAUL BLART: MALL COP".
GOOD TURNOUT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE. "HOTEL FOR DOGS" DID ALRIGHT TOO.

THE KMAQ RADIO BINGO SHOW STARTS AGAIN TODAY.....ON THE AIR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOONS AT 3:30. A BIG WINTERTIME THING FOR A LOT OF OUR LISTENERS.

BIG BOOSTER CLUB CAKE AUCTION TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS
GYM. MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT IN A GIRL-BOY DOUBLEHEADER.
KMAQ-FM WILL ALSO BROADCAST BOTH GAMES.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY