THE JULY 4TH WEEKEND AROUND HERE WAS PRETTY GOOD. SATURDAY, UNTIL
ABOUT 4 IN AFTERNOON, WE HAD A LITTLE RAIN ON AND OFF.....ABOUT 1/4 INCH.
ALL PARADES WERE HELD. AND THEY HAD STOCK CAR RACES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE RACES GOT OVER AT 10 AND THE FIREWORKS STARTED SHORTLY AFTER IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND. AND, IT WAS A NICE 20-MINUTE FIREWORKS DISPLAY. NANCY AND I ENJOYED IT FROM THE GRANDSTAND, BUT OTHERS
VIEWED THE DISPLAY IN VARIOUS PLACES AROUND THE FAIRGROUNDS. THE FIREWORKS WERE PUT ON BY BOB WAGENER, STOCK CAR RACES PROMOTER.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALSO RAISED SOME MONEY (KMAQ CHIPPED IN $100) FROM CHAMBER MEMBERS TO HELP WITH THE COST OF THE SHOW.

TODAY...NICE DAY... HOT AND IN LOW 80'S. REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD TOO. THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR STARTS WEDNESDAY AND THE WYOMING FAIR IS THIS WEEKEND. ALSO THE MILES THRESHERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
THRESHING DAYS.

THE BELLEVUE CHAMBER HAD A NEW-CAR RAFFLE AND NEW CHEVY FROM TILL'S GARAGE IN BELLEVUE WAS WON BY A YOUNG TEACHER AT BELLEVUE MARQUETTE,
JESSICA MEDIGNER.

CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S NEW MAQUOKETA CENTER OPENED TODAY WITH LIMITED ACTIVITIES. IT WILL BE OPEN FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL 4:30 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A GRAND OPENING IS SCHEDULED FOR 3 P.M. ON MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD. AND, ALSO MOVING INTO THE BUILDING, THE IOWA AT WORK AND WORKFORCE DEVLOPMENT OFFICES, FORMERLY ON PLATT STREET. IT IS A VERY NICE BUILDING. WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO MAQUOKETA.

FOURTEEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS BATTLED FOURTH OF JULY BLAZE IN AN OLD SCHOOL BUILDING IN LOWDEN THAT HAD BEEN MADE INTO APARTMENTS.
MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO BRING THEIR AERIAL TRUCK.
THERE WERE FIVE APARTMENTS OCCUPIED AND EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY.

DON'T LET YOUR VEHICLE UNLOCKED. ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, ROBERT FELTES ON SOUTH VERMONT REPORTED THAT SOMEONE TOOK AN IPOD FROM HIS VEHICLE.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

WE HAVE NO OBITUARIES TODAY, FROM MAQUOKETA OR AREA FUNERAL HOMES.

GOOD LONGTIME KMAQ LISTENERS HAROLD AND SANDRA COLLISTER OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY YESTERDAY, WITH AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. CONGRATULATIONS.
YES...SANDRA'S MUCH OLDER BROTHER IS STILL LIVING SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL IOWA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

FRANCIS MELVOLD AND SON DOUG MELVOLD AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DOUG HAS BEEN A LONGTIME ROTARIAN, AS WAS HIS DAD, BOB MELVOLD. HIS DAD WAS
PUBLISHED OF THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND AFTER HIS DEATH, DOUG BECAME PUBLISHER. AND FRANCIS WAS ACTIVE WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE NEWSPAPER AND PRINTING BUSINESS RIGHT FROM THE START, IN THE EARLY 50'S, AND IS NOW RETIRED. THE MELVOLD FAMILY RUNS THE MAQUOKETA
AND BELLEVUE NEWSPAPERS AND THE WEB PRINTING COMPANY OUT IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. FRANCIS SPENDS THE WINTER IN FLORIDA. DOUG IS ALSO
AN OPTIMIST CLUB MEMBER. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY