BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA!

AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR YESTERDAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR,
ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN. THE SATURDAY ATTENDANCE WAS 3,167, NEARLY
15-HUNDRED LESS THAN LAST YEAR. THE ALL TIME RECORD, IN THE 80'S,
WAS OVER 5,000, ON A SATURDAY THAT INCLUDED STOCK CAR RACES.
THIS YEAR, THE SATURDAY DOUBLE-HEADER COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW WAS
NOT INCLUDED IN THE GATE ADMISSION. ANYONE WANTING TO SEE THE
SHOWS FROM THE GRANDSTAND HAD TO PAY EXTRA AT THE GRANDSTAND
RAMPS. IT WAS $10 FOR THE GRANDSTAND WINGS, $15 FOR THE COVERED GRANDSTAND AND $20 TO STAND DOWN BY THE STAGE. I WASN'T ABLE TO
WATCH THE SHOWS BECAUSE I WAS ON-THE-AIR, BUT I DID CHECK AND THE
GRANDSTAND WAS HALF EMPTY. WEATHER WAS VERY GOOD AND NOT A
FACTOR. TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF THE FAIR AND AGAIN, LOTS OF
THINGS ON THE SCHEDULE, TOPPED OFF BY THE "NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION" EVENT IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND AT 6 P.M. FFA CLUBS HAVE DID A NEAT JOB
OF PAINTING OLD COMBINES FOR COMPETITION TONIGHT. BECAUSE OF NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION LAST YEAR, THE SUNDAY ATTENDANCE WAS THE HIGHEST
OF THE FIVE DAYS. WE'LL SEE IF THE SAME THING HAPPENS THIS YEAR.
COME TO THE FAIR!

THE BEEF SHOW WAS HELD YESTERDAY AND THE CHAMPION BEEF OF THE SHOW....
WAS NOT A STEER....BUT A HEIFER. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN. THE
WINNER WAS A 1128 POUND CROSSBRED COMMERCIAL HEIFER, NAMED STUB.
SHE WAS SHOWN BY LINDSAY MUSEHEART OF MILES. IT WAS A WINNER TOO OF 4 EARLIER SHOWS THIS YEAR.
THE RESERVE CHAMPION YESTERDAY WAS A STEER, SHOWN BY NICOLE TRENKAMP OF PRESTON.

THE BILL RILEY TALENT SHOW WAS LAST NIGHT, WITH THE WINNER GOING TO THE STATE FAIR. GOING TO THE STATE FAIR FROM MAQUOKETA, JORDYN SCHULZ, AGE 13 AND MIKAELA PAULSEN-BROWN, AGE 17, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA. THEY
DID A LYRICAL DANCE...AND WON $75. SHERI MELVOLD, KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR, WAS THE EMCEE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THE TWO WINNERS OF THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING LAST NIGHT, EACH GETTING $250, WERE: ANGIE LEPPERT OF MAQUOKETA AND MARK LIPPENS OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY