74 TODAY....NICE DAY.
RAIN TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND THURSDAY, BUT WEEKEND SHOULD BE GOOD.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT: JACK ROSENBERG, FORMER MAYOR,
APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND COMPLAINED THE WAY NEW
RV SPACES ARE BEING ARRANGED IN THE HORSESHOE POND RV PARK.
I AGREE. THEY ARE GOING TO CROWD RV'S INTO IT AND SPOIL IT.
BUT, I'M AFRAID THE DAMAGE IS DONE.
AND, MAYOR TOM ASKED IF THE STOP/GO SIGNALS ARE REALLY NECESSARY
FOR THE STREET LEADING OUT OF THE FAREWARE STORE, TRUE VALUE
HARDWARE AND THE CONVENIENCE STORE ONTO HIGHWAY 64 WEST.
I ALSO WONDER IF PEOPLE NEED THEM AND WILL LIKE THEM. BUT, THE
COUNCIL VOTED TO GO AHEAD WITH THEM. THERE WILL BE THREE SHORT-SPACED SIGNALS BETWEEN McDONALDS AND HIGHWAY 61.

AFTER THE MEETING, COUNCILMAN GALEN SAUNDERS TOLD KMAQ THAT
HE WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. HE WILL BE FINISHING FIVE YEARS ON THE COUNCIL. SAUNDERS SAID HE'S HAD A GOOD RUN, BUT FELT IT WAS TIME TO LET SOMEONE ELSE STEP UP TO THE POSITION.
I THINK HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB. GOOD, COMMON SENSE THINKER.
THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE FOUR SEATS ON THE COUNCIL OPEN THIS FALL.
THE SEATS OF TIM CLARK, JASON HUTE, GALEN SAUNDERS AND MARSHA
MEYERS. I HEARD CLARK WILL NOT RUN AGAIN AND ALSO HEARD HUTE IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR, SO WE INDEED MAY HAVE 4 NEW COUNCILMEN
ON JANUARY 1ST.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDNIALS ARE HOT...VERY HOT! WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT HERE AT KMAQ. THEY PLAY THE DODGERS AGAIN TONIGHT.

DISAPPOINTING SPORTS NEWS TODAY FROM MINNESOTA. BRETT WILL BE BACK...WITH THE VIKINGS. FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!
I PREDICT SAGE WILL STILL PLAY A LOT!

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QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, HARLAN AND JUDY TONDERUM BOUGHT AN OLD
STONE FARM HOME JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ON WHAT IS NOW OLD HIGHWAY 61. THEY RESTORED IT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. (I'VE NEVER BEEN IN IT, BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS LOVELY) THEN JUDY PLANTED FLOWERS AND MORE FLOWERS.
THIS RURAL SETTING IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN JACKSON COUNTY.
LOTS OF WORK FOR JUDY. NO WEEDS. JUDY IS A JACKSON COUNTY MASTER
GARDNER AND MONTHY IS ON KMAQ TO TALK GARDENING. NEXT TIME YOU
VISIT MAQUOKETA, DRIVE BY. YOU WON'T THE STONE HOME AND FLOWERS!
THIS IS MORE OR LESS THE FRONT,NORTH, MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE HOME. CLICK-ON THE THREE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM....AND ENJOY!
DENNIS VOY

MORE FLOWERS, SHRUBS AND TREES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TONDERUM RURAL HOME.
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THIS IS ALONG THE SOUTH FENCE OF THE TONDERUM LAWN.
IF I WERE TO PAN MY CAMERA AROUND TO THE NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE, I WOULD GET A PHOTO OF A NICE BARN AND GOOD LOOKING HORSES. JUDY LIKES HER FLOWERS....HARLAN LIKES HIS HORSES.
AND..NOTE THE BEAUTIFUL STAND OF CORN BEHIND THE FENCE. PROOF THAT IOWA HAS THE BEST IN THE WORLD.....AND THIS YEAR, HEADING FOR A RECORD CROP.
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