SUNNY AND NICE TODAY....MID 50'S.     WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE 60'S.
FARMERS ARE ESPECIALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE WEATHER.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE DECIDED TO LEASE
THE COUNTY'S 328 ACRE FARM...FOR A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD INSTEAD OF
3 YEARS AS IN THE PAST.     NOVEMBER 30TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR INTERESTED FARMERS TO SUBMIT BIDS TO THE BOARD.

AT A RECENT "GREAT PLACES AWARDS CEREMONY", GEN. CHARLES MITCHELL
OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR HIS WORK IN THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC JACKSON COUNTY INSANE ASYLUM NORTH
OF ANDREW.   

PENNY EVANS OF MAQUOKETA STRUCK A DEER AROUND 11 LAST NIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 61 SOUTH OF OTTER CREEK.     HER CAR SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE AND HAD TO BE TOWED.   NO INJURIES.

BRYAN DONATSCH TOLD MAQUOKETA POLICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT SOMEONE HAD SHOT  A B.B. GUM AT ONE OF HIS WINDOWS SOMETIME BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PHIL ROEDER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, AND GOVERNOR CHET CULVER'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COMMUNICATIONS, IS TAKING A NEW ASSIGNMENT.   HE WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF THE STATE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S LEADERSHIP TEAM, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 10TH.    ROEDER, A FORMER MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE DES MOINES SCHOOL BOARD, WILL FOCUS ON A VARIETY OF POLICY AND COMMUNICATION ISSUES.      PHIL'S FATHER, THE LATE DON ROEDER, WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA DENTIST AND  HIS MOTHER STILL
LIVES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

THREE BIRTHS:
ANDREA RICH AND TERRY DORAN OF MAQUOKETA  ARE THE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN OCTOBER 26TH, BORN AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
CASANDRA HOLDGRAFER AND JOSEPH DIRKS OF MAQUOKETA ARE THE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN OCTOBER 30TH, ALSO BORN HERE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY
REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER.
FARAH AND SHAD ROBERTS ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN MONDAY IN
STUTTGARD, GERMANY.     MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ROSE AND
CHUCK WENDEL OF MAQUOKETA.   PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE  GEORGANN
ROBERTS OF ZWINGLE AND TOM YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.

THE FIRST HOLIDAY MOVIE STARTS NATIONWIDE TOMORROW AND ALSO
AT THE VOY THEATRES.    DISNEY'S "A CHRISTMAS CAROL", STARRING JIM CAREY AND RATED PG.

THEY ARE MAKING WINE OUT OF PUMPKINS HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.
ANYONE EVER HAVE SOME?

MORE BUSINESS NEWS, THEY HAVE STARTED AN ADDITION TO THE NEW CASEY'S
GENERAL STORE CONVENIENCE STORE (FORMERLY DICK'S EXPRESS) NEXT TO
THE FAREWAY STORE.      HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT THE EXTRA SPACE WILL BE USED FOR.

LEE GREENWOOD HAS A NEW CD FOR CHRISTMAS.    GOT IT LAST WEEK.
TITLE:  "HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS".    I PLAYED
CUT 10 THIS MORNING, "WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS".....MY FIRST CHRISTMAS
CAROL ON KMAQ THIS SEASON...AND IT WAS A GOOD VERSION OF THE SONG  AND QUITE APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRST SELECTION.   WITH THE PROBLEMS IN
AMERICA, WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS.       TIPTON STARTED OFF THE
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON WITH A SPECIAL EVENT LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND DEWITT WILL START THE SEASON THIS SUNDAY WITH THEIR ANNUAL
"CHRISTMAS EXPO" AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE DOWNTOWN PARK.
KMAQ WILL AGAIN HAVE A TABLE.     IT WILL BE FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 2 P.M.

YES INDEED...SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN.

HO HO HO.

DENNIS VOY