AN INCH OF SNOW YESTERDAY.
CLOUDY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 24.
A WINTER STORM WATCH...NOT WARNING... FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON, CHRISTMAS DAY.
TONIGHT, MAYBE  A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW.
TOMORROW, LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
MORE OF THE SAME TUESDAY NIGHT.
WEDNESDAY, SNOW AND SLEET....LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
THURSDAY, WINDY, AND SNOW OR SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN.   HIGH IN LOWER 30'S.
CHRISTMAS EVE, WINDY  AND 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
CHRISTMAS DAY....SNOW LIKELY AND HIGH IN THE UPPER 70'S.
NOT A GOOD FORECAST FOR THIS CHRISTMAS WEEK....BUT COULD BE WORSE.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7 AT CITY HALL.
HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING AT 4:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT CITY HALL.

DON'T FORGET THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TO SEND CHRISTMAS GREETINGS  TO
FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND CHRISTMAS MEMORIES ON THE GUEST BOOK ARE NICE TOO.  

CHECK THE TWO PHOTOS BELOW THAT I TOOK SATURDAY NIGHT.

AND MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND CHURCH CHRISTMAS EVE!
FOR KMAQ-LAND, WE WILL BROADCAST "LIVE AND DIRECT FROM THE CHURCH"...
THE 7 P.M. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE FROM THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
IN MAQUOKETA.       7 P.M. ON KMAQ-FM...95.1.

"IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR"!

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DR. JOHN BROMAN,  A LONGTIME UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT A GEORGIA
UNIVERSITY....... A 1965 MCHS GRADUATE AND SON OF DR. BROMAN OF
MAQUOKETA, WAS THE GUEST CONDUCTOR FOR THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
FREE CONCERT SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON
EAST PLATT STREET.      HE DIRECTED THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER
SINGERS...,.MANY COMMUNITY SINGERS......AND SEVERAL MUSICIANS FROM CEDAR RAPIDS.    IT WAS A NICE NIGHT.    BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.    A GOOD TURNOUT.
FREE REFRESHMENTS AFTER AND A MAQUOKETA NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
MORE ABOUT THE EVENT UNDER THE PHOTO BELOW.      THE OHNWARD CENTER HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IN ITS FIRST FIIVE YEARS.    MAQUOKETA IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE IT.     CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.  
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THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER CELEBRATED THE SEASON ....AND THE FIFTH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE CENTER...SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE

CENTER'S KOPEL THEATRE,THAT SEATS NEARLY 850.     ANN PITCHER HAWKS BEGAN THE EVENING ENTERTAINMENT SINGING "THE BIRTHDAY OF THE KING",

WITH SUSAN DADISMAN AT HER GUITAR.   OPENING REMARKS WERE BY GARY DREW, WHO WAS 'THEE' MAIN PERSON IN THE BUILDING OF THE AUDITORIUM AND BY

PAMELA CRAWFORD, WHO WAS THE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF SATURDAY NIGHT'S EVENT.  LINDA CURRENT STEWART AWARDED LIFETIME TICKETS TO THE

TWO MOST OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS THE PAST FIVE YEARS AT THE CENTER....

DEAN SCHMIDT AND NANCY TOUTSCH.         NEXT, THE PROFESSIONAL MUSIC

FOR THE EVENING, PRESENTED BY THE "FIVE SEASONS CHAMBER MUSIC

FESTIVAL" OF CEDAR RAPIDS.....TWO VIOLINS, A VIOLA, DOUBLE BASS AND

PIANO.   IN THE PHOTO ABOVE,  RICHARD HALL, THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER GREETING EVERYONE.     HE IS A DUBUQUE NATIVE AND WORKED AT THE GRAND THEATRE FOR 12 YEARS, WAS ALSO A

DUBUQUE RADIO ANNOUNCER AND THE PAST TWO YEARS WAS MANAGER OF

TIMBER LAKE PLAYHOUSE AT MT. CARROLL, ILLINIOIS.

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