ANOTHER NICE DAY!

HAPPY BIG 4-0 TODAY TO THE VOICE OF THE CARDINALS AT GOODENOW
FIELD AND THE NEW MCHS GYM..... PA ANNOUNCER BOB GAVIN. HIS DAY JOB
IS AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WHERE HE'S A LOAN OFFICER.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY THEY ARE FOLLOWING UP ON TIPS THEY
HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE BANK ROBBERY LAST WEEK
AT THE ANDREW BANK. LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A RAID ON A MAQUOKETA HOME
AND IT MAY HAVE HAD TO DO WITH THE ROBBERY. FOUR DEPUTIES AND
TWO MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICERS WERE AT THE HOME ON EAST QUARRY FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A JUDGE SEALED THE SEARCH WARRANT SO INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE AND
WHAT THEY FOUND IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

A GOODWILL STORE MAY MOVE INTO THE FORMER FAREWAY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. A COMPANY SPOKEMAN SAID THEY ARE TALKING WITH THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, DUSTIN EDWARDS, AND NEED TO DO AN APPRAISAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDING IS SUITABLE.
THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE STUDY DONE BY MID OCTOBER AND THEN CLOSE ON THE SALE OF THE BUILDING. THEY THEN WOULD NEED SEVERAL MONTHS TO
RENOVATE THE BUILDING BEFORE OPENING THE RETAIL FACILITY SOMETIME
EARLY NEXT YEAR. SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE BUILDING OPEN
AGAIN. SOMEONE ASKED ME TODAY IF GOODWILL WOULD PAY REAL ESTATE
TAXES ON IT SINCE GOODWILL IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW HEAD WRESTLING COACH. HE IS KYLE BILLUPS AND HE REPLACES TOD BOWMAN WHO RESIGNED AT THE END OF LAST SEASON. HAS HE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT UNDER BOWMAN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL SEASONS.
HE WAS ISSUED A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT. HE IS ALSO A TEACHER AT THE
MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

"TIL DEATH DO US PART-LATE NIGHT CATECHISM 3" WILL BE PRESENTED
AT 7 THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THE COMEDY ARE $25 AND AVAILABLE AT THE MAQUKETA STATE BANK AND OSTERHAUS PHARMACY. SHOWTIME WILL BE 7 P.M.

GARY DREW STOPPED IN TODAY TO SHOW ME A PHOTO OF THE BUILDING HE
PLANS TO PUT UP AT HIS BIODISEL PLANT NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. IT
WILL BE 15,000 SQUARE FEET, THE MAXIMUM HE CAN PUT ON HIS LAND.
HE SAID IT WILL MEET HIS NEEDS FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS. AND, IT IS A BUILDING
THAT THEN CAN BE EASILY MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. IT CONSISTS
OF A RIGID ALUMINUM FRAMEWORK WITH A HEAVY STRETCHED FABRIC.
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES IN ADDITION TO BEING PORTABLE. THERE IS A VERY LARGE ONE AT DYERSVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 20, WHERE THE AREA SALES
OUTLET FOR THE STRUCTURES IS LOCATED. GARY TRIED TO BUY THE EMPTY S & H
BUILDING IN THE TIMBER CITY INDUSTRIAL PARK IN MAQUOKETA. THE COUNTY OWNS THAT 50,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND TURNED DOWN HIS OFFER
OF SLIGHTLY OVER $200,000. GARY SAID HIS BUSINESS IS GROWING AND
IN A FEW YEARS, HE WILL NEED TO RELOCATE TO AN AREA THAT WILL HAVE MORE SPACE FOR EXPANSION. HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN THIS AREA, BUT
AT THIS TIME IS DOUBTFUL IT WILL BE IN JACKSON COUNTY. WE'LL HAVE
TO WORK ON HIM TO KEEP THE JOBS SOMEWHERE AROUND MAQUOKETA.
MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT GARY WAS THE KEY FORCE BEHIND THE BUILDING,
OVER SEVERAL YEARS, OF THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE YOU LISTENED TO KMAQ-FM ON YOUR LAP TOP YET? LISTEN TO THE GAME TOMORROW NIGHT! JUST GO TO www.kmaq.com HOME PAGE AND START LISTENING. WATCH THE CARS GO BY THE STATION AT THE SAME TIME.
THE M-S-B CLOCK WILL ALSO GIVE YOU MAQUOKETA'S TIME AND
TEMPERATURE.

AT SIX O'CLOCK TONIGHT, I'LL GO OUT AND WAVE TO YOU!
REMEMBER, ON TV ONE LOOKS HEAVIER!

HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY!

DENNIS VOY