IT WAS HOT AND HUMID THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THEN
THE RAIN CAME, ALONG WITH A LITTLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, AND
THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED DOWN TO 65. NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY WAS UNDER A THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND CLINTON COUNTY IS NOW UNDER A
WARNING, UNTIL ABOUT 4 P.M. THEN A THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE
ENTIRE KMAQ AREA UNTIL 9 TONIGHT.

ANDREW COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TOOK THE FIRST STEPS
LAST NIGHT FOR ITS HIGH SCHOOL.....ONLY HIGH SCHOOL.....STUDENTS TO GO TO EITHER MAQUOKETA OR BELLEVUE NEXT YEAR. ANDREW WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A SCHOOL FOR GRADES THROUGH GRADE 8. PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHICH SCHOOL THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEND THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE. THEIR HALFBACK , JOE FELDPAUSCH, LAST FRIDAY NIGHT RAN FOR 387 YARDS, A NEW SCHOOL RECORD AND 119 MORE THAN THE OLD RECORD. THAT'S A LOT OF YARDAGE!
THE HISTORY OF THIS RIVALRY: MAQUOKETA 46 WINS, 34 LOSSES AND 6 TIES.
MAQUOKETA WON 6 YEARS IN A ROW, 1978-1984. LAST YEAR, HERE AT
HOME, MAQUOKETA WON 14 TO 7.
61 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, GOODENOW FIELD WAS DEDICATED. POPULAR
WMT SPORTSCASTER TATE CUMMINGS WAS THE SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE
CEREMONY. THE GAME OVER ANAMOSA WAS WON BY THE CARDINALS,
UNDER QUARTERBACK RICHARD EFFERDING, END BOB RISSER AND TACKLE BOB
MITCHELL.
WONDER WHO THE CHEERLEADERS WERE?
IF YOU KNOW, EMAIL ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com AND IF YOU KNOW WHO THE CLOWN
IS BELOW, EMAIL ME ALSO.

TODAY IS THE LAST FULL DAY OF SUMMER. FALL, THANK GOODNESS,
STARTS TOMORROW SOMETIME. IT HAS BEEN A LONG, HOT SUMMER!

DENNIS VOY