IS IT PHOENIX?
NO....MAQUOKETA!
90 TODAY AND HUMID!
YES..I KNOW, PHOENIX HAS LOW HUMIDITY.
NOW..WE MAY GET SOME STORMS TONIGHT.
BUT THEN, THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND SHOULD BE COOLER AND
PRETTY NICE.

BIG GAME TONIGHT! AT FARLEY. IF THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM BEATS INDEPENDENCE, THEY PLAY NEXT WEEK AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN FORT DODGE.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998. IF THEY WIN TONIGHT, THEIR FIRST GAME
AT STATE WOULD BE NEXT TUESDAY AT 5:30 P.M. AGAINST THE REGION #4
CHAMPION, EITHER #1 RANKED CARLISLE OR 14TH RANKED DALLAS CENTER
GRIMES. THOSE TWO TEAMS PLAY TONIGHT AT SAYDEL.
GO CARDINALS! THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM AT 7 TONIGHT WITH LEIGHTON
HEPKER AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD SAID, FOLLOWING A CLOSED
SESSION LAST NIGHT, THEY WOULD TAKE NO ADDITIONAL ACTION AGAINST
THEIR DIRECTOR, DARYL PARKER. AFTER MEETING WITH THEIR ATTORNEY FROM DAVENPORT, THE BOARD MEMBERS SAID THEY WOULD TAKE NO ADDITIONAL ACTION AGAINST PARKER. THE BOARD SAID WHAT HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY WAS TO PROTECT PARKER AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION, IT STARTED LAST WINTER WHEN PARKER
WAS ACCUSED OF KICKING A TEENAGE BOY DURING A GAME OF LASER TAG IN WISCONSIN. HE HAS SINCE BEEN ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY AND IS PROHIBITED FROM WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND HE GAVE UP HIS GUN.
ALSO, A SECOND CHARGE WAS MADE INVOLVING ANOTHER YOUTH AT THE SAME INCIDENT. BOTH ARE FELONY CHARGES IN WISCONSIN. PARKER'S ARRAIGNMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 P.M. ON FRIDAY, JULY 23RD WHEN HE IS LIKELY TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY OR GUILTY TO THE TWO CHARGES.

THERE WAS A BREAK-IN AND VANDALISM AT THE GROVE STREET BALL DIAMOND
CONCESSION STAND SOMETIME MONDAY OR TUESDAY. THE PERSON ATE SOME FOOD AND MADE A MESS IN THE BUILDING.
ALSO ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, TWO TIRES ON MELISSA WALK'S CAR WERE SLASHED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY WHILE PARKED AT 501 E. QUARRY STREET.
AND...MIKE LENHART AT 119 N. GROVE STREET SAID KIDS WALKED THROUGH THE WET CEMENT AT HIS PROPERTY.

RUTH STRUB, 96, OF DUBUQUE, DIED YESTERDAY AT LUTHER MANOR.
SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND BOOKKEEPER, ALSO SEAMSTRESS AND QUILT
MAKER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING LONNIE HERMAN OF
MAQUOKETA. ALSO 9 GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER AND TWO BROTHERS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDNERS CONTINUED THEIR COMMITMENT RECENTLY TO BEAUTIFY DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BY PLANTING A VARIETY
OF ATTRACTIVE, COLORFUL PLANTS IN DOWNTOWN CONTAINERS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRBOARD JUST COMPLETED BUILDING A 60 BY 88 FOOT
BUILDING EAST OF THE GRANDSTAND ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
IT WILL BE USED FOR THE BEER GARDEN DURING THE FAIR. A GRAND
OPENING CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY NIGHT, STARTING AT 7 P.M.
AND FOLLOWED BY MUSIC BY THE LOCAL BAND "JAMMER" FROM 8 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. EVERYONE IS INVITED. THE BLUE BUILDING IS FULLY ENCLOSED ON TWO SIDES ND THE TWO OPEN SIDES OVERLOOK THE RACE TRACK AND GRANDSTANDS. VOLUNTEER LABOR CONSTRUCTED THE BUILDING.
IT INCLUDES A BIG STAGE AND A WALK-IN COOLER. DURING THE YEAR, IT WILL BE RENTED FOR WEDDING REHERSALS, REUNIONS, DANCES, GRADUATION PARTIES,
ETC. A NICE ADDITION TO OUR FAIRGROUNDS, KNOWN AS ONE OF THE FINEST
IN THE STATE OF IOWA. THE FAIR STARTS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.

I'VE BEEN TOLD THE GROUND WHERE THE BURNED DOWN BUILDINGS WERE LOCATED DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN SEEDED WITH GRASS. NOTHING COMING UP YET.
WHEN THE GRASS ARRIVES, I'LL TAKE ANOTHER PHOTO. AND NO BUYER FOR THE PROPERTY YET. PEOPLE TELL ME IT WOULD BE A NICE PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO
BUILD A NEW RADIO STATION AND THEATRE.

KEEP COOL EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY

WE ARE ALWAYS GETTING FOOD HERE AT KMAQ.
NO WONDER I'M G......
THIS MORNING, JANICE
McMURRAY BROUGHT IN A CONTAINER OF FRESH RASPBERRIES.....SHE KNOWS
I'M A FAN OF THOSE.
THEY ARE DELICIOUS!
THANKS JANICE! JANICE
WORKED AT "BILL MOLER'S" UNTIL IT CLOSED LAST YEAR
AND NOW IS RETIRED. SHE AND JERRY WILL BE GOING TO BRANSON WITH KMAQ TRAVEL
AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER ON
OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TRIP.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED INFORMATION ON IT. THE TIN OF CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES CAME THIS MORNING FROM AN OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANY WHERE WE GET OUR PRINTER
CARTRIDGES AND ANYTIME THE ORDER EXCEEDS $100, THE FREE COOKIES ARE
SENT TO US. AND ALWAYS IN A NEAT TIN BOX. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
I NEED TO DO MORE WALKING AND BIKING! HOW ABOUT YOU?
DENNIS VOY

JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR STEVE FLYNN WAS ON THE "JUST TALK" SHOW WITH SHERI MELVOLD THIS MORNING, TALKING ABOUT COUNTY BUSINESS. I TOOK THIS PHOTO,
AND WILL TAKE IT TO ROTARY
THIS NOON. WE ARE BOTH
ROTARIANS AND I WILL PASS IT
AROUND FOR MEMBERS TO SEE,
AND TO PROMOTE OUR BROAD-CASTING THE BIG GAME TONIGHT.
BUT, WE WILL BOTH BE FINED
FOR ADVERTISING AT THE MEETING. CLICK-ON TO
ENLARGE PHOTO. NICE PHOTO OF BOTH OF THEM!
DENNIS VOY

I WAS DRIVING ON W. PLATT THIS MORNING AND SAW THAT BILL MERRICK WAS IN, SO STOPPED TO TAKE THIS PHOTO.
BILL (WILL BE 81 AUG 4TH) IS THE OLDEST ACTIVE BUSINESS-
MAN IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. ON AUGUST 1ST,
HE WILL OBSERVE HIS 55TH ANNIVERSARY AS A BARBER IN THE SAME LOCATION. HE
SERVED FOR 5 YEARS IN THE U.S.
NAVY DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF BOTH THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THE
VFW EVER SINCE. HE HAS BEEN
COMMANDER OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS. HIS WIFE EMME IS SUFFERING FROM DIMENTIA AND IS A RESIDENT OF CRESTRIDGE SENIOR CARE IN MAQUOKETA. BILL GOES UP TO
SEE HER EVERY NIGHT. BILL NORMALLY LIMITS HIS HAIR CUTTING TO
MORNINGS AND IS CLOSED THURSDAYS. IN THE CHAIR IS ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS AND FREQUENT VISITORS, CHARLIE DIETZ. CHARLIE HAS BEEN
"PAINTING THE TOWN" SINCE 1971 AND IS STILL ACTIVE AS A PAINTER, BUT
DOING MAINLY INDOOR WORK. AND NO CLIMBING! HE HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION FOR A LONG TIME AND LAST NIGHT, AT
THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, THE BOARD RE-ELECTED HIM FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
ALSO RE-ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT, DUB ROMER. ALSO ON THE BOARD IS
ALAN COOK AND MONA REICHLING. THE BOARD VOTED NOT TO RAISE THE COST OF A PLOT THIS COMING YEAR.
THANKS BILL AND CHARLIE FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND STILL DO, FOR THE
COMMUNITY. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY