SUNNY AND COLD OUT.
HIGH TODAY WILL BE IN UPPER TEENS.

OUR MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL LADIES AUXILIARY MEMBERS DONATED $12,000 TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE LAST YEAR.
THE MONEY WAS RAISED OVER FOUR YEARS, WITH INCOME FROM THE HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP, BRIDGE MARATHONS, MEMORIALS AND DUES.
THE MONEY RAISED AND DONATED WAS USED FOR THE HOSPITAL'S NEW REHABILITATION CENTER.
THE AUXILIARY ALSO PROVIDED SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS AT A TOTAL OF $4,700.
THERE WERE 12 NEW MEMBERS THAT JOINED IN 2010 BRINGING TOTAL
MEMBERSHIP TO 75. WANDA CORNELIUS AND THELMA NISSEN ARE CO-CHAIRMEN
OF THE AUXILIARY. ARLENE McCUTCHEON IS VICE-CHAIRMAN, VELMA WITT IS SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, VIOLA KILBURG IS THE SECRETARY AND LOIS MYATT
IS TREASURER. THE BEAUTY SHOP IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION, BUT THE
GIFT SHOP IS OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AUXILIARY FOR A GREAT 2010 AND WE WISH
THEM BIG SUCCESS AGAIN THIS YEAR. A FINE ORGANIZATION FOR OUR TOWN.

IN 1958, WHEN KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR, THE FIRST NEWS DIRECTOR WAS
STAN BARTON. STAN, AGE 78, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA, DIED IN HIS SLEEP
DECEMBER 18TH AT ELWOOD. HE WAS HERE AT KMAQ OVER A YEAR AND
THEN WENT TO KROS IN CLINTON. LATER ON, HE OWNED THE RADIO STATION
IN ELWOOD, INDIANA. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, DAUGHTER AND GRAND DAUGHTER, ALL IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. ALSO A SISTER IN DUBUQUE. HE AND I WERE GOOD FRIENDS THAT FIRST YEAR AND DID A LOT OF TEEN HOPS TOGETHER IN THIS AREA. AND WE ATE A LOT OF GEORGE'S HOME-COOKED FOOD AT THE FAMOUS GREEN MILL RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HE STOPPED HERE FOR A SHORT VISIT IN THE EARLY 70'S AND SAW OUR NORTH MAIN BUILDING. WHEN HE WORKED HERE, WE WERE THEN UPSTAIRS AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN SINCE THAT VISIT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'LL BE CHEERING FOR THE WISCONSIN BADGERS THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE ROSE BOWL GAME. FOR TWO REASONS OF COURSE:
I WAS BORN IN WISCONSIN (CAME HERE IN 1958) AND I ATTENDED THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOR A SHORT TIME AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T LIKE COLLEGE. DECIDED I WANTED TO GET INTO RADIO IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO I DID. AND HERE I AM...WORKING ON NEW YEARS DAY. THE MAIN BAD
THING ABOUT RADIO IS THAT THE FCC REQUIRES RADIO STATIONS TO BE
ON-THE-AIR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. THIS IS MY 51ST NEW YEARS DAY
AT KMAQ (MISSED TWO WHEN IN ARMY) AND I BET I WORKED NEW YEARS DAY
48 OF THOSE.

DENNIS VOY