43 AND SUNNY TODAY...

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL VOTED LAST NIGHT TO PUT IN NEW
FURNACES AND AIR-CONDITIONERS AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY
CENTER. FOUR UNITS AT A COST OF AROUND $18,000.

THERE WILL BE NO NEW "DIVERSITY CLUB" AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AT LEAST ANYTIME SOON.
AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE TOPIC WAS DISCUSSED AND
THE SHILOH BAPTIST MINISTER IN MAQUOKETA, STEVE HANTELMANN, WHO
MOVED TO MAQUOKETA LAST FALL, SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE FORMATION
OF THE CLUB. THERE WAS A PERIOD OF SILENCE AFTER HIS REMARKS.
BOARD MEMBERS SAID NOTHING AND AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, PRESIDENT
SCHWENKER SAID WITH NO MOTION BEING MADE, HE FELT THE ISSUE
WOULD NOT BE DEALT WITH AT THIS TIME.

A BIRTH. TROY AND ANESSA PETERSEN OF MAQUOKETA HAD A GIRL
AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE YESTERDAY. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE
MARK AND JULIE MILLER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
ARE DON AND KATHY KUNDE OF MAQUOKETA.

BIG DAY FRIDAY. THE NEW GOODWILL STORE OPENS. I WILL HAVE A PHOTO
FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND THURSDAY, THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OPEN THE NEW SEASON IN THE
AFTERNOON, HOSTING SAN DIEGO. FOR THE 27TH YEAR, WE WILL BROADCAST
CARDINAL GAMES.

MOE BANDY IS COMING TO THE MOONEY HOLLOW BARN AT GREEN ISLAND
SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 16TH, WITH HIS AMERICANA BAND. HE HAS HAD
A THEATRE IN BRANSON FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS AND HAS HAD MANY BIG
HITS. KMAQ IS TAKING A BUS TO SEE HIM....LEAVING FROM THE FAIR
GROUNDS AT 5:30 P.M. AND BACK HOME AROUND 10:30. JUST $55 FOR
THE BUS AND CENTER STAGE TICKET. SIGN-UP HERE AT KMAQ.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY