NICE DAY...80
RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

PRESIDENT OBAMA JUST WENT THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY ON A BUS TRAVELING SOUTH FROM PEOSTA. EVERY ENTRY TO 4-LANE 61 WAS COVERED
BY AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, TO BLOCK TRAFFIC UNTIL THE COACH WENT PAST.
HIGHWAY 61 PAST MAQUOKETA MINUTES AGO OPENED TO TRAFFIC AGAIN.
I THINK HE STAYS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN DAVENPORT AND THEN ON TO A COUPLE
SMALL ILLINOIS CITIES TOMORROW WITH MORE SPEAKING TO SMALL-TOWN AMERICA
ABOUT HIS "JOBS" PLAN. AND WEARING NO TIE! I THINK THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
WEAR A TIE EVERYWHERE HE GOES IN PUBLIC. COAT NOT NECESSARY, BUT TIE FOR
SURE.

THE BANK ROBBERY TRIAL CONTINUED ALL DAY TODAY. NO VERDICT.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HIRED A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
HE IS FRANK ELLENZ, 54, OF WYNONA, MINNESOTA. HE IS EXPECTED TO START IN MID-SEPTEMBER. HE WORKS FOR AN ENGINEERING FIRM IN MINNESOTA AS AN INSPECTOR. HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE IN WORKING FOR CITIES. HIS STARTING
SALARY WILL BE $52,000 A YEAR AND HE WILL RECEIVE A RAISE IN 6 MONTHS.

DID YOU KNOW? THE MAQUOKETA RIVER IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER, APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES LONG.

NOW...YOU LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY.

NO REPORT TOMORROW. I'M TAKING A NEARLY FULL KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TO THE
IOWA STATE FAIR.

GOING TO TRY THE NEW POPULAR "BUTTER ON A STICK" AT THE FAIR.

DENNIS VOY

I JUST LEARNED PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS STOPPED AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
IF THAT IS TRUE, I'LL COME BACK LATER IF I FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION.

IT IS NOW JUST AFTER 4 P.M.

DENNIS VOY