SUNNY...COLD...HIGH 19 TODAY...
DOWN TO 10 BELOW TONIGHT.

A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, DUB ROMER, AGE 91, DIED LAST NIGHT
AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. THE CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY, A ROOFING
AND SIDING BUSINESS, WAS ESTABLISHED IN MAQUOKETA IN 1938 BY E. C.
CONNELL. IN 1954, CONNELL SOLD THE BUSINESS TO HIS DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, PAUL AND MADELON ROMER AND MOVED TO MISSOURI. DUB ROMER'S BUSINESS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE ADVERTISERS ON KMAQ AND HAS BEEN
A REGULAR ADVERTISER EVER SINCE. DUB ROMER HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN MANY WAYS IN THE COMMUNITY....IN THE AMERICAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB, AND A LONGTIME
BOARD MEMBER OF MT. HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. HE WAS AN AVID
HAWKEYE FAN AND ATTENDED A LOT OF GAMES OVER THE YEARS IN IOWA
CITY. AND HE WAS A GOOD GOLFER TOO. A REALLY FINE GUY! HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON, CLAY AND FAMILY IN MAQUOKETA. ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING
AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.

AT LEAST 20 VEHICLES THROUGHOUT MAQUOKETA WERE DAMAGED OVERNIGHT.
MOSTLY WINDOWS, TAILLIGHTS AND SIDE MORRORS WERE BROKEN. USED CAR DEALER MARK EDWARDS REPORTED SEVERAL CAR WINDOWS WERE BROKEN
ON VEHICLES SITTING IN HIS LOT ON JACOBSEN DRIVE.

I THINK WE NEED TO ADD MORE FUNDS TO CRIME STOPPERS AND START PUSHING CRIME STOPPERS MORE IN BOTH MAQUOKETA AND THE COUNTY. THE CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM IS A GOOD ONE AND SHOULD BE USED MORE.

LONGTIME COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER CRAIG MORGAN WILL BE THE GRANDSTAND
ENTERTAINER ON SATURDAY NIGHT OF THIS YEAR'S JACKSON COUNTY
FAIR. ONE OF HIS BIG HITS WAS "INTERNATIONAL TRACTOR".
NEW THIS YEAR AT THE FAIR WILL BE A LUMBER JACK SHOW ON OPENING
NIGHT, JULY 27TH. ALSO NEW WILL BE AN ALLIGATOR SHOW.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HOST A PUBLIC HEARING
NEXT WEEK SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON WHETHER THEY SHOULD SELL THE OLD TRUCK STOP BUILDING AND LAND ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS, MAQUOKETA.
THEY WANT TO SELL IT NOW THAT THE DNR SAYS THE LAND IS FREE OF CONTAMINATION FROM LEAKING GASOLINE TANKS. THEY ALSO HAVE
A PARCEL OF LAND ALONG CRESLANE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELL, A PROPERTY
THE COUNTY GOT BACK AFTER TAXES WERE NOT PAID.
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE SEEKING BIDS FOR THE TWO PROPERTIES.

DON'T FORGET THE WRESTLING MATCHES TONIGHT AT THE GYM THAT I
MENTIONED LAST NIGHT ON THIS REPORT. THEY WILL BE BROADCAST
TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB SITE, STARTING JUST BEFORE 6,
WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AND JEFF TAMPIER AT THE HOLD-BY-HOLD MIKE.

HERE'S TO NO FROZEN PIPES AT YOUR HOUSE TONIGHT. AT MY HOUSE,
I HAVE TO LEAVE A COUPLE UNDER THE SINK CUPBOARD DOORS OPEN.

DENNIS VOY