SUNNY AND COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 10.
MAY GO DOWN TO MINUS 12 TONIGHT.
TOMORROW IN THE TEENS.

KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW GOING WELL!
FINAL DAY IS TOMORROW....BEEF DAY. THE 3 FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE WILL
BE AWARDED TOMORROW, GIVEN ANNUALLY BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS
LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, AT EPWORTH, 52 TO 27. JON BOPES WAS LEADING
SCORER FOR THE CARDINALS WITH 8 POINTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DON AND BETTY HENNINGSEN, FORMER MAQUOKETA
RESIDENTS, WHO CELEBRATED THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON JANUARY 20TH. THEY WERE MARRIED AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DEWITT.
NOW THEY LIVE IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, BUT THEY STILL OWN THE
FAMILY FARM EAST OF MAQUOKETA. DON WORKED A LONG TIME FOR THE
JACKSON STATE BANK AND LATER WHEN IT WAS NAMED HAWKEYE BANK.
THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. DAUGHTER NANCY LIVES
IN FLORIDA AND SUSAN LIVES IN COLORADO.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, KASEY BARTELS, WON $30,000 IN A IOWA LOTTERY
SCRATCH GAME. SHE BOUGHT THE WINNING TICKET AT THE FAREWAY STORE
HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

THE ANNUAL KMAQ FARM SHOW
STARTED AT 10:30 WITH A BIG
TURN-OUT. COLD, BUT SUNNY.
40 EXHIBITORS WERE ON HAND
TO GREET THE VISITORS.
EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
DESPITE THE COLD WEATHER,
SO FAR ATTENDANCE MAYBE
NOT GOING TO BE A RECORD,
BUT IS VERY GOOD. AND,
WE ARE LOOKING TO THE REST
OF THE SHOW FROM NOW UNTIL 7:30 TONIGHT AND ALL DAY TOMORROW. IT IS FREE.
IF YOU LIVE AROUND HERE,
HOPE TO SEE YOU. I TOOK
A FEW PHOTOS. CLICK-ON THEM
TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY

SEATED LEFT, BILL NORTHEY, IOWA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, WHO GAVE THE NOON SPEECH TODAY. EARLIER,
AT 11:30 HE HAD LUNCH WITH
OVER A DOZEN AG BUSINESSMEN AND FARMERS. LEFT TO RIGHT,
FFA ADVISOR GARY BRUNS,
FARMER AND FARM BUREAU
LEADER MARK MILLER, BANKER/AG LENDER BOB SHEARER, AND BRIAN SCHAWAGER, BANKER/AG LENDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AG COMMITTEE. OVERALL, NORTHEY SAID AGRICULTURE IN IOWA IS DOING WELL AND THERE IS OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE.
DENNIS VOY PHOTO

THE FOOD BAR WAS A POPULAR PLACE ... AND EVERYONE
ENJOYED A PORK BURGER
PREPARED ON THE OUTSIDE
GRILL BY THE JACKSON COUNTY
PORK PRODUCERS. MEMBER
BLAINE BOCK KEPT THE GIRLS STOCKED WITH DELICIOUS
BURGERS OFF THE GRILL.