THE 10TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE WAS HELD TONIGHT

AT THE YMCA SWIMMING POOL. THE RACE WAS BROADCAST ON KMAQ AM AND FM JUST AFTER 6 P.M. HERE YOU SEE THE NEARLY 1800 DUCKS

READY FOR THE RACE. ON HAND FOR THE EVENT, AND DOING THEIR

PART TO PULL OFF THE BIGGEST DUCK RACE IN THE COUNTRY, ARE MAQUOKETA ROTARIANS.....

LEFT TO RIGHT: DENNIS VOY, CHAIRMAN OF THE RACE....DR.MELVIN

BERNARD....BOB OSTERHAUS....NANCY MOORE....FLORIAN STEFFEN....

WILL RENNER....GUS GLASER....AND SCOTT WARREN.

THE DUCKS WERE FASTER THAN IN PAST YEARS. BELOW, THE

WINNERS ARE LISTED.

CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

ROTARIAN WILL RENNER HOLDS THE WINNING DUCK, NUMBER 1722.

THE OWNER OF THE DUCK, ETHAN SMALL, WHO LIVES NORTHWEST

OF MAQUOKETA NEAR BERNARD. HE JUST FINISHED HIS FIRST YEAR

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT PLATTEVILLE. HE IS THE SON OF

RICK AND TAMMY SMALL. THE DUCK WON HIM $500 CASH. THIS

SUMMER, LIKE A COUPLE SUMMERS IN THE PAST, HE IS WORKING FOR

3 HILLS HUNTING PRESERVE, NOT FAR FROM HIS HOME.

WE WILL GET A PHOTO OF ETHAN WHEN HE PICKS UP HIS WINNING

CHECK FROM THE ROTARY, AND PUT THE PHOTO UP HERE ON THE DAILY REPORT. I'M SURE THE WINNINGS WILL GO TOWARD HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF COLLEGE.

THE 2ND THROUGH 10TH PLACE DUCKS EACH PAID $100 TO THIER OWNER.

THE 9 WINNERS OF $100 CASH ARE: ALLEN KLOFT OF BELLEVUE....

PEG BOWEN OF MAQUOKETA....SALLY FUGLSANG OF RURAL BALDWIN....

LEIGHTON HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA....WENDY WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA....

RED HENTON OF MAQUOKETA....CINDY PAPE OF MAQUOKETA ....MORRIE MORRIS OF MAQUOKETA ....AND BOB LARKEY OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY THANKS

EVERYONE THAT BOUGHT A DUCK.

DENNIS VOY

84 TODAY.

DOWN INTO THE 60'S TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW 2ND WARD COUNCILMAN, TO REPLACE TODD

MANG WHO RESIGNED. HE IS COREY SIMONSON OF 504 SHORT

STREET IN MAQUOKETA, AN EMPLOYEE OF DYNAMIC TUBE IN

MAQUOKETA. I HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIM.

THE YOUNG MAN, IN HIS APPLICATION, SAID HE WANTED TO LEARN

HOW A CITY WORKS, EXPAND THE TOWN AND TRY TO MAKE A GOAL

CHANGE. HE SERVES UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND HIS

FIRST MEETING WILL BE JULY 5TH.

THE ROTARY DUCK RACE IS AT 6 TONIGHT. I'LL TRY TO MAKE ANOTHER

REPORT LATER THIS EVENING, WITH THE NAMES OF THE 10 WINNERS.

DENNIS VOY