CLOUDY, BREEZY, WET DAY TODAY...HIGH 37.

DOTTIE BAYLES, WHO HAS BEEN A KMAQ SALES REP SINCE 1977, WENT TO
GEORGIA FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE WITH HER
3 SISTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS. DOTTIE TOLD ME BEFORE SHE WENT
THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT ALL SEVEN WILL BE TOGETHER FOR CHRISTMAS. ONE SISTER AND HUSBAND LIVE IN GEORGIA. THE OTHER SISTER LIVES IN NEW MEXICO AND THE OTHER IN COLORADO. DOTTIE FLEW DOWN. THE COLORADO COUPLE DROVE, PICKING UP THE NEW MEXICO COUPLE. DOTTIE FLEW BACK TO CHICAGO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THE OTHER FOUR LEFT ABOUT THE SAME TIME FOR NEW MEXICO BY CAR. ON THEIR WAY THROUGH TEXAS, THEIR CAR ON SLIPPERY PAVEMENT, WENT OFF THE ROAD AND OVER TURNED. KILLED INSTANTLY IN THE SINGLE CAR
ACCIDENT WAS DOTTIE'S NEW MEXICO SISTER AND HER COLORADO
BROTHER-IN-LAW. DOTTIE'S COLORADO SISTER IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION
WITH BROKEN NECK AND BACK AND DOTTIE'S NEW MEXICO BROTHER-IN-LAW
RECEIVED VERY BAD, BUT NOT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. I'LL HAVE
AN UPDATE ON THE HOSPITALIZED NEXT WEEK. VERY SAD.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PLAN TO DO SOME REMODELING AND UPGRADING AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA,
NEXT YEAR . NEEDS: NEW STEPS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SMOKE DETECTION AND AIR-CONDITIONED IN THE COMPUTER ROOM
OF THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
ALSO, NEW FANS AND SEATING IN THE COURT ROOM.

BECAUSE OF NO SNOW IN DECEMBER, THE JACKSON COUNTY SECONDARY
ROADS DEPARTMENT HAS SAVED A LOT OF MONEY. OVER 4 MONTHS
LAST YEAR, $600,000 WAS SPENT.
THIS YEAR, IN DECEMBER, $150,000 WAS SAVED BECAUSE CREWS HAVE BEEN
OUT ONCE AND HAVE HARDLY USED ANY MATERIAL. LAST DECEMBER,
THEY USED 40% OF THE MATERIAL ON COUNTRY ROADS IN DECEMBER.
LAST YEAR, JACKSON COUNTY RECEIVED 28 INCHES OF SNOW ALL
WINTER WITH AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE GROUND IN LATE DECEMBER.

IT HAS BEEN A NICE DECEMBER! HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESS PLACES
ALSO HAVE SAVED MONEY ON FUEL AND SNOW REMOVAL.

BUT, THERE ARE LOOSERS WITH THIS KIND OF WEATHER....FUEL DEALERS,
SNOW SHOVELERS, THOSE WHO SELL SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT,
CAR AND TRUCK BATTERIES, SKI RESORTS, SNOWMOBILE DEALERS,
AND MORE.

HAVE A SAFE AND FUN NEW YEAR'S EVE.
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DENNIS VOY

TODAY, ON MY "DAILY REPORT".....SOMETHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO
SEE! THE ROOF OF KMAQ.
THIS IS A BRAND NEW ROOF INSTALLED BY CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY IN
MAQUOKETA.
HERE YOU SEE THE OWNER OF CONNELL SUPPLY, CLAY ROMER, A FORMER
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE AND ALSO THESE DAYS, ONE OF THE TOP
REFEREES OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN IOWA.
YES...JUST LIKE THE ROOF HE INSTALLED THIS SUMMER AT THE VOY THEATRE,
IT IS WHITE, PURE WHITE.
DOESN'T IT LOOK NICE?
IT IS A DURO-LAST ROOFING SYSTEM, A SUPERIOR ROOFING SYSTEM
KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY AS THE WORLD'S BEST ROOF. THE SINGLE-PLY
REINFORCED TPO MEMBRANE MAKES THE ROOF SO GOOD, THERE IS A 15 YEAR NO-DOLLAR-LIMIT WARRANTY. AN INSPECTOR EVEN COMES FROM THE FACTORY TO INSPECT AFTER INSTALLATION! THE KMAQ ROOF PASSED THE
INSPECTION.
HERE AT KMAQ, WE ARE ALL HAPPY ABOUT OUR NEW ROOF! AND HAPPY PEOPLE SOUND GOOD ON THE RADIO.
JUST ANOTHER REASON TO KEEP YOUR DIAL SET, ALL THE TIME, TO KMAQ
IN MAQUOKETA, CELEBRATING YEAR NUMBER 54 IN 2012.
AND CONNELL SUPPLY HAS BEEN A REGULAR ADVERTISER SINCE YEAR ONE.
THANKS CLAY FOR ADVERTISING ON KMAQ AND SELLING THE BEST ROOFS!
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM. THE TOP PHOTO IS LOOKING
WEST AND YOU CAN SEE THE UPPER PART OF THE DECKER HOTEL, RIGHT
ACROSS THE STREET FROM KMAQ'S FRONT DOOR. THE BOTTOM PHOTO
IS LOOKING EAST AND THE BACK DOOR OPENS TO AN ALLEY.
DENNIS VOY
PS: THE ONE PHOTO JUST MAKES IT APPEAR THAT CLAY IS GETTING A LITTLE
HEAVIER.