CLOUDY AND 31 DEGREES TODAY.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND MID 30'S FOR FIRST DAY OF THE KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW.

HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT.

BIG CARDINAL BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM....
THE CARDINAL BOYS HOSTING THE WESTERN DUBUQUE BOBCATS.
BOTH TEAMS VERY EQUAL.
BUT MAQUOKETA HAS THE HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE.
THE GAME STARTS AT 7:30 AND WILL NOT BE BROADCAST.
IT WILL BE "WHITE-OUT" NIGHT AT THE GYM......ALL CARDINAL FANS
ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO WERE WHITE TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIKL LAST NIGHT APPROVED APPLYING FOR
A DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GRANT THROUGH A DIAMOND VOGEL PAINT PROGRAM (PLUS SOME HOPEFUL FUNDING FROM THE DUBUQUE RACING
ASSOCIATION) TO SPRUCE-UP THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER.
PAINTING AND NEW FLOOR COVERING IS PLANNED. COUNCIL MEMBER AMY MOORE SAID IF THE CITY FIXES UP THE COMMUNITY CENTER, MORE PEOPLE WILL RENT IT FOR EVENTS. ALSO AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING, IT WAS
MENTIONED THAT THE CITY PLANS TO TAKE THE OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER BACK FROM THE YMCA. THE BUILDING, WITH TWO FLOORS, IS LOCATED
ACROSS FROM GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD AND NEXT TO THE OLD CITY
POOL.

A BIRTH:
MONICA NIESS AND SELIM SANDOVAL OF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO ARE
PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN JANUARY 22ND. GRANDPARENTS ARE GENI
AND DARRALD CARR OF FULTON, IOWA. GENI SAID DARRALD AND HER
RECENTLY TOOK THE AMTRAK TRAIN FROM GALESBURG TO SANTA FE
TO VISIT MONICA AND FAMILY, INCLUDING THE NEW BABY SOFIA. GENI SAID
THEY ENJOYED THE TRAIN RIDE (THEIR FIRST) AND SHE SAID OF COURSE
THE BABY WAS PRECIOUS. GENI, LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT OSTERHAUS
PHARMACY (AND THE VOICE OF MANY OF THEIR COMMERCIALS ON KMAQ)(DARRALD , RETIRED, WAS THE MEAT DEPARTMENT MANAGER AT FAREWAY) SAID SOFIA IS THE #5 GRANDCHILD FOR THEM AND 2 MORE ARE ON THE WAY THIS SUMMER. AND GENI SAID WHILE ON THEIR TRIP TO
SANTA FE, SHE KEEP UP ON MAQUOKETA NEWS BY BRINGING IN THIS
DAILY REPORT WHILE ON VACATION.
AND YES...THEY ENJOYED THE AMTRAK RIDE. HAD ONE GREAT
DINNER IN THE DINING CAR.
SOMETIME, KMAQ TRAVEL WILL SPONSOR AN AMTRAK TRIP.
I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY AROUND HER LIKE ME...THAT HAVE NEVER
BEEN ON ONE. LOWELL CARLSON, RETIRED JACKSON COUNTY NEWSPAPERMAN, HAS TAKEN MANY AND HAS NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT RIDING THE RAILS.

GLORIA KAUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR KMAQ BINGO WINNER
YESTERDAY AND TODAY, A REPEAT WINNER, ELSIE SPRINGER OF
MAQUOKETA. AND SHE TOLD US THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE HER 55TH
YEAR OF BEING A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN MAQUOKETA. QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!

SEE YOU AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW TOMORROW. DOORS OPEN
AT 10:30. I'LL TAKE SOME PHOTOS AND HAVE THEM HERE THE NEXT
3 DAYS.

DENNIS VOY