THE WEATHER HAS BEEN A LITTLE STRANGE TODAY.    WE WERE NOT EXPECTING RAIN, BUT HAVE HAD SOME AND THEREFORE, AS OF MID-AFTERNOON, THE HIGH HAS BEEN ONLY 70.   TOMORROW, UP INTO THE 80'S AND SUNDAY, 92.   THE SUN IS BACK AND WE MAY SEE THE TEMP GO
UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SEE MORE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER, ACROSS FROM GOODENOW FIELD.    THE CITY  HAS RESUMED MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTER FROM THE MAQUOKETA YMCA.      LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS  ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT.   IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK!  I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

TWO BARNS BURNED DOWN YESTERDAY ON PERSHING ROAD, OWNED BY JOSH POLL.     IT WAS A WINDY DAY.     FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE
SCENE AROUND 2:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO PUT OUT THE FIRE AND
THEN CALLED A 2ND TIME AROUND 5:00 WHEN THE WIND SPREAD THE FIRE TO A SECOND BUILDING.

POLICE BLOTTER:   
LOREN ROCKWELL REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT SOMEONE HAD
USED A WEED WACKER TO CUT THE LETTERS F AND U IN THE YARD.

LEVI LARKEY REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT WHILE HE WAS FISHING AT THE HURSTVILLE FISHING POND, SOMEONE TOOK A PLANO BOX OF TACKLE FROM THE BED OF HIS TRUCK,  WITH OVER $500 WORTH OF LURES.

FOUR FORMER KMAQ ANNOUNCERS STOPPED IN AT KMAQ THIS WEEK, AT
DIFFERENT TIMES....JACI MOORE....DOUG ROWE....BILL LONGMAN....AND KENNY
GOODENOW.
JACI IS LOOKING FOR A MAQUOKETA SUMMER JOB AFTER A YEAR OF COLLEGE....DOUG ROWE WORKS IN CHINA (MOTHER IS AT CLOVER RIDGE)....BILL IS 77 AND RETIRED....AND KENNY AND FAMILY LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND HE CURRENTLY IS A STAY-AT-HOME DAD FOR TWO LITTLE ONES.   ALL LOOKED GOOD.

KMAQ PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER MATT CLARK MARRIES KELSI JO THOMPSON AT CEDAR RAPIDS (WHERE THEY WORK) TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.   I GUESS I NEED TO POLISH MY SHOES BEFORE GOING.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM WON A DOUBLE HEADER YESTERDAY OVER CLEAR CREEK AMANA....10 TO 0 AND 4 TO 2.
WINNING PITCHERS WERE CHASE COAKLEY AND JOSH  KIRK.   LEADING HITTERS WERE DEREK HOPSON, TRENT BOLLMAN, CHASE COAKLEY, AND JOSH KIRK.   WAY TO GO!

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW THAT I ENTERED TODAY.

HAVE A NICE MEMORIAL WEEKEND HOLIDAY.

DENNIS VOY