TODAY, PART OF THE HOMECOMING FESTIVITIES WAS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENT (NEW THIS YEAR) ....THE HILLBILLY HOT FOOT RUN/WALK IN MAQUOKETA.      INCLUDED, A HILLBILLY HOG ROAST.

THE RUN/WALK FEATURED NEALRY 150 PARTICIPANTS WITH ABOUT HALF RUNNING AND THE OTHER WALKING.    IN THE RUN COMPETITION,

A DAVENPORT MAN WON IT AND MONMOUTH'S CALE GENT TOOK  SECOND PLACE.    AND MAQUOKETA'S MICHELLE WING TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE

WALK EVENT.    TOP PHOTO CHERLY CLARK OF THE CHAMBER, ASSISTED BY VOLUNTEER DAN DAGUE,  KEEP TRACK OF THE RUNNERS AND WALKERS.

MIDDLE PHOTO, TO LEFT, THE FOOD STAND AND BOTTOM PHOTO,

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE FESTIVTIES THAT TOOK PLACE WHERE THE BURNED- OUT DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS STOOD.    IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE EVENT AND EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE HAVING A GOOD TIME.    AND THE PORK SANDWICH WAS VERY TASTEY AS ALWAYS.   SCOTT GENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS DID UP THE PORK ON THE  BIG 

PORK PRODUCERS MOBILE GRILL.  THOSE IN THE ORANGE T-SHIRTS

WERE RUN OR WALK ENTRIES.   SPONSOR NAMES WERE ON EACH SHIRT.

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