ANOTHER SUNNY AND 50-DEGREE DAY.

THE BIDDING HAS ENDED FOR THE 8 PAINTINGS THAT HUNG IN THE
McDONALDS RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA OVER 20 YEARS.
SILENT BIDDING ENDED AT 5 THIS AFTERNOON.
THE BIDS TOTALED $2,980.00
AS EXPECTED, THERE WAS A LOT OF BIDDING ACTIVITY HERE AT
KMAQ TODAY, WHERE THE 8 PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN ON DISPLAY
FOR AROUND A MONTH.
THE PAINTINGS WERE DONATED BY McDONALD'S OWNER, GLEN
KARPINSKI OF GALENA.
AND HE AGREED TO MATCH THE TOTAL AND ALL THE PROCEEDS WILL GO
TO THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE IN IOWA CITY.   IT WILL RECEIVE
CHECKS TOTALING $5,960.00.
TOMORROW, I WILL HAVE MORE ON THE BUYERS AND WHY THEY
BOUGHT.     THE HIGHEST AMOUNT PAID FOR A PAINTING WAS $550 COSTELLO'S OLD MILL.
ONE PAINTING WAS  PURCHASED BY A WOMAN (AND HER NEW HUSBAND)
FROM OUT EAST, WHO WILL BE MOVING BACK TO MAQUOKETA SOON
AND HER GREAT GRANDFATHER SERVED THE IN THE CIVIL WAR AND
AFTER THE WAR, HE BUILDT A HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA AND PRACTICED
LAW HER.     THE HOUSE HAS  REMAINED IN THE FAMILY FROM DAY 1 AND
SHE AND HER HUSBAND WILL MOVE INTO IT.
MORE INTERESTING FACTS TOMORROW ON THE PAINTINGS AND THE
CONNECTION WITH THE BUYERS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN TODAY.

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ABOVE, LEIGHTON HEPKER'S STORY FOR THIS MORNING'S SPORTS ON
KMAQ AM AND FM.    CLICK-ON STORY TO READ IT.
WHAT AN EXCITING NIGHT OF VOLLEYBALL!    GLAD WE WERE THERE ALONG
WITH THE HUGE CROWD OF MAQUOKETA FANS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO COACHES JILL SCHAWL, PAM KENNEDY, RHYAN DAILY AND ASHLEY WIGGINS AND THE ENTIRE TEAM ON A GREAT YEAR!
SENIORS PLAYING THEIR FINAL GAMES LAST NIGHT:    NICOLE SNYDER...
ABBY SKLADZIEN...ERICA SUTTON...MARLEE LINDSTROM...AMBER NIGH...
SARAH KINRADE...LAURA DAVISON AND DEVON O'CONNELL.
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SUNNY AND 50 YESTERDAY.
SUNNY AND 51 TODAY.
FORECAST:  SUNNY AND 51 TOMORROW.

THE DEWITT SABERS WON THEIR 2ND PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT, BEATING MARION FOR A SECOND TIME THIS SEASON,  AT MARION.    NOW, 8 AND 3, THEY PLAY #1 DECORAH FRIDAY NIGHT AT DECORAH.   THEY ARE 11 AND 0.

PRESTON LOST THEIR 2ND PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT AND ENDED THE SEASON AT 9 AND 2.

MAQUOKETA (GIRLS) 7TH RATED VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLAYS  5TH RATED
NORTH SCOTT AT DEWITT GYM AT 7 TONIGHT.     MAQUOKETA, WITH
A WIN, WOULD GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR IN A ROW.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TOOK A TOUR OF THE FORMER ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY BUILDING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND SAID THE BUILDING LOOKS GOOD.    DAC IS RENTING THE BUILDING AND ALREADY HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN THE BUILDING.
EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OFFICES THAT WERE USED, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN SITTING EMPTY FOR SEVEN YEARS.    SUPERVISOR BUCK KOOS SAID THE FLOORS LOOK AS SHINY AS THE FLOORS IN THE COURTHOUSE AND
SUPERVISOR STEVEN FLYNN SAID SOME CEILING TILES HAVE BEEN REPLACED.        THE DIRECTOR OF KITCHEN OPERATIONS AND THREE EMPLOYEES THAT ALSO WORKED AT ANDREW JACKSON CARE NOW ARE
WORKING AT THE NEW DAC FACILITY.    THE NEW FACILITY WILL OPEN WITH 23 GUESTS ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

THE OPENING NIGHT FOR THE ROSE FRANTZEN DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AT FIGGE ART MUSEUM IN DAVENPORT IS THURSDAY NIGHT.    IT IS THE SAME
DISPLAY THAT WAS AT THE SMITHSONIAN IN WASHINGTON D.C., PLUS
A NEW PAINTING OF A MAQUOKETA LANDSCAPE.    AN RTA BUS IS TAKING
INTERESTED CITIZENS FOR THE  5 UNTIL 8 EVENT, THAT WILL INCLUDE
A PRESENTATION BY ROSE.    FIRST, IT WAS GOING TO BE FREE TO ALL
SENIOR CITIZENS OVER 60....BUT GOOD NEWS....IT IS GOING TO BE FREE
TO EVERYONE THAT NIGHT...THURSDAY NIGHT.   HERE'S HOPING THERE
WILL BE A GOOD CROWD FROM MAQUOKETA.

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THE BELLEVUE ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARADE WAS HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE.    BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND A NICE LITTLE PARADE.     IT INCLUDED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND.
AFTER THE PARADE, TREATS WERE GIVEN AT THE SCHOOL AND THEN IT WAS  BELLEVUE'S TRICK OR TRICK NIGHT AFTER.    MAQUOKETA NATIVE
LINDA (O'BRIEN) NUDD WAS AGAIN THE PARADE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE
BELLEVUE ROTARY.    THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY IS PLANNING TO HAVE A PARADE NEXT HALLOWEEN.    
CLICK-ON  THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
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NO FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

PORTRAIT OF MAQUOKETA-THE DIMENSIONAL VIEW WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE BEAUTIFUL FIGGE ART MUSEUM IN DOWNTOWN DAVENPORT.    AS YOU STEP OFF THE LARGE ELEVATOR ON THE THIRD FLOOR, ONE WALL HAS THE
ABOVE PAINTED ON IT.    INSIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE 180 ROSE FRANTZEN PORTRAITS OF MAQUOKETA THAT SHE PAINTED THE SUMMER IN 2005 AND THAT WERE ON DISPLAY FOR NEARLY 6 MONTHS AT THE SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
ALSO, HANGING ON SPECIAL PANELS FROM THE CEILING, THE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED PAINTING OF MAQUOKETA BY ROSE.
THE DIMENSIONAL VIEW IS UNIQUE AND WILL BE ADMIRED BY THOUSANDS
OF VISITORS STARTING  NOVEMBER 1ST AND THROUGH MID-JANUARY.
AS ALWAYS WITH MY PHOTOS, JUST CLICK-ON THEM TO MAKE THEM
LARGER.    I'M SURE BEFORE THE EXHIBIT ENDS, HUNDREDS OF MAQUOKETANS WILL VISIT THE FIGGE THIRD FLOOR.    HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO MAKE THE VISIT ALSO.     I'LL HAVE MORE ON IT LATER.
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THE PRESS WAS INVITED (THAT'S WHY I WAS THERE OF COURSE) FOR THE
PREVIEW OF THE EXHIBIT.    TOP PHOTO, QUAD CITY TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER
KEVIN SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA DISCUSSING THE PORTRAITS WITH BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS.    BOB AND ANN ARE BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE
MAQUOKETA ARE EXPERIENCE AND HELPED GET THE POPULAR ART GALLERY ESTABLISHED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. 
DAVID BURKE, ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR FOR FOR THE QUAD CITY TIMES
IS SHOWN WITH ROSE FRANTZEN USING HIS MINI HAND RECORDER TO RECORD INFORMATION FOR AN UPCOMING STORY.

TOP PHOTO SHOWS  ROSE FRANTZEN STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THE HANGING PANELS OF HER NEW MAQUOKETA PAINTING.   VISITORS WILL SIT ON A DESIGNATED CHAIR AND WHEN COVERING ONE EYE
(AS DAVENPORT MAYOR GLUBA IS DOING)....THE PANELS WILL BLEND
TOGETHER AND FORM THE DIMENSIONAL PAINTING OF  MAQUOKETA.
WORK STILL  HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 1ST OPENING
OF THE COMPLETED EXHIBIT.     NOTE...THE TWO PHOTOS ABOVE .....OF PORTRAITS ON FLOOR YET AND PANELS STILL TO BE PLACED.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY LIKE THIS AT ANY
ART MUSEUM....A FIRST FOR ROSE.

WAYNE FRANTZEN STANDING IN MIDDLE OF SOME OF HIS DAUGHTER'S
HANGING PORTRAITS OF MAQUOKETA.    ABOVE, A LOOK AT HOW THE
PHOTOS WERE, WITH WIRES, HOOKED TO THE HIGH  CEILING.   SPECIAL BRACKETS HAD TO BE MADE, ATTACHED TO CEILING, TO HOOK THE
WIRES TO.    THIRD PHOTO UP, AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE LARGE ROOM
THE EXHIBIT IS LOCATED IN.    AND IN TOP PHOTO, AT THE PREVIEW EVENT THIS MORNING, ELLEN FRANTZEN, NANCY MOORE AND ANN OSTERHAUS WITH (LEFT SIDE OF PHOTO)  LISA ARBISSER OF DAVENPORT.     LISA AND HER HUSBAND AMIR ARE STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE FIGGE MUSEUM.    AMIR IS ON THE FIGGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOO.   ALL FOUR ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE ROSE FRANTZEN TEN-WEEK "PORTRAIT OF MAQUOKETA-THE
DIMENSIONAL VIEW" AT FIGGE.
IT WILL BE GOOD PUBLICITY FOR THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE, THE OLD CITY HALL GALLERY AND THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA.   

TONIGHT, THURSDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS 7TH RATED VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED DAVENPORT NORTH, 3 TO 0....
HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
ALSO TONIGHT, 5TH RATED NORTH SCOTT DEFEATED FORT MADISON,  3 TO 0.
SO, TUESDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA TAKES ON NORTH SCOTT FOR THE  REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT DEWITT.   AND THE WINNER THEN, GOES
ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CARDINALS!

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YESTERDAY 80.
69 AT NOON TODAY.
RAIN AND WIND THIS AFTERNOON.
44 NOW.
DOWN TO 28 TONIGHT.

LAST NIGHT...
PLAYOFF FOOTBALL...
DECORAH  35
MAQUOKETA  0
THE GAME WAS HALTED WITH 9 MINUTES LEFT BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING.
THEY WAITED AN HOUR AND CALLED IT A FINAL GAME.
DECORAH NOW 10 AND 0 AND RATED #1.

DEWITT AND PRESTON BOTH WON THEIR GAMES LAST NIGHT.
DEWITT NEXT PLAYS MARION NEXT WEEK AND WE WILL BROADCAST THAT GAME.

BIG VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT MATCHES TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, AT 7 P.M.....AGAINST DAVENPORT NORTH.   I'M GOING!

ABOUT 1/5 OF JACKSON COUNTY'S REGISTERED VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOT.
THAT IS 3,500 CITIZENS.   THERE ARE 15,363 REGISTERED VOTERS IN
THE COUNTY.
AUDITOR M. JOEL DEPPE SAID IN 2008, THERE WERE 4,500 PEOPLE THAT VOTED ABSENTEE.    SHE'S PREDICTING UP TO 6,000 THIS YEAR.

THE FARMERS MARKET COMMITTEE IN MAQUOKETA PLANS TO HOST THE FARMERS MARKET AGAIN NEXT YEAR AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER'S PARKING LOT.      THIS YEAR, IT WAS 20 WEEKS LONG, ON TUESDAYS,
AND IT AVERAGED 13 VENDORS WEEKLY WITH 17 THE HIGHEST NUMBER.
THE COMMITTEE SAYS THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED IT.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE:   BRIAN HAYWARD, LESLIE  HAYES,
TED STRAIT, SHEILA NUGENT, JUDY TONDERUM AND MARKET MANAGER,
MARY HAYWARD.

EARLIER TODAY...I PUT UP SEVERAL NEW PHOTOS....CHECK THEM
OUT BELOW.

IT IS WINTERY OUT....GOOD YOU GOT YOUR FLU SHOT.

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IT IS OPEN!    I HAD LUNCH THERE TODAY AND IT IS NICE!  GOOD FOOD AND LOTS OF GIFTS.
 MORE PHOTOS AND INFO NEXT WEEK.    ODD FELLOWS EMPORIUM  IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE BAKERY ON NORTH MAIN STREET.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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BEAUTIFUL JACKSON COUNTY, HEADING NORTH FROM BALDWIN AND
JUST BEFORE THE ROYERTOWN BRIDGE.    THERE IS A CANOE
ACCESS ON OTHER SIDE OF BRIDGE.     IS THIS RURAL HEAVEN?   NO, IT IS
RURAL JACKSON COUNTY!
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT!
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LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WE WENT FOR A RIDE IN BEAUTIFUL NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY, AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE LINE INTO DUBUQUE COUNTY AND SAW THE LITTLE SIGN
POINTING TO THE ABBY.    SINCE WE HAD NOT BEEN THERE IN YEARS,
WE DECIDED TO STOP IN..... AND THERE IT WAS, THE BEAUTIFUL STONE BUILDING  (TOP) SURROUNDED BY A BIG PAVED PARKING LOT AND
TREE-FILLED PARK.     JUST A COUPLE CARS THERE, BUT A COUPLE MORE
CAME LATER.    WE SIMPLY  WALKED UP AND WENT IN....AND FIRST VISTED THE CHAPEL (ABOVE) AND THEN OVER TO THE THE NICE GIFT SHOP (ABOVE) WHERE WE BOUGHT A BAG OF THEIR FAMOUS HOMEMADE DARK CHOCOLATE CARAMELS AND SOME HONEY AND JAM.     ON SALE ALSO
(BUT WE DIDN'T BUY ONE) THEIR FAMOUS, PLAIN TRAPPIST CASKETS, MADE
ACROSS THE ROAD IN THEIR SHOP.    THERE ARE SEVERAL PRICE RANGES.
THEN WE VISITED WITH FATHER DAVE (ABOVE) WHO IS ONE OF 32 MONKS
LIVING THERE.   HE HAS BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 1962.    FOR MANY  YEARS,
THEY WORKED THE FARM THEMSELVES (AND DID OTHER THINGS
FOR DAY TO DAY LIFE) BUT NOW THE LAND IS RENTED OUT.    FATHER DAVE
WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GIFT SHOP SUNDAY.    IF ABLE, THEY ALL TAKE TURNS DOING VARIOUS JOBS.  THEY ALSO HOST AN OCCASSIONAL RETREAT AND THERE ARE SMALL BEDROOMS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO STAY IN.      NEW MELLERAY IS A CISTERCIAN (TRAPPIST) MONASTERY, RURAL PEOSTA, IN THE ROLLING FARMLAND SOUTH OF DUBUQUE.    YOU WILL ENJOY A VISIT SOMETIME AND YOU WILL BE WELCOME.     CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
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80 TODAY
BROKE THE  1963 RECORD OF 78
TOMORROW, COOLER AND RAIN

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN AREA COUNTIES DROPPED AT LEAST ONE FULL PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER, FROM AUGUST.
(STATE) IOWA'S DROPPED TO 5.2
NATIONALLY, THE RATE DROPPED TO 7.8
JACKSON COUNTY, THE RATE DROPPED TO 4.1
IT WAS 5.2 IN AUGUST
DUBUQUE & CEDAR COUNTY WERE THE LOWEST AT 3.7

YESTERDAY, THE HOSPITAL BOARD AGREED TO HIRE TWO CONSULTANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
THE TOTAL COST WILL BE $22,750.     WE SHOULD GET A REPORT IN ABOUT 43 MONTHS.

BIG FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME TONIGHT ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE....MAQUOKETA AT DECORAH AT 6:45.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS SUNDAY, NOV. 4TH.

GO CARDINALS!

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THE TUESDAY DAILY REPORT 
IS BELOW THE 8  PAINTINGS.

BELOW, AN UPDATE ON THE
SILENT-AUCTION BIDDING ON THE 
PAINTINGS THAT  HUNG AT
McDONALDS IN MAQUOKETA.
BIDDING CONTINUES UNTIL 
5 P.M. OCTOBER 31ST.
EITHER BID IN PERSON OR
VIA EMAIL...kmaq@kmaq.com
THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO
THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE
AT IOWA CITY.    GLEN 
KARPINSKI, OWNER OF
McDONALDS IN MAQUOKET,
WILL "MATCH" THE TOTAL OF
THE AUCTION. 

BY THE WAY....THE PAINTINGS ARE
LARGE....16 BY 26  INCHES AND THE
FRAMES ARE 28 BY 40 INCHES. 
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
ARTIST, GOOGLE BECKY TYRDIK

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                                                          NOW AT 175

                                                          NOW AT $200

                                                        NOW AT $110

                                                           NOW AT $200

 

NOW AT $120

                                          

                                                   NOW AT $115

                                                                      NOW AT $175

                                                        NOW AT $225

WARM AND BREEZY TODAY...HIGH OF 72.
80 TOMORROW.
RAIN AND 69 THURSDAY.
FRIDAY 49 AND SATURDAY 45.
HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A FOUR DAY FORECAST?

JACKSON COUNTY NOW OFFICIALLY OWNS THE PENROSE HOME JUST
WEST OF THE LAW CENTER ON WEST PLATT STREET.   AFTER CLOSING
COSTS AND TAXES, THE CHECK OF $197,170 WAS APPROVED BY THE SUPERVISORS AND THE COUNTY TAKES IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
THE COUNTY WILL REMODEL THE HOME AND MAKE IT INTO OFFICES,MOST LIKELY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND CASE MANAGEMENT OFFICES.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A VEHICLE FIRE EARLY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON WESTERN AVENUE.    THE VAN WAS FULLY ENGULFED WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED.    AND THEY QUICKLY PUT THE FIRE OUT.   THE VEHICLE WAS OWNED BY TONYA CLARK.

PORTRAIT OF MAQUOKETA:  THE DIMENSIONAL VIEW .. FEATURING THE WORKS OF ROSE FRANTZEN .. IS AT THE FIGGE ART MUSEUM AT 225 WEST SECOND STREET IN DOWNTOWN DAVENPORT.    ROSE FRANTZEN'S HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF HER HOMETOWN, MAQUOKETA, WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN THE 3RD FLOOR GALLERY THROUGH JANUARY 20, 2013.     ALL 180 PORTRAITS OF RESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA.   PLUS, THERE WILL BE A MULTI-PANEL, FREE-HANGING PORTRAIT OF THE TOWN ITSELF.
THIS FRIDAY MORNING, THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE PREVIEW FOR THE PRESS.    I HAVE BEEN INVITED...WILL TAKE MY LITTLE CAMERA...AND WILL
REPORT BACK HERE EARLY NEXT WEEK.

TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL REPORT:    LAST NIGHT, DAVENPORT NORTH
DEFEATED THE DEWITT SABERS TEAM, 3 MATCHES TO 1.
LAST WEEK, MAQUOKETA DEFEATED DAVENPORT NORTH DURING NON-TOURNAMENT PLAY, 3 TO 0.    MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A BYE IN FIRST  ROUND TOURNAMENT COMPETITION AND NOW WILL PLAY DAVENPORT NORTH IN TOURNAMENT PLAY  AT 7 THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, AT THE MCHS GYM.      IF THE CARDINALS WIN THURSDAY NIGHT, THEY PLAY AGAIN NEXT TUESDAY (WEEK FROM TONIGHT) AND THEN IF THEY WIN, THEY GO TO
THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

I AM NOT THAT DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS.
THEY HAD A VERY GOOD YEAR AND THE GIANTS ARE AN AWSOME
TEAM.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

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THE MARTIN HOME AT 116 WESTERN AVENUE, JUST UP THE HILL FROM
McDONALDS.    TOP PHOTO TAKEN  DURING THE DAY OF COURSE AND THE BOTTOM  PHOTO AT NIGHT.    NICELY DONE!

CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM!

AND WHEN DRIVING AROUND, GO OVER TO 210 SOUTH 5TH STREET AND
SEE THE RIXEN HOME DISPLAY.   GO BACK A BIT ON THIS WEB SITE AND
SEE A COUPLE PHOTOS I TOOK OF IT.      IT IS THE FIRST STREET WEST OF
CARSON FUNERAL HOME AND THEN UP THE HILL GOING SOUTH AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

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SOME HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING AND SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 64.   TOMORROW,  LOW 7O'S AND 78 ON WEDNESDAY.
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE A COOL WEEKEND, IN THE LOW 50'S.
BECAUSE OF THAT FORECAST,  WE HAVE DECIDED THE 61 DRIVE-IN
THEATRE IS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON.

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVED A LOW BID FOR REPLACING THE ROOF FOR THE 1992 HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND VOCAL ADDITION.      THE LOW BID WAS FROM CONNELL SUPPLY HERE IN TOWN, AT $31,497.  THERE WAS ONE OTHER BID, NEARLY $3,000 MORE.

THE ODD FELLOWS EMPORIUM (SANDWICHES AND GIFTS) OPENED AT
8 THIS MORNING, NEXT TO THE BAKERY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
A PHOTO OR TWO COMING SOON HERE,  WITH MORE INFORMATION.    THE BUILDING WAS OWNED FOR MANY YEARS BY THE ODD FELLOWS LODGE.  THE LODGE MEETING ROOM WAS UPSTAIRS AND THE GROUND FLOOR  HAS HAD A MIXTURE OF BUSINESS PLACES OVER THE YEARS.     AT ONE TIME,
THE HOME OF MAQUOKETA SENTINEL AND LAST DOZEN YEARS OR MORE, THE HOME OF THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES THRIFT STORE.

HAVE A GOOD  WEEK.

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THANKS TO THE BALDWIN WOMEN'S CLUB, THE MILLROCK SCHOOL WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.   NANCY AND I ENJOYED OUR VISIT, THAT INCLUDED A POPCORN BALL.   THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF BALDWIN.  THE ROOF BELL WORKS FINE AND WAS RINGING ON AND OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.    THE STONE STRUCTURE HAS THICK WALLS.      IT HAS A WORKING VICTROLA  78RPM  RECORD PLAYER AND I TOOK A VIDEO OF IT PLAYING  A CHRISTMAS CAROL.   I'LL  HAVE IT  POSTED ON  KMAQ'S HOME PAGE SOON AND KEEP IT THERE UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
SORRY TO SAY, I NEVER ATTENDED A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL.    BUT THEY EDUCATED MOST AMERICANS UNTIL THE 50'S AND 60'S.

THE MILLROCK SCHOOL IS OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION
AND IS OPEN ONLY BY APPOINTMENT.    LOTS OF SCHOOL CLASSES TOUR
IT ANNUALLY.    TO ARRANGE A TOUR, CALL ANN BURNS AT THE CONSERVATION OFFICE AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER.
TOP PHOTO IS OF DON WILLEY OF BALDWIN.  HIS MOTHER (MILDRED SCOTT WILLEY) ATTENDED THE SCHOOL.   JUDGE NANCY TABOR IS IN 2ND PHOTO BEHIND THE TEACHER'S DESK.   NOTE THE PICTURES OF WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN.    NEXT
PHOTO IS OF THE FURNACE AND LIBRARY.    THE SCHOOL WAS SMALL,
BUT PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE DESKS NEEDED FOR GRADES 1-8.
NO KINDERGARDEN.     AND OF COURSE, BOTTOM PHOTO, A BOYS AND
GIRLS REST ROOM. 
WHEN DENNIS AND JANET STANGE  CLOSED THE BRIDGEPORT SCHOOL ON
THEIR PROPERTY JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA, YEARS AGO,  THE ITEMS IN IT WERE TAKEN TO THE MILLROCK SCHOOL.
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MAQUOKETA  14
CLEAR CREEK-AMANA  7
THE CARDINALS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS. 
THEY  (5 AND 4)  PLAY DECORAH  (9 AND 0)  THERE...WEDNESDAY.
DECORAH IS RANKED #1
ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINAL SOPHOMORES WON, 48 TO 0...
THEIR 2ND WIN.

DEWITT ALSO WILL BE IN THE PLAYOFFS AFTER UPSETTING MARION
LAST NIGHT 17 TO 14.

AND PRESTON WILL BE IN THE PLAYOFFS WITH THEIR RECORD OF 8 AND1.

THURSDAY NIGHT, THE 8TH RANKED MAQUOKETA CARDINAL VOLLEYBALL
TEAM FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON, BEATING DAVENPORT NORTH
3 MATCHES TO 0.    ALL THREE WERE CLOSE.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS NOW ARE 30 AND 6.
THEIR TOURNAMENT PLAY WILL START THIS COMING THURSDAY...
HERE IN TOWN AND  PROBABLY WILL BE  PLAYING DAVENPORT NORTH AGAIN.    I'LL HAVE MORE DEFINITE INFORMATION ON NEXT MONDAY'S DAILY
REPORT.

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1/4 INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY.   
SOME RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING AGAIN.
THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY THE REST OF TODAY WITH HIGH OF 53.
TOMORROW AND SUNDAY, SUNNY AND NICE...BUT STILL ON THE COOL SIDE.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD WANTS SUPT. HUCKSTADT TO DO A SURVEY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS ON THEIR REASONS FOR OPEN ENROLLING OUT OF THE DISTRICT.    THIS SCHOOL YEAR, 119 STUDENTS
OPEN ENROLLED OUT OF THE DISTRICT AND 77 STUDENTS OPEN
ENROLLED INTO THE DISTRICT.   THAT'S A NET DEFICIT OF 42 STUDENTS.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, ERIN STREETER, AGE 27, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL FOLLOWING A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 1:30 THIS MORNING ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 62 TWO MILES SOUTH OF ANDREW.     HER CAR WENT INTO
THE DITCH AND ROLLED ONTO ITS TOP.   SHE WAS NOT INJURED.    HER 99 FORD WAS TOTALED.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT ROCKDALE ROAD AND HURSTVILLE ROAD AT 2:38 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.    ONE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY BILL DEPPE, AGE 68, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER DRIVEN BY KAI CARLE, AGE 25, OF DEWITT.       NO INJURIES.   NO CHARGES.

TWO BIG CARDINAL GAMES TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS HOST CLEAR CREEK-AMANA,  BOTH WITH IDENTICAL RECORDS.    THE WINNER GOES INTO THE PLAYOFFS NEXT WEEK.
MAQUOKETA HAS A BETTER TEAM AND HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE, SO SHOULD WIN.    THE GAME TONIGHT ON KMAQ-AM ONLY ...AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
MATT CLARK WILL GO ON-THE-AIR AT 7:20.
I WILL POST THE SCORE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PLAY THE S.F. GIANTS TONIGHT AT 7 AND IF THE
CARDS WIN, THEY ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES AGAINST DETROIT, NEXT WEDNESDAY.  LOOSE AND THEY PLAY AGAINST THE GIANTS AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT.    THE GAME IS ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT.
GO CARDINALS AND CARDINALS!

THE KMAQ  HOME PAGE HAS A NEW FEATURE COMING!   ROTARY WEEK!   CHECK IT OUT!  

WHILE ON THE HOME PAGE, CLICK-ON THE BUS FOR 2013 KMAQ TRAVEL
PLANS.

AND CHECK ON OUR NEXT AUCTION, BY CLICKING ON THE KMAQ AUCTION PAGE.

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS.......HIT THE BUTTON FOR THE KMAQ CHRISTMAS LIGHTING CONTEST.   HO HO!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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          CLICK-ON ABOVE TO READ ABOUT THE "REACH FOR A STAR" 2012

8/10TH INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY....
RAIN AND COLD TODAY...HIGH OF 45.
A NASTY DAY TODAY.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GETTING A NEW
DRUG DOG.   THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE DEPARTMENT'S SIGNING OF A CONTRACT WITH A MICHIGAN FIRM FOR A LABRADOR.   THE COST WILL
BE $8,500 FOR THE DOG AND TRAINING.       POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA
SAID $7,655 HAS BEEN RAISED AND DONATIONS ARE STILL BEING SOUTH.
DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE MAQUOKETA PD K-9 FUND.
THE CURRENT DOG RIKKI WILL RETIRE SOON.

THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE DEALING WITH
THOSE THAT ARE BEHING IN PAYMENTS.    LETTERS WILL BE SENT TO PARENTS.    THERE ARE SOME BEHIND AROUND $200 OR MORE.

MAQUOKETA MAYOR DON SCHWENKER IS LOOKING FOR A WOMAN TO
APPLY FOR THE CITY CABLE COMMISSION.    AN APPLICATION FORM CAN
BE PICKED UP AT CITY HALL.

THE ALL-WaMaC EAST DIVISION VOLLEYBALL TEAM WAS ANNOUNCED THIS
WEEK.    ON THE FIRST TEAM.... FROM MAQUOKETA, DEVON O'CONNELL AND
MARLEE LINDSTROM.    ON THE SECOND TEAM....FROM MAQUOKETA,
ALLISON VANDEMORE AND NICOLE SNYDER.    
AND HONORABLE MENTION.... FROM MAQUOKETA, ERICA SUTTON AND AUBREE TAYLOR.
COACH OF THE YEAR, JILL SCHAWL FROM MAQUOKETA.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!

GOT MY FLU SHOT YESTERDAY!

YOU ARE NEXT!

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IT IS RAINING IN MAQUOKETA.
AND....MORE RAIN BEFORE THE WEEKEND AND COOLER TOO.  
THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING OKAY, WITH LITTLE OR NO  RAIN AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50'S.

JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY AND HE WILL START IN A COUPLE WEEKS.   COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA DAVENPORT SAID SHE HAS HIRED MATTHEW SPEERS OF STORM LAKE.    HE GRADUATED FROM DRAKE LAW SCHOOL AND WHILE THERE, HE WAS AN INTERN IN THE POLK COUNTY ATTORNEY'S  OFFICE.    HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH SIMPLE MISDEMEANORS AND TRAFFIC CASES WHICH IS SOMETHING  HE WILL
BE HANDLING HERE IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE COUNTY.    HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

JACKSON COUNTY HAS ALSO HIRED A NEW ROAD SUPERINTENDENT TO REPLACE BUTCH HINGTGEN WHO IS RETIRING.   BUTCH RETIRES AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY.     THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
PROMOTED ROGER MUELLER WHO IS CURRENTLY LEAD PERSON FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF JACKSON COUNTY.    HE BIGINS HIS NEW DUTIES
OCTOBER 28TH, AT A STARTING SALARY OF $52,000.

TERRY CLARK HAS BEEN  HIRED AS A JUVENILE COURT OFFICER IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL  DISTRICT AND WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE JACKSON
COUNTY OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA.    SHE REPLACES BRIAN BOPES OF
MAQUOKETA WHO WAS PROMOTED TO JUVENILE COURT OFFICER IV.
BOPES  HAS SERVED AS THE COUNTY JUVENILE OFFICER IN FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.      CLARK HAS BEEN A JUVENILE COURT LIAISON OFFICER WITH THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS.    SHE LIVES IN MAQUOKETA WITH HER HUSBAND AND THREE SONS.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....TWO THEFTS REPORTED AT  THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.   CODY MUELLER TOLD MAQUOKETA POLICE THAT ON AUGUST 22ND, $172 WAS TAKEN FROM HIS LOCKER.
AND MARIAH EGGERS SAID AN IPOD WAS TAKEN FROM HER LOCKER ON OCTOBER 4TH.

THERE WILL BE STOCK CAR RACING AT 5 P.M. THIS SATURDAY AT THE
JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS TRACK IN MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLUB HOPE MEMBERS PAINTED THE FIRE HYDRANTS IN MAQUOKETA.     JOB WELL DONE.

HAVE A NICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER  "CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCTION OF
LITTLE RED AND THE HOODS"  WILL BE PRESENTED THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 P.M.  AT THE CENTER.     IN THIS LOCAL PRODUCTION, FEATURING LOCAL KIDS, THE TALE OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD IS TOLD WITH MODERN LESSONS FOR TODAY'S CHILDREN.    IT IS BEING DIRECTED
BY RICHARD HALL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OHNWARD.  
TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR FOR $5 AND STUDENTS 18 AND UNDER, $3.   DOORS OPEN AT 1:30.    THE 850 SEAT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER THEATRE IS LOCATED ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA WITH PLENTY OF FREE, PAVED PARKING.
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PARTY SUNNY, BREEZY AND AND IN THE 70'S....TODAY....AND THIS WILL
PROBABLY BE THE BEST-DAY WEATHER-WIZE THIS WEEK.

THE  HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL CONCERT IS TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.   JUST $5.    I'M GOING AND WILL CATCH-UP ON THE DEBATE LATER.

LOTS OF DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ON A LANDLORD ORDINANCE FOR MAQUOKETA.  MORE THANK 25 LANDLORDS ATTENDED THE MEETING.  AND THERE WILL BE
MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE ONE IS ADOPTED.     APPARENTLY ONE IS NEEDED BY LANDLORDS AND ALSO NEEDED FOR TENANTS.

JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR M. JOELLE DEPPE SAID 2,700 ABSENTEE
BALLOT REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MADE SO FAR FOR THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION.    SHE EXPECTS UP TO 6,000 ABSENTEE REQUESTS FOR THE NOV. 6TH ELECTION.   THERE ARE ABOUT 15,300 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN JACKSON
COUNTY.

IOWA FARMERS ARE CLOSE TO WRAPPING UP THIS YEAR'S HARVEST...A MONTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.     87% OF THE CORN IS PICKED AND
93% OF THE SOYBEAN CROP IS IN.

IN FOOTBALL, FRIDAY NIGHT MAQUOKETA HOSTS CLEAR CREEK AMANA AND BOTH TEAMS HAVE A 4 AND 4 RECORD.

I PUT HERE....SOME MORE PHOTOS TODAY (IN ADDITION TO YESTERDAY'S)....
SO  BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS REPORT...TAKE A MINUTE TO GO DOWN
AND LOOK AND READ.    AND THANKS!

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THE DIRTY DAWG PET SPA AND BOUTIQUE
IS A NEW MAQUOKETA BUSINESS!
IT OPENED RECENTLY AND THE GRAND OPENING WAS LAST SATURDAY.
I ATTENDED AND TOOK THE PHOTOS ABOVE.   IT IS LOCATED AT 414 NORTH
OTTO STREET AND IS OWNED BY A LOCAL WOMAN, AMY PETERSEN.    SHE IS A GRADUATE FROM THE WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PET GROOMING.    AMY WILL GROOM YOUR DOG OR CAT AND WILL KEEP IT OVERNIGHT WHEN YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.   BOARDING IS JUST $15 A DAY.   OR TWO PETS FOR $25.    NOTE, THERE IS A FENCE FOR OUTDOOR AIR AND EXCERISE WHEN THE WEATHER IS GOOD.    PUT THIS PHONE NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE BOOK.....563-652-4486.    STOP IN AND TAKE A LOOK.... IT IS FIRST CLASS!
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
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THE FRONT LOBBY AT KMAQ WITH THE 8 PAINTINGS THAT HUNG AT
McDONALDS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.  THEY ARE NOW BEING SOLD AT
SILENT AUCTION.   COME IN AND PLACE YOUR BID.    PROCEEDS FROM THE AUCTION WILL GO TO THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE IN IOWA CITY.
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THE RESTORED MILLROCK SCHOOL IS A NEAT PLACE TO VISIT AND TAKE YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS ALONG.   IT IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF BALDWIN, OFF THE ROAD TO THE LEFT A LITTLE....WATCH FOR A SIGN.   IT IS OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION AND IS OPEN ONLY FOR  SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
IT IS OUTFITED WITH SCHOOL ITEMS TYPICAL OF FAMOUS ONE-ROOM
SCHOOL HOUSES.    SOME OF THE ITEMS CAME FROM  THE BRIDGEPORT
SCHOOL/MUSEUM WHEN IT CLOSED.    ANYWAY, ABOVE YOU SEE SOME KIDS RINGING THE SCHOOL BELL AND CALLING YOUR ATTENTION TO AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE MILLROCK SCHOOL THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM 2 UNTIL 4 P.M.    THE BALDWIN WOMEN'S CLUB IS HOSTING THE FREE OPEN HOUSE.
SPREAD THE WORD AND TRY TO MAKE IT AND INVITE SOMEONE TO GO WITH
YOU.
BRING YOUR CAMERA.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO ENLARGE IT.
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                                            HAPPY SCARY HALLOWEEN