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.

DENNIS VOY

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.
DENNIS VOY