IT WAS COLD THIS MORNING, 24 , AND JUST INTO THE 30'S TODAY.
TONIGHT, DOWN TO THE TEENS.    STARTING TOMORROW, IT WILL GET A
LITTLE WARMER EACH DAY, RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.    SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE AROUND 50 OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE.  NO RAIN OR SNOW
IN THE FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.    NORMALLY IN NOVEMBER,
WE GET UP TO A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW, BUT NOT THIS MONTH.   WE WILL BE NEEDING  SNOW OVER THE WINTER MONTHS.

TWO DOZEN DOGS DISPLACED FROM THEIR OWNERS DURING HURRICANE SANDY ARRIVED AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY THIS WEEKEND.     SOCIETY PRESIDENT SHIRLEY SHOLTES OF BELLEVUE SAID THEY HAD THE ROOM TO HANDLE THE VARIETY OF DOGS.   SOME OF THE DOGS CAME FROM OVERCROWDED EAST COAST SHELTERS WHERE THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE EUTHENIZED.    THE DOGS WERE DRIVEN TO MAQUOKETA BY VOLUNTEERS AT THE MIAMI DADE ANIMAL SERVICES IN
FLORIDA.    THERE ARE SEVERAL CHIHUAHUAS, A DOBERMAN-PINCHER PUP,
BLACK YELLOW AND BRINDLE LABS, SEVERAL TERRIERS, AN AUSTRALIAN KELPIE AND A KOREAN JINDO.       THEY ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE
SOCIETY SHELTER JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA FOR $70.   ANY QUESTIONS, CALL 563-652-5360.

CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INVITES AREA VETERANS TO A 9 A.M.
ASSEMBLY THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH.    AUTHOR AND KWQC NEWS ANCHOR GARY METIVIER WILL PRESENT A PROGRAM.    HE RECENTLY WROTE A BOOK THAT FOCUSES ON THE HONOR FLIGHTS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.    CARDINAL STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN STUDENTS
FOR BREAKFAST AT 8 THAT MORNING...FREE TO VETERANS AND $2.10 FOR  OTHERS.   RSVP TO 652-4996.    THE PROGRAM WILL BE REPEATED AT
10:30 A.M. AT BRIGG'S SCHOOL.

FOR NEWCOMERS TO MAQUOKETA, THE KIWANIS CLUB RUNS A "WELCOME BASKET" PROGRAM.   FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 652-4602.
AND....THE KIWANIS CLUB RECENTLY DONATED $500 TO THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT.    THE CLUB MEETS AT NOON EVERY THURSDAY AT THE DECKER HOTEL.    VISITORS WELCOME.

THE DRIVE-THRU HOLIDAY DISPLAY IS OPEN AT LOUIS MURPHY PARK AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF DUBUQUE.    5 UNTIL 10 P.M. DAILY.  TAKE THE GRANDVIEW EXIT AND TURN RIGHT AT GRANDVIEW.     $8 A VEHICLE.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE WAS UPDATED THIS MORNING WITH A
NEW SILENT AUCTION ITEM.    GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE (WWW.KMAQ.COM) AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.

ALSO ON THE HOME  PAGE OF KMAQ, PUSH THE BUTTON TO LISTEN AND WATCH  THE 1906 VICTROLA (OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY) PLAY A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

DARLENE KIRCHOFF HAS HER TREMENDOUS CHRISTMAS DISPLAY UP AT  HER HOME ON THE CORNER, JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM GOODENOW
FOOTBALL FIELD.   THANKS TO DARLENE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY.
A PHOTO IS ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, THEN TO DECORATIONS WEB PAGE.    BECAUSE SHE WON LAST YEAR, SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE  THIS YEAR, BUT WILL BE AGAIN IN 2013.

CHECK BELOW FOR A PHOTO OF MARSHA HENDERSON'S HUSBAND AND ALSO BELOW, PHOTO I TOOK TODAY AT McDONALDS IN MAQUOKETA.

GO DOWN A WAYS AND READ ALL ABOUT THE SECOND ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE  THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.
YOU WILL NEED TO CLICK-ON THE BLACK AND WHITE POSTER  AND MAKE IT LARGER SO THAT YOU CAN THEN READ THE  SCRIPT.    IT WILL BE A BIG NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR A.R.E.

THIS IS THE LAST DAILY REPORT FOR THIS WEEK.    NANCY AND I WILL
ESCORT THE KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TO BRANSON TOMORROW THROUGH
FRIDAY.    REMEMBER, YOU CAN GO TO KMAQ'S HOME PAGE....CLICK-ON
THE "LISTEN" BUTTON AND HEAR THE COMPLETE LOCAL NEWSCASTS AT 7:45 A.M....12:15 P.M....5:05 P.M. AND 9:45 P.M.   ALL THE LOCAL SPORTS TOO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

THIS AFTERNOON, A CHECK WAS PRESENTED TO THE RONALD McDONALD
HOUSE IN IOWA CITY, PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF 8 PAINTINGS THAT
HUNG AT McDONALDS IN MAQUOKETA,  SINCE THE RESTAURANT OPENED
IN 1988.    THE PAINTINGS, SOLD HERE AT KMAQ IN OCTOBER IN A SILENT-AUCTION, BROUGHT JUST UNDER $3,000 AND LOIS KARPINSKI AND GLEN
KARPINSKI, OWNERS OF McDONALDS, MATCHED THE AMOUNT AND
MADE IT AN EVEN $6,000.     THE RESTAURANT HAS COMPLETELY BEEN RE-DONE,  INSIDE AND OUT, AND THE PAINTINGS WERE NOT A PART OF THE
NEW DECOR.     ONE OF THE PAINTINGS, OF THE OLD SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE ON WEST PLATT (NOW SITE OF THE LAW CENTER) WAS PURCHASED FOR
$500 BY DIANE DERGANZ OF MAQUOKETA, WHO LIVED IN THE  HOUSE WHEN
HER DAD WAS SHERIFF IN THE 60'S.    SHOWN ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT,
DIANE DERGANZ;  SUE BRIMEYER, MANAGER OF McDONALDS; DANIEL NEUMANN, DEPARTMENT MANAGER AND MARTHA FRANK, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT MANAGER HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
DENNIS VOY

THIS IS JAMES C. BOREL, OF NEW JERSEY, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF DuPONT, WHO WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, TO MAKE A PRESENTATION..... "TOGETHER, WE CAN FEED THE WORLD".
IT WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M. (RECEPTION AT 5)  AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT STREET AND HIS APPEARANCE IS SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND IS OPEN TO ANYONE.      HE HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA MANY TIMES.   HE IS MARRIED TO MARSHA HENDERSON,
DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN AND BETTY HENDERSON.   ON THE "JUST TALK" SHOW LAST WEEK, HE TOLD THAT HE REMEMBERS COMING TO KMAQ
YEARS AGO WITH HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, JOHN, TO WATCH AS JOHN DID THE
"RFD 1320" PROGRAM ON KMAQ-AM AND THAT AFTER THE SHOW, THEY WOULD GO DOWN TO THE THEN VERY POPULAR ROCKY'S CAFE IN THE
SALE BARN ON EAST QUARRY STREET.
DENNIS VOY