BEFORE OR JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS....I'M NOT SURE WHICH. HAD A NICE
TIME. ABOUT 10 FROM MAQUOKETA WERE THERE. WE FLEW INTO
ORLANDO AND RENTED A CAR AND BEFORE COMING HOME, SPENT SOME
TIME AT DISNEYWORLD AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS...A FIRST FOR ME.
I TOOK THE PHOTO ABOVE. THEY LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD AND ENJOY
FLORIDA AND WILL CELERATE MORE ON A CRUISE WITH THE TWO BOYS AND
SIX GRANDKIDS. WE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT THE GOOD OLE' KFC DAYS
IN MAQUOKETA WHEN DEAN AND I OWNED THE KFC RESTAURANT HERE FOR 20 YEARS, STARTING IN 1980. WE STILL LIKE "FINGER LICKIN' GOOD CHICKEN! ORLANDO IS SOMETHING ELSE...WAS THANKFUL FOR MY GPS.
WEATHER WAS GREAT DOWN THERE...WARMER THAN USUAL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR.
WAS GOOD TRIP. . BUT GOOD TO GET BACK HOME!
FRIDAY NIGHT HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE CARDINAL BOYS WERE DOWN BY 10 POINTS LATE IN THE GAME, AND WON IN THE FINAL COUPLE MINUTES BY 2 POINTS, OVER DYERSVILLE BECKMAN. SORRY I MISSED THE GAME.
FRIDAY, I RANG THE SALVATION ARMY BELL FOR AN HOUR AT FAREWAY.
HAD NOT DONE THAT IN A LONG TIME. MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE
FIRST SALVATION ARMY CITADEL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WAS HERE
IN MAQUOKETA, COMPLETE WITH A STAFF AND BAND. THE BUILDING WAS MOVED TO HORSESHOE POND PARK AND IS BEING USED TODAY.
MORE ABOUT THE SALVATION ARMY KETTLE. AN ANONYMOUS DONOR ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, DROPPED A GOLD COIN WORTH MORE THAN $1,500 IN THE LITTTLE RED KETTLE AT WAL-MART HERE IN MAQUOKETA. IT WAS WRAPPED IN A DOLLAR BILL WITH THE USE OF SCOTCH TAPE.
THERE WAS LOTS OF FUN WITH THE 12-12-12 DAY. HERE, BOB HEAD
CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY THAT DAY...I THINK 74, MAYBE 75.
THE KMAQ 2ND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS HOME DECORATING CONTEST HAS ENDED AND WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS WEEK. THIS YEAR, ONLY 13 ENTRIES. ALL 13 HOMES WILL BE UP ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE
TOMORROW....TAKE A LOOK THEN. JUST CLICK-ON THE DECORATION BUTTON. EVERYONE WILL GET A PRIZE. THE $65 ENTRY FEE MONEY KMAQ WILL BE PUT IN THE SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS KETTLE.
THE FREE CHRISTMAS DINNER THIS CHRISTMAS DAY WILL FROM 11:30 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. AT THE EAGLES CLUB AOND SPONSORED BY THE EAGLES AND THE EAST IRON HILL CHURCH.
THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB HELD A HOLD-UM CARDS TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT AT THE EAGLES AND DAVE TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF WINNERS AND OTHERS, SHOWN BELOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
DENNIS VOY
