ON THE (JACKSON COUNTY) ROAD AGAIN

BREAKFAST IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.   IT IS A BIG ONE...AROUND 2,000 EVERY YEAR, WITH THE FOCUS ON THEIR SECRET RECIPE SAUSAGE.

IT OVERLOOKS ST. DONATUS BELOW AND IN BACK, A SMALL MOUNTAIN
THAT NEARLY 1,000 CLIMB EVERY GOOD FRIDAY.

THE WAY OF THE CROSS ENDS UP AT THE LITTLE CHAPEL ABOVE.

WE ATE BREAKFAST (PANCAKES AND SAUSAGE, ALL COULD EAT) IN THIS BUILDING NEXT TO THE CHURCH.   SAW A FEW FROM MAQUOKETA THERE.
SUPERVISOR "BUCK"  KOOS WAS HELPING SERVE.

BEAUTIFUL CHURCH.   THE FIRST BREAKFAST WAS 50 YEARS AGO, IN
1963, SO TODAY WAS A SPECIAL DAY.   IT WASN'T LONG AFTER THAT
AND PRES. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN DALLAS.

      NEXT, ON THE WAY HOME.....
ON BACK ROADS.....

 A LITTLE WAY PAST THE ABOVE CHURCH, THE LITTLE FRITZ CHAPEL.

ON THE ROAD HOME, ON SIDE
ROADS...

 NICE HOMES IN RURAL JACKSON COUNTY.....

BELOW....WENT PAST THE THEISEN'S FARM...
PROBABLY JACKSON COUNTY'S LARGEST.... SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES...
BEANS AND CORN....
FATHER AND 3 SONS....
AND I'M TOLD 3 HIRED HANDS....
BELOW, THEIR STORAGE BINS....
AND DRYING EQUIPMET....

BEAUTIFUL JACKSON COUNTY!
WE LOVE DRIVING IT'S HILLY WINDING ROADS!

THE DAY BEFORE(SATURDAY)....WE WERE AT SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS....2 HOURS EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64.     NANCY'S DAUGHTER (KATHY) AND FAMILY HAS LIVED THERE A LONG TIME.     MAQUOKETA-NATIVE KATHY IS SUPT. OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.   HUSBAND MAQUOKETA-NATIVE CURT COUNTRYMAN (TEACHER) IS ON THE COACHING STAFF.   THEIR SON JACOB (TEACHER) IS ON THE COACHING STAFF TOO.    HIS WIFE CARIE (TEACHER) AND SON TRISTAN (WATERBOY FOR TEAM) WERE THERE AS WAS SISTER KELSEY (TEACHER) WHO IS GETTING MARRIED NEXT MAY TO A TEACHER.    TALK ABOUT A FAMILY IN EDUCATION.    WE WERE THERE FOR THE CLASS 5A PLAYOFF GAME BETWEEN SYCAMOR (10 AND 0) AND ANTIOCH AND SYCAMOR WON BY 3 TOUCHDOWNS AND PLAYS AGAIN NEXT SATURDAY.
IT WAS COLD, BUT GOOD GAME TO WATCH.   BELOW, THE STAND-IN
QUARTERBACK.

THE REGULAR QB WAS NURSING AN INJURY.    NUMBER 12 IS NICK
FEURBACH, NORMALLY A RECEIVER.    HE DID A GREAT JOB AS FILL-IN.   NOW GET THIS....HIS UNCLE IS AL FEURBACK, PRESTON-NATIVE, WHO IN THE MID- 70'S WAS IN THE OLYMPICS.   ON NICK'S TEAM, SOPH. JACK MAJERUS, GRANDSON OF A FORMER MAQUOKETA TEACHER, BOB.    BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE TEAM, BOB HAMMOND, FORMER PRINCIPAL AT MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL AND RETIRED SUPT. AT SYCAMOR.....AND MARY JO WILLEY EATON'S BROTHER (DON'T KNOW HIS FIRST NAME) WHO IS A SYCAMOR BANKER.
LOTS OF MAQUOKETA CONNECTIONS WITH THIS TEAM, IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL
GROWING CITY OF 15,000.

DENNIS VOY