SUNSHINE AND LESS WIND TODAY....NOT TOO BAD....HIGH OF 23.    DOWN
TO 8 TONIGHT....AROUND 30 TOMORROW AND SOME SNOW STARTS LATE IN AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.     AND....WORD THIS AFTERNOON IS THAT
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET AS MUCH SNOW AS PREDICTED EARLIER.
GOOD NEWS.     WE CAN HANDLE A COUPLE INCHES OR MORE.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE KENT FUGLSANG SPOKE TO ROTARY TODAY ABOUT THE PLANT HE MANAGES IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.    SEE A PHOTO OF HIM AND STORY ABOUT THAT GROWING INDUSTRY ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE.   GO TO
WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.     THEIR
SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK IS A $20 GIFT CARD AND IT RIGHT NOW
IS AT JUST $7.00.       SEE ALSO A PHOTO OF THE ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK
WHO IS ALSO MANAGER OF CLOVER RIDGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
IN MAQUOKETA.

ELEVEN ATTORNEYS (NONE FROM MAQUOKETA) HAVE FILED AN APPLICATION TO BE APPOINTED A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.     THE PERSON WILL REPLACE JUDGE BOBBI ALPERS OF MAQUOKETA WHO PLANS TO RETIRE THIS SPRING.

EVERY WEEK THEY  HAVE GOOD FREE PROGRAMS AT THE HURSTVILLE
INTERPRETIVE CENTER.   THIS SATURDAYS, AT 6 P.M. THERE WILL BE ONE ON OWLS.

THE ARTIE SHAW BIG BAND IS COMING TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA ON MARCH 10TH FOR A 2 P.M. SHOW.

THAT'S ARTIE ABOVE AND THE CURRENT BAND LEADER BELOW.
IT WILL BE A BIG  HIT AS PAST BIG BAND SHOWS HAVE BEEN BEFORE HERE.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AT OHNWARD, OSTERHAUS AND
MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.

THESE DAYS, EVERYWHERE YOU WALK IN MAQUOKETA, THERE IS
DRIED SALT.  

THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE DOWN IN MAQUOKETA.....WENT DOWN MONDAY IN 40-DEGREE WEATHER.

NICE!   THE NEW FRONT STEPS AT THE DECKER HOTEL....RE-OPENING
SOON.

IT IS THE LENTEN SEASON.   CHURCH TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

WE WERE THERE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.    I WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE
WHAT THE NEW BUILDING LOOKED LIKE INSIDE.    CALKIN SQUARE IS
A BLOCK SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN WYOMING, NAMED AFTER PIONEER DR.
CALKIN.     JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS COMMUNITY BUILDING IS THE
DOCTOR'S ORIGINAL TINY OFFICE BUILDING, NEXT TO HIS LATER GRAND
OLD HOME.   ALL RESTORED.    ALL GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY BY SOME
KIND OF TRUST.     AND THERE IS NEW MONEY EVERY YEAR AND IT ONLY
CAN BE SPENT INSIDE THE FENCE OF THE COMPLEX.   NEXT YEAR, A
GAZEBO IS PLANNED.    THE MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION IS ALSO A BIG
BENEFACTOR OF THE ESTATE.    WENT UP TO BUY DINNER FOR NANCY AND  I AND IT WAS FREE.    A BAND FROM DUBUQUE PLAYED IN THE EVENING BUT WE DIDN'T STAY FOR IT.     WHAT A GREAT THING FOR THE SMALL
TOWN OF WYOMING.    TALKED WITH NEW MAYOR KEITH SOMMERVILLE (FORMER 70'S KMAQ SALESMAN) AND HE IS ON THE LOCAL CALKIN BOARD AND SAYS MORE WILL BE COMING EVERY YEAR.     SO, NEXT TIME YOU
DRIVE THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS CITY, TAKE NOTICE.   HOPEFULLY
YOU WILL ALSO TOUR THE HOME SOMETIME.    THE CARRIAGE WAGON
IN THE LOFT OF THE BUILDING I WAS TOLD IS  A VELIE....FROM SAME COMPANY THAT PRODUCED THE FAMOUS CAR LATER.
THANKS TO OUR MANY LISTENERS IN WYOMING, IOWA. 
DENNIS VOY