TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

WE GOT 4/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT AND IT HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY SINCE.    A HIGH TODAY OF 78.     TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 83 AND THURSDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 89.     WE WILL BE UP THERE FOR JUST A DAY.
FRIDAY, 76.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER...
AT FIRST WARD PARK, GRAFFITTI WRITTEN ON PICNIC TABLES MONDAY.

THE DELMAR LIONS CLUB 17TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW WAS ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS SUNDAY AT NORTON PARK.    ABOUT 50 MORE CARS
THAN LAST YEAR, WITH NEARLY 150 ENTERED.

THERE WERE 3 LABOR DAY EVENTS IN THE KMAQ AREA.     THE ANNUAL BIG
(BIGGEST IN IOWA) PORK DINNER AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BELLEVUE,
AND ABOVE , PHOTOS AT LABOR DAY CELEBRATION AT THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SPRINGBROOK.     MOST SMALL TOWNS (MAQUOKETA INCLUDED) HAVE NOTHING, NO EVENTS, ON LABOR DAY.   
EVERY TOWN SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE PARADE AND A FEW EVENTS ON
LABOR DAY!    OH BY THE WAY...GREAT CHICKEN LAST NIGHT AT
SPRINGBROOK.     SORRY I MISSED MUSIC BY THE  "IOWA CORN FED GIRLS".
THEY HAD FINISHED PLAYING WHEN WE ARRIVED.   

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.      ON THE AGENDA:    THE SALE OF
THE COMMUNITY CENTER....A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE  REQUEST TO USE THE GREEN SPACE DOWNTOWN OWNED BY THE CITY WHERE 4 BUILDINGS CAME DOWN BECAUSE OF THE BIG JANUARY FIRE SEVERAL YEARS AGO....AMENDMENTS TO SIDEWALK ORDINANCE....AND A COUPLE OTHER
SIDEWALK ISSUES.

BETTY KOSTNER, 91, OF SHULLSBURG, WISCONSIN, DIED FRIDAY AT THE AGE OF 91.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE CHILDREN, INCLUDING WILLIAM DEPPE OF MAQUOKETA.

DR DANGER WAS IN TOWN OVER THE WEEKEND.   13 MONTHS AGO AT THE
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, HE CRASHED INTO A SEMI AND THE STUNT DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED AND HE LANDED IN THE  HOSPITAL HERE,  AND THEN IN IOWA CITY.    AFTER ALMOST A YEAR OF RECOVERY, HE DID A COUPLE STUNTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT TIMBER LANDE AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE RACES.  MY SON DAVE DID SOME PHOTOGRAPHY OF HIM AND SAID HE
IS A NICE GUY AND LIVES IN TEXAS.    HE TALKED TO STUDENTS FRIDAY
AND ALSO VISITED THE PRESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.     HE LIKES MAQUOKETA AND WILL BE BACK.

HAD LUNCH TODAY AT CITY LIMITS RESTAURANT WITH BOB RUPP, ABOVE,
OF MAQUOKETA, ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S OLDEST RESIDENTS.    I FIRST MET HIM AT MY WEDDING IN 1964.   HE WAS AN UNCLE OF NANCY'S.    HE  WORKED AT SEVERAL PLACES, INCLUDING FOR MANY YEARS, SWISS VALLEY FARMS.    BEEN RETIRED 32 YEARS AND LIVING IN HIS HOME SINCE 1957.    WIFE CHARLENE DIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND  THEN HIS ONLY
DAUGHTER DIED SHORTLY AFTER.    HE HAS A SON DOWN SOUTH AND
SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN.  HE GETS AROUND WITH HIS 20 YEAR OLD
FORD, YESTERDAY CRUISING FOR NEARLY AN HOUR.    HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED MY VISITS WITH BOB.     STILL SHARP TODAY, BUT ADMITS LIFE GETS LONELY A LOT.    IF YOU KNOW HIM, DROP A NOTE OR  PAY A VISIT.  

TOMORROW IS RED HENTON'S 94TH BIRTHDAY.   HIS CELL PHONE NUMBER IS
563-503-1337 IN CASE YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM A CALL AND WISH HIM A HAPPY
BIRTHDAY.

MAQUOKETA WILL HOST WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER (RATED 3RD IN THE STATE) AT GOODENOW FIELD THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.   

AT ONE TIME THIS SUMMER, THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WERE  7 1/2 GAMES
OUT OF FIRST PLACE.     TODAY, THEY ARE IN FIRST PLACE IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION,  A GAME AHEAD OF THE BREWERS.    THEY PLAY PITTSBURG
TONIGHT AGAIN AND HAVE 4 GAMES COMING UP AT MILWAUKEE.
WILL THEY STILL BE IN FIRST PLACE NEXT TUESDAY AT THIS TIME?
YOU CAN COUNT ON IT!

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.  
KEEP COOL BUT DON'T COMPLAIN....REMEMBER THE SNOW AND COLD
LAST WINTER.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
PHOTOS BY DAVE VOY