Wednesday, February 04, 2015

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

CLOUDY THIS MORNING, SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON BUT A HIGH OF ONLY 19 TODAY.
THEY WERE CALLING FOR A LOW OF -13 TONIGHT, BUT HAVE REVISED IT.
NOW, THE LOW WILL ONLY BE -10.
TOMORROW,  HIGH OF 13.

GOOD DAY TODAY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE ANNUAL KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW.   READ MORE ABOUT IT AND SEE PHOTOS BELOW THIS
REPORT.

THE MAQUOKETA PARKS BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.  MUCH OF THEIR
DISCUSSION THESE DAYS CONCERNS  WHAT TO USE THE GREEN SPACE DOWNTOWN FOR.   GIVING IT A NAME IS ALSO BEING DISCUSSED.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SUGGESTIONS.

STARTS FEBRUARY 12TH NATIONWIDE AND AT THE VOY THEATRE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS'S BASKETBALL TEAM!!
LAST  NIGHT, HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THEY WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF
THE SEASON, BEATING WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER, 53 TO 50.
THE GIRLS LOST THEIR GAME, 52 TO 39.

HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE FARM AND HOME SHOW TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY



WEDNESDAY NOON HOUR AT KMAQ FARM SHOW

BIG TURN OUT!   THE THE PARKING LOT WAS  NEARLY FULL.   HARD TO WALK
IN THE PEARSON CONVENTION CENTER AND WE SERVED OVER 500 AND
HAD TO ORDER MORE PORK.    WE GO UNTIL 7:30 TONIGHT.
SCOTT GENT OF JACKSON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS GRILLING THE
THICK PORK LOINS. 
THE RUSH WAS OVER WHEN I TOOK THIS PHOTO AT 1 P.M.....DEB GERARDY OF KMAQ SALES IN RED SHIRT.   BACK BY COFFEE POT, NANCY MOORE AND
CODY BARNES.     TOMORROW, THURSDAY, BEEF BURGER DAY AND AGAIN
BAKED BEANS,HOTDOGS, CHIPS, POP, AND ICE CREAM.
FRANKIE BRANDT FROM WISCONSIN WITH MUSIC FOR DINING.   TONIGHT,
THE ALL 4 ONE SINGERS.   TOMORROW, RED HENTON AND HIS GRAND-   DAUGHTER FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, BROOKE BYAM.
STOP AT TRI-COUNTY TOMBSTONES BOOTH AND SEE THE ARTIST ETCH
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAMOUS HARNESS RACING HORSE  "BILLY THE
GREAT" ON A MONUMENT THAT WILL BE PLACED WHERE THE HORSE WAS
BURIED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TRACK.
RUSTY LIETZ OF KMAQ AT THE REGISTRTION TABLE AT THE ENTRY WHERE
YOU SIGN UP FOR THE HOURLY CASH DRAWERS.  
LOTS OF (34) ENTRIES FOR THE "ANYTHING CHOCOLATE"  CONTEST.   WANDA
CORNELIUS SHOWN WITH SOME ENTRIES.  SHE AND THELMA NISSEN RAN THE CONEST AND ASSISTED THE JUDGES WHO WERE SHERIFF RUSS
KETTMAN, EILEEN ROBOVSKY (PAST WINNER) AND PAM TRUE OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION OFFICE.   WE WILL HAVE WINNERS ON THIS DAILY REPORT TOMORROW.   $30 FIRST PRIZE.
THAT'S ME HELPING TO SERVE THE BAKED BEANS.  PHOTO TAKEN BY ROXANNE CLAUSING OF KMAQ SALES TEAM.

ABOVE, THE JUDGES AT WORK.  


THANKS FOR CHECKING IN....THANKS FOR COMING....SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
IN MAQUOKETA.   DOORS OPEN AT 10:30.    FREE.
MORE PHOTOS TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY