A 40% CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW AND HIGH OF 80.
WEEK PREPARING FOR THEIR SUMMER TOUR. THE 155 MEMBERS AND A STAFF OF 50, PLUS VOLUNTEERS, HAVE SET UP CAMP AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WILL BE HERE THROUGH SUNDAY. MEMBERS RANGE IN AGE FROM 16 TO 21. THEY REHERSE ABOUT 12 TO 14 HOURS A DAY.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO AN OPEN COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7:30 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE FIELD SOUTH OF
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. NO CHARGE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDNERS SPONSORED A RHUBARB CONTEST DURING TUESDAY'S FARMERS MARKET. THERE WERE 11 ENTRIES
AND 19 FOR THE LARGEST RHUBARB LEAF CONTEST. HERE ARE
THE WINNERS.
LARGEST LEAF: MARANDA WOOD, 2ND MAYSON WOODS, 3RD CAITLIN
HURTSELL
BREADS, MUFFINS, BARS, COOKIES: BOBBI BARTELS, 2ND MARANDA WOODS AND 3RD JANE WICKHAM
CAKES: BETTY DUNNE, 2ND BARB KILBURG AND 3RD MARIANNE
WAGENESTER
PIES: JANE WICKHAM AND 2ND MELISSA WOOD
CASH PRIZES WERE AWARDED. TREVIS MAYFIELD FROM THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS, LEIGHTON HEPKER FROM KMAQ AND MASTER GARDENER NORMA ROUND SERVED AS JUDGES.
BOYS BASEBALL YESTERDAY...HERE..
NORTH SCOTT 10, MAQUOKETA 1
CARDINALS ARE NOW 1 AND 5
(photo contributed)
THE ROOF WAS PUT BACK ON THE THE DEPOT TODAY AT IT'S NEW
LOCATION BY THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.
AND, DON'T FORGET...THE BIG GARAGE SALE SPONSORED BY THE
JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS GOING ON NOW THROUGH
SATURDAY AT BOYER HALL ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
STILL A POPULAR NEWS STATION IN DUBUQUE. KMAQ WENT ON THE
AIR 13 YEARS AFTER THIS AD.
M.W. JOINER WAS A GOOD MAQUOKETA CITIZEN AND WELL LIKED.
LUCIA THORNE (THINK HER DAD WAS CITY MANAGER) WAS ONE OF
MAQUOKETA'S MOST POPULAR SINGERS. TO HAVE HER OWN SHOW
ON WHO WAS QUITE A THING. RED HENTON WAS 25 THEN...PROBABLY
JUST AS BUSY AS LUCIA.
AND THEN START FARMING.
HAVE A NICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
