FRIDAY DAILY

AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR..IT WAS SLOW THURSDAY NIGHT FOR AWHILE, UNTIL THE STOCK CAR RACES WERE OVER.    THURSDAY ATTENDANCE WAS OVER 4,000 SLIGHTLY ABOVE
LAST YEAR.

THERE WAS A GOOD CROWD FOR THE RACES, BUT NOT A FULL  HOUSE.  STOCK CAR RACES ARE NOT AS POPULAR AS YEARS AGO WITH FANS.
LOTS OF CAR OWNERS THOUGH.

THE PHOTO ABOVE WAS TAKEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE OPTIMIST FOOD
STAND AT THE FAIR.    IN THE PICTURE IS JAKE AND JUDY BICKFORD.
JAKE IS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST AND THE CLUB
IS CELEBRATING 55 YEARS THIS YEAR.     ALSO, BOTH JAKE AND JUDY HAVE
HELPED AT THE FOOD STAND EVERY SINGLE YEAR SINCE THE CLUB TOOK THE BELOW THE GRANDSTAND FOOD STAND OVER 30-PLUS YEARS AGO.
JUDY IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CLUB.
PHOTO BY JESSICA WAGNER

A WEEK AGO, A WRITER AND A PHOTOGRAPHER CAME TO MEET WITH ME
AT MY 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE, FROM THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE TO DO A FEATURE.    THE ARTICLE WILL BE THIS SUNDAY IN THE PAPER.    NOW,
IT IS ON THEIR WEB SITE. 

THERE IS ALSO A GOOD SHORT VIDEO.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FEATURES ON THE DRIVE-IN OVER THE
YEARS.    IT MAKES FOR A GOOD FEATURE FOR BOTH NEWSPAPERS AND
TV STATIONS.    THIS IS THE FIRST NEWSPAPER FEATURE IN A
CEDAR RAPIDS NEWSPAPER.    THE VIDEO IS THE FIRST THAT HAS ONLY
MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PATRONS FROM BOTH CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY,
EVEN THOUGH IT IS NEARLY A 90-MINUTE DRIVE FROM THE CITIES.

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THURSDAY DAILY

A 90-MINUTE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE LAST NIGHT AND BIG TURNOUT AFTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.     ATTENDANCE THE FIRST DAY OF THE FAIR, 3,370, AND THAT COMPARES TO 3,017 LAST YEAR ON WEDNESDAY.

THIS YEAR, JUST ONE DRAWING FOR CASH AT THE
END OF THE GRANDSTAND SHOW AND THAT WAS LAST NIGHT.   FOUR WINNERS OF $250.    JOHN BANOWETZ OF BELLEVUE, JERRY WEIS OF MAQUOKETA, BAILYEY LINCOLN OF DEWITT AND
RACHAEL MANSON OF DELMAR. 

THE OVERALL WINNER OF THE PARADE WAS "GWEN'S PET GROOMING".    TAKING SECOND, FRIENDS OF THE MAQUOKETA CAVES.

THE MASTER GARDENERS HELD THEIR BASKET OF BLOOMS CONTEST YESTERDAY AT THE FAIR AND THE OVERALL WINNER WAS TINA COAKLEY OF MAQUOKETA.

TODAY IS KID'S DAY.

TONIGHT AT 6, STOCK CAR RACING.

TOMORROW IS SENIOR DAY.

SEE YOU AT THE FAIR !

DENNIS  VOY 

WEDNESDAY DAILY

THE KMAQ SIDEWALK IS NEARLY DONE.     THE ABOVE POURED THIS MORNING AND STILL WET.     NOTE THE  "PICTURE FRAME"  SURROUNDING EACH SEGMENT....ABOUT 6 INCHES WIDE.    THE BRICK, COMING LATER, WILL BE IN THE NARROW SEGMENT UPPER RIGHT, ALONG THE CURB.    LOOKS GREAT ALREADY AND WILL BE  REALLY GREAT WHEN FINISHED.

WHO IS THIS "BUSY, IMPORTANT, TALENTED" MAN IN MAQUOKETA?  GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE....WWW.KMAQ.COM....AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BUTTON.

THE FAIR STARTS WITH THE PARADE AT 6 TONIGHT.   IT WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ, INCLUDING WEB SITE HOME PAGE AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND TURN-ON THE LITTLE RADIO.   TOOK THESE PHOTOS
THIS AFTERNOON:

FOR  FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS, WE WILL NOT DO OUR BROADCAST OF PARADE FROM IN FRONT OF KMAQ.    WE WILL BE UP ON THE GRASS AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH ABOVE.

THE LIONS CLUB FOOD STAND IN FIRST WARD PARK ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE.

IN FRONT OF SENIOR CENTER, WITH CHAIRS FOR
SENIORS AT THE STREET AND FOOD STANDS IN BACK.   MANAGER GAY STORLIE AND VOLUNTEERS
WORKED ALL DAY GETTING READY FOR THEIR
FIRST-EVER FAIR PARADE FOOD STAND.

APPROACHING THE FAIR GROUNDS.      FLAGS COURTESY OF MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB.  PARKING LOT TO LEFT, TICKET BOOTH IN MIDDLE.    SIGNS ACROSS THE ROAD ARE OF THE SPONSORS OF
THE FAIR.

FAIRGROUNDS AND CARNIVAL AS SEEN FROM EAST PLATT STREET.

 CAMPGROUNDS NORTH OF TRACK, OWNED BY
 FAIRBOARD, STARTING TO FILL UP.

THE FAIRGROUNDS  BEHIND THE CORN, AS SEEN
FROM CARDINAL SCHOOL.

HI HO..COME TO THE FAIR.

WHEN NOT AT THE FAIR, KEEP YOUR DIAL SET TO
KMAQ AM OR FM.   LEIGHTON AND I WILL BE
BROADCASTING FROM THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE GROUNDS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING
TOMORROW, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
KMAQ WENT ON-THE-AIR IN 1958 AFTER THE FAIR
WAS OVER THAT YEAR.    SO, THE FIRST FAIR 
WE BROADCAST FROM WAS THE 1959 FAIR, AND
WE HAD A FIRST-ANNIVERSARY TENT, WITH A 
SIGN-UP FOR FREE RADIOS.   I WAS THERE OF
COURSE.     THE ONLY TWO FAIRS I DID NOT COVER
WERE THE 1963 AND 1964 FAIRS, WHEN I WAS IN
THE ARMY.    LEIGHTON HEPKER HAS COVERED 
EVERY JACKSON COUNTY FAIR FOR KMAQ SINCE
1975.
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TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

THE 10U BIG BEND LADY BUCKS ALL-STAR TEAM IS HEADING TO FLORIDA FOR THE BABE RUTH LEAGUE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES.   THEY WON THEIR STATE TOURNAMENT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THIS PAST WEEKEND WENT
5 AND 0 IN THE REGIONALS.   THEY WILL FACE-OFF AGAINST 7 OTHER REGIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO TEAMS FROM MEXICO, JAPAN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JUST TO NAME A FEW.   THEY ARE NOW GOING
TO HAVE FUND RAISERS TO FINANCE THE TRIP.     IN PHOTO BELOW..
FRONT ROW:  BAILEE PETRY, JORDAN ARMBRUSTER, ADDISON HOLST.
MIDDLE ROW:   CARLEY CAVANAGH, AUBREY HOWELL,  MADISON KLUEVER,
KALYN HACKMAN, PAIGE HOLST, HALEIGH BANOWETZ,  ALLIE COLSCHEN.
BACK ROW:   JESSICA KLUEVER, HEAD COACH KATE  CAVANAGH, HOPE MEYER, COACH RYAN HACKMAN.    THE GIRLS ARE FROM DELMAR,
CHARLOTTE, GOOSE LAKE, PRESTON, SABULA, ANDOVER AND MAQUOKETA.

JESSICA KEAN OF MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT SHE WILL
RUN FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 58.    PETE HIRD FOR PERSONAL REASONS
IS REMOVING HIS NAME FROM THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.    KEAN
AND HUSBAND MIKE HAVE 2 PRE-SCHOOL KIDS.   HE WORKS AT JOHN DEERE IN DUBUQUE.   THEY LIVE IN MAQUOKETA AND SHE IS A BOARD MEMBER OF SUNSHINE CHILD CARE AND SHE WORKS WITH A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HELP CHILDREN WITH CANCER.   SHE ALSO IS A FREELANCE WRITER.
SHE IS A DEMOCRAT.    RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN FOR THE STATE SEAT IS
ANDY McKEAN OF ANAMOSA.

THE BUS IS NEARLY HALF FULL....WE WILL BE GOING!!

THEY ARE POURING THE CONCRETE IN FRONT OF KMAQ TODAY.   THIS
PHOTO IS LOOKING THROUGH THE KMAQ FRONT WINDOW.     THE BRICKS COME LAST ALONG THE CURB.

 NEW SIGN ON SOUTH MAIN STREET.

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MONDAY DAILY

LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BAD WEATHER PASSED OVER JONES AND JACKSON COUNTY BETWEEN 4 AND 7 P.M.    THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ....AND
A TORNADO WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF JACKSON COUNTY!
AT THE JONES COUNTY HEAVY RAIN BUT THE BIG SHOW WENT ON AT 8:30, A
HALF-HOUR LATE, WITH A REDUCED CROWD.    MAQUOKETA GOT 1.8 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE WIND.   NINE MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA JUST OFF
HIGHWAY 61, THE ALFRED AND WILMA WITT BARN WAS DOWNED BY A
TORNADO WHICH ALSO FELLED A LARGE MAPLE TREE.    PHOTO ABOVE
OF THE BARN (INSURED) AND PHOTO BELOW OF THE TREE.    NO
INJURIES.

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FRIDAY DAILY

HERE'S A GREAT WIDE-ANGLE PHOTO TAKEN LAST NIGHT BY MY SON DAVE VOY AT THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT.

THE  "TATTOOS"  PLACE HAS MOVED FROM WEST PLATT STREET, NOT FAR
FROM MAIN, TO WEST PLATT STREET, ACROSS FROM "DOLLAR GENERAL".

NOW WE CAN NOT USE THE KMAQ FRONT DOOR AT ALL.   THE SIDEWALK
IS GONE.     THE NARROW STRIP OF SIDEWALK AT RIGHT IS ALONG THE
BIG WINDOW AND FRONT DOOR.   AND WHEN THEY DUG UP THE OLD SIDEWALK, THEY FOUND TWO WINDOWS BELOW, MEANING AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A BASEMENT BUSINESS BELOW THE NORTH HALF OF THE KMAQ
BUILDING AND PROBABLY ALSO A STAIRWAY DOWN TO IT.

IT IS "HOME GROWN" SWEET CORN TIME IN MAQUOKETA.    ON SALE ABOVE
JUST EAST OF K.J.'S CONVENIENCE AND GODFATHER PIZZA.

ONLY 85 TODAY.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD TONIGHT AT "GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR".

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THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

DEWITT IS GOING TO THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
NEXT TUESDAY IN DES MOINES.     LAST NIGHT, THEY HELD OFF VINTON
6 TO 5.     AT ONE TIME THE DEWITT SABERS HAD A 6 TO 0 LEAD.     MAX STEFFENS WAS THE PITCHER AND WHEN THE SCORE GOT TO 6 TO 5 WITH RUNNERS FOR VINTON ON FIRST AND SECOND AND TWO OUT, COACH SHANE SIKKEMA BROUGHT IN TO PITCH IS NUMBER ONE PITCHER, HIS
SON T.J.      HE BROUGHT AN END TO THE 6TH INNING AND STRUCK OUT THE SIDE IN THE 7TH.    DEWITT FACES CARLISLE AT 5 P.M. TUESDAY AND THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ AND ON OUR WEB SITE.    IN THE PHOTO ABOVE,  BRAD GANNON CATCHES A FLY BALL IN LEFT FIELD DURING THE CLASS 3A GAME LAST NIGHT.

GOT UP TO 92 IN MAQUOKETA TODAY.    TOMORROW, 91 IS FORECAST.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY

CAROL AND BILL IHRIG AND FAMILY WILL SERVE AS THE 2016 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR FAMILY.

THIS CAFE IS CLOSED FOR REMODELING.   

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY

STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT  (BUT NOT IN 3D)  AT THE DRIVE-IN AND DOWNTOWN!

APPEARING WITH FRANKIE BALLARD AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ON
SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY  30TH.

THE GRAND MARSHALS OF THE 2016 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE, BOB AND MYRNA LARKEY OF MAQUOKETA, OWNERS OF MAQUOKETA
LIVESTOCK SALES.
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NO MONDAY DAILY

NO MONDAY DAILY

SUNDAY DAILY

BELOW...THE STORY ON TWO EVENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.      
THE "FIREBALL" IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA SATURDAY....
AND THE HIGH WINDS THAT HIT ANDREW SUNDAY.

MIKE ROEDER, MAYOR OF ANDEW AND MANAGER OF INNOVATIVE AG-SERVICES AWOKE AROUND 6 THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING, HEARD IT RAIN AND DECIDED TO CLOSE SOME WINDOWS.    HE THEN SAW LIGHTENING,  HEARD TWO LARGE THUNDER BOOMS AND THEN HEARD THE ROAR OF THE TWISTER GOING OVERHEAD THROUGH ANDREW.    UP ON THE HILL IN HIS HOME EAST OF THE BUSINESS, HE SAW THE LARGE GARBAGE CONTAINER  THAT NORMALLY IS ON THE SIDE OF BUILDING,  OVERTURNED IN THE CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT.   HE QUICKLY CAME ACROSS HIGHWAY 62 AND SAW THAT THE INNOVATIVE SHOP BUILDING  HAD BEEN HIT BY THE STORM THAT CAME IN FROM THE WEST AND PASSED THROUGH ANDREW, LEAVING TOWN BY THE BALL DIAMOND EAST OF TOWN.   THE ABOVE PHOTO
SHOWS THE CONTAINER BY NOT MUCH DAMAGE.    I THEN TOO PHOTOS AROUND THE HARD-HIT SHOP BUILDING.

TREES OR BRANCHES WERE DOWN IN THE PATH OF THE STORM.....

AND METAL FROM THE SHOP WAS FOUND IN SEVERAL PLACES.    CITIZEN AND FIREMEN SUNDAY MORNING WERE HARD AT  WORK CLEANING UP THE MESS.

THE ROOF OF THE BALL DIAMOND CONCESSION STAND CAME OFF.

MAYOR ROEDER  SAID THE SHOP THAT WAS A COMPLETE LOSS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY WITH HELP OF A CRANE  MONDAY AND IS COVERED BY  INSURANCE FOR THE COMPANY, WITH HEADQUARTERS  IN MONTICELLO.   THE BUSINESS WILL BE OPEN AS USUAL MONDAY MORNING.

HE SAID THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL VISIT ANDREW SOMETIME THIS WEEK TO DETERMINE IF THE STORM WAS AN ACTUAL TORNADO.

AND THE MAYOR SAID....THE GOOD THING....NO ONE WAS INJURED. 

SATURDAY NIGHT, THE 2ND ANNUAL "FIREBOX"
CONCERT" WAS A BIG HIT IN THE DOWNTOWN
GREEN SPACE.    IT RAN FROM 5 UNTIL MIDNIGHT
AND WAS SPONSORED AGAIN BY THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION.     GOOD WEATHER, TWO GOOD ROCK BANDS, A BEER STAND,  FOOD STAND AND PLENTY OF
PICNIC TABLES MADE FOR A FUN TIME BY A VERY
GOOD TURNOUT.

MANY DANCED ON THE GRASS.

GOOD GOING FIREMEN!
THANKS!
 DENNIS VOY