WEDNESDAY DAILY

YESTERDAY, I VOTED FOR DONALD AND SO DID 5,820 OTHER JACKSON COUNTY VOTERS.     3,837 VOTED FOR HILLARY.     A GOOD 70% OF
ELIGIBLE JACKSON COUNTY CITIZENS WENT TO VOTE.     MY LONGTIME FRIEND FROM ANAMOSA, ANDY McKEAN, IS OUR NEW STATE REPRESENTATIVE, BEATING JESSICA KEAN OF MAQUOKERTA.    WE WILL HAVE A NEW COUNTY SUPERVISOR JANUARY 1ST....MIKE STEINES.
HE DEFEATED LONGTIME DEMOCRAT SUPERVISOR "BUCK" KOOS.   AND
BY A BIG MARGIN.     ANOTHER SURPRISE, BRIAN MOORE DEFEATED
JOELLE DEPPE FOR AUDITOR, IN A CLOSE RACE.    SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN
DEFEATED REPUBLICAN BELLEVUE POLICEMAN, "BUD" SCHROEDER.   AND
THERE WERE 3 RUNNING FOR THE HOSPITAL  BOARD.    INCUMBANT
LEIGHTON HEPKER WAS RE-ELECTED AND JOHN CRESSEY WILL BE A NEW
MEMBER OF THE BOARD.     LEIGHTON GOT ELECTED WITHOUT ANY RADIO
SPOTS.    I VOTED FOR HIM ANYWAY.

TODAY ABE KINRADE, 6-6 SENIOR AT MCHS, SIGNED A NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY FOR THE AIRFORCE ACADEMY IN COLORADO.    AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM, HE SIGNED AND HIS PARENTS, STEVE AND JULIE ALSO HAD TO SIGN.    THE LAST TIME A MAQUOKETA CARDINAL SIGNED WITH A DIVISION-
ONE UNIVERSITY WAS IN 1985.

 HIS GRANDPARENTS ARE BRUCE AND JULIE.

A LOT OF STUDENTS (INCLUDING MANY BOY AND GIRL BASKETBALL PLAYERS) WERE ON HAND FOR THE SIGNING TODAY....IN MAQUOKETA'S
BEAUTIFUL GYM, PROBABLY THE FINEST HIGH SCHOOL GYM IN IOWA.

THE NEW MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL COACH WILL HAVE ONE SEASON TO
WATCH ABE HELP WIN GAMES FOR THE CARDINALS.    ABE AND ONE OTHER SENIOR ARE THE ONLY TWO SENIORS ON THE SQUAD.   PRACTICE STARTS MONDAY AND THE FIRST GAME AGAINST CENTER POINT IS NOVEMBER 28TH.
THIS WILL BE COACH MATT HARTMAN'S 10TH YEAR AS A HEAD COACH,
AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN EPWORTH AND COLLEGE AT I  BELIEVE UNI.

A NEW PAINT JOB FOR THE CHINESE RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    THE FAMILY HAS OWNED THE BUSINESS FOR AROUND 15 YEARS, MAYBE LONGER.   AND, HE IS DOING THE PAINTING.   THE SCAFFOLD
AT RIGHT IS BEING USED TO PAINT THE UPPER WINDOWS.   THE COUPLE OWN THE BUILDING AT RIGHT, WHICH IS EMPTY AND FOR SALE OR FOR
RENT.   THEY HAVE A SON IN COLLEGE AT IOWA UNIVERSITY.
THE BUILDING SURE LOOKS NICE.    AND THEIR FOOD IS VERY GOOD.

DENNIS VOY