Monday, April 24, 2017

MONDAY DAILY

KMAQ HAS FEATURED POLKAS SINCE SIGNING-ON THE AIR IN AUGUST OF 1958.    THE FIRST OWNERS OF KMAQ WERE FROM MONROE, WISCONSIN AND WISCONSIN ALWAYS HAS BEEN ONE OF SEVERAL BIG POLKA STATES.
OUR POLKA PARTY ON KMAQ-AM IS ON FROM 11:20 TO 12:00 A.M.  
  AND ON SUNDAYS, CRAIG EBEL'S "IT'S POLKA TIME" IS ON FROM 3:30 UNTIL 5:30 P.M.

AND, I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT A POLKA OUTDOOR CONCERT IS COMING TO DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ON SUNDAY, MAY 14TH, FROM 6 UNTIL 8 P.M.  ON THE GREEN SPACE STAGE.     FREE, SPONSORED BY THE  MAQUOKETA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.     AND THE BAND WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR  POLKA BANDS IN THE TRI-STATE ARE:    "BAREFOOT BECKY AND THE IVANHOE DUTCHMAN".
THE CONCERT IS THE FIRST OF THE 2ND ANNUAL SPRING/SUMMER FREE CONCERTS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS AND MUSIC EACH TIME.  
YOU WILL LIKE BECKY...(BAREFOOT)... AND HER BAND.    EVEN THOSE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH POLKA MUSIC WILL ENJOY THE HAPPY SOUND OF
POLKAS AND WALTZS.
THE STORY BELOW APPEARED IN MY HOMETOWN WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER LAST WEEK......

MARK MAY 14TH ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW!   MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POLKA NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE COMING HERE.



THE MAQUOKETA "HARD WORKING" ROTARY CLUB
SATURDAY HELPED CLEAR FENCES AT PRAIRIE
CREEK.    JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION 
DIRECTOR DARYL PARKER HELPED THE CLUB.

SHE'S A POPULAR MINISTER HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
I GOT THIS PICTURE LAST WEEK WHEN HAVING
COFFEE AT McDONALDS.   PART TIME PASTOR SUSAN LeBLANC
SERVES THE EAST IRON HILL CHURCH....A GREAT
LITTLE CHURCH NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA.
VISIT SOMETIME!   SHE IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB.   AND HER HUSBAND RAY IS TREASURER.   NO LONG SERMONS BY HER.

HOW ABOUT THAT HAT, SCARF AND THE SUSPENDERS?

FINIALLY HAD TIME TO TAKE OFF A COUPLE DAYS THIS PAST WEEKEND.    LEFT
TO RIGHT, MY BROHTER CHUCK (BLUE SHIRT) OF MILWAUKEE  .. TERRIBLE PICTURE OF ME .. THEN NANCY JO ..  SISTER-IN-LAW BETTY, WIFE OF BROTHER GERALD OF HORICON    CHUCK IS YOUNGEST AND GERALD IN THE MIDDLE.   ALL 4 YEARS APART.
CHUCK AND GERALD RETIRED.  NANCY AND I OF COURSE CHEERED FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS.    CHUCK, BETTY AND GERALD FOR THE  BREWERS.    CARDINALS WON 4 TO 1....TOOK 3 OF 4 IN THE SERIES AT BEAUTIFUL MILLER PARK.   GREAT WEATHER, BUT THEY STILL THEY HAD THE ROOF CLOSED FOR THE GAME.   
HAD FUN WEEKEND.   ON WAY HOME, STOPPED AT A DULUTH FASCTORY OUTLET
STORE AT MONTICELLO, WISCONSIN (BUSY STORE) AND SPENT AN HOUR AT NEW GLARUS, THE SWISS CITY.   A VERY BUSY TOWN SUNDAY.     A GALENA-LIKE TOURIST
TOWN NORTH OF MONROE, BUT MAYBE EVEN BETTER THAN GALENA.    GET THIS,
I BOUGHT DULUTH UNDERWARE SHORTS FOR $30.   NO, NOT 3 PAIR FOR $30.
GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A HUGE BILLBOARD, AND RIGHT IN MIDDLE
A PICTURE OF THE SHORTS.    THEY ARE WORTH THE MONEY.   I'LL BE ORDERING
SOME MORE.


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