WE GOT A LITTLE SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND THIS MORNING....WITH GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 30'S.
THE KMAQ FARM & HOME SHOW WENT WELL ....WITH ATTENDANCE NEARLHY 3,000. THURSDAY'S MID-DAY CROWD WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EVER.
THE FARMER OF THE YEAR, NAMED THURSDAY, WAS JERRY FARRELL OF DELMAR. THE AG PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WENT TO ED ANDREWS,WHO RECENTLY RETIRED AS HEAD OF THE SOIL CONSERVATION OFFICE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THE AG BUSINES LEADER AWARD WENT TO AL TUBBS OF DEWITT, CHAIRMAN OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED. WELL OVER 100 PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE SHOW CAN BE SEEN AT WWW.KMAQ.COM... CLICK ON THE FARM SHOW BANNER.
RED HENTON ENTERTAINED BOTH DAYS. HE HAS A NEW CD OUT, WITH 8 SONGS ON IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE, SEND $10 PLUS $1 FOR POSTAGE TO ME HERE AT KMAQ AND I'LL GIVE YOUR ORDER TO RED AND HE WILL SEND THE CD TO YOU. HE HAS PLANS FOR ONE OR TWO MORE THIS YEAR, AND A CHRISTMAS ONE IN NOVEMBER. RED IS 85, BUT HIS VOICE SOUNDS JUST LIKE IT HAS FOR OVER 65 YEARS. SOUNDS GOOD. PS: HE NO LONGER HAS RED HAIR. I FIRST MET RED IN 1958 WHEN RED, BERNIECE, BROTHERS JIM AND RED AND WINDY RIMMER DID A 15-MINUTE DAILY RADIO SHOW ON THE THEN NEW KMAQ. WE RECORDED THE FIVE SHOWS FOR THE WEEK ONE EVENING A WEEK AND I HELPED WITH THE RECORDING.
GERALD SMALLEY, 93, DIED THURSDAY AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE SEEN AT www.laheys.com
BETTY L. MILLER OF PERSHING ROAD IN MAQUOKETA DIED THURSDAY AND HER FULL OBITURARY CAN BE SEEN AT www.carsonandson.com
CHERYL SAUNDERS MANNING OF MAQUOKETA WON $10,000 THIS PAST WEDNESDAY IN THE POWERBALL DRAWING.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON ANOTHER GAME LAST NIGHT, BEATING INDEPENDENCE 67 TO 51....HERE. LUKE PATTERSON WAS HIGH WITH 19 POINTS. ANDY SCHAUF HAS 16. BRAD COOK HAD A SLAM DUNK AND THE FANS ROARED.
THE IOWA HAWKEYES LOST TO LOWLY NORTHWESTERN AGAIN THIS WEEK BUT TODAY, BEAT INDIANA TO REMAIN IN FIRST PLACE IN THE BIG TEN.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE HOSTING A SECTIONAL WRESTLING MEET TODAY, 6 OR 7 SCHOOLS, AT THE MCHS GYM. THE TOP TWO IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS GO ON TO THE DISTRICTS NEXT SATURDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
