AROUND 99 TODAY.
THE SAME EXPECTED TOMORROW.
BUT COOLING DOWN A GOOD 10 DEGREES WEDNESDAY.
HAVE HAD NO RAIN SINCE A BRIEF SHOWER THURSDAY NIGHT DURING THE GRANDSTAND SHOW AT THE FAIR.

THE FAIR WAS HURT BY THE HEAT, ESPECIALLY YESTERDAY, WITH PAID ATTENDANCE ONLY AT 1,713. A YEAR AGO SUNDAY, 3,146.
THIS YEAR'S TOTAL ATTENDANCE WAS 16,860, COMPARED TO 19,261 LAST YEAR.
LAST NIGHT, ABOUT 150 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE CHUCKWAGON RACES GRANDSTAND SHOW. AND THE CARNIVAL CLOSED DOWN AT 7. I HAVE NEVER IN THE 47 YEARS I HAVE ATTENDED THE FAIR, SEEN THE CARNIVAL NOT IN OPERATION ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AND THIS YEAR, FIRST TIME EVER, THERE WAS NO FERRIS WHEEL. EVANS SHOWS SPLITS THIS WEEK, THE TWO GO BACK TOGETHER FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FAIR AT DAVENPORT.
THE GRAND CHAMPION STEER THIS YEAR WAS SHOWN BY DOUGLAS SCHNOOR, A 2006 MCHS GRAD AND SON OF RODNEY AND SHERRY SCHNOOR OF MAQUOKETA
MONTANA DEPPEY OF ANDREW SHOWED THE RESERVE CHAMPION.
THE GROUNDS CLEAN-UP WORK STARTED TODAY BY GROUNDSKEEPER DON POLL AND WILL TAKE ABOUT A WEEK. NEXT EVENT IS BINGO, TOMORROW NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, A RE-UNION OF THE MAQUOKETA BEARS BASEBALL ALUMNI. BOTH TO BE HELD IN THE PEARSON BUILDING...AND BOTH OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE $500 CASH LAST NIGHT, WON BY JESSICA FLAGEL OF MAQUOKETA.
THE QUILT DRAWING WINNER WAS PHYLLIS SCHNEDEN OF DELMAR.
MAQUOKETA WINNERS IN THE ANTIQUE CAR SHOW WERE: ROBERT ANDERSON,
RICHARD CURRENT, DARREN STEFFEN, MAX STUTTING, RICK BUCK, GIL BERG, SCOTT ZARUBE, MARK CROUCH, CHETT MIRACLE, STEVE AND SARA HEISTER, JAMES BEALER, AND BOB AND PATTI GARIEN.
AT KMAQ'S BOOTH, THE WINNER OF THE TRIP TO THE CUBS-BREWERS
GAME WAS PAT DUHME OF PRESTON....AND THE TWO CELERATION SINGERS CONCERT TICKETS WERE WON BY JOHN WOLTER OF MAQUOKETA AND THE THEATRE TICKETS WERE WON BY JOY EADS OF PRESTON. THANKS TO ALL WHO VISITED OUR BOOTH AT THE FAIR.
HOW MIGHT I CHANGE THE FAIR? PUT THE FAIR PARADE ON TUESDAY (A DAY EARLIER) AND END THE FAIR ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, USE THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.

THE MAQUOKETA VFW (FOR FINANCIAL REASONS AND DECLINING MEMBERSHIP)
IS THINKING OF SELLING ITS POST HOME NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND USING THE
SENIOR CENTER FOR ITS MEETINGS. A JOINT MEETING OF THE VFW AND LADIES AUXILIARY WILL BE HELD AT 7 TOMORROW NIGHT TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE.
IT WILL START WITH A POTLUCK AT 7 AND THE MEETING AFTER. AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 10 MEMBERS NOW ATTEND THE MONTHY MEETING OF EACH ORGANIZATION.

AT THE VFW YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THERE WAS A SURPRISE 50TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY FOR RON AND DORIS EVANS, OF PELLA, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.

LYLE HUTE, 81, OF MAQUOKETA DIED FRIDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBITURY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

ORVILLE CLARK, AGE 96, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBIT ALSO AT THE CARSON WEB SITE.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR CLAUDE BECK, AGE 84, WHO DIED YESTERDAY AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. CLAUDE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MAQUOKETA AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE HERE. HE WAS IN THE AIRFORCE DURING WW2 AND THEN IN AIRFORCE RESERVES FOR MANY YEARS AS AN OFFICER. HE WORKED FOR KMAQ'S SALES DEPARTMENT IN THE LATE 50'S UNTIL THE EARLY 70'S. ALSO HAD A SHORT DAILY DISC JOCKEY SHOW ON KMAQ.
DURING THOSE YEARS OF THE 40'S THRU 60'S, HE WORKED PART TIME FOR THE ORPHEUM THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA AND THEN LATER FOR THE CHIEF AND PASTIME THEATRES IN MAQUOKETA. HE LOVED THE THEATRE BUSINESS IN THE OLD DAYS. ALSO LIKED THE GAME OF GOLF. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON MARK AND FAMILY. I HAD MANY GOOD TIMES WITH CLAUDE AND HIS WIFE NADINE.
MY SYMPATHY TO MARK AND THE FAMILY. HIS FULL OBITUARY SHOULD BE UP ON THE CARSON WEB SITE TOMORROW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY



HE LATER WORKED FOR THE JACKSON STATE BANK AND THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA.