Thursday, January 17, 2008

2008 IS A SPECIAL YEAR FOR KMAQ!
WE CELEBRATE OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY!
THE CELEBRATION WILL BE ALL YEAR, WITH SPECIAL EVENTS IN AUGUST, ANNIVERSARY MONTH FOR KMAQ.
AND...TO KEEP US ALL AWARE OF THE BIG EVENT....WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY A FREE RADIO EVERY MONTH IN 2008. PLUS 50 OTHER GIFTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SOMEONE WILL WIN THE FIRST RADIO, PICTURED HERE, ON JANUARY 31ST.
JOIN THE KMAQ ANNIVERSARY CLUB NOW BY SENDING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER TO KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IA. 52060 OR EMAIL YOUR NAME ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER TO kmaq@kmaq.com OR DROP OFF AT OUR STUDIOS DOWNTOWN YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER.
ALONG WITH YOUR NAME, INDICATE ABOUT WHAT YEAR YOU STARTED LISTENING TO KMAQ.
KEEP LISTENING TO KMAQ AND YOU MAY HEAR THAT YOU HAVE WON A KMAQ ANNIVERSARY RADIO OR OTHER GIFT. CLICK-ON THE RADIO ABOVE TO MAKE IT LARGER.
DENNIS VOY

(Below, be sure to read today's Thursday Daily Report (and the Wednesday report which came up late) and note the photo of Sherry Watters with story below it)
Dennis Voy
1/2 INCH OF SNOW OVERNIGHT AND ABOUT 3 MORE THIS MORNING....NOW ENDED. GETTING READY FOR SUB-ZERO TEMPS THIS WEEKEND.

THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB GAVE A CHECK FOR $27,000 THIS WEEK TO THE DISTRICT, THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THEIR $80,000 PLEDGE FOR A NEW WEIGHT ROOM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK ACCEPTED THE EARLY RETIREMENT REQUEST FOR STEVE LANSING, A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 33 YEARS.

"UP WITH PEOPLE" .. COMING TO MAQUOKETA FOR NEARLY A WEEK IN FEBRUARY. THEIR VISIT WILL INCLUDE A CONCERT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. GOOGLE "UP WITH PEOPLE" TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS FAMOUS GROUP.

THE DAILY REPORT YESTERDAY WAS NOT PUT UP HERE UNTIL
THIS MORNING, SO SOME OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE READ IT.
AND, BELOW TODAY'S REPORT, A PHOTO AND STORY ABOUT SHERRY WATTERS. REMEMBER...FOR ALL PHOTOS HERE....CLICK ON THEM AND THEY ARE QUICKLY ENLARGED.

WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM.

SO LONG FOR NOW FROM MAQUOKETA.

DENNIS VOY
FORMERLY FROM MAQUOKETA, MCHS GRAD, SHERRY WATTERS,
OF NEW ORLEANS. DAUGHTER OF LOUIE AND ELAINE WATTERS OF MAQUOKETA! SHOWN HERE AS THE 2008 MARDI GRAS QUEEN. SHE WILL RIDE IN THE MARDI GRAS PARADE ON THE QUEEN FLOAT. A HIGH HONOR! SHE WAS NOMINATED TO BE THE 31ST QUEEN GWENIVERE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT,
WAS CROWNED BACK IN NOVEMBER AND WAS FEATURED AT THE ROYAL BALL ON JANUARY 5TH. SHE IS AN ATTORNEY IN NEW ORLEANS. SHE VISITED NEW ORLEANS THE FIRST TIME ON A MAQUOKETA BAND TRIP. FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CITY THEN AND HAS LIVED THERE EVER SINCE GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE.
DENNIS VOY