NASTY WET COLD WINDY DAY TODAY AND MORE OF THE SAME COMING.

THE WIND BLEW A COUPLE ELECTRIC POLES DOWN JUST AFTER NOON TODAY
NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 62 AND TOOK ELECTRIC POWER OFF FOR AROUND 90 MINUTES, CAUSING KMAQ TO BE OFF THE AIR THAT TIME. WE WENT OFF THE AIR HALF-WAY THROUGH THE MID-DAY NEWS AND DID NOT GO BACK ON UNTIL AROUND 2.

REGINA SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE HER 95TH BIRTHDAY APRIL 17TH.
HER DAUGHTER JANNA AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL HOST A RECEPTION FOR HER THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 2 UNTIL 4 AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
ALL FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE INVITED.

CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TODAY. THERE IS A NICE ENTRY THERE BY
BARBARA MYATT PESTKA OF ROBINS, IOWA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.

AT www.carsonandson.com THERE ARE 3 COMPLETED OBITUARIES....FOR
JACKIE JAN....DOROTHY DURKOP....AND CLINTON MULLINS, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

LOUIE CLASEN, OWNER OF TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA, HAD ANOTHER 300 GAME MONDAY NIGHT.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY

HIS NAME IS DAVID JOHNSON! TODAY, HE CELEBRATED 36 YEARS AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, AS A LOAN OFFICER. TOOK THIS PHOTO AT HIS OFFICE THE OTHER DAY. HE IS NOW SEMI-RETIRED AND WORKS MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS ONLY. HAS COFFEE IN OUR GROUP THOSE TWO DAYS......JUST ENOUGH. FOR HIS WIFE SHARON, MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS ARE HER FAVORITE DAYS OF THE WEEK.

HE'S A LITTLE ON THE HEAVY SIDE, BUT STILL GETS AROUND PRETTY GOOD.

DAVE'S NOT AN ATHLETE, BUT CAN SHOOT A FAIR ROUND OF GOLF ONCE IN AWHILE.

THOSE THAT PLAY WITH HIM GENERALLY ALSO COUNT HIS STROKES. HIS DAUGHTER AND FAMILY LIVES HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND HIS SON IS ALSO A BANKER. I'D PLANNED TO SAY MORE GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM.....BUT THEY ESCAPE ME RIGHT NOW.

DENNIS VOY

PS: DAVE'S A GOOD BANKER AND PRETTY GOOD GUY (MOST OF THE TIME)!