7/10th OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY IN MAQUOKETA.
TODAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 28.

SAGE ROSENFELS, FORMER MCHS AND IOWA STATE QUARTERBACK, AND THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THE BACKUP QB FOR THE HOUSTAN TEXANS, HAS SIGNED A 2-YEAR CONTRACT FOR $9 MILLION DOLLARS, TO PLAY FOR THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS
THIS COMING SEASON. HOW ABOUT THAT?

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD TOLD SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
TO CUT UP TO $250,000 OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT
SAID HE WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS AT THE MARCH 9TH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

DANA CLARK, AGE 36, OF DELMAR, APPARENTLY FEEL ASLEEP ON A COUCH AND ROLLED OVER ON HIS ONE-WEEK OLD DAUGHTER CAUSING HER DEATH LAST YEAR.
HE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY FROM THE CLINTON COUNTY JAIL AFTER POSTING $25,000 BOND. WHEN THE DEATH OCCURRED BACK ON NOVEMBER 30TH, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO A 9-1-1 CALL TO THE CLARK HOME THE EMI PERSONNEL SAID THEY COULD SMELL ALCOHOL ON DANA CLARK AT THE TIME. THE TEST SHOWED THE ALCOHOL LEVEL AT .162.

PRESTON LOST TO PRINCE OF PEACE IN BOYS TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL
LAST NIGHT AND THEREFORE, WE WILL HAVE NO GIRLS OR BOYS TEAMS FROM OUR AREA IN THE GIRLS AND BOYS UPCOMING STATE TOURNAMENTS. NONE!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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A RAINY DAY....RAINED HARD THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH OF 41.

A JACKSON COUNTY MAN, TOM HUTCHCROFT OF LAMOTTE, WON $50,000 IN THE IOWA LOTTERY.

A DELMAR MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HIS ONE-WEEK OLD BABY LAST NOVEMBER. DANA CLYDE CLARK, AGE 36, IS BEING HELD IN THE CLINTON COUNTY JAIL ON $25,000 CASH BOND.

THERE ARE 205 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN "SHAPE UP JACKSON COUNTY" AND
SO FAR, THEY HAVE LOST 750 POUNDS AT THE HALF-WAY POINT. I THINK
THE KMAQ "RADIO GETS RESULTS" TEAM IS ON TOP OR NEAR THE TOP.

THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION WILL HOST ITS 3RD ANNUAL DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT,MARCH 21, AT THE COMFORT INN AT MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAM AND MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
JAZZ BAND WILL PERFORM, ALONG WITH A GROUP SCHEDULED FOR THAT ONE NIGHT ONLY CALLED THE MAQUOKETA ALL STARS BAND. AN AUCTION IS ALSO PLANNED AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF GOOD FOOD AGAIN. TICKETS ARE SCHEDULED TO GO ON SALE NEXT WEEK.

PRESTON PLAYS AT CLINTON TONIGHT AND THE GAME WILL BE AIRED ON KMAQ-FM AT 6:45 WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER...ALSO ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE OF OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.KMAQ.COM

HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY.

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PROGRESS ON BUSY WESTERN AVENUE. THE DONNA AND GALE STICKLEY HOUSE IS COMING DOWN. NO ONE HAD LIVED IN IT FOR YEARS. IN THE BACK IS THE
STICKLEY ELECTRIC SHOP AND IT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE LEFT. I'M SURE WHEN IT IS LANDSCAPED AND COMPLETELY FINISHED, IT WILL BE A NICE NEW LOOK TO THE STREET. GOOD GOING DONNA, "STICK", DUANE AND MARY.
I'LL TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE WHEN THE JOB IS DONE!

WOW...SUNNY AND IN THE 50'S TODAY.....WARMER THAN EXPECTED. RAIN AND COLDER WEATHER COMING TOMORROW.

LAST NIGHT, THE PRESTON BOYS BEAT BELLEVUE MARQUETTE IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. WE BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE.
AND, THIS MORNING, GOT WORD THAT LAST NIGHT WE HAD LISTENERS TO THE
GAME FROM OMAHA, TEXAS, CONNECTICUT, BOSTON AND ..... CHINA TOO. YES,
CHINA.

RUMOR HAS IT, SAGE ROSENFELTS MAY BE TRADED TO THE VIKINGS. FROM
HOT HOUSTON TO COLD MINNEAPOLIS....WHAT A CHANGE THAT WOULD BE.
THE VIKINGS NEED A GOOD QB.

DON BANOWETZ CALLED KMAQ THIS MORNING AND TALKED TO LEIGHTON
HEPKER. HE WAS A 1952 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. HE RESIDES IN HOUMA, LOUISIANA. THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BAND HAS BEEN DOWN THERE THE PAST FEW DAYS TAKING PART IN MARDI GRAS CELEBRATIONS AND PERFORMED IN TWO PARADE. BANOWETZ'S DAUGHTER, KAYE KILBURG, TEACHES AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS BEEN ON THE TRIP AS A CHAPERONE.
AND DON'S GRANDSON IS IN THE BAND. DON SAID MAQUOKETA HAS A GREAT
LOOKING BAND AND THEY ALL HAD A GOOD TIME. THE BAND ARRIVED BACK IN
MAQUOKETA THIS AFTERNOON.

BOBBY L. EVANS, 70, DIED FEBRUARY 18TH IN CONNECTICUT. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA. WAS IN THE ARMY AND WORKED FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY AT LOCKHEED AND NORTHROP-GRUMAN. A COUPLE PROJECTS HE WAS INVOLVED WITH INCLUDE THE HUBBEL TELESCOPE AND MARS VIKING LANDER. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, A SON AND A DAUGHTER, A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, SANDY COLLISTER AND A BROTHER IN PELLA, RON EVANS, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. SURVIVED ALSO BY TWO OTHER SISTERS, WHO LIVE IN ARIZONA AND DUBUQUE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (OUR HOSPITAL) COULD BE $1 MILLION IN THE RED BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. BUSINESS AT THE HOSPITAL IS DOWN $600,000. ONE PROBLEM AREA: IT COST $780,000 A YEAR TO CONTRACT DOCTORS FOR 24-7 COVERAGE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. AND ER COSTS EXCEED ER INCOME. LOCAL DOCTORS DO NOT COVER EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES. ALSO, BAD DEBT HAS INCREASED. THERE IS AROUND $80,000 A MONTH IN BAD DEBT.

JAKE BICKFORD, RETIRED, JUST WALKED IN FOR COFFEE UP THE STREET AT THE BAKERY, SO....WILL CLOSE FOR ANOTHER DAY.

THEN A LITTLE LATER, NANCY AND I WILL BE OFF TO ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE AT FIRST LUTHERAN AND SOUP SUPPER IN CHURCH BASEMENT AFTER, SPONSORED BY LITTLE SHEPHERD PRE-SCHOOL.

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NO REPORT TODAY

CAUGHT THIS OVER THE WEEKEND ACROSS FROM BOWMAN OIL STATION,
JUST EAST OF MAIN STREET.

SOME FARMER LOST A HEAVY AND EXPENSIVE BALE OF HAY AND DIDN'T KNOW IT.

ONLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND AND IT WILL BE GONE BY MID WEEK AS WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE UPPER 30'S TOMORROW AND 40'S WEDNESDAY.

SUNNY TODAY.

BIRTH: HEATHER BENHART AND DOUG SAID OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST WEDNESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LARRY AND CINDY BENHART OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRAND PARENTS ARE RED AND BETTY BENHART OF MAQUOKETA AND DONNA SAID OF MAQUOKETA.

ANOTHER BIRTH: A GIRL BORN FRIDAY TO ALLISON AND TONY BOCK OF BALDWIN.
GRANDPARENTS ARE GENI AND DARRALD CARR OF MAQUOKETA, LORI AND RANDY CROUCH OF MAQUOKETA AND DOUG AND ALICE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA.

TOURNAMENT BASKEBALL...THE MAQUKETA BOYS PLAY AT EPWORTH TONIGHT AGAINST WESTERN DUBUQUE. GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE.
6:45 PRE - GAME SHOW WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER.

HAVE A NICE TUESDAY.

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WE HAVE HAD SOME GOOD SUNSHINE TODAY, WITH A HIGH AROUND 30.
FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. BUT...SEE WHERE
THEY ALSO SAY WE WILL BE AROUND 40 DEGREES NEXT TUEDAY, SO THE SNOW WON'T STAY LONG.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE ALL DONE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
TODAY, IN SECOND ROUND CONSOLATION, TIM O'CONNELL LOST HIS MATCH, 4 TO 2 AND FINISHES THE SEASON AT 30 AND 8 AND WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.
RYAN FLAGEL LOST HIS TWO MATCHES YESTERDAY AND FINISHED THE YEAR, ALSO AS A JUNIOR, AT 28 AND 9.
THOMAS MAYBERRY THIS MORNING, LOST 9 TO 0 AND THEN LOST AGAIN LATER IN MORNING, 5 TO 3 AND FINISHED THE SEASON AT 32 AND 6. AND HE ALSO IS A JUNIOR AND WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.
AND LARRY EGGERS, LOST BY A FALL EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN
LATER IN MORNING, LOST AGAIN, 8 TO 6 AND FINISHED THE YEAR AT 6 AND 3.
HE IS A SENIOR.
NICE SHOW BY CARDINALS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT. ALL MATCHES LOST
COULD JUST AS WELL HAVE BEEN WINS...THEY WERE ALL CLOSE. BE SURE AND
THANK DR. KOOB FOR DOING THE BROADCASTS FOR KMAQ AGAIN THIS YEAR. YES, WE PAY HIM A LITTLE.. BUT HE DOESN'T DO IT FOR THE MONEY.....HE LIKES HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING AND BACKING EASTERN IOWA GRAPPLERS.
TWO WRESTLERS, BRIAN HOFFMAN OF NORTHEAST AND CASEY KREITER OF DEWITT,
WILL WRESTLE AGAIN TONIGHT AND HAVE A CHANCE FOR A MEDAL. PAUL KOOB
WILL DO DESCRIBE THEIR MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB PAGE TONIGHT.

THE PINK PANTHER 2 AND NEW IN TOWN BOTH START TONIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE. AND MALL COP STAYS ON FOR STILL ANOTHER WEEK.

NO NEWS TODAY FOR THIS, THE FRIDAY REPORT. MOST MIDDAY NEWS TODAY WAS COUNTY OR AREA NEWS. AS YOU KNOW, I NO LONGER PUT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME OR CARSON FUNERAL HOME OBITUARIES HERE, AS THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED CAN CHECK THE CARSON AND LAHEY WEB SITES ANYTIME, AND OFTEN AS YOU LIKE, TO FIND OUT WHO HAS DIED IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

CHECK THE FOUR NEW PHOTOS BELOW THIS REPORT.

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THE T-N-T CONE SHOP HAS BEEN A POPULAR SUMMERTIME PLACE FOR YEARS.
NOW, IT IS OPEN YEAR AROUND ON EAST PLATT STREET. AND IT IS NOW ALSO
A POPULAR PLACE TO EAT LUNCH OR DINNER, WITH DAILY NOON SPECIALS.
THE GRILL AND FRYERS JUST INSTALLED.
HOMEMADE PIES BY A LONGTIME EASTERN IOWA PIE LADY TOO. AND...
WE HAVE HAD PIZZA DELIVERY IN MAQUOKETA FOR A LONG TIME. NOW...
NEW TO THE TIMBER CITY...DELIVERY OF A VARIETY OF FOOD ON THEIR MENU.
YES, T-N-T WILL DELIVER YOUR LUNCH OR DINNER TO YOUR DOOR.
T-N-T IS ALSO A KMAQ BINGO SPONSOR AND THESE DAYS, ARE GIVING FREE, THE NEW RED BINGO CARD TO USE STARTING THIS COMING MONDAY. AFTER TODAY,
THE BLACK CARDS CAN BE THROWN AWAY. KEN LITTERER OF THE CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA WAS YESTERDAY'S KMAQ BINGO
WINNER. PLAY BINGO ON KMAQ AT 3:30 EVERY AFTERNOON, MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.
REMEMBER..TO ENLARGE ALL PHOTOS HERE, JUST CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO MAKE IT BIGGER.
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MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST BUSINESS.....KUHLMAN MOTORS.....ON THE CORNER ON EAST PLATT STREET, JUST EAST OF THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. USED CARS ARE REALLY POPULAR THESE DAYS. GOOD LUCK TO RANDY! HE HAS BEEN A GOOD CAR SALESMAN FOR MANY YEARS.

A SIGN OF SPRING IN MAQUOKETA. BIEHL'S DAIRY QUEEN IS OPEN FOR THE SEASON ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. NEVER MIND THAT WE WILL PROBABLY GET 5 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT.
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SENATOR ROGER STEWART (DEM), WHO OWNS AND LIVES ON FARM JUST OFF HIGHWAY 64 HALFWAY BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND PRESTON, HAD GUESTS IN DES MOINES THIS WEEK FROM MAQUOKETA. BONNIE AND CHARLES MITCHELL OF MAQUOKETA WERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY TO TALK ABOUT THE ROLE JACKSON COUNTY IS PLAYING IN CREATING A GREAT PLACE IN JACKSON COUNTY. SHOWN AT LEFT, THEY STOPPED OFF TO VISIT WITH SEN. STEWART. ALSO, STANDING NEXT TO THE GREAT PLACES SIGN ON ROGER'S RIGHT IS FRANCIS BOGGUS, THE GREAT PLACES OF IOWA COORDINATOR. BONNIE IS CURATOR OF THE TWO JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUMS, THE LONGTIME MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM. CHARLES WAS A KEY
MAN IN KEEPING THE OLD CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING AND CONVERTING IT INTO A FANTASTIC MUSEUM. BECAUSE JACKSON COUNTY IS A GREAT PLACES COUNTY (ONE OF JUST A FEW), IT RECEIVED GRANTS AND A SIZABLE ONE WAS FOR THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM. THE GREAT PLACES OFFICE IS ESPECIALLY PLEASED ABOUT HOW JACKSON COUNTY GREAT PLACES MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT AND INVITED BONNIE AND CHARLES TO COME TO DES MOINES AND TELL
THIER STORY OF SUCCESS. BOTH MUSEUMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
INCLUDING WEEKENDS.
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SUNNY TODAY...HIGH MID 20'S.
3-6 INCHES OF SNOW FORECAST FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.

IN BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO RATED MARION.
CLOSE GAME THE FIRST HALF.

IN WRESTLING TODAY, AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT, MAQUOKETA'S TIM O'CONNELL LOST HIS OPENING MATCH AND THEN CAME BACK IN THE CONSOLATION ROUND WITH A PIN AND WILL WRESTLE AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING.
RYAN FLAGEL OF MAQUOKETA LOST HIS OPENING MATCH IN OVERTIME AND THEN LOST HIS CONSOLATION MATCH AND IS NOW OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.
CARDINAL THOMAS MAYBERRY WON HIS OPENING MATCH 13 TO 2 AND MOVES IN QUARTER-FINAL ACTION TOMORROW.
AND LARRY EGGERS OF MAQUOKETA WON HIS FIRST MATCH 16 TO 4 AND
WRESTLES IN THE QUARTR-FINALS TOMORROW.
DEWITT'S TWO WRESTLERS BOTH LOST OPENING MATCHES AND WON CONSOLATION MATCHES THIS MORNIGN, ALSO IN 2-A.
THE NORTHEAST WRESTLER WON HIS OPENING MATCH AND THE NORTH CEDAR
WRESTLER LOST BOTH MATCHES AND IS OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.
DR. PAUL KOOB COVERED ALL 8 WRESTLERS THIS MORNING ON KMAQ....HE WAS BUSY AND AS ALWAYS, DONE A GREAT JOB. HE WILL BE BACK ON THE AIR JUST
AFTER 9 TOMORROW MORNING. YOU CAN HEAR HIM KMAQ-FM AND ON YOUR COMPUTER...GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AT WWW.KMAQ.COM.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GOT GOOD NEWS THIS MORNNG.
AFTER 18 YEARS OF CLEAN-UP AT THE FORMER MICHEL'S TRUCK STOP...
THE GROUND IS CLEAR OF CONTAMINATION AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED.
THE COUNTY GOT IT BACK 18 YEARS AGO IN A TAX SALE AND NOW THE COUNTY CAN SELL IT. THE LAND IS BEING LEASED NOW BY BRAD DEERY MOTORS.

RED HENTON WAS IN A MINOR ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN CLINTON COUNTY.
IN THE SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROAD, HIS VEHICLE SLID INTO THE DITCH AND HIT A .... MAILBOX. RED...YOU KNOW...IS A RETIRED RURAL MAILCARRIER.
HE DID NOT GET HURT...AND DAMAGE WAS $800 TO HIS VAN.

RAY HARTMANN, AGE 91, DIED MONDAY AT CRESTRIDGE IN MAQUOKETA.
HE WAS A CLINTON COUNTY FARMER. AFTER RETIRMEMENT, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. HIS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND TWO
SONS.

LLOYD SHAFER, AGE 66, OF MARION AND FORMELRY OF MAQUOKETA DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT ST. LUKE'S IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HE WAS A LONGTIME TEACHER AND COACH FOR MARION HIGH SCHOOL. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MARTHA, TWO SONS AND GRANDCHILDREN. HIS PARENTS WERE BUD AND BETTY SHAFER
OF MAQUOKETA.

LEIGHTON HEPKER'S AT IT AGAIN TONIGHT...DOING THE ANDREW-PRESTON BOY'S GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND INTERNET AT 7. SHOULD BE A GOOD TOURNAMENT
GAME.

TUNE-IN!!

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LAST NIGHT WAS GUEST NIGHT AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE, THE ASSISTANT LIVING PLACE UP ON THE HILL OFF WEST PLATT STREET. POTATO SOUP, SLOPPY JOES,
AND COOKIES WERE SERVED. THE EVENT WAS PLANNED BY GAY STORLIE,
THE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR CLOVER RIDGE, AND SHOWN HER SERVING SOME COOKIES TO NOLAN "ZUG" ZUGSCHWERDT, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, TEACHER AND RETIRED BUSINESSMAN. THIS IS FFA WEEK AND MANY YEARS AGO, HE WAS A MAQUOKETA FFA ADVISOR WHEN HE TAUGHT
AG AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. HE LEFT TEACHING AND HE AND THE
LATE JIM BLAYNEY THEN OPERATED A FEED STORE KNOWN AS B & Z MILL AND
FEED ACROSS FROM THE BALLPARK AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
IT WAS A FUN NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME.
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NANCY MOORE AND HER MOTHER ELOISE STEWART. WE WERE THE GUEST OF ELOISE WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF CLOVER RIDGE SINCE LAST FALL.
ELOISE WILL BE 99 IN APRIL. SHE WENT TO A SMALL TEACHER'S COLLEGE,
BEFORE THE DEPRESSION, AT EVANSTON, ILLINOIS AND THEN TOOK A TEACHING JOB AT ANKENY, IOWA. THEN GOT MARRIED, LIVED IN MILWAUKEE FOR A YEAR
(WHERE SON SEN. ROGER STEWART) WAS BORN AND THEN MOVED TO THE FAMILY FARM ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MAQUOKETA, JUST OFF HIGHWAY 64. AND THAT WAS WHERE SHE LIVED (AND NANCY WAS BORN) UNTIL LAST FALL. SHE LIKES TO TELL THE FACT THAT WHEN SHE WAS BORN, SHE WAS TINY AND SLEPT IN A SHOE BOX AND SHE WAS NOT GIVEN A NAME FOR NEARLY A YEAR. THEY JUST CALLED HER BABE. SHE LIKED THE SOUP LAST NIGHT, BUT HER FAVORITE FOOD
IS MOUNTAIN DEW AND HERSHEY BARS. LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE, SHE HAS
MEMORY AND HEARING PROBLEMS. SHE IS AWARE OF THE ECONOMY SITUATION AND IS FAST TO REMIND US THAT SHE LIVED THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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SUNNY THIS MORNING.
HIGH CLOSE TO 40.
FORECAST WAS FOR RAIN, BUT NONE SO FAR.

AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THE CITY'S CHANCES OF GETTING TWO STATE GRANTS TO HELP CLEAN UP THE FIRE DEBRIS ARE VERY PROMISING. THOSE TOTAL $110,000. THE THIRD GRANT APPLICATION FOR
$200,000 THE CITY IS WAITING WORD ON AND WILL KNOW IN THE SPRING.
PLUS, THE INSURANCE MONEY AVAILABLE WAS MENTIONED. THE CITY MANAGER
SAID IF THE PROPERTIES ARE GIVEN TO THE CITY, BREITBACH'S HAVE $59,750 INSURANCE MONEY TO PROVIDE....JACKSON COUNTY HOME FURNISHINGS, $28,500 AND SUE'S HALLMARK, $15,000 INSURANCE MONEY. IF THE $200,000 GRANT
IS NOT AWARDED THE CITY, MAYOR MESSERLI SAID THE CITY IS WORKING ON AN ALTERNATE PLAN. HE SAID THE CITY IS TALKING WITH TIMBER CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE COUNTY REVOLVING LOAN FUND TO BORROW APPROXIMATELY $125,000 TO HELP PAY FOR THE PROJECT. HE SAID THE LOAN WOLLD BE REPAID WHEN THE CITY SELLS THE PARCELS OF LAND.
THE HOPE NOW IS THAT THEY CAN CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS THIS SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER.

SHORT REPORT...HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN HEAR ALL THE LOCAL NEWS "LIVE" ON YOUR LAP TOP
OR COMPUTER...AT WWW.KMAQ.COM ......
CLICK ON THE "ON THE AIR" BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER AND IN A FEW SECONDS, YOU WILL HEAR KMAQ-FM. LOCAL NEWS IS AT 7:45 AM....12:15 PM....5:05 PM AND 9:45 PM.

THURSDAY MORNING, LISTEN TO DR. PAUL KOOB'S WRESTLING REPORTS FROM DES MOINES ON YOUR COMPUTER OR LAP TOP.

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SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH AROUND 30. SNOW IS FORECAST AGAIN FOR MID-WEEK.

MANY, MANY PEOPLE (AND BUSINESS PLACES) ARE UPSET WITH THE HIGHER ELECTRIC RATES IN MAQUOKETA. THE FIRST RATE INCREASE IN 5 YEARS. THE RATES ARE THE TALK OF THE TOWN. MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD MEMBERS WILL HOST A GENERAL Q & A PERIOD TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 4:30 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. IT WILL BE BROADCAST "LIVE" ON THE MAQUOKETA LOCAL ACCESS CHANNEL. THE CITY HAS A NEW PROVIDER OF ELECTRICITY. A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT FIRM WILL ALSO SPEAK TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT THEIR MONTHLY MEETING
NEXT TUESDAY NOON AT THE COMFORT INN.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT AT 7.

ANOTHER BIRTH: JAMES AND MEGAN MEAD OF WYOMING ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BRENT AND SHEILA NUGENT OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRAND PARENTS INCLUDE SHIRLEY NUGENT OF MAQUOKETA.

DID I MENTION ON MY LAST REPORT SUNDAY THAT THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED WILLIAMSBURG FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM? THE WIN BY THE CARDINALS CLOSED OUT THE REGULAR SEASON AND THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST
TOURNAMENT GAME A WEEK FROM TONIGHT.

JOE DEMOSS, AGE 74, DIED SUDDENLY FRIDAY AT HIS RURAL MONMOUTH HOME.
HE HAD THE BAND "JOE & THE RIDGERUNNERS". HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

"THE LOFT" IS NOW FOR SALE. IT WAS CLOSED A YEAR OR TWO AGO. IT WAS A POPULAR SECOND STORY BAR AND GRILL FOR OVER 25 YEARS. THERE IS A FOR SALE SIGN IN THE DOWNSTAIRS WINDOW. IF YOU WANT THE PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ME AND I WILL GET IT AND EMAIL IT TO YOU.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

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THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN TODAY ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE. THIS IS A DUPLEX BEING BUILDT BY KEN MOORE CONSTRUCTION. OWNER OF THE DUPLEX, KEN MOORE, SAYS ONE UNIT IS RENTED AND THE OTHER HAS LOOKERS. ANYWAY, THE PHOTO WAS PUT UP ON THIS REPORT TO LET YOU KNOW THERE IS SOME HOMEBUILDING BEING DONE IN MAQUOKETA
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WE GOT 3 INCHES OF SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT MOST OF IT QUICKLY DISAPPEARED SATURDAY, A SUNNY DAY. TODAY, SUNNY AND IN MID 20'S.

FRIDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA DEFEATED WILLIAMSBURG IN BOYS BASKETBALL , 60 TO 57, IN A WAMAC GAME HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

SATURDAY, ALL 4 MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WON AND WILL GO TO THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEKEND. CONGRATULATIONS TO TIM O'CONNELL, RYAN FLAGEL, THOMAS MAYBERRY AND LARRY EGGERS.
OF THE 4, MAYBERRY WAS THE CHAMPION AT 160 AND THE OTHER 3 WERE RUNNER-UPS, BUT STILL GO TO STATE. ALL 4 ARE JUNIORS. DR. PAUL KOOB
WILL BE IN DES MOINES TO BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES FOR KMAQ AGAIN.
TWO WRESTLERS WILL BE AT STATE FROM DEWITT, QUINN KLINEFELTER AND
CASEY KREITER, BUT WERE RUNNER-UP WINNERS AND BOTH ARE SENIORS.
ALSO GOING TO STATE FROM OUR AREA, IN 2A, JAAAMES KOST OF NORTH CEDAR STANWOOD AND BRIAN HOFFMANN OF NORTHEAST GOOSE LAKE, WHO WAS A CHAMPION YESTERDAY AT 171 POUNDS.

LOWEL CARLSON, WHO LIVES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, RECEIVED THE MASTER
EDITOR-PUBLISHER AWARD FEBRUARY 6TH AT THE ANNUAL IOWA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION CONVENTION IN DES MOINES. A HIGH HONER FOR A GOOD FRIEND,
AND EDITOR OF THE BELLEVUE-HERALD LEADER. HE STARTED AT THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER AS NEWS EDITOR IN 1976 AND IN 1980 JOINED THE BELLEVUE PAPER AND HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO LOWELL! A WELL DESERVED HONOR!

JERRY AND DOROTHY RASMUSSEN ARE LEAVING MAQUOKETA AND ARE MOVING TO WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON. THAT CITY OF 35,000 IS WHERE THEIR SON PHIL AND HIS WIFE LIVE. PHIL IS RETIRED FROM ALCOA. JERRY RETIRED OVER 25 YEARS AGO WHEN HE SOLD THE RASMUSSEN MOTORS DEALERSHIP TO BRAD DEERY.
HE HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT FOR BRAD MOST OF THE YEARS. HE OWNED THE RASMUSSEN GM DEALERSHIP FOR MANY YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS LATE
BROTHER, RAY. AND THE BUSINESS WAS STARTED BY THEIR FATHER.
HE HAS WRITTEN TWO BOOKS ABOUT MAQUOKETA AND DID A SERIES OF LOCAL ACCESS TV SHOWS ABOUT THE TIMBER CITY. HE HAS BEEN IN MY COFFEE GROUP FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND WE AND THE COMMUNITY WILL MISS HIM WHEN THEY
MOVE IN LATE MARCH. THEIR CONDO OVERLOOKING THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS FOR SALE. JERRY HAS BEEN A LONGTIME GOLFER. THEY ARE IN THEIR LATE 8O'S BUT STILL ATTEND MANY FUNCTIONS TOGETHER IN TOWN.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAD A FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR THEM AT THE MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. HERE'S WISHING JERRY AND DOROTHY MANY MORE HAPPY YEARS OUT WEST.

A BIRTH: CORY AND AMY ROBINSON OF MT. VERNON, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST MONDAY MORNING AT HER HOME. THE BABY WAS DELIVERED BY TWO
MT. VERNON POLICE OFFICERS BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL
IN CEDAR RAPIDS. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS GEORGIA ROBINSON OF
MAQUOKETA AND DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND SOPHIA PETAROS WHO STARTED THE GREEN MILL OVER 50 YEARS AGO DOWNTOWN.

HAVE A NICE WEEK.

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THE 2009 MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOARD. ONE MEMBER RETIRES EACH YEAR AND A NEW MEMBER IS INDUCTED. NANCY JOHNSON OF RURAL ANDREW IS THE NEWEST DIRECTOR, REPLACING MONA REICHLING WHO SERVED ONE PARTIAL AND ONE FULL TERM. OFFICERS ARE: LENKE CARSON-PRESIDENT...DIANA LARSON-VP....MARILYN OSTERHAUS-TREASURER AND
NANCY JOHNSON-SECRETARY. ON THE BOARD ALSO IS TOM BREUCH...
ASHER SCHROEDER....DICK KUNAU OF PRESTON.....ELAINE EDWARDS AND DWAIN TRENKAMP.
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TAKE THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS TO SEE THIS FRIENDLY FELLA AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. NICE KITTY!

NICE SUNNY AFTERNOON. WINDY THOUGH. HIGH IN THE MID 30'S. THEY ARE
STILL PREDICTING SNOW, 2-3 INCHES, TOMORROW NIGHT.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN WON $30,000 PLAYING ON THE CROSSROAD ORANGE NEWSPRINT SCRATCH GAME. CANDICE DAGUE CLAIMED HER PRIZE AT THE IOWA LOTTERY OFFICE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. SHE BOUGHT HER WINNING TICKET AT MAC'S EXPRESS IN DEWITT.

HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY.
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NASTY DAY TODAY...WET AND COOL.
SUNNY AND WARMER TOMORROW.'

THE JACKSON COUNTY SECONDARY ROADS EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION WILL BE GETTING A 5.5 PERCENT RAISE BEGINNING JULY 1ST.

THE JACKSON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET COULD SEE A MAJOR DEFICIT NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF REDUCTIONS IN STATE FUNDING. YESTERDAY, THE
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAID THEY ARE ANTICIPATING A $400,000
DEFICIT NEXT YEAR. SUPERVISORS CALLED THE POSSIBLE DEFICIT EXTREMELY
SERIOUS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST AT MT. VERNON LAST NIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED MT. VERNON HERE.
AND IN BOYS PLAY , BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL LAST NIGHT DEFEATED BELLEVUE MARQUETTE HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST WIN FOR THE COMETS IN 8 YEARS.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS WON THEIR GAME AND ARE 19 AND 1 THIS
SEASON.
ANDREW UPSET RATED PRESTON IN BOY'S ACTION LAST NIGHT AT ANDREW.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTOS BELOW.....CLICK-ON THEM TO MAKE THEM BIGGER.

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THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB AND WAL MART RECENTLY PURCHASED AT Wii
FOR THE MAQUOKETA AREA YMCA AND NOW THE YMCA WILL HOST A SERIES
OF Wii SPORTS TOURNAMENTS IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKENDS OF MARCH.
THE FIRST TOURNAMENT WILL BE Wii BOWLING ON MARCH 7TH. THEN TENNIS ON MARCH 14TH AND BOXING ON MARCH 21ST. IN EACH CASE, THE REGISTRATION
DEADLINE IS FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE TOURNEY. SIGN-UP SHEETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE YMCA AND AT ALL LOCAL SCHOOLS. THE TOURNEYS WILL BE HELD AT THE YMCA GYM. SEATING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WATCH THE ACTION ON A LARGE SCREEN. TROPHIES AND MEDALS WILL BE AWARDED TO TOP FINISHERS.
SHOWN HERE IS LOIS FISCHER, MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST SECRETARY/TREASURER.
THE OPTIMISTS COVERED THE COST OF THE VIDEO GAME AND WAL MART CONTRIBUTED $100 TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF THE
EQUIPMENT. ALSO SHOWN HERE IS MATT CLARK, YMCA SPORTS PROGRAM DIRECTOR. CLARK SAID THE Wii PARTICIPATION IS NOT LIKE SITTING DOWN ON A COUCH PLAYING A VIDEO GAME BUT INSTEAD, KIDS GET INVOLVED AND PLAYING IS MORE ACTIVE. FISHCHER SAID THE OPTIMIST CLUB, WHICH MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE EAGLES CLUB, IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO INVOLVE YOUTH IN ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
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DOING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY OF A MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL GAME IS EASY,
ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. THE HARD PART IS MAKING SURE LEIGHTON GETS THERE IN TIME, KEEPING SCORE, MAKING SURE ALL COMMERCIALS ARE RUN, AND MAKING SURE HE (THE EX-BASKETBALL OFFICIAL) DOESN'T GET CARRIED AWAY BY A CLOSE CALL BY ONE OF THE THREE REFS.
CINDY HEPKER HAS THAT JOB. NOTICE, SHE'S ALSO WEARING CARDINAL RED.
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SEE THIS ALBINO DEER AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER JUST NORTH
OF MAQUOKETA. FREE ADMISSION. BRING THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS TO
SEE THIS EXHIBIT AND MANY OTHER NEAT AND INTERESTING THINGS FOR ALL
THE FAMILY. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. NICE GIFT SHOP TOO.
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WOW....NEAR 60-DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT, COLD WEATHER COMES BACK TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
WE GOT 1/10 INCH RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT, OUR FIRST PRECIPITATION
THIS MONTH. LAST YEAR ON THIS DATE, WE HAD 19 INCHES OF SNOW AND
ENDED UP FEBRUARY WITH OVER 30 INCHES.

THE MEN'S CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT IS OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
SECRETARY JOHN RINGEN SAYS THE TOP TEAM AWARD WILL GO TO
JAKE'S MISTAKES, WITH 3,634 PINS. TAKING THE "SINGLES" HONORS,
DEREK SCHMIDT WITH 800 PINS. THE HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME WAS A PERFECT 300 ROLLED BY JASON GIBSON. THE "DOUBLES" AWARD (AND PRIZE MONEY) GOES
TO BOB MOREHEAD ADN DAVID CLARK WHO ROLLED A 1557. THE HIGH TEAM GAME ....1146....ROLLED BY CLARK'S SAW CENTER. HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES, A 781 TOTAL,
BY DAVE SCHNOOR. AND THE CHAMPION ALL-EVENTS, MAKE VARNER, 2,276.
ALL EVENTS, SCRATCH, AWARD TO JASON GIBSON, 2,064 PINS.

SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAY CARE HAS KICKED OFF A FUND RAISER.
SALLY DAVIES, SUNSHINE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAID TICKETS ARE BEING SOLD FOR TWO RAFFLE DRAWINGS. ONE RAFFLE IS FOR CASH...$2,500..$1,500...
AND $1,000. THE OTHER IS FOR A TRIP TO VEGAS. JUST A HUNDRED TICKETS ARE BEING SOLD FOR THE CASH DRAWING RAFFLE AND THE OTHER RAFFLE TICKETS ARE $10, OR SIX FOR $50. THE MONEY WILL BE USED FOR THE SUNSHINE
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. THE DRAWINGS FOR THE WINNERS WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUNSHINE'S CHILDREN'S ART SHOW AND "LIVE" AUCTION
FORM NOON UNTIL 3 P.M. ON SUNDAY, MARCH 8TH.

THE KMAQ BUS TO CHICAGO TO SEE "JERSEY BOYS" IS SOLD OUT.'

THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER DINNER/THEATRE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IS SOLD OUT. THE DINNER AT COSTELLO'S...NO MORE SEATS. TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE SHOW AT 7 THAT NIGHT...."HONKEY TONK LAUNDRY".
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE BOXOFFICE.

JACKSON COUNTY WILL LOOSE THE USE OF JUDGES TWO DAYS A WEEK IN MAQUOKETA AFTER AN ORDER TO REDUCE PAYING TRAVEL COSTS TO JUDGES WAS ISSUED BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT. JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY CHRIS RAKER TOLD THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS THIS MORNING THAT IT MEANS THE JUDGES WHO NORMALLY WORK ON CIVIL CASES ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAY THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF EACH MONTH WILL NO LONGER TRAVEL TO JACKSON COUNTY. COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CIVIL CASES WILL LIKELY HAVE TO GO TO CLINTON OR SCOTT COUNTY FOR T HIER CASES TO BE HEARD. THERE WILL STILL BE A JUDGE WHO COMES TO JACKSON COUNTY ON FRIDAYS FOR CRIMINAL ISSUES.

A MACHINE SHED AND ITS CONTENTS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN A FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN RURAL MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED BY STEVE WHITMORE, TO FIGHT THE FIRE AT HIS FARM, ON 35TH STREET.
FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE ROOF WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. WHITMORE WAS WORKING ON A MOTORCYCLE INSIDE THE SHED. HE DRAINED THE GAS IN THE HARLEY AND THE FUMES CAUGHT ON FIRE. NO INJURIES. LOST IN THE BLAZE...A TRUCK, BOAT, 3 HARLEY CYCLES AND MORE. ANDREW FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO HELP HAUL WATER.

ON THE STORK REPORT. ANESSA AND TROY PETERSON OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN MONDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JULIE AND MARK MILLER OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE KATHY AND DON KUNDE OF MAQUOKETA.

PRAY FOR SNOW. WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A SHORT WINTER.

COME BACK TOMORROW.

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THIS NICE LOOKING MAN IS DR. ROB DEEGAN, DVM. HE HOLDS THE AWARD HE GOT
LAST THURSDAY AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN
MAQUOKETA. THE THREE AG AWARDS WERE SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE AND THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. FLORIAN STEFFAN PRESENTED THE PLAQUE TO ROB ON THE
STAGE LAST THURSDAY NOON. FLORIAN REPRESENTED THE ROTARY AT THE
AWARDS CEREMONY. AND...TURNS OUT...HE WAS PRESENTING IT TO A FELLOW
ROTARIAN. YES, DOC HAS BEEN A GOOD LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY AND HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMUNITY OVER THE YEARS AND AS A VET, HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY ACTIVE IN THE AGRICULTURE WORLD OF JACKSON COUNTY. HE'S ALSO A PRETTY GOOD MUSICIAN AND SINGER.
THE OTHER AWARD WINNERS ARE PICTURED BELOW. MY THANKS TO LEE SCOTT
FOR TAKING THESE THREE PHOTOS AND EMAILING THEM TO ME. I FORGOT MY CAMERA THAT DAY. THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW WAS A BIG SUCCESS
WITH OVER 2,000 ATTENDING. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN SOME WAY, AND TO ALL WHO ATTENDED. WE LOOK FORWARD OF COURSE TO A BIG AND BETTER SHOW NEXT YEAR. AND THOSE PORK BURGERS AND HAMBURGERS
WERE DEEEEELICIOUS.
NOTE: TO ENLARGE PHOTOS, CLICK-ON THEM. AND BE SURE ALSO TO CHECK
THE TEN OR SO PHOTOS I ALSO TOOK SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE BILL FLEMMING NIGHT AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
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THE FARMER OF THE YEAR AWARD WENT TO ALBERT "BUD" AND LILLIAN KNAKE OF RURAL BELLEVUE. THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO THEM BY MAQUOKETA
BANKER BRIAN SCHWAGER.

SHOWN HERE, SCOTT GENT, AT RIGHT, PRESENTING THE AGRI-BUSINESS AWARD TO DOUG AND RUTH ANN SCOTT, AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW LAST THURSDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. THIS WAS ONE OF THREE AWARDS, SPONSORED AGAIN THIS YEAR BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
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SUNNY AND WARM YESTERDAY, IN UPPER 40'S.
TODAY, CLOUDY AND IN THE 30'S.

FOUR MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK FIRST OR SECOND PLACE YESTERDAY IN THE SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION'S GYM.
DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION TOOK FIRST PLACE. MAQUOKETA TOOK 3RD, JUST IN FRONT OF DEWITT , IN THE 6 TEAM FIELD.
TAKING CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MAQUOKETA...
RYAN FLAGEL AT 152 POUNDS AND THOMAS MAYBERRY AT 160 POUNDS.
TAKING SECOND PLACE, TIM O'CONNELL AT 130 AND LARRY EGGERS AT171.
ALL 4 WRESTLERS WILL NOW WRESTLE IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH. AND THE TWO TOP WRESTLERS IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS WILL GO ON TO THE STATE TOURNMENT.

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT.

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SHOOT...SORRY THIS PHOTO IS TURNED WRONG. IT WAS BILL FLEMING NIGHT LAST NIGHT AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. HE WAS HONORED BETWEEN THE GIRLS AND BOYS GAMES......RECOGNIZED FOR BEING NAMED TO THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME. HE COACHED IN MAQUOKETA FOR 33 YEARS. HAD 27 ALL-STATE BASKETBALL PLAYERS. TOOK 6 TEAMS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. 6 OTHER TEAMS MADE IT TO SUBSTATE. WITH BILL AS COACH, MAQUOKETA WAS CONFERENCE CHAMPION 17 SEASONS. OVER 50 OF BILL'S PLAYERS HAVE BECOME BASKETBALL COACHES. HIS CAREER RECORD, 500 WINS AND 197 LOSSES. BELOW, SOME OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK LAST NIGHT. THE CAKE ABOVE WAS ENJOYED IN THE NEW CAFETERIA AFTER THE GAMES, WITH PUNCH. AND LATER, MANY WENT TO COSTELLO'S OLD MILL TO TALK MORE BASKETBALL WITH COACH BILL. NO PUNCH THERE.
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HERE, AS BILL STARTED HIS TALK TO THE AUDIENCE. AT THE START HE WAS "CHOKED-UP" AND A TEAR OR TWO ALMOST CAME ....BUT....ONCE HE GOT STARTED, HE TALKED QUITE AWHILE. NONE OF HIS KIDS WERE PRESENT, BUT HE
TOLD HOW ALL ARE DOING WELL IN LIFE AROUND THE COUNTRY. BILL IS NOT MARRIED, DIVORCED THREE TIMES. HE HAD VERY NICE COMMENTS ABOUT THE NEW MCHS GYM. MAQUOKETA WON BOTH GAMES BY THE WAY, OVER MONTICELLO. NON-CONFERENCE GAMES. MONTICELLO IS NO LONGER IN THE WAMAC.
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CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. SOME OF THE MEN WHO PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR BILL OVER THE YEARS. KENNY BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA
IN THE CENTER UP FRONT FOR ONE. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL FORMER COACHES PRESENT.
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BILL STOPPED BY TO SAY HELLO TO NANCY AND I IN THE STANDS. NANCY'S SON
STEVE PLAYED ON TWO OF BILL'S STATE TOURNAMENT TEAMS, IN 1976 AND 1977.
HER SON KEN ALSO PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR BILL. NANCY STARTED SUNSHINE
SCHOOL BACK IN THE ANSIL BRIGGS DAYS. SHE NOW WORKS FOR KEN.
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ON HAND FOR THE FESTIVITIES: LEFT TO RIGHT: CARL SMALL, CAMANCHE
VARSITY GIRL'S COACH....RETIRED MCHS TEACHER CLAIRE HOYE....NFL, HOUSTON TEXANS QB SAGE ROSENFELS....DON LYONS, BOYS VARSITY COACH AT DENISON (FOR MANY YEARS THEIR WINNING GIRL'S COACH) AND ROCKY LAMAR, HEAD COACH AT
MID AMERICA NAZERINE UNIVERSITY IN KANSAS. BILL COACHED ALL BUT CLAIRE
WHO WAS A LITTLE TOO OLD TO MAKE THE TEAM, BUT WAS GOOD FRIEND OF
BILL DURING THOSE 33 YEARS.
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BILL HAD SOME KIND, WELL-DESERVED REMARKS ABOUT LONGTIME LOCAL
SPORTSWRITER, JACK MARLOWE. JACK GOT A STANDING OVATION TOO.
BOTH LOOK GOOD AND ARE HEALTHY, BUT BOTH HAVE HAD HEART PROBLEMS.
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DURING BILL'S FIRST YEAR OF TEACHING MATH IN JUNIOR HIGH, ROCKY LAMAR
WAS ONE OF HIS STUDENTS AND THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. ROCKY PLAYED WELL FOR BILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, WENT ON TO COLLEGE AND HAS OVER 500 WINS AS THE HEAD COACH FOR MID AMERICA NAZARINE COLLEGE IN OLATHE, KANSAS. BILL HAS BEEN HIS ASSISTANT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. THEY WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND THIS YEAR, THEIR RECORD SO FAR IS 10 AND 1. ADAM HEPKER WAS A STARTER ON ROCKY'S TEAM THAT
WON THE TITLE.
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DENNIS STREETS HAS MORE BASKETBALL WINS THAN BILL, WHO HAS 500 EVEN.
DENNIS, NOW VARSITY ASSISTANT, IN BILL'S TIME, GROOMED THE PLAYERS
TO BE VARSITY WINNERS AND MAKE BILL LOOK GOOD. HE WAS THE SOPHOMORE COACH DURING ALL THE YEARS BILL WAS HEAD COACH. GREAT FRIENDS STILL.
BILL ALSO INTRODUCED JULIE STREETS WHO WAS UP IN THE STANDS ENJOYING THE FESTIVITIES. MANY MORNINGS, SHE DISCUSSED BASKETALL AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
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ONE OF SEVERAL GIFTS PRESENTED TO BILL! HE ALSO GOT TWO SIGNED BASKETBALLS, ONE BY THE PRESENT CARDINAL TEAM AND THE OTHER BY HIS FORMER PLAYERS THAT WERE HERE IN TOWN FOR THE SPECIAL WEEKEND. FRIDAY NIGHT, THE FORMER STATE TOURNAMENT PLAYERS WERE HONORED. BILL SCHWENKER, PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD IS SHOWN IN THIS PHOTO.
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ONE OF BILL'S PLAYERS, NOW LOCAL COACH RAY CAVANAGH, AND ON BILL'S LEFT,
SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT, PRESENTED BILL WITH A MAQUOKTA JERSEY. KIM
WAS EMCEE FOR THE PROGRAM.
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SAGE ROSENFELS FOUR BIGGEST FANS!

KMAQ-FM (AND ON INTERNET) BROADCAST BOTH GAMES LAST NIGHT AND DURING THE HALFTIME OF BOY'S GAME, BILL WAS LEIGHTON HEPKER'S GUEST.
ROCKY LAMAR STOPPED BY AND I GOT THIS PHOTO. KMAQ NOW HAS A NICE
NEW BOOTH FOR DOING GAMES IN THE NEW GYM. BILL CAME TO KMAQ MANY, MANY TIMES TO DO HIS WEEKLY COACHES SHOW WITH LEIGHTON. HE LIKED TO STOP IN ALSO AND USE OUR COPY MACHINE.
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SUNNY AND WARM TODAY...HIGH OF 41.

NEARLY 1300 ATTENDED THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW YESTERDAY.
SEE SOME PHOTOS BELOW THAT I TOOK LAST NIGHT. CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
TODAY, ATTENDANCE SO FAR IS DOWN A LITTLE.

BILL FLEMMING IS BACK IN TOWN. HE WAS MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL COACH FOR 33 YEARS.
TONIGHT, AT THE MCHS NEW GYM, BETWEEN GAMES, MANY PLAYERS WHO
PLAYED ON FLEMMING'S STATE TOURNAMENT TEAMS WILL BE RECOGNIZED.
AND TOMORROW NIGHT BETWEEN GAMES, BILL WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR
BEING INDUCTED INTO THE IOWA BOY'S BASKETBALL COACHES HALL OF FAME.
BILL IS NOW ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH FOR MID AMERICA NAZERINE
COLLEGE IN OLATHE, KANSAS. HEAD COACH THERE IS ROCKY LAMARR,
MCHS GRAD WHEN HIS DAD WAS IN THE FEED BUSINESS AND WAS A MINISTER IN MAQUOKETA. ROCKY WILL BE IN TOWN ALSO FOR THE SPECIAL CEREMONIES
THIS WEEKEND.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HAS A BOOTH AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. THE ARE HAVING A DRAWING FOR "MEN WHO COOK" TICKETS AND ALSO HAVE INFORMATION ON THEIR FLAG PROGRAM FOR HOLIDAYS IN MAQUOKETA.
THEY MEET WEDNESDAY MORNINGS AT 7 A.M. AT THE EAGLES CLUB. THEY ARE MAQUOKETA'S LARGEST SERVICE CLUB AND HAVE BOTH MEN AND WOMEN MEMBERS. A GOOD HARD WORKING CLUB. THEY HELP SPONSOR THE "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER. SHOWN HERE: AT LEFT, RICK HENSHAW, PRESIDENT AND
AT THE RIGHT, MEMBER ROBERT SHEARER.
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AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW,THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS SOLD BROWNIES FOR 50 CENTS. SHOWN HERE, MEMBERS REBECCA KUTSCH AND LORI HOUSTON.
PEOPLE WERE REGISTERING FOR TWO FREE TICKETS TO THE NEXT PPP PRODUCTION, "THE SUNSHINE BOYS" IN MAY.
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RED HENTON LAST NIGHT AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. AND HE'S SINGING THERE AGAIN TODAY. HE KNOWS 12 SONGS AND SINGS THEM OVER AND OVER. HE ALSO HAS A BRAND NEW CD AND IT IS ON SALE OUT AT THE FARM SHOW
FOR $5.00.
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JACK JONES, MANAGER OF THE VOY 3 THEATRE AND 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE (SINCE 1975) HELPS OUT EACH YEAR AT THE FOOD BAR AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME
SHOW.
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BUSY KMAQ STAFF GIRLS AT THE GOOD FOOD BAR AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. LEFT TO RIGHT: DENISE KIRK, ROXANNE CLAUSING, SHERI MELVOLD, AND
LOIS FISCHER. SHERI IS KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR AND THE OTHER THREE ARE
SALES REPS. THEY SERVE ONLY...DON'T EAT...BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ON
THE KMAQ .....RADIO GETS RESULTS WEIGHTLOSS TEAM......IN CITY COMPETITION.
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ROSS RIVER OF MAQUOKETA AT HIS BOOTH LAST NIGHT AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. YEARS AGO, WE STARTED WITH A FARM SHOW AND A HOME SHOW ON DIFFERENT DATES EACH WINTER. THEN A DOZEN YEARS AGO, WE COMBINED
THE TWO INTO ONE SHOW. ROSS, WITH HIS BUSINESS.... ROSS RIVER WICK BUILDINGS....HAS BEEN AT EVERY SHOW DATING BACK TO THE 80'S. HE HAS
BEEN A MAQUOKETA BUSINESS OWNER FOR ABOUT 55 YEARS AND HIS NUMBER ONE HELPER IS HIS WIFE, VIVIAN. THEY HAVE ADVERTISED THEIR BUSINESS ON KMAQ SINCE WE WENT ON THE AIR IN AUGUST OF 1958.
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JIM FOSTER (NOW LIVING NEAR MAQUOKETA) OF FOSTER FAMILY MUSIC IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS BEEN AT EVERY FARM AND HOME SHOW WITH PIANOS AND ORGANS. THIS PHOTO TAKEN AT HIS BOOTH LAST NIGHT AND HIS ASSISTANT
IS HIS MOTHER, VERNA, OF MAQUOKETA. JIM'S DAUGHTER IS NOW THE MANAGER OF THE BUSINESS AND JIM IS SLOWING DOWN A BIT BUT STILL WORKS 3 OR 4 DAYS A WEEK.
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DR. RON HILL AT DEWITT HAS HAD A BOOTH AT EVERY KMAQ FARM SHOW AND HOME SHOW SINCE WE STARTED THESE BACK IN THE 80'S. AND AGAIN THIS YEAR,
HIS 'INTERN' IS AT THE BOOTH. THIS IS JESSIE FOSTER FROM ALASKA, A GRAUDATE OF PALMER COLLEGE IN DAVENPORT. HE GOES BACK TO ALASKA
LATER THIS MONTH TO GO INTO PRACTICE THERE.
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A LOW THIS MORNING OF 8 AND A HIGH TODAY, UNDER SUNNY SKIES, 33.
WARMER TOMORROW.'

WE HAVE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW TODAY.
A LONG LINE FOR THE NOON LUNCH, BUT EVERYONE ATE AND ENJOYED THE
1/3 POUND PORKBURGERS OF THE BIG OUTSIDE GRILL OF THE JACKSON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESENTED THEIR "FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE" AWARDS DURING THE NOON
HOUR IN THE PEARSON CENTER AT THE FARM SHOW ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THE AGRI-BUSINESS AWARD WENT TO DOUG AND RUTH ANN SCOTT, WHO HAVE
A "TRUCK" FARM AT RURAL MONMOUTH. THE AGRI-PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WAS AWARDED TO JACKSON COUNTY VETERINARIAN, DR. ROB DEEGAN. AND
THE FARMER OF THE YEAR WENT TO ALBET "BUD" KNAKE AND HIS WIFE LILLIAN OF RURAL BELLEVUE.

TOMORROW IS THE 2ND BIG DAY OF THE FARM AND HOME SHOW AND TOMORROW
IS "BEEF DAY"....FROM 10:30 A.M. UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE SHOW AT 7:30 P.M.

THANKS FOR COMING TO THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW....AND COME BACK
TOMORROW.

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ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA, STANDING BEHIND GOVERNOR CHET CULVER, SHAKING HANDS WITH SOMEONE TO HIS RIGHT. THE GOVERNOR IS SHOWN HERE SIGNING A DISASTER RELIEF BILL ON MONDAY AT THE STATE
CAPITOL. SCHUELLER, WHO ALSO CHAIRS THE REBUILD IOWA AND DISASTER
RECOVERY COMMITTEE, HELPED CRAFT THE LEGISLATION.

GOT DOWN TO 2 BELOW LAST NIGHT. SUNNY AND STILL COLD TODAY BUT
40 TO 50 DEGREE WEATHER IS COMING, STARTING TOMORROW, AND THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED WESTERN DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT AND THE
MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE BY 2 POINTS.

IF YOU LIVE AROUND HERE, SEE YOU TOMORROW AND FRIDAY AT THE ANNUAL
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. 10:30 A.M. UNTIL 7:30 P.M. BOTH DAYS.
ADMISSION IS FREE.

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SUNNY BUT COLD TODAY.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN TOLD IT WILL LIKELY RECEIVE TWO OF THE THREE GRANTS IT APPLIED FOR TO CLEAN-UP THE FIRE DEBRIS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THE TWO WILL TOTAL $110,000. $340,000 IS NEEDED.
IT WILL SOON BE 13 MONTHS FROM DAY OF FIRE.

JACKSON COUNTY WILL BE APPLYING FOR MORE THAN $500,000 IN FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY TO RESURFACE TWO ROADS.......D57 FROM HIGHWAY 61 TO LAMOTTE AND THE HURSTVILLE ROAD FROM THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA TO HIGHWAY 61. JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ SAID THERE IS $561,000 AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY IN STIMULUS MONEY.

BUSINESS ISN'T BAD AT THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER (JAIL).....
I HEARD THEY HAD NEARLY A FULLHOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND.

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SUNNY AND HIGH OF 26 TODAY.
COOL AGAIN TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.
BUT...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE 40 OR ABOVE, WHICH WILL BE GOOD FOR KMAQ'S ANNUAL FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT
THE FAIRGROUNDS. ITS FREE AND STARTS EACH DAY AT 10:30. EVERYONE IS INVITED.

THE MUSICAL "JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT" WAS PRESENTED OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH A TOTAL OF 1,800 SEEING IT.
A PEACE PIPE PLAYER RECORD. GREAT TURNOUT. GREAT PLAY.
SORRY YOU MISSED IT. PROBABLY THE BEST EVER BY PPP. I'M NOT GOING
TO MENTION ANY NAMES....JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE
THAT HELPED MAKE IT A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. 90 MINUTES OF GREAT FUN AND MUSIC. WE HAVE REAL, REAL TALENT HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
BRING ON THE NEXT PRODUCTION...THIS SPRING...."THE SUNSHINE BOYS".

FIVE MAILBOXES SMASHED OVER THE WEEKEND IN RURAL JACKSON COUNTY.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS AT 7 TONIGHT.

KMAQ HAS RECEIVED WORD THAT LLOYD STRINMOEN, AGE 89, OF DECORAH, DIED
SUNDAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING HELEN SNELL OF
MAQUOKETA. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE WEDNEDAY MORNING
AT THE BIG CANOE LUTHERAN CHURCH, RURAL DECORAH.'

IN SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST A WAMAC GAME FRIDAY NIGHT TO STATE-RANKED SOLON, 66 TO 51. THE BOYS ARE NOW 7 AND 9 OVERALL

THE GIRLS SPLIT WEEKEND ROAD GAMES. AT SOLON FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY WON 57 TO 30 AND SATURDAY , THE LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE 47 TO 36. THEY ARE NOW 8 AND 9 OVERALL.

MAQUOKETA HOSTED THE WAMAC WRESTLING TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, FROM 10 AM UNTIL ABOUT 8 P.M. LONG DAY. 16 TEAMS. MAQUOKETA FINISHED
6TH. THE CARDINALS DID NOT HAVE A CHAMPION. TIM O'CONNELL WAS 2ND AT 130 POUNDS.....THOMAS MAYBERRY WAS ALSO AT 2ND AT 160 AND RYAN FLAGE. WAS 3RD AT 152 POUNDS.

KMAQ IS TAKING A BUS TO SEE "JERSEY BOYS" IN CHICAGO'S LOOP APRIL 1ST.
THE BUS IS FILLING UP. CALL KMAQ FOR DETAILS OR EMAIL ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.!

DENNIS VOY