NICE WEEKEND JUST PAST AND NICE DAY TODAY...HIGH 75.
RAIN IN FORECAST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WILL HOST A CANDIDATES
FORUM WEDNESDAY AT 5 P.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL,
WITH SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES MARTY HUDRLIK, INCUMBANT, WHO
IS BEING CHALLENGED BY MIKE NICKESON FOR THE AT LARGE POSITION
ON THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD AND FOR BRIAN TABOR, WHO
IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED FOR RE-ELECTION.
JIM FRANK, AGE 84, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME. SERVICES PENDING
AT CARSON AND SON. JIM WAS A LONGTIME FRIEND, WHO ENJOYED KEEPING UP WITH MAQUOKETA HAPPENINGS AND WAS FOR MANY YEARS, A MEMBER AND THEN CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AFTER RETIRING FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR , HE SPENT HOURS WEEKLY AT A GARDEN RAILROAD HE BUILDT AT THE RURAL HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER SANDY, AND, HE CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF TIME WORKING AT THE CEMETARY AS A MEMBER OF THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY BOARD. OVER THE YEARS, WHENEVER I HEARD A RUMOR ABOUT SOMETHING IN MAQUOKETA, I KNEW IF I CHECKED WITH HIM, HE MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT. HE MIGHT HAVE PICKED IT UP AT COFFEE SOMEWHERE IN TOWN. HIS FULL OBITUARY SHOULD BE ON THE CARSON'S WEB SITE SOMETIME TOMORROW. ANOTHER "ONE OF A KIND" MAQUOKETAN
HAS PASSED ON! ALWAYS SAD WHEN THEY LEAVE US. TOO BAD HE
DIDN'T SEE THE FIRE CLEAN-UP DOWNTOWN BEFORE HE DIED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK. I'M PLANNING TO TAKE A COUPLE DAYS OFF, SO THERE
WILL NOT BE A REPORT UNTIL LATER IN WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THIS WEEK (WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH) WE AT KMAQ WILL OBSERVE OUR 51ST ANNIVERSARY. LAST SATURDAY, AFTER ATTENDING A FUNERAL IN MY HOMETOWN OF HORICON, WISCONSIN, NANCY AND I, ON THE WAY HOME, STOPPED AT FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN AND MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO THE BOB AND ELAINE BROWN HOME. BOB WAS THE FIRST MANAGER OF KMAQ AND HIRED ME IN
AUGUST 1958. BOB WAS KMAQ MANAGER FOR 1 YEAR AND THEN MOVED TO FORT
ATKINSON, TO MANAGE AND START-UP WFAW IN THAT CITY. WHEN IN MAQUOKETA, THE BROWNS FAMILY LIVED ON SOUTH NIAGARA STREET.
THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WERE THE WOODY FLENKERS AND THE JUDGE ART JANSENS. BOB IS 88....ELAINE A LITTLE YOUNGER....AND BOTH ENJOYING
RETIREMENT IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL HOME THAT THEY BUILDT IN 1965. WE
HAD FUN TALKING ABOUT THE OLD DAYS OF KMAQ. BOB'S MEMORY IS BETTER THAN MINE. THEY SAID THEY HAD SENT AN ANNIVERSARY CARD THAT
MORNING AND IT CAME TODAY. THANKS TO BOB AND ELAINE AND THE MANY FINE LISTENERS AND ADVERTISERS WE HAVE HAD FOR 51 YEARS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A BIGGER AND BETTER 52ND YEAR STARTING THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY