WELL...WE GOT SOME RAIN TODAY AS EXPECTED.
AND IT GOT UP TO 42....NOT QUITE AS WARM AS EXPECTED.
NOW, WE ARE EXPECTING COLD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

A VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM BRAD DEERY MOTORS THIS WEEK.
TWO GUYS TOOK A 2006 DODGE CHARGER MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR A TEST DRIVE AND NEVER RETURNED.
AND, A VEHICLE REPORTED STOLEN IN DUBUQUE COUNTY WAS FOUND IN ANDREW THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

ALDI'S FOOD STORE CLOSED TODAY AS SCHEDULED. LEFT-OVER MERCHANDISE
GOES TO THE CLINTON STORE. AND, WORD HAS IT THAT SOMEONE WILL BE
MOVING INTO THE BUILDING AND THAT MAQUOKETA WILL BE HAPPY WITH
THE NEW BUSINESS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WILL BE. WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I FIND OUT SOMETHING.

CHECK THE PHOTOS I PUT UP EARLIER TODAY, BELOW.

IF OUT TO PARTY TONIGHT, DRIVE WITH CARE. IF YOU DRINK, DON'T DRIVE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!

DENNIS VOY

THIS KMAQ STAFF PHOTO WAS
TAKEN AT OUR CHRISTMAS
PARTY IN DECEMBER AT GENO'S
IN PRESTON AND NANCY'S HOUSE. COLD, ICY NIGHT, BUT WE HAD A GOOD
TIME ANYWAY. FRONT,JIMMYSAUNDERS(ANNOUNCER)....LEFT OF JIMMY, IN BLUE, LOIS FISCHER (SALES)....RIGHT OF JIMMY, STUDENT ANNOUNCER JACI MOORE....IN BACK OF THEM, LEFT TO RIGHT, RUSTY LIETZ, MORNING ANNOUNCER ON KMAQ-AM....JAYNE EVOL, EVENING ANNOUNCER....THERESA CELENTANO, BOOKKEEPER.....SANTA.....ME....
PEERING OVER MY SHOULDER, LEIGHTON HEPKER, STATION AND SALES MANAGER....ROXANNE CLAUSING(SALES) AND SHERI MELVOLD (NEWS).
MISSING: ROBERT BRUNO(FM ANNOUNCER)....DOTTIE BAYLES(SALES)....LORI
GANZER(SALES)...MATT CLARK (SPORTS) AND DAVE VOY(WEB TECH).
NANCY (ANOTHER KMAQ BOSS) WAS THERE (BUSY AS HOST) AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PHOTO TOO.
KMAQ WILL CELEBRATE OUR 53TH ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 26TH.
THANKS FOR LISTENING.
THANKS FOR CHECKING THIS DAILY REPORT OFTEN.
COMING SOON, A NEW "KMAQ TRAVEL" WEB PAGE WITH UP-TO-DATE REGULAR
NEWS AND COMMENTS ABOUT UPCOMING BUS TRIPS.
I HAVE A GREAT STAFF!
I HAVE MANY, MANY GREAT LISTENERS!
I HAVE FANTASTIC ADVERTISERS!
WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2011.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AT YOUR HOUSE FROM EVERYONE AT KMAQ.
DENNIS VOY (CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND PLEASE TELL OTHERS
ABOUT OUR KMAQ WEB SITE)

"JUST TALK"
ON
KMAQ RADIO
ON THE AIR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
FROM 9:05 UNTIL 10:00 A.M.
ON BOTH KMAQ AM & FM
AND ALSO ON
OUR WEB SITE...... GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM...AND
CLICK-ON THE BUTTON IN UPPER LEFT CORNER
SHERI MELVOLD IS THE HOST ON
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
LEIGHTON HEPKER HOSTS THE SHOW
ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
THIS COMING WEEK'S GUEST LIST:
MONDAY: RICH HALL OF OHNWARD FINE ARTS
CENTER TO TALK ABOUT UPCOMING SHOWS.
ON SECOND HALF OF SHOW, BELLEVUE MAYOR
VIRGIL MURRAY
TUESDAY: ANNE OTTEMAN FROM HOSPITAL
9:30, PASTOR GERALD GJERDE RETIRING AFTER
30 YEARS AT 1ST. LUTHERAN CHURCH
WEDNESDAY: RACHEL OLSON FROM THE GIRL
SCOUTS AT 9:05 AND AT 9:30, WALT WICKHAM
FROM CLINTON COUNTY CONSERVATION.
THURSDAY: NURSE PRACTIONER MARILYN DEAN
WILL TALK ABOUT A MEDICAL TOPIC. THE
GUEST FOR 9:30 STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED.
FRIDAY: NO GUEST, OPEN TELEPHONE. CALLS FROM
LISTENERS ENTIRE HOUR.

DENNIS VOY (URGING YOU TO LISTEN DAILY
"JUST TALK")

THAT'S OUR MAQUOKETA SINGING SANTA
FOR SURE, AND OF COURSE, THE PHOTO
WAS TAKEN ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
BEACH.

WARM OVERNIGHT...34...

WARMER TODAY....STILL FOGGY....LOOKS LIKE 39 WILL BE THE HIGH TODAY....
MID 40'S TOMORROW AND BACK TO 20 SATURDAY FOR A HIGH.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....TWO REPORTS OF DAMAGE FROM PAINTBALLS.
EVERET BOWLING SAID YESTERDAY SOMEONE SHOT A PAINTBALL AT HIS WINDOW
ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. THE WINDOW WAS NOT BROKEN.
AND SHEILA STARR, ROSEMERE LANE, SAID YESTERDAY SOMEONE SHOT
A PAINTBALL AT HER VEHICLE.

A BIRTH: TERRANCE AND CHRISTINA NISSEN OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS
OF A GIRL BORN DECEMBER 22ND AT TRINITY HOSPITAL IN MOLINE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BARB AND JOHN McCRAY OF MAQUOKETA.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DENNIS VOY

COLD LAST NIGHT, LOW OF 8.
SUNNY THIS MORNING AND MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH TODAY, 31.
STILL LOOKING FOR RAIN TOMORROW AND FRIDAY. WE COULD
REACH 50 FRIDAY, BUT THEN DOWN TO THE HIGH TEENS AGAIN SATURDAY.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT ARCADE AND HIGHWAY 64 JUST AFTER NOON
YESTERDAY. TODD HILL, AGE 49, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON 64 AND WAS STOPPED WAITING FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE OTHER DRIVER,
JIMMY GARLOUGH, 65, OF WHEATLAND, PULLED ON TO 64 FROM ARCADE AND
HIT THE HILL VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. GARLOUGH WAS CHARGED.
$2,000 DAMAGE TO EACH VEHICLE, A 91 CHEVY TRUCK AND A 2006 CHEVY CAR.
NO INJURIES.

ERIC THOME HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 62 AND BEN SHEARER HIT
ALSO HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64.
NO INJURIES.

GOV. CHET CULVER HAS SENT A LETTER TO SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TOM VILSACK (FORMER IOWA GOVERNOR) ASKING FOR A DISASTER DESIGNATION
FOR EIGHT COUNTIES, INCLUDING JACKSON. ALL 8 COUNTIES HAVE DOCUMENTED 30-PERCENT LOSSES OF ONE CROP AFTER POSTING HARVEST EVALUATIONS.

YES...I ENJOYED WATCHING IOWA WIN THEIR BOWL GAME OVER MISSOURI
LAST NIGHT. LATE TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE....HAS KEPT ME YAWNING TODAY.
NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING WISCONSIN WIN THE ROSE BOWL GAME.
AS FOR BASKETBALL, WAS NICE SEEING THE BADGERS GET THEIR FIRST BIG TEN WIN LAST NIGHT OVER MINNESOTA AND HOPE THE HAWKS CAN START THE
SEASON WITH A WIN TONIGHT AGAINST ILLINOIS.

THE KMAQ TREE WAS TAKEN DOWN THIS MORNING!

HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY DAY TODAY AND HIGH OF 21.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD THIS MORNING REINSTATED FULL DUTIES TO THEIR DIRECTOR, DARYL PARKER , AFTER FELONY CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AGINST HIM WERE DISMISSED IN WISCONSIN LAST WEEK. PARKER, WHO LIVES IN BELLEVUE, HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES IN JULY AFTER HE
WAS ACCUSED FOR KICKING A TEENAGE BOY AND SHOVING ANOTHER DURING A GAME OF LASER TAG AT A WISCONSIN RESORT. SOON AFTER, THE BOARD PUT HIM ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND ORDERED HIM TO RELINQUISH HIS GUN AND BADGE.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DOING HIS NORMAL DUTIES, BUT NOT HIS LAW
ENFORCEMENT DUTIES.
AND ALSO TODAY, THE SUPERVISORS APPOINTED ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS TO FILL THE OPENING ON THE CONSERVATION BOARD NOW HELD BY ROGER SCHLADESKY.
STATE LAW ALLOWS A SUPERVISOR TO SERVE ON THE CONSERVATION BOARD AS A FULL VOTING MEMBER. FLYNN WILL BEGIN HIS SIX-YEAR TERM ON THE FIVE-MEMEBER BOARD IN JANUARY. THE SUPERVISORS HAD NOT HEARD FROM SCHLADESKY AND ASSUMED HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN REAPPOINTMENT CONSIDERATION.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER APPLICANT FOR THE OPENING.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

THREE BELOW LAST NIGHT.
OUR HIGH TODAY, WITH SUNNY SKIES, 11 DEGREES.
RAIN AND 45 DEGREES FORECAST FOR FRIDAY.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED IN THE PARKING LOT OF HEARTLAND APARTMENTS
AT 10:45 SUNDAY MORNING. WENDY EYE OF MAQUOKETA BACKED FROM A PARKING SPACE AND INTO A PARKED CAR OWNED Y ROSEANNA ALLEN OF MAQUOKETA.
NO INJURIES AND NO CHARGES FILED BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:
JASON WOOD REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK HIS CELL PHONE FRIDAY AT PERXACTLY BAR AND GRILL ON SOUTH OLIVE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
TODD MANG REPORTED THAT SOMEONE BACKED INTO HIS FENCE AND TOOK
A BIG SECTION OF IT DOWN. AND THEN HIS DOG GOT LOOSE.
ROICE EARLES REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK JEWELRY FROM HER VEHICLE.
AND MARY HOFFMAN REPORTED SOMEONE BROKE INTO HER VACATION HOME
ON 317TH AVENUE SOMETIME IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND TOOK
FURNITURE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

A GOOD SUNDAY MORNING HERE AT KMAQ.

THE SUN IS SHINING. NO SNOW COMING DOWN.

COLD THOUGH....15. DOWN TO BELOW
ZERO TONIGHT.

RUSTY AS ALWAYS ALONE HERE RUNNING
BOTH STATIONS UNTIL NOON AS HE DOES
EVERY SUNDAY.

BUT TODAY, PROUDLY WORKING IN HIS
NEW "BIBS"....A FAVORITE CHRISTMAS
PRESENT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

GO HAWKS TUESDAY NIGHT!!

A TOTAL OF NINE INCHES OF SNOW OVER NIGHT AND TODAY IN MAQUOKETA. AND
LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING, BUT EXPECTED TO END BY 6 TONIGHT.
OVERNIGHT, SNOW FLURRIES AND TOMORROW, CHRISTMAS DAY,
JUST FLURRIES.

I FEEL SORRY FOR THE SNOW PLOW DRIVERS! PLOWING SNOW ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NOVEMBER INCREASED TO 7.1
PERCENT, UP FROM 6.8 PERCENT IN OCTOBER.
THE STATE RATE WAS 6.6 DOWN FROM 6.7 IN OCTOBER.

HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

FROM NANCY AND I AND EVERYONE HERE AT KMAQ AND THE VOY THEATRES...

HERE IS A SHORT VIDEO OF NANCY AND I.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY...NO SNOW..HIGH OF 27. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF
SNOW IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LITTLE OR NO SNOW
CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY.

A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT WAS HIT WHILE CROSSING A STREET IN MAQUOKETA
AROUND 6:45 LAST NIGHT. ZACHARY CARR WAS CROSSING THE STREET AT THE
INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND PLEASANT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A GREEN
CAR DRIVEN BY A MAN. THE DRIVER STOPPED LONG ENOUGH TO ASK IF HE WAS OKAY AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE. CARR WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA BY HIS MOTHER, WHERE HE WAS
EXAMINED.

THE CITY OF BELLEVUE HAS A JOB OPEN TO REPLACE THE A SANITATION AND
PARKS WORKER WHO IS RETIRING. THERE WERE 24 APPLICATIONS FOR
THE JOB. CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORAS HERRIG CALLED IT A REFLECTION
OF THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY.

JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR STEVE FLYNN CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY
CHRISTMAS DAY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

DENNIS VOY

AGAIN TODAY, HIGH OF 33, BUT LITTLE SUNSHINE. SO, NOT AS MUCH MELTING.
SNOW IN FORECAST TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY, WITH 3 INCHES OR MORE.
NO SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY.

IN SPORTS: LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AT DUBUQUE, LOST TO
WAHLERT, 67 TO 39. CRAIG JOHNSON AND BLAINE WALLER EACH HAD 10 POINTS.
THE BOYS ARE NOW 3 AND 4.
HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO LOST TO WAHLERT, 49 TO 32.
KELSEY HOLMES HAD 18 POINTS FOR THE CARDINALS. THEIR RECORD IS
NOW 4 AND 5.

IN HOSPITAL NEWS: TRICIA STEINES IS RESIGNING AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES MANAGER AND WILL BE RETURNING TO GENESIS IN DAVENPORT. AND JOY EICHHORN, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE, IS
RETIRING FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER 29 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HOSPITAL BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2011 WERE RE-APPOINTED. KEVIN BURNS
REMAINS AS PRESIDENT...GLORIA JORGENSEN, VP AND JODI HELMLE, SECRETARY.
TREASURER, DUANE TRENKAMP.

POLICE BLOTTER: LUANN STREETER SAID SOMEONE TOOK ITEMS FROM HER
CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT TIMBER LANES LAST NIGHT.
ALSO, KJ'S CONVENIENCE ON WEST PLATT REPORTED A GAS DRIVE-OFF
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

DENNIS VOY

4-5 MORE INCHES OF SNOW THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
TODAY, UP TO 33 DEGREES AND SOME MELTING TOOK PLACE.
TOMORROW IS THE FIRST FULL DAY OF WINTER. SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE
HAD WINTER SINCE THANKSGIVING.

THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT AT 7:30.
HEAR THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE TONIGHT,"LIVE"
FROM DUBUQUE WITH MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.
THE GIRLS ARE HOSTING WAHLERT AT THE MCHS GYM TONIGHT.

JACKSON COUNTY SAW A 7.6 PERCENT INCREASE IN FARM LAND VALUES
IN 2010. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, LAND IN JACKSON COUNTY INCREASED
FROM $3,886 AN ACRE, TO $4,183 AN ACRE.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING A USED TRUCK TO REPLACE
A 1991 MODEL.

THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT HAD A 7-MINUTE MEETING.

A MAQUOKETA SENIOR HAS BEEN NOMINATED BY SEN. TOM HARKIN
FOR THE US NAVAL ACADEMY. HE IS ISAAC KINRADE, SON OF JULIA AND
STEVEN KINRADE OF MAQUOKETA.

FRIDAY NIGHT, CHRISTMAS EVE, WE WILL BROADCAST THE CHRISTMAS EVE
SERVICE FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. IT WILL BEGIN WITH
CHRISTMAS ORGAN MUSIC BY VELETA GUTHREY FROM 6:30 UNTIL 7 AND THEN
THE SERVICE FROM 7 UNTIL 8. IT WILL ALSO BE ON KMAQ'S WEB SITE
AT WWW.KMAQ.COM.

"THE LITTLE FOCKERS" STARTS TOMORROW AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
IT IS RATED PG-13. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON.
STARTING CHRISTMAS DAY, "GULLIVER'S TRAVELS", RATED PG.
"YOGI BEAR" WILL ALSO BE SHOWING DURING THE HOLIDAY AT THE
THEATRE. STARTING THURSDAY WE WILL HAVE 2 P.M. BARGAIN MATINEES
EVERY AFTERNOON THROUGH JANUARY 2ND. THE THEATRE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY DECEMBER 24TH.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY

TWO ABOVE LAST NIGHT....SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 11. WEEKEND WILL BE
COLD.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTELERS LAST NIGHT LOST TO MT. VERNON, 45 TO 29.
WINNERS FOR THE CARDINALS: CHRISTIAN FLENKER, HAVEN MILLER, SHILOH SNYDER, DAKOTA SNYDER, JOHN HOLTZ AND SAM ADLER.
AND ALSO LAST NIGHT, WESTERN DUBUQUE DEFEATED MAQUOKETA, 51 T O 21.
WINNERS FOR MAQUOKETA: HAVEN MILLER, SHILOH SNYDER, DAKOTA SNYDER,
JOHN HOLT Z AND SAM ADLER.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WILL TAKE PART IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN DEWITT TOMORROW, BEGINNING AT 10 A.M.
IN BASKETBALL TONIGHT, THE CARDINAL GIRLS HOST MANCHESTER AND THE BOYS ARE AT MANCHESTER.

THE EAST IRON HILL CHURCH AND THE MAQUOKETA EAGLES CLUB WILL AGAIN
HOST THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER DECEMBER 25TH. DINNER FROM
11:30 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M. IT WILL BE FREE AND OPEN TO ANYONE.
RESERVATIONS ARE ASKED BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND BY CALLING
652-6626. THE DINNER IS MENT FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE ALONG ON
CHRISTMAS OR WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS WITH OTHERS.

OPAL STOLL IS 103 TODAY. SHE LIVES AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.
I TALKED TO HER OVER THE RADIO, USING THE TELEPHONE, THIS MORNING.
SHE WAS A TEACHER.

LAST WEEKEND'S BLIZZARD POSTPONED THE VIEWING OF THE DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES WHICH WAS PARTIALLY FILMED IN JACKSON
COUNTY. THE FREE PUBLIC SHOWING WILL NOW BE AT 2 THIS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
NO ADMISSION CHARGE AND A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION WILL BE HELD AFTER WITH THE FILM MAKERS.

THE MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY SONG OF THE DECADE WAS "WINTER WONDERLAND".
THE CHRISTMAS SONG WAS 2ND....SLEIGH RIDE, 3RD.....HAVE YOURSELF A
MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 4TH AND 5TH, SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN.

ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS IS JEFF BROWN WHO WORKS AT McDONALDS.
HE IS A BIG CUBS FAN AND IS HAPPY THAT KERRY WOOD IS COMING BACK TO PITCH
FOR THE CUBBIES NEXT YEAR. JEFF WAS BORN IN DECEMBER OF 1958, THE
FIRST WINTER THAT KMAQ WAS ON-THE-AIR. IT WAS A COLD AND SNOWY
WINTER. JEFF SAID TODAY HE REMEMBERS THE BOB FELLER DAYS OF BASEBALL.
JEFF LIVES IN HIS HOUSE NEAR WORK AND WHEN AT COFFEE AFTERNOONS, IT
IS ALWAYS FUN VISITING A BIT WITH JEFF. NEEDLESS TO SAY, DURING THE
BASEBALL SEASON, WE GET INTO SOME GOOD CARDINAL - CUB DISCUSSIONS.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS BIGGER THAN ENGLAND. GUESS WHERE I
READ THAT BIT OF INFORMATION?

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

HERE'S THE PHOTO TAKEN
THIS MORNING LOOKING
WEST ON WEST PLATT STREET,
JUST AFTER THE OVERNIGHT
SNOWFALL. THE PHOTO
DID NOT COME UP...ONLY
THE WORDING BELOW.
CLICK-ON PHOTO FOR A
BETTER VIEW WITH THE ONLY TRAFFIC TO THE BACK OF PHOTO AROUND McDONALDS.
TODAY'S DAILY NEWS REPORT IS BELOW AND ALSO TWO PHOTOS
OF TWO NEW MAQUOKETA
STORES.

DENNIS VOY

3 - 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT, LAST NIGHT. TODAY, CLOUDY AND LIGHT SNOW, PROBABLY ANOTHER INCH. MORE COLD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK
WITH LITTLE OR NO SNOW.

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DIRECTED THE SUPT.
KIM HUCKSTADT TO START NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIRMS TO PROVIDE SOME
WORK AT ALL FOUR ATTENDANCE CENTERS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS:
THE HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTIM FOR BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY IS A PRIORITY. LIGHTING IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR CARDINAL ELEMENTARY.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, BOTH WINDOWS AND HEATING
ARE TOP PRIORITIES. MONEY FROM THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX IS AVAILABLE TO DO THE REPAIRS. SUPT. HUCKSTADT SAID THEY HAVE ABOUT $5.8 MILLION AVAILABLE TO DO THE PROJECTS. BOARD MEMBERS SAID MAKING THE BUILDINGS ENERGY EFFICIENT IS A TOP PRIORITY.

A COUPLE BIRTHS:
MARISA AND MATTHEW HEEFNER ARE PARENTS OF A BOY WHO WAS BORN
DECEMBER 14TH AT CEDAR RAPIDS. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE MARY AND BLAINE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS RUTH ANDERSON OF MAQUOKETA.

DAVID AND CHELSEA FULLER ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN RECENTLY IN
KINGSLAND, GEORGIA. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS DIANNE FULLER OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE ON THE ROAD TONIGHT.

SNOW CONTINUES TO COME DOWN RIGHT NOW, 3:40 P.M.

JOHN JONES, SR......FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND NOW LIVING IN
A CARE CENTER AT PELLA NEAR WHERE DAUGHTER BARB LIVES.....IS 96
TOMORROW. HE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN WAS A LIFE INSURANCE AGENT UNTIL RETIRING.
HIS SON, JACK, HAS BEEN MANAGER OF THE VOY THEATRES SINCE 1974.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT HE HAD FUN SKY-DIVING.
AND, HE STILL ENJOYS SOME TIME UP HERE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND
KEEPING TRACK OF HIS 3 GRANDCHILDREN, ALL GIRLS.

OH, THE WEATHER OUT SIDE IS..... SING ALONG

GOOD DAY.

DENNIS VOY

THIS MORNING I GOT THIS
EMAIL:
HI THERE,
I JUST WANTED TO DROP YOU A LINE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A NEW BUSINESS OPENING IN TOWN. OUR PET STORE WILL OFFICIALLY BE OPEN ON FRIDAY, DEC 17TH. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE SIGN EXOTIC CRITTER CORNER AND WONDERED WHAT IT WAS, BUT WONDER NO MORE. 109 S. JONES IS THE LOCATION OF THE NEW PET STORE. BRIAN AND KIM RIXEN ARE THE OWNERS AND ARE EXCITED TO OPEN THE STORE AND MEET THE RESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA. THE STORE HOURS ARE MON-FRI 10-7, SAT 10-6 AND SUN 12-4. OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 652-0738 AND OUR EMAIL IS exoticcrittercorner@hotmail.com.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG AND PROSPEROUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF MAQUOKETA. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. SIGNED: KIM RIXEN.
WE HERE AT KMAQ WELCOME THE NEW BUSINESS TO MAQUOKETA. THE STORE
IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM GILMORE DRY CLEANING. KIM AND BRIAN ARE NOT NEW TO MAQUOKETA. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEY HAVE PUT UP A GREAT
HALLOWEEN DISPLAY IN THEIR FRONT YARD AND ON THEIR FRONT PORCH.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NOT A PET STORE ANYWHERE AROUND HERE, SO THEY SHOULD GET CUSTOMERS FROM NOT ONLY MAQUOKETA BUT ALSO FROM
ALL THE SMALL TOWNS IN THE AREA.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

WEST PLATT STREET (HIGHWAY 64 WEST) LOOKING WEST THIS MORNING
AROUND 8 O'CLOCK, AFTER THE FRESH SNOW OF LAST NIGHT. MOST OF THE
TRAFFIC IS IN THE DISTANCE. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

A TOUCH OF BLING
IS THE NEW STORE IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
PURSES, BILLFOLDS, JEWELRY
AND OTHER GIFTS.
NICE LOOKING WINDOW.
FOR MANY MANY YEARS,THIS
STORE WAS HOME OF JEWELRY
STORES. IT IS THE SECOND
STORE BUILDING SOUTH OF
PLATT STREET ON THE WEST
SIDE OF MAIN.
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE
OWNER AT THIS TIME.
I'M HAVING SOME PROBLEM
WITH MY CAMERA. ALL 3
PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY ARE
NOT NOT 100% IN FOCUS.
SORRY.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 19 TODAY.
AROUND 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND ANOTHER INCH TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A MOBILE HOME FIRE AT 2:45 THIS
AFTERNOON TO A MOBILE HOME AT 44 YALE, OWNED BY DOUG AND HEATHER
SAID. THE COUPLE HAD BEEN GONE A COUPLE HOURS AND WHEN THEY RETURNED,
THEY COULD SEE SMOKE AT THEIR DOOR. THEY DID NOT ENTER THE TRAILER AND CALLED FIREMEN WHO ENTERED THE HOME AND FOUND THE FIRE HAD CHOKED
ITSELF OUT. IT APPARENTLY STARTED IN A GARBAGE CAN NEAR THE SINK, AND THEN BURNED THROUGH A CABINET AND MELTED PLASTIC TUBING AND
THAT CAUSED WATER TO SRRAY OVER THE FIRE AND PUT IT OUT.
LOTS OF SMOKE HAD TO BE CLEARED AND BECAUSE OF SOME ELECTRICAL AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, DOUG AND HEATHER SAID WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THE MOBILE HOME UNTIL SOME REPAIRS ARE MADE. FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

THE MAN WHO LAST SEPTEMBER WAS ACCUSED OF ROBBING THE ANDREW BRANCH OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MAQUOKETA
FROM A MILWAUKEE JAIL TO FACE CHARGES. $45,000 WAS TAKEN AND HAS NOT
BEEN RECOVERED. THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR ONE OR TWO OTHERS WHO
MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ROBBERY. NOW, THE MAN, JASON BROWN, AGE 31, IS BEING HELD IN JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER UNDER $150,000 BOND. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET IN JACKSON COUNTY DECEMBER 23RD.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST BY A LOT OF POINTS LAST NIGHT TO THE 3RD
RANKED DEWITT SABER GIRLS, AT DEWITT. THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 3 AND 4 FOR THE SEASON.

IN THE CARAWAY NEWSLETTER, IT SAYS THAT A GIRAFFE CAN CLEAN HIS EARS WITH A 21-INCH LONG TONGUE. I TALKED TO DALE THIS MORNING AND
HE SAYS TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT SOME OF THE THINGS IN HIS NEWSLETTER
ARE INTERNET ORIGIN...MAY NOT REALLY BE ACCURATE. MY GUESS IS THAT
MOST ARE THOUGH.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT .... GET OUT THE SNOW SHOVEL AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

8 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
15 ABOVE TODAY WITH SUNNY SKIES.
DOWN TO 1 TONIGHT AND
2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW COMING TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

IN BOY'S BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT AT DEWITT, MAQUOKETA LOST TO THE
SABERS AND TONIGHT THE GIRLS PLAY THERE AND WE WILL HAVE THE GAME
ON KMAQ-FM AND THE WEB SITE, AT AROUND 7:30. DEWITT IS 6 AND 0 AND
RANKED #3 IN 3-A.
GO CARDINALS.

THERE ARE 13 CANDIDATES FOR THE OPENING FOR A SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
JUDGE, TO REPLACE RETIRING JUDGE DARBYSHIRE. TWO CANDIDATES ARE
FROM MAQUOKETA, STEVE KAHLER AND MARK LAWSON. THE INTERVIEWS
ARE FRIDAY AND A PERSON MAY BE DECIDED ON ALSO FRIDAY.

MARIE KIRCHNER, 57, OF DAVENPORT, DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
A BROTHER, JOHN MCCROY OF MAQUOKETA.

ENID KING, 99, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY AT CLOVER RIDGE. HER PRIVATE BURIAL WAS TODAY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER JANE OF CLINTON AND
SON ROSS OF COLORADO. SHE LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN CLINTON. I BELIEVE BOTH JANE AND ROSS GRADUATED FROM MCHS.

SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION TONIGHT AT THE CLINTON ENGINES
MUSEUM. HEADED THERE NEXT.

TOMORROW, I GIVE THE PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF MAQUOKETA THEATRES, AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.

DALE CARAWAY'S NEWSLETTER SAID THE WORLD'S TERMITES OUTWEIGH THE WORLD'S HUMANS 10 TO 1.

GOOD NIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

THE PAST WEEKEND BROUGHT LOTS OF BAD WEATHER! BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
LAST NIGHT, WE HAD 1 BELOW AND TODAY A HIGH OF 7. TONIGHT, DOWN
TO 10 BELOW AND A LITTLE WARMER TOMORROW. COLD WEATHER WILL
REMAIN WITH US THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEK.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT TONIGHT AND WE WILL HAVE THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT AT 7:30 AND ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE, WWW.KMAQ.COM.
MATT CLARK AT THE MIKE.

MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY MANAGER DOUG OWEN IS
RETIRING, EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH. HE STARTED OFF AS A MMEU BOARD
MEMBER AND BECAME THE MANAGER IN 2000.

QUITE A FEW ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

A VANDALIZM REPORT MADE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BRUCE HAYLOCK
SAID SOMEONE EGGED HIS HOUSE AND CAR FRIDAY NIGHT AT 505 N. 5TH STREET.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

THIS SNOWBEAR (WITH U.S. FLAG) WAS ENJOYING THE COLD AND SUNNY DAY
IN MAQUOKETA WHEN I TOOK HIS PICTURE THIS AFTERNOON. HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA WITH THE HELP OF JOSH PETERSEN AND NATALIE WESTCOTT AND IS IN THE WOODLAND COURT MOBILE HOME
PARK JUST OFF PERSHING ROAD, BEHIND
NIM'S GARDENS AND ACROSS FROM
UNITED LIVESTOCK'S SALE ARENA.
NICE WORK JOSH AND NATALIE! WITH
THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK,
HE'LL STAY AROUND FOR AWHILE.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

DENNIS VOY

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING....

YES...WE HAVE BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER LATE-FALL WINTER STORM AGAIN.

NOT AS MUCH SNOW AS LAST TIME.....ABOUT HALF.

BUT, COLD AND WINDY.

LOTS OF BUSINESS PLACES CLOSED TODAY....MANY CHURCH SERVICES WERE
CANCELLED TOO.

BUT, THE STORM AND BLIZZARD HAS ENDED.

DRIVING SHOULD BE OKAY THE REST OF TODAY, BUT IT WILL GET COLDER.

IT IS 16 DEGREES NOW AND TONIGHT, DOWN TO 10 BELOW.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLEAR AND COLD...A HIGH AROUND 6 AND NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY...HIGH OF 11 AND WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW AND
HIGH IN THE LOWER 20'S.

THE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT THAT WAS TO BE HOSTED BY MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY WAS POSTPONED.

HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS MORNING. ONE COULD SWEEP IT WITH BROOM.
MORE IN FORECAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LOW 20'S TODAY.
WINTER LIKE (BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR) WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK.

JUDY PATASKA HIT A DEER AT ON HIGHWAY 52.

TWO THEFTS: DONNIE WEETS REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT SOMEONE TOOK GAS FROM HIS WIFE'S TOYOTA WHILE PARKED ON NORTH WALNUT. THE THIEVES ALSO TOOK THE GAS CAP.
AND JEANNINE BILLIET REPORTED THAT SOMEONE TOOK CASH FROM HER
HOME ON 8 HARVARD AVENUE.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS NEXT PRODUCTION WILL BE "OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS" ON FEBRUARY 11,12 AND 13TH AT THE OHNWARD FINE
ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. AUDITIONS WILL BE ON JANUARY 4TH AND 5TH.
THE PRODUCTION WILL BE DIRECTED BY RICH HALL, THE OHNWARD EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR. THERE ARE PARTS FOR A 20-30 YEAR OLD MALE, A 20 TO 30 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND FOUR GRANDP

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS HOST CENTER POINT URBANA TONIGHT.

THE CARAWAY NEWS LETTER SAID THIS: 40% OF ALL PEOPLE WHO COME TO A PARTY IN YOUR HOME ....... SNOOP IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET.

HAVE YOU DECKED YOUR HALLS YET?

DENNIS VOY

HELION #36 A.F. & A.M. OFFICERS FOR 2011 DELIVERED 14 CHRISTMAS FRUIT BASKETS TO THE MASONIC WIDOWS IN MAQUOKETA. FRONT ROW: L-R ROSS MITCHELL,TREASURER....HAL MACHAEL, JUNIOR WARDEN....MIDDLE ROW L-R MASTER, DAVID RICHARDS.....BRUCE KINRADE, JUNIOR DEACON.....DUANE HANSEN, TYLER....
BACK ROW L-R LYNN DISNEY, CHAPLAIN....JERRY SENIOR WARDEN.....MELVIN RANDOLPH, SENIOR STEWART....MIKE FISHER, SENIOR DEACON.
PHOTO BY PM ROBERT E. CHRISTENSEN.
THIS PHOTO WAS EMAILED TO ME.....AND WHY THIS WILL NOT ENLARGE WHEN
YOU CLICK-ON IT IS BEYOND ME. SORRY!! MAYBE SOME OF YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

DENNIS VOY

DOWN TO 2 ABOVE LAST NIGHT AND THEN SUNNY AND HIGH
OF 19 TODAY. A LITTLE SNOW IS IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

A VANDALISM REPORT: ROICE EARLES REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT SOMETIME IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS ...THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOWERED ON THREE TIRES
AND ONE WAS FLAT ON HER CADDILAC WHILE PARKED ON 50TH AVENUE.

A THEFT REPORT TO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE. COLTON GERISHER REPORTED HIS CARHART JACKET WAS TAKEN FROM HIS CAR WHILE PARKED AT TIMBER LANES
LAST NIGHT.

LOCK YOUR CAR ALWAYS!

ON STORK REPORT: JARED DELARM AND AMY LAHEY OF MAQUOKETA ARE
PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN NOVEMBER 25TH AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RANDY AND LINDA LAHEY OF MAQUOKETA
AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE GARY AND PAM DELARM OF MAQUOKETA.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO #2 RATED MOUNT VERNON,
THERE, 50 T O 32.
AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE CARDINAL BOYS ALSO LOST TO MOUNT
VERNON, IN OVERTIME, 42 TO 39.

DALE CARAWAY'S NEWSLETTER SAID RIGHT HANDED PEOPLE LIVE, ON AVERAGE,
9 YEARS LONGER THAN LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE TO.
AHHH...I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT!

A WEB SITE ON UPCOMING SNOWFALL...JOHNDEE.COM....A SITE FOR SNOWMOBILERS.
I HEAR IT IS QUITE ACCURATE!

CHRISTMAS IS TWO WEEKS FROM SATURDAY. SERIOUSLY...TIME TO GET OUT AND DO SOME SHOPPING......OF COURSE, IN MAQUOKETA IF YOU LIVE. AROUND HERE

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY AND COLD AGAIN TODAY....HIGH IN THE TEENS. LAST NIGHT THE
OVERNIGHT LOW WAS 9 AND TONIGHT, DOWN TO ABOUT 2. UNSEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES.

IN SPORTS: SATURDAY THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE
CASCADE DUALS. THEY WENT 2 AND 3 FOR THE DAY. THEY BEAT
CASCADE 47 TO 30.....LOST TO VINTON 48 TO 34.....#1 RANKED DAVENPORT
ASSUMPTION BEAT THEM 71 TO 3. THEN THEY LOST TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT 52 TO 18 AND THEIR SECOND WIN WAS 37 TO 30 OVER MAQUOKETA VALLEY OF DELHI.
THEY WRESTLE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AT CENTER POINT URBANA IN A WAMAC
DUAL.
TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST MOUNT VERNON AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT MOUNT VERNON.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: RODNEY HASTING AT 611 S. 4TH STREET REPORTED
MONDAY THAT SOMEONE TOOK JEWELRY AND A COIN COLLECTION FROM HIS
HOME. AND LOIS OSTERT, REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE TOOK CD'S
FROM HER CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT
STREET.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE NEW LOOK OF THE
"EL RANCHITO" MEXICAN
RESTAURANT ON THE CORNER
OF MAIN AND PLATT IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
GOOD FOOD...FAST SERVICE...
....PRICES YOU'LL LIKE.
AND A LARGE MENU TO SELECT
FROM. TWO DINING ROOMS AND THE NORTH ONE CAN BE
USED FOR MEETINGS AND
PRIVATE PARTIES.

PHOTO BE DENNIS VOY
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

IT WAS COLD SUNDAY NIGHT
(6 ABOVE) WHEN NANCY AND I
LEFT THE LION'S SOUP SUPPER
AT DELMAR AND HEADED FOR
BELLEVUE TO VIEW THE CANADIAN PACIFIC HOLIDAY TRAIN AS IT PASSED THROUGH
TOWN. ABOUT 20 CARS
LIKE YOU SEE HERE (AND BELOW.)
MUSIC OF COURSE AND ONE BOXCAR HAD A STAGE WITH
A CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHOW
BY PROFESSIONALS RIDING ALONG ON THE TRAIN, WITH
SANTA. IT WAS ABOUT A 30-MINUTE VISIT.
THE RAILROAD HAS HAD THIS
TRAIN FOR MANY YEARS AND IT HAS VISITED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES ALONG ITS TRACKS AND HAS RAISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THOSE IN NEED AT CHRISTMAS TIME. CLICK-ON BOTH PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
WE ENJOYED THIS SPECIAL TOUCH TO CHRISTMAS HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.
PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IN BELLEVUE, THE RAILROAD RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.....MAKING
PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR
VIEWING THE HOLIDAY TRAIN
AS IT MADE A STOP IN BELLEVUE. THE RAILROAD GAVE A $1,000 CHECK
TO THE MAYOR FOR THE BELLEVUE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
LOTS OF CARS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ENJOYED THE
HOLIDAY TRAIN VISIT TO
BEAUTIFUL BELLEVUE, ALONG
THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

THE SNOW CAME OVERNIGHT. DID IT EVER!
OVER 5 INCHES.
AND IT IS STILL SNOWING. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER INCH BEFORE IT ENDS.
HIGH TODAY WILL BE IN UPPER 20'S. THE SNOW IS ON THE HEAVY SIDE....
NOT EASY SHOVELING.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS BOTH BEAT
WATERLOO COLUMBUS LAST NIGHT.
THE WRESTLERS ARE IN A CASCADE TOURNAMENT TODAY.

IN YESTERDAYS COMMENTS ABOUT MAX MOELLER.... I FORGOT TO MENTION
THAT WHILE IN THE NAVY, HE WAS ALSO A RADIO TECHNICIAN 1ST CLASS
OPERATOR. SORRY I FORGOT THAT MAX! MAX BY THE WAY, DOESN'T TURN 91 UNTIL IN FEBRUARY. AND INTERESTING ALSO TO NOTE THAT HE DESIGNED THE CUSTOM BUILT 28 BY 40 THREE-BEDROOM HOME THIS YEAR THAT HE IS NOW LIVING IN. AND, MAX SAYS THAT AFTER 50 YEARS OF MAQUOKETA SNOW, HE DOESN'T MISS IT AT ALL.

DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN SEE THE MAQUOKETA SNOW AND THE VEHICLES DRIVING
IN IT, BY GOING TO THE HOME PAGE OF KMAQ....WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON
THE UPPER LEFT BUTTON. THEN, SEE WHAT THE WEB CAM IS PICKING UP
OUTSIDE MY OFFICE AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM ALSO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

NO REPOART MONDAY AS I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN.

DENNIS VOY

RYAN DUHME, AT EXTREME
RIGHT, IS MAQUOKETA'S RED-
HOT BOWLER. A WEEK AGO
FRIDAY, HE ROLLED A PERFECT 300 GAME AT TIMBER LANES.
THEN HE ROLLED ANOTHER 300 THIS PAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
TWO 300 GAMES IN LESS THAN
A WEEK. AND LAST NIGHT,
HE WAS HIGH BOWLER AGAIN
WITH A 670 SERIES. LAST YEAR
IN BELLEVUE, HE ROLLED HIS
FIRST 300 AND ALSO HIS FIRST
800 SERIES. HIS DAD RICH (ALSO A GOOD BOWLER) SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS IN SCHOOL,
HE DIDN'T LIKE BOWLING. RYAN
LIVES NEAR LaMOTTE, IN THE HOME HE BOUGHT FROM HIS GRANDPARENTS AND HE IS THE MAINTENANCE MAN
FOR THE ELECTRIC GENERATING DAM AT LAKEHURST, JUST WEST OF MAQUOKETA.
HE IS SINGLE, BUT WILL BE GETTING MARRIED NEXT YEAR. I FORGOT TO ASK
WHO THE LUCKY GIRL IS AND IF SHE IS A BOWLER OR NOT. YES INDEED, HE IS NOW MAQUOKTA'S STAR BOWLER! KEEP IT UP RYAN! LOUIE CLASEN, AT LEFT
ABOVE, THE OWNER OF TIMBER LANES, HAS A PRETTY GOOD LEAD ON RYAN.
LOUIS HAS HAD 22 PERFECT GAMES. RYAN HAS ONLY BEEN LEAGUE BOWLING FOR
ABOUT 8 YEARS, SO HE HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO CATCH LOUIE. CLICK-ON THE
PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT! AND TRY BOWLING SOON....FUN AND GOOD EXERCISE!
TAKE A FRIEND OR THE FAMILY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS FAMILY NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES. MAQUOKETA IS A GOOD BOWLING TOWN, BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR YOU. LOUIE CAN EVEN GET YOU IN A LEAGUE IF YOU LIKE.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

IT IS SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA!
STARTED JUST BEFORE 4 P.M.
UP TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED BETWEEN NOW AND NOON
TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA YMCA WILL BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER
DIRECTOR. DAVE BAKER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL
LEAVE THE POSITION AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO BECOME THE NEW YMCA DIRECTOR AT
STONEY POINT IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
HE WILL BE CLOSER TO HIS CHILDREN. HE RECENTLY CAME
TO MAQUOKETA FROM THE YMCA IN OMAHA.

ANOTHER CAR-DEER ACCIDENT. ASHLEE TRAFFORD OF MAQUOKETA HIS A DEAR AT 1:28 A.M. NOVEMBER 27TH ON 170TH AVENUE. $2,000 IN DAMAGES TO HER
CAR. SHE WAS NOT INJURED.

DEWITT, DELMAR, PRESTON, WYOMING, AND LOST NATION ARE ALL HAVING
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THIS WEEKEND.
PRESTON TONIGHT, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DEWITT TOMORROW MORNING.
LOST NATION TOMORROW. DELMAR AND WYOMING, SUNDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE HOSTING WATERLOO TONIGHT IN BASKETBALL AND
THE CARDINAL BOYS ARE UP AT WATERLOO.

RYAN DUHME OF MAQUOKETA ROLLED ANOTHER PERFECT 300 GAME LAST NIGHT
AT TIMBER LANES, IN THE SUBURBAN LEAGUE. THE SECOND IN A WEEK.
HE HAD ONE LAST FRIDAY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.

TODAY, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT MAX MOELLER IS CELEBRATING 65 YEARS SINCE BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A US NAVY RADIO OPERATOR
2ND CLASS. HE IS 91 AND ENJOYING THE NEW HOME HE BUILT THIS
SUMMER IN SAFFORD, ARIZONA. HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS: ljmamtarc@cableone.net
HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME ON HIS COMPUTER AND IS A REGULAR READER OF
THIS DAILY REPORT. HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY MAX. SORRY YOU, RON,
SHIRLEY, DEAN, KAREN AND OTHERS ARE MISSING TODAY'S BEAUTIFUL
SNOWFALL.

OH....BEFORE I FORGET....MY SNOWBLOWER WOULDN'T WORK AFTER I GASSED IT UP THIS AFTERNOON....SO TO HAL'S PLACE IT WENT!

WILL GIVE YOU A SATURDAY MORNING SHORT REPORT TOMORROW MORNING.

REMEMBER, CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA IS READY FOR THE
FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON!
YES...AND THEY ARE
READY AT BRAD DEERY
MOTORS! WHEN IT SNOWS, THE WORK BEGINS AT DEERY'S
BIG-TIME. SHOWN HERE
IS SERVICE MANAGER
DAVE CLARK. YES, THEY
HAVE A SHOVEL FOR THE
HARD TO GET PLACES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE
3 TRUCKS WITH SNOWPLOWS AND 4 TRUCKS TO HALL AWAY THE
SNOW. NICK McCUTCHEON SAYS THE ONE IN THE PHOTO IS
BRAND NEW AND A SPECIAL KIND....NOTE THE WINGS ON EACH
SIDE. AS SOON AS THE SNOW STOPS, THE BRAD DEERY GUYS GO TO WORK AND GET THE SNOW OFF THE LOTS AND HUNDREDS OF
VEHICLES. AND, BOTH SERVICE AND SALES STAY OPEN WHILE
THE REMOVAL OF SNOW GOES ON. AND...OF COURSE...SOON AFTER THE SNOW STARTS, CITY CREWS ALSO TAKE TO THE STREETS AND WORK HARD TO KEEP TRAVEL GOING IN THE TIMBER CITY. FIVE OR SIX INCHES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING. DRIVE CAREFULLY AND BUCKLE-UP.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER CLOUDY, COLD DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 29.
SNOW IS IN FORECAST OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING....
ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER "MEN WHO COOK" EVENT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE DATE HAS BEEN SET.....FEBRUARY 27 TH. AGAIN THIS YEAR IT WILL
BE SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY, OPTIMIST, LIONS AND
KIWANIS CLUBS, AND ALSO THE DELMAR LIONS.

A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT. DEBBIE GOODENOW REPORTED THAT SHE
HIT A DEER AT 5:02 THIS MORNING AT 15600 HIGHWAY 64.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: AUSTIN KENNEDY SAID SOMEONE BROKE INTO
HIS RESIDENCE ON EAST PLATT STREET TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNINGAND AN IPOD AND XBOX WERE STOLEN.
AND NICK GONNER SAID SOMEONE STOLE HIS WIFE'S PURSE FROM THEIR
CAR SOMETIME SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

A VEHICLE WAS REPLORTED STOLEN YESTERDAY MORNING. AMANDA KELLER
SAID SOMEONE TOOK A 1998 CHEVY MALIBU FROM 1020 GERMAN STREET. THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED TO BARRY STARMAN.

THE STINKY MAQUOKETA POLICE UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT MAY BE SALVAGED.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS WITH REMEDIES FOR THE SMELLY EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING AND SOME ARE WORKING.
THE SQUAD CAR IS FREE OF THE SKUNK SMELL AND IS NOW OK AND IT IS
BEING USED.

THE CARAWAY NEWSLETTER ASKS: WHAT OCCURS MORE OFTEN IN
DECEMBER THAN ANY OTHER MONTH?
YOU ARE RIGHT IF YOU SAID "CONCEPTION"!

IF YOU LIVE IN THE SNOW BELT....HAVE YOU TRIED TO START YOUR SNOW
BLOWER YET? BETTER DO SO! I'M GETTING GAS AND WILL DO THAT TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS. IF IT DOESN'T START......FF TO HAL SPRAGUE'S SHOP.

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!

DENNIS VOY

PARTY SUNNY TODAY AND COLD...HIGH OF 24.
SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.
WE HAD NO SNOW IN NOVEMBER AND NONE IN NOVEMBER A YEAR AGO EITHER.
THE FIRST SNOWFALL LAST YEAR WAS A BLIZZARD ON DECEMBER 9TH.

NO NEWS IN THIS REPORT...SORRY.

IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST THEIR FIRST GAME OF YEAR LAST NIGHT
TO VINTON-SHELLSBURG, 55 TO 49.
THE WRESTLERS LOST TO CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON 39 TO 36 AND
THEN BEAT MARION, 44 TO 30...TO OPEN THE NEW SEASON.

YOU'LL EAT 25,000 COOKIES IN YOUR LIFETIME......ACCORDING TO DALE'S NEWSLETTER.
AND THIS INTERESTING FACT....HONEY IS THE ONLY FOOD THAT DOESN'T SPOIL.
AND THE NEAREST HONEY KING IS DAVE HAYES, MCHS GRAD WAY BACK IN THE 60'S.
CALL HIM IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR HONEY SOME HONEY FOR CHRISTMAS.

TAKE IT EASY.

DENNIS VOY