Tuesday, March 30, 2010

SUNNY AND 68 TODAY.   TOMORROW INTO THE 70'S.

A BELLEVUE MAN, WAYNE KEIFFER, AGE 62, WAS KILLED SUNDAY NIGHT AT HIS FARM WHEN HIS TRACTOR PULLING A MANURE SPREADER ROLLED DOWN A SMALL
HILL AND OVERTURNED.    HE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY THE SPREADER AND FOUND
THE NEXT DAY.

A BIRTH TO ANNOUNCE.    ERIC AND MELISSA BENTROTT OF CLEVELAND,OHIO,
ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN SUNDAY.   PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS JANE
BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA.

WAYNE LAUFENBURG, JR., AGE 56, OF ST. DONATUS, DIED SATURDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JASON, OF MAQUOKETA.  HE WAS A MACHINST IN
DUBUQUE.

THE MCHS GIRLS GOLF TEAM, PLAYING  HERE IN MAQUOKETA,  LOST TO WEST DELAWARE YESTERDAY, 209 TO 205.    FOR MAQUOKETA, KATELYN PAUL SHOT A 48, MOLLY DAVISON A 49, KELSEY ZARUBA A 55 AND ANIKA EHLERS A 57.

MAQUOKETA SENIOR TYLER RUTENBECK HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE
2010 IOWA SHRINE FOOTBALL GAME THIS SUMMER.      RUTENBECK WAS THE CARDINAL'S LEADING RECEIVER AND LED THE CARDINALS TO THE PLAYOFFS.
HE WILL BE ON THE NORTH SQUAD.   THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED ON JULY 24TH AT JACK TRICE STADIUM IN AMES.

I MADE SOME CORRECTIONS AND ADDITONS TO THE WORDING UNDER MAGGIE
MAE'S PHOTO, POSTED YESTERDAY HERE.      IF YOU HAVE TIME, SCROLL DOWN AND
CHECK THE PHOTO OF THE COUNTRY SINGER AND  RE-READ THE STORY UNDER.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY
LAST NIGHT, NANCY AND I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL FFA
BANQUET AND AWARDS NIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM IN WYOMING, GUEST OF
MIKE AND KANDY FRANZEN.     DELICIOUS DINNER SERVED TO OVER 300.   THE MIDLAND FFA IS VERY ACTIVE, WITH NEARLY 80 MEMBERS.     THE LONGTIME FFA
ADVISOR IS KEITH KLEIS OF BALDWIN, WHO IS RETIRING THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF
HEALTH REASONS.     THE OTHER ADVISOR IS JAMIE CHRISTIANSEN, A GRADUATE
OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND  IN HER 4TH YEAR AT MIDLAND.   SHOWN ABOVE
IS MIKE FRANZEN AND MAX ARMSTRONG.    MAX WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER.
FOR OVER 30 YEARS, HE HAS BEEN A RADIO AND TV FARM BROADCASTER ON WGN RADIO IN CHICAGO AND CO-HOST OF A FARM TV SHOW WEEKENDS ON THE CABLE NETWORK, RFD-TV.     HERE ON KMAQ, HE HAS A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 5-MINUTE SHOW ON KMAQ-AM AT 8:55 EACH MORNING AND ANOTHER  AT 12:55 EACH AFTERNOON ON KMAQ-FM.        GOOD GUY, GOOD BROADCASTER AND A GOOD EVENT LAST NIGHT IN WYOMING. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MIDLAND FFA ON A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.     CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY