TODAY'S (TUESDAY) DAILY REPORT IS BELOW THIS ONE!

PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE AN UNSCHEDULED STOP AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 4 O'CLOCK.
HE LEFT HIGHWAY 61 (TRAVELING SOUTH) AND HIS MILLION-DOLLAR BUS WENT
DOWN PLATT STREET AND TURNED ON TO VERMONT AND UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT SAID HE HAD ABOUT A 3-MINUTE NOTICE THAT OBAMA
WAS COMING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. HUCKSTADT SAID THERE WERE TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TODAY FOR IN-SERVICE DAY, BUT THEY HAD LEFT. THE HIGH
SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM WAS IN THE GYM FOR A PRACTICE SESSION AND THE PRESIDENT SHOOK HANDS WITH ALL OF THEM AND THEY HAD THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH HIM AS A GROUP. HUCKSTADT SAID HE TALKED WITH OBAMA AND THAT
OBAMA BROUGHT UP EDUCATION TO HIM AND THEY TALKED ABOUT "CHILD LEFT
BEHIND" AND A COUPLE OTHER MATTERS. KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER WENT UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL BUT THE LOCAL MEDIA WAS NOT PERMITTED TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL. OBAMA'S VISIT TO MAQUOKETA WAS ABOUT 20-25 MINUTES LONG. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT EARLIER TODAY, RETIRED MAQUOKETA VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER, PAM CRAWFORD, NOW
TEACHING PART TIME IN DUBUQUE COUNTY, SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT PEOSTA
TODAY PRIOR TO OBAMA SPEAKING AT THE SCHOOL THERE.
SO, SOME EXCITEMENT TODAY IN THE TIMBER CITY. THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM
WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER TODAY'S PRACTICE ON THE COURT AT MCHS.

AS FOR THE TRIAL AT THE COURTHOUSE, TOMORROW, ONE MORE WITNESS WILL
GO ON THE STAND AND THEN THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO RECESS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AND FINAL ARGUMENTS WILL BE DONE THURSDAY MORNING AND THE CASE WILL
GO TO THE JURY. A VERDICT IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR SOONER.

NOW...HOPE YOU WILL GO TO TODAY'S REGULAR TUESDAY DAILY REPORT BELOW.
AND THANKS FOR CHECKING IN ONCE...OR FOR SOME OF YOU, A SECOND TIME.
DENNIS VOY

NICE DAY...80
RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

PRESIDENT OBAMA JUST WENT THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY ON A BUS TRAVELING SOUTH FROM PEOSTA. EVERY ENTRY TO 4-LANE 61 WAS COVERED
BY AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, TO BLOCK TRAFFIC UNTIL THE COACH WENT PAST.
HIGHWAY 61 PAST MAQUOKETA MINUTES AGO OPENED TO TRAFFIC AGAIN.
I THINK HE STAYS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN DAVENPORT AND THEN ON TO A COUPLE
SMALL ILLINOIS CITIES TOMORROW WITH MORE SPEAKING TO SMALL-TOWN AMERICA
ABOUT HIS "JOBS" PLAN. AND WEARING NO TIE! I THINK THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
WEAR A TIE EVERYWHERE HE GOES IN PUBLIC. COAT NOT NECESSARY, BUT TIE FOR
SURE.

THE BANK ROBBERY TRIAL CONTINUED ALL DAY TODAY. NO VERDICT.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HIRED A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
HE IS FRANK ELLENZ, 54, OF WYNONA, MINNESOTA. HE IS EXPECTED TO START IN MID-SEPTEMBER. HE WORKS FOR AN ENGINEERING FIRM IN MINNESOTA AS AN INSPECTOR. HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE IN WORKING FOR CITIES. HIS STARTING
SALARY WILL BE $52,000 A YEAR AND HE WILL RECEIVE A RAISE IN 6 MONTHS.

DID YOU KNOW? THE MAQUOKETA RIVER IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER, APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES LONG.

NOW...YOU LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY.

NO REPORT TOMORROW. I'M TAKING A NEARLY FULL KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TO THE
IOWA STATE FAIR.

GOING TO TRY THE NEW POPULAR "BUTTER ON A STICK" AT THE FAIR.

DENNIS VOY

I JUST LEARNED PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS STOPPED AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
IF THAT IS TRUE, I'LL COME BACK LATER IF I FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION.

IT IS NOW JUST AFTER 4 P.M.

DENNIS VOY