Thursday, July 12, 2012

ABOVE....BUSY DAYS AHEAD FOR THE FOUR IN PHOTOS.    TOP PHOTO....
LEFT, GUY PETERSON AND RIGHT, SON ANDY.    THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE
WYOMING (IOWA) FAIR BOARD.    ANDY'S GRANDFATHER FRED AND
GREAT-GRANDFATHER WERE ALSO ON THE FAIR BOARD.....PETERSON'S HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE THE FAIR BEGAN OVER 75 YEARS AGO.
THE WYOMING FAIR AND HORSE SHOW IS THIS WEEKEND.   IT STARTS
WITH THE PARADE FRIDAY NIGHT AT 6:30  (I'LL BE BROADCASTING IT ON KMAQ) AND ENDS SUNDAY.    GUY, BY THE WAY, IS A FARMER AND SEEDCORN
SALESMAN AND SON ANDY IS MORNING ANNOUNCER ON WMT.  
TAKE IN THE WYOMING FAIR THIS WEEKEND.
BOTTOM PHOTO:....THE TWO STARS OF "ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE" ON STAGE THIS WEEKEND AT  OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT IN
MAQUOKETA, A PRODUCTION OF THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS LITTLE THEATER
GROUP.   JUST TWO IN THE CAST:   AT LEFT, MAQUOKETA NATIVE GRETCHEN BANOWETZ-MATTOON (PATSY) AND AT RIGHT, SHANNON SOENKSEN OF DEWITT (PATSY'S FRIEND LOUISE) AND NOT SHOWN, THE BOBACIOUS BOBCAT BAND.   IT WILL BE A GOOD SHOW, FEATURING OVER 20 OF PATSY'S HIT SONGS.     AT THE DOOR, TICKETS WILL BE $18 AND IN ADVANCE, $15....
AVAILABLE AT THE OHNWARD BOXOFFICE MORNINGS OR AT THE MAIN BANK OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND ALSO AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY