THE WEATHER HAS BEEN A LITTLE STRANGE TODAY.    WE WERE NOT EXPECTING RAIN, BUT HAVE HAD SOME AND THEREFORE, AS OF MID-AFTERNOON, THE HIGH HAS BEEN ONLY 70.   TOMORROW, UP INTO THE 80'S AND SUNDAY, 92.   THE SUN IS BACK AND WE MAY SEE THE TEMP GO
UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SEE MORE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER, ACROSS FROM GOODENOW FIELD.    THE CITY  HAS RESUMED MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTER FROM THE MAQUOKETA YMCA.      LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS  ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT.   IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK!  I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

TWO BARNS BURNED DOWN YESTERDAY ON PERSHING ROAD, OWNED BY JOSH POLL.     IT WAS A WINDY DAY.     FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE
SCENE AROUND 2:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO PUT OUT THE FIRE AND
THEN CALLED A 2ND TIME AROUND 5:00 WHEN THE WIND SPREAD THE FIRE TO A SECOND BUILDING.

POLICE BLOTTER:   
LOREN ROCKWELL REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING THAT SOMEONE HAD
USED A WEED WACKER TO CUT THE LETTERS F AND U IN THE YARD.

LEVI LARKEY REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT WHILE HE WAS FISHING AT THE HURSTVILLE FISHING POND, SOMEONE TOOK A PLANO BOX OF TACKLE FROM THE BED OF HIS TRUCK,  WITH OVER $500 WORTH OF LURES.

FOUR FORMER KMAQ ANNOUNCERS STOPPED IN AT KMAQ THIS WEEK, AT
DIFFERENT TIMES....JACI MOORE....DOUG ROWE....BILL LONGMAN....AND KENNY
GOODENOW.
JACI IS LOOKING FOR A MAQUOKETA SUMMER JOB AFTER A YEAR OF COLLEGE....DOUG ROWE WORKS IN CHINA (MOTHER IS AT CLOVER RIDGE)....BILL IS 77 AND RETIRED....AND KENNY AND FAMILY LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND HE CURRENTLY IS A STAY-AT-HOME DAD FOR TWO LITTLE ONES.   ALL LOOKED GOOD.

KMAQ PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER MATT CLARK MARRIES KELSI JO THOMPSON AT CEDAR RAPIDS (WHERE THEY WORK) TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.   I GUESS I NEED TO POLISH MY SHOES BEFORE GOING.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM WON A DOUBLE HEADER YESTERDAY OVER CLEAR CREEK AMANA....10 TO 0 AND 4 TO 2.
WINNING PITCHERS WERE CHASE COAKLEY AND JOSH  KIRK.   LEADING HITTERS WERE DEREK HOPSON, TRENT BOLLMAN, CHASE COAKLEY, AND JOSH KIRK.   WAY TO GO!

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW THAT I ENTERED TODAY.

HAVE A NICE MEMORIAL WEEKEND HOLIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

LAST NIGHT, NANCY AND I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL DINNER MEETING OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION AT BUDDE'S HOMETOWN CAFE  IN PRESTON.  AFTER A BUFFET DINNER OF GREAT FOOD, THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS CARRIE KOELKER OF DYERSVILLE, HEAD OF THE EASTERN IOWA TOURISM ASSOCIATION.   THE STATE IS DIVIDED INTO 3 SECTIONS.    JACKSON COUNTY HAS 60 MEMBERS (INCLUDING KMAQ AND VOY THEATRES) TO HELP PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE COUNTY, WITH HEADQUARTERS IN THE  REPLICA OF A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL AT SABULA.    SHOWN  ABOVE, IS DARYL PARKER (HEAD OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION) ACCEPTING FROM KATHY TILL, THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION PROMOTIONAL PARTNER AWARD.   DARYL HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION THE LAST 3 YEARS AND KATHY HAS BEEN THE LONGTIME TREASURER.     STEVE TEBBE (OWNER OF WHISPERING MEADOWS RESORT, RURAL SPRINGBROOK) WAS ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST.  DARYL AGREED TO SERVE AS VICE-PRESIDENT.   JULIE BAINBRIDGE IS THE SALARIED DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION.   SHE HAS HELD THAT POSITION FOR OVER A YEAR.    CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. 
DENNIS VOY   

MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST RESTAURANT!
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
WE HAVE BEEN THERE TWICE.   NICE MENU TO CHOOSE FROM AND THE
FOOD WAS VERY GOOD.   EFFECTIVE
YESTERDAY, THEY WERE ABLE TO
SELL BEER, ETC.
THE BAR IS TO THE REAR OF THE
NORTH DINING ROOM.   NICE INSIDE
DECOR....ALL  NEW, INCLUDING
KITCHEN.   I'M SURE THEY WILL
EVENTUALLY HAVE PERMANENT
OUTSIDE SIGNS.   AND EVERYONE IS HOPING THEY WILL PAINT THE UPPER PART OF THE BUILDING TO MATCH THE
BOTTOM COLOR.    WHEN I FIRST CAME TO TOWN IN 1958 IT WAS "CARSON'S DRUG STORE ON CORNER" FEATURING A POPULAR RAZZBERRY BAR.
DENNIS VOY