HERE IS WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN MATT OSTERHAUS, WHO WILL BE SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF A LARGE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION!

A HIGH HONOR FOR MATT!

THE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT MATT OSTERHAUS WAS ELECTED IT'S  2013-2014 PRESIDENT-ELECT.  HE HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.  HE WILL SUCCEED STEVEN SIMENSON AS PRESIDENT.    NEXT MARCH HE WILL BEGIN HIS PRESIDENT-ELECT YEAR AND IN MARCH OF 2014 HE WILL BEGIN HIS
YEAR AS PRESIDENT, AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO.
MATT OSTERHAUS CO-OWNS AND OPERATES OSTERHAUS PHARMACY IN
MAQUOKETA.   HE IS CURRENTLY A TRUSTEE WITH THE ASSOCIATION,
SERVING ON THE FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT-AFFAIRS COMMITTEES.
HE IS A PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA PHARMACY ASSOCIATION.    MATT
IS ALSO NOW SERVING ON THE PHARMACIST MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IS A MEMBER OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH CARE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
MATT'S FATHER, ROBERT OF MAQUOKETA, IS A PAST-PRESENT OF THE
NATIONAL PHARMACIST ASSOCIATION.    IT HAS BEEN 75 YEARS SINCE THERE HAS BEEN A FATHER-SON PAIR  HOLD THE OFFICE....AND THE 4TH PAIR IN THE HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION.  THE LAST TIME IT
HAPPENED WAS IN 1937.   THE APhA  HAS AROUND 60,000  MEMBERS AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1852.

CONGRATULATIONS MATT !!

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TODAY'S DAILY REPORT IS BELOW AND ALSO BELOW, SOME FINAL PHOTOS AND COMMENTS ON THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.

90 DEGREE WEATHER IS BACK IN MAQUOKETA TODAY....AND WE'LL BE AROUND 90 MUCH OF THE WEEK, WITH LITTLE RAIN.
YESTERDAY WAS PLEASANT, AROUND 80.   AND WE GOT A LITTLE RAIN
OVERNIGHT.

FOUR VEHICLE-DEER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.    HAVING  THE
BAD EXPERIENCE WERE:    ROYCE SCHNOOR...BECKY DAVIDSON...
AND RUICHARD NORPEL.

LAST NIGHT'S CASH DRAWING WINNER AT THE FAIR AS NIKKI THOMPSON AND THEY DID NOT LIST WHERE SHE LIVES.   IT WAS FOR $500.

MARY ANN HARWICK OF MAQUOKETA  WON THE QUILT RAFFLE AT THE FAIR.

GRANT GANZER OF JOHNSTON WON THE BILL RILEY TALENT SHOW
(SENIOR DIVISION) AT THE FAIR SATURDAY NIGHT, SINGING WITH
GUITAR.  HE NOW GOES ON TO THE STATE FAIR COMPETITION.
HE HAS RELATIVES IN JACKSON COUNTY.
THE SPROUT DIVISION WAS WON BY ISAIAH WALSH OF MAQUOKETA, PLAYING THE PIANO.   HE ALSO GOES TO THE STATE FAIR TO COMPETE.

MY BEST SANDWICH AT THE FAIR....THE GRILLED TURKEY FILET....PREPARED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY POULTRY ASSOCIATION, CELEBRATING THEIR
5TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.

NEXT UP FOR KMAQ....THE "BACK TO SCHOOL" ROAD SHOWS STARTING
NEXT MONDAY AND THEN, FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.   MATT CLARK WILL BE
BACK TO DO THE PLAY-BY-PLAY OF MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GAMES.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

SOME FINAL PHOTOS FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, WHICH ENDED
LAST NIGHT WITH THE "NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION".   TOP PHOTO SHOWS
THAT THE GRANDSTAND WAS PACKED LAST NIGHT.     YESTERDAY'S ATTENDANCE WAS 6,866.    THAT BEAT THE PREVIOUS SUNDAY RECORD OF 6,083.    THE FIVE DAY ATTENDANCE WAS 21,574, CLOSE TO THE RECORD OF 22,759 IN 2009.    
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF YESTERDAY WAS THE "HUG A HOG" CONTEST.
THE FIRST WOMAN ABOVE THAT CAUGHT THE  HOG AND PUT IT IN THE
BARRELL, WAS THE WINNER.    A MUDDY SPORT! 
THE FIRST ANNUAL KARAOKE CONTEST WAS HELD LAST NIGHT.    KMAQ'S ASHLEY STARR (ABOVE PHOTO) ENTERED AND DID VERY WELL.   THE
WINNER WAS DANIELLE CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.   CHARLES JENKENS TOOK
SECOND PLACE AND ELIZABETH McCLIMON TOOK THIRD.   BOTH ALSO
FROM MAQUOKETA.
THE 61 DRIVE-IN FLOAT WAS, I THOUGHT,  A WINNER.    BUT THE JUDGES DID NOT.   THANKS TO GRANDDAUGHTER SARA FROM BETTENDORF FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER. THAT'S GRANDSON JACOB FROM BETTENDORF ON FLOAT.    WE HAD ANOTHER GOOD WEEKEND AT THE 61, BUT EARLY THIS
MORNING, OUR SECOND BREAK-IN OF THE SEASON.  
THE PARADE WAS 70 MINUTES LONG, ON A 100-DEGREE DAY, AND IN THE LEAD WAS THE VFW (VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS) COLOR GUARD, ABOVE.
THE SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERT, FEATURING "38 SPECIAL" WAS WELL
ATTENDED...OVER 300 STANDING AROUND THE STAGE.   I DID NOT SEE IT
BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS A GOOD SHOW.   IN FACT, SON DAVID SAID IT WAS THE
BEST JACKSON COUNTY FAIR GRANDSTAND SHOW HE HAS EVER SEEN.
A VERY GOOD FAIR, 2012!    GOOD JOB LANNY AND YOUR BOARD!
AS I SEE IT, THE ONLY MAJOR IMPROVEMENT NEEDED, IS A STRONGER PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.    THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY
SLOW....HARDLY NO INTEREST IN THE HORSE PULL AND VERY FEW SENIOR
CITIZENS.....AND IT IS SENIOR CITIZEN DAY.
LEIGHTON AND I COVERED 5 FAIRS IN JULY....KEPT US BUSY.   WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD WHEN THEY ARE OVER.
YES..KMAQ IS  SPONSORING A BUS TRIP TO THE STATE FAIR AUGUST 15TH.
I'LL BE THE ESCORT.   SIGN-UP BY  CALLING, EMAILING OR STOPPING IN HERE ON NORTH MAIN STREET.
DENNIS VOY