NICE TODAY, HIGH OF 85.
RAIN AT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
HIGH TOMORROW, ONLY 57.
THEN, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE SUPER...SUNNY ALL 3 DAYS AND IN THE 70'S.

RESIDENTD IN BOTH PRESTON AND EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
PASSED A MEASURE TO MERGE THE TWO DISTRICTS INTO ONE, IN A SPECIAL JACKSON COUNTY ELECTION YESTERDAY.   THE NEW DISTRICT WILL BE CALLED EASTON VALLEY AND WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR.

THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT DREW A LARGER CROWD THAN IN THE PAST.    ABOUT 400 HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS
WERE SERVED TO ABOUT 500 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE EVENT.
THERE WAS ENTERTAINMENT AND FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

JOHN WILLIAMS, AGE 93, DIED SATURDAY AT A SUPPORTIVE LIVING
CENTER IN GENESEO.    IN THE 50'S AND 60'S, HE WORKED FOR MANN'S JEWELRY IN MAQUOKETA.     AFTER, FERN AND JOHN OWNED AND
OPERATED A VARIETY STORE IN DEWITT UNTIL RETIRING.   FERN
WORKED FOR KMAQ MANY YEARS AGO, AS A BOOKKEEPER.  
JOHN IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE FERN, DAUGHTER NANCY AND SON
ROGER.

MICHAEL RANDOLPH, AGE 54, DIED YESTERDAY IN GILVERT.
HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, AT ONE TIME WORKED IN THE MEAT
DEPARTMENT AT FAREWAY IN MAQUOKETA AND IN GILBERT, OWNED
A CABINET SHOP.   HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE BARBARA, 3 CHILDREN
AND 2 SISTERS, INCLUDING LAULEEN KRUMVIEDE AND MARGO
CHRISTENSEN BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND BROTHER LYNN RANDOLPH
OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.  ENJOY THE RAIN.

DENNIS VOY

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW AND REMEBER TO CLICK-ON THE
PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.

YESTERDAY, ROSS RIVER, WICK BUILDINGS DEALER IN MAQUOKETA AND
KMAQ'S LONGEST RUNNING ADVERTISER, STOPPED-IN AND INVITED ME
TO HIS SPECIAL GRAND OPENING OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART BEEF PRODUCTION FACILITY.    HE SOLD THE BUILDING TO JOHNSON VALLEY BEEF
JUST SOUTH OF ANDOVER.   I TOLD HIM I WOULD TRY TO MAKE IT ...  AND I
DID.   GOT THERE ABOUT 1:30 AND JUST IN TIME TO ENJOY A DELICIOUS BEEF DINNER,  FEATURING  BEEF PREPARED BY THE CLINTON COUNTY
CATTLEMEN AND ALL THE EXTRAS WITH IT, INCLUDING DESERT.
MET SEVERAL WICK REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAME TO IOWA FOR THE
EVENT.   THEN, OFF  TO THE BUILDING, SECOND PHOTO ABOVE, FOR THE
RIBBON-CUTTING AND LITTLE PROGRAM TO FOLLOW.     THIS BUILDING
WILL HOLD OVER 700 HEAD IN  SIX SECTIONS AND HAS A PIT CONTAINMENT FOR THE SLURRY WHICH GOES THROUGH RUBBER COVERED SLATS.
THE PIT UNDER SLATS IS 10 FEET DEEP AND A HUGE TANKER TRAILER PUMPS  THE SLURRY OUT WHEN IT IS FULL AND IT IS SPREAD (INJECTED) INTO THE SOIL ON THE  FARM, AND SERVES AS A VERY GOOD FERTILIZER.     THE RUBBER IS A NEW INOVATION.    IN THE PAST, THE CATTLE DID NOT LAY DOWN ON THE HARD WOOD SLATS  MUCH BUT WITH THE RUBBER OVER THEM, THEY LAY DOWN OVER HALF THE DAY AND THAT MEANS MORE, FASTER GAINS.
I'M TYPING THIS FROM MEMORY.....SO HOPE I'M GETTING IT RIGHT.
IN BOTTOM PHOTO, THE OWNERS OF THE BIG CATTLE OPERATION, WHERE
THEY FEED AROUND 2,000 HEAD AT ANY GIVEN TIME.   THEY HAVE OTHER BUILDINGS BESIDES THIS NEW ONE.   SHOWN IS SHERRIL JOHNSON AND SON JASON AND HIS WIFE.    WICK HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS SINCE 1954 AND HAS MORE THAN 69,000 BUILDINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY.     ROSS RIVER IS MAQUOKETA'S OLDEST MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, AT AGE 83.    HE STILL PUTS IN A GOOD 40-HOUR WEEK AND  HAS GOOD HELP FROM HIS
WIFE VIVIAN, WHO HAD TO SKIP THE RIBBON CUTTING AND THAT'S WHY  DIDN'T  GET HER IN THE PHOTO.     IF  YOU EVER WANT
TO SEE HOW CATTLEMEN TODAY RAISE THAT GOOD BEEF YOU PUT ON YOUR GRILL, GIVE ROSS A CALL AND HE'LL TAKE YOU TO SEE THE JOHNSON
PLACE OR ONE OF MANY OTHERS IN THE KMAQ AREA. 
THANKS FOR THE INVITE ROSS.  I  WAS THERE TWO  HOURS AND LEARNED A
LOT.    AND THANKS FOR BUYING COMMERCIALS ON KMAQ THE FIRST WEEK
WE WENT ON THE AIR IN 1958 AND EVERY WEEK SINCE.
DENNIS VOY