IN MAQUOKETA....IT IS SO NICE!
SO COLD.!     SO WINDY!

AND IT ALL COMES TO AN END BY TOMORROW MORNING, AND JUST BEFORE WINTER OFFICIALLY BEGINS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS!
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 19.    TOMORROW NIGHT A LOW OF 4.

AND  SO MUCH FOR THE WEATHER!

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET IN A SPEICIAL CLOSED-DOOR MEETING
(FOR MOST PART) AND THEN ANNOUNCED AFTER THAT THE CITY VOTED
4 TO 2 (THEDE ABSENT) TO PURCHASE THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT SO IT WILL NOT BE SOLD BY A DUBUQUE CREDIT UNION AND
TURNED INTO LOW INCOME APARTMENTS.
THE CITY WILL TRY NOW TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
OPERATE IT AS A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT.
THANKS TO OUR MAYOR, THE 1876 HISTORIC BUILDING WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A MAJOR FEATURE OF DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
IT WOULD COST MILLIONS TO BUILD ONE LIKE IT.    I BELIEVE WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT AND NEW IDEAS, IT WILL SOME DAY AGAIN BE A PROFITABLE
BUSINESS.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLUB HOPE HOSTED A MINI-DANCE MARATHON LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND RAISED
$9,711.   THE MONEY GOES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK.    GREAT JOB CLUB HOPE!
SPORTS ..  THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON AT DEWITT TUESDAY NIGHT, IN OT,
39 TO 31.   THE BOYS LOST LATER THAT NIGHT ON THE SAME SABER GYM, 47 TO 44.

BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, THE JUDGING OF THE KMAQ CHRISTMAS
LIGHTING CONTEST HAS BEEN DELAYED.    WE HOPE TO HAVE THE JUDGING COMPLETED AND WINNERS ANNOUNCED BY THE END OF THE WEEK,. 

HAPPY SNOW TRAILS TO YOU!

DENNIS VOY 

IT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS(ACTUALY LAST NIGHT) AND AT KMAQ, THE AUTOMATION SYSTEM WAS PLAYING CHRISTMAS MUSIC WHILE THE STAFF WAS AT BUDDE'S HOMETOWN RESTAURANT IN PRESTON. THERE IS NO RESTAURANT IN IOWA THAT HAS MORE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THAN BUDDE'S, ESPECIALLY INSIDE.
THE VOY 3 THEATRE SCREENS  WERE DARK.   THE THEATRE CLOSED FOR THE SPEICIAL EVENT.

IT WAS THE ANNUAL KMAQ-VOY THEATRE CHRISTMAS PARTY.
THERE WERE 5 TABLES AND WE WERE THE LAST TO BE SEATED!

MOST ENJOYED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CHEER BEFORE DINNER AND THEN WE ENJOYED A CHICKEN, HAM AND SHRIMP BUFFET WITH ALL THE
TRIMMINGS.    AND OH THE FOOD WAS GOOD.

IT WAS 36 DEGREES WITH A MIST WHEN WE ALL DROVE THE 15 MINUTE TRIP TO THE GREAT LITTLE JACKSON COUNTY TOWN.    ON THE WAY HOME,
32 DEGREES AND SNOWING....BUT WE ALL MADE IT FINE.

FROM THE HOMETOWN RESTAURANT, BACK TO THE TIMBER CITY AND TO
NANCY'S HOUSE, FOR.....GRASSHOPPERS.....CAKE AND ICE CREAM.

A LITTLE FRIENDLY CHATTER....GIFT OPENING....AND 9:15 THE PARTY
WAS OVER!
AND EVERYONE THEN WENT  HOME AND SETTLED DOWN FOR A LONG WINTER'S NIGHT.
WELL...IT REALLY WASN'T WINTER (BEGINS AT 5:12 TOMOROW MORNING)....
BUT THE NIGHT WAS A WINTER ONE ALRIGHT!
WE AT KMAQ AND THE THEATRE ALL LIKE CHRISTMAS...AND CHRISTMAS PARTIES!
 CLICK-ON THE ABOVE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY