TODAY A NICE WINTER DAY...
HAS BEEN GREAT FOR THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW...
HIGH TODAY IN THE TEENS AND THE REST OF THE WEEK WE WILL
BE IN THE 30'S.
TODAY WAS BEEF DAY AND WE RAN OUT OF BURGERS AT 1 P.M. AND
THEN USED UP SOME PORK LOINS LEFT FROM LAST NIGHT AND RAN OUT
OF THOSE BY 1:30. RAN OUT OF BEANS AND CHIPS TOO. SO FOR THE
AFTERNOON WE HAD HOTDOGS, POP AND COFFEE. THE END OF SHOW
....4:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED DURING THE NOON HOUR BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE WINNERS:
L TO R...GENE, JOE AND KHRISTIAN
YESTERDAY, KMAQ HAD 34 ENTRIES FOR THE BAKING CONTEST THAT CALLED FOR ANYTHING BAKED WITH CHOCOLATE INCLUDED. THE WINNERS BELOW:
ABOVE WINNER, CINDY SCHLECHT
ABOVE 2ND PLACE WINNER, VIOLA KILBURG
ABOVE, 3RD PLACE WINNER BEATRICE GAVIN
HONORABLE MENTION, LIZ LINDSTROM
HONORABLE MENTION, DEBBIE WATTERS
BROOKE BYAM SINGING WITH HER GRANDFATHER RED HENTON
BROOKE AND FRIENDS WILL BE ENTERTAINING THE PUBLIC VALENTINE
NIGHT, SATURDAY FEB 14TH, AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. AND SHE WILL ALSO HEADLINE THE SHOW FOR THE ANNUAL JACKSON-CLINTON COUNTY DAIRY ASSOCIATION BANQUET AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ON MARCH 28TH.
THIS PHOTO FROM THE STAGE AT NOON TODAY. BIG TURNOUT.
RIGHT, AMBER MATHIESEN, JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTOR IN THE EXTENSION BOOTH. WE THANK HER FOR HELPING AGAIN THIS YEAR LINING UP PRESENTERS AT OUR SEMINARS.
KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER OVERLOOKING THE CROWD.
AGAIN THIS YEAR (THIS SUMMER, STARTING HIS 41ST YEAR AT KMAQ) HE WAS THE PRODUCER-DIRECTOR OF THE SHOW. LOTS OF WORK WITH HELP FROM KMAQ'S THREE SALES REPS, ROXANNE CLAUSING, LOIS FISCHER AND DEB GERARDY.
THANKS TO THE EXHIBITORS, THE KMAQ STAFF, THE JACKSON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS, THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN, PEARSON
CONVENTION CENTER MANAGER LANNY SIMPSON....AND YOU THAT ATTENDED....FOR MAKING THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW
A BIG SUCCESS
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
DENNIS VOY, KMAQ OWNER