FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

NEARLY 4-INCHES OF RAIN IN MAQUOKETA THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
BELLEVUE HAD AROUND 6 INCHES LAST NIGHT.
NO RAIN AND IN 70'S TOMORROW.
BUT RAIN AGAIN SUNDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK FOR SEVERAL YEARS HAS HELD TWO OR
THREE "GRILLING FOR CHARITY" PARKING LOT COOKOUTS EACH YEAR.
TODAY, THEY HAD THE FIRST ONE FOR 2015.    IT WAS HELD IN THEIR
NORTH PARKING LOT DOWNTOWN WHERE THEY PUT UP A COUPLE
TENTS AND TABLES AND CHAIRS, ALSO TENTS FOR BANK EMPLOYEES
WHO SERVE THE FOOD.    THE MENU TODAY.... HAMBURGER OR BRAT,
CHIPS, ORANGE DRINK AND COOKIE.   DONATION ONLY WITH A SUGGESTED
AMOUNT OF $5.    THIS MORNING, DESPITE HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT,
AND NO SUNSHINE, THE EVENT WENT ON WITH MAYBE SOME SPRINKLES,
AND WAS A BIG SUCCESS.    THE MONEY TODAY WILL BE DONATED BY
M-S-B TO THE JACKSON COUNTY GRADE LEVEL READING PROGRAM.
TODAY'S TOTAL TO CONTRIBUTE WAS $2,274.   THAT'S THE 5TH HIGHEST RAISED BY THE SUMMER EVENT.    IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THE NEW READING PROGRAM,  THE LIBRARY CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
OR, CONTACT LINDA (O'BRIEN) NUDD, OF BELLEVUE AND FORMERLY OF
MAQUOKETA WHO RUNS THE PROGRAM ON A PART TIME BASIS.    THE BANK THANKS ALL WHO ATTENDED TODAY 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M. COOKOUT.
I WAS THERE AND THE BRAT WAS BIG AND VERY, VERY GOOD.    I ALMOST DONATED AGAIN AND WENT FOR A SECOND.   

THE FAMOUS MAQUOKETA HARNESS RACE HORSE "BILLY THE GREAT" WILL BE HONORED WITH A GRANITE BOULDER DURING A BRIEF 1:30 p.m. PROGRAM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.

A TWO-CAR CAR ACCIDENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON ON THE BELLEVUE
CASCADE ROAD.    THE DRIVERS....MARK BANOWETZ, 47, OF BELLEVUE AND ERIC WILBERS, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA.     BANOWETZ WAS PULLING
A TRAILER AND TURNING INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE AND WILBERS ATTEMPTED TO PASS ON THE LEFT UNAWARE HE WAS GOING TO TURN.       NO CITATIONS.
NO INJURIES.    $6 ,000 DAMAGE TO THE BANOWETZ 2003 CHEVY AND
$3,500 TO THE WILBERS SATURN.

WONDER WHAT YEAR?    THOR (RETIRED) AND WIFE LINDA (SAGERS) LIVE
IN DUBUQUE.    ANYBODY REMEMBER THE RAZZBERRY BAR?

FAIR TIME  IS GETTING CLOSE.
JIM ED BROWN DIED YESTERDAY AT THE AGE OF 80 (CANCER) AND I
REMEBER THAT HE ENTERTAINED ONE SUMMER AT THE JACKSON COUNTY
FAIR.    I KNOCKED ON HIS RV DOOR...HE ANSWERED AND I  DID A RADIO
INTERVIEW WITH HIM.   I STOOD ON THE GROUND, HE STOOD IN THE
DOORWAY AND I LIFTED THE MIKE UP TO GET HIS ANSWERS.  I HAVE THE TAPE SOMEWHERE.    HE HAD A GREAT CAREER.   
I RAN ACROSS THIS PHOTO THE OTHER DAY WHEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN MY OFFICE...ALSO TAKEN AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
LONG TIME AND POUNDS AGO.

LASSIE'S OWNER AND TRAINER, RUDD WEATHERWAX,  DIED AT AGE 77 IN 1985...AND JUDGING BY THIS PHOTO, HIS SHOW HERE MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND 1980.     LASSIE BARKED FOR ME OVER THE AIR.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com