WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

ANOTHER NICE, NO RAIN, DAY...PT. SUNNY AND MID TO UPPER 70'S.    RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT DRY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM LAST NIGHT WON BOTH GAMES
OF A DOUBLE-HEADER, DEFEATING INDEPENDENCE 16 TO 0 AND 10 TO 2.
IN FIRST GAME, CASSIE RUPPERT THREW A NO-HITTER AND STRUCK OUT
10 BATTERS.    IN THE SECOND GAME, LIZ GAVIN WENT 3 FOR 4 WITH
4 RBI'S.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST A DOUBLEHEADER TO DYERSVILLE
BECKMAN, 13 TO 0 AND 9 TO 2.

A MAQUOKETA MAN SHOT A 65 LAST WEEK AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.   HE'S A FORMER PRO.    READ ABOUT HIM ON THE ROTARY
WEB BLOG....GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BUTTON.

LUCKY KIDS!    THE EASTON VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD, MEETING AT PRESTON, HAS APPROVED A TRIP NEXT JUNE FOR THE BAND AND CHORUS, TO
DISNEYLAND.    IT IS ESTAMATED THE COST WILL BE ABOUT $900 PER STUDENT BUT THE COST CAN BE OFFSET BY FUNDRAISING.    THEY
WILL PERFORM DOWN THERE TOO.

ANOTHER CLIPPING FROM MY 1945 MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER...

AND FROM THE 1981 NEWSPAPER....

THIS WAS MAQUOKETA'S FIRST INDUSTRIAL PARK.   IT IS FILLED NOW.
THE SECOND PARK IS SOUTH OF THE CITY WITH SOME OPENINGS.
DARRELL HICKS AND GARY BUDD ARE NO LONGER LIVING.    NOTE...
NO GRAY HAIR.

A BIRTH:   ROXANNE (ON SALES STAFF HERE AT KMAQ) AND MIKE CLAUSING
ARE THE PARENTS OF ANOTHER GRANDCHILD BORN THIS MORNING AT 5:30 A.M. TO THEIR DAUGHTER NICOLE AND HUSBAND GREG IN CLARION HOSPITAL.    THEY ACTUALLY LIVE AT BELMON, ABOUT 15 MINUTES AWAY.
TWO BROTHERS ALSO WELCOME LITTLE CORA RENEE, WHO WEIGHS  8 POUNDS AND IS 20 INCHES LONG.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MOM, DAD, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA.

NICE WAY TO END A DAILY REPORT.    WHEN A NEW BABY IS BORN IN
YOUR FAMILY, EMAIL PHOTO AND INFORMATION.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTO AND STORY ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S FARM BUREAU
MEETING IN BELLEVUE THAT NANCY AND I ATTENDED.    KMAQ IS
A FARM BUREAU MEMBER.

THANKS AGAIN FOR CHECKING IN.
SEE YOU TOMORROW HERE AND ON THE RADIO.

DON'T FORGET THE AUCTION SHOW ON KMAQ TONIGHT AT 5:45.

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JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU

JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU IS HEALTHY AND GROWING WITH 1,717 MEMBERS, UP FROM 1,684.     LAST NIGHT, THE ANNUAL DINNER MEETING WAS HELD AT THE HORIZON HALL IN BELLEVUE.    NICE WEATHER, TURNOUT,
DINNER AND PROGRAM.    TONY PORTZ OF SPRINGBROOK AREA CONDUCTED THE MEETING.   HE IS  NOW IN HIS SECOND AND FINAL YEAR AS
PRESIDENT.

ABOVE, THE GUEST SPEAKER, RITA COOK, ASSISTANT FIELD SPECIALIST FOR THE "COALITION TO SUPPORT IOWA'S FARMERS".    THIS ORGANIZATION IS 10 YEARS OLD, HAS A STAFF OF THREE, AND HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS IN
DES MOINES.    IT OFFERS LOTS OF FREE SERVICES TO IOWA FARMERS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT IT'S WEB SITE....WWW.SUPPORTFARMERS.COM.    RITA PRESENTED A POWER-POINT
PROGRAM WITH MANY INTERESTING FACTS.    BELOW, THE SLIDE SHE PUT UP SHOWING THAT AGRICULTURE IS A HUGE FACTOR IN JACKSON COUNTY'S
ECONOMY.