Wednesday, July 15, 2015

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH OF 82.  
TOMORROW, 70% CHANCE OF RAIN, AND HIGH OF 78.
FRIDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 88.
WEEKEND, NO RAIN AND UPPER 80'S.

TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A ROLLOVER CRASH TUESDAY NEAR
DYERSVILLE.     BRET GEBHART, AGE 15, OF BELLEVUE AND WYATT SCHIFFER, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA.    BOTH WERE TAKEN TO MERCY
HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.    THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT 2 P.M. ON
U.S. 20.   ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, COLIN MEIER, AGE 19, OF
MAQUOKETA, WAS EASTBOUND ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN HE LOST
CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO SWITCH LANES.   HE ENTERED
THE SOUTH DITCH AND ROLLED HIS CAR.    THE TWO INJURED MEN
WERE PASSENGERS IN THE MEIER CAR.

RAILROAD FANS, THERE ARE A LOT OF RAILROAD DEPOT MUSEUMS....
DELMAR, MAQUOKETA AND I DROVE PAST ONE SUNDAY AT MENDOTA,
ILLINOIS.

SPORTS:    FOUR MAQUOKETA SOFTBALL PLAYERS HAVE RECEIVED POST-SEASON RECOGNITION TO THE WAMAC CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION TEAM.  NAMED TO THE SECOND TEAM WERE MCKENNA OWEN AS AN INFIELDER AND CASSIE RUPPERT AS A UTILITY PLAYER.   HONORABLE MENTION FOR MAQUOKETA WERE INFIELDER
LIZ GAVIN AND OUTFIELDER HANNA GRUENWALD.

WENT TO DEWITT'S "TUNES IN TOWN" EVENT LAST NIGHT AT LINCOLN PARK
IN DOWNTOWN DEWITT.   THE PARK WAS NEARLY PACKED.   WE STOOD IN LINE FOR FOOD FOR 40-MINUTES.  
"TUNES IN TOWN" (NOW IN SECOND YEAR) IS HELD FROM 6 UNTIL 8 EVERY
TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH A DIFFERENT BAND, A FOOD STAND BY SOMEONE
DIFFERENT, AND KID'S PLAY EACH WEEK.    THEY ARE BUILDING A BANDSHELL IN THE PARK AND THE BAND USED IT LAST NIGHT.
DEWITT'S DOWNTOWN PARK IS USED A LOT.

THE CLINTON COUNTY FAIR IS THIS WEEK IN DEWITT.
THE JONES COUNTY FAIR NEXT WEEK IN MONTICELLO.
AND THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, THE LAST WEEK OF JULY IN MAQUOKETA.

TOMORROW ON "JUST TALK" ON KMAQ, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR FLOWER SHOW WILL BE INTERVIEWED ON THE SHOW BY HOST LEIGHTON HEPKER.   REMEBER, THE MONDAY-FRIDAY 9:05 UNTIL 10 A.M "JUST TALK" SHOW IS "STREAMED" ON OUR HOME WEB PAGE AT WWW.KMAQ.COM.   ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY (OR WORLD) CAN LISTEN
BY TURNING ON THE LITTLE RADIO IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER.
ON THAT INTERNET RADIO, YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO THE KMAQ 7:45 A.M.....12:15 P.M. AND 5:05 P.M. LOCAL NEWS.

FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BASEBALL TEAM WILL PLAY A CLASS 3-A TOURNAMENT DISTRICT GAME AT DEWITT AGAINST DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, AT 4:45 P.M. WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY
MIC.    GO CARDINALS!

ON THE HOME PAGE OF KMAQ IS A BLOG WITH
KMAQ HISTORY...WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS.  
CLICK-ON IT WHEN YOU HAVE SOME TIME.
IT WILL TAKE AWHILE TO LOOK IT OVER.   
ADDED THIS WEEK...A LIST OF ALL PAST AND
PRESENT EMPLOYEES.   IF  YOU WORKED FOR 
KMAQ AND ARE NOT LISTED, LET ME KNOW AND
I WILL ADD YOUR NAME.

ALSO ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE IS A VOY
THEATRES/61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE BLOG WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION ON BOTH THEATRES AND PHOTOS OF ALL STAFF MEMBERS.  

KEEP COOL.  DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

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