WEDNESDAY DAILY

THE KMAQ SIDEWALK IS NEARLY DONE.     THE ABOVE POURED THIS MORNING AND STILL WET.     NOTE THE  "PICTURE FRAME"  SURROUNDING EACH SEGMENT....ABOUT 6 INCHES WIDE.    THE BRICK, COMING LATER, WILL BE IN THE NARROW SEGMENT UPPER RIGHT, ALONG THE CURB.    LOOKS GREAT ALREADY AND WILL BE  REALLY GREAT WHEN FINISHED.

WHO IS THIS "BUSY, IMPORTANT, TALENTED" MAN IN MAQUOKETA?  GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE....WWW.KMAQ.COM....AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BUTTON.

THE FAIR STARTS WITH THE PARADE AT 6 TONIGHT.   IT WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ, INCLUDING WEB SITE HOME PAGE AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND TURN-ON THE LITTLE RADIO.   TOOK THESE PHOTOS
THIS AFTERNOON:

FOR  FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS, WE WILL NOT DO OUR BROADCAST OF PARADE FROM IN FRONT OF KMAQ.    WE WILL BE UP ON THE GRASS AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH ABOVE.

THE LIONS CLUB FOOD STAND IN FIRST WARD PARK ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE.

IN FRONT OF SENIOR CENTER, WITH CHAIRS FOR
SENIORS AT THE STREET AND FOOD STANDS IN BACK.   MANAGER GAY STORLIE AND VOLUNTEERS
WORKED ALL DAY GETTING READY FOR THEIR
FIRST-EVER FAIR PARADE FOOD STAND.

APPROACHING THE FAIR GROUNDS.      FLAGS COURTESY OF MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB.  PARKING LOT TO LEFT, TICKET BOOTH IN MIDDLE.    SIGNS ACROSS THE ROAD ARE OF THE SPONSORS OF
THE FAIR.

FAIRGROUNDS AND CARNIVAL AS SEEN FROM EAST PLATT STREET.

 CAMPGROUNDS NORTH OF TRACK, OWNED BY
 FAIRBOARD, STARTING TO FILL UP.

THE FAIRGROUNDS  BEHIND THE CORN, AS SEEN
FROM CARDINAL SCHOOL.

HI HO..COME TO THE FAIR.

WHEN NOT AT THE FAIR, KEEP YOUR DIAL SET TO
KMAQ AM OR FM.   LEIGHTON AND I WILL BE
BROADCASTING FROM THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE GROUNDS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING
TOMORROW, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
KMAQ WENT ON-THE-AIR IN 1958 AFTER THE FAIR
WAS OVER THAT YEAR.    SO, THE FIRST FAIR 
WE BROADCAST FROM WAS THE 1959 FAIR, AND
WE HAD A FIRST-ANNIVERSARY TENT, WITH A 
SIGN-UP FOR FREE RADIOS.   I WAS THERE OF
COURSE.     THE ONLY TWO FAIRS I DID NOT COVER
WERE THE 1963 AND 1964 FAIRS, WHEN I WAS IN
THE ARMY.    LEIGHTON HEPKER HAS COVERED 
EVERY JACKSON COUNTY FAIR FOR KMAQ SINCE
1975.
DENNIS VOY