Tuesday, January 31, 2017

TUESDAY DAILY

IT'S A GREAT SHOW!    NANCY AND I SAW IT SUNDAY AND IT WAS WAY BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.    SHOWING NOW AT VOY TWO THEATRE.
TUESDAY NIGHT IS ALWAYS BARGAIN NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS ALWAYS FREE POPCORN NIGHT.
DON'T MISS "LA LA LAND" 


LAST NIGHT THE MAQUOEKTA GIRLS DEFEATED
SOLON 70 TO 67.
TONIGHT, THE GIRLS PLAY AT MT. VERNON
AND THE BOYS HOST MT. VERNON.
MATT CLARK WILL BROADCAST TONIGHT'S GIRLS
GAME, STARTING AT 7:20 P.M.


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Monday, January 30, 2017

MONDAY DAILY

REHEARSALS START THIS THURSDAY FOR THE DRAMA "TWELVE ANGRY JURORS", BEING PRODUCED BY THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS  CENTER IN
MAQUOKETA AND THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS, MAQUOKETA'S LITTLE THEATRE
GROUP.    THE PLAY WILL BE DIRECTED BY KAITLIN LUETT AND LEVI
BURZLAFF AND WILL BE PRESENTED AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER
AT 7 P.M. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 10TH AND 11TH AND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, MARCH 12TH AT 2 P.M.     THE CAST ABOVE (MISSING RICHARD HALL)....STANDING, KAITLIN LUETT, ONE OF DIRECTORS.      TOP OF PHOTO AND AROUND THE TABLE:     PAULA BLAKE....SHAWN VAZQUEZ....ASHLEY
REITER....ROBYN LANE....BECKY CLAUS....MICHELLE KELLY....KELLY DARR....JIM PARMATER....WILLIAM OTTOMAN....JUNE WAHL....AND STEVE FISHWILD.

FRIDAY NIGHT:   AT DEWITT, MAQUOKETA BOYS 74, DEWITT 50
DEWITT GIRLS, 51, MAQUOKETA 43.

BOWLING FRIDAY:   THE CARDINALS SPLIT WITH VINTON-SHELLSBURG...
THE BOYS WINNING 3162 TO 2775 AND THE GIRLS LOST, 2516 TO 2399.

WRESTLING SATURDAY AT WILLIAMSBURG, WAMAC CONFERENCE MEET.
SOLON WON IT.    MAQUOKETA FINISHED IN A TIE WITH ANAMOSA FOR LAST PLACE.

TONIGHT, THE GIRLS HOST SOLON IN MAKE-UP GAMES.

 
CLIFF AND BARB MERRICK CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT.   NANCY AND I WERE THERE FOR DINNER AND RAN INTO CLIFF AND BARB AND FAMILY IN THE LOBBY BEFORE THEIR FAMILY DINNER AND GOT THIS PICTURE.
I TOOK 3 PHOTOS AND DARN, BARB HAD HER EYES CLOSED ON ALL 3....BUT THE  PHOTO IS VERY NICE REGARDLESS.    GOOD LOOKIN' COUPLE FOR 50 YEARS.   
WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED ON JANUARY 28 FIFTY YEARS AGO, MAQUOKETA HAD A BAD SNOW STORM.
FRIENDS FROM CHICAGO COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE WEDDING.
THEY WERE MARRIED AT SACRED  HEART'S OLD CHURCH
ON EAST PLATT STREET.   THE DAY AFTER, THEY WENT TO MINNESOTA TO
VISIT HIS SISTER AND THEN WITHIN 6 DAYS, HE (PFC MERRICK) WAS IN VIET NAM.   HE WAS THERE FOR A YEAR.    THAT OCTOBER, HE MET BARB
IN HAWAII FOR A 7-DAY R & R ARMY LEAVE.     AFTER BEING DISCHARGED,
BACK TO MAQUOKETA.   MANY OF YOU REMEMBER BARB FOR HER WORK
AT SUNSHINE SCHOOL AND CLIFF HAS BEEN A LONGTIME CARPENTER IN
MAQUOKETA.   BOTH ARE ACTIVE IN THE POST 75 AMERICAN LEGION AND
LEGION AUXILIARY.   

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Friday, January 27, 2017

FRIDAY DAILY

TONIGHT... 
6 P.M.   CARDINAL GIRLS AT DEWITT
7:30      CARDINAL BOYS AT  DEWITT
BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ AM-FM AND WEB HOME PAGE
ON THE AIR AT 5:50
MATT CLARK AT THE MIKE

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

WEDNESDAY DAILY

LAST NIGHT:
MAQUOKETA GIRLS 50, WEST DELAWARE 43
WEST DELAWARE BOYS 79, MAQUOKETA 37

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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER WAS "ROCKIN'" SATURDAY NIGHT TO THE
"DENNY AND THE DC DRIFTERS REMEMBERING THE FABULOUS 50'S SHOW".
VERY GOOD SHOW AND A GOOD ATTENDANCE.   DENNY IN THE MIDDLE
AND BAND MEMBER ON THE RIGHT HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINING SINCE
THE MID 60'S.    ALSO IN THE SHOW, THE DRUMMER.... AND WOMAN AT THE
ELECTRIC PIANO ....AND ONE OTHER SINGER NOT ON STAGE WHEN I TOOK
THE PHOTO.    THEY WENT OUT INTO THE AUDIENCE A LOT TOO AND PEOPLE
LIKE THAT.   QUITE A FEW DANCED UP BY THE STAGE.    THAT 55 CHEVY
(I THINK IT WAS A 55) IS OWNED BY A MAQUOKETAN WHOSE NAME I DIDN'T GET.   IT LOOKED GREAT UP THERE ON STAGE.

PHIL ROEDER AND
 KURT ULRICH
HAVE A PHOTO DISPLAY NOW AT THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, IT WAS MEET THE
PHOTOGRAPHERS TIME AND A NICE TURNOUT
WAS THERE TO VIEW THEIR VARIETY OF
PHOTOS.    HOPE YOU CAN STOP IN SOMETIME
SOON AND TAKE A LOOK.    NO CHARGE. 
PHIL HAS LIVED IN DES MOINES A LONG TIME
(NOW WITH DES MOINES SCHOOL DISTRICT) AND KURT AND BOBBI ARE RETIRED AND LIVE IN THE COUNTRY NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. 
BOB OSTERHAUS, THE BARTENDER.   THERE IS ALWAYS FREE AREA WINE AT MAE EVENTS, WITH DONATIONS ALWAYS APPRECIATED. 

 HERE'S A PHOTO OF A CHRISTMAS SNOWFLAKE
THAT WILL BE USED NEXT CHRISTMAS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    IT WAS PUT UP SO
MERCHANTS AND THE PUBLIC CAN GET A SNEAK PREVIEW.
THIS WEEK, THEY ARE PLACING BIG SPEAKERS ON MANY OF THE POLES FOR DOWNTOWN MUSIC AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS.    AGAIN, UNDERGROUND WIRING.

TODAY, THE ABOVE MOVIE WAS NOMINATED FOR
14 ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR.   IT STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE.   "HIDDEN FIGURES" RATED PG, ALSO WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE AND IT IS SHOWING NOW AT THE THEATRE AND WILL BE HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER WEEK.

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Friday, January 20, 2017

FRIDAY DAILY

51 DEGREES IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW

RICH AT OHNWARD IS HAPPY TO PRESENT AT OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER.....

THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE OSCAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK AND
"HIDDDEN FIGURES" WILL BE NOMINATED FOR BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR. 
HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER BIG WEEK AT THE VOY THREE THEATRES.

ABOVE, HELD OVER FOR A 2ND BIG WEEK AT THE VOY THREE THEATRE

THIS BRAND NEW MOVIE OPENS NATION-WIDE AND AT THE VOY
THREE THEATRE, TONIGHT.

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

THURSDAY DAILY

      92 PERCENT OF AMERICANS LIKE POPCORN!

IT WAS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY THAT WE HAD THE
BIG DOWNTOWN FIRE IN MAQUOKETA.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

WEDNESDAY DAILY

BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BEAT ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT AT THE
MAQUOKETA GYM.

 THIS SUNDAY...GO PACKERS!

1988 PHOTO ABOVE.

WHO IS SHE?  ON KMAQ HOME PAGE,
CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLOG AND FIND OUT.
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Friday, January 13, 2017

FRIDAY DAILY

YESTERDAY, AT CASCADE. THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOWLERS
DEFEATED CASCADE.
GIRLS:   2052 TO 1835    ALLISON FURNE AND KELSEY DODDS WERE HIGH
FOR THE CARDS WITH 2-GAME SERIES OF 302 AND 307.
BOYS:    3091 TO 2412.    SETH McDERMOTT, A 438 (214 AND 224) AND
LUKE BRAME, A 423 (204 AND 231)

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM HOSTS WESTERN DUBUQUE
TONIGHT.

MAQUOKETA'S BAD WEATHER WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

THURSDAY DAILY


STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE


 "HIDDEN FIGURES" STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE 
GO PACKERS!    THERE ARE A LOT OF PACKER FANS IN THE KMAQ-AREA.
SOME DALLAS FANS TOO....INCLUDING MY SON RICK WHO EMAILED THE
BELOW TO ME THIS MORNING.





THE IOWA HAWKEYES PLAY PURDUE TONIGHT...SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME.


ANDY McKEAN HAS HIS FIRST WEEK ABOUT IN.
LOWER LEFT CORNER IS WIFE CONNIE WHO
IS HIS ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY.

NOTHING NEW ON THE SHOOTING MONDAY NIGHT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HAS BEEN GIVEN A $20,000 GIFT.   SHOULD HAVE
MORE ABOUT IT TOMORROW. 
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

WEDNESDAY DAILY

THERE IS A NEW LIGHT POLE WITH TWO LIGHTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF KMAQ.
I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.   THEY PLACED THE POLE YESTERDAY AND TODAY THE ELECTRICIAN FROM DAVENPORT IS WIRING UP THE LIGHTS.   IF THE
WEATHER DOESN'T GET TOO BAD THIS AFTERNOON, THESE 2 LIGHTS AND
OTHERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MAIN WILL BE TURNED ON TONIGHT.   THERE
ARE LOTS OF WIRES TO HOOK UP AT EACH POLE BASE.   AND AS YOU CAN SEE ABOVE, THERE IS A RECESSED BOX IN THE SIDEWALK (NEXT TO EACH POLE) WITH MORE WIRING, ETC.


ABOVE, MATT NOTZ, THE NEW MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DIRECTOR (MANAGER) SPEAKING TO THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
THIS AFTERNOON.    THE CAR SALESMAN TURNED CHAMBER PERSON IS EXCITED ABOUT HIS NEW JOB.     HIS WIFE IS A BEAUTICIAN AND SHE
OWNS THE SALON, "PURE", ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT.   THEY OWN THAT BUILDING AND UPSTAIRS THEY HAVE FIXED-UP RENTED TWO
APARTMENTS.   THEY HAVE A 7 YEAR OLD SON.

THE BASKETBALL GAMES LAST NIGHT WERE POSTPONED BECAUSE OF
THE WEATHER.     BAD FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AGAIN.

THERE WAS A SHOOTING MONDAY NIGHT IN A TRAILER COURT OFF EAST PLATT STREET.    VICTIM IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED AND JAILED IN MAQUOKETA.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

TUESDAY DAILY



IN BOYS BASKETBALL...THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT AND THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE
HOME PAGE, WITH MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.   HE WILL
START HIS PRE-GAME SHOW AT 7:20.   

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Monday, January 09, 2017

MONDAY DAILY

SOME OLD PHOTOS WERE LOANED TO ME FOR THIS DAILY.    LOWER RIGHT
IS OF MAQUOKETA'S FAMOUS  RACE HORSE "BILLY THE GREAT".

APPARENTLY IN THE LOW-40'S WHEN THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR WAS NOT HELD BECAUSE OF THE WAR, MAQUOKETA DID HOST HARNESS RACES
AND ALSO A PRETTY LARGE HORSE SHOW.
HARRIS PENROSE WAS A LONGTIME BUSINESSMAN AND CATTLEMAN
IN MAQUOKETA.   
NANCY JO MOORE STILL LIKES HORSES.

NOT A VERY NICE DAY TODAY....A COUPLE HOURS OF SNOW.

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