SUNDAY DAILY

YESTERDAY WAS A BIG DAY FOR LEIGHTON HEPKER AND FAMILY AND
KMAQ, LEIGHTON'S SECOND HOME FOR 42 YEARS.    THE 2ND ANNUAL
MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS HALL OF FAME NIGHT WAS HELD AT THE CENTERSTONE INN.    LEIGHTON AND 4 OTHERS AND A STATE CROSS
COUNTRY TEAM WERE ALL INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME.
SHOWN ABOVE-L-R:      LEIGHTON'S BROTHER-IN-LAW FROM TYLER, TEXAS
AND  HIS WIFE AND LEIGHTON'S SISTER...LEIGHTON AND CINDY....COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH AND SON ADAM OF ARIZONA WITH 1 OF 2  OF LEIGHTON AND CINDY'S GRANDCHILDREN....AND SON JUSTIN AND HIS WIFE, BOTH
DOCTORS IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY.   ADAM'S WIFE AND
THE BABY GRANDCHILD NEEDED TO REMAIN IN ARIZONA.

LEIGHTON AND CINDY, FOLLOWING LEIGHTON'S SPEECH, LISTENING
TO THE OTHERS SPEAKING ON STAGE.

MAQUOKETA ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN ACCEPTING HER AWARD WITH MANY
HUMOUROUS (AND SERIOUS TOO) COMMENTS.

SAGE ROSENFELS, 12-YEAR NFL QUARTERBACK AND MAQUOKETA AND
IOWA STATE QUARTERBACK, RESPONDING WITH MANY AD-LIB COMMENTS,
ALSO BOTH HUMOUROUS AND SERIOUS.

MARY JO KLOPPENBERG STEAD OF ARIZONA ACCEPTS THE AWARD
PRESENTED TO HER AND HER HUSBAND JERRE.    HE COULD NOT BE
PRESENT BECAUSE OF A FOREIGN BUSINESS TRIP.   THE STEADS HAVE CONTRIBUTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, INCLUDING OVER $50 MILLION
TO THE NEW CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT THE  UNIVERSITY OF  IOWA, NOW
NAMED THE STEAD FAMILY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL.

BOB GAVIN, THE PUBLIC ADDRESS MIC VOICE OF THE CARDINALS, DID
A NICE JOB AS EMCEE.      IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY AND THE AUDIENCE
JOINED IN SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENING, ATTENDED BY WELL OVER 100 RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS.
THE CARDINAL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM OF 1986 WAS ALSO INDUCTED IN THE
HALL OF FAME.   TWO MEMBERS WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT AND PARENTS
FILLED IN.   SORRY, BUT I DID  NOT GET A PHOTO OF THE TEAM AND
THEIR COACH, CURT NELSON.

THE CARDINALS LOST THEIR FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW
FIELD AND NOW ARE 0 AND 2 AND READY TO START DISTRICT PLAY
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.   MORE LATER THIS WEEK.

THIS WEEKEND, 7 CHIMNEYS NO LONGER NEEDED, ARE BEING TAKEN
AWAY....OFF THE ROOF OF THE VOY 3 THEATRE 3-STORY BUILDING IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    CASEY CASEL (CASEL CONCRETE IN
MAQUOKETA)  IS AT WORK AND WAVING FOR MY CAMERA.
THE NEW MOVIE "IT" AS EXPECTED, HAS BEEN A BIG WEEKEND HIT
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND AT THE VOY THEATRE.

MAQUOKETA'S OWN....BLACK VELVET BAND....ENTERTAIN TONIGHT ON THE
FREE STAGE ON THE GREEN SPACE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA...FROM 6  UNTIL 8.   TONIGHT'S CONCERT SPOSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB.   BRING YOUR LAWNCHAIR.   FREE ICE CREAM.

MY GRANDSON JACOB'S FIRST HOMECOMING DANCE LAST NIGHT
AT PLEASANT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.    WOW JACOB, YOU LOOK NICE
AND SO DOES YOUR DATE.   HIS MOM IS LONNA AT MAQUOKETA STATE
BANK WEST SIDE OFFICE.   THEY LIVE IN BETTENDORF.

THE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE BEAUTIFUL IN MAQUOKETA AND THE
FORECAST FOR ALL OF THIS COMING WEEK ALSO IS GOOD.

DENNIS VOY