WEDNESDAY DAILY

LAST NIGHT AT MOUNT VERNON, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED
MOUNT VERNON, 61 TO 46.   ABE BECKER WAS LEADING SCORER.

THE CARDINAL GIRLS, HERE, LOST TO MOUNT VERNON 54 TO 40.

TUESDAY DAILY

MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT MT. VERNON TONIGHT.  MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE
GAME RIGHT HERE ON KMAQ HOME PAGE, AT 7:20.

THE BLACK VELVET BAND ENTERTAINS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7TH, AT KMAQ
FARM AND HOME SHOW, FROM 5:15 UNTIL 7:15.

ALSO WEDNESDAY AT FARM SHOW, AT 2 P.M., ONE BLACK-OUT BINGO GAME
WITH A $100 BILL AS THE PRIZE.    WE WILL GIVE YOU THE CARD TO PLAY.
YOU NEED TO BRING SOMETHING TO COVER OVER THE NUMBERS.
IN CASE OF TIE, A $50 BILL TO EACH WINNER.

GO MAQUOKETA CARDINAL TONIGHT.
GO HAWKEYES TONIGHT.
GO BUSCH TONIGHT.

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SUNDAY DAILY

THE WAMAC WRESTLING TOURNAMENT WAS HELD YESTERDAY IN BOTH
GYMS AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHSTER TOOK FIRST PLACE.
MAQUOKETA CAME IN LAST.
HAD A FULL HOUSE TO WATCH.
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE CAKE AUCTION BETWEEN THE GIRLS AND BOYS
VARSITIY GAMES, THE TOP CAKE, WENT FOR $475 TO GROUP OF 2016-17
GRADS.    THE LIVE AUCTION AND SILENT AUCTION TOGETHER RESULTED
IN AROUND $6,000 FOR THE BOOSTER CLUB, ONE OF THE BEST
CAKE AUCITONS EVER.

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SATURDAY DAILY

LAST NIGHT, BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS WON
THEIR GAMES OVER DEWITT, HERE.
GIRLS:   MAQUOKETA 56, DEWITT 38
BOYS:   MAQUOKETA 68, DEWITT 58
TODAY,  THE WAMAC WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IS BEING  HELD
AT BOTH MCHS GYMS.

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FRIDAY DAILY

THE ABOVE MOVIE "HOSTILES" STARTS NATIONWIDE TONIGHT AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
IT IS 2 1/2 HOURS LONG.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT IN A GIRL-BOY DOUBLE HEADER TONIGHT.
GIRLS AT 6 AND BOYS AT 8.    CAKE AUCTION BETWEEN GAMES.
LEIGHTON HEPKER, FILLING IN FOR MATT CLARK, WILL BROADCAST BOTH
GAMES ON KMAQ AM, FM AND THE HOME WEB PAGE.   HE WILL GO ON THE
AIR AT 5:50.   BOTH GAMES SHOULD BE GOOD.
THE CARDINAL BOWLERS ARE AT VINTON TODAY.
YESTERDAY, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WERE IN A QUAD RANGULAR
AT CENTER POINT.     THE CARDS  LOST TO  SOUTH TAMA, 66 TO 15....
LOST TO MAQUOKETA VALLEY, 60 TO 24 AND LOST TO CENTER POINT
URBANA 45 TO 36 .

THIS GREAT MOVIE HAS BEEN HELD OVER FOR STILL ANOTHER WEEK AT
THE VOY THEATRE.

ABOVE, THE "FIELD OF DREAMS" AT DYERSVILLE....FROM THE MOVIE
OF SAME TITLE.    OVER 100,000 VISIT IT ANNUALLY.   EARLY THIS WEEK,
AT NIGHT, SOMEONE WITH BIG PICKUP,  DROVE AROUND IT AND CAUSED
4 INCH TIRE CUTS.    MONEY IS BEING RAISED TO FIX IT BEFORE IT OPENS
APRIL 1ST.

THIS NEW MOVIE ALSO OPENS NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
TONIGHT.

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WEDNESDAY DAILY

THE MOTEL BEHIND McDONALDS AT MAQUOKETA STARTED OFF AS A NEW
"SUPER 8 MOTEL" BUILDT AND OWNED BY McDONALDS OWNER GLEN KARPINSKI OF GALENA.    I'M GUESSING THIS WAS NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO.
THE SUPER 8 CHAIN HAS MOTELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IS THE LARGEST BUDGET CHAIN IN THE U.S. 
A FEW YEARS AGO, KARPINSKI CHANGED IT TO "MAQUOKETA INN AND SUITES".   NO MORE FRANCHISE FEE TO PAY.
HE THEN SOLD IT TO A. J. SPIEGEL OF PEOSTA  WHO RAN IT A COUPLE YEARS AND RECENTLY IT WAS SOLD BY  HIM TO A FOREIGN GROUP.    AND THEY NOW HAVE MADE IT PART OF A LARGE NATIONWIDE CHAIN AGAIN.

TODAY,  NEW SIGNS WENT UP.    THE ONE BELOW IS VERY  HIGH TO BE
SEEN FROM 4-LANE HIGHWAY 61.

THE WEB SITE SAYS "ECONOLODGE" ROOMS ARE PRICED AT $47 AND
UP PLUS TAXES.  

MAQUOKETA'S OTHER CHAIN MOTEL IS "CENTERSTONE INN & SUITES" AT
THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE DOWNTOWN, STARTING AGAIN NEXT MONTH, AT
"THE DECKER HOTEL".
AND FOR BED AND BREAKFAST FANS, THERE IS "SQUIRES MANOR BED AND
BREAKFAST".   IT IS OPEN AND FOR SALE AND THERE IS A PENDING BUYER, A COUPLE FROM CALIFORNIA.
TWO MOTELS THAT HOSTED MAQUOKETA VISITORS FOR MANY YEARS WERE THE "KEY MOTEL" AND THE "LAZY J" MOTEL, BOTH TORN DOWN WITHIN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS.

LAST NIGHT THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED WEST DELAWARE IN

OVERTIME, 52 TO 51,  AND THE GIRLS LOST THEIR GAME TO WEST DELAWARE, 67 TO 65.

MONDAY NIGHT, IN A MAKE-UP DUAL MEET, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS

LOST TO MT. VERNON, 70 TO 6.

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NO TUESDAY DAILY

MONDAY DAILY

 

THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL MEETING WAS

HELD SATURDAY NIGHT AT TIMBER EVENT CENTER AT TIMBER LANES.

TOP PHOTO,  THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE HONORED:   FROM LEFT

TO RIGHT:   DAVID NEUMANN 15 YEARS OF SERVICE....MATT TRANEL, THE

NEW CHEIF AND 15 YEARS...,.MARK BECK, FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR AND 20 YEARS AS THE CHIEF....DOUG GONNER, 35 YEARS....BOB LANE, 30 YEARS....

MARTY BALLIU, 20 YEARS....BRANDON VORBECK, 10 YEARS....AND GREG

BOPES, 5 YEARS.      MIKE DEMOSS 10 YEARS AND STEVE FRETT WERE

UNABLE TO ATTEND.    ABOUT 75 FIREFIGHTERS AND GUESTS WERE 

IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE DINNER, CATERED BY KALMES CATERING.

TWO ABOVE PHOTOS BY:  SHERI MELVOLD

 

THE ABOVE MOVIE IS STILL SHOWING AT THE VOY THEATRE, BUT MUST
END THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.


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SUNDAY DAILY

ONE OF THE "BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY"?    NO!   THE FIRST AND ONLY
COVERED BRIDGE IN JACKSON COUNTY, A NEW JACKSON COUNTY TOURISM
ATTRACTION.   DENNIS AND JEANIE ALTHAUS BUILDT IT ON THEIR PROPERTY
2 MILES NORTH OF ST. DONATUS.   YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HIGHWAY 52.
LAST APRIL, THE LANE TO THEIR HOUSE WAS AGAIN COVERED BY 3 FEET OF
FLOODING LUX CREEK.    THEY DECIDED TO BUILD A BRIDGE SO THEY
WOULD NEVER  AGAIN HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND DECIDED TO GO THE EXTRA MILE AND MAKE IT A COVERED BRIDGE.   IT IS 68 FEET LONG,  19 FEET
WIDE AND 12 FEET HIGH AND SITS ATOP CONCRETE PIERS WHICH GO DOWN TO THE BEDROCK.   THE BRIDGE IS MADE OF TWO FLATBED RAILROAD
CARS WELDED TOGETHER.   EACH RAILROAD CAR COST $17,000 AND THE
REST OF BRIDGE IS MADE OF TREATED WHITE PINE    DENNIS DID  A LOT OF THE WORK AND MOST OF THE PLANNING, WITH SOME IDEAS FROM IIW
ENGINEERS.    THIS SPRING, DENNIS PLANS TO ADD A LARGE ENTRANCE
GATE OFF HIGHWAY 52 THAT WILL READ "ANTLER RIDGE" PAYING  HOMAGE
TO HIS HOBBY OF PHOTOGRAPHING WILD LIFE AND DEER.       DENNIS AND JEANIE ARE SEMI-RETIRED, AND STILL CO-OWN FAMILY BEER AND LIQUOR
AT EAST DUBUQUE WITH THEIR SON TIM.    THEY WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 50 ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR.
THINK OF THE HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS AND TOURISTS THAT WILL STOP
BY TO LOOK AT THE COVERED BRIDGE AND HAVE THIER PHOTO TAKEN
ON IT.    A GIFT SHOP IN THE FUTURE?     YES...ANOTHER TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR JACKSON COUNTY.     MAYBE THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS WILL PRODUCE A NEW PLAY, "THE COVERED BRIDGE OF JACKSON COUNTY".
ABOVE PHOTO FROM BELLEVUE HERALD-LEADER

NANCY AND I WENT TO A GREAT BREAKFAST THIS MORNING AT
BELLEVUE, SPONSORED BY THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #1354, AT
THIER KC BUILDING.   PANCAKES, EGGS AND HAM.   LONGTIME FRIEND,
KMAQ LISTENER, AND MARQUETTE SPORTS BACKER, JR. STEINES, SERVED THE HAM.   

FRIDAY:
THE CARDINAL BOYS LOST TO DYERSVILLE,  58 TO 51,
THE CARDINAL  GIRLS ALSO LOST TO DYERSVILLE, 60 TO 56  IN OT.
BOTH THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS BEAT THE WEST DELAWARE BOWLING
TEAMS.
AND SATURDAY, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK 3RD PLACE IN THE
JOHN BYERS INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT WYOMING.

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FRIDAY DAILY

ROSE PAINTED HER OWN PORTRAIT AND IT WAS ONE OF THE 39.

CHARLES MORRIS, HUSBAND OF ROSE AND AT RIGHT TREVIS MAYFIELD OF THE MAQUOKETA SENTINAL PRESS.

BOB OSTERHAUS, WHO STARTED THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE
(IN HIS FORMER PHARMACY BUILDING) YEARS AGO, WITH THE NEW
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY  PRESIDENT, WENDY WINTERSTEEN.    BOB,
AN IOWA HAWKEYE GRAD, WAS VERY NICE WHEN TALKING TO HER.
SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF IOWA STATE, BUT HAS BEEN
A MEMBER OF THE STAFF FOR MANY YEARS.

ALAN TUBBS INTRODUCED WENDY

MARCIA HENDERSON, ANOTHER OF THE 39 PORTRAITS.     A MCHS
GRAD,  HER FATHER JOHN HENDERSON WAS LONGTIME EXTENSION
DIRECTOR FOR JACKSON COUNTY,  AND FOR MANY YEARS DID THE
KMAQ MORNING FARM SHOW ON KMAQ, AT BOTH OUR OLD STUDIOS
IN THE 50'S AND 60'S AND AT OUR NEW LOCATION STARTING IN 1970.
HE DID A GREAT JOB AS EXTENSION DIRECTOR AND ON KMAQ.
A REALLY FINE PERSON.    WAS FUN VISITING A FEW MINUTES WITH
MARCIA.   SHE HAS TWO BROTHERS.   HER DAD DIED IN 2000.   BELOW,
MARCIA AND HER HUSBAND.

SHE SURE LOOKS LIKE HER MOTHER.   BRINGS UP THIS DAILY REPORT
OFTEN OUT EAST.

THREE MCHS GRADS POSING FOR THIS PHOTO...MARCIA, LINDA TUBBS,
AND ROSE.

 A NICE EVENT IN MAQUOKETA.

 MAQUOKETA AT MARION LAST NIGHT, MARION 66, MAQUOKETA 12
 MARION HAD 8 PINS
 MAQUOKETA HAD TO FORFEIT TWO MATCHES
 JUNIORS ABE MICHEL AND ZAC GAVIN EACH PINNED THEIR MAN
 TOMORROW, THE CARDS WRESTLE IN TOURNAMENT IN WYOMING, IA

THE CARDINAL BOYS HOST WEST DELAWARE TONIGHT AND THE BOYS
TRAVEL TO MANCHESTER.

YESTERDAY, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOWLERS HOSTED CASCADE
AT TIMBER LANES.     THE GIRLS BEAT CASCADE 2550 TO1793.
ASHLEY WELLS WAS TOP FOR THE CARDS, WITH A 352 TWO-GAME
SERIES.     ALLISON FURNE HAD A 194 GAME.
THE CARDINAL BOYS ALSO WON, 2950 TO 2373 WITH CONNOR SCHNOOR
IN THE LEAD WITH A 224 AND 228.    DRAKE IVERSON HAS A 279.

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