THE KMAQ CHRISTMAS.....2ND ANNUAL
 HOME LIGHTING CONTEST 
         HAS COME TO A CLOSE

THE WINNERS ARE:

1ST PLACE, $100, LOREN AND KAREN KILBURG
2ND PLACE, $75, RON AND DELORES HORAN, JR.
3RD PLACE, $50, MARILYN WILLIAMS
4TH PLACE, $20 THEATRE GIFT CARD, GARY AND CAROL EHLINGER
5TH PLACE, $15 THEATRE GIFT CARD, CHRIS AND MICHELLE IHRIG
6-13TH PLACE...HONORABLE MENTION, AND EACH
RECEIVES A $10 THEATRE GIFT CARD   


THERE WERE 13 ENTRIES.

SO....EVERYONE  GOT  A  PRIZE.

EACH HOME  IS  POSTED HERE.   CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
  
ENTRY FEE MONEY ($65)  WAS PUT INTO
THE SALVATION ARMY KETTLE AT FAREWAY STORE  BY KMAQ.

BELOW ARE THE 13 ENTRIES...... 

THIS IS THE HOME OF PAUL AND ARLENE SHANAHAN  AT 1807 SWAGOSA
DRIVE.     THEY HAVE BEEN DECORATING THEIR HOME FOR 11 YEARS.

THIS IS THE HOME OF WAYNE AND BARBARA MAYBERRY AT 705 DUNHAM
COURT.    THEY HAVE BEEN DECORATING THEIR HOME FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

THIS IS THE HOME OF MARILYN WILLIAMS AT 604 WEST QUARRY STREET.
MARILYN HAS DECORATED HER HOME FOR 25 YEARS. 

THIS DISPLAY IS BY GLORIA KAUFMAN AT 204 SOUTH OLIVE  STREET,
APARTMENT E (ON THE CORNER) NEAR CITY HALL.    THIS IS THE
FIRST YEAR GLORIA HAS DONE OUTSIDE DECORATING.

THIS CHRISTMAS DISPLAY IS THE FIRST EVER FOR GARY AND CAROL EHLINGER AT 1022 KATHEY DRIVE.   THEY JUST MOVED TO MAQUOKETA,
SO HAVE NOT ENTERED OUR CONTEST BEFORE.

FROM TIME TO TIME OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, BRENT RATHJE HAS
DECORATED HIS HOME FRONT.... AT 111 WEST MAPLE STREET, NEAR LAHEY FUNERAL  HOME.      ABOVE, THIS YEAR'S!   THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME TO ENTER THE CONTEST.

THIS IS THE HOME OF MELINDA AND JERRY STERBENZ AT 408 N. DECKER STREET, NORTH OF BRIGG'S SCHOOL.   THIS IS THE 2ND YEAR TO DECORATE THEIR HOME AND 4 PEOPLE WORKED ON IT. 

THIS HOME IS THE HOME OF CHRIS AND MICHELLE IHRIG AT 309 SOUTH
OTTO STREET.    THIS ALSO IS THEIR 2ND YEAR TO DECORATE.

THIS IS THE HOME OF JACOB AND STACY REUTER AT 212 SOUTH JONES AVENUE.    THEIR 3RD YEAR TO DECORATE.

HERE, THE RANDY WEST HOME AT 213 SOUTH MATTESON STREET.
THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR RANDY AND VELMA DECORATED THE HOME.

THIS IS THE 10TH YEAR THAT JUDY BOWLING HAS DECORATED HER HOME
AT 306  NORTH OLIVE STREET...ABOVE.

THIS IS THE RON AND DELORES  HORAN, JR. HOME AT 7200 CAVES ROAD, ABOUT 4 MILES FROM MAQUOKETA.    THE 8TH YEAR OF DECORATING!
NOT SHOWN, A NICELY  DECORATED AREA TO THE LEFT AND NOT SHOWN,
AROUND THE CORNER TO THE RIGHT, A BUNCH OF PINE TREES DECORATED DOWN A FARM LANE.    LOTS OF WORK DONE HERE BY RON, DELORES,
JACOB, AND JOSIE HORAN.

THIS IS THE HOME OF LOREN AND KAREN KILBURG AT 301 EAST ANGUS
COURT.  THEY HAVE BEEN DECORATED THEIR FRONT LAWN FOR 11 YEARS.
  
 AGAIN..CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.

JUDGING WAS DONE DECEMBER 21ST

WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 22ND  AND CHECKS OR
GIFT CARDS WERE MAILED SAME DAY.

THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES WAS DISAPPOINTING....THERE ARE MANY OTHER
HOMES AROUND TOWN THAT COULD HAVE ENTERED.    NEXT YEAR, WE
WILL GET STARTED EARLIER AND OFFER MORE PRIZE MONEY.
REGARDING PHOTOS....I LEARNED THAT THE BEST TIME TO TAKE A PHOTO
IS JUST AS IT IS STARTING TO GET DARK, SOON AFTER 4:30.   NEXT YEAR,
WE WILL TRY AND GET ALL PHOTOS TAKEN AROUND THAT TIME.
BUT OF COURSE, THE BEST WAY TO ENJOY A HOME DECORATION IS
TO SEE IT IN PERSON...NO PHOTO.   HOPE YOU CAN WRITE DOWN THE
ADDRESS OF ALL 11 AND TAKE A LOOK BEFORE CHRISTMAS.       


LAST YEAR'S  TOP 3 WINNERS WERE NOT ELIGIBLE THIS YEAR, BUT
ALL OTHERS FROM LAST YEAR COULD HAVE ENTERED AGAIN.

THE DARLENE KIRCHOFF HOME TOOK FIRST  PLACE LAST YEAR.
AND AGAIN,  IT LOOKS GREAT THIS YEAR!     SEE THE PHOTO OF IT BELOW THAT I TOOK RECENTLY.   IT IS ON THE CORNER JUST NORTH OF 
GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD.     HOPE YOU GET  A CHANCE TO SEE
IT AND THE OTHER HOMES ENTERED THIS YEAR.    

                                THE KIRCHOFF HOME ABOVE

THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED THIS YEAR!  
DENNIS VOY
KMAQ 

THE 2ND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
KMAQ RADIO
HOME LIGHTING CONTEST
IS UNDERWAY!

LAST YEAR THE WINNERS WERE:
1ST   DARLENE KIRCHOFF
2ND  JIM AND LAURIE STEINES
3RD  CHAD AND TANYA ROEDER

THOSE WINNERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
THIS YEAR BUT CAN ENTER AGAIN
NEXT YEAR.

AGAIN THIS YEAR....
1ST PRIZE,  $100
2ND PRIZE,  $ 75
3RD PRIZE,  $ 50

          4TH THRU 15TH PLACE
          $10 VOY THEATRE GIFT CARD

A PHOTO OF EACH HOME ENTERED
WILL BE POSTED HERE ON THIS
HOLIDAY WEB SITE.   KMAQ WILL
TAKE THE PHOTO IN THE EVENING.

ENTRY DEADLINE:   DEC 14 AT 5 P.M.
                                  JUDGING DEC 19
 WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED DEC 20

   ENTER YOUR HOME
       AT KMAQ AND
FILL OUT A SHORT FORM
THERE IS A $5 ENTRY FEE PER HOME
WHICH WILL BE PUT INTO THE SALVATION
ARMY KETTLE BY KMAQ.

KMAQ RADIO SPONSORED A CHRISTMAS HOME DECORATING LIGHTING CONTEST....THE FIRST 
ANNUAL....IN 2011.
THE PHOTOS OF THE 20 HOMES WE BELIEVE MAY HAVE BEEN LOST, BUT SOMEDAY MAY SHOW UP
ON THE INTERNET.
  
THE STORY ABOVE IS ABOUT THE CONTEST, 
THE WINNERS, AND ALL WHO ENTERED.  
CLICK-ON THE NEWS STORY ABOVE TO ENLARGE IT SO YOU CAN READ IT.