BREEZY, PARTLY CLOUDY AND WARMER TODAY...IN 60'S. RAIN IN FORECAST..BUT NONE BY MIDDLE OF AFTERNOON.
A BERNARD MAN, DALE JOHN COOK, AGE 60, DIED OF INJURIES FROM A TRACTOR ROLLOVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE THE CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING AND SURRONDING LAND TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS PLANNED. CITY ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON TOLD COUNCIL MEMBERS AT A COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING THAT THEY PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO SEEL THE PROPERTY AT A FAIR MARKET VALUE, BECAUSE THE SOCIETY IS NOT A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. IT'S A PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. MAYOR MESSERLI ASKED IF THE CITY COULD GIVE A LONGTERM LEASE TO THE SOCIETY AT A LOW PRICE. THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL CHECK ON THAT.
THE ANNUAL PIONEER DAY IS SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
IT STARTS OFF WITH A BREAKFAST AT 9 A.M. ENDS UP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. NEW THIS YEAR, A TUG-OF-WAR.
THERE IS A $100 PRIZE TO THE OVERALL WINNER. EACH TEAM MUST WEIGH LESS THAN 1,500 POUNDS. WEIGH-IN WILL BE AT BULLOCH'S. THE WAR STARTS AT 2. OVER THE NOON HOUR, THERE WILL BE A LUXEMBOURG BUFFET. JACKSON COUNTY SMALLTOWN SAINT DONATUS IS A LUXEMBOURG COMMUNITY.
IN DISTRICT COURT, TIMOTHY ARRICK, AGE 52, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 DAYS SUSPENDED ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, METHAMPHETAMINE.
NO DEATHS...OR BIRTHS.
MAQUOKETA PLAYS FOOTBALL AT GRINNELL TONIGHT.... OVER 2 HOURS FROM HERE. PLAYERS ARE GOING BY COMMERCIAL BUS. MAQUOKETA IS 0 AND 4 AND THEY ARE 2 AND 2. MAQUOKETA'S SOPHOMORE TEAM IS
4 AND 0. KMAQ-AM WILL BROADCAST THE GAME, WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AT MIKE, ASSISTED BY HIS FRIEND, BILL CARINDER, WHO IS ALSO THE FATHER OF THE CARDINAL QUARTERBACK. MAQUOKETA HAD 4 PLAYERS INJURED LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEY WILL NOT BE PLAYING TONIGHT.
NOW 69 DEGREES, AT 3:30.
BUMPER STICKER WINNERS AT KMAQ TODAY HAVE BEEN DELORES BENDICKSON, BETTY MILLER AND VIOLA WEIMERSKIRCH.
BETTY MILLER IS GETTING ANXIOUS TO GO BACK DOWN TO ARIZONA FOR THE WINTER, BUT FIRST MUST FINISH UP JURY DUTY. LET'S SEE....ARIZONA IS ONE OF THOSE STATES THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE FOUR BEAUTIFUL SEASONS OF IOWA.
THE LEAVES AROUND HER ARE STARTING TO TURN TO FALL COLORS.
IOWA NEEDS A WIN OVER MICHIGAN TOMORROW...BUT IT WON'T BE EASY.
IOWA STATE PLAYS #1 OKLAHOMA....A WIN FOR THE CYCLONES DEFINFITELY WON'T BE EASY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
