51 TODAY, WITH NO SUNSHINE. COLD WEATHER COMING, VERY COLD.

MAQUOKETA'S 3-YEAR-OLD GOLF COURSE....WILL SOMEDAY BE AN 18-HOLE COURSE. JIM HOLTZ, THE OWNER, TOLD KMAQ SPORTS TODAY THAT HE HAS PURCHASED TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY ADJACENT
TO THE PRESENT 9-HOLE COURSE. ONE PIECE IS NEAR THE ENTRYWAY AND THE OTHER IS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE COURSE AND INCLUDES THE LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY USED FOR THE DRIVING RANGE.
NO DEFINITE PLANS FOR THE 2ND NINE WERE ANNOUNCED. HOLTZ APPARENTLY PLANS TO START
BY CONSTRUCTING 2 OR 3 ADDITONAL HOLES SOON AND THEN ADD MORE LATER. MEANWHILE, THE DRIVING RANGE WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL WORK BEGINS ON THAT LAND. HOW ABOUT THAT, AN 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE FOR MAQUOKETA...."PRAIRIE CREEK"...IN ADDITION TO THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB COURSE WHICH IS 9 AND HAS NO ROOM FOR EXPANSION.

LINDA MOHR, AGGE 33, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A MINOR ACCIDENT AT 4:40 THIS MORNING ON THE MAQUOKETA CAVES ROAD, ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS DRIVING EAST AND HIT AN ICE SPOT AND SLID ACROSS THE ROAD AND INTO THE DITCH COMING TO REST ON A CONCRETE WALL. ACCORDING TO VETERAN DEPUTY ED CLARK, MOHR WAS TAKEN TO THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL BY HER HUSBAND AND DAMAGE TO THE 2002 FORD TRUCK WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $4,000.

STEPHEN TILL, AGE 44, OF BELLEVUE WAS DRIVING OVER A HILL ON RAOD E-17 AND THERE WERE 4 HORSES IN THE ROAD. HE HIT ONE AND IT HAD TO BE PUT DOWN. DAMAGE TO HIS CAR, ABOUT $2,500.

DAVE KENDALL IS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. HE REPLACES SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY. JC ENGEL WAS ELECTED VICE-CHAIRMAN. THEY ALTERNATE THE JOB EVERY YEAR.

IT WAS CLEAN-UP DAY AT THE DECKER HOTEL YESTERDAY AND TODAY. NEW YEAR'S EVE, SOMEONE FELL ASLEEP IN A 3RD FLOOR HOT TUB....AND IT OVER-FLOWED, AND OVERFLOWED, AND OVERFLOWED...WITH THE WATER RUNNING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE LOBBY. PROFESSIONAL CLEANERS WERE CALLED IN AND THEY WORKED ALL DAY NEW YEAR'S DAY.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY