COLD AND WINDY TODAY......BURRRRRRR.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS REMAIN IN FIRST PLACE IN WAMAC BASKETBALL ......WINNING AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT WESTERN DUBUQUE.

SAME FOR THE GIRLS...WHO ALSO WON LAST NIGHT AT THE MCHS GMY.

AND THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WON ANOTHER MEET...EASILY BEATING CAMANCHE THERE LAST NIGHT.

JASON HAYNES, OF RURAL LAMOTTE, A ONE-TERM JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR IN THE 1990'S, ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT HE WILL RUN IN THE JUNE PRIMARY FOR THE SEAT IN THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT WILL BE VACATED AFTER THIS YEAR BY BOB OSTERHAUS. HE BECOMES THE 2ND CANDIDATE. MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN TOM SCHUELLER ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT HE WILL RUN AS A DEMOCRAT FOR THE SEAT. NO WORD ON WHO WILL RUN ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

THE CAUCUS DAY IS MONDAY IN IOWA.....THE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES ARE EVERYWHERE THIS WEEK....LAST WEEK OF CAMPAIGNING. EVERY DAY...TELEMARKETING CALLS....EMAILS....PAMPHLET MAILINGS....RADIO AND TV ADS GALORE...
CARAVANS TO ONE TOWN AFTER ANOTHER...IOWA IS ON THE MAP AND LOTS OF BUCKS ARE BEING SPENT IN THE HAWKEYE STATE. WHO WILL WIN? GOING TO BE CLOSE BETWEEN DEAN AND GEPHARDT AND WANTING 3RD PLACE REAL BAD, EDWARDS AND KERRY. LOTS OF UNCOMMITTED YET. GUESS I'LL CAUCUS FOR EDWARDS...BUT MIGHT CHANGE TO KERRY. THE DES MOINES REGISTER ENDORSED EDWARDS AND THE QUAD CITY TIMES, KERRY.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DICK HOSCH, AGE 56, OF MAQUOKETA, WILL BE AT 11 TOMORROW MORNING. HE DIED FROM CANCER MONDAY. HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, TERESA, A DAUGHTER, TAMMY HOSCH AND 2 SONS, BRIAN AND JASON, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS MOTHER, MARGE, IN MONTICELLO.

NOT A LOT GOING ON THE EARLY PART OF THIS WEEK.

CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY