LIGHT SNOW FELL ON AND OFF TODAY, WITH A HIGH OF 28. WE HAVE HAD AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES, AND ANOTHER 1
OR 2 EXPECTED TONIGHT AND ENDING SOMETIME TOMORROW MORNING EARLY.
IN LOCAL SPORTS, FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED VINTON, AT VINTON. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS
LOST TO VINTON THERE. AND ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AT
DUBUQUE.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS IN A 20-TEAM TOURNAMENT AT CLINTON SATURDAY, FINISHED IN 3RD PLACE.
A PRIVATE OPEN HOUSE AT DICK'S SUPER MARKET IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS WELL ATTENDED. I WAS THERE AND CAN SAY IT IS A BEAUTIFUL STORE. IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC AT 10 A.M. WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWING A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. THE DICK'S CONVENIENCE STORE AND CAR WASH IS ALSO COMPLETED AND OPENS WEDNESDAY.
A VERY GOOD TURNOUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY. THERE WAS A 90-MINUTE PROGRAM, WITH COMMENTS BY ASHER SCHROEDER, BONNIE MITCHELL, REGINA
SAGERS, TOM BREUCH, TO NAME A FEW. TOURS WERE GIVEN...AND THERE WAS MUSIC, REFRESHMENTS AND A SMALL GIFT FOR EVERYONE.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.
DARLENE M. NEAL STENDER, AGE 76, OF CHICAGO AND FORMERLY OF MONMOUTH, DIED LAST THURSDAY AT A CHICAGO NURSING HOME. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, RICH NEAL, OF MAQUOKETA.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS DEAN SCHAUF, PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB. A PICTURE OF HIM AND STORY IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
THERE WILL BE NO DAILY REPORT TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY. HOPE TO HAVE MY NEXT REPORT THURSDAY NIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
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