NICE YESTERDAY...SUNNY AND NICE AGAIN TODAY....MIGHT GET UP TO 40.

AND..THAT REMINDS ME..NANCY AND I ARE CELEBRATING OUR 40TH TODAY. REV. HAROLD KUMPF MARRIED US AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. OUR HONEYMOON TRIP WAS THE RETURN TRIP TO FORT HOOD, TEXAS, WHERE I WAS A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS "HELL ON WHEELS" 2ND ARMORED DIVISION, NOW DE-ACTIVATED.
WE...AND THE WHOLE FAMILY... CELEBRATED YESTERDAY AT A BRUNCH AT POTTER'S MILL AT BELLEVUE, COURTESY OF THE
KIDS. NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA...YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE IN THAT SUNDAY BRUNCH. IT'S SOMETHING ELSE!
OH, YOU WILL NOT BE SURPRISED THAT I NO LONGER FIT INTO MY ARMY UNIFORM.

WEEKEND SPORTS RE-CAP:
BASKETBALL: MAQUOEKETA BOYS ARE 5 AND 0 IN THE WAMAC AND 6 AND 2 OVERALL AFTER BEATING WATERLOO
COLUMBUS FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE, 40 TO 44. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO DEFEATED WATERLOO COLUMBUS, HERE, FRIDAY NIGHT 52 TO 49 BUT SATURDAY, HERE AGAIN, LOST TO NON-CONFERENCE NORTH SCOTT, 40 TO 39. THEY ARE NOW 6 AND 0 IN THE CONFERENCE AND 7 AND 3 OVERALL. TOMORROW NIGHT, THE GIRLS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE AND THE BOYS PLAY THERE.
WRESTLING: THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS TOOK 3RD PLACE, IN A 15 TEAM TOURNAMENT, AT BENTON COMMUNITY VAN HORNE SATURDAY. ONE CHAMPION FROM MAQUOKETA....DANE PAPE AT 215. CHRIS HAHN AT 145 AND CHARLIE HAYES AT HEAVYWEIGHT, EACH PLACED 2ND. THE CARDINALS WILL WRESTLE AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AT CAMANCHE.

MORE CITY COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS: KENT CRAWFORD (BAND INSTRUCTOR) WAS RE-APPOINTED TO THE AIRPORT COMMISSION. HE'S A PILOT. THE COUNCIL ALSO REDUCED THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS FROM 7 TO 5.
THE ARC(SWIMMING POOL)COMMITTEE HAS A NEW, BUT FORMER, MEMBER, DEB LANE AND MARGO SHOUSE WAS RE-APPOINTED TO IT. JEFF BODENHOFER WAS RE-APPOINTED TO THE CABLE COMMISSION AND LORI (PAUL) MCCAULLEY AND JODI COAKLEY WERE RE-APPOINTED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL PACKER FANS---------------------------------------------------------------------------TALK ABOUT GIVING AWAY A GAME ABOUT 4 OR 5 TIMES.

THE NEW "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB "WEB SITE" IS A 60'S MHS GRADE. SEE A PICTURE OF HER AND READ ABOUT HER AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT....I'M NOT SURE IT IS UP ON THE SITE YET.

PAUL HAYES, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA, CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH. HE WAS BORN AT GIBSONVILLE, WHICH WAS NEAR HERE. ONE OF 10 CHILDREN AND HE IS SOLE SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
HE WORKED AT SEVERAL DOWNTOWN STORES, INCLUDING THE COAST TO COAST STORE, KENDALL MEN'S WEAR,
MANNING'S MEAT MARKET, LAHEY FUNERAL HOME AND MANAGED A MOTEL FOR A COUPLE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA.
HE AND WIFE GERI LIVE AT 119 THOMAS AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA. BOTH WELL AND VISIT DOWNTOWN ALMOST DAILY. SEND HIM A CARD. OR GIVE HIM A CALL...563-652-5988.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

TW0 CAR ACCIDENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON....LINDA DAVIDSON, 46 IN ONE CAR AND PATSY CLARK, 57, IN OTHER....ON PERSHING ROAD DAVIDSON WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD. BOTH CARS RECEIVED ABOUT $2,000 IN DAMAGE.

NANCY AND I BOTH SAW "SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE" STARRING JACK NICKOLSON....GREAT SHOW....TRY AND SEE IT.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK HER TO A GOOD MOVIE?? REALLY DO IT UP RIGHT, AND DINE FIRST AT MCDONALD'S. AND SAVE SOME MONEY FOR POPCORN!

POLICE BLOTTER: BECKY SHADY OF 502 ROSEMERE REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK A $400 BOY'S BIKE SATURDAY.
QUITE A BIKE!? AND.. SOMEONE DROVE OFF THE LOT AT KJ'S CONVENIENCE WITHOUT PAYING FOR $24 WORTH OF GASOLINE.

FOUR DEER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND IN AREA. RANDY THEISEN, VICKI DRISCOLL, KEVIN FUSS AND KEVIN DAVID ALL REPORTED HITTING A DEARL.

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY TO MY DAUGHTER LONNA AND HUSBAND SHAWN. YUP, MARRIED ON OUR ANNIVERSARY.,

HELEN SHADY HAS RESIGNED AS TREASURER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS. ARLENE WEIRUP OF BALDWIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO TAKE HER PLACE. GOOD JOB, WELL DOWN, BY A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BOOSTER, HELEN SHADY.

RICHARD HOSCH, 56, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT HIS HOME AT JOINERVILLE, RURAL MAQUOKETA, FROM CANCER.
HIS SON IS JASON, WHO OWNS, WITH WIFE KRISTY, KRISTEENO'S PIZZERIA DOWNTOWN. MORE TOMORROW.

NO BIRTHS.

JAKE BICKFORD JUST CALLED....WANTS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM HIS WALL TO WALL SALE AT BILL MOLER'S MENSWEAR, TO HAVE A COFFEE BREAK. SO, I'LL GET MORE NEWS IN A FEW MINUTES. PROBABLY NOT ALL PRINTABLE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY