NEARLY TWO INCHES RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT..AND TODAY, CLOUDY AND BREEZY AND COOL...NOT A NICE DAY.
TOMORROW, SOME SUNSHINE..SHOULD BE NICER.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED HARD LAST NIGHT, BUT LOST BY 4 POINTS TO CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. XAVIER HAD A GOOD TEAM...BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THEY WERE THE BEST.
THE CARDINALS MISSED TOO MANY BASKETS THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE AND THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
DEWITT ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT TO WAHLERT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL OF DUBUQUE. MAQUOKETA FINISHED UP THEIR FINE SEASON AT 18 AND 5.

TOMORROW NIGHT, NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE PLAYS AND IF THEY WIN, GO TO STATE AND BELLEVUE MARQUETTE IS IN A SUBSTATE GAME ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEY TOO WOULD GO TO STATE IF THEY WIN. WE WILL BROADCAST THE NORTHEAST GAME.

A BURGLARY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE OTTER CREEK-BERNARD AREA AND THE MAN SHOWED A GUN. HE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND AND CITIZENS ARE BEING ASKED TO LOCK THEIR HOMES AND VEHICLES IN THE AREA.

COURT NEWS: ROGER BUNYON OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 30, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, FOR OWI.
JANET HOWELL, 51, OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A DEFERRED JUDGEMENT ON CHARGES OF OWI.
TWO RESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA, LANE BREWSTER AND BRENT JAMES CLARK, WERE SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL, SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 4TH DEGREE FOR SETTING FIRE TO HAY BALES LAST SUMMER IN MILES AND BELLEVUE.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JANUARY ROSE TO 8.6 PERCENT, FROM 7 EVEN IN DECEMBER. A YEAR AGO JANUARY IT WAS HIGHER, AT 9.3 PERCENT

A NEW NIGHT CLUB OPENS AT 5 TOMORROW AFTERNOON .. CALLED THE WET SPOT NIGHT CLUB .. LOCATED BEHIND THE EAGLES CLUB OFF WEST PLATT STREET, WHERE OWEN'S LAUNDRY WAS LOCATED FOR MANY YEARS. THE OWNER IS JIM CLARK OF MAQUOKETA. MY SON GOT A SNEAK PEAK AND SAID IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE NICE. THE BAR AND DANCE AREA WILL BE ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND THE POOL AND GAME ROOM WILL BE DOWNSTAIRS. GOOD LUCK JIM.

THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THEY WILL GIVE TWO $500 SCHOLARSHIPS TO MCHS STUDENTS, SENIORS, ..ON FEMALE AND ONE MALE.. AND THEY MUST HAVE PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST ONE VARSITY SPORT, INCLUDING DANCE TEAM AND CHEERLEADING. APRIL 1 IS DEADLINE TO APPLY.

DORIS RAYE CONLEY, AGE 88, OF DIAMONDHEAD, MISSISSIPPI, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY IN MISSISSIPPI. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY AND SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, RAY, OWNED AND OPERATED A NURSING HOME IN DOWTOWN MAQUOKETA, ABOUT A BLOCK SOUTH OF THE LIBRARY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, HOWARD, IN DIAMONDHEAD.

ALBERTA MOREHEAD, 88, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SERVICES ARE PENDING.
SHE WAS FORMERLY FROM MAQUOKETA. WORKED FOR YEARS AT HAMILTON'S WOMEN'S APPAREL AND THEN LATER OPERATED HER OWN STORE, THE MODE O' DAY STORE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER WANDA.
SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE COMPLETED OBIT, I HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION. YOU CAN GO TO CARSON'S WEB SITE FOR MORE.

BETH ERICKSON COLLINS OF NEW YORK (FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA) , EMAILED ME TO TELL ME THAT AT HER STORE, A 1 POUND PACKAGE OF 97% LEAN HAMBURGER IS $4.29 A POUND. A 3-POUND PACKAGE, 75% LEAN, $1.89 A POUND.
A BOX OF NAME BRAND CAKE MIX..$1.89. A BOX OF STORE BRAND CAKE MIX, ON SALE, 99-CENTS.
IF YOU CHECK THOSE PRICES WITH THE ONES I MENTIONED IN WEDNESDAY'S REPORT.....YOU'LL SEE WE ARE BETTER OFF AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER HERE IN MAQUOKETA. THANKS BETH.

AND HOW ABOUT THIS. THE ANDREW FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ANOTHER OF THEIR FREQUENT SUNDAY MORNING PUBLIC BREAKFAST....THIS SUNDAY...AT THE FIRE STATION...ALL YOU CAN EAT..$4. THAT WOULD HARDLY BUY A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE IN NEW YORK. I'M NOT SURE IF BETH IS FROM NY CITY OR LIVES ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY