SUNNY AND COLD TODAY, HIGH IN THE TEENS.
MAQUOKETA POLICE CHARGED NEIL MOREHEAD, 71, OF MAQUOKETA (CITY COUNCILMAN) WITH UNSAFE BACKING FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THIS MORNING ON KATHEY DRIVE. MOREHEAD WAS BACKING OUT OF THIS DRIVEWAY AND HIT A PARKED CAR OWNED BY KATE KRABBENHOFT. $1,500 DAMAGE TO KRABBENHOFF'S CAR AND NO DAMAGE TO MOREHEAD'S PICKUP.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY, A BIG CELEBRATION WAS HELD IN MAQUOKETA....THE DEDICATION OF THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE FUND DRIVE (AND CONSTRUCTION) STARTED THE YEAR BEFORE TO MATCH A $10,000 GRANT FROM THE ANDREW CARNEGE FOUNDATION. A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THIS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2.
TARA WILLIAMS OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY, BORN LAST WEDNESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DEB GOODWIN OF MAQUOKETA AND JIM AND SUE TALLMAN OF BALDWIN. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS MARY TALLMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
CARL JORGENSEN, AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THURSDAY. HE DROVE A TRUCK FROM REICHLING OIL COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SISTERS, INCLUDING HELEN KNIGHT OF MAQUOKETA AND 2 BROTHERS, INCLUDING MARVIN JORGENSEN OF MAQUOKETA.
LAVONNE GAVIN, AGE 69, OF DUBUQUE AND FORMERLY OF CASCADE, DIED SATURDAY AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, MANY GRANDCHILDREN, 3 BROTHERS, INCLUDING JOHN GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER-IN-LAW IN MAQUOKETA, CECELIA GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOEKTA BOYS HOST DEWITT TONIGHT. THE SOPHOMORE GAME AT 6:15 AND THE VARSITY GAME AROUND 8.
THE TWO TOP TEAMS IN THE WAMAC. EARLIER THIS SEASON, MAQUOKETA BEAT DEWITT THERE. SHOULD BE A BIG CROWD. GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM WITH BOB WARNER AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.
CAUCUS NIGHT TONIGHT IN IOWA. WILL HAVE THE JACKSON COUNTY WINNERS TOMORROW.
ALLEN BODKIN WAS IN TO SEE ME THIS MORNING. VISITING HERE A COUPLE DAYS. BEEN GONE FROM MAQUOKETA FOR OVER 45 YEARS. RETIRED FROM THE US ARMY. NOW LIVES AT IBERIA, MISSOURI. HIS WIFE IS FROM
GERMANY AND SO HE GOES THERE JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR FOR A VISIT TO HER PARENTS. THEY HAVE 3 CHILDREN THAT ALL LIVE IN MISSOURI. I HAVE HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IF ANYONE WANTS TO CONTACT HIM. CHECKS THIS DAILY QUITE OFTEN.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
