SPORTS FLASH...
SATURDAY NIGHT, TONIGHT, AT ELDRIDGE, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS PLAYED #1 RATED 4-A TEAM NORTH SCOTT AND UPSET THE LANCERS...WINNING 63 TO 57. THAT'S RIGHT, MAQUOKETA 63, NORTH SCOTT 57. ADAM HEPKER LED MAQUOKETA WITH 25 POINTS AS THE CARDINALS IMPROVED THEIR RECORD TO 11 AND 3. LAST NIGHT'S GAME WAS A NON-CONFERENCE GAME. THE MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORES LOST IN OVERTIME, 71 TO 64.
Saturday, January 31, 2004
THIS IS SEGMENT 4. DON'T FORGET TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST SEGMENT AND READ FROM THERE ON FIRST.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CLEANED UP A GAS SPILL FOLLOWIGN A 2 VEHICLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT PLATT AND PROSPECT. ONLY MINOR INJURIES AND NO FIRE FROM THE GAS SPILL. INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, MICHAEL DONATCH, AGE 15, AND SANDRA DELL, AGE 48, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED GETTTING A $400,000 LOAN FROM THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AT 3.24 PERCENT INTEREST, TO PLAY OFF THE DEBT TO THE STATE OF IOWA FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO JACKSON COUNTY. TWO YEARS AGO, SUPERVISORS DISCOVERED BILLS HAD NOT BEEN PAID BY A PREVIOUS DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE MONEY WILL BE PAID BACK IN $100,000 INCREMENTS OVER 4 YEARS. THE MONEY WILL COME OUT OF THE ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET. THEY TOOK BIDS FOR THE LOAN AND MAQUOKETA STATE BANK
OFFERED THE LOWEST INTEREST.
DICK'S SUPER MARKET, AND CONVENIENCE STORE NEXT DOOR, OPENED WEDNESDAY AND THE BIG PARKING LOT HAS BEEN FILLED DAY AND NIGHT SINCE THEN. IT IS IN THE NEW WESTGATE SHOPPING AREA OFF WEST PLATT STREET, WEST OF MCDONALDS AND THE SUPER 8 MOTEL, AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW GASSER'S TRUE VALUE WHICH OPENED BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL BOARD MET THIS WEEK AND VOTED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH WILL NOW INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WILL BE 3 MORE PHASES FOR THIS SEGMENT, WITH A TOTAL COST OF $5.8 MILLION. THE FIRST SEGMENT , STILL NOT DONE, IS COSTING
AROUND $7 MILLION PLUS AND IS BEING PAID FOR BY MONEY ON HAND. THE ADDITIONAL
PHASES WILL BE DONE WITH BORROWED MONEY, TO BE PAID OFF BY HOSPITAL PROFITS.
THE PLANS ALSO INCLUDE A NEW BUILDING AREA JUST FOR OFFICES FOR ALL THE DOCTORS IN MAQUOKETA. BUT, THAT IS STILL UNDER STUDY AND LOCAL DOCTORS WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO A PLAN WHEREBY THEY LEAVE AND SELL THEIR CURRENT BUILDINGS AND LOCATE IN A NEW ONE ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN HELD THEIR ANNUAL DINNER AND MEETING THIS LAST WEEK AND GAVE JERRY WIESE THE LEO CLASEN AWARD DURING THE EVENT. FIREFIGHTERS VOTE ON THE AWARD NAMED IN HONOR OF THE LATE LEO CLASEN, A VETERANN FIREMAN.
FIREFIGHTER JEFF MORITZ RECEIVED A PLAQUE FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK RECEIVED A CLOCK FOR 20 YEARS LOF SERVICE THREE NEW MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE ROBERT EDWARDS, BRIAN BOWLING AND JEFF BAKER.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 96 FIRE CALLS LAST YEAR AND 35 RESCUE CALLS.
MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MET THIS WEEK AND WILL BE RECOMMEND TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, A 40-CENT TAX HIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING THIS WEEK. CHAMBER DIRECTOR LINDA STURTZ PRESENTED HER ANNUAL AWARD TO LIFELONG MAQUOKETA RESIDENT DAVE HAYES. HAYES HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT DEAN FOR CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1980. AND THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD WENT GIVEN BY OUTGOING PRESIDENT BRUCE ENGEL TO JOHN CRESSEY, WHO WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR 12 YEARS AND HAS BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL SINCE 1998. HE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME BUILDING CONTRACTOR IN MAQUOKETA. THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER IS
KELLY HESSONG, WHO RECENTLY CLOSED HER WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORE AND IN THE SAME BUILDING, HAS OPENED A NEW BUSINESS, CALLED "REFLEXTIONS". SHE IS HAVING HER GRAND OPENING NEXT FRIDAY.
ITS OFFICIAL, MAQUOKETA WILL BE GETTING A NEW "TACO JOHN'S RESTAURANT" THIS JUNE, ACROSS FROM WALMART, JUST WEST OF CRESSEY CONSTRUCTION. IT WILL BE OWNED BY TWO MAQUOKETA COUPLES, SANDRA AND BRUCE MYATT AND ANNE AND MIKE HAWKS.
THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE BUILDING THE FIRST OF A NEW DESIGN FOR THE COMPANY WHICH HAS ITS NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN CHEYENNE, WYOMING. IT WILL EMPLOY 20 FULL ADN PARTTIME PEOPLE.
MAQUOKETA TEACHERS ARE ASKING FOR A 5.3 PERCENT OVERALL BENEFITS PACKAGE INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR. THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS COUNTERED WITH A 2.2 PERCENT INCREASE. THE FIRST NEGOTIATION SESSION WILL BE NEXT NEXT THURSDAY EVENING.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THIEVES WHO STOLE DONATIONS FROM 4-H CANISTERS THIS WEEK, IN MAQUOEKTA. THEY SLICED OPEN THE CONTAINERS AT CAN CITY CONVENIENCE STORE AND ALSO AT THE SINCLAIR STATION. 4-H MEMBERS PUT THIS OUT SOLICITYING DONATIONS FOR THEIR ANNUAL VALENTINE EVENT.
MORE COURT NEWS: CHAD MILLER, AGE 26 OF MAQUOKETA WAS FINED $50 ON CHARGES OF OPERATING AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE.
AND, STEVE STUTTING OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OW, 2ND OFFENSE AND FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE WAS REVOKED AND FOR HAVING NO INSURANCE. HE
WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK AS HE WAS TRYING TO START HIS STALLED CAR AT CAN CITY CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEARLY 50 EXHIBITORS ARE SIGNED-UP FOR THIS BIG EVENT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK...
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CLEANED UP A GAS SPILL FOLLOWIGN A 2 VEHICLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT PLATT AND PROSPECT. ONLY MINOR INJURIES AND NO FIRE FROM THE GAS SPILL. INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, MICHAEL DONATCH, AGE 15, AND SANDRA DELL, AGE 48, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED GETTTING A $400,000 LOAN FROM THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AT 3.24 PERCENT INTEREST, TO PLAY OFF THE DEBT TO THE STATE OF IOWA FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO JACKSON COUNTY. TWO YEARS AGO, SUPERVISORS DISCOVERED BILLS HAD NOT BEEN PAID BY A PREVIOUS DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE MONEY WILL BE PAID BACK IN $100,000 INCREMENTS OVER 4 YEARS. THE MONEY WILL COME OUT OF THE ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET. THEY TOOK BIDS FOR THE LOAN AND MAQUOKETA STATE BANK
OFFERED THE LOWEST INTEREST.
DICK'S SUPER MARKET, AND CONVENIENCE STORE NEXT DOOR, OPENED WEDNESDAY AND THE BIG PARKING LOT HAS BEEN FILLED DAY AND NIGHT SINCE THEN. IT IS IN THE NEW WESTGATE SHOPPING AREA OFF WEST PLATT STREET, WEST OF MCDONALDS AND THE SUPER 8 MOTEL, AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW GASSER'S TRUE VALUE WHICH OPENED BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL BOARD MET THIS WEEK AND VOTED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH WILL NOW INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WILL BE 3 MORE PHASES FOR THIS SEGMENT, WITH A TOTAL COST OF $5.8 MILLION. THE FIRST SEGMENT , STILL NOT DONE, IS COSTING
AROUND $7 MILLION PLUS AND IS BEING PAID FOR BY MONEY ON HAND. THE ADDITIONAL
PHASES WILL BE DONE WITH BORROWED MONEY, TO BE PAID OFF BY HOSPITAL PROFITS.
THE PLANS ALSO INCLUDE A NEW BUILDING AREA JUST FOR OFFICES FOR ALL THE DOCTORS IN MAQUOKETA. BUT, THAT IS STILL UNDER STUDY AND LOCAL DOCTORS WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO A PLAN WHEREBY THEY LEAVE AND SELL THEIR CURRENT BUILDINGS AND LOCATE IN A NEW ONE ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN HELD THEIR ANNUAL DINNER AND MEETING THIS LAST WEEK AND GAVE JERRY WIESE THE LEO CLASEN AWARD DURING THE EVENT. FIREFIGHTERS VOTE ON THE AWARD NAMED IN HONOR OF THE LATE LEO CLASEN, A VETERANN FIREMAN.
FIREFIGHTER JEFF MORITZ RECEIVED A PLAQUE FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK RECEIVED A CLOCK FOR 20 YEARS LOF SERVICE THREE NEW MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE ROBERT EDWARDS, BRIAN BOWLING AND JEFF BAKER.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERED 96 FIRE CALLS LAST YEAR AND 35 RESCUE CALLS.
MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MET THIS WEEK AND WILL BE RECOMMEND TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, A 40-CENT TAX HIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING THIS WEEK. CHAMBER DIRECTOR LINDA STURTZ PRESENTED HER ANNUAL AWARD TO LIFELONG MAQUOKETA RESIDENT DAVE HAYES. HAYES HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT DEAN FOR CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1980. AND THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD WENT GIVEN BY OUTGOING PRESIDENT BRUCE ENGEL TO JOHN CRESSEY, WHO WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR 12 YEARS AND HAS BEEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL SINCE 1998. HE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME BUILDING CONTRACTOR IN MAQUOKETA. THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER IS
KELLY HESSONG, WHO RECENTLY CLOSED HER WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORE AND IN THE SAME BUILDING, HAS OPENED A NEW BUSINESS, CALLED "REFLEXTIONS". SHE IS HAVING HER GRAND OPENING NEXT FRIDAY.
ITS OFFICIAL, MAQUOKETA WILL BE GETTING A NEW "TACO JOHN'S RESTAURANT" THIS JUNE, ACROSS FROM WALMART, JUST WEST OF CRESSEY CONSTRUCTION. IT WILL BE OWNED BY TWO MAQUOKETA COUPLES, SANDRA AND BRUCE MYATT AND ANNE AND MIKE HAWKS.
THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE BUILDING THE FIRST OF A NEW DESIGN FOR THE COMPANY WHICH HAS ITS NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN CHEYENNE, WYOMING. IT WILL EMPLOY 20 FULL ADN PARTTIME PEOPLE.
MAQUOKETA TEACHERS ARE ASKING FOR A 5.3 PERCENT OVERALL BENEFITS PACKAGE INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR. THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS COUNTERED WITH A 2.2 PERCENT INCREASE. THE FIRST NEGOTIATION SESSION WILL BE NEXT NEXT THURSDAY EVENING.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THIEVES WHO STOLE DONATIONS FROM 4-H CANISTERS THIS WEEK, IN MAQUOEKTA. THEY SLICED OPEN THE CONTAINERS AT CAN CITY CONVENIENCE STORE AND ALSO AT THE SINCLAIR STATION. 4-H MEMBERS PUT THIS OUT SOLICITYING DONATIONS FOR THEIR ANNUAL VALENTINE EVENT.
MORE COURT NEWS: CHAD MILLER, AGE 26 OF MAQUOKETA WAS FINED $50 ON CHARGES OF OPERATING AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE.
AND, STEVE STUTTING OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OW, 2ND OFFENSE AND FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE WAS REVOKED AND FOR HAVING NO INSURANCE. HE
WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK AS HE WAS TRYING TO START HIS STALLED CAR AT CAN CITY CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NEARLY 50 EXHIBITORS ARE SIGNED-UP FOR THIS BIG EVENT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK...
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THIS IS SEGMENT 3 FOR TODAY, SATURDAY. DON'T FORGET TO GO BACK TO SEGMENT
ONE AND START READING FROM THERE FIRST.
MARGARET KAY DAVISON, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA DIED WEDNESDAY. SHE WORKED AS A NURSES AID AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR 25 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, KENNETH, JR....3 CHILDREN, DARYL DAVISON, KATHLEEN KAY SCOTT, AND DARBY DAVISON ALL OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A BROTHER, GEORGE BURMAHL OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, ARLA EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA.
JAMES F. MCNICHOLS AGE 52 OF MAQUOKETA DIED WEDNESDAY. COMPLETE OBITUARY
NOT IN YET.
JIM CLARK, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY, AFTER A SUDDEN ILLNESS, IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT IOWA CITY. HE OWNED AND OPERATED CLARK SALES AND SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA FOR 42 AND A HALF YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MADONNA, 4 CHILDREN....DAVID HEISTER OF WACO, TEXAS, STEVE HEISTER OF MAQUOKETA, DOUGLAS CLARK OF MAQUOKETA AND MARTIN CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.
ALSO 2 BROTHERS,INCLUDING WAYNE CLARK OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 SISTERS, INCLUDING ANNA ADAM OF MAQUOKETA.
HOWARD BECKER, 89, OF MONMOUTH, DIED AT THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
HE OPERATED BECKER PLUMBING AND HEATING IN MONMOUTH OF MANY YEARS.
JAMES DANIEL "JIM" SKIPPER, AGE 45, OF SILVER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, JANUARY 8TH.
HE WAS A PLUMBER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, KAREN, 1 DAUGHTER, AND HIS PARENTS, CAROL AND KEN DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA.
CARL JORGENSEN, AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED JANUARY 15TH. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, HELEN KNIGHT, OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, MARVIN JORGENSEN OF MAQUOKETA.
IN COURT NEWS:
RON KRUMVIEDE, AGE 40, WAS SENTENCED TO 3 DAYS IN JAIL, SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT. HE WAS IN A FIGHT BACK ON AUGUST 7TH.
TROY BEHNKE, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND CHARGED WITH OWI.
TERRY KREMER, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WITHOUT THE OWNERS CONSENT.
ERIC WAGNER, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO A PERSON UNDER THE LEGAL AGE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE SINCLAIR STATION ON EAST PLATT. HE WAS ARRESTED AS A RESULT OF A ROUTINE CHECK OF ESTABLISHMENTS WHO SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD RECEIVED SOME GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK.
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB IS OFFERING $150,000 OVER 3 YEARS
TO GO TOWARDS A NEW TRACK AND 6 NEW TENNIS COURTS. THE TOTAL COST WILL BE ABOUT THREE TIMES THAT, SO THE MAQUOKETA BOARD NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MONEY FOR THEIR MATCH, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME IDEA AS TO HOW IT COULD BE DONE. THE HIGH SCHOOL IS IN BAD NEED OF THE TRACK AND COURTS.
I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. THE CLUB GETS MONEY FROM VARIOUS PROJECTS, THE TOP BEING AN ANNUAL SPORTS PUBLICATION IN THE FALL, WITH LOTS OF ADS BY LOCAL BUSINESS.
I WILL POST THIS AGAIN...MORE COMING SOON.
ONE AND START READING FROM THERE FIRST.
MARGARET KAY DAVISON, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA DIED WEDNESDAY. SHE WORKED AS A NURSES AID AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR 25 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, KENNETH, JR....3 CHILDREN, DARYL DAVISON, KATHLEEN KAY SCOTT, AND DARBY DAVISON ALL OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A BROTHER, GEORGE BURMAHL OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, ARLA EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA.
JAMES F. MCNICHOLS AGE 52 OF MAQUOKETA DIED WEDNESDAY. COMPLETE OBITUARY
NOT IN YET.
JIM CLARK, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THURSDAY, AFTER A SUDDEN ILLNESS, IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT IOWA CITY. HE OWNED AND OPERATED CLARK SALES AND SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA FOR 42 AND A HALF YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MADONNA, 4 CHILDREN....DAVID HEISTER OF WACO, TEXAS, STEVE HEISTER OF MAQUOKETA, DOUGLAS CLARK OF MAQUOKETA AND MARTIN CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.
ALSO 2 BROTHERS,INCLUDING WAYNE CLARK OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 SISTERS, INCLUDING ANNA ADAM OF MAQUOKETA.
HOWARD BECKER, 89, OF MONMOUTH, DIED AT THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
HE OPERATED BECKER PLUMBING AND HEATING IN MONMOUTH OF MANY YEARS.
JAMES DANIEL "JIM" SKIPPER, AGE 45, OF SILVER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, JANUARY 8TH.
HE WAS A PLUMBER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, KAREN, 1 DAUGHTER, AND HIS PARENTS, CAROL AND KEN DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA.
CARL JORGENSEN, AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED JANUARY 15TH. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, HELEN KNIGHT, OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, MARVIN JORGENSEN OF MAQUOKETA.
IN COURT NEWS:
RON KRUMVIEDE, AGE 40, WAS SENTENCED TO 3 DAYS IN JAIL, SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT. HE WAS IN A FIGHT BACK ON AUGUST 7TH.
TROY BEHNKE, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND CHARGED WITH OWI.
TERRY KREMER, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WITHOUT THE OWNERS CONSENT.
ERIC WAGNER, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO A PERSON UNDER THE LEGAL AGE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE SINCLAIR STATION ON EAST PLATT. HE WAS ARRESTED AS A RESULT OF A ROUTINE CHECK OF ESTABLISHMENTS WHO SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD RECEIVED SOME GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK.
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB IS OFFERING $150,000 OVER 3 YEARS
TO GO TOWARDS A NEW TRACK AND 6 NEW TENNIS COURTS. THE TOTAL COST WILL BE ABOUT THREE TIMES THAT, SO THE MAQUOKETA BOARD NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MONEY FOR THEIR MATCH, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME IDEA AS TO HOW IT COULD BE DONE. THE HIGH SCHOOL IS IN BAD NEED OF THE TRACK AND COURTS.
I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. THE CLUB GETS MONEY FROM VARIOUS PROJECTS, THE TOP BEING AN ANNUAL SPORTS PUBLICATION IN THE FALL, WITH LOTS OF ADS BY LOCAL BUSINESS.
I WILL POST THIS AGAIN...MORE COMING SOON.
BACK WITH ANOTHER SATURDAY SEGMENT...
WELL, ITS OFFICIALS, RAGRAI ...THE GREAT BIKE TREK ACROSS IOWA, SPONSORED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BY THE DES MOINES REGISTER, WILL GO THROUGH MAQUOKETA.
IT WILL START ON JULY 25TH ON THE MISSOURI RIVER AND ALL WEEK LONG, TRAVEL EAST. FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BIKERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, WILL STAY OVERNIGHT IN MAQUOKETA FRIDAY, JULY 30TH, AND THEN GO ON THE FINAL LEG TO CLINTON SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE OVER 10,000 BIKERS AND MAYBE THAT MANY MORE IN SUPPORT. IT WILL BE A GOOD ECONOMIC EVENT FOR MAQUOKETA. I KNOW FOR SURE THAT BOTH THE COMFORT INN, NEW MOTEL SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND THE DECKER HOTEL DOWNTOWN, BOTH RENTED ALL THEIR ROOMS YESTERDAY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 30TH. I IMAGINE THE SUPER 8 ALSO IF BOOKED SOLID. THAT'S THE SAME WEEK AS THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. THE LAST TIME THE BIKERS STAYED OVERNIGHT HERE WAS 10 YEARS AGO. AND I KNOW THEY ALSO STAYED OVERNIGHT ALSO IN THE 70'S.
SO, THIS WILL BE THE 3RD TIME. THE CHAMBER WILL MEET SOON TO NAME CO-CHAIRMEN FOR THE EVENT AND ESTABLISH OTHER COMMITTEES. IT IS GOING TO BE A BUSY, EXCITING SUMMER IN MAQUOKETA.
I WILL ENTER THIS AGAIN....MORE SOON.
WELL, ITS OFFICIALS, RAGRAI ...THE GREAT BIKE TREK ACROSS IOWA, SPONSORED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BY THE DES MOINES REGISTER, WILL GO THROUGH MAQUOKETA.
IT WILL START ON JULY 25TH ON THE MISSOURI RIVER AND ALL WEEK LONG, TRAVEL EAST. FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BIKERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, WILL STAY OVERNIGHT IN MAQUOKETA FRIDAY, JULY 30TH, AND THEN GO ON THE FINAL LEG TO CLINTON SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE OVER 10,000 BIKERS AND MAYBE THAT MANY MORE IN SUPPORT. IT WILL BE A GOOD ECONOMIC EVENT FOR MAQUOKETA. I KNOW FOR SURE THAT BOTH THE COMFORT INN, NEW MOTEL SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND THE DECKER HOTEL DOWNTOWN, BOTH RENTED ALL THEIR ROOMS YESTERDAY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 30TH. I IMAGINE THE SUPER 8 ALSO IF BOOKED SOLID. THAT'S THE SAME WEEK AS THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. THE LAST TIME THE BIKERS STAYED OVERNIGHT HERE WAS 10 YEARS AGO. AND I KNOW THEY ALSO STAYED OVERNIGHT ALSO IN THE 70'S.
SO, THIS WILL BE THE 3RD TIME. THE CHAMBER WILL MEET SOON TO NAME CO-CHAIRMEN FOR THE EVENT AND ESTABLISH OTHER COMMITTEES. IT IS GOING TO BE A BUSY, EXCITING SUMMER IN MAQUOKETA.
I WILL ENTER THIS AGAIN....MORE SOON.
9 BELOW YESTERDAY MORNING....4 ABOVE YESTERDAY FOR A HIGH....8 BELOW THIS MORNING AND A LITTLE WARMER WEATHER COMING OVER THE WEEKEND. WE MIGHT SEE HIGHS IN THE 20'S TOMORROW AND MONDAY. UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING, MAINLY ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THEN BACK TO A HIGH OF 8 ON TUESDAY. IT HAS BEEN.... AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ....WINTER AT ITS FINEST HERE IN EASTERN IOWA. SORRY SOME OF YOU DOWN SOUTH HAVE TO MISS IT.
THIS WILL BE A LONGER REPORT THAN USUAL...SO I WILL BREAK IT INTO MORE THAN ONE ENTRY. I HATE TO DO A SEGMENT AND THEN LOOSE IT BY ACCIDENT....GENERALLY CAUSED BECAUSE I TRY TO GO TOO FAST.
SPORTS FIRST: TUESDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON AGAIN...AND LAST NIGHT HERE THEY BEAT SOUTH TAMA, 55 TO 46. ADAM HEPKER HAS 18 POINTS. THE CARDINAL BOYS ARE NOW 10 AND 3 OVERALL AND 10 AND 1 IN THE CONFERENCE. THEY PLAY A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AGAINST NORTH SCOTT AT ELDRIDGE TONIGHT. NORTH SCOTT IS #1 IN CLASS 4-A.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WON TWO TEAM EVENTS THURSDAY NIGHT AT GOOSE LAKE, DEFEATING THERE, BOTH NORTHEAST AND NORTH CEDAR...BOTH TEAMS SCORES WERE CLOSE THOUGH. THE WRESTLERS ARE AT BENTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL AT VAN HORNE TODAY FOR THE WAMAC INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT. FINALS AT 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AREN'T DOING AS WELL AS EARLIER IN SEASON. AGAIN LAST NIGHT, THEY LOST AT TAMA, TO SOUTH TAMA, 82 TO 51. TIFFANY HELMBRECHT HAD 12 POINTS FOR THE CARDS AND THEY NOW ARE 9 AND 3 IN THE WAMAC AND 10 AND 7 OVERALL. THE SOPHOMORE GIRLS LOST THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE GAME LAST NIGHT TO SOUTH TAMA. THE GIRLS PLAY NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT MARION.
I WILL POST THIS NOW AND MORE COMING SOON.
THIS WILL BE A LONGER REPORT THAN USUAL...SO I WILL BREAK IT INTO MORE THAN ONE ENTRY. I HATE TO DO A SEGMENT AND THEN LOOSE IT BY ACCIDENT....GENERALLY CAUSED BECAUSE I TRY TO GO TOO FAST.
SPORTS FIRST: TUESDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON AGAIN...AND LAST NIGHT HERE THEY BEAT SOUTH TAMA, 55 TO 46. ADAM HEPKER HAS 18 POINTS. THE CARDINAL BOYS ARE NOW 10 AND 3 OVERALL AND 10 AND 1 IN THE CONFERENCE. THEY PLAY A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AGAINST NORTH SCOTT AT ELDRIDGE TONIGHT. NORTH SCOTT IS #1 IN CLASS 4-A.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WON TWO TEAM EVENTS THURSDAY NIGHT AT GOOSE LAKE, DEFEATING THERE, BOTH NORTHEAST AND NORTH CEDAR...BOTH TEAMS SCORES WERE CLOSE THOUGH. THE WRESTLERS ARE AT BENTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL AT VAN HORNE TODAY FOR THE WAMAC INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT. FINALS AT 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AREN'T DOING AS WELL AS EARLIER IN SEASON. AGAIN LAST NIGHT, THEY LOST AT TAMA, TO SOUTH TAMA, 82 TO 51. TIFFANY HELMBRECHT HAD 12 POINTS FOR THE CARDS AND THEY NOW ARE 9 AND 3 IN THE WAMAC AND 10 AND 7 OVERALL. THE SOPHOMORE GIRLS LOST THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE GAME LAST NIGHT TO SOUTH TAMA. THE GIRLS PLAY NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT MARION.
I WILL POST THIS NOW AND MORE COMING SOON.
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