Wednesday, September 21, 2005

SUNNY AND HOT TODAY...HIGH 88.
COOLER WEATHER BEGINS TOMORROW.

THE KMAQ WEB CAM IS WORKING AGAIN! GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE
PICTURE OF MAIN STREET. YOU SHOULD SEE THE POST OFFICE AND THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK TIME AND TEMPERATURE SIGN. REMEMBER, YOU MAY HAVE TO HIT THE REFRESH KEY EVERY FEW SECONDS WHILE VIEWING MAIN STREET. WITH MANY COMPUTERS, THIS HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: SCOTT WIRTH CONSTRUCTION TOLD POLICE A FLAT BED TRAILER CONTAINING $500 WORTH OF FOAM INSULATION WAS TAKEN FROM THEIR SHOP AT 410 NORTH ELIZA STREET. THE TRAILER ITSELF WAS VALUED AT $10,000.

JOHN RINGEN AT 104 COLGATE AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA TOLD POLICE THAT $118 WAS TAKEN FROM HIS HOME SOMETIME LAST FRIDAY.

A NEWLY FORMED GROUP CALLED THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WILL BE HOSTING THEIR FIRST EVENT ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH. RIGHT AFTER THE HOMECOMING GAME THAT NIGHT, ALL MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO A
"MIXER" AT THE DECKER HOTEL LOUNGE. THE NEW GROUP HAS BEEN STARTED TO GIVE MORE SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOLS. THE GROUP WILL SOON HAVE A WEB SITE UP AND RUNNING. FORMING THE NEW GROUP ... KEVIN BOWMAN, DON CARSON, BOB GAVIN, BRIAN MOORE, KERRY SHEPERS, CHAD SPECHT AND DOUG KNICKREHM.

A SUCCESSFUL BLOOD DRIVE WAS HELD TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM, SPONSORED BY THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA CHAPTER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. DURING THE5-HOUR LONG DRIVE, A TOTAL OF 88 UNITS OF BLOOD WERE COLLECTED.

CHELSEA BECK, AGE 87, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON AND A DAUGHTER AND STEP-CHILDREN, INCLUDING TOM CHRISTOFFERSEN OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS A FARMER AND RETIRED IN 1979.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS ANAMOSA THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. THEY ALSO ARE
0 AND 3 THIS SEASON. A WEEK LATER, FOR HOMECOMING, WEST DELAWARE (MANCHESTER) WILL BE
HERE.

TAKE IT EASY.

DENNIS VOY



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