Monday, January 31, 2005

40 FOR A HIGH TODAY.
MIGHT HIT 50 BY FRIDAY.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT TO WORK ON THE BUDGET.

IN WEEKEND SPORTS:

FRIDY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA BOYS 57, SOUTH TAMA 70. THE CARDS ARE NOW 2 AND 11.
ALSO FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS 28, SOUTH TAMA 59. THE GIRLS RECORD IS NOW 6 AND 9.
TONIGHT, ANOTHER MAKE-UP NIGHT. AGAINST VINTON. BOYS HERE, GIRLS THERE.
VARSITY ONLY, WITH BOTH GAMES STARTING AT 6:30.

WRESTLING LAST SATURDAY....THE CARDS TOOK 8TH PLACE IN THE WAMAC TOURNAMENT AT THE BENTON HIGH SCHOOL.

HEATHER SAGERS OF EAST PLATT MAQUOKETA REPORTED TO POLICE THAT SOMEONE TOOK $560 IN CASH FROM HER PURSE WHICH WAS IN HER CAR OVER THE WEEKEND.

COURT NEWS: CARLA CLARK, AGE 44, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AROUND 11:30 SATURDAY NIGHT ON WESTERN AVENUE.

BIRTH: TINA WOOD AND TODD WEETS ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY...AT LOCAL HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE KEITH WOOD OF MAQUOKETA AND DELORES WOOD OF CHARLOTTE. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS LORI WEETS OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND MARY WEETS OF MAQUOKETA.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR JOYCE E. GOARCKE, AGE 73, OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED AT HER HOME LAST NIGHT.

GOT AN EMAIL FROM DREW ROBINSON, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE WENT TO MCHS IN THE LATE 50'S, AND HIS PARENTS, BOTH NO LONGER LIVING, HAD A PAINT STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HE IS A FREE LANCE WRITER LIVING IN SAN DIEGO.

ALSO GOT AN EMAIL FROM A PERSON WANTING TO KNOW INFORMATION ABOUT A MAQUOKETA BAND OF MANY YEARS AGO, CALLED... THE MAPLE SIDERS. ANYONE REMEMBER THAT BAND?

THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS PAT COSTELLO, OWNER OF COSTELLO'S OLD MILL ART GALLERY. A PHOTO AND STORY AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. SEE YOU AT THE FREE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

DENNIS VOY