4 AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW IN MAQUOKETA SATURDAY NIGHT AND YESTERDAY. TOTAL OF 7 AND A HALF THE LAST TWO WEEKENDS.

WEEKEND SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BOTH BEAT VINTON SHELLSBURG FRIDAY. THE GIRLS WON AT HOME 32 TO 28 AND THE BOYS WON ON THE ROAD, 47 TO 46. IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE, THE GIRLS ARE NOW 4 AND 8 AND IN THE WAMAC, THE BOYS ARE NOW 6 AND 4.
THE WRESTLERS FINISHED 8TH IN A 16 TEAM TOURNAMENT AT CLINTON SATURDAY. BILLY KIRK AND THOMAS MAYBERRY BOTH TOOK A 3RD.
MARCUS BREEDEN, MCCAULLY BREEDEN, AND DARON FUGLSANG ALL TOOK A 4TH.

THE NEW SUPER WAL MART OPENED FRIDAY MORNING AND HAD A BIG WEEKEND. SEVEN LOCAL ORGAN IZATIONS SPLIT $18,000 FROM WAL MART AS PART OF THEIR GRAND OPENING THIS PAST WEEKEND.
MANAGER LINDY GRIMM HANDLED CHECKS OUT AS FOLLOWS:
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, $5,000....THE VFW, $2,000......THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL CARDS CLUB, $1,000......THE MAQUOKETA FIRE AND RESCUE, $3,000......THE MAQUOKETA PARKS AND RECREATION, $1,000.....
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE PROGRAM, $1,000......
AND THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD, $5,000.

A PRESTON MAN'S DOG WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY SNOWMOBILERS
OVER THE WEEKEND.

SOMEONE THREW EGGS ON THE BACK DOOR OF SACRED HEART SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT....THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK.

A JACKSON COUNTY SNOWPLOW DAMAGED A VEHICLE ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. TERRY RUBEL OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 51, WAS DRIVING THE PLOW AND HIS BLADE HIT THE PARKED CHEVY SUBURBAN OWNED BY TROY THEDE, CAUSING $9,000
TO THE 97 CHEVY.

CHAD AND SARAH OWEN OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN EARLY THIS MORNING IN MINNEAPOLIS. GRAND PARENTS ARE DOUG AND JEANNI OWEN OF MAQUOKETA AND JIM AND MARY BELLER OF MAQUOKETA.

ED BEIDLER, 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HE WAS A FARMER AND LONGTIME OWNER OF BEIDLER'S IMPLEMENT SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HE HAD BEEN IN A NURSING CENTER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE JOHN DEER IMPLEMENT BUSINESS HAS BEEN RUN BY HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY