Wednesday, February 28, 2007

MY MONDAY AFTER-THE-STORM DAILY REPORT DID NOT MAKE IT UP HERE.
I WROTE IT. SOMETHING HAPPENED. YESTERDAY'S (TUESDAY) REPORT IS RIGHT BELOW THIS. ANYWAY, WE GOT ABOUT 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND, HEAVY SNOW, ON TOP OF SLEET AND HAD LOTS OF WIND TO GO WITH IT. IT WAS A BLIZZARD THAT CAUSED MANY CANCELATIONS, MAINLY SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST EVENTS AND CHURCH SERVICES.
AND QUITE A FEW BUSINESS PLACES ALSO CLOSED. AND THE ICE ON DOWNED POWER LINES RESULTED IN NO ELECTRICITY FOR LAMOTTE,
ELWOOD, LOST NATION, OXFORD JUNCTION, AND WYOMNG. AND CALAMUS. CALAMUS IS STILL WITHOUT POWER.

NOW...WE HAVE RAIN IN OUR FORCAST FOR TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW NIGHT. SNOW POSIBLE O FRIDAY AND DRY BUT COLD FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE FEBRUARY LEAVE US.
IT WAS ONE OF THE COLDEST (KMAQ'S GAS BILL WAS $650 LAST FEBRUARY AND JUST OVER $800 THIS YEAR, AS ADDITIONAL PROOF) AND SNOWIEST ON RECORD. WE HAVE HAD AROUND 15 PLUS INCHES OF SNOW. NOW.... LOOKS LIKE MARCH WILL COME IN LIKE A LION.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAY HOST TO MT. VERNON MONDAY NIGHT AND WON THE GAME BY 1 POINT. IT WAS ANOTHER COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY. ALSO MONDAY NIGHT, DEWITT BEAT ANAMOSA AND SO THURSDAY NIGHT, THE CARDINALS AND SABERS GO AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR A 3RD TIME THIS SEASON, AT DUBUQUE SENIOR GYM. MAQUOKETA WON THE FIRST GAME AND DEWITT WON ON THEIR GYM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO....SO IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST IT ON KMAQ-FM.

THE ANDREW GIRLS ARE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT (FIRST TIME IN 31 YEARS) AND WILL PLAY THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AT DES MOINES. LEIGHTON WILL HAVE THAT GAME ALSO ON FM.

IN THET STATE WRESTLING TOURNANMENT WHICH ENDED SATURDAY,
MARCUS BREEDED, MAQUOKETA FRESHMAN TOOK 6TH IN THE STATE AND SENIOR BILLY KIRK TOOK 8TH.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MET FOR 3 AND 1/2 HOURS LAST NIGHT.
THE BOARD WAS TOLD THAT THE TAX RATE WILL NOT LIKELY NEED TO BE RAISED NEXT YEAR.

JOHN SCHURBON, AGE 73, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AREA, AND A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN IDAHO, DIED LAST THURSDAY AT HIS HOME
IN KOOSKIE, IDAHO, WHERE HE LIVED FOR 40 YEARS. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE MARRIED IN 1955 IN DELMAR. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE (THE FORMER VIRGINIA RAE MILLER) ..TWO DAUGHTERS AND ONE SON. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY IN IDAHO.

WAYNE CLARK, 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS WEEK AND HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

THE SCHOOL BELL THAT WAS IN THE 20'S FIRE OF THE MAQUOKETA ACADEMY IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THE STORY ABOUT THE FIRE AND BELL WAS THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT THE TUESDAY "BROWN BAG LUNCH" SESSION AT THE MUSEUM.

THE LITTLE WOOD FRAME ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA IS LISTED FOR SALE. APPARENTLY, THE CONGREGATION HAS CEASED TO EXIST.

WE HAVE WORLD CHAMPION ST. LOUIS CARDINAL BASEBALL ON KMAQ - FM THIS WEEKEND....THE CARDINALS AND THE MARLINS IN WEEKEND EXHIBITION SPRING-TRAINING GAMES. WILL THE CARDINALS GO THE WORLD SERIES AGAIN THIS FALL? OF COURSE!

TAKE CARE...AND BE GOOD.

DENNIS VOY