SUNNY AND COLD AGAIN TODAY. 40 FOR A HIGH.
LAST NIGHT, WE GOT DOWN TO 20 IN MAQUOKETA. WARMER WEATHER IS COMING SOON.

IN THE ELECTION YESTERDAY. NEIL MOREHEAD WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL, DEFEATING ED TURNEY,432 TO 405. MARGO SHOUSE WILL BE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. SHE GOT 148 VOTES, DEFEATING LEONARD DITCH AND TODD GREEN. DITCH GOT 128 VOTES AND GREEN, 37 VOTES. THE HOTEL-MOTEL TAX INCREASE PASSED, 640 TO 190. TOM MESSERLI WAS RE-ELECTED MAYOR WITH NO BALLOT OPPOSITION, GETTING 571 VOTES. THERE WERE SOME WRITE-IN VOTES FOR MAYOR, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN NAMES OR FIGURES. TWO INCUMBANT COUNCILMEMBERS WERE, LIKE MESSERLI, UNOPPOSED. MATT WINEGAR AND MARSHA MEYERS WERE BOTH RE-ELECTED.

DEWITT LOST THEIR PLAYOFF GAME TO KEOKUK LAST NIGHT, 42 TO 7.

CHECK THE GINGERBREAD PHOTO BELOW, OF THE GINGERBREAD PASTIME THEATRE, DONE BY MICHELLE FLAGEL.
REMEMBER, WITH ALL PHOTOS ON THIS DAILY REPORT..CLICK ON THE PHOTO AND IT WILL BE ENLARGED ON YOUR MONITOR SCREEN.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

HERE IS ANOTHER OF THE 17 GINGERBREAD BUILDINGS FOR HOLIDAY VISITORS TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. NO ADMISSION FEE AT THE MUSEUM. STOP IN AND GO UPSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT 17 PEOPLE HAVE DONE, WORKING FROM A PHOTO. THIS IS THE OLD PASTIME THEATRE, DEMOLISHED IN
EARLY 1973 TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW SCHULTZ BROTHERS VARIETY STORE.