IT GOT DOWN TO 8 ABOVE LAST NIGHT. SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, NOW CLOUDY. LOW
TONIGHT AROUND 3 ABOVE.

MAQUOKETA WILL HOST DEWITT TONIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA
HIGH SCHOOL GYM. MAQUOKETA IS 1 AND 1 SO FAR THIS SEASON AND DEWITT IS 2 AND 0.

ALVIN "SLIM" CLASEN, AGE 72, OF BELLEVUE, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MAYO CLINIC. SERVICES WILL BE SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BELLEVUE.
AT ONE TIME, HE WORKED FOR THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS IN THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE ADAM BECK AND HIS CENTERSTAGE VARIETY BAND WILL PERFORM A CONCERT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 6TH, AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, TO BENEFIT THE 2008 JACKSON COUNTY TOYS FOR TOTS COMPAIGN. THE BAND PLAYS ROCK AND COUNTRY ROCK FROM THE 70'S THROUGH TEH 90'S, COVERING SONGS BY NEIL DIAMOND, THE EAGLES, AND EVEN JOHNNY CASH. CENERSTAGE HAS ENJOYED FOUR YEARS PLAYING CASINOS IN IOWA, MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. ADULT TICKETS ARE $10 WITH A TOY AND $15 WITHOUT A TOY. CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER ADMITTED FREE WITH PAID ADULT.

FOR THE 6TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE 1987-88-89 GRADUATES OF MAQUOKETA HIGH WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE 12TH ANNUAL JACK MARLOWE ALUMNI TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. THE BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT THE 2007 GRADS, 75 TO 61. TEAM MEMBERS OF THE WINNING TEAM WERE: NICK WILLEY, DAVID LINDGREN,
CHRIST STREETS, BILL McALEER, DAVID McLAUGHLIN, CHAD SPECHT, JOHN COSTELLO, CRAIG
MUHLHAUSEN AND BOB GAVIN.

TOMORROW (FRIDAY) NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST INDEPENDENCE AND THE MCHS GIRLS
PLAY AT INDENENCENCE.

THIS MONTH, LAHEY FUNERAL HOME AND McDONALDS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN MAQUOKETA.

THE NEW JUMERS $150 MILLION DOLLAR CASINO AND HOTEL OPENED THIS WEEK AT ROCK ISLAND, ON I-280. THE WORD IS....IT IS FABULOUS, AS CLOSE TO LAS VEGAS AS YOU CAN GET. IT REPLACES THE CASINO ON THE MISSISSIPPI AT ROCK ISLAND.
THE SECOND LAND-BASED CASINO TO OPEN THIS YEAR. CLINTON'S OPENED ON HIGHWAY 30, WEST OF CLINTON, REPLACING THE MISSISSIPPI BELLE ON THE RIVER. DUBUQUE'S NEW LAND CASINO OPENS NEXT WEEK ON LAND IN THE HARBOR, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE
CASINO BOAT WILL CLOSE. IT FEATURES A 30-LANE BOWLING FACILITY.
AND OF COURSE, WINNING MONEY AT ALL THESE CASINOS IS LIKING TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY.

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TAKE CARE. YES..CHRISTMAS IS 3 WEEKS FROM TODAY.

DENNIS VOY