NICE WEATHER FOR VALENTINES WEEKEND.
CLOUDY NOW AND IN MID  20'S.

EIGHT WRESTLERS FROM MCHS WERE IN THE DISTRICT  AT NORTH SCOTT HIGH
SCHOOL SATURDAY AND 7 ARE GOING TO THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY IN DES MOINES.
HERE'S HOW THEY DID:
119 POUNDS, MARCUS BREEDEN, A SENIOR, CHAMPION.   RECORD 19 AND 6
130...SHILOH  SYNDER, JUNIOR, CHAMPION, 32 AND 4
135...TIM O'CONNELL, SENIOR, CHAMPION, 37 AND 2
140...DAKOTA SYNDER, JUNIOR (TWIN OF SHILO), CHAMPION, 30 AND 3
152...RYAN FLAGEL, SENIOR, CHAMPION, 33 AND 4
160...THOMAS MAYBERRY, SENIOR, CHAMPION, 34 AND 4
285...COLTON FELLER, SENIOR, RUNNER-UP, 29 AND 12.
ALSO, TWO WRESTLERS  FROM  NORTHEAST(GOOSELAKE) ARE GOING TO
STATE.     AT 171 POUNDS, SENIOR MITCH BIELENBERG, 29 AND 7 AND AT 189 POUNDS, SENIOR SPENCER LEUDERS, 34 AND 4.
THIS YEAR, NEITHER DEWITT OR MIDLAND-WYOMING WILL HAVE A  WRESTLER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
DR.PAUL KOOB OF MAQUOKETA WILL ONCE AGAIN BROADCAST THE MATCHES OF THE 9 WRESTLERS (MAQUOKETA AND NORHEAST) ON KMAQ-FM STARTING THIS FRIDAY.
AND..BECAUSE MAQUOKETA TOOK SECOND IN THE DISTRICT SATURDAY AS
A TEAM, NEXT WEEK.... WEEK AFTER THIS... THE TEAM WILL BE IN COMPETITION
FOR STATE TEAM TITLE.    MORE ON THAT LATER.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY DEWITT WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN TOURNAMENT
BASKETBALL AT DEWITT.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.   ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION WITH A BUSINESSMAN WHO WILL TALK ABOUT USING
A WOOD BURNING STOVE FOR HIS NEW PIZZA BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.

SEVERAL DEER ACCIDENTS AGAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND.

RICK CLASEN, 56, OF LAMOTTE DIED YESTERDAY AT DUBUQUE HOSPITAL.  HE GRADUATED FROM MCHS IN 1973 AND WAS  A GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER FOR COACH BILL FLEMMING.   HE HAS OWNED (AND RESTORED  HIMSELF) THE POPULAR CIRCLE C SALOON IN LAMOTTE SINCE 1982 AND HE ALSO OWNED THE NARROW GUAGE DEPOT IN LAMOTTE, WHICH HE RESTORED IN 1993.    SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE DIXIE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.    LENT STARTS THIS WEEK.

DENNIS VOY