ICE ICE AND MORE ICE.
NO SCHOOL AGAIN TODAY.
VERY SLIPPERY THIS MORNING....EVEN NOW IN MANY PLACES.
RAIN AND IN LOW 40'S SATURDAY WILL GET RID OF A LOT OF THE ICE.

HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, OVER 20 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OVER NIGHT....MANY JUST SINGLE VEHICLE.   A COUPLE SEMIS JACK-KNIFED.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....JESS BAKER REPORTED AT NOON YESTERDAY THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW ON HER CAR WAS BROKEN WHILE PARKED IN THE FAREWAY PARKING LOT.
AND, KATIE MICHEL REPORTED SHE STRUCK A DEER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON 217TH AVENUE.
ALSO, MEREDITH BRANDT OF MAQUOKETA  STRUCK A DEER ON HIGHWAY 61, NEAR 225TH STREET NORTH OF DEWITT LAST FRIDAY.

IN BUSINESS NEWS, VI YEAGER HAS RETIRED , AFTER 20 YEARS SELLING REAL
ESTATE IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

NO WRESTLING TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SCHOOL  TODAY,       WHENEVER SCHOOL CLOSES BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER,  ACTIVITIES ALSO MUST BE
CANCELLED OR POSTPONED.      THE WRESTLING MEET WILL BE RESCHEDULED SOON.
TOMORROW, NO SCHOOL AGAIN IN MAQUOKETA, BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULED "IN SERVICE" DAY.    ACTIVITIES CAN BE HELD.     TOMORROW NIGHT, IN BASKETBALL, THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY AT MARION AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST MARION IN WAMAC PLAY.    GAMES AT 4:30....6 AND AROUND 7:30.  

THE LITTLE CARDS WRESTLERS WILL WRESTLE AT DEWITT SATURDAY.

DRIVE CAREFULLY, BUCKLE-UP AND USE THE CELL PHONE AFTER YOU GET TO YOUR DESTINATION.     OR PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD  AND USE.

DENNIS VOY

AT THE MAQUOKETA MASONIC CENTER (UP BY BANOWETZ  ANTIQUE  MALL)

ON McKINSEY DRIVE,  A "SHOES FOR KIDS"    PROJECT WAS STARTED IN 2000 AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE MASONS HAVE PURCHASED OVER 600 PAIR OF SHOES AND BOOTS FOR THE NEEDY IN OUR AREA.    THE PHOTO ABOVE SHOWS 14 PAIR THAT THEY ADDED TO THE TOTAL THIS WEEK AND WERE PRESENTED AT THE  BRIGGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA.       AT LEFT IS ROBERT CHRISTENSEN OF THE MASONS AND PAT BOLLMAN, BRIGGS PRINCIPAL.   THE MASONS ARE A GOOD, ACTIVE ORGANIZATION AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM, AND TO SEE  A PHOTO OF THEIR OFFICERS, GO TO THEIR WEBSITE...www.maquoketamasons.org    WHEN YOU ATTEND A WAFFLE BREAKFAST THAT THEY SPONSOR AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, YOU ARE HELPING THEM DO THEIR GOOD DEEDS.   THANK YOU MAQUOKETA MASONS!

 DENNIS VOY