SUNNY TODAY....HIGH OF 21. DOWN TO 1 BELOW TONIGHT. TOMORROW, SUNNY
AND HIGH IN LOWER 20'S.
IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS, THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD SEE AN ENROLLMENT DROP OF 180 STUDENTS. THE DISTRICT RECEIVES $5,883 FOR EACH STUDENT FROM THE STATE. THIS YEAR, A LARGE GRADUATING CLASS OF 170.
THERE ARE AROUND 90 KINDERGARTNERS WHO WILL ENROLL NEXT YEAR.
FROM 1984 TO 2009, THE DISTRICT HAS SEEN A DECREASE OF 285 STUDENTS.
ALL THIS, PLUS THE GOVERNOR'S CUTS, IS CAUSING FINANCIAL WOES FORTHE
DISTRICT.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LOST TO BETTENDORF LAST NIGHT. THE CARDINALS
WON 4 MATCHES TOTAL. NO SURPRISE....BETTENDORF AGAIN HAD A GREAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR. THE CARDINALS HAD A VERY GOOD YEAR TOO.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT , JOE H. MILLER, AGE 80, DIED FEBRUARY 22ND
AT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. AT HIS HOME. HE WAS A 1947 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS SURIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS AND A TWIN BROTHER
IN ELDRIDGE. 5 GRANDCHILDREN.
NANCY AND I ARE OFF TO LENTEN SERVICE TONIGHT AT FIRST LUTHERAN.
SOUP SUPPER BEFORE IN BASEMENT SOCIAL ROOM.
LAST WEDNESDAY, WE WENT TO HER CHURCH, UNITED METHODIST.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY