SUNNY AND COLD AGAIN TODAY....HIGH IN THE TEENS. LAST NIGHT THE
OVERNIGHT LOW WAS 9 AND TONIGHT, DOWN TO ABOUT 2. UNSEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES.

IN SPORTS: SATURDAY THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE
CASCADE DUALS. THEY WENT 2 AND 3 FOR THE DAY. THEY BEAT
CASCADE 47 TO 30.....LOST TO VINTON 48 TO 34.....#1 RANKED DAVENPORT
ASSUMPTION BEAT THEM 71 TO 3. THEN THEY LOST TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT 52 TO 18 AND THEIR SECOND WIN WAS 37 TO 30 OVER MAQUOKETA VALLEY OF DELHI.
THEY WRESTLE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AT CENTER POINT URBANA IN A WAMAC
DUAL.
TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST MOUNT VERNON AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT MOUNT VERNON.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: RODNEY HASTING AT 611 S. 4TH STREET REPORTED
MONDAY THAT SOMEONE TOOK JEWELRY AND A COIN COLLECTION FROM HIS
HOME. AND LOIS OSTERT, REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE TOOK CD'S
FROM HER CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT
STREET.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE NEW LOOK OF THE
"EL RANCHITO" MEXICAN
RESTAURANT ON THE CORNER
OF MAIN AND PLATT IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
GOOD FOOD...FAST SERVICE...
....PRICES YOU'LL LIKE.
AND A LARGE MENU TO SELECT
FROM. TWO DINING ROOMS AND THE NORTH ONE CAN BE
USED FOR MEETINGS AND
PRIVATE PARTIES.

PHOTO BE DENNIS VOY
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

IT WAS COLD SUNDAY NIGHT
(6 ABOVE) WHEN NANCY AND I
LEFT THE LION'S SOUP SUPPER
AT DELMAR AND HEADED FOR
BELLEVUE TO VIEW THE CANADIAN PACIFIC HOLIDAY TRAIN AS IT PASSED THROUGH
TOWN. ABOUT 20 CARS
LIKE YOU SEE HERE (AND BELOW.)
MUSIC OF COURSE AND ONE BOXCAR HAD A STAGE WITH
A CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHOW
BY PROFESSIONALS RIDING ALONG ON THE TRAIN, WITH
SANTA. IT WAS ABOUT A 30-MINUTE VISIT.
THE RAILROAD HAS HAD THIS
TRAIN FOR MANY YEARS AND IT HAS VISITED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES ALONG ITS TRACKS AND HAS RAISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THOSE IN NEED AT CHRISTMAS TIME. CLICK-ON BOTH PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
WE ENJOYED THIS SPECIAL TOUCH TO CHRISTMAS HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.
PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IN BELLEVUE, THE RAILROAD RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.....MAKING
PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR
VIEWING THE HOLIDAY TRAIN
AS IT MADE A STOP IN BELLEVUE. THE RAILROAD GAVE A $1,000 CHECK
TO THE MAYOR FOR THE BELLEVUE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
LOTS OF CARS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ENJOYED THE
HOLIDAY TRAIN VISIT TO
BEAUTIFUL BELLEVUE, ALONG
THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY