PARTY SUNNY TODAY AND 26 FOR A HIGH, TWICE AS HIGH AS YESTERDAY.
FLURRIES AND COLDER TOMORROW.

IN BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS, THERE,
DEFEATED ANAMOSA, 68 T O 47. THE BOYS PROVED TO BE A RECORD SETTER.
THE CARDINAL BOYS BROKE A TEAM RECORD FOR THE MOST 3-POINT FIELD GOALS IN A GAME. THE CARDS HAD 12 THREES LAST NIGHT AND THE OLD RECORD WAS
10 SET BACK IN 1990. CARDINAL JUNIOR CRAIG JOHNSON TIED THE SINGLE GAME RECORD FOR THREE POINTERS AS HE MADE 8. THAT RECORD ALSO WAS SET IN 1990.
HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE GIRLS ALSO WON LAST NIGHT, 24 TO 17.

A BIRTH: JOELLE AND ANDY OSTERHAUS ARE PARENTS OF A 9 POUND GIRL
BORN JANUARY 3RD AT CORVALLIS, OREGON. GRANDPARENTS ARE MARILYN
AND MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE
ANN AND BOB OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA. IT WAS BOB AND ANN'S FIRST
GREAT-GRANDCHILD AND IN HIS EMAIL TO ME, BOB WROTE: THE MAGNIFICENT
CHILD WAS NAMED PIETA ANN ELOISE.

TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY.
NO INJURIES. THE FIRST INVOLVED A DUBUQUE CAR STRIKING ON SOUTH MAIN, A MAQUOKETA PARKED CAR OWNED BY DIANA PADAVICH OF MAQUOKETA.
THE OTHER ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON SOUTH 5TH STREET. A BALDWIN CAR
AND ANOTHER CAR DRIVEN BY NICOLE HEISERMAN OF
RURAL MAQUOKETA WERE INVOLVED. LISA SNODGRASS OF BALDWIN WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO YIELD WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN.

THE ANNUAL GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE KICK-OFF IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 14TH. IN MAQUOKETA THERE WILL BE A COOKIE RALLY JANUARY 14TH ($2.00 PER SCOUT) AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 6 UNTIL 7 P.M. IT IS OPEN TO GIRLS IN GRADES K-12. THERE WILL BE GAMES THAT WILL HELP THE GIRLS DISCOVER WHAT IT TAKES TO SELL GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. ANYONE GOING TO THE JANUARY 14TH RALLY MUST PRE-REGISTER BY JANUARY 11TH. GIRLS IN THIS AREA WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO EACH SELL 140 BOXES THIS YEAR. SAME $3.50 A BOX AS LAST YEAR. OF THAT, 55-CENTS OF EACH BOX GOES TO THE LOCAL TROUP. SEVEN VARIETIES TO CHOOSE FROM.

I LOST ANOTHER FRIEND YESTERDAY! TOM RAY, 75, DIED LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THE FIRST MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS I MET WHEN I CAME TO TOWN IN 1958. TOM HAD JUST JOINED HIS DAD (MAX) IN THE MAX RAY JEWELERY STORE, ALMOST BELOW THE KMAQ STUDIOS WHICH WERE UP STAIRS AT 136 SOUTH MAIN. WE WERE BUSINESS NEIGHBORS FOR 12 YEARS UNTIL THE COAST TO COAST STORE FIRE MOVED KMAQ TO OUR PRESENT LOCATION. YEAR AFTER YEAR, TOM ADVERTISED HIS BUSINESS ON KMAQ. AND WE DID A LOT THINGS OUTSIDE OF WORK IN THOSE EARLY YEARS, INCLUDING BACKING THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS, ESPECIALLY IN WRESTLING. REMEMBER WELL HIS WHITE CORVETTE. HE HAD A BAD STROKE NEARLY A DOZEN YEARS AGO AND HAS LIVED UPSTAIRS OVER THE STORE, UNABLE TO WORK. HIS WIFE ROCHELLE HAS RUN THE STORE AND CARED FOR TOM SINCE. HIS MIND WAS GOOD, BUT IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO TALK AND HE DID GET AROUND WITH A WALKER. HE ENJOYED GOING OUT TO EAT AT LOCAL AND AREA RESTAURANTS. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE. THE FUNERAL IS FRIDAY. MY SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY!

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DENNIS VOY