NOT A VERY NICE FRIDAY....HAVE HAD RAIN AND MORE COMING
AND BACK IN THE 50'S. REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE THE SAME.
MONDAY LOOKING BETTER....SUNNY AND WARMER THEN.
BUT, WE NEEDED THE RAIN TODAY.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, I WAS UNABLE TO DO THIS REPORT AS THE BLOGGER
WAS DOWN AT THEIR END. CAME BACK SOMETIME OVERNIGHT. THIS
HAPPENS NOW AND THEN.

THE DUBUQUE CIVIL AIR PATROL WILL BE SEARCHING TOMORROW FOR THE BODY
OF THE SNOWMOBILER WHO PLUNGED THROUGH THE MAQUOKETA RIVER ICE
IN JACKSON COUNTY BACK ON JANUARY 22ND. IT WILL BE A TRAINING
MISSION FOR THE PATROL. THE BODY OF SHAWN BERTHEL WAS NEVER RECOVERED AFTER HIS SNOWMOBILE WENT UNDER THE ICE.

IT IS 1:35 AND REALLY RAINING HEAVY NOW, AS IT DID ALSO JUST BEFORE NOON.
AND THE RADAR SHOWS MORE COMING FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON.

A FIRE YESTERDAY IN ONE OF THE GARBAGE TRUCKS OWNED BY ROCKWELL
CLEAN-UP. THE FIRE STARTED INSIDE BIG BOX WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS
PARKED IN A SHED AT ROCKWELL'S NORTH OF TOWN. A FIREMEN PUT ON
AN AIR-PACK AND BACKED THE TRUCK OUT OF THE BUILDING, SO THE BUILDING
WAS NOT DAMAGED. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK SETTLED WITH THE NON-TEACHING UNION....AT A 15-CENT AN HOUR INCREASE. THE BOARD IS STILL NEGOTIATING
WITH THE TEACHER'S UNION.

THE MAQUOKETA BOWLING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL BANQUET WAS HELD
WEDNESDAY NIGNT AT THE EAGLES CLUB. IN THE AFTERNOON, SOME OF THE
MEMBERS PLAYED GOLF AT PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE AT THE SOUTH EDGE
OF MAQUOKETA. IN FACT, A DUBUQUE BOWLING ASSOCIATION MEMBER,
81-YEAR-OLD BILL TUCKER ACED A HOLE-IN-ONE ON THE 135-YARD 4TH HOLE,
USING A 5-WOOD. HE WAS PLAYING WITH JAKE BICKFORD OF MAQUOKETA AND
CHARLIE KUTSCH OF THE DUBUQUE BOWLING ASSOCIATION. AT THE AWARDS
PART OF THE EVENT, JAKE BICKFORD WAS NAMED AN HONORARY MEMBER
OF THE ASSOCIATION. THE SPONSOR OF THE YEAR AWARD WENT TO
DUNES SCHROEDER OF MAQUOKETA. DUNES IS A FLORIST. VERL HOWELL
OF MAQUOKETA WAS NAMED TO THE ASSOCIATION'S "HALL OF FAME".
ROB HECK OF MAQUOKETA WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 2011-2012.

THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S GOLF TEAM HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE DISTRICT
TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK. YESTERDAY, IN THE SECTIONAL AT SOLON,
THEY TOOK 3RD PLACE. THE TOP 3 TEAMS GO ON TO DISTRICT.
FOR MAQUOKETA, ALEX BECK SHOT A 79. KYLE CLARK AND CONNER TAYLOR
EACH CARDED 80'S. TY THEDE HAS AN 81. THE DISTRICT NEXT WEEK WILL
BE AT WILLIAMSBURG.

HOW'S YOUR GOLF GAME THIS YEAR?

FAMOUS MAQUOKETA ARTIST PAT COSTELLO AND WIFE JOAN HAVE SOLD THEIR HOUSE AND WILL HAVE SOME THINGS ON SALE AT THEIR PLACE TOMORROW, ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. LATER, THEY WILL HAVE A PUBLIC AUCTION. HE AND JOAN WILL LIVE AT THE MILL THIS SUMMER AND THEN MOVE TO ARIZONA THIS FALL. THE WEATHER THERE WILL BE BETTER
FOR A HEALTH PROBLEM JOAN HAS. IT WILL BE SAD TO SEE THEM LEAVE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. THE MILL JUST EAST OF TOWN THAT THE FAMILY RESTORED 30 YEARS AGO, IS NOW OWNED BY HIS DAUGHTER(TRACY TAYLOR) AND SON-IN-LAW AND IS USED AS AN EVENT CENTER, POPULAR ESPECIALLY FOR WEDDINGS. THEY HAVE IT FOR SALE BUT WILL CONTINUE TO RUN IT THROUGH THE SUMMER. LOOKING TO OWN A NICE BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA? CHECK THIS OUT!
YES, PAT STILL DOES A LITTLE PAINTING. I HAVE ONE OF HIS ORIGINALS IN MY LIVING ROOM AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU DO ALSO.

WE STILL HAVE 14 SEATS LEFT ON THE KMAQ TRI-STATE TOURS BUS GOING TO THE
ST. LOUIS-MILWAUKEE GAME UP AT MILLER PARK SUNDAY AFTERNOON,JUNE 12TH.
JOIN LEIGHTON AND CINDY HEPKER ON A FUN TRIP TO THE BEAUTIFUL PARK
WHERE THERE WILL BE AROUND 40,000 FOR THE GAME. IT WILL BE A FAMILY BUS, AND WITH SCHOOL OUT, A GOOD TIME TO TAKE THE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS. GREAT BASEBALL. GREAT PEOPLE WATCHING. GREAT WISCONSIN BRATS AND MILWAUKEE BEER TOO. AND A GREAT CHANCE IT WILL BE A WIN FOR THE FIRST PLACE CARDS. THEY ARE IN FIRST PLACE TODAY ANYWAY. MIGHT CHANGE BY THEN.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY