Monday, January 03, 2011

NOT A BAD DAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 29.
TOMORROW, HIGH OF 20 AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE
WEEK AT AROUND 30.

BRIDGET WAACK WILL BE THE NEW LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
TO COVER THE CLASS OF TOD BOWMAN WHO WAS ELECTED STATE SENATOR AND
WILL NOT TEACH THE SECOND SEMESTER WHILE ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
WAACK GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA AND JUST COMPLETED STUDENT TEACHING AT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WILL BE PAID $132 A DAY.

THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, POSTPONED BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER IN DECEMBER, IS BEING HELD RIGHT NOW (STARTED AT 5 pm) AT THE MCHS GYM.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

A BIRTH: AMBER YAROLEM OF CLINTON (FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA) GAVE BIRTH TO A GIRL YESTERDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN CLINTON. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DOUG AND RENEA YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.
SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT AMBER WAS ONE OF THE SET OF MAQUOKETA TRIPLETS THAT WERE BORN IN 1985. SHE WAS BORN WITH TWO BROTHERS,
AUSTIN AND ANDREW.

"BUGS" IS THE POPULAR RESTAURANT THAT OPENED LAST YEAR (ON THE
CORNER) IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, JUST NORTH OF MY THEATRE.
OVER THE WEEKEND, IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY A SIGN IN THE WINDOW THAT THE OWNER, GAYLA, AND AL, GOT MARRIED! NEW YEAR'S EVE IN FACT!
CONGRATULATIONS!

LOTS OF WORK GOING ON DOWNTOWN IN THE FORMER FAREWAY BUILDING,
WHERE THE GOODWILL STORE WILL BE LOCATED. NO OPENING DATE HAS
BEEN ANNOUNCED.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY