ONE INCH OF SNOW LAST NIGHT.
CLOSE TO ANOTHER INCH TODAY.
27 TODAY'S HIGH. SLUSHY OUT.

THE SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGERS THIS CHRISTMAS RAISED $13,025.24
IN MAQUOKETA.

THE HOSPITAL HERE IS STILL LOOKING FOR A SURGEON AND A DOCTOR TO
DELIVER BABIES.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO BAN
ANYONE CARRYING A GUN TO ENTER THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
IN MAQUOKETA.

FIVE VETERAN MAQUOKETA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WERE APPROVED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. EARLY RETIREES GET A PORTION OF THEIR SALARY PAID TO THEM OVER TWO YEARS. APPROVED FOR
EARLY RETIREMENT:
LLOYD NABB, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENNCE.......23 YEAR EMPLOYEE.
SUE HASS, MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL ED......31 YEARS.
RANDEL SPRINGER, HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE.....31 YEARS.
MARK HILLEBRAND, HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES....32 YEARS.
NANCY WAGONER, BRIGGS 3RD GRADE TEACHER.

FRANCES HAMILTON ROMER, AGE 105, DIED SATURDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. FRANCES AND HER HUSBAND RAY OPERATED HAMILTON'S LADIES
APPAREL ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT FOR MANY YEARS. THE STORE
WAS HERE WHEN KMAQ WENT ON-THE-AIR IN 1958. AFTER RAY DIED, SHE
RAN THE STORE ALONE UNTIL SHE SOLD IT IN 1973. HER SECOND HUSBAND
WAS A MAQUOKETA LAWYER, LESTER ROMER. I DID NOT REALIZE WE HAD
SOMEONE IN MAQUOKETA THAT OLD. IN THE EARLIER DAYS, I KNEW FRANCIS
AS SHE ADVERTISED HER BUSINESS ON KMAQ.

MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TONIGHT AT RATED SOLON. THE GIRLS
HOST SOLON TONIGHT IN THE NEW GYM AND THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS
HOST ANAMOSA TONIGHT IN THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL GYM. PAUL KOOB
WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES TONIGHT ON KMAQ - FM AND ON OUR
WEB SITE. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL GO ON-THE-AIR
TONIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE 7 P.M. WITH THE WRESTLING MATCHES.

GOOD NIGHT MRS. CALABASH WHEREVER YOU ARE! FAMOUS WORDS AT END
OF EVERY ONE OF HIS SHOWS. WHO MADE THAT FAREWELL GREETING
FAMOUS?

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JOBS-JOBS-JOBS.... THE TOP PRIORITY OF NEW STATE
SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA FOR THE 2011 SESSION OF THE IOWA LEGISLATURE, WHICH BEGAN
YESTERDAY. BOWMAN HOPES TO INCREASE ASSISTANCE TO IOWA SMALL BUSINESSES, HELP IOWA WORKERS IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS, AND CONTINUE THE EXPANSION OF IOWA'S CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY. YESTERDAY, BOWMAN TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR A FOUR YEAR
TERM IN THE IOWA SENATE. THE IOWA DEMOCRAT CAN BE REACHED AT
....tod.bowman@legis.iowa.gov......OR BY CALLING 563-652-5499
MONDAY'S DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.
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