Friday, February 11, 2011

27 THE HIGH TODAY AND STILL WARMER WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.
INTO THE 40'S BY MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK.

MAQUOKETA...

2000 POPULATION.....6,112

2010 POPULATION.....6,141

UP 29 IN TEN YEARS. BUT, BETTER THAN LOWER AS MANY CITIES FOUND
OUT THIS WEEK WEEK THEY GOT THE OFFICIAL 2010 POPULATION FIGURES.

KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW TWO-DAY ATTENDANCE, 2,221.
LAST YEAR, 2,480.
COLD WEATHER HURT US.

THE SEVEN COUPLES WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THIS YEAR'S 2ND ANNUAL
DANCING WITH THE CARDS EVENT WERE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK.
THEY ARE:
THE CELEBRITY DANCERS ARE: POLICE OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET....
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER DIRECTOR, RICH HALL....HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL
MUSIC DIRECTOR JOEL HAGEN....MAQUOKETA STATE BANK EMPLOYEE AND
FIREMAN MATT TRANNEL.....DENTIST DR. ABBY GEHL.....FIDELITY BANK MAQUOKETA BRANCH MANAGER CATHY SEYFERT.....AND PHARMACIST MATT OSTERHAUS.
MATT WILL BE TEAMED WITH HIS DAUGHTER LAURA.
JERREMIAH GERARDY WIL DANCE WITH SEYFERT.
JASON SHUSTER WILL BE PARTNERED WITH DR. GEHL.
MORGAN MEYER WILL DANCE WITH MATT TRANEL.
CARLY WARD WILL COMPETE WITH HAGEN.
CASSADY MORRIS IS PAIRED WITH HALL AND
CATHERINE VAZQUEZ WILL DANCE WITH OFFICER ZEIMET.
LAURIE STEINES AND VANESSA FOWLER ARE THE CO-CHAIR OF THE EVENT THAT
WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 27TH AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL GYM. THE NET PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB.

LARRY STRUVE, AGE 71, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME IN CLINTON.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER,
JACQUELINE GILMORE OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A MAKE-UP GAME AT ANAMOSA
TONIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY AT CLEAR CREEK AMANA TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY