Thursday, February 17, 2011

THE SUN IS SHINING AND WE GOT INTO THE 50'S TODAY. BUT THIS WARMER
WEATHER WON'T LAST LONG.

THE TWO MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS, THE SNYDER TWINS, LOST BOTH MATCHES
LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE WRESTLING MEET AND THE SENIORS ARE OUT OF THE
TOURNAMENT. THE TWO DEWITT GRAPPLERS BOTH WON LAST NIGHT AND
WRESTLE AGAIN TONIGHT. DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES
ON KMAQ-FM SOMETIME AFTER 7 AND THEY WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEB SITE,
WWW.KMAQ.COM
THE NORTHEAST WRESTLERS ALSO LOST TWICE LAST NIGHT AND ARE OUT OF
TOURNAMENT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO 6TH RATED DEWITT LAST NIGHT, 54 TO 23.
THE GAME PLAYED AT DEWITT. THE CARDINALS ENDED UP THE SEASON
WITH A 10 AND 12 RECORD. KELSEY HOLMES AGAIN LED THE CARDINALS IN SCORING. KELSEY WAS THE ONLY SENIOR ON THE TEAM AND
HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE. SO, THE CARDINAL TEAM
WAS A YOUNG ONE AND SHOULD PICK UP A LOT MORE WINS NEXT YEAR.

BRIAN AND JACQUELINE LAHEY OF CEDAR RAPIDS ARE PARENTS OF A BOY WHO WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10TH AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE PATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE RANDY AND LINDA LEHEY OF MAQUOKETA.

IN BUSINESS NEWS, DAWN ZEIMET HAS SOLD DAWN'S DINER (AND THE BUILDING) ON EAST PLATT STREET TO STEVE McAFEE OF MAQUOKETA. THE DINER WILL CLOSE FEBRUARY 25TH.
ZEIMET SAID McAFEE PLANS TO DO SOME REMODELING AND WILL RE-OPEN APRIL 1ST. DAWN HAS HAD THE BUSINESS FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND SAID IT WAS TIME
TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. SHE SAID SHE HASN'T DECIDED WHAT THAT WILL BE.
NANCY, I AND LONNA HAVE HAD LUNCH THERE MANY, MANY TIMES AND WILL MISS
DAWN'S HOME COOKING.......AND THANKS ALSO TO HER FOR BEING A REGULAR
KMAQ ADVERTISER. WE WISH HER THE BEST. STEVE HAS RESTAURANT
EXPERIENCE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HIM BACK IN THE FOOD
BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN. WONDER IF HIS MOM SUE WILL HELP OUT TOO.
SHE REALLY HAS HAD MANY YEARS BEHIND THE COUNTER AND AT THE GRILL.
I THINK HER FIRST RESTAURANT JOB WAS AT THE ONE TIME FAMOUS GREEN
MILL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

"THE KINGS SPEECH" RATED R AND NOMINATED FOR 12 ACADEMY AWARDS, OPENS TOMORROW AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE. IT IS EXPECTED TO GET THE OSCAR FOR
BEST MOVIE.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY