Thursday, February 24, 2011

CLOUDY TODAY.....LOW 30'S FOR A HIGH. SNOW IN FORECAST OVERNIGHT....ABOUT
3 INCHES.

WE HAVE THE DEWITT BOY'S BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT HERE IN TOWN,
A TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST DUBUQUE WAHLERT. IF THEY WIN TONIGHT,
THEY PLAY NEXT WEEK AND NEED ONE MORE WIN TO GET TO STATE.
MATT CLARK HAS THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT AT 6:50. GO SABERS!

THE DEWITT GIRLS ARE GOING TO STATE. THEY PLAY NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.
BELEVUE MARQUETTE'S OPENING STATE GAME IS MONDAY AFTERNOON AGAINST
NORTH MAHASKA. WE WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES OF COURSE. MATT
CLARK AT THE MIKE.

OUR MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL COULD USE MORE MONEY, BUT THIS WEEK, THE BOARD
APPROVED KEEPING THE COUNTY TAX ASKING THE SAME AS PAST YEARS,
$850,000. DONNA ROEDER, THE HOSPITAL FINANCIAL OFFICER SAID THE
HOSPITAL IS SEEING $85,000 A MONTH IN BAD DEBTS. BOARD PRESIDENT
KEVIN BURNS SAID THEY COULD RAISE THE TAX LEVY BUT THE BOARD FELT
THIS WAS NOT THE TIME. ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN SAID THEY ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO INCREASE REVENUE AND HE WILL PRESENT SOME IDEAS
AT THE MARCH MEETING OF THE BOARD.
AT THE MEETING THIS WEEK, THERE WAS TALK TOO ABOUT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE HOSPITAL AND CODE COMPLIANCES. PART OF THE
HOSPITAL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1950 AND THE MOST RECENT MAJOR
REMODELING WAS IN 2004. CEO COLEMAN SAID THE BOARD SOMETIME THIS YEAR WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER REMODELING AND UPGRADES. BURNS
NOTED THE HOSPITAL IS AN AGING FACILITY.

SOME MAQUOKETA BUSINESS ESTABLILSHMENTS DID THEIR OWN STUDY WHICH
SHOWED ELECTRIC RATES IN MAQUOKETA WERE VERY HIGH COMPARED TO
OTHER CITIES. THE BOARD HEARD THEIR COMPLAINTS AT A RECENT PUBLIC MEETING. THE MMEU BOARD HAS HIRED TWO CONSULTANTS TO INVESTIGATE
SOME LOSS ISSUES (RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME LOSSES IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM) AND DETERMINE WHERE THEY ARE.

A BIRTH. ADAM MILLER AND AMY KOOS OF IOWA CITY ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY IN THE IOWA CITY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAUL AND RUTH MILLER OF DELMAR AND MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE JOYCE AND RICK KOHRT OF MAQUOKETA.

TWO BIG EVENTS THIS SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA DURING LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. THE "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND
THE "POPS CONCERT" AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SIGN OF SPRING: THE MAQUOKETA DAIRY QUEEN HAS OPENED FOR THE SEASON.

ANOTHER GOOD SIGN: OVER 30 HAVE ALREADY SIGNED-UP FOR THE
KMAQ TRAVEL TRIP TO THE CHICAGO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW ON
MARCH 9TH. STILL PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE BUS. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE BUS.

AND CLICK ON THIS PAGE AND I'M OUT OF HERE UNTIL TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY