MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 35.
SUNNY TOMORROW, HIGH OF 36.
CHRISTMAS EVE, CLEAR SKIES AND LOW OF 25.
CHRISTMAS DAY, SUNNY AND BREEZY AND H IGH OF 41.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO EXPEL A STUDENT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. BECAUSE OF PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS,
NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON ANDERSON STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
ONE DRIVEN BY ELIZABETH ANDERSON OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 25 AND THE OTHER BY 32 YEAR OLD DANIEL BREWSTER OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES.
NO CHARGES.

THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE MQUOKETA CENTER IS PLANNING
AN OPEN HOUSE, NEXT MONTH ON WEST WASHINGTON STREET BY THE
HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS BUILDT IN 2009 AND HAS BEEN A BIG SUCCESS
DURING IT'S FIRST TWO YEARS. CENTER COORDINATOR PENNY PLAUTZ
SAID THE CENTER INVITES THE PUBLIC TO VISIT THE BUILDING AND
TAKE A LOOK.

A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN, BOB KEELEY, AGE 85, DIED MONDAY WHERE
HE LIVED IN ARIZONA. HE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1944. AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND SERVING
IN THE NAVY IN WW2, HE OWNED AND OPERATED AN ABSTRACT AND TITLE
BUSINESS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND OFFERED TAX AND ACCOUNTING
SERVICES ALSO. HE MARRIED EULA MOHR OF MAQUOKETA IN 1955. SHE
DIED AROUND A YEAR OR TWO AGO. THEY LIVED IN BRANSON QUITE A WHILE,
OWNING TWO SMALL MOTELS THERE. HE ALSO OWNED A BRANSON EXCURSION BOAT WITH LANE SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA. AFTER SELLING THE MOTELS AND BOAT, AND LEAVING BRANSON, HE RETIRED AT AGE 60 AND BUILT WITH EULA'S HELP, A HOME IN MONTANA IN THE CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST. THEY SOLD THAT AND MOVED TO ARIZONA. HE AS A BIG HUNTER AND GOLFER AND AN AMATEUR CABINET AND FURNITURE MAKER. ALSO CROSS-STITCHED AND CROCHETED. HE IS SURVIVED BY SISTERS VIVIAN KEELEY AND RACHEL
PORTER AND FOUR CHILDREN.....ANN, RUTH, PAT, AND ROBERT II.
ALSO 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. I'M SURE
HE WROTE OR HELPED TO WRITE HIS OBITUARY AND THE CLOSING LINE
OF IT READS..."THE BODY IS TO BE CREMATED AND NO SERVICES ARE PLANNED,
BUT BOB HOPES THAT ALL HIS REMAINING FAMILY, HUNTING AND GOLFING
PALS WILL HOIST A BEER OR A MANHATTAN TO SEND HIM OFF".

CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

LAST NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA VFW
O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER POST 3633 AND AUXILIARY HELD THEIR
CHRISTMAS DINNER AND AWARDS NIGHT. HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING
WAS THE "VOICE OF DEMOCRACY" RADIO TALK GIVEN BY THE POST 3633
LOCAL WINNER, ERICA DRAKE. ERICA'S 4-MINUTE SPEACH IS NOW
GOING ON THE DISTRICT COMPETITION. LAST NIGHT SHE WAS PRESENTED
A CERTIFICATE BY ROGER SCHNOOR, POST QUARTERMASTER AND A CHECK
FOR $150.00. ERICA IS A JUNIOR AT BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE
DAUGHTER OF MARK AND LINDA DRAKE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW FOR HER TO BE THE WINNER.
SHOWN IN PHOTO, LEFT TO RIGHT: ROGER SCHNOOR...LINDA DRAKE...ERICA....
HER FATHER MARK BEHIND HER AND TOM WATTERS, POST COMMANDER.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE POST WELCOMED NEW MEMBER OF THE VFW,
ROBERT LAUGHLIN OF MAQUKETAQ. ROBERT WAS IN THE AIRFORCE FOR 4 YEARS AND DID DUTY IN "DESERT STORM" IN 1963. THE VFW POST MEETS THE
THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, AT 7 P.M. AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON
EAST PLATT STREET. ANYONE WHO SERVED OVERSEAS IN A U.S. WAR CAN
JOIN THE VFW.... VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.
DENNIS VOY (VFW MEMBER TOO)

THE NEW LOOK OF "SCHOENTHALER, ROBERG, BARTELT AND KAHLER
LAW OFFICE" IN DOWNTOWN MAQUKETA, JUST SOUTH OF KMAQ.
NICE! VERY NICE!
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