Thursday, December 20, 2012


IN MAQUOKETA....IT IS SO NICE!
SO COLD.!     SO WINDY!
AND IT ALL COMES TO AN END BY TOMORROW MORNING, AND JUST BEFORE WINTER OFFICIALLY BEGINS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS!
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 19.    TOMORROW NIGHT A LOW OF 4.

AND  SO MUCH FOR THE WEATHER!

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET IN A SPEICIAL CLOSED-DOOR MEETING
(FOR MOST PART) AND THEN ANNOUNCED AFTER THAT THE CITY VOTED
4 TO 2 (THEDE ABSENT) TO PURCHASE THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT SO IT WILL NOT BE SOLD BY A DUBUQUE CREDIT UNION AND
TURNED INTO LOW INCOME APARTMENTS.
THE CITY WILL TRY NOW TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
OPERATE IT AS A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT.
THANKS TO OUR MAYOR, THE 1876 HISTORIC BUILDING WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A MAJOR FEATURE OF DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
IT WOULD COST MILLIONS TO BUILD ONE LIKE IT.    I BELIEVE WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT AND NEW IDEAS, IT WILL SOME DAY AGAIN BE A PROFITABLE
BUSINESS.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLUB HOPE HOSTED A MINI-DANCE MARATHON LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND RAISED
$9,711.   THE MONEY GOES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK.    GREAT JOB CLUB HOPE!
SPORTS ..  THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON AT DEWITT TUESDAY NIGHT, IN OT,
39 TO 31.   THE BOYS LOST LATER THAT NIGHT ON THE SAME SABER GYM, 47 TO 44.

BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, THE JUDGING OF THE KMAQ CHRISTMAS
LIGHTING CONTEST HAS BEEN DELAYED.    WE HOPE TO HAVE THE JUDGING COMPLETED AND WINNERS ANNOUNCED BY THE END OF THE WEEK,. 

HAPPY SNOW TRAILS TO YOU!

DENNIS VOY