THE STORM IS OVER!    WINTER STARTED THIS MORNING!   IT WAS SLIPPERY THIS MORNING AND NO SCHOOL AGAIN TODAY.    THE SUN HAS BEEN OUT ALL DAY, SOME OF THE 7-INCHES OF SNOW IS MELTING, AND NOW, WE WILL HAVE CONTINUED COLD WEATHER RIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS.
JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ TOLD KMAQ NEWS THAT
SECONDARY ROAD EMPLOYEES WILL BE WORKING TOMORROW IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAR SNOW FROM THE RURAL ROADS.    UNFORTUNATELY
THE COUNTY WILL BE WITHOUT THE SERVICES OF ONE OF THEIR SNOW PLOWS.     JUST AFTER 10:30 THIS MORNING A FREIGHTLINER SNOW PLOW
TRUCK, OPERATED BY TERRY RUBEL OF MAQUOKETAA, TIPPED ONTO IT'S
SIDE WHILE PUSHING SNOW FROM THE SHOULDER OF 33RD STREET, OR WEST SUMMITT STREET IN THE AREA OF MAQUOKETA  LIVESTOCK SALES.
RUBEL GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE SOFT SHOULDER, TIPPING THE TRUCK
ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE.    HE WAS NOT HURT.

THE MAQUOKETA YMCA HEATER FOR THE POOL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
ESTIMATED COST, BETWEEN 16 AND 33-THOUSAND DOLLARS, DEPENDING
ON IF THEY GET A HIGH EFFICIENCY  UNIT OR NOT.   THE WATER IS 78 DEGREES WHICH IS OK FOR LAP SWIMMING BUT CHILLY FOR SWIM
LESSONS.     THE PRESENT ONE  IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD AND THE PROBLEM MAY BE BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW.

MAURICE  "BUBBLE" CONNOLLY, AGE 90, OF BERNARD, DIED WEDNESDAY
AT SHADY REST CARE IN DUBUQUE.    HE WAS A LIFELONG FARMER.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, AND 3 CHILDREN, INCLUDING JUDI
CONNOLLY-TRENKAMP OF MAQUOKETA. 

KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD.      HE WAS THE ONLY APPLICANT
FOR THE POSITION THAT CAME ABOUT WHEN BOARD MEMBER GLORIA JORGENSEN RESIGNED HER SEAT TO FILL A  FULL 6 YEAR TERM VACANCY ON THE BOARD.    JORGENSEN'S SEAT WOULD HAVE EXPIRED IN 4 YEARS.
HEPKER WILL START JANUARY 1 AND HE WILL SERVE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2016.    HEPKER SERVED AS MAYOR FOR 5 YEARS IN THE 80'S AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT
COMMISSION.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

DENNIS VOY