Monday, January 09, 2012

WE WENT TO BELLEVUE YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 10.... AND WITH THE
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER....THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WAS ALREADY BUSY
WITH FISHERMEN. NOTICE SEVERAL BOATS NEAR THE DAM.
OTHERS NOT SHOWN ARE DOWN THE RIVER A BIT. CLICK-ON THE
PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT A LITTLE.
WE WERE AT BELLEVUE TO TRY THE BRUNCH AT "OFF SHORE RESTAURANT"
ON THE RIVER AT THE NORTH EDGE OF TOWN. THE BUFFET WAS VERY
GOOD AND ONLY $7.99 INCLUDING BEVERAGE.
TODAY'S (MONDAY'S) DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
SUNNY, BREEZY AND A HIGH OF 47 TODAY.
TOMORROW, INTO THE 50'S FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
WEDNESDAY, BACK TO THE 40'S .....AND THEN
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY......A HIGH ONLY IN THE LOW 20'S.
COLD WEATHER IS JUST A COUPLE DAYS AWAY.

THE KMAQ WEB CAM....A NEW ONE....IS WORKING NOW. JUST GO
TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE LISTEN BUTTON.
YOU WILL SEE MAQUOKETA'S SOUTH MAIN STREET "LIVE" AND
HEAR KMAQ-FM AS YOU WATCH THE CARS DRIVE BY THE MAQUOKETA
STATE BANK "TIME AND TEMPERATURE SIGN", RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE. THE NEW WEB CAM
SHOULD WORK A LITTLE BETTER AT NIGHT THAN THE OLD ONE.
BUT AT NIGHT, WHEN I AM WORKING IN MY OFFICE....YOU WILL ALSO SEE
A WINDOW REFLECTION OF MY OFFICE ON YOUR SCREEN.
AND AT NIGHT, THE M-S-B SIGN IS TOO BRIGHT AND YOU WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO READ IT ON YOUR SCREEN.

THE FORMER MANAGER (IN THE 80'S) OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL
ELECTRIC UTILITY, TERRY CAMPIE, AGE 55, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS
IN PRISON AS A RESULT OF AN INTERNET SEX STING. HE WAS ARRESTED
IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS IN AN UPSET, BEAT WESTERN
DUBUQUE, THERE, 52 TO 50.
THEN SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY LOST TO MONTICELLO 56 TO 48, THERE.
THEY ARE NOW 5 AND 3 IN THE WAMAC AND 5 AND 7 OVERALL.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST BOTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
NIGHT (SAME OPPONENTS) AND ARE NOW 5 AND 4 IN THE WAMAC AND 5 AND 7 OVERALL. SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS IN THE 17 TEAM TOURNAMENT AT VAN HORNE, FINISHED 17TH WITH 11 POINTS. THEY HAD A LIMITED NUMBER OF VARSITY ENTRIES.

LoREE MARTIN-BEUTHIEN, 77, OF DAVENPORT DIED THURSDAY.
SHE MOVED TO MAQUOKETA IN THE 50'S AND LIVED HER 30 YEARS
AND WORKED FOR 12 YEARS AT JC PENNEY IN MAQUOKETA. SHE IS
SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND,HAROLD, A SON AND A DAUGHTER AND
ONE GRANDAUGHTER.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY