TONIGHT, THURSDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS 7TH RATED VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED DAVENPORT NORTH, 3 TO 0....
HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
ALSO TONIGHT, 5TH RATED NORTH SCOTT DEFEATED FORT MADISON,  3 TO 0.
SO, TUESDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA TAKES ON NORTH SCOTT FOR THE  REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT DEWITT.   AND THE WINNER THEN, GOES
ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CARDINALS!

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YESTERDAY 80.
69 AT NOON TODAY.
RAIN AND WIND THIS AFTERNOON.
44 NOW.
DOWN TO 28 TONIGHT.

LAST NIGHT...
PLAYOFF FOOTBALL...
DECORAH  35
MAQUOKETA  0
THE GAME WAS HALTED WITH 9 MINUTES LEFT BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING.
THEY WAITED AN HOUR AND CALLED IT A FINAL GAME.
DECORAH NOW 10 AND 0 AND RATED #1.

DEWITT AND PRESTON BOTH WON THEIR GAMES LAST NIGHT.
DEWITT NEXT PLAYS MARION NEXT WEEK AND WE WILL BROADCAST THAT GAME.

BIG VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT MATCHES TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, AT 7 P.M.....AGAINST DAVENPORT NORTH.   I'M GOING!

ABOUT 1/5 OF JACKSON COUNTY'S REGISTERED VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOT.
THAT IS 3,500 CITIZENS.   THERE ARE 15,363 REGISTERED VOTERS IN
THE COUNTY.
AUDITOR M. JOEL DEPPE SAID IN 2008, THERE WERE 4,500 PEOPLE THAT VOTED ABSENTEE.    SHE'S PREDICTING UP TO 6,000 THIS YEAR.

THE FARMERS MARKET COMMITTEE IN MAQUOKETA PLANS TO HOST THE FARMERS MARKET AGAIN NEXT YEAR AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER'S PARKING LOT.      THIS YEAR, IT WAS 20 WEEKS LONG, ON TUESDAYS,
AND IT AVERAGED 13 VENDORS WEEKLY WITH 17 THE HIGHEST NUMBER.
THE COMMITTEE SAYS THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED IT.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE:   BRIAN HAYWARD, LESLIE  HAYES,
TED STRAIT, SHEILA NUGENT, JUDY TONDERUM AND MARKET MANAGER,
MARY HAYWARD.

EARLIER TODAY...I PUT UP SEVERAL NEW PHOTOS....CHECK THEM
OUT BELOW.

IT IS WINTERY OUT....GOOD YOU GOT YOUR FLU SHOT.

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IT IS OPEN!    I HAD LUNCH THERE TODAY AND IT IS NICE!  GOOD FOOD AND LOTS OF GIFTS.
 MORE PHOTOS AND INFO NEXT WEEK.    ODD FELLOWS EMPORIUM  IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE BAKERY ON NORTH MAIN STREET.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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BEAUTIFUL JACKSON COUNTY, HEADING NORTH FROM BALDWIN AND
JUST BEFORE THE ROYERTOWN BRIDGE.    THERE IS A CANOE
ACCESS ON OTHER SIDE OF BRIDGE.     IS THIS RURAL HEAVEN?   NO, IT IS
RURAL JACKSON COUNTY!
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT!
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LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WE WENT FOR A RIDE IN BEAUTIFUL NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY, AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE LINE INTO DUBUQUE COUNTY AND SAW THE LITTLE SIGN
POINTING TO THE ABBY.    SINCE WE HAD NOT BEEN THERE IN YEARS,
WE DECIDED TO STOP IN..... AND THERE IT WAS, THE BEAUTIFUL STONE BUILDING  (TOP) SURROUNDED BY A BIG PAVED PARKING LOT AND
TREE-FILLED PARK.     JUST A COUPLE CARS THERE, BUT A COUPLE MORE
CAME LATER.    WE SIMPLY  WALKED UP AND WENT IN....AND FIRST VISTED THE CHAPEL (ABOVE) AND THEN OVER TO THE THE NICE GIFT SHOP (ABOVE) WHERE WE BOUGHT A BAG OF THEIR FAMOUS HOMEMADE DARK CHOCOLATE CARAMELS AND SOME HONEY AND JAM.     ON SALE ALSO
(BUT WE DIDN'T BUY ONE) THEIR FAMOUS, PLAIN TRAPPIST CASKETS, MADE
ACROSS THE ROAD IN THEIR SHOP.    THERE ARE SEVERAL PRICE RANGES.
THEN WE VISITED WITH FATHER DAVE (ABOVE) WHO IS ONE OF 32 MONKS
LIVING THERE.   HE HAS BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 1962.    FOR MANY  YEARS,
THEY WORKED THE FARM THEMSELVES (AND DID OTHER THINGS
FOR DAY TO DAY LIFE) BUT NOW THE LAND IS RENTED OUT.    FATHER DAVE
WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GIFT SHOP SUNDAY.    IF ABLE, THEY ALL TAKE TURNS DOING VARIOUS JOBS.  THEY ALSO HOST AN OCCASSIONAL RETREAT AND THERE ARE SMALL BEDROOMS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO STAY IN.      NEW MELLERAY IS A CISTERCIAN (TRAPPIST) MONASTERY, RURAL PEOSTA, IN THE ROLLING FARMLAND SOUTH OF DUBUQUE.    YOU WILL ENJOY A VISIT SOMETIME AND YOU WILL BE WELCOME.     CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
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