SUNNY DAY AND HIGH OF 30....NOT BAD....BUT NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE SUNDAY FORECAST CALLING FOR RAIN AND SLEET WITH MID-30'S TEMPS.

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LAST NIGHT AT THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL
GYM....
CENTER POINT URBANA, 47
MAQUOKETA 30
 AND
MIDLAND WYOMING 37
MAQUOKETA 22

BASKETBALL TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST MT. VERNON AND
THE CARDINAL BOYS WILL BE AT MT. VERNON.
THE BOY'S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET
SITE, WITH MATT CLARK DOING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.

AND THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS BOWLING TEAMS HOST BELLEVUE
AND DEWITT TONIGHT AT TIMBER LANES.

AT THE LITTLE BEAR PARK MEETING LAST NIGHT, NEARLY ALL OF THE 3RD
GRADE CLASS AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SUGGESTED A TIRE SWING FOR THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK.     OTHER SUGGESTIONS INCLUDED A CLIMBING
WALL,  A  PIRATE SHIP, AND TREE FORT.    LEATHERS AND ASSOCIATES REPRESENTATIVES LISTENED TO THE KIDS YESTERDAY AND WILL NOW MAKE
A PRELIMINARY DRAWING AND FINALIZE THE DESIGN AND GIVE A COST
ESTIMATE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

PAUL GERLACH OF RURAL MAQUOKETA REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING
THAT SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO PRY-OFF THE PADLOCK ON  HIS GAS
BARREL.    THE ATTEMPTED THEFT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE THEVES DID NOT GET THE PADLOCK OFF.

THE MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES "PAINTING"  THAT HUNG INSIDE
McDONALDS IN MAQUOKETA FOR 25 YEARS, WAS SOLD DURING A SILENT-AUCTION HERE AT KMAQ IN OCTOBER  FOR $275 TO LARRY AND KIM DEPPE OF RURAL LA MOTTE.   AT THE CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL BANQUET  JANUARY 12TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS,  LARRY AND KIM PUT IT ON THE EVENING
AUCTION AND IT WAS PURCHASED FOR $525 BY MARY LOU AND LARRY
JOHNSON OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND THEN IN TURN THAT SAME NIGHT,
PRESENTED IT TO MYRNA AND BOB LARKEY, LONGTIME OWNERS OF
THE LIVESTOCK BUSINESS.    THE $525, LIKE THE FIRST $275 WAS GIVEN
TO THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE IN IOWA CITY.    A DOUBLE SALE OF ONE PAINTING AND $800 TO CHARITY.  

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY