AFTER A HIGH YESTERDAY OF ONLY 4 ABOVE, THE TEMPERATURE WENT UP OVERNIGHT.
AT 6 THIS MORNING, WE HAD 18 DEGREES.    BUT SINCE THEN, THE NORTH
WIND PICKED UP AND WE ARE NOW, MID-MORNING,  AT 11 WITH SOME
FLURRIES AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.    THE EXPECTED  HIGH TODAY,
AROUND 20.

BASKETBALL HERE IN TOWN LAST NIGHT:
GIRL'S GAME:
DEWITT 37
MAQUOKETA 25
LEXI BIEHL HAD 15 POINTS FOR THE CARDINALS.

BOY'S GAME:
MAQUOKETA 57
DEWITT 38
COLTON FEY HAS 16 POINTS FOR THE CARDS.

AT HALF TIME, THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION
AT A SPEICAL MEETING ON THE GYM FLOOR, THAT CALLS FOR
THE MAQUOKETA SPORTS COMPLEX SOUTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TO
BE CALLED JACK MARLOWE ATHLETIC COMPLEX, TO HONOR LONGTIME MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPER SPORTS EDITOR (RETIRED) AND COLUMNIST.
HE STILL DOES HIS SATURDAY COLUMN.    A FORMAL DEDICATION CEREMONY IS PLANNED FOR FRIDAY, MAY 24TH, PRIOR TO THE MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND.    A FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE DISTRICT TO
ALLOW SUPPORTERS AND ALUMNI TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION IN HONOR
OF JACK.    FUNDS COLLECTED WILL BE USED TO OFF-SET THE COST OF
SIGNS NEEDED AT THE THREE ENTRIES TO THE COMPLEX LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
A  HIGH AND WELL-DESERVED HONOR TO JACK MARLOWE.

THE ANNUAL CAKE AUCTION WAS ALSO HELD LAST NIGHT AND OVER $3,000 WAS RAISED.

IN HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING LAST NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES, MAQUOKETA
HOSTED BELLEVUE AND INDEPENDENCE IN GIRLS AND BOYS COMPETITION AND THE CARDINALS TOOK FIRST PLACE IN BOTH.  FOR THE GIRLS, BEST GAME FOR MAQUOKETA WAS A 185 BY KAISEE SCHNOOR AND
FOR THE BOYS, BEST SCORE WAS 247 BY DALTON WAUGH.

THE SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IS TODAY AT THE MCHS
GYM AND THE TOP 2 WINNERS IN EVERY WEIGHT GO TO DISTRICT
COMPETITION NEXT SATURDAY.

SEE A MOVIE TONIGHT ON A THEATRE BIG SCREEN!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

FRIDAY'S DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.