MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 37, BEATING YESTERDAY BY
5 DEGREES. TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A LOW OF 27.
THREE INCHES OF SNOW FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AND AROUND
AN INCH TUESDAY NIGHT.
TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AT WELLS FARGO ARENA AT DES MOINES AND THE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC GIRLS
OF BELLEVUE ARE THERE AND WON THEIR GAME EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY HAD A BIG LEAD, AND THEN AR-WE-VA TIED THE GAME IN THE LAST 10 SECONDS AND FOULED MARQUETTE. THE FIRST FREE-THROW WAS MISSED, AND THEN ON PURPOSE, MARQUETTE MISSED THE SECOND, AND GOT THE RE-BOUND AND TIED THE GAME. THEN, WON IT IN OVERTIME, 65 TO 57. QUITE A GAME! AN UPSET, AS AR-WE-VA WAS RANKED 4TH IN THE
STATE. SO, THE BELLEVUE GIRLS NOW PLAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 8:30 AGAINST NEWELL-FONDA AND MATT CLARK WILL AGAIN BE THERE TO
BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ. JIM KETTMAN IS THE MARQUETTE COACH, BROTHER OF JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN.
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, NORTH CEDAR (HIGH SCHOOL IS IN STANWOOD) WON THEIR SUB-STATE GAME AND THEY WILL PLAY IN THE BOY'S STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT 6:30, AGAINST M-F-L MAR-MAC.
IT IS THE 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR TO GO TO STATE FOR THE NC KNIGHTS. MATT
CLARK WILL BE THERE TO BROADCAST THEIR GAME MONDAY NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 12:45 A.M
SATURDAY ON HIGHWAY 61. JULIE BUSCH, AGE 29, MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AFTER DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 61 WHERE SHE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. IT WENT INTO THE MEDIAN SIDEWAYS AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES,COMING TO REST ON ITS WHEELS. NO INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT.
MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS PUBLISHER DOUG MELVOLD GOT MARRIED
FRIDAY NIGHT IN FLORIDA. MORE, WITH PHOTO, ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE. GO TO KMAQ'S HOME PAGE (WWW.KMAQ.COM) AND
CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL. THERE, YOU WILL ALSO SEE
THE SILENT BID ITEM OF THE WEEK AND A PHOTO OF THE ROTARIAN
OF THE WEEK.
POLICE BLOTTER: REBECCA ROLING OF 1014 GERMAN STREET (#1) REPORTED SATURDAY NIGHT THAT THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN ON HER
CAR.
AND LENAE OWEN REPORTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE BROKE
INTO HER HOME AND THAT NOTHING APPEARED TO BE MISSING.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
BRIG. GEN. (MARINES LAWYER) CHARLES MITCHELL (RETIRED), AGE 75, DIED SATURDAY AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA....AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MAQUOKETA NATIVE BONNIE
(WELLS), WHO IS THE CURATOR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY. GEN. MITCHELL WAS MY FRIEND AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS, A FELLOW ROTARIAN. HE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT MAN WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY WELL IN THE MARINES AND SERVED MAQUOKETA WELL, AFTER HE AND BONNIE MOVED TO MAQUOKETA NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO. HIS MAIN
ENDEAVOR SINCE THEN, WAS TO SELL THE IDEA OF A CLINTON ENGINES
MUSEUM TO MAQUOKETANS, THEN HELP RAISE MONEY TO ESTABLISH IT AND THEN, ALMOST 7 DAYS A WEEK, HELP WITH ITS CONSTRUCTION.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, MAQUOKETA HAS NEVER HAD A RETIRED GENERAL
AS A CITIZEN OF THE CITY. MORE THAN ONCE, HE SPOKE AT SERVICES FOR MILITARY HOLIDAYS. GENERAL MITCHELL....PARADE REST!
MY SYMPATHY TO BONNIE AND HER FAMILY. SERVICES ARE PENDING
AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND DON'T PUT AWAY THAT SHOW SHOVEL YET!
DENNIS VOY
