ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH  "SHROVE TUESDAY"  SUPPER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL IN MAQUOKETA AND AFTER , AT 7 P.M., THE ANNUAL QUILT RAFFLE DRAWING  DRAWING WAS HELD.      THE QUILT IS SHOWN HERE, ALONG WITH JEAN HEISTER WHO MADE IT.   JEAN,  A LONGTIME EXPERT QUILT MAKER HAS BEEN DOING ONE ANNUALLY AS A FUND RAISER PROJECT FOR THE CHURCH.    SHE SPENT ABOUT 10 WEEKS DOING IT.    THIS ONE HAD EXTRA SPECIAL MEANING AS THE QUILT WAS MADE  IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF BOBBIE WHITMER.    THE QUILT WAS NAMED "BOBBIE'S BASKET".    IT  WAS MADE WITH LEFT OVER MATERIAL THAT BOBBIE (DECEASED) HAD NOT USED FOR  HER QUILTING AND HER HUSBAND,
FORMER PASTOR AT ST. MARK'S (NOW LIVING IN DEWITT) DONATED THE MATERIAL FOR THIS  YEAR'S QUILT MADE BY JEAN.
AND HERE'S THE WINNER:     BETH SAGERS OF STANTON, MINNESOTA.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

TODAY'S TUESDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW!
  

CLOUDY THIS MORNING....SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH OF 35.
IN THE 40'S TOMORROW.

KENT HOFFMAN, 40, OF GALENA, HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILITY ON BOTH CHARGES RELATED TO THE DEATH OF JAMES SUTTON, 45, OF MAQUOKETA,
IN A BOATING ACCIDENT BACK ON SEPTEMER 1ST,  2011 AT DUBUQUE.
THE TRIAL LASTED 8 DAYS.      ALTHOUGH EVERYONE AGREES THAT HOFFMAN'S  BOAT LAUNCHED OVER SUTTON'S, THE EXACT LOCATION
OF THE ACCIDENT, HOFFMAN'S SPEED AND INTOXICATION LEVEL, AND WHETHER SUTTON'S STERN LIGHT WAS FUNCTIONING, WERE UNDER
SCRUTINY.

THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IS ASKING FOR A WAGE
INCREASE OF $1,850 TO THE BASE TEACHER SALARY FOR NEXT  YEAR,
WHICH WOULD INCREASE IT TO $28,319.   ALL OTHER TEACHER SALARIES
ARE BASED ON YEARS OF SERVICE, EDUCATION AND ARE A  PERCENTAGE
OF THE BASE PAY.      THIS REQUEST CAME LAST NIGHT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND NOW THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL PRESENT ITS PROPOSAL AT 4:30 P.M. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

JUST AFTER 5:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SHERIFF DEPUTY RUSS LONG
ATTEMPTED TO STOP A VEHICLE FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION THAT WAS
GOING WEST ON HIGHWAY 64, ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF MAQUOKETA.
THE DRIVER WOULD NOT STOP.   A CHASE STARTED AND ENDED  UP
WITH THE MAN HITTING A DIFFERENT COUNTY SQUAD CAR AT THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.    HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVAULATION,
THEN TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN AMES, NEAR WEST UNION WHERE HE LIVED.      SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID THE 68 YEAR MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE AMES HOSPITAL, NOT BECAUSE OF INJURIES FROM HE ACCIDENT, BUT FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

TODAY, SHROVE TUESDAY AND HEADING NOW FOR SUPPER AT ST. MARK'S CHURCH, FOR THEIR ANNUAL SHROVE TUESDAY CHICKEN/DUMPLINGS SUPPER.
TOMORROW IS ASH WEDNESDAY.     I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT.

SLEEP WELL!   

DENNIS VOY

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THURSDAY, FEB 7TH, MIKE NICKESON OF MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY TRAVELED TO DES MOINES TO TALK WITH LAWMAKERS ABOUT ISSUES AFFECTING LOCAL UTILITIES.    CONSUMER-OWNED UTILITIES PROVIDE IOWANS WITH LOW-COST WATER, SEWER AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES.   NICKESON WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  TO ENCOURAGE EXPANSION
BY EXISTING BUSINESS AND TO RECRUIT NEW BUSINESSES TO THE MAQUOKETA AREA.     WHILE IN DES MOINES, HE DISCUSSED SOME OF THESE ISSUES WTIH STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE SENATE ECONOMIC GROWTH COMMITTEE.
PHOTO:  BY JOHN BURNETT, IOWA ASSOC. OF MUNICIPAL UTILITIES

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