TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

ANOTHER COLD DAY.
SNOW TONIGHT.
ENOUGH ABOUT THE WEATHER!!

THE SUPERVISORS MET THIS MORNING FOR THEIR REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING.   UNUSUAL IN THAT IT WAS ONLY 45 MINUTES LONG.
THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL OPEN BIDS FOR 3-YEAR RENTAL
OF THE COUNTY FARM AT 1 P.M. DECEMBER 23RD.   BIDS ARE DUE THAT DAY AT 12:30.      AFTER BIDS ARE OPENED, THOSE WHO SUBMITTED BIDS
WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR BID.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE HURST HOTEL AT 9 THIS MORNING.   FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID FIREMEN DISCOVERED SOME OVER-COOKED FOOD IN A MICROWAVE IN THE "COMMONS" AREA ON THE 4TH FLOOR.    THERE WAS NO FIRE BUT SMOKE AND VOLUNTEERS HELPED CLEAR BY OPENING SOME WINDOWS.      THAT BUILDING HAD A
COMPLETE $4 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION LESS 10 YEARS AGO.

IN 2015 (NOT NEXT YEAR)... THE MAQUOKETA PROM WILL BE ON THE "CELEBRATION BELLE" RIVERBOAT.     PERMISSION WAS GIVEN LAST NIGHT BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.   ESTIMATED  COST FOR ABOUT 200 STUDENTS,  $8,975.  SCHOOL BUSES WILL BE USED INSTEAD OF CHARTER BUSES.

MAQUOKETA WILL HOST DEWITT IN A GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL
DOUBLEHEADER TONIGHT, WITH THE GIRLS GAME AT 6.     MATT CLARK
WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ AND OUR INTERNET SITE.

KEEP WARM.

DENNIS VOY

NEW HOMES FOR MAQUOKETA

FOUR HOMES ARE GOING UP IN MAQUOKETA....

THE ABOVE TWO ON WEST FARMLAND DRIVE....

THE TWO ABOVE (JUST THE BASEMENTS SO FAR) ARE ON SHORELINE  DRIVE AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, NEAR THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
RICH HAINSTOCK IS BUILDING ALL 4 "SPEC" HOMES.    YOU WILL RECALL, RICH BUILDT THE "PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE" AND SOME "SPEC" HOMES AROUND IT ABOUT 9 OR 10 YEARS AGO.

DR. PETE ATIENZA (RETIRED SURGEON) IS BUILDING A "SPEC" HOME NEAR BRIGG'S SCHOOL AND IT IS ALMOST FINISHED.

THREE OR FOUR OTHER HOMES WERE FINISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MAQUOKETA AND SEVERAL IN THE RURAL AREA.

DENNIS VOY