TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

THE SUN I SHINNING IN MAQUOKETA AND WE HIT 32.   NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, 36.
9 TONIGHT AND 36 TOMORROW AND FREEZING RAIN COMING THURSDAY.

ALLIANCE PIPELINE IN MAQUOKETA RECENTLY MADE A $500 DONATION
TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY.     PRESIDENT SHIRLEY SHOLTES OF BELLEVUE ACCEPTED THE CHRISTMAS GIFT.

AND THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GAVE $2,600 TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.    ABOUT 155 FAMILIES ARE HELPED EVERY WEEK
AT THE CUPBOARD.

INDUCTED INTO THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY,
THE FOLLOWING 11 SENIORS:  TRENT BOLLMAN, KARI FLATNESS, BRITTANY GOETZINGER, MATTHEW HOTVEDT, JACOB LANGENBERG, KELLY NEWELL,
CARLIE REUTER, CARTER RIVER, AUSTIN SANDERS, BENJAMIN STRATHMAN AND MEAGAN WILLIAMS.
ALSO 13 JUNIORS:   BEAU BOWMAN, RACHEL BULLOCK, NICOLE FURNE, ELIZABETH GAVIN, CALE GENT, HANNAH GRUENWALD, JENNA HOLTZ,
MACKENZIE INTLEKOFER, MADISON LAPKE, CASSIE MILLER, JACQUELINE
TABOR, BUCHANAN WALLER AND KALEENA WILKINS.
STUDENT MEMBERS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM GPA OF 3.25.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK APPROVED A 3-YEAR CONTRACT WITH UNION EMPLOYEES AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE 2.75 PERCENT INCREASE THE FIRST YEAR, 3% THE SECOND YEAR AND 3.5 THE THIRD YEAR.
AND THE COUNCIL APPOINTED DAVE KNOEBEL OF MAQUOKETA TO
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, FILLING THE VACANCY OF COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER WHO WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AFTER LEARNING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN NOT SERVE ON THE MMEU BOARD ALSO.    KNOEBEL IS FAMILIAR WITH THE MMEU BOARD AS HE SERVED ON IT IN THE PAST.

DICK TILL, AGE 65, OF SPRINGBROOK DIED LAST SATURDAY.   THE FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS MOTHER
MARJORIE OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, KRISTI FLENKER OF MAQUOKETA.

PAUL HAYLE OF MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED ON "JUST TALK" THIS MORNING
THAT HE HAS SOLD HIS "OLD LUMBER YARD" FLOOR COVERING BUSINESS
AND THE NEW OWNER (TO BE ANNOUNCED) WILL MOVE IT TO ANOTHER
LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED.     PAUL WILL CONTINUE TO OWN THE
EAST PLATT STREET BUILDING AND THE GIFT STORE WILL REMAIN IN
THE BUILDING AND THE OWNERS WILL RENT ADDITIONAL SPACE FROM
HIM TO ENLARGE THE BUSINESS.    THIS WILL ALL HAPPEND AFTER THE
FIRST OF THE YEAR.   MEANWHILE, BUSINESS CONTINUES AS ALWAYS,
IN FLOOR COVERING AND GIFTS.

CHRISTMAS IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW... TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SHOPPING!

DENNIS VOY

FIRST MEETING OF SANTA AND BABY

 

WHAT IS SHE THINKING?   WAS TOLD SHE

DID NOT CRY MEETING SANTA FOR FIRST TIME.