FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

WE WERE LOOKING TO HIT UPPER 20'S TODAY, BUT 25 WAS IT.
AND WITH THE WIND, FELT MUCH COLDER.
TONIGHT, MAYBE AN INCH OF SNOW.
TOMORROW, THE TEMP WILL DROP TO 11 BY LATE AFTERNOON.
THEN, 4 INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.
SUNDAY, 28 AND SUNDAY NIGHT, DOWN TO (-12).
MONDAY, THE HIGH WILL BE (-10).
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS DECLARED A SNOW REMOVAL EMERGENY
FOR THE WEEKEND.

SERIOUS PLANS WERE DISCUSSED THIS WEEK BY THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING  A RE-DO DOWNTOWN PROJECT CALLED
 "STREETSCAPE".     MANY CITIES HAVE DOWN IT....SIDEWALKS, NEW
SEWER AND WATER LINES,  LIGHTING, CROSSWALKS, BUMPOUTS, TREES AND SO FORTH.    MAQUOKETA PLANS TO START WITH QUARRY STREET (IN NEED OF WORK) AND THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MAIN AND QUARRY, THE
CORNER WITH THE POST OFFICE.      THIS FIRST PHASE PROJECTED TO COST $391,000.    FEDERAL FUNDING WILL PAY SOME PART.   LOCAL FUNDING
WILL PAY THE REST, AND COULD MEAN NEW TAX MONEY.    AFTER QUARRY AND MAIN IS COMPLETED (DESIGN PHOTOS LOOK SHARP), THE PROJECT
WILL PROBABLY MOVE SOUTH ON MAIN STREET AND EVENTUALLY COULD BE 3 BLOCKS LONG, INCLUDING  TWO MORE INTERSECTIONS.  THIS "STREETSCAPE"  WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE IN STAGES AND WILL THEREFORE  TAKE YEARS TO COMPLETE.    THE COMPANY DOING THE DESIGN WILL BE BACK TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY AND HAVE
A FINAL DESIGN FOR QUARRY AND MAIN FOR APPROVAL.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENTS FIRST-EVER PICK-UP....AND
I HEAR THEY LIKE IT.

BOY'S BASKETBALL ON KMAQ TONIGHT....MAQUOKETA AT TIFFIN TO PLAY
CLEAR CREEK AMANA....7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE.

KAREN CHRIST OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR BINGO WINNER ON KMAQ
TODAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY