WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND 83 TODAY.
WE WILL STAY IN THE 80'S THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH LITTLE RAIN.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AGREED TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT
TO ADVERTISE FOR A FRESHMAN VOLLEYBALL COACH.     ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR TOM GRUENWALD SAID THERE ARE FIVE LEVELS OF VOLLEYBALL
AND THEY HAVE THREE COACHES FOR 48 KIDS.  HE SAID THAT'S A LOT
OF ATHLETES FOR 3 COACHES.

STEDMAN GRAHAM OF CHICAGO WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA MONDAY TO SPEAK IN THE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PROVIDE A COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
HE IS AN AUTHOR, EDUCATOR, AND ENTREPRENEUR AND IS KNOWN AS
OPRAH WINFREY'S PARTNER.
THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM IS PLANNED FROM 5:30 UNTIL 7:30 P.M. MONDAY AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.  NO CHARGE.


A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 7:51 LAST NIGHT ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD AND 183RD AVENUE.    JACQUELYNN SMITH, AGE 36, OF MAQUOKETA,
WAS DRIVING NORTH ON  183RD AND DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN.
SHE SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY
ADAM REUTER, AGE 26, OF ZWINGLE, WHO WAS ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.   NO INJURIES.   SMITH WAS CHARGED.   $3000 DAMAGE TO HER
CAR AND $5,000 DAMAGE TO THE REUTER  2013 GMC TRUCK.

SEVERAL CARE WERE RANSACKED ON ANGUS COURT ON SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT, TWO ADDITIONAL VEHICLES WERE ENTERED.
PATRICIA KIMMER ON S. PROSPECT STREET REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT HER CAR WAS RANSACKED AND NOTHING MISSING.
COLE HUTE OF 303 S. NIAGARAA REPORTED TUESDAY THAT A GARMIN
WAS STOLEN FROM HIS VEHICLE.
KEEP YOU VEHICLES LOCKED!!

TIFFANY BIEHL WITH R.E.M MEMBERS WHO GAVE CONCERT LAST NIGHT
AT CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS.    NEARLY PERFECT WEATHER NIGHT AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A GOOD CROWD.   PHOTO CONTRIBUTED.

LAST NIGHT, WE SAW THE "AMERICAN QUEEN" GO THROUGH THE LOCK AND DAM AT BELLEVUE.   SEE PHOTOS BELOW THIS DAILY REPORT.

I THOUGHT THE ABOVE WAS NEAT.    MY DAUGHTER LONNA CLAUSSEN OF
BETTENDORF (COMMUTES TO MAQUOKETA WHERE SHE WORKS AT M-S-B)
TOOK THE  TOP PHOTO IN 2008 WHEN GRANDSON JACOB WALKED TO SCHOOL FOR FIRST TIME (WITH HIS DAD)  AND THIS MORNING, SHE TOOK THE BOTTOM PHOTO AS HE STARTED HIS WALK TO SCHOOL AGAIN WITH HIS DAD, SHAWN.   

BACK TO MAQUOKETA STATE BANK....NEXT MONDAY, THE 18TH, LONGTIME
LOAN OFFICER DAVE JOHNSON WILL BE 75.    HE STILL WORKS ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS.      NO, HE HASN'T CHANGED A BIT, JUST A LITTLE SLOWER.

HAVE A NICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.  

NO REPORT TOMORROW.

BACK ON FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY
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