Friday, January 31, 2014

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

COLD  AGAIN TODAY AND NO SUNSHINE.
SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, A TOTAL OF 4 INCHES EXPECTED.
AND COLD THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. 

THE OHNWARD BANK AND TRUST IN BALDWIN WAS ROBBED SHORTLY AFTER 9 THIS MORNING.    A LONE GUNMAN TOOK MONEY AND HEADED SOUTH
ON 50TH AVENUE.    HE HAS NOT BEEN APPREHENDED.  HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5' 10"  TO 6-FOOT WITH A HEAVY BUILD AND POSSIBLE A FAKE BEARD.   THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TAKEN WAS NOT DISCLOSED.    NO ONE WAS INJURED.

YESTERDAY, I HAD A PHOTO OF DOWNTOWN WHEN THERE WAS ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MAIN AND PLATT.     BILL LUCKEY OF
WISCONSIN EMAILED AN INTERESTING  SIDE NOTE.    HE SAID THE STOP
LIGHT WAS A RED LIGHT AND WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS REQUIRED
FOR ANY GIVEN SCENARIO, THE RESIDENT NEEDING HELP WOULD CALL THE
TELEPHONE OPERATOR REQUESTING POLICE ASSISTANCE.    THE OPERATOR
WOULD IN TURN TURN THE RED LIGHT ON AND THE POLICE ON FOOT PATROL
WOULD CALL-IN TO GET NECESSARY INFORMATION BEFORE RESPONDING.
AND MAX MOELLER IN  ARIZONA SAID THE ONLY OTHER STOP AND GO
IN MAQUOKETA WAS AT MAIN AND PLEASANT AND ALSO IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE INTERSECTION.     THAT IS....SAID MAX....UNTIL TWO FIREMEN
COLLIDED AND TOOK IT OUT AND CRUSHED HIS DAD'S CHRYSLER THAT WAS PARKED ON THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, NORTH OF PLEASANT.

FOLLOW-UP ON THE MEN'S CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE TEAM IN FIRST PLACE: BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY.
DOUBLES LEADERS:  JARETT FRANZEN AND TYLER GARIEN.
SINGLES LEADER IS MIKE WILLIAMS WITH AN 830.
ALL-EVENTS, HANDICAP:   MIKE WILLIAMS
SCRATCH ALL-EVENTS, BRAD GEHL.


THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS, BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS, DEFEATED
BELLEVUE LAST NIGHT.    THE BOWLERS ARE IN INDEPENDENCE TODAY FOR A WAMAC DUAL.


THE GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS TAKE ON SOLON TONIGHT.
THE GIRLS HERE AND THE BOYS THERE.  THE BOYS VARSITY GAME
WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT AND ALSO OUR WEB HOME PAGE.

LAST NIGHT THE BOYS BEAT WEST DELAWARE 45 TO 44.
THE GIRLS LOST LAST NIGHT, 46 TO 37.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT LOST TO CENTER POINT-
URBANA AND MIDLAND.   JACOB KLOFT OF MAQUOKETA DID GET A PIN AND A TECHNICAL FALL LAST NIGHT.


ASHER SCHROEDER OF MAQUOKETA GAVE A TALK AT 9 THIS MORNING
TO MAQUOKETA STATE BANK STAFF MEMBERS ON HIS TIME IN WORLD WAR II
WHEN HE WAS INJURED AND A POW.     THAT WAS IN 1943 AND EARLY 1944.
ABOVE, A PHOTO OF HIM THEN ...AND HIS MEDALS AND AND ID (DOG) TAG.
I DID A VIDEO OF THE SPEECH (ABOUT 45 MINUTES) AND LATER TONIGHT
OR TOMORROW, YOU CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO IT ON THE MAQUOKETA VFW WEB SITE.    JUST GOOGLE MAQUOKETA VFW FOR IT.    VERY
INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO.    HE GOT A STANDING THANK-YOU HAND
AFTER.  

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY