Thursday, February 27, 2014

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

+4 TODAY...SUNNY AND WINDY
-12 TONIGHT
WARMER TOMORROW

BIG BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT...AT CLINTON.
MAQUOKETA VS DEWITT, TIP-OFF AT 7 P.M.
THE PRE-GAME SHOW STARTS AT 6:40 TONIGHT ON KMAQ AND OUR WEB SITE.       LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.
THE SABERS HAVE DEFEATED THE CARDS TWICE DURING THE REGULAR
SEASON, AND THE LAST TIME IT WAS A LAST SECOND VICTORY.
DEWITT IS 19 AND 3 (RANKED 6TH IN STATE) AND MAQUOKETA IS 9 AND 13.
MAQUOKETA GOT TO THIS DISTRICT FINAL LAST MONDAY NIGHT BY BEATING
DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.    THE LAST TIME MAQUOKETA DEFEATED
ASSUMPTION WAS 20 YEARS AGO.    THOSE 2 TEAMS HAVE PLAYED
EACH OTHER A TOTAL OF 11 TIMES AND ASSUMPTION HAS WON 9 OF THE 11.
SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME!

THE JACKSON COUNTY   REGIONAL HEALTH  CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTREES
THIS WEEK APPROVED THE TAX ASKING FOR FISCAL YEAR    2014-15.    THE TAX LEVY IS  JUST OVER $1.06 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION, AND SAME
AS LAST YEAR.   HOWEVER, DO TO HIGHER PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS IN
THE COUNTY, THE HOSPITAL WILL SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN TAX DOLLARS FOR THEIR DISPOSAL.     C.E.O. CURT COLEMAN SAID THE ADDITIONAL $27,402 WILL BE USED TO HELP OFFSET THE HOSPITAL'S BAD DEBT ACCOUNT.

A 2-CAR ACCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON ON PLATT STREET.
DUANE DURKOP, JR., 43,  OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON PLATT AND ELIZABETH LENNON,34, OF MAQUOKETA PULLED OUT OF THE KWIK STAR PARKING LOT AND THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED.   LENNON WAS
CHARGED.   NO INJURIES.
"SON OF GOD"  RATED PG-13, STARTS TOMORROW NATIONWIDE
AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA AT THE VOY THEATRE.

DON'T GIVE UP ON THE WEATHER JUST BECAUSE I HAVE.

DENNIS VOY