Tuesday, November 11, 2014

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

YES...WE HAD OUR FIRST SNOW FALL THIS MORNING, FROM ABOUT 6:15 TO 6:45....CAME DOWN WITH BIG FLAKES....HAD TO PUT MY  WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND IT STUCK TO THE HOOD.     THEN, JUST COLD ALL DAY AROUND 32.
AND THIS IS THE WAY IT WILL BE FOR THE  REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO
NEXT WEEK.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL PLAY IN THE STATE
TOURNAMENT AT CEDAR RAPIDS AT 4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.    KMAQ'S MATT CLARK WILL BE THERE TO BROADCAST THE MATCHES ON KMAQ AM, FM AND OUR INTERNET HOME PAGE.   THEY WILL PLAY CENTRAL LYON.

JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR LARRY "BUCK" KOOS WILL BE  HONORED IN DES MOINES FOR HEROISM DURING THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE SHOOTING IN MAQUOKETA SEPTEMBER 9TH.    A PLAQUE WILL BE PRESENTED TO KOOS DURING THE IOWA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES FALL CONFERENCE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.'

THE  YMCA GOLDEN GIRLS WARM UP IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING DANCE RECITAL ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, AT 2 P.M., AT OHNWARD FINE
ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.    THE "GIRLS" WILL ALSO BE MAKING A SPECIAL APPEARANCE AT THE VARIETY SHOW ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND AT 7 P.M. AT OHNWARD.     THE DANCE RECITAL WILL ALSO INCLUDE
ALL OF THE YMCA YOUTH DANCE STUDENTS.    PICTURED ABOVE, FROM
LEFT TO RIGHT:   BARB PESTKA, VICKIE BLAIR, HELEN SNELL, CAROLINE BOYLE, KATHY BECKER, KATHY JOHNSTON, KAREN HANSEN, MARGARET
McCARTHY,  AND ROBERTA ROSHEIM.      ABSENT, DALENA ACTON.

THERE ARE 55 MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF
MEMBERS WHO ARE ELEGIBLE FOR EARLY RETIREMENT NEXT YEAR.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MONDAY NIGHT APPROVED AN EARLY RETIREMENT WHICH WOULD AFFECT ALL MAQUOKETA DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.    BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT DECIDE HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THEY WILL ALLOW FOR EARLY RETIREMENT.    FIRST, THEY MUST APPLY IF INTERESTED AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT THE RETIREES THROUGH A LOTTERY SYSTEM, ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST SERVED SYSTEM.

A PHOTO FROM THE PAST, 1995, OF THE MORNING COFFEE GROUP AT THE DECKER HOTEL.  
THE ABOVE MOVIE WILL BE ANOTHER BIG ONE, STARTING NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING AT THE VOY THEATRE, NOVEMBER 21ST.   I AM GOING TO  HAVE
AN EARLY SHOWING FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T WAIT, THE NIGHT BEFORE AT 8 P.M. AND TICKETS FOR IT ARE ON SALE NOW AT THE BOXOFFICE.   IT WILL
BE IN THE DIGITAL VOY 1 AUDITORIUM.

A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT....AT 2 A.M. LAST FRIDAY ON HIGHWAY 61.    VICKY WINKELMAN OF MAQUOKETA, HIT THE DEER AND THE RESULT, DAMAGE TO HER CAR ESTIMATED AT $7,500.


MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A VANDALISM INCIDENT AT  HORSESHOE POND PARK.       MONDAY MORNING, A REPORT INDICATED THE REGISTRATION BOX AND OTHER  ITEMS WERE VANDALIZED.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

STAY WARM.

DENNIS VOY
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