WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

3/4 INCH OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING.
NO SUNSHINE TODAY.
HIGH OF 35.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 33.
FRIDAY, SUNNY AND 40.
SATURDAY, PT. SUNNY AND 40.

GRAZING OF CATTLE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AT THE NEW PRAIRIE
CREEK RECREATION AREA JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA.       THE
VOTE CAME AFTER SOME LENGHTY DISCUSSION AT THE CONSERVATION BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF PRESENT AND ABOUT 15 PEOPLE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...
IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE
59 TO 46.
AND AT EPWORTH, WESTERN DUBUQUE ALSO DEFEATED THE MAQUOKETA
GIRLS, 52 TO 24.

KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES ITS 100TH YEAR THIS YEAR.
AND THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB WILL HAVE THE LOCAL BIRTHDAY PARTY TOMORROW DURING THE REGULAR THURSDAY NOON MEETING OF THE CLUB AT THE DECKER HOTEL.     THE LOCAL CLUB WAS FORMED IN
1989 AND  HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE CLUB SINCE.    THE LATE JIM BOLLMAN
WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT.   THREE CHARGER MEMBERS ARE STILL
MEMBERS:    DEAN ENGEL, LEIGHTON HEPKER AND WENDY MEADE SCOTT.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS DOUG KNICKREHM.

JACK FISH, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED DECEMBER 20TH.   HE IS SURVIVED
BY HIS WIFE BETTY FISH OF MAQUOKETA, A BROTHER AT HARPERS FERRY,
AND FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING JACKIE MAINS IN MAQUOKETA AND
SHANE FISH IN MAQUOKETA.    A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE
HELD FROMN 4 TO 8 P.M. SATURDAY AT THE NEW OPENDORE BAR ON
WEST 3RD STREET IN DAVENPORT.

ASHLEY STARR (KMAQ AFTERNOON ANNOUNCER) AND SEAN BROUGHT
THEIR NEW BABY GIRL IN YESTERDAY FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AND ADMIRE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RICK AND PAM STARR OF MAQUOKETA.
NATURALLY, I TOOK A COUPLE PHOTOS AND KMAQ SALES REP ROXANNE CLAUSING GOT ONE OF ME HOLDING LEIA, PROVING I STILL KNOW HOW TO
HOLD A BABY.    SHE'S A PRETTY BABY AND I COULD TELL SHE LIKED ME
AS ALL KIDS DO.

LEIA IS A VERY PRETTY BABY, WITH LONG DARK HAIR.   AND CRIED ONLY A FEW SECONDS WHEN TOLD SHE COULD NOT READ THE WEATHER FORECAST.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY