FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND COLD TODAY....HIGH TODAY 38.
SUNNY AND COLD TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.
60-DEGREE WEATHER COMING NEXT WEEK.

The MAQUOKETA   YMCA  POOL IS OPEN AGAIN!

MAQUOKETA IS GETTING A NEW PRINCIPAL FOR CARDINAL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.   SHE IS SHERRI WALKER AND SHE WILL REPLACE JOAN BOLLMAN
WHO IS TAKING EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WALKER IS CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT CEDAR VALLEY WEST AND WORKS FOR 4 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.    SHE RECEIVED HER B.A. DEGREE
FROM BUENTA VISTA AND HER M.A.E. FROM UNI.   THIS WILL BE
HER FIRST PRINCIPAL POSITION.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, JOHNA VANDEMORE, AGE 34, HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES OF MAIL FRAUD AFTER FAKING A PREGNANCY TO CON MONEY FROM AN EASTERN IOWA MAN.   SHE WAS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
TODAY TO 18 MONTHS IN PRIZON AND PAY $95,850 IN RESTITUTION
TO THE VICTIM, OVER A PERIOD FROM 2007 TO 2013, COVERING $1,000 PAYMENTS FOR 90 MONTHS.    SHE TOLD THE MAN SHE WAS PREGNANT,
HE BELIEVED HER, AND THERE WAS NO CHILD.

BROOKE BYAM (RED HENTON'S GRANDDAUGHTER) AND FRIENDS WILL
SING TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE  JACKSON-CLINTON DAIRY BANQUET
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. 

DAVE EHLERS WILL TRY TO REACTIVATE THE TROOP 68 BOY SCOUT
TROOP IN MAQUOKETA....6TH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE BOYS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL HIM AT 563-451-6312.

RUSS AND LORI HOUSTON OF MAQUOKETA HAVE ASKED ME TO REMIND MAQUOKETA HIGH SENIORS TO APPLY FOR THE "SAMMY HOUSTON  INSPIRE ME"  $250 SCHOLARSHIP, IN HONOR OF THEIR DAUGHTER WHO HAS BEEN
DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE GENETIC  DISORDER WITH NO TREATMENT OR
CURE.   APPLICATIONS MUST BE BACK BY APRIL 1ST.    THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE OFFICE HAS APPLICATION FORMS OR CALL LORI AT 563-357-8934.

A LOOK AT A BEND IN THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AT THE PARK LOCATED WEST OF THE LIGHT PLANT.    GET TO THIS BENCH BY TAKING THE PAVED
SHORT STREET ACROSS FROM THE MAQUOKETA LUMBER COMPANY.

A BIRTH:   A BOY BORN MARCH 25TH AT A HOSPITAL IN AMES, TO ZACH
AND BRITTNEY SWANSON OF AMES.    PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PASTOR ERIC AND KRISTI SWANSON OF THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN MAQUOKETA.   IT IS THEIR 2ND GRANDSON  IN AMES.   TWO OTHER
CHILDREN ARE NOT MARRIED.   

THE NEW FAMILY MOVIE "HOME" IS SHOWING NOW AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
RATED PG FOR ALL THE FAMILY.    ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, CHECK
THE NEW VOY THEATRES-61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE BLOG.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com