IT IS STILL COLD AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO WARMER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND.
ANOTHER STRONG GAS SMALL CALLED OUT THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN
TO WAUGH TIRE IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY MORNING. BLACK HILLS
ENERGY WAS CALLED AND IT WAS SEWER GAS IN THE AREA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE WERE CALLED TO BRAD DEERY MOTORS YESTERDAY
AND KENNETH LEVALLEY, AGE 20, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH
DISORDERLY CONDUCT BECAUSE HE WAS THE DEALERSHIP SCREAMING AT CUSTOMERS AND THREATENING THEM WITH A KNIFE AND HE ALSO
THREATENED TO KNIFE CARS ON THE LOT.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS AND OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER PLAY, "THINGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME" HAS BEEN CANCELLED, BECAUSE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR
VALENTINE WEEKEND AND IN ITS PLACE ON VALENTINE NIGHT, A LOCAL
COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW FEATURING ANGIE RULEY, BROOKE BYAM, THE DRIFTER BAND AND OTHERS.
THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL 7TH AND 8TH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL
TEAMS PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST-EVER "REBOUNDS FOR RESEARCH"
EVENT IN DECEMBER. THE EVENT WAS INSPIRED BY THE STORY
OF LAUREN HILL, COLLEGE FRESHMAN BASKETBALL PLAYER WITH TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER WHO STARTED "LAYUPS FOR LAUREN" TO RAISE MONEY
FOR PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GATHERED
PLEDGES BASED ON HOW MANY TEAM REBOUNDS THEY WOULD HAVE
IN THE GAMES AGAINST ANAMOSA. THEY WERE ABLE TO GRAB 106 TOTAL REBOUNDS FOR THE LOCAL "RELAY FOR LIFE" COMMITTEE AND WILL BE
PRESENTING THEIR CHECK TO THE RELAY COMMITTEE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
JANUARY 16TH AT HALFTIME AT THE GIRLS VARSITY GAME IN MAQUOKETA.
JAKE MELVOLD FROM MAQUOKETA, A JUNIOR AT IOWA, LAST YEAR STUDIED FOR A YEAR IN SOUTH AMERICA IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA AND TOLD ABOUT HIS YEAR AT THE ROTARY MEETING TODAY. SEE A PHOTO AND MORE AT THE THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.
LAST NIGHT AT MANCHESTER, THE CARDINAL BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM
LOST TO WEST DELAWARE, 61 TO 38. THEIR RECORD NOW IS 0 AND 11.
ALSO THERE, THE CARDINAL GIRLS ALSO LOST 34 TO 22. THEIR RECORD
IS NOW 2 AND 8.
OVER 40 BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED-UP FOR THE KMAQ FARM HOME SHOW THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THERE
IS ROOM FOR MORE. STOP IN HERE OR CALL AND ASK FOR A KMAQ
SALES REP.
HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
