SNOW SUNDAY MORNING
SNOW THIS MORNING AND HIGH TODAY OF ONLY 30.
PARTLY SUNNY TOMORROW AND HIGH OF 35.
WEDNESDAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 38.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. SEVERAL AWARDS WERE PRESENTED:
THE ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD WENT TO TED STRAIT. ENTREPENEUR
OF THE YEAR, THE BRICK TAP. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD TO THE
MELVOLD FAMILY. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARD TO KATHY AND VIRL
BANOWETZ. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR, CLUB HOPE AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL. A SPEICIAL AWARD TO CHERYL CLARK FOR HER 25 YEARS AS AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE CHAMBER. NEW CHAMBER BOARD MEMBERS ARE FRED HARE, BETH GERLACH AND CHUCK CURRENT. THE NEW BOARD PRESIDENT IS ADRIENNE KANE AND CHUCK CURRENT, VP. SECRETARY IS TRISHA MANTHEI AND SECRETARY, NICOLE NOTZ. CHAMBER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOM DEVINE RECAPPED HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014. HE ALSO REPORTED 28 NEW MEMBERS AND ALSO THAT THERE ARE JUST THREE
EMPTY STORE FRONTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER MIKE OWEN INVESTIGATED AN ACCIDENT SUNDAY. JONATHAN HOPSON, AGE 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING
A CITY SNOW PLOW IN A RAISED POSITION AND IT HIT A LEGALLY PARKED
CAR BELONGING TO GALE BURMEISTER OF MAQUOKETA, ON SOUTH 2ND STREET. $1,000 DAMAGE TO BURMEISTER'S 2005 BUICK. NO DAMAGE
TO THE SNOW PLOW AND NO INJURIES.
IN SPORTS, THE 70TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA OPEN CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT GOT UNDERWAY OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL
CONCLUDE NEXT WEEKEND. THE FIRST "TEAM EVENT" IS TONIGHT.
THE "DOUBLES" LEADERS RIGHT NOW ARE DUANE SCHROEDER AND DWAYNE RUPP WITH 1,473 PINS, INCLUDING HANDICAP. THE "SINGLES" LEADER IS MIKE BARTEN WITH A HANDICAPPED SERIES OF 776.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
