Friday, May 20, 2016

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, AND A HIGH OF 70.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 75.
SUNDAY, SUNNY AND 79.

STARTS TONIGHT AT THE
VOY THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA.

SPORTS:
AT THE STATE TRACK MEET YESTERDAY, THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S 4 BY 100
METER SHUTTLE RELAY TEAM JUST MISSED QUALIFYING FOR THE FINALS....
BY A HALF-SECOND.   THE TEAM CONSISTS OF HAILEY SCHWENKER,
BREE BENNIS, SHELBY PETTYJOHN AND JANEY SAUNDERS.
CARDINAL JACOB KLOFT RAN IN THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE 3-A  ONE-HUNDRED METER DASH BUT DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS.
MAQUOKETA JUNIOR JANEY SAUNDERS HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS IN THE GIRLS CLASS 3-A ONE-HUNDRED METER HURDLES.   TODAY SHE
FINISHED 7TH IN THE PRELIMINARY RACE RUNNING IN A TIME OF 15.99.
THE FASTEST TIME WAS 14.89.    JANEY WILL BE IN THE FINAL FIELD OF  EIGHT WITH THE RACE STARTING AT 12:35 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT DRAKE STADIUM IN DES MOINES.

IN  BOYS SOCCER LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA 5, DAVENPORT WEST 1.

TODAY, IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, A LOT OF WORK WAS DONE AND
IS STILL BEING DONE ON SHORT JAMES STREET RUNNING EAST AND WEST
NORTH OF THE DECKER HOTEL AND ALONG THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE
POST OFFICE.....
THE STREET IS A LITTLE WIDER THAN IT WAS AND THE ABOVE SIDEWALK IS
ABOUT A FOOT WIDER.
TODAY, THEY POURED A RETAINING WALL ALONG THE POST OFFICE LAWN.
THERE WAS NONE BEFORE.    AND THE SPACE BETWEEN THE RETAINING
WALL AND THE CURB FOR THE STREET WILL BE SIDEWALK.   AGAIN, THERE
WAS NONE BEFORE.    THE DROP BOX FOR MAIL WILL BE AT THE EAST
END OF THE CURB.
BELOW A FARTHER BACK PHOTO OF THE STREET AS IT LOOKED THIS
AFTERNOON.     END RESULT, A MUCH BETTER STREET THAN THE OLD
ONE, A BIG IMPROVEMENT.

AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, THERE WAS A RESIGNATION.
BETH WOLD RESIGNED AS SCHOOL COLOR GUARD INSTRUCTOR AND AS THE
2016-2017 TLC INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.   A NEW HIRE:   CASEY CASEL WAS  HIRED AS CARDINAL CUSTODIAN FOR 6 HOURS A DAY AT A RATE OF
$13.85 AN HOUR.    MARTY MARSHALL AS THE 7TH GRADE FOOTBALL COACH.
BECKY CLAUS AS DANCE TEAM COACH.    JUSTIN HOFFMAN AS THE HIGH
SCHOOL MATH INSTRUCTOR.    

SUNDAY, WE WILL BROADCAST THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
CEREMONY "LIVE" STARTING AT 2:55 P.M. ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR
INTERNET HOME PAGE.     SARA TABOR AND BROOKE LAPKE WILL BE
THE STUDENT SPEAKERS.   THE CLASS IS 124 MEMBERS.   

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY