SPORTS:
AFTER JUST ONE YEAR, MAQUOKETA HEAD BASKETBALL COACH (AND HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHER) DEREK ROBETS IS LEAVING TO BECOME HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT IOWA CITY HIGH. THIS SEASON, HE LED THE
CARDINALS TO A 12 AND 10 RECORD. HE TOLD KMAQ IT WAS AN EXTREMELY TOUGH DECISION AND TOO GOOD OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS UP. HE SAID HE WAS NOT LOOKING TO LEAVE...THE JOB CAME TO
HIM.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOLF TEAM ENDED THE SEASON YESTERDAY AT THE TOURNAMENT IN GRINNELL. THEY FINISHED 7TH IN A FIELD OF 12 TEAMS.
BOYS TOURNAMENT SOCCER IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT, CLASS 2-A SUBSTATE MATCH, MAQUOKETA 2, MARION 0. THE CARDS ADVANCE TO
PLAY MT. VERNON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THERE.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL SEASON GETS STARTED TONIGHT WHEN THE CARDS HOST NORTH SCOTT, IN A NON-CONFERENCE DOUBLE-HEADER.
BANQUET AT THE EAGLES CLUB WITH AROUND 50 ATTENDING.
THE SPEAKER WAS JASON ROWAN, OWNER OF K-9 COMFORT OF RURAL
BELLEVUE AND WITH HIM WAS ALLY, THE REGISTERED THERAPY DOG
FROM CARSON CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN MAQUOKETA. ROWAN TRAINED
THE DOG FOR CARSON'S AND AT HIS BUSINESS, HE OFFERS DELUXE
BOARDING, GROOMING AND DOG TRAINING. BILLY COAKLEY PRESENTED
THE RESPECT FOR LAW PLAQUE TO DENNIS MILLER WHO RETIRED THIS YEAR AFTER SERVING 13 YEARS AS A MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT RESERVE OFFICER. THE EVENING ENDED WITH WORDS FROM THE IOWA
OPTIMIST GOVERNNOR DAVE PHILLIPS OF DAVENPORT.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, THE MANAGER OF CASEYS WEST IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED THE THEFT OF A $50 PURSE AND A LIGHTER OVER THE WEEKEND. THE THEFT WAS CAUGHT ON THE STORE VIDEO CAMERA.
THE THIEVES ALSO WROTE A BOGUS CHECK WHAT AT THE STORE.
THE MAQUOKETA CORONADO CAR CLUB THIS YEAR GAVE TWO $500 SCHOLARSHIPS TO TWO GRADS GOING INTO AUTOMOTIVE RELATED
STUDIES. ONE TO BRANDON AMBROSY, MCHS GRAD AND SON OF
MIKE AND JENNIFER AMBROSY OF ZWINGLE. THE OTHER TO NICHOLAS
ABERNATHY, WHO GRADUATED FROM EASTON VALLEY H IGH SCHOOL
IN PRESTON AND THE SON OF LANCE AND JENNIFER ABERNATHY FROM
SABULA. THE SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PRESENTED BY CORONADO CAR
CLUB PRESIDENT CHARLIE SAGERS AND SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBER LONNIE HERMAN.
NO DAILY REPORT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
DENNIS VOY
