TUESDAY DAILY

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB, THE MASONIC LODGE AND THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB, DONATED SHOES AND SOCKS TO THE 17 CHILDREN AT "HEAD START" IN MAQUOKETA.    ABOVE, TAKING THE SHOES TO THE KIDS, LEFT TO RIGHT, RAY LEBLANC OF THE LIONS,
ROSS MITCHELL OF THE MASONIC LODGE AND KATE KRABBENHOFT FROM THE OPTIMIST CLUB.

JAILBREAK AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA, BY TWO PRISONERS.
DETAILS TOMORROW ON THE 7:45 A.M. NEWS ON KMAQ.   TO HEAR THE
STORY, TURN ON KMAQ ON OUR WEB HOME PAGE AT 7:45, WHEN THE
MORNING NEWS IS "STREAMED" BY KMAQ.

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MONDAY DAILY

THE VIDEO ABOVE WILL BE USED IN SEEKING A GRANT FOR
MAQUOKETA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE "PARKS TO PEOPLE"
PROGRAM.    FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE "PARKS
TO PEOPLE" WEB SITE AT gwloop.com OR TALK TO DARYL
PARKER AT HIS OFFICE AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE
CENTER.

KINGSLEY-PIERSON CAME FROM BEHIND TODAY TO BEAT BELLEVUE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC OF BELLEVUE AT THE GIRLS STATE

TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES, 65 TO 61.  THEY WON A STATE TOURNAMENT GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME.    MARQUETTE'S MARISSA SCHROEDER SCORED 38 POINTS, A NEW 1-A STATE TOURNAMENT RECORD.  THE BELLEVUE MOHAWKS ENDED THE SEASON WITH A 21 AND 4 RECORD.

BELOW, SOME PHOTOS TAKEN SUNDAY AT THE PEP-RALLY

SEND-OFF IN BELLEVUE.

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SUNDAY MARQUETTE SEND-OFF RALLY

THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM IS IN THE  STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK AT WELLS FARGO ARENA IN DES MOINES.     IT IS THEIR 6TH APPEARANCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.   MONDAY, THEY WILL PLAY AT 11:30 A.M. AGAINST KINGSLEY-PIERSON.    A PEP RALLY WAS HELD SUNDAY MORNING IN THEIR GYM AT BELLEVUE.   A BIG TURN
OUT TO SEND THEM OFF TO DES MOINES.

ABOVE, THE COACHES, TEAM, CHEERLEADERS, AND MANAGERS.

ABOVE, COACH JIM KETTMAN TELLING HOW PROUD HE IS OFF HIS TEAM
AND HOW PROUD HE ESPECIALLY IS OF THEIR CHARACTER.   "THEY ARE GOOD GIRLS" SAID THE COACH.

ABOVE, KARISSA SCHROEDER, SENIOR AND STARTING CENTER FOR THE
TEAM.   SHE IS 6-1 AND HER  OPPONENT MONDAY IS  6-2.     SHE REVIEWED
THE SEASON IN A HUMOUROUS WAY.       THERE ARE 2 OTHERS SENIORS...
A BUNCH OF JUNIORS AND ONE FRESHMAN.

CHEERLEADERS LEADING A CHEER.

JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU GAVE A BASKETBALL TO EACH GIRL
AND EACH THEN AUTOGRAPHED THEIR OWN AND PASSED IT AROUND
SO THAT EACH BALL WOULD HAVE ALL OF THE TEAM SIGNATURES.

BELLEVUE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC WITH MOHAWK STRENGTH FROM ABOVE.

THE BASKETBALL COURT IS NAMED AFTER JIM SQUIERS, NOW RETIRED,
AND LONGTIME MOHAWK COACH, AND ONE OF IOWA'S WINNINGEST COACHES OF ALL TIME.   HE WAS ALSO HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR MANY
YEARS.    HE COACHED THE LAST TEAM AT STATE...AND HE WILL BE IN
DES MOINES MONDAY I'M SURE.

FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH BELLEVUE, THE BEAUTIFUL SMALL JACKSON
COUNTY COMMUNITY, ALONG THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IS THE
HOME OF TWO K-12 HIGH SCHOOLS.    COMET FANS WILL ALSO CHEER FOR
THE MOHAWKS MONDAY.
AND KMAQ WILL BE THERE FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT ATTEND THE GAME IN PERSON.   MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE GAME ON KMAQ AM, FM AND ON
OUR WEB SITE HOME PAGE....STARTING AT 11:30 A.M.

GO MOHAWKS!!

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FRIDAY DAILY

A FRIDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA IN THE MID 40'S.

OPENS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT LONGTIME PEACE PIPE PLAYER ACTOR RON DELAGARDELLE WILL BE THE JUDGE IN THE PLAY.

HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER BIG WEEK AT THE VOY THREE THEATRE.    IT'S A DOG-GONE GOOD MOVIE

STARTS TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.

THIS WEEKEND (SAT AND SUN) ON KMAQ-FM, OUR FIRST TWO ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION GAMES IN FLORIDA, AGAINST MIAMI.   TUNE IN AT 11:45.

MONDAY MORNING AT 11:30, WE BROADCAST THE
BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL GAME AT THE WELLS FARGO
ARENA IN DES MOINES.  MATT CLARK AT THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.   ON AM, FM AND OUR WEB HOME PAGE.

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THURSDAY DAILY

"THE SPEEDWAY DINER" ON HIGHWAY 20 WEST, DUBUQUE, HAS NEW OWNERS.    IT IS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF MENARDS ON 20,  AT THE
TRUCKSTOP.  

 OZ AND TONYA ARE THE NEW OWNERS.   THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OWN AND OPERATE "THE CITY LIMITS" RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA, ALONG WITH THEIR SON AND DAUGHTER.   AT DUBUQUE, SAME GOOD HOME-COOKED FOOD, BIG PORTIONS AND LOW PRICES AS AT THE MAQUOKETA RESTAURANT.   OPEN 6 A.M. TO 8 P.M. EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

90 0R 100 YEARS AGO

 IN MAQUOKETA

 

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NO WEDNESDAY DAILY

TUESDAY DAILY

MAQUOKETA BOYS AT MOUNT VERNON, LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME TO
MOUNT  VERNON BY ABOUT 15 POINTS LAST NIGHT AND ENDED THEIR SEASON.

FOR 2ND DAY IN A ROW, 62 THE HIGH TODAY.   TOMORROW 72.   THEN
WET AND COLDER THROUGH THE WEEKEND.   IN MID 30'S SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY.

BIG TURN OUT TODAY FOR SEN. ERNST VISIT TO CITY HALL.

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MONDAY DAILY

JUST IN...THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON...

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FRIDAY DAILY

NOW SHOWING IN MAQUOKETA.

 

MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY AT EPWORTH AGAINST WESTERN DUBUQUE
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7...IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL....THEIR SECOND TOURNAMENT GAME.    MATT CLARK WILL BROADCAST THE GAME STARTING AT 6:45 AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE.

HIGH OF 62 TODAY IN MAQUOKETA BREAKING THE 60-DEGREE RECORD OF 1921.
AND THIS WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, OR LONGER.

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THURSDAY DAILY

NEW GIFT SHOP AT THE 1876 DECKER HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

"A DOG'S PURPOSE" STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, SO THERE WILL BE A BARGAIN MATINEE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 OF "A DOG'S PURPOSE" AND THE NEW "LEGO BATMAN"
MOVIE.     DOORS OPEN AT 1:30 AND THE TWO MOVIES START AT 2.
ALL SEATS $5.50.      AND AS ALWAYS, BARGAIN MATINEE OF ALL 3 MOVIES
AT 2 EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

POPULAR COUNTRY SINGER KEITH WALKER FROM NASHVILLE WILL PUT
ON A CONCERT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER
ON  HIGHWAY 64 EAST MAQUOKETA.     $22 ADVANCE TICKETS ARE ON SALE
NOW AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.   THEY WILL BE $25 AT THE DOOR.

 

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS IN OVERTIME TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, BEAT DUBUQUE WAHLERT 67 TO 62.    NOW, THE

GIRLS PLAY NEXT AGAINST WESTERN DUBUQUE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ AND OUR HOME WEB PAGE TOO.   GOING AFTER THEIR 10TH WIN.   TUNE IN 6:45 FOR MATT CLARK AND THE PREGAME SHOW.

UPPER  50'S AND LOWER 60'S THIS WEEKEND AND MONDAY PRESIDENTS DAY.

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THE CARDINAL BOYS LOST THEIR FINAL REGULAR GAME OF SEASON LAST
NIGHT AT EPWORTH.        WESTERN DUBUQUE 64, MAQUOKETA 53.
DYLAN  GOTTO AND ABE KINRADE EACH HAD 18 POUNTS.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BOWLING TEAM IS GOING TO THE
STATE BOWLING TOURNAMENT NEXT MONDAY.    CONNOR SCHNOOR
YESTERDAY ROLLED A 449 TO  LEAD THE CARDINALS TO A BERTH IN THE 1-A
STATE TOURNEY.

THE MCHS GIRLS PLAY THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME TONIGHT HERE.

THE NUMBER 1 MOVIE IN THE NATION..."THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE" IS SHOWING NOW IN MAQUOKETA, THROUGH FEB. 23RD.

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TUESDAY EVENING--WEDNESDAY DAILY

LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT WILLIAMSBURG,
THERE, 78 TO 53.

TUESDAY NIGHT, THE 14TH,  THEY PLAY THEIR FINAL REGULAR GAME OF
THE SEASON AT EPWORTH AGAINST WESTERN DUBUQUE.   MATT CLARK
WILL BROADCAST THE GAME AT 7:20 P.M.
CORRECTION:   WE WILL NOT BROADCAST THIS
GAME AFTER ALL TONIGHT, FEB 14TH.  SORRY!

THEN, THE CARDINAL BOYS OPEN 3-A DISTRICT TOURNAMENT PLAY
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT MOUNT VERNON, IN THE 8 P.M. GAME AND
MATT WILL BROADCAST IT ON KMAQ.

IN BOWLING, LAST SATURDAY, AT THE CEDAR RAPID'S BOWLING CENTER,
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THE WAMAC CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH 3,363 PINS.
CARDINAL CONNER SCHNOOR ROLLED A 290, WITH 11 STRIKES IN A ROW.
IN THAT TOURNAMENT FOR THE GIRLS, MAQUOKETA FINISHED IN NEXT TO
LAST PLACE, AHEAD OF INDEPENDENCE.   BEST SCORE BY CARDINAL
DELSEY DODDS, A 182.
TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CARDINALS WILL BE IN A CLASS-1-A SUBSTATE
MEET AT CASCADE LANES, STARTING AT 1 P.M.    THE TEAM CHAMPION
AND THE TOP INDIVIDUAL WITH ADVANCE FROM THE DISTRICT.    THE TOP 12 BOWLERS IN THE CLASS WILL ALSO ADVANCE TO STATE.

MAQUOKETA HAD 4 WRESTLERS IN THE DISTRICT LAST SATURDAY HERE
IN MAQUOKETA AND THEY ALL FINISHED WITH A 3RD OR 4TH.  SO, THERE WILL BE NO GRAPPLERS AT STATE THIS YEAR FROM MAQUOKETA.
THE SEASON IS OVER.
THERE WILL THREE FROM THE KMAQ AREA GOING TO DES MOINES THIS
THURSDAY, FROM DEWITT, BELLEVUE AND MIDLAND.

THEY ARE STILL SKYING, DESPITE THE WARM WEATHER, AT SUNDOWN MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT WEST OF DUBUQUE.   THEY HAVE A SNOW MAKING
MACHINE AND ALL RUNS ARE OPEN.   THEIR PHONE NUMBER IF YOU EVER WANT TO CHECK ON CONDITIONS IS:   563-556-6676.

MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING STARTS TODAY DOWN SOUTH.
THE SEASON WILL END WITH THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IN THE WORLD SERIES IN OCTOBER.

BONNIE "GOOGLE" MITCHELL, OF MAQUOKETA, CURATOR OF THE JACKSON
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TWO MUSEUMS.    ONE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM ON EAST MAPLE STREET.   GOT A QUESTION ABOUT JACKSON COUNTY?      "GOOGLE" BONNIE AND GET
THE ANSWER.   THIS PHOTO TAKEN TODAY AT THE  WEEKLY TUESDAY
"BROWN BAG LUNCH" AT THE CE MUSEUM COMMUNITY ROOM.    YOU BRING
YOUR OWN SANDWICH AND A DESSERT IS ON THEM AND TODAY, OF COURSE, A VALENTINE TREAT.   TODAY, A LARGE GROUP OF  HIGHS SCHOOL
STUDENTS WHERE THERE, FOR A TOUR OF THE MUSEUM AND THE LUNCH FOLLOWED BY A HISTORY PRESENTATION BY BONNIE.   TODAY, ABOUT
MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS, MAQUOKETA FAMOUS PEOPLE  AND CLINTON ENGINES.
SHE TOLD FIRST ABOUT THE FOUNDER OF MAQUOKETA, J. E. GOODENOW.
THEN ABOUT THE FIRST SCHOOL, STARTING WITH THE SCHOOL IN THE  GOODENOW LOG CABIN DOWNTOWN WHERE THE GREEN SPACE IS  NOW.    THEN ABOUT THE THE ACADEMY SCHOOL ON THE HILL WHERE THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOW.      OFF THE SCREEN, I  TOOK PHOTO OF THE
CHRISTMAS EVE 1921 ACADEMY FIRE.

SHE TOLD THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOW IT WAS RE-BUILDT AFTER THE FIRE IN SAME LOCATION AND THAT THE THIRD FLOOR FOR A FEW YEARS, WAS THE LOCATION OF MAQUOKETA'S JUNIOR COLLEGE THAT STAYED OPEN
UNTIL WORLD WAR 2 WHICH CALLED MANY POSSIBLE STUDENTS TO WAR.

SHE SHOWED THIS PHOTO OF THE CHURCH ON EAST PLATT THAT IS STILL
USED TODAY, MINUS ONE OF THE TWO ENTRANCES,  AND THAT A REV.
MILLIKAN WAS THE PASTOR.    AND  HIS SON, WHO CAME TO MAQUOKETA
AS A CHILD, GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND BECAME
A VERY FAMOUS PHYSICIST.

THERE WAS EVEN  A U.S. POSTAGE STAMP  HONORING MILLIKAN.

THIS POST CARD SENT TO LEROY HEPKER, MAQUOKETA CHIROPRACTOR,
AND A FRIEND OF MINE.    THE LATE DR. HEPKER WAS A MEMBER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHERE WE WORKED ON PROJECTS
TOGETHER AND STARTED THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HALL OF FAME.      HE SON OWNS THE BODY SHOP ON SOUTH MAIN STREET.

BONNIE ALSO TOLD THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT CLINTON ENGINES.
THE COMPANY MOVED TO MAQUOKETA (A NON-UNION TOWN THEN) IN 1950  FROM CLINTON, MICHIGAN.    IT BECAME ONE OF THE TOP TEN EMPLOYEE
COMPANIES IN IOWA.    WHEN NECESSARY, WORKED 3 SHIFTS A DAY,
SOMETIMES EVEN ON SUNDAY.    OWNER DON THOMAS SOLD PLANT AND
AFTER NEW OWNERSHIP BY AN EASTERN COMPANY, CLOSED IN THE MID 60'S.   OVER THE YEARS, OVER 18 MILLION ENGINES WERE MADE IN
MAQUOKETA.

TODAY...A BIT OF LOCAL HISTORY FOR SOME OF YOU READERS OF THIS
DAILY REPORT.

IF YOU GET A CHANCE, ATTEND A TUESDAY "BROWN BAG LUNCH".
JOIN OVER 25 PEOPLE WEEKLY THAT ENJOY JACKSON COUNTY HISTORY.

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