WEDNESDAY DAILY

THE MOTEL BEHIND McDONALDS AT MAQUOKETA STARTED OFF AS A NEW
"SUPER 8 MOTEL" BUILDT AND OWNED BY McDONALDS OWNER GLEN KARPINSKI OF GALENA.    I'M GUESSING THIS WAS NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO.
THE SUPER 8 CHAIN HAS MOTELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IS THE LARGEST BUDGET CHAIN IN THE U.S. 
A FEW YEARS AGO, KARPINSKI CHANGED IT TO "MAQUOKETA INN AND SUITES".   NO MORE FRANCHISE FEE TO PAY.
HE THEN SOLD IT TO A. J. SPIEGEL OF PEOSTA  WHO RAN IT A COUPLE YEARS AND RECENTLY IT WAS SOLD BY  HIM TO A FOREIGN GROUP.    AND THEY NOW HAVE MADE IT PART OF A LARGE NATIONWIDE CHAIN AGAIN.

TODAY,  NEW SIGNS WENT UP.    THE ONE BELOW IS VERY  HIGH TO BE
SEEN FROM 4-LANE HIGHWAY 61.

THE WEB SITE SAYS "ECONOLODGE" ROOMS ARE PRICED AT $47 AND
UP PLUS TAXES.  

MAQUOKETA'S OTHER CHAIN MOTEL IS "CENTERSTONE INN & SUITES" AT
THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE DOWNTOWN, STARTING AGAIN NEXT MONTH, AT
"THE DECKER HOTEL".
AND FOR BED AND BREAKFAST FANS, THERE IS "SQUIRES MANOR BED AND
BREAKFAST".   IT IS OPEN AND FOR SALE AND THERE IS A PENDING BUYER, A COUPLE FROM CALIFORNIA.
TWO MOTELS THAT HOSTED MAQUOKETA VISITORS FOR MANY YEARS WERE THE "KEY MOTEL" AND THE "LAZY J" MOTEL, BOTH TORN DOWN WITHIN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS.

LAST NIGHT THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED WEST DELAWARE IN

OVERTIME, 52 TO 51,  AND THE GIRLS LOST THEIR GAME TO WEST DELAWARE, 67 TO 65.

MONDAY NIGHT, IN A MAKE-UP DUAL MEET, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS

LOST TO MT. VERNON, 70 TO 6.

DENNIS VOY