SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 35.
BOTH IOWA AND IOWA STATE LOST THEIR GAMES TODAY.
THIS AFTERNOON LINDA POWLISTHA AND GARY DREW GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE NEW ONWARD CENTER, THE LARGE AUDITORIUM BEING BUILDT ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. I WAS IMPRESSED! I WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT IT LATER, INCLUDING MORE PICTURES. GARY IS THE GUY THAT GOT IT ALL STARTED A COUPLE-THREE YEARS AGO, AND HAS CONTRIBUTED MUCH TIME AND MONEY TO IT .....AND LINDA HAS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER AND HER HUSBAND DON IS ONE OF THE MANY VOLUNTEERS DOING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK. ITS PAID FOR, NO TAX MONEY, AND IT WILL BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL HAVE ITS INITIAL PERFORMANCE THERE IN DECEMBER.
A METH BUST AT A DEWITT MOTEL TODAY. THREE INVOLVED, INCLUDING
A MAQUOKETA MAN, TERRY V. KREMER, AGE 21. ALSO ARRESTED AND ALSO IN THE CLINTON COUNTY JAIL, ALICIA K. JOHNSON, AGE 28, OF WHEATLAND AND CHRISTOPHER E. WEIRUP, 24, OF DELMAR.
MAQUOKETA CRIME STOPPERS IS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE THEFT OF $17,000 WORTH OF VINTAGE JEWELRY FROM BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL IN MAQUOKETA. THE JEWELRY.... LADIE'S DIAMOND RINGS, LADIE'S COLORED GEMSTONES AND MEN'S RINGS.... WAS TAKEN FEBRUARY 28TH
FROM A LOCKED CASE. THE CRIMESTOPPERS NUMBER IS 563-652-2212.
THE TIME FOR THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES THIS YEAR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE AN HOUR EARLIER THAN NORMAL, AT 1 P.M.
THE CHANGE AT THE REQUEST OF ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS TO
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON THAT NEEDS TO BE AT BOTH CEREMONIES.
ANDREW WILL MOVE FROM 2 P.M. UNTIL 3 P.M.
ALSO AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, RAY CAVANAUGH WAS HIRED AS THE FRESHMEN BASEBALL COACH IN MAQUOKETA, AT A SALARY OF $2,721.
AFTER MANY YEARS, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A PRELIMINARY MISS AMERICA PAGEANT THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE THE MISS MAQUOKETA RIVER PAGEANT AND WILL BE HELD AT THE METHODIST CHURCH COMMUNITY HALL IN MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY, MARCH 20TH. THERE WILL ALSO BE LITTLE MISS...JUNIOR MISS AND TEEN MISS COMPETITION, STARTING AT 4 P.M. THE WINNERS GO ON TO THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IN JUNE. ERICA BARKER IN ANDREW IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EVENT AND HER PHONE NUMBER IS 563-672-9629. SHE HAS YET TO ANNOUNCE THE CANDIDATES, AND HOW MANY THERE WILL BE. NO WORD EITHER ON WHO WILL JUDGE THE PAGEANT.
CHARLENE COX, 92, OF DEWITT DIED LAST SUNDAY. SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA TO DR. E. A. PHILLIPS AND A BROTHER WAS THE LATE DR. BEN PHILLIPS OF MAQUOKETA AND SISTER, THE LATE DOROTHY SCHOENTHALER OF MAQUOKETA. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS AND ONE SON, CHUCK COX, DEWITT BAR AND RESTAURANT OWNER.
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE VOTED TO DO ABOUT $41,000 WORTH OF REPAIR WORK ON THE COURT HOUSE, BUILDT IN 1959. THEY WILL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR, SEAL SOME BRICKS AND REPLACE SOME STONE.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, PEGGY BUCK, AGE 41, WAS CHARGED THIS WEEK WITH OWI, SECOND OFFENSE.
DENA RICKERTSEN AND CHRIS DUNDEE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
NICE EMAIL FROM KAREN SANGER OF WAUKEE, WHO LIVED IN MAQUOKETA. HER MOTHER IS MILDRED HENEKE. SHE ENJOYS THIS DAILY REPORT.
NICE EMAIL ALSO FROM STAN AND PAT WEETS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE REO GRANDE VALLEY. THEY ALSO ENJOY THIS REPORT. GROCERY PRICES THERE ALSO ARE HIGHER THAN IN MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE HAD WEATHER THIS WEEK IN THE 80'S AND 90'S.
HEARD ALSO FROM HARVEY PETERSON IN PHOENIX. HE WAS BORN IN 1923 AND RAISED ON A FARM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. ATTENDED BOTH MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND MAQUOKETA JUNIOR COLLEGE.
AND SOOO IT GOES.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
