MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 19.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO WEST DELAWARE LAST NIGHT BY 2 POINTS.
AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ALSO LOST BY TWO TO WEST DELAWARE UP AT MANCHESTER.

THE SUPERVISORS APPROVED YESTERDAY, BUYING NEW VOTING MACHINES FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING $152,680 AND THE COUNTY PAYS THE BALANCE OF
$33,401. SUPERVISOR KOOS SAID ITS ANOTHER BILL THE COUNTY DIDN'T NEED. SUPERVISOR WILLEY ALSO SAID THE COUNTY HAS PERFECTLY GOOD MACHINES NOW AND THEY WORK PERFECTLY.
BUT, THE DON'T MEET THE NEW STANDARDS. BIGGER IN POPULATION CLINTON COUNTY WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH $178,000 FOR THEIR SHARE AND HAVE NOT DECIDED WEHRE THE MONEY WILL COME FROM. ALL THIS BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS IN FLORIDA DURING THE LAST PRESEDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND SUPERVISORS HAVE A JOINT MEETING TONIGHT TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO THE NEW SUPER WALMART FOR MAQUOKETA.

JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY TERRY ROLING HIT A DEER WITH HIS SQUAD CAR LAST NIGHT TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. DAMAGE TO THE CAR, $2,500.

STEPHANY CLARK AND NICHOLAS HAYES OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRAND PARENTS ARE BRYAN CLARK AND WENDY CLARK, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND DIANE HAYES OF MAQUOKETA.

CONSOLATION PRIZE FOR ME. NO MONEY FROM THE TOOTH FAIRY UNDER MY PILLOW, BUT DENNIS AND MARY BECK DROPPED OFF A CHRISTMAS COOKIE THIS MORNING.

JOY TO YOUR WORLD.

DENNIS VOY