PARTLY SUNNY TODAY....IN THE 30'S.
WEEKEND SPORTS: FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE BY 5 POINTS. NOW 7 AND 5 IN THE WAMAC.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE.
SATURDAY, IN THE WAMAC WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, MAQUOKTA FINISHED THIRD BEHIND MANCHESTER AND DEWITT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ALSO CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS MUSICAL COMEDY "INTO THE WOODS" WAS WELL RECEIVED OVER THE WEEKEND. ABOUT 100 SAW EACH OF THE 3 PERFORMANCES. I SAW IT FRIDAY NIGHT. EXCELLENT JOB BY THE CAST.
LITTLE LONG. FINAL TWO PERFORMANCES ARE THIS COMING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
ALSO SAW "DREAM GIRLS" AT MY THEATRE YESTERDAY. VERY GOOD.
FIVE PEOPLE AT MAQUOKETA BUSINESSES WERE TICKETED AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY SOLD TOBACCO TO AN UNDERAGE TEEN DURING A CHECK BY MAQUOKETA POLICE. AN UNDERAGE MALE FROM ANOTHER CITY WAS USED BY POLICE TO GO INTO MAQUOKETA ESTABLISHMENTS TO TRY TO BUY CIGARETTES. OFFICERS SAID NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES TICKETED
ASKED THE YOUTH HIS AGE. BUT, ALL ASKED TO HIS HIS IDENTIFICATION WHICH LISTED HIS AGE AS UNDER 18. CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO A MINOR: KATHLEEN ADAM, 39, MAQUOKETA....
EVAN JEBSON, 26, DELMAR.....DINA EDWARDS, 43, MAQUOKETA.....JODY CARPENTER, 35, MAQUOKETA AND ERIC WAGENER, 24, MAQUOKETA.
ALL WERE FINED $182 ON THE CHARGES.'
BIG MADE-TO-ORDER OMELET BREAKFAST YESTERDAY AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A DOZEN LINES. FLORIAN STEFFAN
STARTED MAKING OMELETS JUST BEFORE 8 A.M. AND WAS STILL AT IT WHEN I GOT MINE JUST BEFORE NOON. OTHER'S WORKED JUST AS LONG I'M SURE. WE LUTHERANS DON'T WORK THAT HARD. THEY RAN OUT OF SWEET ROLLS, SO I'LL HAVE AN EXTRA ONE COMING NEXT YEAR.
OH YES...THE OMELET WAS DELICIOUS. RAN INTO DOC BIEHL AND HE'S PLANNING TO GO TO A WORLD SERIES GAME AT ST. LOUIS AGAIN THIS FALL.
SAT NEXT TO STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND HE WAS HAPPY WITH
THE WAY THINGS WENT THIS PAST WEEK AT DES MOINES. THEY PASSED AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE NEW HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE BILL.
HEARD TODAY THAT THEISEN'S HOPES TO BE INTO THEIR LARGER STORE
(FORMER WAL MART) ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, BY MAY, MAYBE SOONER.
AND HEARD THERE IS AN INTEREST BEING SHOWN ON THE FORMER JACK AND JILL BUILDING.
YES, BANKER DAVE JOHNSON IS STILL WORKING A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK
AT THE BANK. ALSO BOTHERS OUR MORNING COFFEE GROUP ALMOST EVERY MONDAY AND SOME TUESDAYS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
