IT IS 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LIGHT SNOW HAS STARTED
IN MAQUOKETA. THE WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WE COULD GET
1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT.
OUR HIGH WAS 28 TODAY.
OVER THE WEEKEND, WE GOT 1 AND 4/10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...MOSTLY SLEET...SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SOME RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON,WITH HIGH WINDS. THE SLEET
IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS...HARD TO GET OFF SINCE WE HAVE HAD NO TEMPS ABOVE 32. STORES HAVE HAD A RUN ON ICE MELT AND IT WORKS A LITTLE.
NOW, SNOW ON TOP OF ICE. PAVED HIGHWAYS THOUGH WERE IN GOOD SHAPE YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYS "A CHRISTMAS STORY" WAS NOT PUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT THERE WAS A GOOD TURNOUT OF OVER 300 AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE DEDICATION CEREMONY OF THE NEW YMCA WENT ON AS SCHEDULED SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WITH ABOUT 60 IN ATTENDANCE. THE LT. GOVERNOR DID NOT MAKE IT. SHE FAXED A LETTER READ BY SEN. ROGER STEWART.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR GAME FRIDAY NIGHT.
THEY ARE HOSTING MANCHESTER TONIGHT. THE BOYS ARE AT
MACHESTER TONIGHT, PLAYING WEST DELAWARE.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS DID WELL AT CASCADE SATURDAY, WINNING 2 MATCHES AND LOOSING 1, TO ALWAYS POWERFULL DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.
AN ICY INTERSECTION RESULTED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT SUMMIT AND SECOND. ONE CAR DRIVEN BY LORI MASSEY, AGE 40, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE
OTHER DRIVEN BY HANNA THORSEN, AGE 17, OF MAQUOKETA.
NO INJURIES.
I WILL TRY AND HAVE ONE MORE REPORT TOMORROW SOMETIME, AND THEN NO REPORT UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK.
I WILL BE GONE 4 DAYS FOR KMAQ TRAVEL, ESCORTING A TRIP TO NASHVILLE, STARTING THURSDAY MORNING.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY