Thursday, December 11, 2008

WE HAD SUNSHINE THIS MORNING AND CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 31.

JUST A REMINDER, LOCAL NEWS IS ON KMAQ AT 7:45 AM....12:15 PM.....5:05 PM
AND 9:45 PM...AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THOSE NEWSCASTS RIGHT HERE ON YOUR COMPUTER.
JUST GO TO THE HOME PAGE, www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE LIVE BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.

MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT THE NEW MCHS GYM.
HEAR DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER DESCRIBE THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM OR
ON YOUR COMPUTER ABOUT 7:20 TONIGHT. THEY WRESTLE CEDAR POINT URBANA. MAQUOKETA IS 5 AND 3 IN DUAL MEETS.

A CATTLE ROUND-UP WAS HELD IN THE CITY LIMITS OF MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AROUND 3 WHEN THE DOORS OF A LIVESTOCK TRAILER CAME OPEN, FREEING ABOUT 8 HEAD OF CATTLE. THEY ENTERED THE PICKED CORN FIELD ALONG WESTERN AVENUE AND A COUPLE STRAYED INTO THE THOMAS AVENUE AREA. EVENTUALLY, POLICE AND EMPLOYEES OF MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES WERE ABLE TO ROUND UP THE CATTLE AND RE-LOAD THEM IN THE TRAILER WITHOUT INCIDENT.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLING TEAM WILL HOST THE ANNUAL DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN TOURNAMENT TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM. ACTION ON 4 MATS WILL START AT 5 P.M. TEAMS COMPETING WILL BE: DAVENPORT CENTRAL...DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD...CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON....MIDLAND OF WYOMING....MONTICELLO....CASCADE....AND MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO MANCHESTER FOR WAMAC ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT.

LOOKING AHEAD....SUNDAY, RAIN AND HIGH IN THE MID 40'S....AND THEN A DAY LATER,
MONDAY, A HIGH OF 15.

I WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE DEWITT NOON LIONS CLUB MEETING TODAY.....THE BIGGEST LION'S CLUB IN IOWA. DEWITT ALSO HAS AN EVENING CLUB. A NEW LIONS CLUB MAY BE FORMED IN MAQUOKETA EARLY NEXT YEAR. MAQUOKETA HAS NOT HAD A LION'S CLUB FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY...IS CHRISTMAS. BETTER GET THOSE CARDS IN THE MAIL.

DENNIS VOY