Tuesday, December 23, 2008

ABOUT AN INCH OF NEW SNOW TODAY. WARMER..HIGH OF 27. 3 OR 4 MORE INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, UP TO 4 MORE INCHES. NO SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE, BUT A LOW OF 2 BELOW AND CHRISTMAS DAY, SUNNY, NO SNOW AND A HIGH IN THE LOW 20'S.

COREY MANNING AND JENNY HAIFLEY OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN DEC 11TH AT FINLEY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE STEVE AND CHERYL MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.

ROSE FRANTZEN, FAMOUS MAQUOKETA ARTIST, WAS SELECTED BY CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY TO DESIGN AN ORNAMENT FOR THE WHITE H OUSE CHRISTMAS TREE.
AND SHE WAS INVITED BY FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH TO A TWO HOUR RECEPTION IN THE STATE DINING ROOM BUT HAD TO CANCEL HER TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE
BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY