SUNNY AGAIN TODAY....BUT COLD...HIGH 13.

LAST NIGHT THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LOST TO INDEPENDENCE, 47 TO 23. 
INDEPENDENCE IS RATED 5TH IN THE STATE IN CLASS 2-A.
MAQUOKETA WON 5 MATCHES.....BY MARCUS BREEDEN, SHILOH SNYDER,
TIM O'CONNELL, RYAN FLAGEL AND JOSH HOLTZ.

THE JOBLESS RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY WENT UP IN DECEMBER TO
8.5 PERCENT.   IT HAS BEEN 7.8 IN NOVEMBER.
IOWA IS AT 6.6 STATEWIDE.   THE NATIONAL RATE IS 10 PERCENT.

THE BELLEVUE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED STEVE KAHLER OF MAQUOKETA  AS THEIR NEW CITY ATTORNEY, REPLACING MARK LAWSON.        KAHLER HAS BEEN AN ATTORNEY IN MAQUOKETA SICNE 1993.    LAWSON WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED A JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE.

THE FARM BUREAU SPONSORS THEIR FIRST FORUM OF THE YEAR WITH
LEGISLATORS,  STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE
TOM SCHUELLER.    9 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING AT CITY HALL IN MAQUOKETA.

BOB OSTERHAUS ... BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.   HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB.
I BETTER NOT GIVE HIS AGE.   

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.....LIKE MOST....WILL BE GLAD TO SEE JANUARY AND
ITS WINTER WEATHER LEAVE US.

DENNIS VOY

4 ABOVE THIS MORNING.....
SUNNY ALL DAY....NOW 9 ABOVE.
6 BELOW TONIGHT.
NEXT TIME WE GET INTO THE 20'S AGAIN WILL BE NEXT MONDAY.

THE NEW STOP AND GO AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC LIGHTS WENT INTO SERVICE
TODAY AT WESTGATE (LEADING UP TO FAREWAY STORE) AND WEST PLATT STREET.

THE SUPERVISORS WERE TOLD THIS WEEK THAT SOME WIRING AT THE 51-YEAR-OLD COURTHOUSE IS BAD.     THE COST COULD BE UP TO $100,000.

ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS RECEIVED A GRANT FOR $2,600 FROM THE ENRICH IOWA PROGRAM.
THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE LARGE-PRINT TITLES.

JOHN AND HEIDI SNELL ANDERSON OF EVANSTON HAD A GIRL YESTERDAY AT 2:55 P.M. AT THE NORTHSHORE HOSPITAL AT EVANSTON.    MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
ARE RON AND HELEN SNELL OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS HAVE A MEET AT INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT.

SOLON IS THE COMMON OPPONENT FOR THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS
BASKETBALL TEAMS TOMORROW NIGHT.  THE BOYS PLAY THERE.   THREE GAMES
AT EACH GYM.

THE IOWA TOURING THEATRE COMPANY BRINGS THE MUSICAL COMEDY
"IT'S VEGAS BABY!" TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA ON
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH AT 7 P.M.       TICKETS ARE $17 IN ADVANCE AND $20 AT THE DOOR.    THEY ARE ON SALE AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK MAIN OFFICE AND AT THE OHNWARD BOXOFFICE.

KEEP UP WITH THE BENTROTT FAMILY, NOW HOME IN MAQUOKETA  FROM HAITI ....AT THEIR  BLOG...www.SaveSolomon.com 

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY, COLD AND SNOWY TODAY ..  LIGHT SNOW.    

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT DEWITT LAST NIGHT AT DEWITT,
40 T0 31.
TONIGHT, THEY TAKE ON THE RATED INDEPENDENCE MUSTANGS IN A WAMAC
MEET AT INDEPENDENCE.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT....DID NOT SCORE A POINT IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND WENT ON TO LOOSE, 44 TO 38.   KELSEY BOLMAN SCORED
11 AND THE CARDINALS ARE  NOW 6 AND 10 FOR THE YEAR.
THE BOYS ALSO LOST TO ANAMOSA, THEIR 3RD LOSS IN A ROW, 49 TO 43.  TYLER
RUTENBECK SCORED 13.

MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOME IN MAQUOKETA  AFTER A CHIMNEY FIRE LAST NIGHT AROUND 6:15.    IT WAS AT THE MICHAEL CHAPLIN HOME AT 414 W. PLEASANT
STREET AND FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE CHIMNEY WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED.
THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE CHIMNEY.    FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE FOR 90 MINUTES.

SO FAR, THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS PLACES WILL HAVE A BOOTH OR TWO OR

THREE AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW ON FEBRUARY 11TH AND 12TH AT THE  BIG CONVENTION CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.

DUTRAC COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, WEST PLATT, MAQUOKETA
WHEATLAND MUTUAL INSURANCE IN WHEATLAND
SCHUELLER &  SONS RECONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB
CORNELIUS SEED CORN COMPANY,  RURAL ANDREW
MAQUOKETA INSURANCE AGENCY, DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA
MERCY HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, CLINTON
THE JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE
THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
FRANZEN FAMILY TRACTORS, MONMOUTH
THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK
ASSOCIATED INSURANCECOUNSELORS, IN PRESTON, BELLEVUE, MILES,
             DEWITT, AND LECLAIRE
THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (HOSPITAL) IN MAQUOKETA
SUPERIOR SATELITE IN DEWITT
THE JACKSON COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, MAQUOKETA
DAGUE EQUIPMENT, SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA
SOLAR WINDS, CLINTON
ZEPHYR ALUMINUM PRODUCTS IN DUBUQUE
WHITETAIL RUN APARTMENTS IN MAQUOKETA
RIDGEVIEW PLACE, BELLEVUE
CARAWAY REALTY, ACROSS FROM LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA
KITCHEN & BATH SOLUTIONS, RURAL BELLEVUE-SPRINGBROOK
HUMANA INSURANCE, JON SCHWENKER, MAQUOKETA, AGENT
MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
OSTERHAUS HEALTHMART PHARMACY ON WEST PLATT, MAQUOKETA
THE JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU
CULLIGAN OF CLINTON AND MAQUOKETA
HARRIS GOLF CARS SALES AND SERVICE, IN PEOSTA
KEN MOORE CONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA
MOORE'S CARPET AND FLOOR COVERING IN MAQUOKETA
CLINTON COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, IN  DEWITT
HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY, WEST QUARRY STREET, MAQUOKETA
THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN
INFINITY SATELITE SYSTEMS, WEST MAPLE STREET IN MAQUOKETA
JACKSON COUNTY PREVENTION COLITION
ROSS RIVER WICK BUILDINGS IN MAQUOKETA
BURNETT THEIL FORD, JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA
THE BERNARD TELEPHONE COMPANY IN BERNARD
T-N-T  ICECREAM, EAST PLATT STREET, MAQUOKETA
ALL ARE INVITED TO THE FARM AND HOME SHOW ... FREE ADMISSION

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. 
DENNIS VOY

WE HAD FOG AND RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.   YESTERDAY, WINDY AND CLOUDY AFTER LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING.     TODAY, SUNNY AND COLD.
THE WHOLE WEEK WILL BE COLD AND REALLY COLD THIS WEEKEND.      WE DID GET RID OF SOME ICE OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH WAS GOOD.

IN SPORTS:   FRIDAY, BOTH THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS LOST TO MARION.
THE MARION GIRLS ARE 12 AND 1.    
THE GIRL WILL HOST ANAMOSA TONIGHT.
THE BOYS PLAY AT ANAMOSA TONIGHT.
LAST SATURDAY IN THE MIDLAND TOURNAMENT IN WYOMING, MAQUOKETA WON THE 10 TEAM TOURNAMENT WITH 5 CHAMPIONS:   TIM O'CONNEL, DAKOTA SNYDER, RYAN FLAGEL, THOMAS MAYBERRY AND COLTON FELLER.
LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINALS WERE GOING TO WRESTLE DEWITT THERE, BUT
BECAUSE OF DRIFTING ROADS, THE DUAL MEET WILL BE TONIGHT AT THE MIDDLE  SCHOOL GYM IN DEWITT AND THE MATCHES WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM STARTING AT 7:20 TONIGHT, WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AND DR. PAUL KOOB AT THE MIKE.    THE MAIN HIGH SCHOOL GYM WILL HAVE A SABER BASKETBALL GAME.
A FINAL SPORTS NOTE:   THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WILL OPEN TOURNAMENT PLAY, AGAINST DEWITT, ON FEBRUARY 17TH AT DEWITT.    THE SABERS HAVE WON BOTH EARLIER GAMES DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

THE ANNUAL FIREMEN'S BANQUET WAS H ELD SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.   IT WAS CATERED BY SPRINGBROOK COUNTRY DINING AS THE COUNTRY CLUB KITCHEN  IS NO LONGER OPEN.    FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK REPORTED A RECORD-LOW YEAR FOR FIRE CALLS IN 2009.    ONLY 66 COMPARED TO 90 IN 2008.    THERE WERE 64 RESCUE CALLS LASTYEAR, UP FROM 40 IN 2008.
THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME TO RURAL CALLS WAS 9 MINUTES AND FOR IN-TOWN
CALLS, 6 MINUTES.     THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN MAQUOKETA IS ABOUT 12 YEARS AND THE BEST ATTENDANCE
TO FIRE CALLS LAST YEAR WAS JERRY BOWEN'S 64%.     LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED:  TOM MESSERLI RECEIVED A GOLD WATCH FOR 25 YEARS ON THE DEPARTMENT.   20 YEARS:  TERRY RUBEL AND JERRY BOWEN.
TEN-YEARS:   CHAD STEFFAN AND CRAIG MUHLHAUSEN.     THE DEPARTMENTS MEMORIAL AWARD WAS GIVEN TO BRENT PAULS.   ALSO PRESENT SATURDAY NIGHT WERE THOSE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WHO HAVE REACHED LIFETIME STATUS:
HAROLD LUBBEN, LLOYD NABB, RED LANE, BOB MITCHELL, GAIL STICKLEY AND
JERRY WEISS.    AND THE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZED GIB MARCUCCI FOR H IS DONATION OF THE COPPER COLORED CONCRETE FIREMAN WHICH STANDS AT THE FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION.   HE DONATED IT IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE BETTY.

THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA HELD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY NOON AND PASTOR GERALD GJERDE SURPRISED THE MEMBERS BY ANNOUNCING THAT HE WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.   HE WILL THEN BE FINISHING 30TH YEAR AT FIRST LUTHERAN AND WILL BE 59 YEARS OLD.   THE CHURCH HAS AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR, JUDY HEINRICH.

A 2009 GRAD OF MAQUOKETA HIGH, MICHELLE EBERHART OF DELMAR, ARRIVED EARLIER THIS MONTH IN CARLOW, IRELAND WHERE SHE WILL BE A STUDENT AT A SMALL COLLEG IN THAT CITY OF 10,000.   SHE WILL BE ATTENDING CLASSES
THERE 3 DAYS A WEEK UNTIL SHE RETURNS  HOME IN MAY.   SHE SAYS MOSTL OF THE STUDENTS GO HOME ON WEEKENDS.   SHE AND SOME OTHER FOREIGN STUDENTS ARE PLANNING A VISIT TO GERMANY THE END OF FEBRUARY.  SHE WILL RETURN TO ST. AMBROSE THIS FALL.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD THIS MORNING AT THE DECKER HOTEL.    NEW BOARD MEMBERS WERE ANNOUNCED....DR. DAVID SYBESMA  (OPTOMITRIST) AND KERRY SCHEPERS WITH MAQUOKETA FINANCIAL GROUP.      KATHY SEYFERT WILL CONTINUE AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AND SHE PRESENTED THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD TO MINDY ORRIS, MCHS TEACHER WHO STARTED THE CLUB HOPE ORGANIZATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW IS ADVISOR TO THE GROUP THAT HAS 55 MEMBERS.   
STACY DRISCOLL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHAMBER, GAVE HER ANNUAL AWARD TO CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY, WHO WAS ALSO ASKED TO SPEAK AT THIS MORNING'S BREAKFAST EVENT.    HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND AND HIS
DISTIRCT DIRECTOR, PETE DEKOCK, WAS THE SUBSTITUTE GUEST SPEAKER.

THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR A 7 PERCENT TEACHER PAY RAISE FOR NEXT  YEAR.   AT LAST NIGHT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD RESPONDED WITH NO WAGE INCREASE.    THE FIRST DISCUSSION WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE NEXT SESSIONS WILL BE CLOSED
SESSIONS AS ALLOWED BY LAW.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT PATRICK BENTROTT AND HIS WIFE KIM, HAVE RETURNED FROM HAITI TO THE US.   THEY WERE ON BOARD AN AIRFORCE CARGO JET SATURDAY THAT FLEW TO ORLANDO, ALONG WITH 82 ORPHANS.    THE
BENTROTTS WERE ABLE TO BRING THEIR ADOPTIVE SON, SOLOMON AND ALSO THEY ADOPTED A 14 MONTH OLD GIRL, NAMED VALANCIA.      THE COUPLE PLANS TO
RETURN TO HAITI IN ABOUT A MONTH TO CONTINUE THEIR MISSION WORK.

KMAQ HAS RECEIVED  WORD OF THE DEATH OF LOLA MOELLER MORRIS, AGE 84, OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA.    THE MAQUOKETA NATIVE DIED SATURDAY AT
A PHOENIX HOSPITAL.   SHE WAS A RETIRED FARM BURAU INSURANCE ADJUSTER IN ARIZONA.    BEFORE MOVING SOUTH, SHE WAS A SECRETARY FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE LAW OFFICE OF THE LATE JUDGE ARTHUR JANSEN.     LOLA MOELLER MORRIS IS SURVIVED BY AN OLDER BROTHER, MAX MOELLER, ALSO  A RESIDENT OF ARIZONA.   FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE THERE.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

TEST

FOG AND RAIN OVER THE PAST WEEKEND.
WINDY AND CLOUDY TODAY, AFTER LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING.
THE WHOLE WEEK WILL BE COLD.....AND REALLY COLD THIS WEEKEND.
BUT, WE DID GET RIDE OF SOME ICE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

IN SPORTS:     FRIDAY, BOTH THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS LOST TO
MARION.    THE MARION GIRLS ARE 12 AND 1.
THE GIRLS WILL HOST ANAMOSA TOMORROW NIGHT.  
THE BOYS PLAY AT ANAMOSA TOMORROW NIGHT.
SATURDAY IN THE MIDLAND WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT WYOMING,
MAQUOKETA WON THE TEN-TEAM TOURNAMENT, FINISHING 4 POUNDS AHEAD OF 2ND PLACE LISBON.    THE CARDINALS HAD 5 CHAMPIONS:    TIM O'CONNELL....
DAKOTA SYNDER....RYAN FLAGEL....THOMAS MAYBERRY AND COLTON FELLER
AT HEAVYWEIGHT.
TONIGHT, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WERE GOING TO WRESTLE  AT DEWITT BUT BECAUSE OF BLOWING SNOW, HIGHWAY TRAVEL IS BAD AND TONIGHT'S  DUAL MEET HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN CANCELLED.  NO WRESTLING TONIGHT IN DEWITT.     THE WRESTLING MEET HAS ALREADY BEEN RE-SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW (TUESDAY NIGHT) AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM IN DEWITT.
ONE FINAL SPORTS NOTE, WE NOW KNOW THAT THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WILL OPEN THEIR TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL COMPETITION ON FEBRUARY 17TH AT DEWITT AGAINS THE SABERS, WHO DEFEATED THE CARDINALS IN BOTH REGULAR SEASON GAMES THIS SEASON.

THE ANNUAL FIREMEN'S BANQUET WAS HELD SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.   IT WAS A CATERED MEAL BY SPRINGBROOK COUNTRY DINING  AS THE COUNTRY CLUB KITCHEN IS NO LONGER OPEN.
CHIEF BECK REPORTED A RECORD-LOW YEAR FOR FIRE CALLS.
ONLY 66 IN 2009 COMPARED TO 90 IN 2008.      THERE WERE 64 RESCUE CALLS LAST YEAR, UP FROM 40 IN 2008.      THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME TO RURAL CALLS WAS 9 MINUTES AND FOR IN-TOWN CALLS, 6 MINUTES.
THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN MAQUOKETA IS ABOUT 12 YEARS AND THE BEST ATTENDANCE TO FIRE CALLS LAST YEAR WAS
JERRY BOWEN'S 64%.
AND LENGTH-OF-SERVICE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED:    TOM MESSERLI RECEIVED A GOLD WATCH FOR 25 YEARS ON THE DEPARTMENT.     20-YEAR AWARDS TO TERRY RUBEL AND JERRY BOWEN.    TEN-YEAR AWARDS TO CHAD STEFFAN AND
CRAIG MUHLHAUSEN.    THE DEPARTMENTS MEMORIAL AWARD WAS GIVEN TO
BRENT PAULS.    ALSO PRESENT SATURDAY NIGHT WERE THOSE FIREMEN
WHO HAVE REACHED LIFETIME STATUS:    HAROLD LUBBEN, LLOYD NABB,
RED LANE, BOB MICHELL, GAIL STICKLEY AND JERRY WEISS.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZED GIB MARCUCCI FOR HIS DONATION
OF THE COPPER COLORED CEMENT FIREMAN WHICH STANDS IN FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION.   HE DONATED IT IN MEMORY  OF HIS WIFE BETTY.

THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA HELD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING
YESTERDAY AND LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CLERGY, PASTOR GERALD GJERDE, SURPRISED THE MEMBERS BY ANNOUNCING THAT HE WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THE  YEAR.    HE WILL THEN BE FINISHING HIS 30TH YEAR AT FIRST LUTHERAN AND
WILL BE 59  YEARS OLD.     THE CHURCH HAS AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR, JUDY
HEINRICH.    

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.   THE 2010-2011 CALENDAR WILL BE DRAFTED AND THE BID DISCUSSION IS PLANNED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SCOREBOARDS.

THE CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETS AT 7 TOMORROW MORNING AT CITY HALL.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEETS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 4:30 AT CITY HALL.

A 2009 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, MICHELLE EBERHART OF DELMAR,  ARRIVED EARLIER THIS MONTH IN CARLOW, IRELAND WHERE SHE WILL BE A STUDENT AT A SMALL COLLEGE IN THAT TOWN OF ABOUT 10,000.   SHE WILL
BE ATTENDING CLASSES THERE THREE DAYS A WEEK  UNTIL SHE RETURNS HOME
IN MAY.    SHE SAYS MOST OF THE STUDENTS GO HOME ON WEEKENDS.
SHE AND SOME OTHER FOREIGN STUDENT FRIENDS ARE PLANNING A VISIT
TO GERMAN AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.   SHE WILL RETURN AGAIN TO ST. AMBROSE
THIS FALL.

THE WIND IS BLOWING AND IT IS GETTING COLDER.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY....LOW 30'S.....BUT ROADS BETTER.
RAIN AND 40 DEGREES TOMORROW....SHOULD GET RID OF SOME ICE.

FIRE DAMAGED A HOME ON WEST SUMMIT LAST NIGHT....THE FORMER
MANNING NURSING HOME.    THE FAMILY LIVING THERE WAS LUCKY TO SMELL
SMOKE AND GOT OUT WITHOUT HARM.   JACK KING AND HIS WIFE AND HER CHILDREN LIVE THERE.    THE FIRE WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE WIRING
IN THE ATTIC.    ESTIMATED DAMAGE, $40,000.     SOME ELECTRICAL WORK WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE THE FAMILY CAN RETURN.   THERE WERE 12 CATS IN THE HOME AND ALL ARE OKAY.    IT WAS THE FIRST FIRE CALL OF 2010.

NOON HOUR GUEST SPEAKERS WERE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK  FOR THE
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.    ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, VIRGIL SCHMIDT, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CROP SPECIALIST  FOR TEN AREA COUNTIES, WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS AHEAD FOR GRAIN FARMERS.      FRIDAY, TWO SPEAKERS:     AT NOON, BRUCE GAARDER FROM THE IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION WHO WILL TALK ABOUT ETHANOL.    AND AT 12:30,  JOHN WEBER OF DYSTART, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE IOWA PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION TO SPEAK ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PORK INDUSTRY.     PLAN TO COME BOTH DAYS.    FREE ADMISSION.
NEW THIS  YEAR.....T-N-T ICE CREAM CONES IN THE FOOD BAR.

THE MAQUOKETA  ART EXPERIENCE  LOCATED  IN THE OSTERHAUS BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, NEW HOURS.     THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EACH WEEK FROM 2 UNTIL 8 P.M.      SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 5 P.M.    AND THEY HOST A WEEKLY "DRAWING" SESSION FROM 1 UNTIL 4 P.M. EACH SUNDAY.     ANY QUESTIONS, CALL THE COORDINATOR, GWENDOLYN
HAYES AT 563-652-9925.    THERE IS NO ADMISSION. 

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

ICE ICE AND MORE ICE.
NO SCHOOL AGAIN TODAY.
VERY SLIPPERY THIS MORNING....EVEN NOW IN MANY PLACES.
RAIN AND IN LOW 40'S SATURDAY WILL GET RID OF A LOT OF THE ICE.

HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, OVER 20 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OVER NIGHT....MANY JUST SINGLE VEHICLE.   A COUPLE SEMIS JACK-KNIFED.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....JESS BAKER REPORTED AT NOON YESTERDAY THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW ON HER CAR WAS BROKEN WHILE PARKED IN THE FAREWAY PARKING LOT.
AND, KATIE MICHEL REPORTED SHE STRUCK A DEER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON 217TH AVENUE.
ALSO, MEREDITH BRANDT OF MAQUOKETA  STRUCK A DEER ON HIGHWAY 61, NEAR 225TH STREET NORTH OF DEWITT LAST FRIDAY.

IN BUSINESS NEWS, VI YEAGER HAS RETIRED , AFTER 20 YEARS SELLING REAL
ESTATE IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

NO WRESTLING TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SCHOOL  TODAY,       WHENEVER SCHOOL CLOSES BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER,  ACTIVITIES ALSO MUST BE
CANCELLED OR POSTPONED.      THE WRESTLING MEET WILL BE RESCHEDULED SOON.
TOMORROW, NO SCHOOL AGAIN IN MAQUOKETA, BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULED "IN SERVICE" DAY.    ACTIVITIES CAN BE HELD.     TOMORROW NIGHT, IN BASKETBALL, THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY AT MARION AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST MARION IN WAMAC PLAY.    GAMES AT 4:30....6 AND AROUND 7:30.  

THE LITTLE CARDS WRESTLERS WILL WRESTLE AT DEWITT SATURDAY.

DRIVE CAREFULLY, BUCKLE-UP AND USE THE CELL PHONE AFTER YOU GET TO YOUR DESTINATION.     OR PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD  AND USE.

DENNIS VOY

AT THE MAQUOKETA MASONIC CENTER (UP BY BANOWETZ  ANTIQUE  MALL)

ON McKINSEY DRIVE,  A "SHOES FOR KIDS"    PROJECT WAS STARTED IN 2000 AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE MASONS HAVE PURCHASED OVER 600 PAIR OF SHOES AND BOOTS FOR THE NEEDY IN OUR AREA.    THE PHOTO ABOVE SHOWS 14 PAIR THAT THEY ADDED TO THE TOTAL THIS WEEK AND WERE PRESENTED AT THE  BRIGGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA.       AT LEFT IS ROBERT CHRISTENSEN OF THE MASONS AND PAT BOLLMAN, BRIGGS PRINCIPAL.   THE MASONS ARE A GOOD, ACTIVE ORGANIZATION AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM, AND TO SEE  A PHOTO OF THEIR OFFICERS, GO TO THEIR WEBSITE...www.maquoketamasons.org    WHEN YOU ATTEND A WAFFLE BREAKFAST THAT THEY SPONSOR AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, YOU ARE HELPING THEM DO THEIR GOOD DEEDS.   THANK YOU MAQUOKETA MASONS!

 DENNIS VOY   

RIGHT NOW, THE SUN IS SHINING IN MAQUOKETA AND THE TEMP IS 30.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO SCHOOL TODAY, ANYWHERE AROUND HERE.   THE FORECAST EARLY THIS MORNING WAS FOR BAD ICE AND SLEET AND WE
GOT  SOME, BUT HERE IN TOWN, NOW LIKE SOUTH AND WEST OF US.
LOTS OF PLACES HAVE CLOSED FOR TODAY ALREADY (IT IS 3:20) AND MANY EVENTS ARE CANCELLED TONIGHT.    PROBABLY THE WORST IS OVER, BUT THERE IS STILL
SOME BAD PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

IN HIGH SCHOOL BOY'S BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, DEWITT DEFEATED MAQUOKETA
40 TO 30 FOR A WAMAC WIN.  TYLER RUTENBECK HAD 16 POINTS.    MAQUOKETA HAD WON THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, HERE IN TOWN.     THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 8 AND 3 IN THE WAMAC.

LAST NIGHT ALSO, HERE, MAQUOKETA'S WRESTLERS SPLIT A WAMAC DOUBLE DUAL, BROADCAST ON KMAQ.     WEST DELAWARE BEAT MAQUOKETA 34 TO 23 AND
THEN THE CARDS TOPPED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN 55 TO 16.   THE CARDINALS
DUAL MEET RECORD IS NOW 12 AND 5.     

TOMORROW NIGHT, THE CARDINALS WRESTLE AT DEWITT FOR ANOTHER WAMAC
DOUBLE DUAL, STARTING AT 6 P.M.      AT 6, MAQUOKETA WRESTLES SOLON, THEN SOLON GOES AGAINST DEWITT AND THEN THE CARDINALS AGAINST DEWITT.
KMAQ-FM WILL AGAIN BROADCAST THE FIRST AND THIRD MEETS OF THE NIGHT
WITH DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE HOLD-BY-HOLD REPORT
"LIVE" FROM DEWITT.      MAQUOKETA SPONSORS OF THE BROADCAST WILL BE
MAYBERRY MAYTAG HOME APPLIANCE CENTER....NISSEN CAVEN AGENCY....
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES....DAGUE EQUIPMENT....OSTERHAUS HEALTH MART
PHARMACY....LEON CHIROPRACTIC CENTER....TACO JOHNS.....AND MEINECKE RICHARDS AGENCY.

JAN CULBERTSON, CENTRAL OF DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS MANAGER,
AND BOARD SECRETARY, HAS RESIGNED TO TAKE A JOB WITH CLINTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.    BEFORE GOING TO DEWITT, OVER A DOZEN YEARS AGO, SHE WAS THE BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE MAQUOKETA DISTRICT.   THE DEWITT SUPT. DAN
PETERSON SAID IT TAKES 8 PAGES TO LIST ALL OF CULBERTSON'S JOB
RESPONSIBILITIES.    SHE HAS BEEN GETTING $70,000 A YEAR AND WILL BE GETTING AROUND $100,000 AT CLINTON.

ANOTHER DEER ACCIDENT.   SUSAN WAGNER SAID SHE HIT A DEER ON HIGHWAY 64 AT 6:23 LAST NIGHT.

KMAQ TRAVEL IS SPONSOR A DAYLONG BUS TRIP TO NAVY PIER IN CHICAGO
TO ATTEND THE CHICAGO ANNUAL FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW....ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10TH.     CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER AND WE WILL SEND YOU
COMPLETE DETAILS.   1-800-747-0057.  

IN BUSINESS NEWS:   MOORE'S CARPETS AND FLOOR COVERINGS HAS MOVED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LOCATION AT 609 MYATT DRIVE, NEXT TO HAPPY JOE'S PIZZA IN MAQUOKETA, MOVING FROM WESTGATE DRIVE.    STOP IN AND SEE THEIR BEAUTIFUL NEW FLOOR COVERING STORE.     THEIR MOTTO IS..."SINK YOUR TOES INTO A BARGAIN".     THEY HAVE THEIR OWN INSTALLER AND DIANE BRADY
CAN HELP YOU PICK OUT CARPET OR OTHER FLOOR  COVERING
FOR YOUR HOME.     THEY WILL HAVE A BOOTH AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME
SHOW, FEBRUARY 11 AND 12 AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS
IN MAQUOKETA....A FREE SHOW.

THE VOY 3 THEATRE HAS THE NEW MOVIE "THE TOOTH FAIRY" RATED PG, STARTING FRIDAY AND BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, THERE WILL BE A
 2 P.M. NO SCHOOL BARGAIN MATINEE FOR THE MOVIE.   IT STARS BILLY CRYSTAL
AND JULIE ANDREWS.

YOU GUYS AND GALS  DOWN SOUTH....WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD THE THRILL OF SPINNING YOUR WHEELS ON ICE?     SOUTHERNERS SURE MISS
A LOT.

DENNIS VOY

GOOD FRIEND MORRIE MORRIS

BROUGHT THIS SCORECARD TO COFFEE THIS MORNING.   NOTE THE DATE!

NOTE ALSO THE.....1 ......CIRCLED....THIS WAS ONE OF THREE HOLE-IN-ONE CARDS

MORRIE IS PROUD OF.         THIS WAS AT THE GOLF COURSE IN DEWITT.     MORRIE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE AT 88 AND JUST PAID HIS COUNTRY CLUB DUES FOR 2010.    THE OTHER THREE THAT SIGNED THIS CARD HAVE LEFT US.   DON TELLEFSON WAS A FERTILIZER SALESMAN AND PROBATION OFFICER.   WILMER LARY OWNED A FEED AND FERTILIZER BUSINESS IN DELMAR AND BILL MOLER OWNED A POPULAR DOWNTOWN MEN'S CLOTHING STORE.    MORRIE WAS BUS TRANSPORATION DIRECTOR FOR  THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IN HIS EARLIER

DAYS IN MAQUOKETA, HE CO-OWNED REEL'S CIGAR STORE DOWNTOWN.  HE WAS AT PEARL HARBOR ON DEC 7TH.     HIS WIFE DOROTHY, WHO WAS ALSO AN AVID GOLFER, WORKED A LONG TIME, UNTIL RETIRING, AS KMAQ'S BOOKKEEPER.

SHE NO LONGER PLAYS GOLF.     MORRIE MADE  MAQUOKETA'S TOP-10  BEST MAQUOKETA GOLFERS OF ALL TIME LIST AND STILL SHOOTS A PRETTY GOOD GAME.  CLICK-ON THIS GOLF SCORECARD TO ENLARGE IT.

WISH THE GOLFING SEASON WAS HERE.....THE GOLFING  WEATHER ESPECIALLY.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH OF 30.

SLEET TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DEWITT LAST NIGHT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD IS RECOMMENDING A 2 PERCENT RAISE FOR COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THIS WILL HELP MAQUOKETA.   A RAIL COMPANY IN SAVANNA, ILLINOIS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT IT WILL AD 350 JOBS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS....AT THEIR
LOCATION ON THE FORMER ARMY DEPOT GROUNDS.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY...HIGH AROUND 30...
SOME SUNSHINE POSSIBLE TOMORROW....
AND ALL WORK WEEK LONG....TEMPS WILL BE IN LOW 30'S....5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF  YEAR.

FIRST...SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS SATURDAY IN DECORAH WENT 2 AND 2 ON THE
DAY, WITH WINS OVER LANCASTER, WISCONSIN AND AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.
LOSSES TO DECORAH AND SOUTH WINNESHEIK.     DECORAH  WON THEIR OWN
TOURNAMENT WITN A 5 AND 0 RECORD.      FOUR CARDINALS WERE NAMED TO THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM....HAVEN MILLER, MARCUS BREEDEN....DAKOTA SNYDER....AND RYAN FLAGEL.    THEY ALL WENT 4 AND 0.
MAQUOKETA WILL HOST A WAMAC DOUBLE-DUAL TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST WEST DELAWARE AND DYERSVILLE.     DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER
WILL WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS, 6 AND 7 OVERALL, PLAY AT CENTRAL OF DEWITT TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WITH THEIR 8 AND 4 OVERALL RECORD, PLAY
AT DEWITT TOMORROW NIGHT.

IN MY REPORT SATURDAY, UNDER THE PHOTO TAKEN AT  THE MAQUOKETA GYM,
I MENTIONED TWO GIRLS THAT PLAYED ON VARSITY TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT WERE SOPHOMORES.
THAT WAS WRONG, THEY ARE FRESHMEN.    AND SINCE THEN, I  GOT TWO
EMAILS FROM CARDINAL FANS SAYING THEY THOUGHT UPPERCLASSMEN
SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SIT ON THE VARSITY  BENCH WHILE  UNDERCLASSMEN PLAYED.
LOTS OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT OVER THE YEARS.    I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE VARSITY.     AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE A STATE  ATHLETIC UNION RULE.

THE FIRST BINGO SHOW OF THE WINTER SEASON JUST ENDED ON KMAQ.
OUR FIRST WINNER TODAY WAS ROSIE MILLER OF ROSEMERE LANE IN MAQUOKETA.
WE PLAY FREE RADIO BINGO FROM 3:30 UNTIL 4 EVERY AFTERNOON, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.     ROSIE WON $15 CASH AND TWO THEATRE TICKETS.

FOUR VEHICLES WERE BROKEN INTO OVER THE WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
BEN HARKIN, SHERILYN RUTENBECK, ROSEANNA ALLEN AND KYLE VANIS
ALL REPORTING THE BREAKINS.   IN ONE CAR, A $400 VACUUM CLEANER WAS TAKEN.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7.

SOLOMON IS THE 14-MONTH OLD BOY THAT IS BEING ADOPTED BY MR AND MRS PATRICK BENTROTT IN HAITI.     BUT, PAPERWORK IS NOT COMPLETED.
THERE ARE OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.    A NEW WEBSITE WAS
LAUCHED LAST WEEK TO ASSIT IN GETTING SOLOMON AND THE OTHER ADOPTIONS FINALIZED.    THAT WEB SITE IS:   www.SaveSolomon.com

GOT AN EMAIL FROM MCHS 1969 GRAD MIKE LYMAN THE OTHER DAY.   LAST YEAR, HE RETIRED FROM MOTOROLA IN MUNICH, GERMANY, WHERE HE HAS LIVED
FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS.      HE NOW HAS HIS OWN CONSULTANT BUSINESS AND
THIS HAS TAKEN HIM TO PHOENIX WHERE HE WILL BE LIVING FOR SOME TIME TO COME.   HE WILL KEEP HIS RESIDENCE IN GERMANY TOO.    IF YOU WOULD LIKE
HIS EMAIL ADDRESS, LET ME KNOW.     MIKE WAS A STUDENT ANNOUNCER FOR KMAQ BACK IN THE LATE 60'S AND HIS DAD WAS A RAILROAD ENGINEER AND
MUSICIAN BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

'AVITAR' WAS THE BIG WINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES.
IT IS STILL SHOWING AT THE THEATRE HERE AND WILL BE HELD OVER FOR
ANOTHER BIG WEEK. 

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

A NICE CROWD LAST NIGHT FOR THE MAQUOKETA-MANCHESTER WEST DELEWARE GIRL'S BASKETBALL GAME LAST NIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM.    BUT, SINCE THE
GYM IS SO LARGE, THERE WERE STILL LOTS OF EMPTY SEATS.    AND DESPITE
THE LESS THAN FULLHOUSE CROWD, THE PARKING LOT WAS FULL.     MORE PARKING IS NEEDED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UP AT MANCHESTER EARLIER THIS SEASON, MAQUOKETA LOST TO THE
WEST DELAWARE HAWKS.    FORMER MCHS GRADUATE CRAIG HUTTON IS AN
ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE  HAWKS.    BUT LAST NIGHT, THE  CARDINALS
DOMINATED THE 2ND HALF AND WENT ON TO AN EASY VICTORY, 52 TO 35.
LEADING SCORER FOR MAQUOKETA WAS DEVON O'CONNELL, WHO HAD A GAME-HIGH 13 POINTS.   SHE IS ONLY A SOPHOMORE.    ANOTHER SOPHOMORE PLAYING  QUITE A BIT LAST NIGHT WAS ERICA SUTTON.       THE CARDINAL TEAM
ONLY HAS 3 SENIORS.
AT MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT,THE CARDINAL BOYS ALSO BEAT THE  HAWKS,
46 TO 36.   TYLER RUTENBECK WAS TOP SCORERER FOR THE CARDS WITH
12 POINTS.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO ENLARGE IT.

CLOUDY TODAY....HIGH IN MID 20'S EXPECTED.

CHECK FRIDAY'S DAILY REPORT BELOW THIS ONE.

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY...HIGH 28....SUN COMING BACK TOMORROW.

CULLIGAN WATER CONDITIONING IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE CLOSING MONDAY...LOCATED ON SOUTH JONES.       IT HAS BEEN HERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
IT IS OWNED BY A CLINTON, IOWA FIRM AND THE MAQUOKETA OPERATION WILL
BE ABSORBED BY THE CLINTON STORE.     THERE HAVE BEEN 3 EMPLOYEES
IN MAQUOKETA  AND  TECHNICIAN KENNY CLASEN HAS ACCEPTED A TRANSFER AND WILL CONTINUE WORKING IN MAQUOKTA, BUT OUT OF THE CLINTON OFFICE.
CLAYTON AND BONNIE TURNER OF MAQUOKETA OWNED THE BUSINESS IN THE LATE 40'S AND 50'S AND THEN SOLD IT TO US WATER, THEN SOLD TO  US FILTER AND THEN TO THE VETTER FIRM WHICH HAS STORES IN CLINTON, THE QUAD CITIES,
BURLINGTON, WASHINGTON AND CORALVILLE.      THE BAD PART OF COURSE IS THAT
TWO PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOB HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER EMPTY BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM  TONIGHT WILL HOST WEST DELAWARE AND THE BOYS ARE AT MANCHESTER AGAINST WEST DELAWARE.
THE WRESTLERS WILL BE IN THE DECORAH DUALS TOURNAMENT TOMORROW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY AND 35 TODAY.   MORE SUNSHINE TOMORROW.

OVER 40 COMPANIES TOOK OUT BID FORMS FOR THE DOWNTOWN FIRE SITE
CLEANUP, BUT, ONLY 7 SUBMITTED BIDS THIS MORNING.    TWO OF THE SEVEN
WERE NOT CONSIDERED BECAUSE THEY CAME IN AFTER THE 11 A.M. DEADLINE.
FIVE BIDS WERE OPENED AND THE LOW ONE WAS FOR $341,000.    THE  HIGH
BID WAS $657,300.      NO LOCAL BIDDERS.      THE CITY MANAGER SAID THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE JOB FROM CITY GRANTS.     HR GREEN ENGINEERING
COMPANY WILL REVIEW THE BIDS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.        SO, WE HAVE THE BIDS BUT IT STILL COULD BE UP TO 60 DAYS BEFORE A CONTRACT CAN BE AWARDED FOR THE CLEAN-UP.     THE STATE  HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS NOT SIGNED-OFF ON THE PROJECT AS REQUIRED BY LAW.     THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY COULD REQUIRE SOME HISTORIC ARTIFACTS
BE SAVED DURING THE CLEAN-UP PROBLEM.      THE BIDS ARE GOOD FOR 60 DAYS.
THE WAIT GOES ON....AND ON....AND ON. 

JANE BENTROTT HEARD FROM HER SON PATRICK AGAIN TODAY, WHO LIVES
WITH HIS WIFE IN HAITI.    THEY NOW ARE STAYING IN  A HOTEL ABOUT AN HOUR FROM PORT AU PRINCE.      THEY WERE UNHARMED AS A RESULT OF THE TUESDAY EARTHQUAKE.      THEY SCHOOL WHERE THEY WORKED AND TAUGHT WAS DESTROYED AND PATRICK AND KIM SPENT MUCH OF YESTERDAY AT THE SCHOOL HELPING DIG OUT BODIES AND FINDING A FEW SURVIVORS.      MANY STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS WERE KILLED.    THE COUPLES THIRD FLOOR APARTMENT IS NOW ON THE SECOND FLOOR.     MANY OF THERE BELONGINGS WERE INTACT.
THEY WERE ABLE TO RETREIVE A FEW ITEMS.     PATRICK AND KIM ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING A 14-MONTH OLD BOY AND THAT BECOMES THE MAJOR ISSUE FOR THEM PERSONALLY AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
LEAVE THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY HAVE LIVED AND WORKED FOR THE PAST YEAR.

I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MENTION THAT THE ANNUAL CLINTON COUNTY BREAKFAST BUFFET IN MESA, ARIZONA,  WILL BE HELD  ON FEBRUARY  27TH.   RESERVATIONS ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 23RD TO RALPH THOMPSON.   HIS PHONE NUMBER
IS 480-373-0343.

RED HENTON WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ENTERTAINING AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME
SHOW FEBRARY 11TH AND 12TH.     HE TURNS 90 SEPTEMBER 3RD.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR.    HE FEELS GOOD.   LOOKS GOOD.   AND HIS SINGING VOICE IS GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.     

I'M GOOD TOO AND HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE.

DENNIS VOY

WOW......IT WAS A SUNNY WARM DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.     32 WAS THE
HIGH.    MORE OF THE SAME COMING.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT PATRICK BENTROTT PHONED HIS MOTHER, JANE, EARLY THIS MORNING TO SAY HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE OKAY IN PORT AU PRINCE,
HAITI, WHERE THE MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HIT YESTERDAY.    BENTROTT TOLD HIS MOTHER THEY WERE ARRIVING HOME TO THEIR 3RD FLOOR APARTMENT WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE HIT,    HE SAID THEY TOOK THE STAIRS DOWN TO THE SECOND FLOOR, BUT THEN  HAD TO JUMP TO SAFETY.   THEY MADE IT FROM THE APARTMENT AND WENT TO A GUEST HOUSE AND SPENT THE NIGHT THERE.      THE OWNER OF THE APARTMENT PLANNED TO TAKE THEM TO A FAMILY MEMBER'S HOME IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR A SAFE LOCATION.     JANE SAID HER SON SAID THEY SPENT MUCH OF THE NIGHT HELPING OTHERS AND TAKING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL UNTIL THE HOSPITAL WAS  FULL.     PATRICK AND HIS WIFE ARE MISSIONARIES THERE AND HAVE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR.    THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING A 14-MONTH OLD BOY.     PATRICK'S WIFE IS A DOCTOR AND PATRICK IS A PASTOR ANDA TEACHER.      BENTROTT IS THE SON OF JANE BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA
AND CRAIG BENTROTT OF BETTENDORF AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WILL START HIS 13TH YEAR AS CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT.    FELLOW FIREMEN VOTED LAST WEEK TO RE-APPOINT HIM AS CHIEF.    HE BECAME CHIEF IN 1998 AND HAS BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR
MORE THAN 25 YEARS.

THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB GAVE DETAILS TODAY ON THEIR DRESS
SALE SATURDAY.     THEY SOLD 69 SALES, TOTALING $4,744.     THE CLUB WILL
RECEIVE CLOSE TO $1,000 TO GO INTO THE AFTER-PROM FUND.    THOSE WHO
CONSIGNED DRESSES WILL BE MAILED THEIR CHECKS SOON.     THE KIWANIS
MEMBERS WILL STILL SELL THE PROM AND PARTY DRESSES AT IOWA BANK
FOR ONE MORE WEEK.'

BELOW ARE TWO PHOTOS I TOOK AT THE ROTARY MEETING TODAY.
AND, SEATED NEAR ME WAS A GUEST OF ROTARIAN FLORIAN STEFFEN,  A NEW BANKER FOR MAQUOKETA.     JOEL LASACK, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, A DECEMBER GRADUATE (AGRICULTURE DEGREE) OF THE UNIVERSITY OF  WISCONSIN AT PLATTVILLE,  STARTED WORK TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AS AN AG-LENDER.   

BOTH THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS LOST TO SOLON LAST NIGHT IN
BASKETBALL

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

SOMETHING UNUSUAL HAPPENED AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB

MEETING TODAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB, WHERE TODAY WAS DELICIOUS

MEATLOAF DAY.        I HAD THE PROGRAM TODAY, AND ROTARIAN CURT COLEMAN

ALSO THOUGHT HE HAD THE PROGRAM.....SO, WE ENDED UP WITH TWO (GOOD) PROGRAMS.     I WAS FIRST AND INTRODUCED LORI SCHNOOR,  IN PHOTO ABOVE.

I HAVE KNOWN HER SINCE SHE WAS ELEVEN, AS IN THE 80'S, HER MOTHER KAREN WORKED AS A SALES REP AT KMAQ AND WAS A GOOD ONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL SHE DECIDED TO INTO BUSINESS ON HER OWN IN COSMETICS.    LORI, A MCHS GRAD, GRADUATED FROM IOWA STATE AND HAS SINCE BEEN  EMPLOYED WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, A FEDERAL AGENCY OF THE USDA.     SHE STARTED WITH THE JOHNSON COUNTY OFFICE AND WAS THERE FIVE YEARS, THEN WENT ON TO BE THE SOIL CONSERVATIONIST IN CLINTON COUNTY FOR A YEAR, AND THEN HOWARD COUNTY(CRESCO) FOR 4 YEARS AND THEN TO THE POSITION 3 1/2 YEARS AGO AS THE CONSERVATIONIST FOR JACKSON COUNTY.  TO WORK IN YOUR HOME COUNTY IS VERY RARE IN NRCS.      HER OFFICE IS LOCATED IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING ON EAST PLATT STREET.     LORI  IS SINGLE, LIVES IN THE RESTORED FORMER ONE-ROOM STONE SCHOOL HOUSE ON THE CAVES ROAD AND

ALSO ENJOYS SINGING.    SHE'S A GOOD SINGER AND HOPES TO GET OUT HER GUITAR AND DO A LITTLE SINGING PARTTIME.     SHE GAVE A VERY NICE PROGRAM ON SOIL CONSERVATION  AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.     NICE TO H AVE A LOCAL GIRL MAKE GOOD AND COME BACK TO HER HOME TERRITORY TO WORK.   CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

THIS WAS OUR 2ND SPEAKER AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEETING TODAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB, DR. V.R. ALLA, M.D. (NEPHROLOGIST), OF THE QUAD CITIES KIDNEY CENTER.   HE WAS THE GUEST OF ROTARIAN CURT COLEMAN, CEO OF THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (HOSPITAL) HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

DR. ALLA HAS A TOTAL OF 10 KIDNEY DIALYSIS LOCATIONS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING THE NEWEST, AT MAQUOKTA'S HOSPITAL.     AFTER MAQUOKETA CLOSED THEIRS BECAUSE OF LOW NUMBERS LAST YEAR, HIS FIRM RENTED THE MAQUOKETA FACILITIES AND SPACE AT THE HOSPITAL AND RE-OPENED THE UNIT IN NOVEMBER.   WHEN THE UNIT CLOSED LAST YEAR, PATIENTS  MOVED TO  OTHER HOSPITALS AND SOME ARE NOW DRIVING A LONGER DISTANCE FOR THEIR  THREE-TIMES-A-WEEK

DIALYSIS, AND HOPEFULLY WILL COME BACK TO MAQUOKETA.         AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE ARE 5 PATIENTS IN MAQUOKETA  AND DR. ALLA SAID MORE WILL BE NEEDED TO KEEP THE UNIT GOING, BUT HE IS IN NO HURRY TO ADD PATIENTS AND HOPES TO SEE HIS PATIENT NUMBER GROW GTADUALLY     IN MAQUOKETA.    I WAS IMPRESSED BY WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AND ABOUT  HIS FIRM AND  HOPE HIS LOCAL NUMBERS WILL INCREASE AS IT IS GOOD TO HAVE THE DIALYSIS CENTER BACK IN OPERATION AT OUR  HOSPITAL.   CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.   AND IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE THAT NEEDS KIDNEY DIALYSIS, BE SURE TO HAVE THEM CONSIDER USING THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.     ANY QUESTIONS, CALL DR. ALLA AT EITHER 309-762-5570 OR 319-323-3300.

PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

NICE TO HAVE WARMER WEATHER.    TODAY, 20 AND TOMOROW, 30 OR ABOVE.

BASKETBALL TONIGHT.   HERE, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST SOLON
THE GIRLS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT.   THE BOYS VARSITY GAME WILL BE BROADCAST TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AT 7:30.
THE GIRLS LOST TO MT. VERNON FRIDAY NIGHT AND ARE NOW 5 AND 6 OVERALL
AND 4 AND 5 IN THE WAMAC.
THE BOYS WON FRIDAY NIGHT, BEATING MT. VERNON AND IMPROVED TO 7 AND 1
IN THE WAMAC.      SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY LOST  TO SHERRARD, ILLINOIS.
THE MCHS WRESTLERS WERE IN THE BENTON COMMUNITY TOURNAMENT
SATURDAY, WITH 14 OTHER TEAMS.    THE CARDINALS FINSIHED IN 5TH PLACE.
LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINAL GRAPLERS WON A WAMAC DOUBLE DUAL
MEET AT ANAMOSA.    MAQUOKETA DEFEATED VINTON-SHELLSBURG 50 TO 22 AND THEN THE CARDS TOPPED ANAMOSA 48 TO 24.    A HIGHLIGHT LAST NIGHT,
TIM O'CONNELL EARNED HIS 100TH CAREER VICTORY.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR LEON SCHOENTHALER, AGE 51, WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE RUPP FUNERAL HOME IN MONROE, MICHIGAN.

AT THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING THIS MORNING,
STEVE FLYNN WAS ELECTED THE CHAIRMAN FOR 2010, REPLACING JACK
WILLEY.
AND, ANNE HAWKS WAS APPOINTED TO THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION
BOARD, REPLACING BILL HAINSTOCK, WHOSE TERM HAS EXPIRED.
HAWKS IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE SQUEEZED INTO THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE
CENTER NORTH OF MAQUOKETA LAST N IGHT FOR A TOWN MEETING BY SEN. CHARLES GRASSLEY (R) OF IOWA.

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES GO ON SALE FRIDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NO SNOW TODAY.
HIGH OF 14 TODAY.
DOWN TO 8 BELOW TONIGHT...
BUT LOOKING AHEAD...WE SHOULD BE IN THE 30'S BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

THE  INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO A FIRE IN MICHIGAN THAT HAS CLAIMED
THE LIFE OF A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN.       51-YEAR-OLD LEON SCHOENTHALER OF MAQUOKETA DIED AS THE RESULT OF A FIRE IN A  DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE
HOME IN A DETROIT SUBURB.    THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 3:15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.     LEON WAS ALONE AT THE TIME.    AN AUTOPSY IS BEING
CONDUCTED.  HE WORKED IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN DETROIT AND IS SURVIVED BY TWO CHILDREN IN MICHIGAN, APRIL AND SHAWN.     ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS, MILO AND FERN SCHOENTHALER IN MAQUOKETA AND 3 BROTHERS, INCLUDING BOYD IN MAQUOKETA.   FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING.

AT THIS WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, NEW COUNCILMAN DON SCHWENKER
WAS APPOINTED MAYOR PRO-TEM  BY NEW MAYOR JASON HUTE.
ALSO HUTE APPOINTED LEONARD DITCH TO THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD.    ANOTHER MEMBER STILL NEEDS TO BE APPOINTED TO THAT
BOARD.

TODAY WAS ELVIS PRESLEY'S 75TH BIRTHDAY.    AND ALSO RON MILLER'S 77TH.
RON AND SHIRLEY ARE REGULAR READERS OF THIS DAILY REPORT, WERE
FORMERLY OF THIS AREA AND NOW LIVE IN ARIZONA WHERE TODAY IT WAS 70 DEGREES WHERE THEY LIVE,  AFTER 39 THIS MORNING.   COOL ALSO FOR THEM AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.    THEY CELEBRATED  RON'S BIRTHDAY WITH FRIENDS, AT A POPULAR MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND FOR DESSERT HAD FRIED ICE CREAM TOPPED WITH STRAWBERRIES.    THE GOOD LIFE DOWN SOUTH.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY RON.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

CLICK-ON PHOTO TO

ENLARGE IT.

DENNIS VOY

CAME ACROSS THIS PHOTO THE OTHER DAY WHEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.
YOU PROBABLY ARE NOT AWARD OF MY ATHLETIC ABILITIES.     PROOF HERE!
BOWLED IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND NOTICE THAT I AM ONLY ONE WITH  A
SPECIAL PATCH ON SHIRT.    LEFT TO RIGHT:   DUDE "66 STATION" REICHLING (DECEASED)....OSTERHAUS PHARMACIST DAN SQUIRES (NOT SURE WHERE HE IS LIVING NOW).....JAKE BICKFORD (RETIRED, STILL BOWLING).....ME, WITH THE DARK HAIR....AND NORM HINKE(RETIRED).  CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

3 inches of snow over night.

Another 3 inches today.

Still snowing...and blowing.
Snow will be moving away soon...next, very cold weather for the weekend.
School was cancelled today.
Therefore, no wrestling tonight.   We were set to broadcast the matches too.

Tomorrow night, the basketball teams play Mount Vernon...the girls there and
the boys here for the Wamac action.   Three games at each gym....freshmen at
 4:30, Sophomore/J.V. at 6 and varsity games around 7:30.

A girl was born January 4th at the local hospital to Frankie Hansen and Charles
Casel III.....of Maquoketa.      Paternal grandfather is Charles Casel, Jr. of
Maquoketa.

More on the Mark Proeschel resignation that I mentioned yesterday.    He and his wife
Donna will both work for the Madison firm that runs nursing  homes.    Mark has been
the YMCA boss here for 2 and 1/2 years and has been a YMCA employee for 37 years.
He said the Scott County Family YMCA will hire a replacement for him.    He leaves in mid-March.

A meeting is scheduled next week, January 14th, to talk about making  downtown Maquoketa a Historical or Cultural District.   The 4 p.m. meeting at city hall will be open to the public and a representative from the State Historic Preservation Office will be in attendance.

Mark on your calendar:

The 4th Annual WINE TASTING FOR CHARITY  will be Sunday, February 7th, from 1 until 4 p.m.
at the Decker Hotel in Maquoketa, sponsored by The Catholic Daughters of Americas
and benefiting Hospice of Jackson County.

The Annual KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW will be February 11th and 12th, each day from 10:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds in Maquoketa.

and..

The 5th Annual MEN WHO COOK event will be Sunday, February 28th at the Pearson
Memorial Hall at the fairgrounds in Maquoketa.    Doors will open at 4 p.m. for seating
and music and serving will be from 5 until 7 p.m.    Entertainment by the Maquoketa famous
Black Velvet Band and the Maquoketa High School Singers, directed by Joel Hagan.


The white stuff is so beautiful!  We are so lucky!

Thanks for checking in.

Dennis Voy

THE WEEKEND WAS COLD, BUT NO SNOW.
IN TEENS TODAY.
SNOW COMING TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.....SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE.

THE NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT WESTGATE DRIVE AND PLATT WILL LIKELY NOT
BE OPERATIONAL FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS.      AT MONDAY NIGHT'S  CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID THE CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO PAINT THE PAVEMENT TO CORRESPOND TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.    HOWEVER, BAD WEATHER IS NOW PREVENTING GETTING THIS DONE.     AFTER DISCUSSION, IT
WAS DECIDED TO  WAIT UNTIL WE GET MUCH BETTER WEATHER TO DO THE
PAINTING AND GET THE STOP AND GO LIGHTS IN OPERATION.    I CAN WAIT.
NOT SURE THEY WERE EVEN NECESSARY.

TWO 300 GAMES ROLLED THIS WEEK AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.
OWNER LOUIE CLASEN GOT HIS 22ND (THAT'S RIGHT, 22ND) SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT, ADAM SAGERS, AGE 21, GOT HIS FIRST.      FIRST TIME THAT PERFECT GAMES  WERE ROLLED TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW.     BUT,  ONCE BEFORE IN  A LEAGUE, THERE WERE TWO ROLLED THE SAME NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS, AT NEW GYM, LAST NIGHT DEFEATED DYERSVILLE
49 TO 46.    THEIR RECORD NOW 6 AND 2.....6 AND 1 IN THE WAMAC.
AND..AT DYERSVILLE LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINAL GIRLS ALSO WON,
60 TO 39.        TYLER RUTENBECK LEAD THE BOYS WITH 14 POINTS  AND
FOR THE GIRLS, KELSEY BOLLMAN WAS HIGH WITH 13.    THE GIRLS ARE NOW
5 AND 5, AND 4 AND 4 IN THE WAMAC.    BOTH OFF TO  A GOOD START.

AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEETING TODAY, STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOM SCHUELLER  WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 2011-12.     SHERRY HICKS IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT UNTIL JUNE 30TH.      THEN,  PRESIDENT FOR THE 2010-11
YEAR WILL BE SARA MORSE.    SCHUELLER IS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN THE NEW
MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB.    A SURPRISE  AT TODAY'S MEETING!     ROTARIAN MARK PROESCHEL ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL MOVE TO MADISON, WISCONSIN IN TWO MONTHS.     HE IS MANAGER OF THE YMCA IN MAQUOKETA.     NO WORD ON WHO WILL SUCCEED HIM.   HIS NEW JOB WILL BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN YMCA WORK.   HE ALSO SAID HIS WIFE, DONNA (ALSO A MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN) WILL LEAVE HER JOB WITH SUNSHINE SCHOOL IN ABOUT A WEEK AND START A NEW JOB
IN MADISON.  SHE WAS NOT AT TODAY'S MEETING.    WHEN I FIND OUT MORE DETAILS ON THEIR NEW  JOBS,  I'LL REPORT HERE.     BOTH HAVE BEEN GOOD ROTARIANS AND WE WILL MISS THEM AT OUR WEEKLY MEEETINGS.     DONNA WAS  VERY MUCH INVOLVED LAST SUMMER AND FALL, BUILDING THE NEW "EARTH" PLAYGROUND AT SUNSHINE.

MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN, SENATOR ROGER STEWART  AND ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER WILL BOTH  BE BACK IN SESSION NEXT MONDAY IN DES MOINES.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED THAT THE SESSION BE 20 DAYS SHORTER THIS
YEAR, TO SAVE MONEY.     THIS WILL BE STEWART'S FINAL SESSION (HIS 8TH) AS HE
IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION THIS YEAR.        SCHUELLER SAID TODAY
THAT HE WILL BE RUNNING AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER.    HE WOULD FIRST HAVE
TO WIN IN THE PRIMARY THIS JUNE,  IF HE  HAS OPPOSITION.   HE, AND STEWART,
ARE DEMOCRATS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.    IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA...HAPPY SHOVELING.

DENNIS VOY

WE JUST HAS A  COLD WEEKEND TO START OFF THE NEW  YEAR.

AND COLD WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

THANK GOODNESS FOR SUNSHINE.

TODAY WAS "BACK TO SCHOOL" DAY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATED FIVE ACCIDENTS
OVER THE WEEKEND.    NONE WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.
JUST ONE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT.     JOSHUA IHRIG,
AGE 28, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 4:10 YESTERDAY MORNING 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ZWINGLE.     HE HIT ICE, SLID INTO A DITCH AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.   THE 2007 DODGE RAM, REGISTERED TO JAMES
BAKAZON OF ZWINGLE, WAS A TOTAL LOSS.    CHARGES ARE PENDING.

THE EXQUISITE DRESS EXCHANGE SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS
CLUB  IS OFF TO  A BIG START.   MORE THAN 250 FANCY (LIKE NEW) PROM DRESSES
WILL BE ON SALE SATURDAY FROM 9 AM UNTIL NOON AT THE COMFORT INN
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.     SHOES, PURSES AND JEWELRY WILL ALSO BE SOLD.     FOUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS  HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SECURING THE PARTY DRESSES....MAQUOKETA, WYOMING MIDLAND, ANDREW AND PRESTON.     SIZES FROM ZERO TO 22.     THE DRESSES HAVE BEEN CLEANED AND HANGING ON A HANGAR.  THE TAG ON EACH DRESS  WILL LIST THE ORIGINAL PRICE AND THE SELLING PRICE.   THE SELLER KEEPS 80% AND THE REST GOES TO THE
KIWANIS CLUB "AFTER PROM" COMMITTEE.     PURSES, SHOES AND JEWELRY ARE A 50-50 SPLIT.    THE SELLER'S IDENITY WILL BE KEPT PRIVATE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT AT 7.    NEW MAYOR JASON HUTE
WILL START OFF THE MEETING WITH THE ANNUAL "STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS".

IT WON'T BE LONG AND THE NEW STOP AND GO LIGHTS AT WESTGATE
DRIVE, COMING OUT OF THE AREA THAT INCLUDES THE FAREWAY STORE,
WILL BE IN OPERATION ON WEST PLATT.     BAD WEATHER HAS DELAYED THE
COMPLETION DATE.

THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER STILL HAS A DEBT OF $25,000.    A DRIVE
TO PAY OFF THE LOAN WILL BE HELD THIS MONTH.     ED TUBBS WILL
MATCH ALL  DONATIONS  UP TO  $12,500.     IN OTHER WORDS,
THE GOAL OF $25,000 WILL BE REACHED AS SOON AS $12,500 HAS BEEN
DONATED AND ED GIVES HIS MATCH.    

RADIO BINGO STARTS SOON HERE AT KMAQ.    AND..THE ANNUAL KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW IS IN EARLY FEBRUARY.   

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

TEST

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

IT IS SUNNY AND COLD IN THE TIMBER CITY TODAY....WAS ZERO THIS MORNING...
LOOKING FOR HIGH AROUND 15 TODAY.

WE HAD JUST UNDER 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN DECEMBER.    TOTAL SNOW
IN 2009 HERE.....45 INCHES.....22 LESS THAN 2008.

HAVE NOT HAD REPORTS THIS WEEK....TOO BUSY.    ALSO, BROTHER WAS
DOWN FOR ANNUAL HOLIDAY VISIT FROM MILWAUKEE AND I SPENT  SOME
TIME WITH HIM.     WE ALL WENT TO SEE "AVITAR" AT MY THEATRE...
WAS VERY GOOD.    SEE IT IF YOU CAN.    FIFTEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING....
$300 MILLION BUDGET....GOOD STORY LINE...SPECIAL EFFECTS...MUSIC... A  LOVE
STORY TO AN EXTENT....GOOD SHOW.    LONG...OVER 2 AND 1/2 HOURS.
IF YOU CAN SEE IT IN 3-DAY...ALL THE BETTER.   I DON'T HAVE DIGITAL OR 3-D
YET...BECAUSE OF HIGH COST...BUT WILL HAVE TO GO SOMETIME...MAYBE ONE
SCREEN IN 2010.

LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON WAS NAMED LAST WEEK
TO BE THE NEW PART-TIME MAGISTRATE, REPLACING CORLIS BATY WHO DIED
IN EARLY DECEMBER.    LAWSON HAS AN OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA AND LIVES
IN BELLEVUE.   

JERRY NELSON, WHO IS RETIRING AS THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES  THIS MONTH, WILL BE HONORED NEXT WEEK.
THE SCHOOL HAS DECLARED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6TH AT JERRY NELSON
DAY AND A RECEPTION FOR HIM WILL BE HELD AFTER SCHOOL WEDNESDAY
AND A SHORT PROGRAM AT 4.  THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME.

CITIZEN  (X-MAYOR SINCE MIDNIGHT)  TOM MESSERLI,  IS ON THE AIR THIS MORNING ON KMAQ-FM.     I WOULD NOT TELL HIM TO HIS FACE...BUT HE WAS A GOOD MAYOR.

NANCY AND I HAD WINE AND PRIME RIB LAST NIGHT AT THE DECKER HOTEL.
NICE TO HAVE A FINE PLACE IN MAQUOKETA LIKE THE DECKER FOR SPECIAL EVENINGS...OR ANYTIME.      AS WE WERE EATING...WE COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER WHAT WOULD BE SAID TO US IF THE WALLS COULD TALK....GOING BACK TO WHEN IT OPENED IN 1876.    THANKS TO TROY AND RAEANN FOR THE NICE
FACILITY.   WON'T BE TOO LONG AND THEIR 3 KIDS WILL BE HELPING RUN
THE PLACE.

YOUNG WRESTLERS WILL FILL THE NEW GYM TOMORROW.     I'LL BE WATCHING
MY 7 YEAR-OLD GRANDSON, JACOB. 

HAVE A HAPPY  NEW YEAR....GOOD WEEKEND AHEAD....AND START OFF THE
FIRST FULL WEEK WITH A BIG EFFORT....AND MAKE IT A GREAT FIRST OF 52 WEEKS.

DENNIS VOY