3 - 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT, LAST NIGHT. TODAY, CLOUDY AND LIGHT SNOW, PROBABLY ANOTHER INCH. MORE COLD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK
WITH LITTLE OR NO SNOW.

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DIRECTED THE SUPT.
KIM HUCKSTADT TO START NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIRMS TO PROVIDE SOME
WORK AT ALL FOUR ATTENDANCE CENTERS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS:
THE HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTIM FOR BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY IS A PRIORITY. LIGHTING IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR CARDINAL ELEMENTARY.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, BOTH WINDOWS AND HEATING
ARE TOP PRIORITIES. MONEY FROM THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX IS AVAILABLE TO DO THE REPAIRS. SUPT. HUCKSTADT SAID THEY HAVE ABOUT $5.8 MILLION AVAILABLE TO DO THE PROJECTS. BOARD MEMBERS SAID MAKING THE BUILDINGS ENERGY EFFICIENT IS A TOP PRIORITY.

A COUPLE BIRTHS:
MARISA AND MATTHEW HEEFNER ARE PARENTS OF A BOY WHO WAS BORN
DECEMBER 14TH AT CEDAR RAPIDS. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE MARY AND BLAINE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS RUTH ANDERSON OF MAQUOKETA.

DAVID AND CHELSEA FULLER ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN RECENTLY IN
KINGSLAND, GEORGIA. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS DIANNE FULLER OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE ON THE ROAD TONIGHT.

SNOW CONTINUES TO COME DOWN RIGHT NOW, 3:40 P.M.

JOHN JONES, SR......FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND NOW LIVING IN
A CARE CENTER AT PELLA NEAR WHERE DAUGHTER BARB LIVES.....IS 96
TOMORROW. HE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN WAS A LIFE INSURANCE AGENT UNTIL RETIRING.
HIS SON, JACK, HAS BEEN MANAGER OF THE VOY THEATRES SINCE 1974.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT HE HAD FUN SKY-DIVING.
AND, HE STILL ENJOYS SOME TIME UP HERE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND
KEEPING TRACK OF HIS 3 GRANDCHILDREN, ALL GIRLS.

OH, THE WEATHER OUT SIDE IS..... SING ALONG

GOOD DAY.

DENNIS VOY