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.
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GOOD FRIEND MORRIE MORRISBROUGHT 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.
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