Monday, March 01, 2010

SUNNY TODAY AND FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW, THE HIGH WAS 36.     WE SHOULD
STAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 30'S ALL WEEK AND MAYBE HIT 40 ON FRIDAY.

IN SPORTS:   THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS GOING
TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES NEXT MONDAY.   IT WILL BE THE ONLY
TEAM FROM OUR AREA IN THE TOURNAMENT AND WE WILL BROADCAST THE
GAME NEXT MONDAY AFTERNO0N.

SAGE AND MARIA ROSENFELS OF SHOREWOOD, MN, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY AT THE  HOSPITAL IN WACONIA, MN...BORN AT 6:26 P.M.   GRANDPARENTS
ARE BOB AND JAMIE ROSENFELS OF IOWA CITY AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND
FLORIAN AND KAREN STEFFEN OF MAQUOKETA.     THE BABY'S BROTHER AND
SISTER ARE PEYTON AND AVA ROSENFELS.     ALL ARE MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOOTBALL FANS.

THREE PEOPLE WERE CHARGED AFTER MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICERS FOUND AROUND 36 YOUTH AT A BEER PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT AT 1003 W. FARMLAND,
MAQUOKETA.     POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID 18 YEAR OLD MEGAN LANGE AND 20 YEAR OLD ANDREW LANGE BOTH OF THE ABOVE ADDRESS WERE CHARGED WITH MAKING ALCOHOL AVAILABLE TO UNDERAGE YOUTH.   ANOTHER PERSON AT THE PARTY, 18 YEAR OLD NATHAN DOWNS OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH HARRASSMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.   DOWNS GAVE THE OFFICER A FALSE NAME.
THE YOUTH WERE ALL RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS AND MAQUOKETA SCHOOL
OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED CONCERNING THOSE YOUTH IN THE INCIDENT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.    NO OTHER CHARGES, OTHER THAN THE 3 ABOVE, WERE FILED.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AND QUITE A FEW THINGS ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING THE CLEAN-UP OF THE FIRE MESS DOWNTOWN.

JACKSON COUNTY CHEIF DEPUTY ED CLARK OF MAQUOKETA  HIT A DEER WITH HIS SQUAD CAR EARLY THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 62.  MINOR DAMAGE.

MICHELLE SCOTT ALSO REPORTED HITTING A DEAR OVER THE WEEKEND,
ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD.

JEANNETTE RONNFELDT, AGE 91, OF MILES, DIED SATURDAY AT CLOVER RIDGE
ASSISTED LIVING CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.     SHE WAS THE POSTMASTER AT MILES FOR 41 YEARS.    HER FUNERAL WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PRESTON.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE SONS, INCLUDING
GENE AND ALLEN IN MAQUOKETA, AND A DAUGHTER IN ILLINOIS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
TOM DEVINE, PRESIDENT OF THE
MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB, PROUDLY
 SERVING HIS DELICIOUS CHILI.
 
THE MEN WHO COOK DINNER WAS A BIG SUCCESS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE JACKSON COUNTY 
FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA, SPONSORED BY
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB, THE MAQUOKETA
KIWANIS CLUB, THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB,
THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB AND THE DELMAR
LIONS CLUB.   CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO
ENLARGE THEM.
 
CECIL BENTLEY ADDED A FEW EXTRA CALORIES
OVER THE WEEKEND.    THERE WAS HIS RETIREMENT
PARTY AT THE METHODIST CHURCH AND THEN
DINNER LAST NIGHT.   TO HIS RIGHT, IN THE
YELLOW SHIRT, TOM GOODALL OF ELDRIDGE,
MHS GRAD AND RETIRED TEACHER.    HE WORKED
FOR MANY YEARS DURING SUMMER  AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE
IN THE 60'S AND 70'S.... WAS MY PROJECTIONIST
AT THE DRIVE-IN FOR TWO YEARS AFTER   I
BOUGHT THE DRIVE-IN IN 1972.    CECIL AND
SHEILA HAD THEIR FIRST DATE THERE AND
SAW "GONE WITH THE WIND".   

 
LOVELL AND DALE CARAWAY ENJOYED
THEIR MEAL.    CALL DALE IF YOU NEED
TO BUY OR SELL  A HOME.     DON'T 
FORGET HIS PHONE NUMBER....652-0000
 
THE PORK LOIN AGAIN WAS A HIT,  DONE BY
MAQUOKETA ROTARY MASTER CHEFS (L-R)
STEVE FLYNN, ROTARY TREASURER ASHER
SCHROEDER AND MIKE FRANZEN, PROSPECTIVE
ROTARIAN.    I AM ALSO ON THE PORK LOIN
COMMITTEE AND WE THANK THE LADIES OF THE
EAGLES FOR AGAIN BAKING THE LOINS
IN THEIR OVENS ON EAST PLATT STREET.
NO MONEY WILL EVER GET OUR SECRET
RECIPE.  NO MONEY.
 
MAQUOKETA'S OWN BLACK VELVET BAND,
BACK FOR THE 5TH YEAR FOR MEN WHO COOK.   
 THEY HAVE A GOOD CD OF THEIR BEST SONGS
AND JUST $10.00 AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.
 
JOHN GILROY, OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB, WAS EMCEE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
THE CPA  FROM DEWITT WITH AN OFFICE
IN SEVERAL CITIES, INCLUDING MAQUOKETA,
HAS A REAL GIFT-TO-GAB.    NOTE THE
BALLOON WITH THE 5....IT WAS THE
5TH ANNUAL "MEN WHO COOK" EVENT.
 
LONGTIME ROTARIAN (PAST PRESIDENT)
JACK WILLEY.
HIS SOUP WAS POPULAR.    JACK
IS OWNER OF JACK AND ASSOCIATES
BEAUTY SALON AND A MEMBER OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
 
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SINGERS
SANG TWICE DURING THE EVENING, DIRECTED
BY JOEL HAGAN.
 
EVERYONE WAS URGED TO VOTE FOR THEIR
FAVORITE DISH.   THE TOP THREE WERE:
TAKING 3RD PLACE, FROM THE MAQUOKETA
LIONS, RON SCHAEFER (L) FOR HIS BEEF
BRISKIT....2ND PLACE, JACK WILLEY (C) FOR HIS
SOUP AND DR. PETE ATIENZA GOT 1ST PLACE 
FOR HIS EGG ROLLS.   JACK AND PETE ARE
BOTH ROTARIANS.    ACCEPTING THE GIFT BAG
FOR PETE ABOVE (R),  ROTARIAN CLYDE
HARPER FROM BELLEVUE.