Thursday, December 02, 2010

ANOTHER CLOUDY, COLD DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 29.
SNOW IS IN FORECAST OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING....
ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER "MEN WHO COOK" EVENT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE DATE HAS BEEN SET.....FEBRUARY 27 TH. AGAIN THIS YEAR IT WILL
BE SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY, OPTIMIST, LIONS AND
KIWANIS CLUBS, AND ALSO THE DELMAR LIONS.

A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT. DEBBIE GOODENOW REPORTED THAT SHE
HIT A DEER AT 5:02 THIS MORNING AT 15600 HIGHWAY 64.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: AUSTIN KENNEDY SAID SOMEONE BROKE INTO
HIS RESIDENCE ON EAST PLATT STREET TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNINGAND AN IPOD AND XBOX WERE STOLEN.
AND NICK GONNER SAID SOMEONE STOLE HIS WIFE'S PURSE FROM THEIR
CAR SOMETIME SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

A VEHICLE WAS REPLORTED STOLEN YESTERDAY MORNING. AMANDA KELLER
SAID SOMEONE TOOK A 1998 CHEVY MALIBU FROM 1020 GERMAN STREET. THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED TO BARRY STARMAN.

THE STINKY MAQUOKETA POLICE UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT MAY BE SALVAGED.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS WITH REMEDIES FOR THE SMELLY EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING AND SOME ARE WORKING.
THE SQUAD CAR IS FREE OF THE SKUNK SMELL AND IS NOW OK AND IT IS
BEING USED.

THE CARAWAY NEWSLETTER ASKS: WHAT OCCURS MORE OFTEN IN
DECEMBER THAN ANY OTHER MONTH?
YOU ARE RIGHT IF YOU SAID "CONCEPTION"!

IF YOU LIVE IN THE SNOW BELT....HAVE YOU TRIED TO START YOUR SNOW
BLOWER YET? BETTER DO SO! I'M GETTING GAS AND WILL DO THAT TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS. IF IT DOESN'T START......FF TO HAL SPRAGUE'S SHOP.

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!

DENNIS VOY