Thursday, October 25, 2012

YESTERDAY 80.
69 AT NOON TODAY.
RAIN AND WIND THIS AFTERNOON.
44 NOW.
DOWN TO 28 TONIGHT.

LAST NIGHT...
PLAYOFF FOOTBALL...
DECORAH  35
MAQUOKETA  0
THE GAME WAS HALTED WITH 9 MINUTES LEFT BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING.
THEY WAITED AN HOUR AND CALLED IT A FINAL GAME.
DECORAH NOW 10 AND 0 AND RATED #1.

DEWITT AND PRESTON BOTH WON THEIR GAMES LAST NIGHT.
DEWITT NEXT PLAYS MARION NEXT WEEK AND WE WILL BROADCAST THAT GAME.

BIG VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT MATCHES TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, AT 7 P.M.....AGAINST DAVENPORT NORTH.   I'M GOING!

ABOUT 1/5 OF JACKSON COUNTY'S REGISTERED VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOT.
THAT IS 3,500 CITIZENS.   THERE ARE 15,363 REGISTERED VOTERS IN
THE COUNTY.
AUDITOR M. JOEL DEPPE SAID IN 2008, THERE WERE 4,500 PEOPLE THAT VOTED ABSENTEE.    SHE'S PREDICTING UP TO 6,000 THIS YEAR.

THE FARMERS MARKET COMMITTEE IN MAQUOKETA PLANS TO HOST THE FARMERS MARKET AGAIN NEXT YEAR AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER'S PARKING LOT.      THIS YEAR, IT WAS 20 WEEKS LONG, ON TUESDAYS,
AND IT AVERAGED 13 VENDORS WEEKLY WITH 17 THE HIGHEST NUMBER.
THE COMMITTEE SAYS THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED IT.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE:   BRIAN HAYWARD, LESLIE  HAYES,
TED STRAIT, SHEILA NUGENT, JUDY TONDERUM AND MARKET MANAGER,
MARY HAYWARD.

EARLIER TODAY...I PUT UP SEVERAL NEW PHOTOS....CHECK THEM
OUT BELOW.

IT IS WINTERY OUT....GOOD YOU GOT YOUR FLU SHOT.

DENNIS VOY