Monday, February 18, 2013

NICE MORNING.....HIGH BY EARLY AFTERNOON, 48 AND THEN THE
LIGHT RAIN CAME AND THE TEMPERATURE STARTED DROPPING.
TONIGHT, SOME SNOW POSSIBLE AND COLD, 11.
TOMORROW, PARTLY SUNNY BUT HIGH ONLY OF 15.
SUNNY WEDNESDAY,  HIGH OF 21.
THURSDAY .. WE COULD GET SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW....AND THEN ICE.

IN SPORTS...BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS PLAY TONIGHT AND IF THEY
WIN...THEY GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
CASCADE GIRLS WON SATURDAY NIGHT AND ARE GOING TO STATE.

THE MAQUOKETA  CARDINAL BOYS (13 AND 8)  PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT AT 7 AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.     MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM.       WE NO LONGER  HAVE KMAQ ON OUR
WEB SITE.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK HAS BEEN SCHEDULED
FOR SEPTEMBER....11TH THRU 15TH.
THE WORK WILL BE DONE BY VOLUNTEERS.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT $25,000 HAS BEEN DONATED
FROM MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES TO BUILD WHAT IS BEING
CALLED A "TOT LOT" FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
AND MIKE AND SHERYL HAYES HAVE DONATED $500 TOWARD THE PARK, IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON, BRANDON.    OTHER DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT  THE MAQUOKETA CITY  HALL.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AT 6:22 A.M. YESTERDAY TO THE KENNY MOORE HOME AT 816 VINE STREET.
THERE WAS NO FIRE.    THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE BLOWER ON THE FURNACE, THAT PRODUCED SMOKE.

THE NEW OWNER OF THE DECKER HOTEL SAYS IT WILL RE-OPEN IN
EARLY MARCH.     SOME PAINTING HAS BEEN DONE AND WORK STARTED THIS MORNING ON NEW STEPS LEADING TO THE FRONT DOOR.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY