AFTER 8 ABOVE LAST NIGHT, TODAY'S HIGH WAS AGAIN 13.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 30. WEDNESDAY 36 AND
THURSDAY, RAIN AND 38.
SOME ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. A ONE-VEHICLE YESTERDAY
MORNING AROUND 3:30 WEST OF FULTON, IOWA. JESSICA HAYWARD, AGE
21, OF MAQUOKETA WAS NORTHBOUND AND LOST CONTROL ON A CURVE.
HER VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH, AND ROLLED ON ITS TOP.
DEPUTY ED CLARK ARRIVED AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE A SHORT TIME
LATER AND HAYWARD AND A PASSENGER HAS ALREADY LEFT THE SCENE.
$6,000 DAMAGE TO THE GMC "JIMMY".
MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AROUND 2 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT INTERSECTION OF WEST PLATT AND VERMONT
STREETS. DEAN STEFFEN, 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS EASTBOUND ON PLATT AND FAILED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. HE STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND CAR
DRIVEN BY LAURA HINER, 59, OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH WERE ALONE IN THEIR
VEHICLE. NO INJURIES. STEFFEN WAS CHARGED. DAMAGE TO HIS PICK-UP, $1,500 AND $3,000 DAMAGE TO THE HINER CAR.
LOUELLA SCHLAPIA OF MAQUOKETA STRUCK A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64 WITH DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $6,000 TO HER CAR.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON....
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK, TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ANNE PRAMAGGIORE, CEO OF COM ED OF CHICAGO AND ABRAM TUBBS OF DEWITT. BOTH WILL
BEGIN A 3-YEAR TERM JANUARY 1ST. ABE IS CO-PRESIDENT (WITH HIS
BROTHER BRIG) OF OHNWARD BANK SHARES, INC. HEADQUARTERED IN
MAQUOKETA. HE IS ALSO CEO OF OHNWARD BANK AND TRUST WITH
OFFICES IN BALDWIN, MARION, CEDAR RAPIDS, ONSLOW, MONTICELLO AND
CASCADE. HIS FATHER, ALLEN TUBBS OF DEWITT SERVED ON THE
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD FOR TWO TERMS, FROM 1998 TO 2004.
ABE ATTENDED CORNELL COLLEGE AND RECEIVED HIS MBA AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. THE FEDEAL RESERVE BOARD OF CHICAGO IS
ONE OF 12 REGIONAL RESERVE BANKS THAT, ALONG WITH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MAKE UP THE NATION'S CENTRAL
BANK. ABE WILL ATTEND 7 MEETINGS A YEAR IN CHICAGO PLUS
MONTHLY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE MEETINGS.
A CAR WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE SATURDAY MORNING ON WEST PLATT
STREET. SOMEONE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR THAT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR AWHILE AND WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES
WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. THE CAR WAS OWNED BY GREG CAMP AND WAS INSURED.
SOME VANDALISM OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MAQ-TOWN DINER ON EAST PLATT REPORTED A WINDOW BROKEN SUNDAY OR LAST NIGHT.
SATURDAY, THE POLICE WERE INFORMED THAT TWO SECTIONS OF FENCE AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY HAD BEEN DAMAGED.
AND A MAILBOX WAS DAMAGED ON MILL CREEK ROAD.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT AT 7.
IN THE MAQUOKETA INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT SATURDAY,
MAQUOKETA FINISHED 4TH IN THE 7 TEAM FIELD.
PROMOTING THEIR HORSEMANSHIP SHOWS EACH SUMMER.
IT IS ON DISPLAY IN OUR FRONT LOBBY. NEAT!
MAQUOKETA, AND BOWMAN OIL (LIKE THEN) IS ONLY ONE THAT STILL
WASHES YOUR WINDSHIELD.
TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK MAIN LOCATION,
MORE CAROLING.
9:30 TOMORROW MORNING: SUNSHINE SCHOOL A.M. PRE-K KIDS.
12:30 P.M. SUNSHINE P.M. PRE-K KIDS
AND AT 2 P.M. TOMORROW, BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY 5TH GRADE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!DENNIS VOY
