GOOD MORNING...
NO SCHOOL TODAY...ANYWHERE AROUND HERE.
FOR MAQUOKETA, THE 6TH DAY OF NO-SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
RIGHT NOW, 10 BELOW HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
6 BELOW WILL BE OUR HIGH TODAY.
20 BELOW TONIGHT.
COLD AGAIN TOMORROW.
WEDNESDAY, THE WEATHER STARTS TO IMPROVE.
PROBLEM LAST NIGHT .. THE BLOWING SNOW. MANY CARS IN THE DITCH BECAUSE OF DRIFTING.
IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE JANUARY END THIS SATURDAY.
IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS
WON OVER CLEAR CREEK AMANA FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GIRLS ALSO PLAYED SATURDAY NIGHT AND LOST UP AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT. THE BOYS RECORD NOW IS 5 AND 9. THE GIRLS ARE 5 AND 10.
THE CARDINAL BOYS AND GIRLS BOWLING TEAM BEAT CASCADE FRIDAY
NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES.
AND THE WRESTLERS IN THE WYOMING TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, HAD TWO CHAMPIONS, DALLAS DURKOP AND LOGAN MAYBERRY.
ROY MOREHEAD DIED OVER THE WEEKEND DOWN IN ARIZONA WHERE HE HAS LIVED A LONG TIME. HE WAS 91. I HAVE GOOD MEMORIES OF ROY.
WHEN KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR IN 1958, THE HARRIS PENROSE COMPANY ON THE CORNER OF EAST PLATT WAS ONE OF OUR EARLY ADVERTISERS.
HAROLD PENROSE RAN THE GOODYEAR TIRE STORE AND ROY IN SAME BUILDING (HAROLD HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW) RAN THE HARDWARE AND APPLIANCE STORE....GE APPLIANCES. I CALLED ON HIM HUNDREDS OF TIMES TO SELL RADIO SPOTS OR TO CHANGE COPY. HE WAS ALWAYS BUSY...ALWAYS UPBEAT. WE WERE IN LIONS TOGETHER. I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT THE LIONS HAD A BROOM SALE IN THE CITY AND I SOLD WITH ROY. IT WAS AROUND 7 P.M. AND WE WERE NEAR THE LIBRARY AND ROY POINTED TO A BIG HOUSE AND SAID, THE GUY THERE IS ALREADY PROBABLY IN BED BUT WE ARE GOING UP TO THIS ROOM AND SELL HIM A BROOM. WE DID.....AND THE GUY BOUGHT ONE. ROY'S BRICK HOME WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM SQUIERS MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST AND HIS LAWN WAS ALWAYS PERFECT, NO WEEDS. HE LIKED KEEPING IT LOOKING LIKE THAT. ONE OF LAST HOMES HE LIVED IN WAS ONE UP BY BLUFF LAKE ON CAVES ROAD. I DON'T KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM.....AT LEAST 10 YEARS AGO, MAYBE MORE. I DON'T THINK HE MADE MANY VISITS UP HERE IN HIS LATE YEARS. QUITE A GUY. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WENT TO SEE THE MOVIE "THE LONE SURVIVOR".
IT IS ONE OF THE TOP 2 MOVIES IN THE COUNTRY, BASED ON A TRUE
STORY ABOUT 4 NAVY SEALS ON A HORRIBLE MISSION IN AFGANISTAN.
THE RICK VOY FAMILY CAME UP FROM BETTENDORF AND LIKE US, THEY
LIKED IT.
THEN, UP TO PIZZA HUT AS IT WAS JUST STARTING TO SNOW AGAIN.
IN THE BOOTH NEXT TO US... THE MAYBERRY'S (BILL & SUE) ENJOYING PIZZA TOO. THEY FINISHED IT BEFORE THEY LEFT.
BILL HAD A LONG GOOD CAREER WITH CLINTON ENGINES. THE MAYBERRY FAMILY PROVIDED LOTS OF WRESTLING THRILLS OVER THE YEARS.
IN MY STORY HERE TODAY, A MAYBERRY A CHAMPION SATURDAY. ANYWAY,
GOOD TO SEE WE WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES LEAVING THE HOUSE DURING
A NASTY WINTER AFTERNOON.
RICK AND FAMILY TOOK OFF FOR BETTENDORF SOON AFTER THE ABOVE GROUP PHOTO AND HAD A SLOW TRIP BACK THROUGH THE HOWLING WIND STORM. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THEM FOR A SHORT VISIT.
CHECK LATER TODAY FOR THE REGULAR MONDAY DAILY REPORT.
STAY WARM. DRESS WARMLY AND IF GOING SOME WHERE, BUCKLE UP
AND DRIVE WITH CARE.
DENNIS VOY.
