PARTLY SUNNY DAY TODAY AND HIGH IN UPPER 30'S.
TOMORROW, COOLER AS TEMPERATURES DROP DURING THE DAY.
FRIDAY, SUNNY BUT HIGH OF ONLY 28.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT, SNOW...MIGHT BE MORE THAN LIKE.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL BOARD GOT SOME GOOD NEWS YESTERDAY.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PENNY SOUCIE SAID DECEMBER WAS A VERY STRONG MONTH FINANCIALLY, RESULTING IN AN OPERATING INCOME OF
OVER 33-THOUSAND DOLLARS. ALSO AT THE MEETING, THE BOARD APPROVED AN INCREASE FOR MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT FROM 56 TO 57.5 CENTS PER MILE, TO MATCH THE FEDERAL ALLOWABLE RATE.
AND C.E.O. CURT COLMAN REPORTED HE IS CONTINUINMG TO WORK ON A NEW AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH GENESIS IN DAVENPORT.
A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF S. OLIVE AND E. PLEASANT. THE DRIVERS WERE BEVERLY ROEDER, AGE 84 AND DAWN BRIX, AGE 52, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA. ROEDER WAS NORTHBOUND ON S. OLIVE WHEN BRIX ENTERED S. OLIVE FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE AND FILED TO YIELD AND STRUCK THE ROEDER VEHICLE.
$1,000 IN DAMAGES TO BRIX'S 2003 FORD AND $1,500 TO ROEDER'S 2007 FORD. NO INJURIES.
WE HAVE JUDGES FOR THE KMAQ CHOCOLATE CONTEST AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW NEXT WEEK. EILEEN ROBOVSKY, A PAST CONTEST WINNER,
PAM TRUE OF THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND SHERIFF RUSS
KETTMAN. THE CONTEST IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, WITH JUDGING STARTING AT 2. FIRST PRIZE, $30...SECOND $20 AND THIRD $15 AND TWO HONORABLE MENTION ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE $10 EACH. WANDA CORNELIUS OF RURAL ANDREW AND THELMA NISSEN OF MAQUOKETA WILL ACCEPT THE
ENTRIES AND ASSIST THE JUDGES AGAIN THIS YEAR. BAKE SOMETHING WITH CHOCOLATE AND ENTER.
TWO BINGO WINNERS HERE AT KMAQ THIS WEEK ARE FROM MAQUOKETA...PAT PETERMAN TUESDAY AND RONALD DELARM TODAY.
THE BINGO SHOW IS ON DAILY AT 3:30....AND NO CHARGE TO PLAY.
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...
DYERSVILLE GIRLS 50, MAQUOKETA 44.
DYERSVILLE BOYS 69, MAQUOKETA 52.
AMERICAN SNIPER STARTS FRIDAY AT THE VOY THEATRE.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
SILENT AUCTION
ITEM THIS WEEK AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE. IT IS USED BUT
JUST LIKE NEW. FROM KMAQ HOME AGE (www.kmaq.com) CLICK-ON THE
ROTARY BLUE WHEEL AND PLACE YOUR BID.