Thursday, February 19, 2015

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

8 BELOW THIS MORNING.
SUNNY AND HIGH OF 14 TODAY.
-1 TONIGHT.
HEAT SPELL COMING...
23 TOMORROW.
29  SATURDAY.
BUT INTO THE TEENS AGAIN SUNDAY.

THERE WAS  AN ADVISORY TASK FORCE MEETING IN THE MAQUOKETA
MIDDLE SCHOOL TUESDAY.    THE 2 HOUR MEETING INCLUDED MUCH
DISCUSSION ON THINGS TO BE DONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE MAIN ISSUE, A NEW HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM.   AND TO MAKE IT COMPLIANT, WIDENING 6 DOORS IN THE BUILDING.   THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY 26TH.

AT THE SUPERVISORS MEETING TUESDAY, ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ TALKED ABOUT UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS THAT LEGISLATORS MIGHT TRY TO REGULATE.     THE IOWA D.O.T. SAYS THERE ARE 21,000 IN AND IT WOULD
COST $13 MILLION TO DO SO AND IN JACKSON COUNTY, $112,000.
ALSO AT THE MEETING, LEO MARTENS AND ROBERT ROHWEDDER WERE NEWLY APPOINTED TO THE JACKSON COUNTY EMINENT DOMAIN COMMISSION.

IN MAGISTRATE COURT, MATTHEW LASLEY, AGE 29, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 5TH DEGREE WEDNESDAY FOR STEALING A FOOD SCALE FROM WAL MART, VALUED AT $29.97.   HE AS FINED $185.
THESE TWO FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGERS ARE COMING TO THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR THIS SUMMER.   AND THE  FAIR $30 FUN CARDS ARE
READY AND FOR SALE AT THE  FAIR OFFICE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN
MAQUOKETA.    MAKE  GREAT BIRTHDAY GIFTS.    ONE IS ALSO  FOR SALE
ON THE ROTARY SILENT AUCTION THIS WEEK....AT KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.  EMAIL YOUR BID.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT
GAME LAST NIGHT TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION AT THE ASSUMPTION
GYM AND HAVE FINISHED THE SEASON.   

AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT THIS AFTERNOON, CARDINAL
SENIOR LOGAN MAYBERRY LOST HIS OPENING MATCH AND THEN
LATER, WAS PINNED IN HIS WRESTLE-BACK MATCH AND IT NOW OUT
OF THE TOURNAMENT.    BUT....IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT JUST TO GET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

VERA MEDINGER, AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS THE KMAQ BINGO WINNER
TODAY.

HOPE YOU CAN CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com