WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

IT IS SNOWING LIGHTLY IN MAQUOKETA....AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
AT LEAST 4 INCHES WILL BE ON GROUND BY TOMORROW MORNING. 
A SNOW EMERGENCY HAS BEEN CALLED IN MAQUOKETA BY CITY
HALL.

WATCH THE SNOW ON THE KMAQ WEB CAM LOOKING OVER MAIN STREET.
GO TO OUR  HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE WEB CAM.

THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BOARD APPROVED THE TAX ASKING FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2016....$1,016,212....$38,860 OVER THIS YEAR.   MOST OF INCREASE
WILL BE TO HELP FUND A COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR.

OVER $15,000 WAS RAISED AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, BY CLUB HOPE, AND A CHECK IN THAT AMOUNT WILL BE SENT TO THE IOWA CITY
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.   THIS WAS A RECORD AMOUNT RAISED FOR THE 4-YEAR HISTORY DANCE MARATHON.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, JAKE AND JUDY BICKFORD VISITED HIS BROTHER RON AND WIFE IN ARIZONA.   THEY HAVE 3 GRAPEFRUIT TREES IN THEIR BACK YARD AND BOTH ARE SHOWN PICKING ABOVE, JAKE  AT LEFT.    JAKE GAVE ME ONE...REALLY DELICIOUS.   THEY HARVEST HUNDREDS EACH YEAR AND
GIVE THEM AWAY TO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, AND BROTHER IN
COLD MAQUOKETA.   RON IS A RETIRED IOWA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT.

BONNIE  MITCHELL SPOKE AT ROTARY THIS NOON.

A NEW MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY (CENTER) JOINED ROTARY TODAY.

READ ABOUT BONNIE AND THE ATTORNEY BY GOING TO THE KMAQ
WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WON THEIR TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GAME
LAST  NIGHT AND PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.    THEY NEED TO WIN
2 MORE GAMES TO GET TO STATE.     AND IF THEY DO, THEY WILL BE
THE ONLY BOY'S TEAM FROM OUR AREA TO GET THERE.
WE WILL HAVE NO GIRLS TEAM AT STATE NEXT WEEK.

OH MY BACK IS STARTING TO ACHE JUST THINKING ABOUT THE SHOVELING
AHEAD.

HAVE A  GOOD NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY