IT WAS A COLD WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
THIS MORNING, 3 ABOVE.
THEN, THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A HIGH TODAY OF 11.
IT WILL BE COLD AGAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW BEFORE IT WARMS UP
BY MID-WEEK. AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF WIND TOO, FOR COLD, COLD
WIND CHILLS. JUST SNOW FLURRIES THOUGH.
SO, PEOPLE ARE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE WEATHER AND THE POWERBALL
JACKPOT.
IN SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLING TEAM TOOK PART IN THE 16-TEAM INVITATIONAL MEET SATURDAY AT VAN HORNE AND FINSISHED
13TH WITH 68 TEAM POINTS. DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION WON THE
TOURNAMENT WITH 251 POINTS. JACOB KLOFT HAD MAQUOKETA'S
BEST FINISH....A 3RD PLACE AT 170 POUNDS.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT TIMBER LANES, IN THE SUNDAY ADULT/JUNIOR
LEAGUE, ISAAC ANDRESEN, A JUNIOR AT MCHS, ROLLED A PERFECT
300 GAME, HIS FIRST.
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR MANAGER LANNY SIMPSON ANNOUNCED ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW THIS MORNING THAT FRANKIE BALLARD WILL BE THE HEADLINE ACT ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT THIS YEAR'S JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, WHICH WILL RUN FROM JULY 27TH THROUGH JULY 31ST. BALLARDHAS BEEN POPULAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, APPEARING ON THE
GRAND OLE OPRY SHOW AND AS THE OPENING ACT FOR KENNY CHESNEY,
TAYLOR SWIFT, AND BOB SEGER. HE RECENTLY RELEASED A NEW
CD CALLED "SUNSHINE AND WHISKEY".
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER JAYSON HEIAR INVESTIGATED A 2-CAR
ACCIDENT LAST WEDNEDAY INVOLVING JANIE FITZPATRICK, AGE 32, OF
MAQUOKETA AND THE PARKED CAR OF MARVIN FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
FITZPATRICK WAS DRIVING AND SHE REACHED FOR HER PHONE, LOOKED
UP AND TRIED TO SWERVE BUT TOO LATE AND STRUCK THE CAR THAT WAS LEGALLY PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED. $5,000 DAMAGE TO HER CAR AND
$1,500 TO FRANZEN'S,. NO INJURIES AND FITZPATRICK AS CITED FOR
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
THE MAQUOKETA YMCA HAS A NEW EMPLOYEE WHO HAS REPLACED CHANCE JENKINS. HE IS SCOTTIE MOLER AND HE WILL BE THE NEW
YMCA PROGRAM DIRECTOR. JENKINS HAS CHOSEN TO GO BACK TO
TEACHING AT MIDDLE SCHOOL. MOLER, BORN AND RAISED IN
BURLINGTON HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN RECREATION, SPORT AND
PARK ADMINISTRATION WITH A MASTERS OF EDUCATION IN COACH AND
SPORT, RECREATION AND FITNESS ADMINISTRATION FROM ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS. HE WILL BE RUNNING ALL YOUTH
SPORTS AT THEY YMCA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL BEEF BANQUET WAS HELD
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THE NEW BEEF QUEEN WAS
CROWNED. SHE IS SYDNEY STENDER OF BALDWIN. THE NEW BEEF
PRINCESS IS CAMBRY LANE OF SPRAGUEVILLE AND THE NEW SENIOR
BEEF AMBASSADOR IS AUSTIN WELLER OF BERNARD. NO ONE RAN
THIS YEAR FOR JUNIOR BEEF AMBASSADOR.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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