Wednesday, March 30, 2016

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

A SHOWER THIS MORNING, CLOUDY ALL DAY, AND WARM...UP TO 63 FOR THE HIGH.     RAIN TONIGHT, LOW OF 53.    RAIN TOMORROW, HIGH OF 58.
FRIDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 49.   SUNNY BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
WILL BE A NICE DAY FOR THE IKE'S ANNUAL FISH FRY.

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA "JAZZ REPORTORY ENSEMBLE" ... 17-PIECE
JAZZ BAND... IS COMING TO THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE THURSDAY,
APRIL 7TH, FOR A 7 P.M. CONCERT.   OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.    NO
ADMISSION BUT DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AND APPRECIATED.

AT THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING YESTERDAY,
STEVE TEBBE, OF THE JACKSON COUNTY ATV COMMISSION AND ANOTHER MEMBER, TERRY ROLING, PROPOSED AN OPEN RIDING SEASON THIS
YEAR, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, FROM MAY 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 15.
INSTEAD OF HAVING SPECIFIC WEEKEND RIDE DATES LIKE  LAST YEAR, THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN  OPEN RIDING SEASON.   THE SUPERVISORS
ARE NOW SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC UNTIL APRIL 8TH.

DAVE VOY WENT OUT TO THE NEW "PRAIRIE CREEK PARK" LOCATED AT
THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AND TOOK A FEW
PICTURES....
 
IT HAS A SMALL CAVE THAT YOU CAN GO INTO....3 OR MORE CAN STAND-UP IN IT.
A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE CREEK.

THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB RECENTLY SPONSORED A BELLEVUE STUDENT, NICOLE GIESEMANN, WHO HAD SENT HER OPTIMIST ESSAY FOR THIS YEAR'S CONTEST DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT.     DURING TODAY'S WEEKLY MEETING AT THE EAGLES CLUB, NICOLE READ HER ESSAY AND THEN GLENN SHORT, PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB, PRESENTED HER WITH A
MEDALLION AND AWARDED HER $100.
ALSO DURING THIS MORNING'S MEETING, THE MAQUOKETA FFA AG ISSUES
DEBATE TEAM PRACTICED BEFORE THE OPTIMIST MEMBERS IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR STATE CONFERENCE.
ABOVE, THE FFA DEBATE TEAM:   LEFT TO RIGHT....MEMBERS STRATHMAN,
TUBBS, LAPKE, BECKER AND TABOR.
ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT:  DEB (PORTZ) GIESEMANN...NICOLE GIESEMANN...
AND OPTIMIST PRESIDENT GLENN SHORT.


ON FRIDAY'S  REPORT,  I WILL HAVE A MAJOR ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT MAQUOKETA, THAT WILL MEAN LOTS OF JOBS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY