IT IS A COLD WEEK IN MAQUOKETA.
IT IS THE WEEK OF COACH BILL FLEMING'S FUNERAL...THIS SATURDAY.
33 YEARS AS COACH OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ... 500 WINS.
SPOKE TO ROTARY MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
HE DIED LAST WEEK FROM A LONGTIME LUNG PROBLEM, AT THE AGE OF 77.
HE WILL BE BURIED AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY.
MAYOR DON SCHWENKER SPOKE TO ROTARY TODAY. BECAUSE OF WEATHER,
SPARSE ATTENDANCE.
THE MAYOR SAID THE NOW ESTIMATED $11 MILLION RE-BUILD OF HIGHWAY 64
THROUGH MAQUOKETA MAY NOT GET STARTED UNTIL 2001 AND WILL TAKE
TWO, MAYBE 3 YEARS TO COMPLETE.
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