97 TODAY AND GOOD CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN TONIGHT.

A MAQUOKETA INDUSTRY, ALLIANCE PIPELINE, HAS DONATED $20,000 TO THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. THE 650 SEAT THEATRE WILL OPEN LATE NEXT YEAR.
THE MONEY FROM ALLIANCE WILL GO IN THE CENTER'S ENDOWMENT FUND. THIS SPECIAL FUND WAS SET UP TO PAY FOR FUTURE UPKEEP OF THE AUDITORIUM, SO IT WILL NOT BE A BURDEN TO TAXPAYERS YEARS FROM NOW.
THIS ENDOWMENT, LIKE MOST, WILL CONSIST OF DONATED MONEY, INVESTED, AND THE INTEREST ONLY USED FOR EXPENSES. GARY DREW, WHO IS SPEARHEADING THE FINE ARTS CENTER POJECT, AND HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PERSONALLY, SAID THAT THE ENDOWMENT FUND IS NOW AT $36,000.

THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB TOLD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MONDAY NIGHT THAT THE CLUB WILL PAY FOR A NEW INFIELD FOR BOTH THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS UP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL. BOOSTER CLUB PRESIDENT DEAN SCHAUF SAID THE EXTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT WILL BE $50,000 AND THAT THE PROJECT WON'T DEPLETE THE COFFERS OF THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CURT NELSON SAID THE TWO CURRENT FIELDS ARE OVER 25 YEARS OLD AND ARE LIMESTONE FIELDS. A MINNESOTA FIRM WILL BE THE SOURCE FOR THE REDBALL DIAMOND AGGREGATE FOR THE FIELDS AT A COST OF ABOUT $47,000, WHICH INCLUDES TRUCKING IN TO MAQUOKETA. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE HELPING GET RID OF THE EXIXTING LIMESTONE AND CUTTING THE SOD. WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START SOON AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE BOOSTERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED MUCH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, INCLUDING GIVING A NEW BASEBALL PRESS BOX, NUMEROUS UNIFORMS, SOFTBALLL LIGHTS, A TRACK HIGH JUMP PIT, VIDEO CAMERAS, FOOTBALL HELMETS, GOLF BAGS, AND MUCH MORE.

JOHNNY ORR, FORMER IOWA STATE BASKETBALL COACH, WILL PLAY THE NEW PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE IN MAQUOEKTA ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, IN A FUNDRAISING EVENT SPONSORED BY ANDREW SCHOOLS.

THE MAQUOKETA MEA WILL SPONSOR A PUBLIC FORUM MONDAY NIGHT AT CITY HALL, AT 7 P.M. IT WILL BE FOR THE 2 CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLBOARD ELECTION...JEAN RIVER AND BRIAN TABOR. THEY BOTH ARE SEEKING THE SEAT BEING VACATED BY DAVE TABOR WHO HAS MOVED TO MONTICELLO.

A BERNARD MAN REPORTED TO THE SHERRIF'S DEPARTMENT THAT HIS DOG WAS ABUSED. JOE BERZLE OF LEISURE LAKE, BERNARD, SAID HE HAD TO TAKE HIS CHIWAHWAH TO A VET IN DUBUQUE WHO SAID THE DOG'S FEET HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY BURNED.

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING 3 MILES WEST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64. JACQUELINE CREGER, AGE 49, OF MILES WAS DRIVING WEST. RAYMOND BELLMORE, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA WAS AHEAD AND WHEN BELLMORE BEGAN TO SLOW, THE CREGER VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO PASS AND THE TWO COLLIDED.
NO CHARGES FILED AND NO INJURIES.

DOUG AND NANCY LANE OF SPRAGUEVILLE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY IN DUBUQUE. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH OF MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS OPEN TOMORROW AND FOR HALF DAY ONLY.

THE FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING IS TONIGHT AT THE CONVENTION ROOM OF THE NEW COMFORT INN MOTEL AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. DINNER AT 6:30, MEETING AT 7:30 AND ENTERTAINMENT AFTER.
I'M A FARM BUREAU MEMBER AND ON MY WAY TO THE EVENT.

ED TUBBS OF MAQUOKETA HAD A HOLE-IN-ONE WHILE PLAYING GOLF RECENTLY UP AT DUBUQUE. MORE LATER.

IT IS NOW JUST AFTER 6 P.M. AND THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE BEING ISSUED NOW FOR THE KMAQ LISTENING AREA. AND NOW, JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE WARNING ALSO ISSUED FOR JACKSON COUNTY. SKIES ARE VERY DARK RIGHT NOW IN MAQUOKETA. THESE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 TONIGHT.

HOPEFULLY, I'LL HAVE JUST GOOD RAIN TO REPORT TO YOU TOMORROW...NOTHING ELSE.

DENNIS VOY