Tuesday, September 02, 2003

80 TODAY...NICE DAY.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD NEEDS ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER TO REPLACE GERALD GJERDE WHO MOVED TO DEWITT. TWO PEOPLE HAVE INDICATED INTEREST, BUT THE BOARD SAYS IT WOULD LIKE MORE CANDIDATES. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE A MONTH.

CAR QUEST...(FORMER CORNELIUS FARM STORE AND DAGUE EQUIPMENT BUILDING) WAS BROKEN INTO OVER THE WEEKEND. POP AND CANDY TAKEN.

MARK BLANCHARD OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED $80 WORTH OF CD'S TAKEN FROM HIS VEHICLE.

RICH HAINSTOCK, OWNER OF THE GOLF DRIVING RANGE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, REPORTED A GOLF FLAG AND WOODEN CUTUT OF A GOLFER WERE BOTH TAKEN OVER THE WEEKEND...TOTAL VALUE, $150.

SEVEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES OVER THE WEEKEND IN JACKSON COUNTY. ONE GUY, FROM MANCHESTER, FOR HIS 5TH OFFENSE OWI.

2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA.

GIRL BORN LAST TUESDAY TO TIM AND SUSAN GAVIN MEIER OF MARSHALLTOWN. GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND BEATRICE GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA.

CLARENCE "CUZ" IRWIN, JR. OF KAHL HOME IN DAVENPORT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. HE FARMER WITH HIS BROTHER GLEN FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER RAN A DAIRY FARM. NO LOCAL SURVIVORS.

CLAUDIA GIESWEIN (HUSBAND IS Dr. KIRK) OF MAQUOKETA IS THE NEW OWNER OF...... THE COTTAGE .......SOUP, SANDWICH AND GIFT SHOP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. SHE TOOK OVER OPERATION TODAY AFTER THE PURCHASE FROM KAREN (MRS. BOB) THOMAS OF MAQUOKETA. NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES PLANNED.

NEW PAINT JOBS DOWNTOWN: KRISTINO'S PIZZA. OSTERHAUS PHARMACY. 3-STORY BUILDING OWNED BY TOM PEKOSH, NEXT TO HIS LAW OFFICE AND NEXT TO VOY 1 AND 2 THEATRE BUILDING....THE HURST HOTEL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY