HIGH AROUND 40 TODAY AGAIN...WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

HEARD RUMOR TODAY THAT THE LARGE GENERAC PLANT IN NEW MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK WAS PLANNING TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT SOON BY QUITE A BIT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT NEWS.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY HOST TO MARION TONIGHT, IN WAMAC PLAY AND THEN PLAY ONE MORE WAMAC GAME, MAKE-UP, AGAINST INDEPENDENCE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT. IF THEY WIN BOTH, THEY WILL BE THE OUTRIGHT WAMAC CHAMPS. THEY HAVE DEFEATED MARION ALREADY ONCE THIS SEASON, BUT MARION IS A MUCH IMPROVED BALL TEAM SINCE THEN. IN FACT, THEY JUST RECENTLY DEFEATED RATED DEWITT CENTRAL. SO THE GAME SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE TONIGHT. AND....IT IS MARION THEY FACE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT IN THEIR OPENING TOURNAMENT GAME.

THE JACKSON COUNTY POTLUCK TO BE HELD IN ARIZONA WILL BE ON MARCH 7TH AT THE LaHACIENDA RV RESORT
IN APACHE JUNCTION.....AT 1797 W 28TH AVENUE.
IT WILL START AT NOON IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND COFFEE WILL BE FURNISHED. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WILL BE ALLOWED. ANYONE THAT HAS LIVED-IN OR AROUND JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA, IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. CHECK ...maps.yahoo.com AND CLICK-ON "DRIVING DIRECTIONS" OR THEIR PHONE IS 480-982-2808.

TWO PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO MINORS DURING A STATE MANDATED CHECK THIS WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. THEY CHECKED FOUR MAQUOKETA BUSINESS PLACES OVER THE WEEKEND AND TWO SOLD CIGARETTES TO UNDER-AGE YOUTH WHO WERE HIRED FOR THE PROJECT.
CHARGED WERE HOLLY TONER, AGE 19, AT THE NEW DICK'S EXPRESS CONENIENCE STORE AND ERIN STREETER, AGE 19, AT THE SINCLAIR STATION.

"THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" OPENS TOMORROW AT THE VOY THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA. THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS CHRIST HAS A SISTER LIVING IN THE QUAD CITIES.
THIS AFTERNOON AT 4 P.M., AREA MINISTERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO A FREE SCREENING OF THE MOVIE. QUITE A FEW ARE COMING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECIAL
OPENING DAY, ASH WEDNESDAY, BARGAIN MATINEE AT THE THEATRE TOMORROW AT 2.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY