PARTY SUNNY DAY....60 DEGREE WEATHER THESE DAYS.

A TORNADO HIT DELMAR EARLIER THIS WEEK, WITH MOST DAMAGE AT ONE
FARM WEST OF DELMAR. NO ONE INJURED.

THE CITY COUNCIL AT A "COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE" MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NOT A MEETING WHERE A VOTE COULD BE TAKEN) AGREED TO PUT
$1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD THE ARC PROJECT, CONSISTING OF A
NEW INDOOR POOL, GYM, EXERCISE WALKWAY AND WORKOUT AREA.
THE TOTAL COST WILL BE $5 MILLION. MOST CALLERS THIS MORNING
ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW WERE AGAINST THE CITY DOING THIS.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID, ITS A BAD IDEA FOR A BAD LOCATION. BUT, WE'LL SEE AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

GOT A NICE EMAIL FROM FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, JOHN EGLI.
WORKED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN RETIRED FROM THE IOWA DOT.
NOT SURE WHERE THEY ARE LIVING NOW, BUT THINK IT IS IN WASHINGTON, IOWA. WHAT PROMPTED HIS EMAIL WAS THE STORY ABOUT THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PLAN TO ADD A DOG FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE SAID HIS SON, PAUL, IS A K-NINE OFFICER IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE. AND HIS DOG RECENTLY RETIRED, AND HE IS WORKING WITH HIS SECOND DOG NOW. JOHN SAYS HE HOPES THEY GET THE DOG IN JACKSON COUNTY. BY THE WAY, THEY ARE TAKING DONATIONS TO GET THE DOG...AND CHECKS CAN BE MADE OUT TO THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SEND TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, 52060.
JUST MARK ON THE CHECK THAT IT IS FOR THE DOG FUND.

THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY IS MISSING 108 VHS TAPES AND WANTS THEM BACK.
IT COST NOTHING TO CHECK OUT MOVIES. THOSE MISSING ARE VALUED AT ABOUT $1,800.....MOSTLY CLASSIC FILMS. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE PUT IN PLACE A BETTER SYSTEM TO PREVENT HIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN HAS RECEIVED A STATE HONOR. THE IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AT THEIR BIG MEETING IN DES MOINES WEDNESDAY NIGHT, GAVE COLEMAN THE YOUNG EXECUTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

ALBERTA TRACY, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER. SURVIVED BY 5 CHILDREN, INCLUDING RON TRACY OF MAQUOKETA AND MARY JO WILLIAMS OF MAQUOKETA AND A STEP-SON, DYLON TRACY OF MAQUOKETA.

RONALD "RON" FRICK, 51, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUDDENLY MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WORKED FOR THE PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY AND ALSO HIDE-CO IN MAQUOKETA AND RECENTLY WORKED AS A PART-TIME JANITOR FOR THE SCHOOLS. HE WAS A VIETMAN VET (US NAVY) AND IS
SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MAXINE FRICK AND 1 SISTER.

RUTH EVELYN KUPER, AGE 79, OF BELLEVUE DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, WILLIAM OF MAQUOKETA.

JACK JONES, MANAGER OF THE VOY THEATRES SINCE 1975, IS CELEBRATING THE BIG 5-0 TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK.

A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY IN MINNESOTA TO JIM AND SARAH MONNER OF ROBBINSDALE, MINNESOTA. THE GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND JOYCE MONNER OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY