SUNNY AND AROUND 70 TODAY.

MAQUOKETA ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON HAS BEEN NAMED INTERIM CHIEF, AND WILL HAVE THE TITLE UNTIL A NEW CHIEF HAS BEEN NAMED.

RETIRED CHIEF BOB ANDERSEN IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK".
A PICTURE AND STORY APPEARS AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org.

LAST WEEK'S "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" WAS DOUG LARSON, WHO HAS RETIRED FROM THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA. YOU CAN SEE PICTURE AND STORY ON HIM BY CLICKING TO PAST "CITIZENS". GO TO STORY ON BOB ANDERSEN, AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT STORY, IS THE PLACE TO "CLICK" TO ALL HONORED BEFORE THIS WEEK.

STOCK CAR RACING STARTS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. HOT LAPS ATA 5 P.M. AND THE FIRST RACE AT 6 P.M.

THERE HAVE BEEN 48 APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN MAQUOKETA. THEY HOPE TO HIRE AND HAVE THE PERSON WORKING BY AUGUST 1ST.

VERL HOWELL ROLLED A 300 GAME AT TIMBER LANES MONDAY NIGHT IN THE BEST LEAGUE IN TOWN. BEST GAME BEFORE FOR HIM WAS A 289. HE'S A SALESMAN FOR ROTMAN MOTORS.

LILLIE ANDERSEN, 98, OF BALDWIN, DIED MONDAY MORNING AT HER HOME.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, MARIE MILLER.

GIB HANSEN, AGE 90, OF MAQUOKETA, FORMERLY OF GOOSE LAKE, DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. HIS SPEICIAL FRIEND IN MAQUOKETA WAS HELEN KINRADE.

ROMER'S BAKERY IS NOW "SWEET THINGS BAKERY". NEW SIGN PUT UP THIS WEEK
BY MAQUOKETA'S POPULAR SIGN MAN JIM GERONZIN. LONG TIME SIGN MAN LARRY HAGER AND WIFE MOVED TO THE QUAD CITIES.

IF YOU WANT TO COME TO MAQUOKETA TO OPEN UP A RESTAURANT, THE FORMER KFC BUILDING IS FOR SALE FOR $79,000. CHEAP! BIG LOT....LOTS OF PARKING....GOOD WOODED VIEW TO NORTH....HIGHLY VISABLE FROM 4-LANE 61....BIG SIGN OUT FRONT....RIGHT NEXT TO HEAVY TRAFFIC GENERATOR, "PIZZA HUT"....AND AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. COULD BE USED FOR MANY OTHER BUSINESSES. CHEAPER THAN RENTING. RUHL AND RUHL IN MAQUOKETA HAS THE LISTING, VI YEAGER, REALTOR.
HOW DID THIS MAKE MY DAILY REPORT? DEAN TILTON AND I HAVE IT FOR SALE!

MAQUOKETA BOY'S GOLF TEAM BEAT WEST DUBUQUE YESTERDAY ON THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB COURSE....156 TO 176. CO-MEDALISTS WERE CARDINALS STEVE FERGUSON AND JACK OSTERHAUS, WITH 37'S. AND, THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S
GOLF TEAM ALSO WON YESTERDAY AT HIDDEN HILLS COURSE, BEATING PLEASANT VALLEY, 165 TO 181. BROOKE DAVIS WAS MEDALIST WITH A 37. NIKKI GOODELL SHOT AT 40 AND JORDAN DAVIS, A 41.

KMAQ ANNOUNCER JIM SAUNDERS BROKE A BONE JUST BELOW HIS KNEE IN A FREAK FALL AT HIS HOME LAST WEEK AND TODAY WAS RELEASED FROM FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. HAD TO HAVE A PLATE PUT IN AND WILL BE GONE FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS. EVERYONE HAS TO FILL IN FOR HIM THESE DAYS.

WE NOW HAVE A "PAST EMPLOYEE OF KMAQ" GUEST BOOK. IF YOU EVER WORKED FOR KMAQ, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, CLICK TO "MEET THE STAFF" AND AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE, YOU CAN GO TO THE GUEST BOOK. THE BOOK DOESN'T TAKE LONG MESSAGES AT THIS TIME, BUT WE PLAN TO GET A DIFFERENT ONE THAT WILL TAKE ENTRIES OF ANY LENGTH.

MILDRED BOCK, 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED APRIL 8TH AT LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 2 DAUGHTERS, MARLIS OF MARSHALLTOWN AND BEVERLY OF CHURCHVIEW, VIRGINIA AND ONE SON, BLAINE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA.

TALKED TO ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS THIS MORNING ON PHONE FROM CAPITOL IN DES MOINES. THE HOUSE WAS IN SESSION UNTIL 12:40 THIS MORNING. HE SAYS THE HOUSE MAY ADJOURN THIS FRIDAY, BUT COULD GO INTO NEXT WEEK. LAST WEEK, HIS PIERS "ROASTED" HIM AND TWO OTHER RETIRING HOUSE MEMBERS AT A DES MOINES HOTEL DINNER. I MENT TO GET TO IT, BUT HAD TO SKIP IT.

RUMOR HAS IT, THE "FAREWAY" STORE IS LOOKNG FOR LAND ON PLATT STREET FOR A NEW STORE TO REPLACE THEIR OLD ONE DOWNTOWN.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS JUST LOST 11 TO 1 TO HOUSTON AND SO FAR, THE CARDS ARE OFF TO A BAD START. GAME WAS JUST ON KMAQ-FM.

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.

MORE TOMORROW, MAYBE. I'M REALLY BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.

DENNIS VOY