PAST WEEKEND, NICE WEATHER...RAIN THIS MORNING AND REST OF THE DAY NICE.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAY CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST CHARLES MARSHALL, III, AGE 20, OF BERNARD, FOR RUNNING OVER DEREK VANAMBURG, AGE 14, AT 6-B'S CAMPGROUND (3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA) AT 2:30 A.M. JUNE 8TH. DEPUTY KEVIN SCOTT SAID MARSHALL, DRIVING A FORD PICKUP, TOOK OFF IN THE TRUCK, SPINNING ITS WHEELS 120 FEET IN THE GRASS, NEARLY HIT A PARKED CAR, AND SWUNG AROUND THE VEHICLE AND HIT VANAMBURG AT LEAST ONCE WITH THE WHEELS. HE THEN LEFT THE AREA BUT WAS FOUND 4 HOURS LATER. THE TEENAGE WAS AIRLIFTED TO IOWA CITY AND HAS SEEN BEEN DISCHARGED.

DONALD THEDE, 86, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED YESTERDAY IN DUBUQUE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, KATHRYN OF MAQUOKETA AND TWO DAUGHTERS, LAUREL IN TEXAS AND DONNA IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS A DEALER FOR SKELLEY OIL COMPANY.

THANKS TO JACK WEST OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN FOR BUYING 6 ROTARY DUCKS.
HE IS A REGULAR READER OF THIS REPORT, SINCE VISITING MAQUOKETA YEARS AGO WHILE HE AND BOB OSTERHAUS SERVED ON A NATIONAL PHARMACY BOARD.
BOB SOLD HIM THE DUCKS. BOB, OF COURSE, IS AN AVID IOWA HAWKEYE FAN AND JACK IS A BIG MICHIGAN STATE FAN...SO THEY HAVE THEIR MOMENTS COMPARING TEAMS, PROBABLY MAKING AN OCCASSIONAL SMALL WAGER. BOB AND ANN ARE GOING LATER THIS WEEK TO ATTEND A WEDDING IN NEW MEXICO AND WILL MISS THE DUCK RACE A WEEK FROM TODAY.

MATT OSTERHAUS TOOK OVER THE GAVEL AND IS NOW THE NEW IOWA PHARMACY PRESIDENT, FOLLOWING THE CONVENTION THIS PAST WEEKEND IN DUBUQUE.
HIS DAD, BOB, IS A PAST IOWA PRESIDENT OF THE GROUP , AS WELL AS A NATIONAL PHARMACY PAST PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO MATT!
WITH GUIDEANCE FROM WIFE MARILYN, HE WILL DO A GOOD JOB. MARILYN IS ALSO A PHARMACIST.

I TOURED THE NEWLY EXPANDED JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL YESTERDAY...WOW...VERY NICE. GOOD TURNOUT FOR THE AFTERNOON OPEN HOUSE.
A $10 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, WITH NO ADDITIONAL TAX MONEY USED.
FORREST MILLER HAD A TEAM OF HIS BIG HORSES AND WAS GIVING WAGON RIDES FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE MAIN ENTRY.

WE ARE BROADCASTING A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL DOUBLE HEADER RIGHT NOW...AND THE BOYS WON THE FIRST ONE AND HAVE A NICE LEAD IN THE SECOND GAME. PAT BOLLMAN IS COACH AGAIN THIS YEAR. EVEN WITH A DOUBLE VICTORY TONIGHT, THEIR OVERALL RECORD IS STILL JUST UNDER 500.

THE MCHS 2004 VALEDICTORIAN IS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK....PICTURE AND STORY AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org

THE VOTING IS STILL GOING ON FOR BROOKE BYAM! IT DID NOT STOP LAST SATURDAY AS I THOUGHT. SO, YOU CAN STILL VOTE FOR HER.

THE NEW MISS IOWA IS NOT FROM THIS AREA. PAGEANT WAS LAST WEEKEND. AS REPORTED EARLIER, WE HAD A
MISS FROM MAQUOKETA IN THE PAGEANT...ALSO A GIRL FROM DEWITT.

I WILL LEAVE WITH THE KMAQ TRAVEL TRI-STATE BUS AT 5 TOMORROW MORNING, FOR BRANSON AND WILL RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT. 38 GOING. WILL SEE 7 BRANSON SHOWS.

SATURDAY MORNING, WILL BE BACK TO BROADCAST THE 11 A.M. PARADE IN BERNARD.

SO, MY NEXT REPORT WILL NOT BE UNTIL NEXT MONDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY