IT HAS BEEN RAINING ALL AFTERNOON AND WILL RAIN MOST OF THE NIGHT. BUT WEEKEND LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, ESPECIALLY SUNDAY.

GOING TO BE MESSY AT FOOTBALL GAMES FOR THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS TONIGHT AT VINTON. VARSITY GAME ON KMAQ-AM.

SAW THE CARDINALS WIN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT LAST NIGHT AT ST. LOUIS. WOW, WHAT NOISE..WHAT A CELEBRATION.

IN A SPLIT VOTE, THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY THIS WEEK APPROVED A LARGE DONATION TO THE ARC. THE VOTE WAS 3 TO 2 TO DONATE $350,000 OVER 5 YEARS TOWARD THE INDOOR POOL AND GYMNASIUM PROJECT. THE MOTION WOULD GIVE THE ARC $70,000 WHEN THE CITY RECEIVED BIDS ON A CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT.
SO, IT IS AN "IF AND WHEN" PLEDGE. BOARD MEMBERS DAVE KNOEBEL AND RON FRANDSEN VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE AND BOARD MEMBERS BOB GAVEN, MARY LOU RISSER AND KENT SHOUSE VOTED IN FAVOR. GAVIN WAS THE ARC CHAIRMAN AT ONE TIME, BUT IS NOT ON THE ARC BOARD NOW.
THE WIFE OF KENT SHOUSE, MARGO, WAS ON THE ARC BOARD AT ONE TIME, AND MAY STILL BE ON NOW. I'M NOT SURE. MY COMMENT ON THE MATTER. NO COMMENT.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED TO 4.9 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER, DOWN FROM 5.1 IN AUGUST AND LESS THAN THE 5.7 PERCENT RATE A YEAR AGO. IN IOWA, THE RATE ROSE FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE MONTH AND THE U.S. RATE REMAINED THE SAME, 5.4 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.

THERE WAS A $100,000 LOTTERY WINNER IN MAQUOKETA THIS MONTH. THE TICKET PURCHASED AT THE FAREWAY STORE.
THE PRIZE WON BY CHI WAN WE, ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE GREAT WALL RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

DOUG FRANDSEN TOLD POLICE SOMEONE TOOK A CHAINSAW AND BATTERY CHARGER FROM HIS RESIDENCE AT 402 PERSHING ROAD, A VALUE LISTED AT $350.

COURT NEWS: BARBARA PAULSEN, AGE 41, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED IN DISTRICT COURT TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF OWI. SHE WAS FINED $1,000.
SHE WAS ARRESTED BACK IN AUGUST ON SOUTH CLARK STREET IN MAQUOKETA.

BERNADINE HEINZEL STAR, AGE 86, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SHE WAS A HOMAEMAKER BUT EARLIER HAD WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES, THE FISHING TACKLE COMPANY, AND THE SAVANNA ORDINACE. SURVIVORS: 6 CHILDREN: HOWARD HEINZEL, DES MOINES...JACKIE DAVISON, MAQUOKETA...JERRY HEINZEL, MAQUOKETA...RICHARD STARR, SOUTH AFRICA...CANDY BARNES, WATERLOO AND ROSS STARR, MAQUOKETA. ALSO, 3 BROTHERS, LLOYD CARK OF MAQUOEKTA, SONNY CLARK OF MAQUOKETA AND ALLEN CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR KENNETH ALLEN, 79 (DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME) AND LAVANCHE O'HARA, 89, OF MAQUOKETA. (DIED THIS MORNING AT A CARE CENTER AT DUBUQUE.

CHECK HERE TOMORROW FOR THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL SCORES.

AND HAVE A NICE SATURDAY.

DENNIS VOY