HIGH ONLY 30 TODAY, BUT LITTLE WIND.
ICE IN FORECAST TOMORROW NIGHT.

ERIC MOORE OF MAQUOKETA WILL OPEN "THE DEPOT BAR AND GRILL" ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA, YEARS AGO THE MAQUOKETA RAILROAD DEPOT. HIS PARENTS OWNED BILL'S TAP UNTIL 1979. THE DEPOT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A YEAR OR MORE AFTER BEING A NIGHTCLUB FOR A COUPLE YEARS. MOORE SAID HE'S RENTING THE BUILDING AND HAS BUILDT A NEW BAR AND INSTALLED A NEW WOODEN DANCE FLOOR. HE WILL OPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY. HE PLANS TO HAVE LIVE BANDS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH AND DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WILL USE THE OUTDOOR PATIO AND HE ALSO HAS A POOL AND GAME ROOM. MOORE HAS BEEN A TRUCK DRIVER FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE ROOF OF THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER WILL BE ON BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. DARYL PARKER, JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD FULLTIME DIRECTOR, TOLD THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVIORS THIS WEEK THE WEATHER HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE TO ALLOW AS MUCH CONSTRUCTION AS THEY'VE DONE ON THE CENTER JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 61. HE SAID THE CONTRACTORS ARE READY TO START INSIDE. ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'LL GET A PHOTO THE CENTER THAT WILL COST CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS.

LORRAINE SWITZER, AGE 72, DIED TUESDAY AT HER HOME IN MONMOUTH. SHE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES AND WAS ALSO A BARTENDER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE 4 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING LORI FROST OF MAQUOKETA.

GOT A NICE EMAIL FROM BETH (WIDEL) LUNA (NATIVE OF THIS AREA) IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. SHE'S A BIG CAROLINA PANTHERS FAN. SAID ITS A LITTLE COLD DOWN THERE TOO.
WRITE AGAIN BETH. SHE READS THIS DAILY REGULARLY.

ALSO, GOT ANOTHER NICE EMAIL ......FROM ANOTHER READER, DENNIS HOPPE IN FLORIDA, A 1969 MAQUOKETA HIGH GRADUATE. GOOD HEARING FROM YOU DENNIS. GLAD YOU LIKE THIS REPORT.

HAD LUNCH AT BELLEVUE CHAMBER MEETING TUESDAY AND SAT NEXT TO CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORIS HERRIG. YEARS AGO, HE WAS A MAQUOKETA BANKER...LOAN OFFICER, SO HE REMEMBERS LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM MAQUOKETA AREA AND THEREFORE..HE TOO CHECKS THIS DAILY REPORT, REGULARLY.
LOTS OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN BELLEVUE THESE DAYS, INCLUDING A NEW SUBWAY RESTAURANT OPENING MARCH 1ST AND CITY IS BUILDING A LARGE CONCRETE SIGN ALONG THE RIVERFRONT, IN STATE OF IOWA OUTLINE, THAT LETS BOATERS KNOW WHAT CITY THEY ARE PASSING BY. BY EARLY THIS SUMMER, THE ENTIRE RIVERFRONT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WILL BE COMPLETED WITH COBBLE OR BRICK SIDEWALKS, BENCHES, TREES, DOCKS, THE WHOLE WORKS. NEXT TIME YOU VISIT THIS AREA...TAKE SOME TIME TO SEE BELLEVUE'S RIVERFRONT PARK. FANTASTIC.
OH YES..ALSO AT THE LUNCH TABLE NEXT TO ME, PAUL PETERSON, ALSO FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER, NOW A BELLEVUE BANKER AND BOB ERNST, LONGTIME INSURANCE MAN WHO HAS HIS OFFICE OVERLOOKING THE BEAUTIFUL MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI. HIS WIFE, GRACE, LIVED IN MAQUOKETA MANY YEARS. HE HAS WINDOWS LOOKING OVER THE RIVER AND A PAIR OF BINOCULARS THAT THE STAFF SHARES WHEN SOMETHING INTERESTING COMES DOWN THE RIVER. LOTS, LOTS OF BALD EAGLES ON THE MISSISSIPPI THESE DAYS. NO SHORTAGE OF THOSE ANYMORE.

AND, STILL ANOTHER NICE EMAIL FROM TOM VEIT IN COLORADO.....FORMER MAQUOKETANS.
TOM IS A PHARMACEUTICAL REP AND LYNETTTE (KEIL), HIS WIFE, IS A REALTOR FOR COLWELL BANKER OUT THERE. HE ALSO SAID THAT RON, BARB AND STEVE ALL LIVE IN DENVER AND THEY SEE THEM OFTEN. GLAD YOU LIKE THE DAILY REPORT TOM AND I FORWARDED YOUR EMAIL TO MY SON RICK.

DAVE UPDEGRAPH, FROM DUBUQUE, AND WITH MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, IS A GOOD FRIEND AND FELLOW ROTARIAN. HE'S A COMPUTER GENIUS AND DOES LOTS OF WEB SITES FOR MSB AND CLIENTS THEY HAVE. HE ALSO IS THE CARETAKER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE.
HE JUST GOT A NEW DIGITAL CAMERA AND SOFTWARE TO PUT LIVE-ACTION VIDEO ON WEB SITES AND
RECORDED MY SHORT NEWSCAST TO THE ROTARY MEMBERS WEDNESDAY. I DO THE NEWS AND SPORTS HEADLINES AT EVERY MEETING. SO, TO SEE HOW IT WORKS....GO TO THE WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org AND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HOME PAGE. TRY THE FAST WAY FIRST, IT IS BEST. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, CLICK TO THE SLOW WAY. IT LOADS QUICKLY AND YOU'LL SEE ME DO THE NEWS/SPORTS REPORT. IN THE FUTURE, HE WILL DO SOME BETTER THINGS ON THE SITE THAN RECORDING ME. AND, I HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO THIS ALSO ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, SO WILL DO SOMETHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LIKE, JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT, I COULD TO THIS DAILY REPORT IN TV NEWSCASTER STYLE. OR...MY SON DAVE SAYS, I COULD USE THE SOFTWARE, TO RECORD THE ENTIRE MIDDAY NEWS ON KMAQ, AUDIO ONLY, FOR YOU TO GIVE A LISTEN. ONCE IN AWHLE, WE NEED NEW TOYS TO PLAY WITH. JOHN JONES, DON'T THINK THIS WILL WORK ON YOUR WEB-TV.

BETTER HEAD HOME...NANCY CALLED AND THE PORK ROAST IS READY.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY