ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN THE 80'S.

BILL MERRICK, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BARBER, IS THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK.....A COLOR PICTURE OF HIM NEXT TO HIS BARBER CHAIR AND STORY IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...WWW.MAQUOKETA-ROTARY.ORG

CHARLIE AND BARB KING OF LANCASTER, OHIO, WON A THEATRE TICKET IN THE DUCK RACE AND EMAILED ME TO GIVE IT TO SOME NEEDY KID. THANKS CHARLIE, THE ROTARY WILL DO THAT. CHARLIE'S WIFE, BARBARA NIMS, GREW UP IN MAQUOKETA AND CHARLIE CAME TO TOWN IN 1956 TO WORK AT THE FISHING TACKLE COMPANY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY AT THAT TIME. HE IS NOW A ROTARIAN AT LANCASTER, AND A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB.

A MEDFORD, WISCONSIN MAN (NAME NOT RELEASED YET)WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT IN A FREAK ACCIDENT AT THE BIG GUARDIAN GLASS COMPANY IN DEWITT. HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND WHILE A CRANE WAS LOADING HIS SEMI WITH GLASS, A CRATE BROKE OPEN AND HE WAS BURIED IN BROKEN GLASS.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, WILL RENNER, AGE 22, A STUDENT AT COE COLLEGE, FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL SUNDAY MORNING ABOUT 7:20 AND HIS CAR LEFT THE HIGHWAY NEAR ANAMOSA AND ROLLED FOUR TIMES. HE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT WAS STILL EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS AIR LIFTED TO CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED FOR A SERIOUS LEG INJURY. HE WAS ALONE IN THE CAR, WHICH RECEIVED ABOUT $5,000 DAMAGE.

A GIRL WAS BORN SUNDAY MORNING AT EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, TO BRANDY AND JOE CRAWFORD. GRANDMOTHER IS LINDA SHANAHAN OF MAQUOKETA.

LESTER BECK, AGE 85, DIED YESTERDAY AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. HE WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN. HE WORKED FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA AND IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, SHIRLEY OF DUBUQUE AND PAMELA BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND A SISTER IN MOLINE.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY