A NICE HOT HUMID DAY TODAY, AROUND 90, WITH RAIN POSSIBLE LATER.
HAD OVER A HALF-INCH OF RAIN SATURDAY MORNING, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO CALL-OFF THE STOCK CAR RACES AND THE FIREWORKS AFTER. RACES WERE SHORT AND A VERY NICE FIREWORKS DISPLAY STARTED A LITTLE AFTER 9:30 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT.

JOHN SHECKEL OF RURAL BELLEVUE WON THE 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE BELLEVUE FIREWORKS. HE HAD PURCHASED AT LEAST ONE $20 CHANCE IN THE ANNUAL CHAMBER RAFFLE..OR MAYBE THEY WERE $25. I DON'T REMEMBER. IF SHECKEL DOESN'T WANT THE CAR, HE CAN TAKE $15,000 CASH.

THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ARE ALSO HAVING A NEW VEHICLE RAFFLE...A 2005 FORD FOCUS. TICKETS ARE $20. IN ADDITION TO THE CAR, THE CLUB IS GIVING AWAY THREE RUNNER-UP PRIZES TOTALING $250. THE DRAWING WILL BE DURING HOMECOMING ON OCTOBER 8TH. THE CLUB IS RAISING MONEY FOR THEIR PART OF THE $150,000 DONATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GO TOWARDS THE NEW TRACK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE WYOMING, IOWA FAIR AND HORSE SHOW IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

TIM AND TAMARA WILCOX OF DAYTON, MAINE, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN JUNE 29TH IN MAINE. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE DON AND RUTH CASTEEL, AND MAXINE WILCOX, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZIN OF THE WEEK" IS JOHN RANDOLPH BURROW, WHO JUST LAST MONTH WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE PIPE PLAYER PRODUCTION OF "GYPSY"....JUST ONE OF MANY HE HAS DIRECTED OVER THE YEARS.
SEE A PICTURE AND STORY AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
ALSO ON THE WEB SITE, SEVERAL PICTURES TAKEN AT THE RECENT ICECREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT AND A COUPLE VIDIOS TAKEN AT THE DUCK RACE.
A PICTURE TOO OF NEW ROTARY PRESIDENT, RICH HAINSTOCK, WHO TOOK OVER THE ROTARY REINS FROM JACK WILLEY ON JULY 1ST.

I GOT A NEW PUTTER FOR FATHER'S DAY....ANXIOUS TO USE IT....SHOULD TAKE OFF AT LEAST 2 STROKES. OH, I ALSO GOT A PUSH-BUTTON COUNTER TO CARRY WITH ME WHEN PLAYING GOLF...TO KEEP TRACK OF MY SCORE, PER HOLE. MIGHT
STILL BE A PROBLEM HOWEVER, AS IT ONLY GOES TO 10.

DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE TOP MOVIE GOERS AT MY THEATRE IS
REGINA SAGERS? SHE LOVES MOVIES! GOES TO A LEAST ONE MOVIE A WEEK. EVEN WENT DOWN TO THE QUAD CITIES TO SEE "FAHRENHEIT 9/11", BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT SURE IT WOULD BE SHOWN HERE IN TOWN. SHE SAID IT WAS OKAY, AS SHE IS A GOOD DEMOCRAT. WE HAVE NOT BOOKED IT FOR MAQUOKETA, AS OF TODAY. A FRIEND OF MINE, BOB FRIDLEY, WHO HAS A CHAIN OF THEATRES IN IOWA PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT NONE OF HIS THEATRES WOULD SHOW IT. MY THOUGHTS: I'M NOT SURE THEATRES SHOULD BE PLAYING "60 MINUTES" TYPE SHOWS ON THE BIG MOVIE SCREENS MENT FOR ENTERTAINING, NOT POLITICS. BACK TO REGINA. SHE DRIVES HER CAR, LIVES IN HER BEAUTIFUL HOME OF MANY YEARS AND GOES TO LOTS OF EVENTS IN TOWN. ALSO IS A BIG FAN OF U-CON WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL BECAUSE ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS ON THE TEAM, ANN STROTHER, IS RELATED TO HER. REGINA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN I GOT TO KNOW WHEN I CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN THE LATE 50'S, AS I RENTED A ROOM FROM HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, CECILIA SAGERS. NOW...TO CLOSE THIS STORY...REGINA IS 90...BUT YOU WOULD GUESS SHE'S IN HER 60'S.

"SPIDERMAN 2" IS BREAKING RECORDS. HAS NOT BEEN THAT BIG HERE IN
MAQUOKETA FOR SOME REASON?

HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYBODY!

DENNIS VOY