Tuesday, September 07, 2004

SUPER DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 72.

MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AHEAD, WITH NO RAIN.

HOLIDAY WEATHER WAS ALSO GREAT THIS PAST WEEKEND.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

RANDY TIGGES OF MAQUOKTA HIT A DEER ON HIGHWAY 61 AT 4:45 THIS MORNING, NEAR THE FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER....$2,500 DAMAGE TO HIS 2001 CHEVY PICKUP.

IN DISTRICT COURT, BARBARA VAN AMBURG, AGE 33, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED BY DISTRICT JUDGE BOBBI ALPERS, TO PRIZON FOR 10 YEARS FOR MAKING METHAMPHETAMINE.

LEARNED AT COFFEE THIS MORNING, THAT FLORIDA HOMES OWNED BY FRANCIS LAMB AND BILL AND JUNE URBANEK, WERE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANES.

GROVER WILLEY, 82, OF LOST NATION, DIED YESTERDAY. HE FARMED AND DROVE TRUCK AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE 2 DAUGHTERS AND 3 SONS, INCLUDING JAY WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA.

JACK JONES OF MAQUOKETA, WHO TODAY BEGAN HIS 31ST YEAR AS MANAGER OF THE VOY THEATRES IN MAQUOKETA, IS THIS WEEK'S MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". A PHOTO AND STORY IS ON THE RORARY WEB SITE, www.maquoketa-rotary.org

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY