NICE...AND WARM....DAY TODAY...HIGH IN 80'S. MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS DEFEATED MONTICELLO HERE LAST NIGHT, 37 TO 6, FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF SEASON...A NON-DISTRICT GAME.

IOWA DEFEATED IOWA STATE TODAY, 17 TO 10 IN A GOOD GAME AT IOWA CITY...A CLOSER GAME THAN WAS PREDICTED BY MOST.

HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO MARIAN MOELLER OF MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS BORN OUT ON A FARM.... ON A RAINING MORNING ON THE DARK HOLLOW ROAD AND STONY POINT AREA FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDREW, THAT DR. S.M LITTLEFIELD OF ANDREW REACHED OVER DIRT MID ROADS WITH A HORSE AND BUGGY. SHE WAS AN INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NURSE FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR 16 YEARS AND WORKED AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME AS A REGISTERED NURSE FOR EIGHT YEARS.

THE RAGBRAO COMMITTEE MET THIS WEEK AND OFFICIALS WERE SURPRISED THIS WEEK WHEN THE DES MOINES REGISTER, SPONSOR OF RAGBRAI, DONATED $8,200 TO MAQUOKETA FOR HOSTING RAGBRAI IN LATE JULY. THE LOCAL COMMITTEE ALSO CAME UP WITH A LITTLE PROFIT FROM ACTIVITIES HERE..... AND THE COMMITTEE NOW PLANS TO DO SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYONE. NOTHING HAS YET BEEN DECIDED. THE LOCAL COMMITTEE, ESTIMATED EACH RAGBRAI VISITOR SPENT AT LEAST $20 WHILE IN MAQUOKETA, AND BELIEVES THAT THE RAGBRAI EVENT MENT AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 WAS SPENT IN MAQUOKETA THAT DAY, NIGHT AND NEXT MORNING. LOCAL CLUBS THAT SPONSORED FOOD STAND, FOR THE MOST PART, ALSO SHOWED A PROFIT FOR THEIR TREASURY. MANY RAN OUT OF FOOD THAT NIGHT. SO....THE GENERAL CONSENSUS...RAGBRAI WAS A BIG SUCCESS IN MANY WAYS, INCLUDING FINANCIALLY.

I STOPPED UP AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL NEW EXTENDED CARE WING YESTERDAY OVER THE NOON HOUR AND VISITED WITH TWO RESIDENTS THERE....GEORGE SPALDING, LONGTIME SHOE STORE OWNER IN MAQUOKETA AND LONGTIME DOCTOR, CLAY RISSER. GEORGE LOOKED GOOD AND IS RECOVERING FROM HIP SURGERY AND WE DISCUSSED FOOTBALL AND OTHER THINGS. DR. RISSER WAS IN A GOOD MOOD, ASKED FOR SOME MUSIC AND THEY PLAYED SOME CD MUSIC AND HE (AT 105) RAISED HIS ARMS AND HANDS TO ENCOURAGE AND DIRECT OTHERS IN ROOM IN SINGING ALONG WITH THE CD.
HE TALKS A LOT, BUT HIS HEARING IS NOT GOOD AND HE IS A LITTLE HARD TO UNDERSTAND. ALSO SAID HI TO BOTH MARIETTA RIPPLE AND DIXIE MILLER AS BOTH KNEW ME. I BELIEVE THERE 17 TO 19 ROOMS IN THAT NEW BUILDING AND IT IS VERY NICE. I THINK IT HAS ONE OPEN ROOM AT THE PRESENT TIME.

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY AND WEEK AHEAD.

DENNIS VOY