28 THE HIGH TODAY. LIGHT SNOW UNTIL ABOUT 9 A.M. LOOKING FOR A HIGH IN THE MID 30'S ON SUNDAY AND AROUND 40 EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE COUNTY CREWS ARE STILL WORKING ON COUNTRY ROADS...BUT IN TOWN,
MOST OF THE STREET WORK IS FINISHED. WORKMEN SPENT MOST OF THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT HAULING SNOW FROM THE DOWNTOWN AND OTHER OTHERS OF THE CITY. A MAQUOKETA SNOWPLOW WAS IN A MINOR ACCIDENT THURSDAY ON NORTH ARCADE STREET, BACKING INTO A PARKED CAR. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TODAY URGED THOSE WITH A FIRE HYDRANT ON THEIR PROPERTY TO SHOVEL AROUND IT. AND SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT SAID TODAY, ONE OF THE SCHOOL DAYS THIS WEEK WILL BE MADE UP AT EASTER VACATION TIME AND THE OTHER TWO AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SCHOOL WILL NOW RUN INTO JUNE.

A PAIR OF TRUMPETER SWANS WERE RELEASED THIS WEEK IN A PROTECTED AREA NEAR THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER JUST NORTH OF TOWN.
THEY HAD BEEN IN THEIR CARRIERS FOR 24 HOURS AND WERE VERY CONTENT TO GET INTO THE FRESH WATER. THE 4 YEAR-OLDS, A MALE AND A FEMALE, WILL LIVE ON THE GROUNDS, AND WILL BE A BIG ATTRACTION FOR THE CENTER IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. TRUMPETER SWANS MATE FOR LIFE AND CAN LIVE 20 TO 30 YEARS. THEY CAN WEIGH UP TO 35 POUNDS AND HAVE A WINGSPAN OF UP TO 8 FEET. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS SPONSORING AND IN CHARGE OF THE SWAN RESTORATION PROGRAM IN IOWA. THE RESTORATION PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1995, AND BEFORE THEN, THE LAST PRE-RESTORATION WILD NEST IN IOWA WAS IN 1883. NEXT TIME YOU COME HOME TO MAQUOKETA, BE SURE YOU PLAN TO VIST THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER, INSIDE AND OUT.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR LLOYD CLARK, 84, WILL BE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT CARSON'S. HE WAS A WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN AND WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE BARBARA, A DAUGHTER, CAROLYN YEAGER OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 GRANDSONS, AND 2 BROTHERS, SONNY CLARK AND ALLEN CLARK, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST WATERLOO COLUMBUS IN WAMAC BASKETBALL TONIGHT AND THE GIRLS ARE AT WATERLOO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY