IOWA GOT A LOT OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.....SOME PLACES NEAR HERE INCLUDED....BUT MAQUOKETA GOT VERY, VERY LITTLE. AND IT WAS HOT AGAIN TODAY....95.....WITH THE PROMISE OF A LITTLE COOLER WEATHER LATER IN THE WEEK. THE RAIN WE GOT CAME BRIEFLY SATURDAY NIGHT.

THERE WERE 77 TEAMS IN THE MAQUOKETA 6TH ANNUAL TIMBER CITY ADVENTURE RACE SATURDAY....DOWN TWO FROM LAST YEAR. THE RIVER WAS LOW AND THAT CUT DOWN "TIMES" IN THE RACE, WHICH INCLUDES A CANOE SEGMENT. THERE WAS A RAFFLE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, SPONSORED BY THE CHAMBER AND THE MAIN $500 PRIZE, A BIKE, WAS WON BY MAQUOKETA POSTMASTER DOUG SWANSON. MANY OF YOU ALSO KNOW HIS DAD, FORMER TEACHER, HAROLD SWANSON.

IN BUSINESS NEWS, THE DEERY FAMILY HAS PURCHASED THE WRIGHT CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AT CARLISLE, NEAR DES MOINES. OWNERS WILL BE BRAD DEERY OF BURLINGTON , AND TWO COUSINS, DAN DEERY AND JOHN DEERY, JUNIOR OF CEDAR FALLS. THE COUSINS HAVE CAR DEALERSHIPS IN CEDAR FALLS-WATERLOO. BRAD HAS BRAD DEERY MOTORS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND AT BURLIGTON.

ROBERT "PAPPY" CRIST, AGE 85, OF DELMAR, DIED FRIDAY AND HIS COMPLETE OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS PRODUCTION WAS SEEN BY OVER 600 OVER THE WEEKEND....AT THE NEW OHNWARD CENTER...A VERY GOOD TURNOUT. I SAW IT AND IT WAS A GOOD SHOW.

THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRAT'S ANNUAL STEAK FRY UP AT ST. DONATUS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WAS A BIG SUCCESS. STANDING ROOM ONLY. THE FOUR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS, INCLUDING JACKSON COUNTY'S RICK DICKENSON, WERE THERE AND EACH GAVE A SHORT SPEECH. ALL 4 LOOK TO BE GOOD CANDIDATES.
ALSO SPEAKING, MICHAEL BLOUIN, FORMER CONGRESSMAN IN OUR DISTRICT AND SOON TO BE AN ANNOUNCED CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, WE DIDN'T GET TO LISTEN TO BOB OSTERHOUSE, FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE. HE WAS THERE THOUGH, TAKING PARTY DONATIONS. GOOD GUY FOR THAT. AND PHIL TABOR WAS THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
NATURALLY, EVERYONE SAID ITS TIME TO THROW OUT THE REPUBLICANS AND BIG CHEERS FOLLOWED.
AS ALWAYS, WINDY KALMES' RIBEYE OFF HIS GRILL WAS PERFECT. THE RACE IS ON. ELECTION DAY IS IN NOVEMBER....1966. YES 66.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY