HIGH OF 90 TODAY.....AFTER GETTING 45/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING!

NOT MUCH NEW ON THE RESTUARANT GUYS, EXCEPT THAT THE 4TH HAS STILL NOT BEEN FOUND AND THE OTHER THREE WERE TAKEN TODAY TO THE LINN COUNTY JAIL AND WILL APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT THERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE COURT WILL DECIDE THEIR FATE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE DEPORTATION TO MEXICO. THE RESTAURANT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET REMAINS CLOSED.

ALMA DAVIS, AGE 97, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HER HUSBAND, WHO DIED IN 1971 , WAS FRANLIN, AND HE OPERATED FOR MANY YEARS, DAVIS CLOTHIERS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THE COMPLETE OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

THE ROOF IS GOING UP ON THE NEW STRIP MALL JUST WEST OF MCDONALD'S. IT IS BEING BUILDT BY KEN MOORE AND WILL HAVE 5 STORES. NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY KEN AS TO WHO, IF ANY AT THIS TIME, WILL OCCUPY THE BUILDING.

THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS STARTED SCHOOL THIS WEEK.....PRESTON, EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AND ALL THREE HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL HAVE 2-HOUR EARLY DISMISAL TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED 95-DEGREE TEMPERATURE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

THANKS FOR AGAIN CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY