IT HAS BEEN WARM IN MAQUOKETA. YESTERDAY A HIGH OF 86, TODAY 81. WE NEED RAIN AND THERE IS A CHANCE SOME RAIN BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR ANNUAL END OF YEAR SOCIAL THIS WEEK AT MICHEL'S HALL AND HONORED GARY DREW WITH THEIR FRIEND OF EDUCATION AWARD. HE WAS THE PERSON INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, WHICH OPENED LAST DECEMBER. SHARING TEACHER OF THE YEAR HONORS WERE CINDY WEISE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TWILA HINGTGEN WHO IS RETIRING FROM BRIGGS. THE MEA CO-PRESIDENTS ARE CAROL HAMMILL AND JANE SCHMIDT AND THEY WILL SERVE ANOTHER YEAR.
A RURAL MAQUOKETA WOMAN, ANGEL WALSH, REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE THAT THIS WEEK SOMONE VANDALIZED HER CAR WHILE PARKED AT JOINERVILLE PARK WEST OF MAQUOKETA, WHERE SHE WAS CAMPING.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER KENNY SPARKS INVESTIGATED A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF MCDONALDS. SUSAN EHLERS, 34, OF MAQUOKETA WAS EAST BOUND AND HAD STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT AT THE WESTERN AVENUE INTERSECTION AND NATHAN HAYLOCK, 16, WAS ALSO EAST BOUND BUT FAILED TO STOP AND STRUCK THE REAR END OF THE EHLERS CAR. HAYLOCK WAS CHARGED.
A PASSENGER IN EHLER'S CAR, JASON EADS, AGE 12, WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE AND TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES.
A CAR-SIMI CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION WEST OF PLATT AND WESTERN AVENUE AT 10 THIS MORING RESULTED IN A LOT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE BUT FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY SHARON KLOFT, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE SEMI WAS DRIVEN BY A WYOMING, IOWA MAN. HE RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT THE KLOFT CAR AND WAS CHARGED.
THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IS NEXT WEEKEND AND ONE OF THE 19 COMPETING WILL BE GRETCHEN DAVISON, AGE24, OF MAQUOKETA. SHE WON THE MISS MAQUOKETA RIVER PAGEANT EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE PAGEANT WILL BE AT NORTH SCOTT HIGH SCHOOL IN ELDRIDGE.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WILL BE AT 2 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NEW OHNWARD CENTER AUDITORIUM. 153 SENIORS ARE ELIGIBLE TO GRADUATE AND 150 WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PART IN THE CEREMONY. THREE STUDENTS WILL SPEAK: AUBRIE CARINDER, JOVON EBERHART AND DREW KAHLER. IT WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM.
A MCHS SENIOR, STEVE FERGUSON, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE LUKE OSTERHAUS $500 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. HE WILL ATTEND IOWA THIS FALL MAJORING IN PRE-DENISTRY.
THE SCHOLARSHIP IS GIVEN IN THE MEMORY OF LUKE WHO DIED OF CANCER IN 2002.
TWO MORE ROTARY DUCKS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY READERS OF THIS DAILY REPORT. THANKS TO JOHN AND MABEL JONES WHO WINTER IN PHOENIX AREA AND SUMMER HER IN MAQUOKETA.
THE WINNING DUCK ON JUNE 21ST WILL GET $1,000 AND 2ND THRU 8TH PLACE WILL BE GOOD FOR
$100 CASH. WANT TO BUY A DUCK TOO? SEND YOUR $5 CHECK TO ME, BOX 940. AND THEN CHECK THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org ...WHERE YOU WILL BE MENTIONED AS A DUCK OWNER.
