Friday, June 24, 2005

95 FOR HIGH YESTERDAY.
95 THE HIGH AGAIN TODAY.
MORE HEAT COMING. POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA FFA HORSE JUDGING TEAM, RECEIVES A GOLD RANKING AT STATE, IN COMPETION
AT CEDAR RAPIDS, JUNE 14TH. ON THE TEAM, ANDY HEUER, MEGAN MOREHEAD, JAMIE HUEBBE, KATIE BUDDE AND ALTERNATE KELSEY KLOCKE. NICE JOB.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY IN MAY WAS 5.4 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 5.8 IN APRIL. ONE YEAR AGO, IT WAS 5.8.

ISABELLE HAMBELL, AGE 99, OF MAQUOKETA DIED WEDNESDAY. HER FULL OBITURAY IS AT
www.carsonandson.com

VELMA TEEPLE, AGE 92,OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE IN MAQUOKETA.
HER FULL OBITURARY WILL BE POSTED SOON AT www.carsonandson.com

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM LOST A DOUBLE HEADER TO DEWITT, THERE, LAST NIGHT.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS COMEDY IS BEING PUT ON TONIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. LAST REPORT I HEARD, THEY HAD SOLD NEARLY 600 TICKETS, A VERY GOOD AMOUNT.

AMANDA BLAKE WAS IN FOR HER $1,000 CHECK TODAY FROM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY 1ST PLACE FINISH TUESDAY IN THE DUCK RACE. SHE SAID HER HUSBAND BOUGHT TWO TICKETS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THE DAY OF THE RACE, AND DIDN'T TELL HER. HE PUT HER NAME ON ONE.
IN A DAY OR SO, A PICTURE OF HER GETTING THE CHECK FROM ME WILL BE ON THE ROTARY WEB
SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org

THE RELAY FOR LIVE CANCER WALK IS IN MAQUOKETA ALL NIGHT LONG TONIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

THE ADVENTURE RUN RACE IS IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW MORNING. YOU WALK, CANOE, AND RIDE BIKE IN IT...FINISHING UP IN FRONT OF KMAQ AND THE DECKER HOTEL. CHRIS NISSEN HEADS IT UP AGAIN THIS YEAR. BRINGS A FEW HOURS OF EXCITEMENT TO MAQUOKETA. THEY WILL HAVE 50 TO 100 ENTRIES.

NEXT WEEK...AFTER ALL THE DIGGING FOR NEW WATER MAINS ON IT....SUMMIT STREET GETS A NEW SURFACE. PEOPLE WILL REALLY BE HAPPY WHEN THAT HEAVILY TRAVELED STREET IS AGAIN BACK OPEN TO NORMAL TRAFFIC.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY