BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 73.

NICE HOMECOMING PARADE THIS AFTERNOON....AND THE GAME IS TONIGHT. IF WE WIN,
I'LL HAVE THE SCORE FOR YOU TOMORROW. WEST DELAWARE IS RANKED IN THE TOP 10 IN THE STATE AND IS 4 AND 0.

CARDINAL SCHOOL WILL GET ANOTHER THERAPY DOG NEXT MONTH. THE SCHOOL HAD ONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT DIED IN 2002. DIANA THOMAS, A SPECIAL NEEDS ASSOCIATE AT CARDINAL, WILL HAVE THE DOG LIVING WITH HER FAMILY. THE DOG WILL SPEND PART OF HER DAY IN A CLASSROOM FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS WITH A VARIETY OF DISABILITIES AND THE OTHER PART OF HER DAY WILL BE IN A CLASSROOM FOR SEVERE AND PROFOUNDLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. PRINCIPAL SUZANNE BATY TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING THAT WITH THE PREVIOUS DOG, THERE WAS A CHILD WHO DID NOT COMMUNICATE WELL WITH ADULTS, BUT WOULD SPEAK TO THE DOG. THE NEW DOG WILL BE CALLED RETTA.

BETTY GRAVERT, AGE 75, OF DEWITT, WHO GREW UP IN MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. SHE IS SURVIVED BY SON JEFF AND DAUGHTER MARILYN.
HER LATE HUSBAND WAS ELDON AND HER LATE SISTER WAS NADINE BECK OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY