A SUNNY DAY IN MAQUOKETA....UPPER 40'S...TOMORROW 50 OR ABOVE.

ALFRED EHL, FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR CELEBRATED HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY THE OTHER DAY.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DEWITT TUESDAY NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN. PRETTY GOOD GAME. THE
NIGHT BEFORE, THE DEWITT BOYS HOSTED THE CARDS AND WON BY 5 POINTS.

THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT AT DYERSVILLE AGAINST DYERSVILLE AND VINTON.

THE NEW "PREMIER FURNITURE STORE" IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE OPENING SOON. THE SIGN IS UP. THE DELIVERY TRUCK IS IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT. IT OPENS IN SAME BUILDING ON NORTH MAIN STREET THAT WAS "BETTER HOMES" AND LATER, "OWL FURNITURE" STORES FOR MANY YEARS. AND BEFORE FURNITURE, IT WAS MAQUOKETA'S FIRST SUPER MARKET. DURING THOSE YEARS, HIGHWAY 61 WENT RIGHT PAST THE BUILDING.

CATS WOULD BE TREATED LIKE DOGS UNDER A PROPOSED MAQUOKETA CITY ORDINANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A CAT ORDINANCE FOR MAQUOKETA. WE ALREADY HAVE ONE FOR DOGS.
POLICE CHEIF BRAD KORANDA WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET A COPY OF DEWITT'S ORDIANCE AND A FEW OTHERS FROM THIS AREA AND REPORT BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH IS LOOKING THE POSSIBLE CAT ORDINANCE FOR THE TIMBER CITY. BRAD ESTIMATES THERE ARE 1,800 PETS IN MAQUOKETA.

ON KMAQ'S WEB SITE....www.kmaq.com....THERE IS NOW FULL INFORMATION ON KMAQ'S UPCOMING.FARM AND HOME SHOW....THE MAY KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TRIP TO BRANSON....AND THE BRASCHLER MUSIC SHOW OF BRANSON PERFORMANCE, HERE IN MAQUOKETA, AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, AND HOSTED BY KMAQ. ALSO, LAST WEEK'S "JUST TALK" SHOW IS UP ON THE WEB SITE, HOSTED BY LEIGHTON HEPKER.

MORE TALK ABOUT RENOVATING AND EXPANDING THE MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION. IT WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN YESTERDAY AT THE PUBLIC SAVETY MEETING.

STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH IN 2009 WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE MORE ENGLISH AND SCIENCE.

120 UNITS OF BLOOD GIVEN YESTERDAY AT THE HIGH....EXCEEDING THEIR GOAL OF 85.

CAROL CARPENTER, AGE 68, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HER HOME IN CORALVILLE. SURVIVED BY A SISTER, SUE SPALDING IN MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER, DAVID SCHOENTHALER, OF BETTENDORF.

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DENNIS VOY