BEAUTIFUL DAY YESTERDAY AND TODAY ALSO, BUT WEEKEND FORECAST HAS RAIN IT IT.

MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A NEW INDUSTRY IN JULY, IN THE FORMER PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY BUILDING AT 1213 E. MAPLE STREET.
STETSON BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC., BASED IN DES MOINES, WILL OPEN A DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THE FACILITY THIS SUMMER. STETSON IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING THE BUILDING FROM PACIFIC COAST.
PACIFIC COAST IS NOT LEAVING MAQUOKETA. IT IS CONSOLIDATING ITS OPERATIONS INTO THEIR TWO OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE INDUSTRIAL
PARK. THE COMPANY PLANS TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA WITH SIX OR SEVEN EMPLOYEES. THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1955 AND EMPLOYS MORE THAN 100 AND DISTRIBUTES A COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDING MATERIALS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION. THE COMPANY HAS NINE RETAIL STORES, INCLUDING ONE IN DUBUQUE BUT THE MAQUOKETA FACILITY WILL NOT BE A RETAIL OUTLET. MARTE CLARK IS PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY AND IN A NEWS CONFERENCE HERE IN MAQUOKETA TODAY SAID THEY SELECTED MAQUOKETA BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION AND EASE OF
TRANSPORTATION.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED AN INCREASE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY TICKET AND LUNCH PRICES FOR NEXT YEAR. THE ACTIVITY TICKET WILL GO UP FROM $40 TO $45. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PRICES WILL GO UP BY 10 CENTS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE 82 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED LAST NIGHT'S PUBLIC FORUM APPEARED TO BE AGAINST A PROPOSED ONE DAY ATV EVENT IN THE WESTERN HALF OF JACKSON COUNTY, BEING PROMOTED BY JACK ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA. NO DECISION WAS MADE BY THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THEY WILL HOLD A WORK SESSION AND THEN MAKE A DECISION ON THE JULY 9TH PROPOSED EVENT. IF JACKSON COUNTY ALLOWS THE ATV-CADE, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO ALLOW ATVS ON THE ROADS.

A 56 YEAR OLD SABULA RESIDENT HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL SEEK HTE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR SEAT NOW HELD BY JC ENGEL.
ROBERT HOUSE SAID HE'S SEEKING THE POSITION AS A REPUBLICAN. HE WILL FACE STEVEN FLYNN THIS FALL.

GIL KOPP, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND HELOYCE W. SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA DIED TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
BOTH COMPLETED OBITUARYS CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

RICHARD HOPKINS, 78, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. HIS COMPLETED OBIT CAN BE READ AT WWW.LAHEYS.COM

SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR JANICE FLANERY, AGE 59, OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. SHE DIED YESTERDAY IN FLORIDA AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER SISTER, MARY BENNIS OF MAQUOKETA.

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DENNIS VOY