I'M BACK FROM GETTING MY HAIRCUT....
LOOKS NICE.

NICE WEATHER TODAY AND THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE NICE ALSO.
TODAY, HIGH IN THE LOW 80'S. WE ENDED UP WITH 4 AND A HALF
INCHES OF RAIN IN MAY....ALMOST DOUBLE LAST MAY.

ELDON HAZER OF MAQUOKETA IS 78 TODAY...AND STILL SELLING CARS FOR BRAD DEERY MOTORS.....PART-TIME.

HEARD AT COFFEE TODAY THAT MAQUOKETA SURGEON, DR. (ELVIS) ATIENZA BOUGHT HIS FIRST MOTORCYCLE RECENTLY AND LAST NIGHT, TOOK A LITTLE SPILL WITH IT IN THE BACK YARD. HE'S DEALING WITH A PULLED TENDON TODAY AND CONSEQUENTLY, NO GOLF FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE WEEKS....AND.....PER WISHES OF HIS WIFE....HIS CYCLING DAYS HAVE COME TO AN END PERMANTLY. AN ELVIS SONG HE SINGS COMES TO MIND...."ALL SHOOK UP".

DORIS ELKINS OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 77, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING.
THE FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com

MORE ABOUT DR. ATIENZA. THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL IS PLANNING TO HAVE A GENERAL SURGERY OFFICE WITHIN THE HOSPTIAL. DURING A RECENT HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING, ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN SAID THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE CLINIC OPEN THIS FALL. DR. PEDRO ATIENZA IS EXPECTING TO MOVE INTO THE FACILITY AND OPERATE HIS SURGERY CLINIC FROM THERE. HIS OFFICE WILL BE IN THE NEW OUTPATIENT CARE UNIT. IT WILL INCLUDE A FULL TIME RN AND A HALF TIME CLERICAL PERSON. HIS OFFICE NOW IS AT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES.

WENT TO THE NOON HOUR BROWN BAG LUNCH TUESDAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE PROGRAM WAS BY ATTORNEY KEN WRIGHT OF MAQUOKETA, WHO HAS RESEARCHED JACKSON COUNTY
VETERANS DATING BACK TO THE WAR OF 1812. WE HAVE HAD MANY IN ALL THE MAJOR WARS. KEN GAVE A GOOD PROGRAM AND IS AVAILABLE TO GIVE IT TO OTHER GROUPS.
AND AT THE MEETING LUNCH EVENT YESTERDAY, MUSEUM CURATOR BONNIE (WELLS) MITCHELL WAS BEAMING. SHE AND
HUSBAND CHARLES (RETIRED MARINE BRIG. GEN.) HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM PARIS ISLAND MARINE BASE WHERE THEY WATCHED THEIR DAUGTHTER GRADUATE FROM THE U.S. MARINES BOOT CAMP. AND...SHE AND ANOTHER WOMAN RECRUIT, TOOK TOP HONORS IN THE GROUP OF ABOUT 300 GRADS (BOTH MEN AND WOMEN) WITH A PERFECT 300 SCORE. NOW, AFTER A SHORT LEAVE AT HOME, SHE WILL BE ON TO MORE ADVANCED TRAINING AND THEN SHE'S HOPING TO GET INTO A MARINES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS SCHOOL. BONNIE AND CHARLES HAVE A SON THAT IS ALSO IN THE MARINES.....A SERGEANT, WITH 9 YEARS OF SERVICE. AND THEY HAVE 3 OTHER SONS.
CHARLES HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FOR THE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, BOTH IN COMPUTER MATTERS AND GETTING THE FORMER
CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRTION BUILDING READY TO USE FOR A
NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY