MID 80'S TODAY....AND INTO THE LOW 90'S THIS WEEKEND.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE LASTED AN HOUR AND 40 MINUTES
LAST NIGHT. THE OVERALL WINNER OF THE PARADE WAS THE ENTRY BY THE MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES, BOB LARKEY, OWNER.

FAIR ATTENDANCE WAS VERY GOOD, 4,717.....AROUND 700 MORE THAN THE WEDNESDAY OF LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR'S OVERALL ATTENDANCE WAS
A RECORD. SO, THE FAIR IS OFF TO A GOOD START. THE GRANDSTAND WAS PACKED LAST NIGHT, WITH STANDING ROOM ONLY.

$50 WINNERS IN THE DRAWING AFTER THE GRANDSTAND SHOW INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS: DAVE EARLES,
JANE KUTSCH, JANICE HAMILTON, DON SCHWENKER, JOSH DALTON AND HEATHER WILHELM.

LONGTIME C OUNTRY GREAT AARON TIPPIN WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND TONIGHT AT 8. BROOKE BYUM, RED HENTON'S GRANDDAUGHTER , WILL DO THE WARM-UP PRE-SCHOOL BEFORE AARON TAKES THE STAGE.

WINNERS HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE FIRST "BUCKET OF BLOOMS" CONTEST HOSTED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDNERS AND TIED IN WITH THE FAIR. LORIN DEPPE OF MAQUOKETA TOOK FIRST PLACE....LINDA LANE OF PRESTON, SECOND.....ANDREW PETAL PALS, THIRD PLACE....DORIS CURRIER OF MAQUOKETA TIED FOR FOURTH PLACE WITH THE OTTER CREEK SHOOTING STARS, AND NANCY TOUTSCH OF MAQUOKETA AND MARY ANNE KUNDE OF BELLEVUE TIED FOR FIFTH PLACE. THE DESIGNS INCLUDED FLOWERS, VEGETABLES, GRASSES AND HERBS IN FIVE GALLON BUCKETS, THERE WERE 27 ENTRIES. THE BUCKETS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND WILL BE UP THROUGH SUNDAY.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, LISA HORCHER REPORTED HER SON'S TRUCK
WAS PARKED AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT YESTERDAY AND IT WAS SPRAY PAINTED WITH ORANGE PAINT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING
FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOMINATING SOMEONE TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
THE SEAT HELD FOR MANY YEARS BY REPUBLICAN JACK WILLEY IS UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR. WILLEY IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION TO ANOTHER TERM.
NO DEMOCRAT FILED PETITION PAPERS BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR THE POSITION. HOWEVER, BY LAW, SOMEONE CAN BE NOMINATED BY A COUNTY CONVENTION MEETING. AND, UP FOR CONSIDERATION MONDAY NIGHT, TWO DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE INDICATED THEY WOULD RUN FOR THE SEAT AS AN OFFICIAL CANDIDATE IF ELECTED AT THE SPECIAL DEMOCRATIC MEETING. ONE IS JACK ROSENBERG, MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN (OWNS JR'S WINE AND SPIRITS) AND PAST MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA AND PAST MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN. ALSO INTERESTED IN RUNNING, PAUL HAHLE, ALSO A MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN (OWNER OF THE OLD LUMBER YARD) AND A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL. I'LL LET YOU KNOW TUESDAY WHO WON THE MONDAY NIGHT BALLOT.

LOTS OF POLITICIANS WERE IN THE PARADE LAST NIGHT.

KEEP COOL.

DENNIS VOY