NICE WEATHER AGAIN TODAY...HIGH OF 83.

DOUG PRATT HAS RESIGNED AS MANAGER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOARD. HIS WIFE HAS TAKEN A NEW JOB IN WEST DES MOINES AND THEY WILL MOVE FROM DEWITT TO DES MOINES. HE HAS BEEN THE MANAGER SINCE 2002 WHEN HE REPLACED LONGTIME MANAGER TOM CALLAHAN. HE WILL STAY ON UNTIL A NEW MANAGER HAS BEEN SELECTED. THE FAIR BOARD HAS STARTED THEIR SEARCH FOR A NEW MANAGER. SORRY TO SEE DOUG LEAVE.

IN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TUESDAY NIGHT AT INDEPENDENCE,THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BROKE A 17 GAME CONFERENCE LOOSING STREAK AS THEY DEFEATED THE MUSTANGS IN WAMAC ACTION, 3 GAMES TO 2.. IT WAS MAQUOKETA'S FIRST CONFERENCE WIN IN VOLLEYBALL SINCE 2003.

MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A REMEMBRANCE OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 PROGRAM AT THE FIRST WARD PARK NEXT MONDAY EVENING.
THE PRAYER IN THE PARK FOR PEACE PROGRAM WILL START AT 6 P.M.
THE BOY SCOUTS, VFW, AMERICAN LEGION, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARADMEDICS WILL PRESENT THE COLORS.
DENISE MILLER, THE MEN'S CHOIR FROM SACRED HEART AND COUNTRYSIDE ROCKIN KARAOKE WILL ALL PRESENT THE MUSIC.
SAMMY HOUSTON OF MAQUOKETA WILL PERFORM A BATON ROUTINE AND CLARK THARP FROM THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH WILL PRESENT THE MESSAGE. THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND BRING A LAWN CHAIR.

ITS OFFICIAL...NO STOP AND GO LIGHTS AT MAIN AND QUARRY. THE OLD ONES ARE WORN OUT. AND NEW TIMERS WILL COST MORE THAN ESTIMATED. SO, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, THE COUNCIL VOTED AGAIN...AND THERE WILL BE 4 STOP SIGNS AS NOW, TO MAKE A 4-WAY STOP INTERSECTION. CURRENTLY, THE SIGNS ARE ALL ON A POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. NEW, LARGEER SIGNS WILL BE PRESENT AT EACH CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION SOON.

ANOTHER MAQUOKETAN, KELLI CLARK, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP HER PIT-BULL-MIX DOG IN MAQUOKETA. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID THEY HAVE ABATED THREE PIT BULLS THIS YEAR, IN COMPLIANCE WITH MAQUOKETA CODE, PROHIBITING PIT BULLS IN THE CITY.

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DENNIS VOY