RAINING IN MAQUOKETA....AND COLD.

ENJOYED WATCHING THE CARDINALS BEAT DETROIT TUESDAY NIGHT AT BUSCH STADIUM. CHRIS CARPENTER PITCHED GREAT. IT WAS DRY AND COOL... AND FUN!

GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES (MAKE GLASS 24 HOURS A DAY) AT DEWITT
IS ADDING ON A 70,000 FOOT ADDITION TO THEIR DEWITT PLANT AND WILL BE HIRING ANOTHER 40 PEOPLE.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS LITTLE THEATRE GROUP IN MAQUOKETA (CELEBRATING 40TH YEAR) WILL PUT ON THE MUSICAL "SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK, LIVE! JR." IT WILL HAVE A CAST OF CHILDREN FROM GRADES 3-8 AND FEATURES 11 SONGS. MEMBERS OF THE CAST: ASHLEY BECKER,
BEAU BOWMAN, BEN DAVISON, WILL DAVISON, TAYLOR FISHWILD, ZACH
FISHWILD, KRISTEN GOESSLING, TAYLOR GOODENOW, LACIE HEISERMAN, ANDREW LONG, ERIC MEISLAND, CASSIDY MORRI, JAYCEE SMITH, MARISSA TILL, CATHERINE VAZQUEZ, AND QUENTIN YAROLEM. IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON NOV. 16TH AND 17TH AT 7:30 P.M. EACH NIGHT. TICKETS ARE $10 IN ADVANCE AND $12 AT THE DOOR. TICKETS GO ON SALE OCTOBER 30TH AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
IN MAQUOKETA OR CALL 652-9815. CINDY CARAWAY WILL DIRECT AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.peacepipeplayers.org

LORI WAUGH HIT A DEER ON HIGHWAY 61 MONDAY MORNING....$4,000 DAMAGE TO HER 2002 GMC.

STAYLYN VAUGHN AND JOSHUA SOHN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCT 12 AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDMOHER IS CHERYL SOHN OF MAQUOKETA.

CHRIS AND KRISTIN MOHR ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCTOBER 19TH.
GRANDPARENTS ARE ALAN MOHR AND LAURIE MOHR OF MAQUOKETA...AND TOM AND PEG MANDERSHEID OF MAQUOKETA.

THE JACKSON COUNTY ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS TURNED DOWN A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY NORTH OF MAQUOKTA, ACROSS THE RIVER. THE OWNERS, CLIFFORD PFAB AND JOE ZWACK ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAL TO THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEXT WEEK.
THEIR COMPANY IS MAQUOKETA LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
DURING THE ZONING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY NIGHT, SOME
NEIGHBORS VOICED OPPOSITION TO CHANGING THE ZONING FROM AG TO RESIDENTIAL. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC ON 55TH STREET. THE MEN WANT TO BUILD 11 HOUSES ON THE ACREAGE.'

A NEW MEDICAL BUILDING WILL BE GOING UP ON PROPERTY OF THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA, LOCATED NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PHYSICIANS WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING. HOSPITAL CEO CURT COLEMAN SAYS LEASE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED, BUT SHOULD BE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH. HE SAID PLANS NOW CALL FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, WITH OCCUPATION IN 2008. MEDICAL ASSOCIATES ARE CURRENTLY ON WEST QUARRY STREET, ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE SOUTH. I HEARD MAQUOKETA FAMILY CLINIC
ALSO CONSIDERED MOVING TO THE NEW BUILDING, FROM THEIR NORTH ARCADE STREET LOCATION, BUT APPARENTLY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO.
THEIR OFFICES ARE NEWER AND A MAJOR ADDITION TO THEIR BUILDING WAS COMPLETED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. IT IS HOPED A NEW CLINIC BUILDING WILL HELP ATTRACT MORE DOCTORS TO MAQUOKETA.
A NEW DOCTOR HAS LOCATED IN MAQUOKTA, BUT I HAVE SEEN NO
NEWS RELEASE ABOUT HER, SO CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.

AND THIS IS INTERESTING, AT THIS WEEK HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING, CEO COLEMAN TOLD THE BOARD THAT THE HEALTH INSURACE FROM WELLMARK FOR HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES HAS NOT INCREASED ITS PREMIUMS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS AND THE BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED THE PROPOSED HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. NO INCREASE FOR 3 YEARS?

CARDINAL BASEBALL TONIGHT AT ST. LOUIS, HOPEFULLY. GO CARDS!

MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL TOMORROW NIGHT AT EPWORTH.
GO CARDS!

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DENNIS VOY