Thursday, March 30, 2006

IT RAINED ON AND OFF TODAY....A LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS AFTENOON AND A HIGH TODAY OF 60.

JACKSON COUTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 7 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 7.1 IN JANUARY. IT WAS AGAIN THE HIGHEST IN THE KMAQ AREA.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, I RAN INTO RICH KENDALL OF CEDAR RAPIDS WHO WAS IN TOWN TO VISIT HIS MOTHER. RICH AND WIFE CAROL, BOTH FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, NOW OWN 3 CULVER RESTAURANTS.
ONE IN CEDAR RAPIDS, ONE NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS AT HIAWATHA, AND THE NEWEST JUST OPENED IN MARION AND WILL BE MANAGED BY THEIR
SON.

SORRY, BUT NOT MUCH HAPPENING THESE DAYS.

TAKE IT EASY.

DENNIS VOY