ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA....SUNNY, LIGHT WIND, AND A HIGH OF 70.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL DID NOT AWARD A CONTRACT MONDAY NIGHT TO BUILD THE ARK. THE ITEM WAS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.
THE CITY ATTORNEY, MARK LAWSON, SAID AFTER THE MEETING THAT IT WAS PREMATURE TO ACCEPT THE BID. AT ISSUE, THE LOW BID FROM HILLEBRAND CONSTRUCTION OF DAVENPORT. THEY WANT OUT OF BID
BECAUSE THEY MADE AN ERROR IN CALCULATIONS. THE 2ND LOWEST BIDDER (ABOUT $50,000 LOWER) IS BY EPIC CONSTRUCTION OF DUBUQUE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD A WORK SESSION ON THE ARC BIDS LAST WEEK AND THEY MAY ASSESS HILLEBRAND PART OF THE $300,000 BID BOND.
DURING THE WORK SESSION LAST WEEK, ARC MEMBERS SAY THEY'VE RAISED 4.85 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES CASH ON HAND, PLEDGES, THE CITY'S DONATIONS, THE CAT GRANT, AND THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY'S DONATION. ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS ABOUT 4-MILLION WITH ANOTHER 700-THOUSAND IN ARCHITECTS FEES AND OTHER COSTS FOR A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $4,714,601. AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER $150,000 IN FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT.
AND THERE IS TALK TO ADD TWO MORE LANES FOR THE SWIMMING POOL, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $600,000 MORE. SO, IN THAT CASE, THE OVERALL COST WOULD OVER 5-MILLION. THE ARC IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR. I'VE HEARD ANTICIPATED MEMBERSHIP FIGURES OF 800 OR MORE MEMBERS , AT A MEMBERSHIP FEE OF AROUND $300 A YEAR .

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS GOLF TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE SABER INVITATIONAL YESTERDAY AT DEWITT, IN A 7 TEAM FIELD.
JOHNNY BIEHL WAS MAQUOKETA'S MEDALIST. CHRISTIAN ELESSER, A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM GERMANY, IS PLAYING VERY WELL AND WAS ONE OF THE CARDINAL'S TEAM OF 4. HE IS LIVING AT THE HOME OF AUDREY BRICKNER.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY