3/10 OF AN INCH RAIN SUNDAY MORNING, CUT DOWN ON ATTENDANCE AT THE OPTIMIST FATHER'S DAY FLY-IN BREAKFAST YESTERDAY AT THE AIRPORT. BUT STILL A GOOD TURN-OUT. LAST YEAR, AROUND 50 PILOTS ON HAND BUT ONLY A HANDFULL YESTERDAY.

TODAY..HUMIDITY IS DOWN..NICE BREEZE AND WE ARE AROUND 80.

A MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER, J.T. THOMSON, WAS LEAD ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WHICH RESULTED IN THE SQUAD CAR BEING HIT, BUT NO INJURIES. THOMSON ARRESTED MICHAEL EELS, 28, OF BETTENDORF FOR OWI, ELUDING AN OFFICER AND RECKLESS DRIVING. THE CHASE WAS AROUND 1:20 SATURDAY MORNING AND IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF TOWN. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN THE EELS CAR GAVE OUT MECHANICALLY. DAMAGES TO THE EELS CAR, $2000 AND TO THE SQUAD CAR, $4,000.

DICK'S SUPERMARKET IN MAQUOKETA WILL GET A NAME CHANGE ON WEDNESDAY. FRESHBRANDS DISTRIBUTING, OWNER OF DICK'S CHAIN OF STORES, WILL BECOME DICK'S PIGGLY WIGGLY THIS WEEK. AND PRICES ARE TO BE REDUCED ALONG WITH THE NEW NAME.

ONWARD BANCSHARES, WHICH OWNS MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, HAS PURCHASED UNITED SECURITY SAVINGS BANK OF CEDAR RAPIDS.
CURRENTLY, OHNWARD OWNS AND OPERATES FOUR BANKS IN 16 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT EASTERN IOWA. THEIR OFFICES ARE IN A NEW BUILDING BUILDT LAST YEAR IN MAQUOKETA.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 6 P.M. THE ARC POOL PROJECT AND THE WATER PROJECT WILL MAKE UP MOST OF THE MEETING.

SERVICES PENDING IN MAQUOKETA AT CARSON'S FOR JACOB YAROLIM OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 26, WHO DIED LAST NIGHT OF A BRAIN TUMOR. THE FULL OBITUARY SHOULD BE UP TOMORROW AT www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY