RAIN, RAIN, RAIN...ABOUT AN INCH LAST NIGHT AND TODAY.

SUNSHINE PRE SCHOOL AND DAYCARE AND KMAQ WILL PRESENT THE 4TH ANNUAL RADIO AND TELETHON TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FROM 5 UNTIL 8 P.M. ON KMAQ-FM (95.1) AND THE ACCESS TV CHANNEL HERE IN TOWN.'
SUNSHINE CURRENTLY SERVES ABOUT 180 CHILDREN. IT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION MORE THAN 30 YEARS. IT HAS NEVER BEEN PRIVATELY OWNED AND IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. PART OF THE MONEY RAISED SATURDAY WILL BE USED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THE REST WILL GO INTO THE FUND FOR OPERATIONS. LEIGHTON HEPKER, SHERI MELVOLD, TOM MESSERLI AND I WILL HOST THE SHOW. ALLIANCE PIPELINE OF MAQUOKETA HAS SAID IT WILL MATCH PLEDGES MADE SATURDAY NIGHT UP TO $10,000, ACCORDING TO JENNIFER CONNELLY, THE SUNSHINE MANAGER AND DIRECTOR.

JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER, ALONG WITH MEDICAL ASSOCIATES AND MAQUOKETA FAMILY CLINIC WILL BECOME TOBACCO-FREE BEGINNING SUNDAY. GOING TOBACCO FREE WILL REQUIRE ALL EMPLOYEES, PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS, VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS AND VISITORS TO REFRAIN FROM USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THE BUILDINGS,VEHICLES, WALKWAYS, AND PARKING LOTS.

APIRL DUHME AT 611 S. NIAGARA STREET, REPORTED LAST NIGHT TO POLICE THAT SOMEONE HAD THROWN EGGS AT HER HOUSE.

JIM WATTERS, AGE 57, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY THIS MORNING.
HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

BELOW THIS REPORT, A FEW MORE PHOTOS TAKEN LAST SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA AT THE HOSPITAL BENEFIT DANCE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY