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

CINDY AND LEIGHTON HEPKER (STATION MANAGER HERE AT KMAQ) WERE IN CHARGE OF TICKET SALES (WEEKS BEFORE AND SATURDAY NIGHT) FOR THE DANCE TO BENEFIT THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND ARE SHOWN HERE AT THE ENTRY TO THE COMFORT INN THAT NIGHT. CINDY MAY HAVE BEEN YOUR KINDERGARDEN TEACHER. SHE STILL IS, AT CARDINAL SCHOOL. NOTE, THE REGISTRATION BOX. MAX RAY JEWELER DONATED A VASE AND FLORAL ARRANGMENT FOR THE ATTENDANCE DRAWING. THE FUN EVENT (MUSIC FOR LISTENING AND DANCING BY "The BureauCats Band") AND GOOD FOOD, WAS A BIG SUCCESS, RAISING SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE HOSPITAL CARDIAC REHAB UNIT.

NANCY MOORE (SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER HER FROM SUNSHINE SCHOOL DAYS)SELLING PIZZA AT THE DANCE BENEFIT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN BALLROOM IN MAQUOKETA. THANKS TO HAPPY JOES, PIZZA HUT, KJ'S GODFATHER'S PIZZA AND TIMBER CITY TRAVEL PLAZA FOR SUPPLYING PIZZA FOR THE EVENT.

PAT DECKER AND GRACE OTTING AT THE DESSERT TABLE AT THE DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE HOSPITAL CARDIAC UNIT. OTHER PICTURES FROM THAT NIGHT ARE A FEW DAYS AGO ON THIS DAILY REPORT.