RAIN (HALF AN INCH) OVERNIGHT, CLOUDY THIS MORNING AND SUNNY IN AFTERNOON...HIGH NEAR 80.

THE MAQUOKETA GOLF TEAM FINISHED 7TH IN THE STATE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, WITH SENIOR JORDAN DAVIS LEADING THE TEAM AND GETTING 3RD IN THE MEDALIST RACE.

THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S BASEBALL TEAM EASILY DEFEATED CAMANCHE LAST NIGHT, WITH 6 HOME RUNS.

MATT AND MARILYN OSTERHAUS HAVE PURCHASED FAMILY PHARMACY FROM DALE AND SANDY YODER AND THE TWO PRACTICES WILL BE COMBINED IN THE PRESENT LOCATION OF OSTERHAUS PHARMACY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
DALE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE FAMILY PHARMACY UNTIL JUNE 30TH AND THEN JOIN THE OSTERHAUS STAFF. THE OSTERHAUS PHARMACY WAS ESTABLISHED BY BOB OSTERHAUS IN 1965 AND BOB BOUGHT OUT HANCHAR PHARMACY IN 1969. MATT AND MARILYN JOINED THE PRACTICE IN 1983.
FAMILY PHARMACY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1979 BY DALE YODER AND THOR HOLMGREN. DALE BEGAN HIS MAQUOKETA CAREER AS A STAFF PHARMACIST AT CARSON'S PHARMACY, THE DRUGSTORE ON THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOEKTA IN 1966 AND BECAME A PARTNER IN 1970. THOR HAS BEEN A DUBUQUE PHARMACIST FOR MANY YEARS.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED ANOTHER YEAR ON A THREE YEAR CONTRACT FOR SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR ANNUAL REVIEW OF HIS PERFORMANCE IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED A 3.75 PERCENT INCREASE (SAME PERCENTAGE AS OTHER EMPLOYEES GOT) TO $106,863 A YEAR.

GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONIES FOR THE MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION EXPANSION
WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M. TODAY. WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MONDAY.

ERIC AND MELISSA BENTROTT OF CLEVELAND ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JANE BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA AND CRAIG BENTROTT OF BETTENDORF.

ED AND ANN HERMANN OF CEDAR RAPIDS ARE THE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY . THE PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE KEN AND BARB WRIGHT OF MAQUOKETA.

DAVE KENDALL, FORMER JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR WAS IN THIS AFTERNOON AND SAID HE ENJOYS READING THIS REPORT. HIS BIG PATCH OF STRAWBERRIES IS READY FOR PICKING AND THEY ALL LOOK VERY GOOD. PICK YOURSELF OR BUY ALREADY PICKED. HIS PLACE IS IN FAMOUS PARIDISE VALLEY, ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF BELLEVUE ON D-57.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, CHECK THE PHOTO BELOW TAKEN LAST NIGHT AT CASSVILLE.

DENNIS VOY

ON OUR WAY HOME WEDNESDAY (AFTER VISIT TO MAYO CLINIC...PSA REMAINS STEADY, GOOD) NANCY AND I STOPPED AT A FEW PLACES. FIRST, AT CRESCO.
NICE LITTLE TOWN WITH RAILROAD PARK/MUSEUM AND DOWNTOWN VISITOR'S CENTER THAT INCLUDES THE IOWA COLLEGE WRESTLERS HALL OF FAME.
THEN TO PRAIRIE du CHIEN, A BOOMING TOWN OF 6,000 PLUS. FAMOUS FOR THE VILLA LOUIS 1800'S HOME, CARBELLA'S BIG SPORTING GOODS STORE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND THE NEARBY MARQUETTE GAMBLING BOAT. HEAD DINNER AT AN IRISH BAR AND GRILL IN PDC. AND THEN TO CASSVILLE, HOME OF GOV. DEWEY HOME, THE PIONEER VILLAGE AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FERRY, PICTURED ABOVE. WE WENT ACROSS TO THE WISCONSIN SIDE FOR $12 TOTAL.... NANCY'S CAR AND US....IT HOLDS 12, BUT WE WERE ONLY CAR ON THIS TRIP. IT TAKES ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES TO CROSS....A NICE RIDE ON THE BEAUTIFUL MISSISSIPPI AND THE PRETTY SHORELINES. IT IS NOT ONLY A SHORTCUT FROM ONE STATE TO OTHER, BUT ENTERTAINMENT TOO. RIDE IT SOMETIME.