COOL LAST NIGHT...41...A HIGH TODAY ONLY OF 54 AND WE WILL BE DOWN IN THE MID-30'S TONIGHT.

FIRST...THE OTHER DAY WHEN I MENTIONED THAT BILL MERRICK IS THE LONGEST IN BUSINESS BARBER IN MAQUOKETA...I GAVE HIS STARTING DATE AS 1972....HE HAS BEEN BARBERING AT SAME LOCATION DOWNTOWN SICE 1952. AND HE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE OVER THE YEARS WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION AND THE VFW.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE ASSOCIATION IS ASKING FOR A 6 PERCENT PAY RAISE AND SOME CHANGES IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND TRAINING PAY. THEIR FIRST SESSION WITH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CITY MANAGER WAS THIS MORNING. POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER AND DISPATCHER ANDREA WERNER REPRESENTED THE ASSOCIATION.
THERE IS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION WHICH COVERS PRIMARILY STREET EMPLOYEES. THEY HAVE NOT PRESENTED THEIR REQUESTS TO THE CITY.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS FOOTBALL AT CLEAR CREEK AMANA TOMORROW NIGHT.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTO BELOW OF THE METHODIST BANANA SPLIT.

AND CHECK OUT THIS SITE AGAIN TOMORROW.

THIS SITE IS AVERAGING AROUND 450 HITS EVERY 24 HOURS.
THAT MEANS AROUND 800 READERS. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN MAQUOKETA AND WHAT'S GOING ON. READERS ARE MOSTLY FROM OUT OF TOWN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MANY FROM RIGHT HERE IN TOWN.

COME VISIT MAQUOKETA SOON...AND STOP-IN AND SAY H ELLO.

DENNIS VOY

SOME MAQUOKETA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD FUN LAST NIGHT OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, BUILDING A 25-FOOT LONG BANANA SPLIT. AND HERE IT IS! ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED TO BRING A SPOON AND HELP DEVOUR IT. LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE QUITE A FEW WITH SPOONS. GOOD THING IT WAS A 50- PLUS DEGREE NIGHT......80-PLUS DEGREE WEATHER WE RECENTLY HAD WOULD HAVE TURNED THE SPIT INTO A MALT QUICKLY.