NICE WEEKEND WEATHER....BUT STILL ON COOL SIDE....AND WARMER WEATHER COMING THIS WEEK.....WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE BEST DAY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 50.

THE EILEEN IVERS IRISH CONCERT SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD CENTER IN MAQUOKETA WAS A GOOD ONE....GREAT MUSIC....AND A GOOD TURNOUT.

SHORT, SPECIAL MEETING OF MAQUOKETA CITY COUNTIL AT 5:15 TODAY....IT IS
A PUBLIC HEARING FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. THERE IS NO TAX INCREASE
PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS AT 5 THIS AFTERNOON TO TOUR THE HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITE AND THEN HAVE THEIR REGULAR MEETING AT 6 P.M.

THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB WILL PUT ON THE ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT
FOR KIDS ON SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 22ND AT 9 A.M. AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.

A WELL KNOWN LOST NATION SENIOR CITIZEN DIED YESTERDAY AFTENOON
AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA. FOR MANY YEARS, SHE WAS A POPULAR
WAITRESS AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. ANNE MARIE VON ESSEN SCANLAN, AGE 96. EVERYONE CALLED HER ANNA. SHE WAS A FAST, GOOD,
AND FRIENDLY WAITRESS WITH A GERMAN ACCENT. SOMETIMES SHE ALMOST
RAN FROM TABLE TO KITCHEN AND BACK. SHE RETIRED AT AGE 86. YES..AGE 86.
I SAW HER EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND HAD A NICE VISIT WITH HER. SHE WAS A GOOD KMAQ LISTENER AND KNEW WHO I WAS. WHEN YOU LEFT A GOOD TIP FOR ANNA, YOU WERE GLAD YOU DID AND FELT GOOD, BECAUSE SHE EARNED IT. IF THEY ARE HIRING IN HEAVEN, SHE'LL GET THE JOB.
YOU CAN READ HER COMPLETE OBITUARY AT www.laheys.com

SOME BIG THINGS ARE IN THE MILL FOR MAQUOKETA...KEEP CHECKING HERE.

DENNIS VOY