NICE DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 63. MORE RAIN FOR THIS WEEK IS IN THE FORECAST.

DICK'S PIGGLY WIGGLY SUPER MARKET IN MAQUOKETA WILL CLOSE JUNE 30TH.
THE STORE WAS BRAND NEW WHEN IT OPENED IN JANUARY 2004 ON MAQUOKETA'S WEST SIDE. IT EMPLOYS 50 AND WILL CLOSE FOR ECONOMIC REASONS. ALL OTHER STORES BY THE CHAIN ARE IN WISCONSIN. MAQUOKETA, FOR A TOWN OF ONLY 6,000 PLUS, NOW HAS 4 SUPER MARKETS....DICK'S, WAL MART, ALDI'S AND FAREWAY.
FAREWAY ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE PURCHASED THE DICK'S BUILDING AND WILL CONVERT IT INTO A FAREWAY STORE AND MOVE TO THE BUILDING THIS FALL AND THEN SELL THE DOWNTOWN STORE WHICH OPENED
IN 1963. FAREWAY DID NOT BUY THE DICK'S EXPRESS CONVENIENCE STORE, ADJACENT TO THE SUPER MARKET. NOTHING ELSE WAS SAID ABOUT ITS FUTURE.

THERE WERE 30 TEAMS FOR THE SHAPE UP JACKSON COUNTY PROGRAM THIS WINTER AND THOSE TEAMS LOST A TOTAL OF 1,583 POUNDS DURING THE FOUR MONTH PROGRAM. THERE WERE 231 PARTICIPANTS WITH 45 MEN AND 186 WOMEN. THE TEAM THAT LOST THE MOST WEIGHT WAS THE "SHRINKY DINKS", LOOSING 177. MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE: COLLEEN SCHWENKER, DR. DON
SCHWENKER, BRUCE ENGLE, SILVIA ENGEL, ANGIE BLAIR, MIKE RICKORDS, MARCI
RICKORDS, JAN HINTGEN, DAVID SYBESMA, BUDDY ATIENZA AND MARK HOTVEDT.
THE PERSON WHO LOST THE MOST WEIGHT WAS MIKE RICKORDS WITH 49 POUNDS.
TOP FEMALE WEIGHT LOOSER WAS SHERRY BICKFORD WHO LOST 34.
THE "SHRINKY DINKS" ALSO TOPPED THE LIST FOR EXCERSING, WITH A TOTAL OF 1,394 HOURS OF EXCERSING.

LONGTIME KMAQ SALES REP, ROXANNE CLAUSING OF MAQUOKETA, IS A GRANDMOTHER. AND OF COURSE, HER HUSBAND MIKE IS NOW ALSO A FIRST-TIME GRANDFATHER. THE BOY WAS BORN TODAY. MORE TOMORROW.

CHECK IN AGAIN TOMORROW.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY