ANOTHER NICE WARM DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S BASEBALL TEAM LOST A DOUBLE-HEADER LAST NIGHT
TO BENTON COMMUNITY, 9 TO 5 AND 8 TO 2.
MAQUOKETA OVERALL HAS 3 WINS AND 16 LOSSES. IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE,
1 WIN AND 11 LOSSES.

AND.. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM SPLIT A DOUBLE-
HEADER HERE IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT, ALSO TO BENTON COMMUNITY,
WINNING THE FIRST GAME, 6 TO 0 AND LOOSING THE SECOND GAME, 1 TO
0. MAQUOKETA IS 20 AND 11 OVERALL AND 12 AND 6 IN THE WAMAC.

A LOUISIANA RESIDENT WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT THIS MORNING AT ABOUT 6:10 A.M. AROUND 10 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON FOUR-LANE 61. HE WAS ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN A CAR THAT WAS GOING SOUTH AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND INTO THE MEDIAN WHERE IT ROLLED
SEVERAL TIMES. THE MAN KILLED WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.
THREE FROM THE CAR WERE TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1938 HELD ITS 70TH CLASS REUNION
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008, AT THE DECKER HOTEL. CLASS MEMBERS ATTENDING WERE: GLEN HENTON OF MAQUOKETA....JEANETTE KREIBLE MOIAN OF LIVONIA,
MICHIGAN....MAX MOELLER OF SAFFORD, ARIZONA....DILMAN DOLAN OF EASTHAMTON, MASSADCHUSETS....TRIULA SAUNDERS DALTON OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA....JERRY AND DOROTHY RASMUSSEN OF MAQUOKETA....AGATHA EARLES CARR OF GARNETT, KANSAS....GLATHA HUTE WINCHIP OF MAQUOKETA....DORIS BUDDE DUTTON OF ELDRIDGE, IOWA....MARY REGENWETHER SCOTT OF MAQUOKETA....GERALDINE EASTON PITHAN OF MAQUOKETA AND JOHN GOODAL OF BETTENDORF.

THE EMELINE ALL SCHOOL REUNION WILL BE HELD AT THE EMILINE SCHOOL THIS SATURDAY, J UNE 28, 2008, FROM NOON UNTIL 4:00 P.M. A POTLUCK (BRING YOUR OWN TABLE SERVICE) AND BRING YOUR OLD SCHOOL PICTURES AND SHARE OLD SCHOOL STORIES. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL SHERRI "WELLS' REID AT 563-652-4954 OR AT NIGHT, CALL 563-485-3053 OR CALL JOANN "HEISTER" JONES AT 563-652-2966.

TWO MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, JULIE MORRIS AND VERNIS OSBORNE, REPORTED THEIR VEHICLES HAD BEEN ENTERED OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT....ON NORTH DECKER STREET AND NORTH DEARBORN.

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