PARTLY SUNNY TODAY AND IN THE MID-70'S. RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT.

ELAINE MERCADO WILL BE RETIRING AS THE LEAD EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST
WITH IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AFTER 25 YEARS. KARIN TILL HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO TAKE OVER HER POSITION JULY 1ST. THANKS TO ELAINE FOR A JOB WELL DONE AND CONGRATUATIONS TO KARIN.

A VETERAN MAUOKETA TEACHER HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO REPLACE DAN RATCLIFF WHO RESIGNED TO TAKE A JOB IN OELWEIN. BOLLMAN WILL BE PAID $60,000 AND WILL START AUGUST 1ST. THERE WERE 28 CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB. BOLLMAN HAS TAUGHT IN THE MAQUOEKETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR 22 YEARS. SHE RECENTLY RECEIVED A MASTERS OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.

RICK BICKFORD, AGE 69, OF BELOIT, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE BELOIT HOSPITAL.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE MONDAY. HE WAS A 1956 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JEAN, THREE DAUGHTERS, SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND 8 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, INCLUDING JAKE, DEAN AND
BRAD ALL IN MAQUOKETA.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, BARBARA DUGAN, AGE 63, OF MAPLE PLAIN, MINNESOTA, DIED TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN MAPLE PLAIN.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER MOTHER, BERNICE HILL OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, AUDREY WILMS OF MAQUOKETA.

BOB DEMOSS,SR. AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON.

MADDY BOHANNON, AGE 9, OF DEWITT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER.
MADDY IS THE DAUGHTER OF JEANIE MANNING OF DEWITT AND STEVE
BOHANNON OF MAQUOKETA. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME
IN MAQUOKETA.

DON REYNER, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE WAS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE POST OFFICE. SERVICES PENDING AT
CARSON AND SON.

CHECK THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL PHOTOS BELOW.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY