79 TODAY....BEAUTIFUL DAY.

EVEN RON AND SHIRLEY MILLER THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD DAY. THEY ARE UP FROM ARIZONA TO ATTEND A WEDDING AND STOPPED IN TO SEE ME THIS MORNING.
BOTH LOOKED GOOD AND HAVING FUN.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JUNE WAS UP FROM MAY.
JUNE WAS 4.8 PERCENT, UP FROM 4.5 IN MAY. EVERY COUNTY'S RATE IN THIS AREA
WAS HIGHER.

THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE MONDAY NIGHT'S FIRE AT RIVER VILLAGE ONE, ON THE END OF NORTH ARCADE STREET.
MONDAY NIGHT'S FIRE WAS THE 3RD IN A SHORT TIME. ALL HAVE BEEN MINOR.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AGREED TO MAKE A $200,000 LOAN TO MAQUOKETA HOUSING II. THE LOAN WAS PART OF AN ORIGINAL AGREEMENT
WHEN THE HURST HOTEL PROJECT STARTED. THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN HOLDING OUT ON THE LOAN UNTIL CONTRACTOR'S SETTLED FOR BACK MONEY DUE THEM.
MOST HAVE AGREED TO GETTING 30% ON THE DOLLAR.

IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW GYM AT MAQUOKETA, THERE WILL BE A CARDINAL
WALK OF PRIDE. THE FRONT CIRCLE DRIVE PLAZA WILL HAVE AREAS WHERE
BRICKS WILL BE INSERTED WITH NAMES ON CONCRETE PAVERS. THEY WILL
BE PERSONALIZED ENGRAVED BRICKS, COSTING ANYWHERE FRO $125 TO $2,500 FOR THE LARGEST. SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT SAID ESTIMATES ARE THEY COULD RAISE
$150,000 FROM THE PAVERS. THE BOARD HAS NOT INDICATED WHAT THEY MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR.

MAQUOKETA'S NEW POLICE OFFICER, CHAD WEIPERT, WAS SWORN-IN LAST NIGHT BY MAYOR TOM MESSERLI. HE REPLACES DAN FURLONG WHO LEFT TO JOIN THE SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WEIPERT HAS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE
FROM DAVENPORT.'

SEE YOU AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. IT STARTS TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY