BEAUTIFUL MONDAY. SUNNY AND COOL FOR AUGUST. WEEKEND, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE SHOWERS, WAS ALSO NICE AND THE WEEK AHEAD SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
WAS HELD. SEE PHOTOS BELOW. NICE EVENT. I WAS SURPRISED THAT MANY SKIPPED THE EVENT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL PARCELS OF LAND WHICH THEY RECEIVED AFTER THE TAXES WERE NOT PAID ON THE PROPERTIES.
THEY NOW OWN 2.52 ACRES AT GERMAN STREET AND CRESLANE THAT THEY WILL PUT UP FOR SALE. ALSO, A TRAILER PARK ON EAST PLATT STREET NEXT TO THE VET CLINIC. THE SUPERVISORS SAID THEY WILL DISMANTLE THE TRAILERS AND SELL THEM FOR SCRAP AND THEN SELL THE LAND. AND THE SUPERVISORS HAVE THE FORMER S & H INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ON SUMMIT STREET UP FOR SALE.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTEREST SHOWN IN THAT LARGE BUILDING.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

A BIRTH. KATHY AND BRUCE HAYLOCK OF DUBUQUE, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6TH.
MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS MARY SCOTT OF MAQUOKETA.

THE NEW TEACHER LUNCHEON, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WAS HELD AT NOON AT THE NEW COMMONS AREA IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE RECOGNIZED: JOAN BOLLMAN, NEW CARDINAL PRINCIPAL.
MARK VERVAECKE, NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. MARY DURAY, NEW TEACHER AT SACRED HEART. TOM PETAROS AND SAMANTHA TILL, NEW TEACHERS AT DELWOOD. MARY KAY WIRTH, NEW TEACHER AT BRIGGS. CHET KNAKE, HALEY ROEHRKASSSE, HILLARY WADDELL AND KRISTEN WRIGHT, NEW AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BARB BESCH, ASHELY SUTHERS, CHRISTINA TISUE AND ANDREW URBAIN, NEW TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK...AND BE SURE TO CHECK THE PHOTOS I TOOK YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.

DENNIS VOY