LIGHT SNOW FALLING NOW, AT 5 PM, BUT ONLY AN INCH OR SO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

THE NEW MAQUOKETA Y IS CONSIDERING OPENING THE OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL AGAIN THIS SUMMER, BUT
IT MAY NOT BE OPEN AS MANY HOURS EACH WEEK AS IN THE PAST. AND THEY HOPE TO CUT THE DEFICIT FROM THIS
YEAR'S $41,000 TO $25,000.

LAST FALL, DIRT (TONS AND TONS) WAS AGAIN TAKEN FROM THE OLD HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS TRUCK STOP TO BE SPREAD OUT ON FARM FIELDS TO AIR OUT. THAT PROCEDURE HAD BEEN DONE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. THE CLEAN-UP WORK DONE LAST FALL WAS TO HAVE BEEN THE LAST. NOT SO! NOW THE SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE STILL SOME AREAS OF CONCERN AT THE SITE. UNBELIEVEABLE! THE SUPERVIORS GOT THE LAND AND BUILDING BACK IN 1990 AFTER A TAX SALE.....17 YEARS AGO. ONCE THEY GET A FINAL , CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FROM THE DNR, THEY PLAN TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND GET IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS.
THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY! NEXT YEAR, PROBABLY! MIGHT BE 2010? AND ON THE OTHER HAND, IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY THAT I ATTENDED MEETINGS OUT IN THE RESTAURANT PART OF THAT TRUCK STOP, RUN BY THE MICHEL'S. I RECALL SOME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN IT MADE A LOT OF NOISE. NOT SURE WHAT. IT WAS A POPULAR CAFE AND MEETING PLACE.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE MEMORIES TO SHARE ABOUT THE PLACE? AND BE HONEST! IF YOU BOUGHT GASOLENE FOR YOUR CAR OR TRUCK OUT THERE....DID YOU SPILL SOME?

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES GO ON SALE IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW.

STILL SNOWING....BUILDING UP ON THE SIDEWALK.
SO BE IT! TOO EARLY TO THINK SPRING!

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY