THE SUN WAS SHINING IN MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING.
KMAQ PREDICTED RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
AND IT IS RAINING... KIND OF HARD...RIGHT NOW AT 4:30.
AT LEAST, NO SNOW.

IT WAS A NORMAL DAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TODAY.
YESTERDAY, THERE WAS ANOTHER THREATENING GRAFITI MESSAGE
FOUND IN A GIRL'S REST ROOM. THERE WAS HEIGHTENED SECURITY
AT THE BUILDING TODAY, WITH 4 POLICE OFFICERS IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.
ALL WENT WELL AND AROUND 5 OR 6 STUDENTS STAYED HOME DO TO THE THREAT.

JENNIFER CONNOLLY, DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAY CARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA SUBMITTED HER LETTER OF RESIGNATION THIS WEEK TO THE SUNSHINE BOARD. SHE HELD THE POSITION THE PAST 4 YEARS, BUT HAS WORKED FOR SUNSHINE AROUND 16 YEARS , SINCE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WILL START A NEW JOB APRIL 14TH WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IN DUBUQUE.

THE RE-SCHEDULED "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER IS THIS SUNDAY, FROM 5 UNTIL 7 P.M. AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. IT WAS POSTPONED IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE OF A BAD WINTER STORM. SPONSORS ARE THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB, MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB, MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB AND THE DELMAR LIONS CLUB. AGAIN THIS YEAR, LOTS OF GOOD ....HOME-COOKING-FAVORITE-RECIPE FOOD.....INCLUDING DESSERTS, AND GOOD MUSIC WHILE DINING. ALL YOU CAN EAT. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. "EVERYONE IS INVITED" SAYS ROTARIARN NANCY MOORE, CHAIRPERSON FOR THE EVENT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
CHECK THE NEW PHOTOS BELOW.

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TTHIS IS A 1955 PHOTO OF ALLEN BODKIN, WHO NOW LIVES IN IBERIA, MISSOURI.
HE SENT IT TO ME, WITH THESE COMMENTS: "THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE NICKLE NOOK CAFE (IN MAQUOKETA, ON WEST PLATT WHERE COURT HOUSE NOW STANDS) IN 1955. I WAS A DISH WASHER THERE FOR ONE YEAR. I STARTED TWO WEEKS BEFORE I FINISHED 7TH GRADE AND QUIT 2 WEEKS BEFORE GRADUATING
FROM 8TH GRADE. I WORKED FROM 5 - 10 P.M. MONDAY - FRIDAY AND FROM 5 P.M.
SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL SOMETIMES 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. IT WAS MY FIRST REAL JOB AND I WAS PAID 60 CENTS AN HOUR. RALPH GERTANBACK RAN THE CAFE THEN WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS, ONE DAUGHTER WAS NAMED VALENE".
THANK YOU ALLEN FOR SENDING THIS PICTURE AND INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST REMEMBERED CAFE'S OF THE OLD DAYS IN MAQUOKETA. JAKE BICKFORD SAID VALENE WAS IN HIS CLASS, THAT GRADUATED IN 1958. THE PHOTO IS NOT THE BEST. CLICK-ON IT AND IT WILL GET LARGER. AND DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AT THE PHOTO BELOW OF THE LOTTERY WINNERS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
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THE LUCKY 13 FROM MAQUOKETA MADE STATEWIDE NEWS YESTERDAY AGAIN, WHEN THEY RENTED A LIMOUSINE AND WENT TO DES MOINES TO COLLECT
THEIR $400,000 LOTTO WINNINGS. LESS AFTER TAXES OF COURSE.
TWELVE ARE PICTURED HERE. R. B. MELVOLD OF THE GROUP STAYED BEHIND YESTERDAY TO STAFF THE OFFICE. SHOWN, LEFT TO RIGHT: KIM CORNELIUS,
JEAN DUHME, DIANNE BARKER, DEB DEVORE, AUDREY WINEGAR, AMY LUSKEY,
NANCY HINK, DON KUTSCH, REBECCA KUTSCH, JODI ELMEGREEN, JEREMY HANSEL,
AND CINDY SELLNAU. EACH PERSON GOR $21,538 AFTER TAXES. SEVERAL OF THE GROUP ARE PLANNING HOME IMPROVEMENTS, ONE PLANS TO BUY A HOUSE,
ONE HAS PURCHASED A NEW CAR, AND ANOTHER HAS HER HEART SET ON A ZERO-TURN LAWNMOWER. THEY BOUGHT THEIR WINNING TICKET AT CASEY'S IN MAQUOKETA,FOR THE MARCH 15TH POWERBALL DRAWING.
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