67 WAS OUR HIGH IN MAQUOKETA TODAY. A FEW UNEXPECTED SPRINKLES THIS AFTERNOON.

THE NEW "INDIANA JONES" MOVIE STARTS TONIGHT AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, STARRING HARRISON FORD.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL DECIDED THIS WEEK NOT TO SET REGULATIONS
ON FIREWOOD, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON AN ORDINACE CONCERNING
THE EMERALD ASH BORER. THIS PARASITE ATTACKS AND KILLS ASH TREES. IT HAS BEEN FOUND 80 MILES FROM HERE IN ILLINOIS. THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT
THE CITY BANNING FIREWOOD FROM COMING INTO TOWN FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA. RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED NOT TO BRING ASH WOOD INTO THE CITY.

SENATOR ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT FROM RURAL MAQUOKETA, WILL GIVE THE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS MONDAY MORNING AT 10:30 A.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN. BELOW...A REPORT FROM EARLIER TODAY.

DENNIS VOY

IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY(THURSDAY) ....HIGH IN 70'S AND THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND LOOKS GOOD TOO....WITH SUNDAY'S HIGH IN THE 80'S.

THE MAQUOKETA AVENUE OF FLAGS WILL BE PUT IN PLACE STARTING AT
5:30 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY. VOLUNTEERS TO HELP ARE WELCOME.

ANDREW HAS THEIR BIG MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND.
THE PARADE, AT 1 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON A SOFTBALL DOUBLE HEADER YESTERDAY, BEATING MARION TWICE. HAILEY BICKFORD OF MAQUOKETA HAD A HOME RUN IN EACH GAME.

ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY, IN 1992, MAQUOKETA CHIEF OF POLICE RON EVANS PRESENTED THE BRUCE BARLOW FAMILY WITH A KEY TO THE CITY AND A BAG OF JACKSON COUNTY GOODIES FROM THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM A TICKET, WHICH THEY HAD EXPECTED, THEY WERE REWARDED FOR VISITING JACKSON COUNTY. THEY HAD TRAVELED 15 HOURS TO VISIT RELATIVES IN MAQUKETA. RON EVANS WAS SUCH A GOOD-GUY CHEIF...
MOST OF THE TIME.

DON'T FORGET TO FLY YOUR FLAG THIS WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY