THIS BUILDING WAS A LUMBER YARD ON EAST PLAT STREET IN MAQUKETA FOR MANY YEARS. A FEW YEARS AGO, PAUL HAHLE BOUGHT IT AND DID EXTENSIVE
REMODELING TO THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE. IT IS NOW A FINE LOOKING BUILDING AND FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, HE HAS USED IT FOR HIS FLOOR COVERING
BUSINESS. NOW, IT ALSO INCLUDES A LARGE GIFT AND HOME DECOR SHOP, OPERATED BY THE GALS THAT WORKED AT THE (NOW BURNED-OUT) HALLMARK STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. A REALLY NEAT GIFT SHOP....3 OR 4 ROOMS IN FACT. "THE OLD LUMBER YARD"....THE NAME TODAY....IS HAVING A GRAND OPENING OF THE GIFT DEPARTMENT AND ANNIVERARY CELEBRATION OF THE CARPET DEPARTMENT, TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SPECIALS...WINE TASTING...
REFRESHMENTS...AND DOOR PRIZES.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, PLEASE READ THE THURSDAY DAILY REPORT BELOW....AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ICE CREAM SOCIAL PHOTOS BELOW THE NEWS STORIES.

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PARTLY SUNNY TODAY AND IN THE MID-70'S. RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT.

ELAINE MERCADO WILL BE RETIRING AS THE LEAD EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST
WITH IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AFTER 25 YEARS. KARIN TILL HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO TAKE OVER HER POSITION JULY 1ST. THANKS TO ELAINE FOR A JOB WELL DONE AND CONGRATUATIONS TO KARIN.

A VETERAN MAUOKETA TEACHER HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO REPLACE DAN RATCLIFF WHO RESIGNED TO TAKE A JOB IN OELWEIN. BOLLMAN WILL BE PAID $60,000 AND WILL START AUGUST 1ST. THERE WERE 28 CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB. BOLLMAN HAS TAUGHT IN THE MAQUOEKETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR 22 YEARS. SHE RECENTLY RECEIVED A MASTERS OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.

RICK BICKFORD, AGE 69, OF BELOIT, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE BELOIT HOSPITAL.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE MONDAY. HE WAS A 1956 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JEAN, THREE DAUGHTERS, SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND 8 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, INCLUDING JAKE, DEAN AND
BRAD ALL IN MAQUOKETA.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, BARBARA DUGAN, AGE 63, OF MAPLE PLAIN, MINNESOTA, DIED TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN MAPLE PLAIN.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER MOTHER, BERNICE HILL OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, AUDREY WILMS OF MAQUOKETA.

BOB DEMOSS,SR. AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON.

MADDY BOHANNON, AGE 9, OF DEWITT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER.
MADDY IS THE DAUGHTER OF JEANIE MANNING OF DEWITT AND STEVE
BOHANNON OF MAQUOKETA. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME
IN MAQUOKETA.

DON REYNER, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE WAS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE POST OFFICE. SERVICES PENDING AT
CARSON AND SON.

CHECK THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL PHOTOS BELOW.

TAKE CARE.

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THERE WAS A NICE TURN-OUT LAST NIGHT FOR THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB
33RD ANNUAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN
MAQUOKETA. MOST BROUGHT THEIR LAWN CHAIR AND LISTENED TO THE
MUSIC OF TIMBER CITY BAND, DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN. THE MUSIC CAME AFTER CAKE AND ICE CREAM WAS SERVED AT NEARBY BOYER HALL. FOUNDED AS THE
AUSTIN AVENUE BAND IN 1973 BY MAQUOKETA TEACHERS EDD AND JUDY SCHEER, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO TIMBER CITY BAND IN 1986. LAST NIGHT, THEY DID OVER A DOZEN NUMBERS FROM "I GOT RHYTHM" TO "A DAY AT DISNEYLAND".
ALSO, AN OVERTURE TO "THE MAGIC FLUTE" WITH GUEST DIRECTOR BRIAN HUGHES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. I ALSO LIKED "THE HAPPY WANDERER" AND "A WALK IN THE BLACK FOREST". THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY THANKS THE BAND FOR THE GREAT MUSIC AND THE SENIORS WHO ATTENED THE FUN EVENING.
SEE A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS BELOW AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN CLICK-IN THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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HERE'S THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL KING OF MAQUOKETA, MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN
TED MAZE. AGAIN LAST NIGHT, HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB 33RD ANNUAL SENIOR ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. TED IS SEMI-RETIRED FROM MAQUOKETA
LUMBER COMPANY WHICH HE SOLD TO HIS SON, MARK SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
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THE LINE WAS LONG FOR THE CAKE AND ICE CREAM LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. PAST ROTARY PRESIDENT JOHN GILROY OF DEWITT SERVES THE ICE CREAM AND ED TUBBS AND TOM SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA ARE HELPING AS NEEDED. THE SENIORS CHOSE THEIR OWN TRAY WITH CAKE OF CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR THE 33RD ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT.
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