ANOTHER NICE DAY....SUNNY....HIGH AROUND 80. BUT, RAIN IS NOW IN THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. THEN NICE AGAIN SUNDAY.
HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE NEW MAQUOKETA MASON'S WEB SITE
YET?....www.maquoketamasons.org
THE FAREWAY STORE ...MOVING TO THE FORMER DICK'S SUPER MARKET...
IS NOW ADDING TO THE PARKING LOT AT THE NEW LOCATION. AND...FAREWAY
IS HOPING TO MOVE IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS.
DENISE KIRK, KMAQ SALES, IS CELEBRATING HER 49TH BIRTHDAY TODAY.
HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY HAS MOVED ITS OFFICES FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE FORMER MEDICAL ASSOCIATES BUILDING ON QUARRY STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
HOSPICE IS RENTING SPACE UNTIL A NEW HOSPICE HOUSE IS BUILT. HOSPICE
NEEDED ADDITIONAL SPACE AND THE HOSPITAL NEEDS THE SPACE HOSPICE IS USING NOW. THE NEW LOCATION IS HOUSING HOSPICE OFFICES ONLY AND AND IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO HOUSE PATIENTS. THE NEW HOSPICE HOUSE WILL BE BUILT AT THE FORMER BICENTENNIAL PARK ON WEST GROVE STREET, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE PLAN IS FOR A SEVEN-BED FACILITY.
ESTIMATED COST, $2MILLION. THE FUND RAISING EFFORT ILL BEGIN IN A FEW MONTHS. THE HOSPICE PHONE NUMBER IS STILL 563-652-0123.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A STOVE FIRE AT THE ANDRIANA JACKSON RESIDENCE ON NORTH MAIN AROUND 1:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SOMETHING ON THE STOVE WAS ON FIRE AND WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED.
FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT JACKIE JAN LEFT $205,000 TO SIX MAQUOKETA INSTITUTIONS WHEN HE DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR. JAN, AGE 72, DIED IN APRIL AND WAS A MHS GRAD. THE MONEY WILL GO AS FOLLOWS: $40-THOUSAND TO THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION....THE SAME FOR THE LIBRARY....$30-THOUSAND TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY....THE SAME FOR THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND $25-THOUSAND TO THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY ARE POURING NEW SIDEWALKS AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TODAY.
AND SOUTH JONES AVENUE IS GETTING RE-DONE, ABOUT 2 BLOCKS FROM
PLATT STREET SOUTH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
