PARTY SUNNY, NICE BREEZE AND NO RAIN...NICE DAY IN THE MID 70'S...BUT TOMORROW, HIGH OF ONLY 70.

MARION HILDEBRAND OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATES HER 90TH BIRTHDAY
NEXT MONDAY, JULY 20TH. SHE WORKED IN DOWNTOWN STORES.
DAUGHTER LYNNE LIVES IN BETTENDORF AND DAUGHTER KAREN IS DECEASED.
YOU CAN SEND HER A CARD TO 503 S. 5TH STREET.

BERNICE HILL, 87, DIED TODAY AT MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SHE WAS CO-OWNER OF MIKE'S FEED SERVICE YEARS AGO. DAUGHTER AUDREY WILMS LIVES HERE IN TOWN.

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE OFFERING FREE PRE SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS THIS FALL. PARENTS MAY CHOOSE FROM THE FOUR PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS PARTICIPATING: CARDINAL ELEMENTARY, KIDS OF THE KINGDOM AT SACRED HEART, LITTLE SHEPHERD AT FIRST LUTHERAN, AND SUNSHINE PRE SCHOOL. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL HELEN SNELL AT 652-4984.

IOWA OLDEST RESTAURANT....BREITBACH'S AT BALLTOWN NORTH OF DUBUQUE.....
WHICH BURNED TO THE GROUND TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, WILL OPEN AGAIN AUGUST 1ST.

A BUNCH OF TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED ON THE WALKWAY ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AT THE NORTH EDGE OF TOWN. MAQUOKETA NOW HAS A NICE PLACE TO WALK AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE RIVER. YOU CAN PUT YOUR BOAT IN THERE ALSO.

THURSDAY NIGHTS, VINTAGE CAR OWNERS BRING THEIR PRIDE AND JOY AND PARK
IT JUST EAST OF KJ'S CONVENIENCE ON WEST PLATT STREET. THE EMPTY LOT QUICKLY FILLS UP WITH A VARIETY OF CARS AND THEY ARE ON DISPLAY FROM ABOUT 7 UNTIL 9.

SATURDAY MORNINGS, MAQUOKETA A HAS FARMER'S MARKET ON WEST PLATT, JUST A BLOCK FROM MAIN, AND THE VENDORS OPEN AROUND 7:30 A.M.

THERE IS A HARRY POTTER CAMP THIS WEEK AT EDEN VALLEY PARK, NEAR BALDWIN. A COUPLE DAYS LONG AND PARTICIPANTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
IT ORIGINATES OUT OF QUAD CITIES AND LAST NIGHT, 80 FROM THE CAMP ATTENDED THE HARRY POTTER MOVIE AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ENJOYED A MOVIE ON A BIG MOVIE SCREEN?
WITH SOME THEATRE POPCORN, THE BEST. GIVE IT A TRY THIS SUMMER AND
FEEL YOUNGER AGAIN. NANCY AND I SAW THE HANGOVER LAST NIGHT.
MOST OF IT WAS VERY FUNNY.

DENNIS VOY