SUNDAY WAS A NICE DAY...TODAY TOO. ENTIRE WEEK SHOULD BE DRY AND WARMER.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN WAS THREATENED WITH A KNIFE BY A YOUTH IN THE KITCHEN OF HER HOME THURSDAY NIGHT. SHE WAS NOT INJURED.
POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID SANDRA CURNETT ON SOUTH SECOND STREET REPORTED AT AROUND 10 P.M. THAT A YOUTH WITH A MASK OR SCARF OVER HIS FACE CAME INTO HER HOME THROUGH THE GARAGE. HE HAD A KNIFE AND ATTEMPTED TO STAB HER WITH IT. SHE FOUGHT HIM OFF AND HE LEFT. KORANDA SAID THEIR K-9 DOG LOOKED FOR THE YOUTH THAT NIGHT, BUT DID NOT FIND HIM. KORANDA
SAID THEY HAVE A YOUTH SUSPECT AND WILL GIVE HIM A LIE DETECTOR TEST.
CURNUTT WAS NOT INJURED AND NOTHING WAS TAKEN FROM THE HOME.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

LAST WEEK WAS THE DEADLINE FOR FILING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER. FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT, TWO PEOPLE ARE RUNNING FOR THE AT LARGE POSITION. INCUMBENT MART HUDRLIK AND CHALLENGER MIKE NICKESON. THE OTHER POSITION FOR DISTRICT 1 HAS THE INCUMBENT BRIAN TABOR SEEKING RE-ELECTION, UN-OPPOSED.

A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDED THE 5-DAY JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, WHICH ENDED LAST NIGHT. THE TOTAL, 22,769. THAT BEAT LAST YEAR'S RECORD OF 20,218. YESTERDAY'S ATTENDANCE WAS ALSO A RECORD, GOING OVER SIX-THOUSAND FOR THE FIRST TIME....6,083.
MARK LEE OF DEWITT WAS THE WINNER OF THE $500 CASH DRAWING LAST NIGHT.'
IN THE HEALTHY EXCHANGES NO BAKE PIE CONTEST, THE WINNER WAS
KELLY HOEFELMEYER OF ANDREW. HER'S WAS LIGHT BANANA SUPREME.
MARILYN WILLEY WAS SECOND WITH A PEACH PIE.
IN THE ARM WRESTLING, THE FLY WEIGHT WINNER WAS KIRK MILLER OF MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER HEAVIER WEIGHT DIVISION WINNERS WERE NOT FROM MAQUOKETA.
THE MASTER GARDENERS HAD A PRIZE WINNER EACH DAY OF THE FAIR.
WINNERS WEDNESDAY THRU SUNDAY WERE: MARLENE YAROLEM OF BALDWIN,
CINDY TURNEY OF MAQUOKETA, MARLENE DALZIEL OF MAQUOKETA, KAREN TILL
OF MAQUOKETA AND DAWN CRIST OF MAQUOKETA.
GREAT FAIR!

NOW, ATTENTION STARTS TO BUILD FOR BACK TO SCHOOL, ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY.

BREITBACH'S COUNTRY DINING, IOWA'S OLDEST BAR AND GRILL, RE-OPENED SATURDAY AT BALLTOWN. IT BURNED DOWN TWICE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THIS TIME THERE IS A LARGE WATER TANK IN BASEMENT AND A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. THEY SERVE HUNDREDS ALMOST EVERY DAY. SOMETIMES THOUSANDS
OVER THE WEKEND.

THE WEEKEND (FRIDAY,SATURDAY AND SUNDAY) WAS BUSY AT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSUEM HERE IN MAQUOKETA THE MUSEUM HOSTED A VINTAGE GARDEN TRACTOR CLUB EVENT ON THE PARKING LOT BEHIND THE MUSEUM. IT WAS FREE. MOST ON DISPLAY WERE AROUND 50 YEARS OLD AND MANY HAD A CLINTON ENGINE. THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT. I ASKED ONE GUY IF HIS CLINTON ENGINE THAT I POINTED AT WOULD START. HE WOUND THE STARTER ROPE AROUND THE STARTER PULLEY, GAVE THE ROPE A YANK, AND THE ENGINE
TOOK RIGHT OFF AND SOUNDED LIKE A NEW ONE. IT WAS A GOOD 50 YEARS OLD.
THANKS TO CHARLES AND BONNIE MITCHELL FOR GETTING THIS EVENT TO MAQUOKETA. UNFORTUNATELY,IT COMPETED AGAINST HE FAIR AND I'M SURE THAT CUT DOWN ATTENDANCE A BIT. CHECK A FEW PHOTOS THAT I TOOK BELOW.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT.

DENNIS VOY