Thursday, May 14, 2009

NICE DAY TODAY...WINDY AND HIGH OF 63.
LAST NIGHT, WE GOT 1/3 INCH OF RAIN WHICH WAS NEEDED.
MORE RAIN TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.

THE SCHOLAR BANQUET WAS LAST NIGHT, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA
ROTARY. SOMETIME TOMORROW, I WILL HAVE A PHOTO OF THE HONORED
SENIORS.

5 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AROUND 4 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A 2 VEHICLE ACCIDENT. IN ONE CAR, FOUR FROM DUBUQUE AND THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY JANNA KAUFMAN, 59, OF MAQUOKETA. SHE
WAS ALONE. ALL FIVE WERE SAID TO HAVE POSSIBLE OR MINOR INJURIES.
KAUFMAN WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON A THROUGH HIGHWAY.

THE SHAPE -UP JACKSON COUNTY PARTICIPANTS LOST 1,363 POUNDS DURING THE WINTER PROGRAM. THE BEEFY BOYS WON THE COMPETITION WITH AN AVERAGE LOSS OF 17.44 POUNDS LOST PER PERSON. ON THAT TEAM, DON SCHWENKER, CAPTAIN....CHRIS NISSEN....MIKE RICKORDS....BUDDY ATIENZA....DAVE SYBESEMA....
BRUCE ENGEL....NATHAN COMBS.....BRIAN HINGTGEN....AND RICK PRULL.
TAKING SECOND PLACE, THE LUCKY LADIES, WITH AN AVERAGE LOSS OF 13.21 POUNDS PER TEAM MEMBER. ON THAT TEAM: NANCY BUCK, CAPTAIN....
DIANE SAUNDERS....PAM SCHOENTHALER....JULIE BABCOCK.... CARMEN GERLACH,.... KATIE DANIELS....CAROLYN CLARK ....AND NIN FLAGEL.
WHO LOST THE MOST POUNDS? DON ROLLING, 38. THE MOST LOST BY A WOMAN WAS 32 BY ANDREA DOSTAL. THERE WERE 205 PARTICIPANTS, OF THOSE, 163 WERE WOMEN AND 42 MEN.

THE 1ST ANNUAL ART AND CULTURE TOUR WILL BE THIS SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA. SATURDAY FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 3 P.M. AND
SUNDAY FROM 1 UNTIL 5 P.M. THE EVENT, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA
ART EXPERIENCE, WILL BE HELD AT THE NEW ARTISTS LOCATION, 124 SOUTH MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA, THE FORMER LOCATION OF OSTERHAUS
PHARMACY AND YEARS AGO, WHERE THE GREEN MILL CAFE WAS LOCATED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE TOUR, STOP IN. MEET THE LOCAL ARTISTS AND ALSO TRY YOUR HAND AT DOING A PAINTING. YOU MIGHT HAVE TALENT YOU NEVER THOUGH POSSIBLE. VISIT THE OLD CITY HALL GALLERY TOO.
ARTISTS ARE HAVING FUN IN MAQUOKETA. AND NON-ARTISTS ARE HAVING
FUN WATCHING....AND LEARNING.

IT IS TIME TO END ANOTHER REPORT.....AND TIME TO REMIND YOU TO BUY A ROTARY DUCK SOON! FROM ME...OR ANY ROTARIAN.

DENNIS VOY