IT RAINED LAST NIGHT, SOME TODAY, AND CLOUDY NOW...HIGH ONLY UPPER 50'S TODAY.

JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATES RON BESCH OF BELLEVUE AND CORLIS BATY
OF MAQUOKETA WERE REAPPOINTED TO ANOTHER FOUR YEAR TERM AS
MAGISTRATES. THE JUDICIAL MAGISTRATES NOMINATING COMMISSION
INTERVIEWED BOTH CANDIDATES FOR 30 MINUTES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE PHOEBE KECK, LIN REDLING, JON THOMS,
AND ATTORNEYS STEVE KAHLER AND TOM BREUCH. ALL ARE FROM MAQUOKETA
EXCEPT THOMS IS FROM BELLEVUE. BATEY HAS BEEN A MAGISTRATE FOR FOUR YEARS AND BESCH FOR AROUND 33 YEARS.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, KENDRA DAVIS SAID HER CELL PHONE WAS TAKEN
FROM HER VEHICLE PARKED AT LITTLE BEAR PARK THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

THANKS TO ALLEN AND PAULINE BODKIN OF IBERIA, MISSOURI AND FORMERLY
OF MAQUOKETA (READERS OF THIS REPORT) FOR THE $20 CHECK FOR FOUR
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB DUCKS. THEY ARE NOW OFFICIALLY IN THE
JUNE 21ST DUCK RACE. ALLEN SAID DOWN IN THEIR AREA, THEY HAVE HAD
A VERY WET SPRING....LITTLE OVER 3-INCHES OF RAIN LAST WEEK.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB 54TH ANNUAL SCHOLAR BANQUET WAS HELD
MAY 13TH AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. DINNER AT 6 AND
PROGRAM AT 6:30, HONORING THE 20 TOP STUDENTS OF THE MCHS 2009 CLASS.
MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN, SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT, WAS THE CHAIRPERSON AND EMCEE OF THE EVENT. NINETEEN WERE PRESENTED A CERTIFICATE AND
ONE WAS ABSENT, COREY MEIER, SON OF JOE AND KARLA MEIER.
IN THE PHOTO ABOVE: 1ST ROW: LEFT TO RIGHT: BETH ENGEL AND TWIN-
SISTER MEGAN ENGEL, DAUGHTERS OF DEAN & JENNIFER ENGEL....BRIANNA BAKER, DAUGHTER OF JEFF & SHERRY BAKER....JENI SCHURBON, DAUGHTER
OF SCOTT & JOAN SCHURBON....ERIC BENTON, SON MICHAEL & PAM BENTON....
2ND ROW: AMANDA BAKER, DAUGHTER OF LARRY & MARY BAKER....TRISHA SPENCE, DAUGHTER OF MARILYN & THE LATE MARK SPENCE....JENNI IHRIG, DAUGHTER OF
BILL & CAROL IHRIG....JORDAN STREET, DAUGHTER OF JILL STREET....JESSA
GOMBERT, DAUGHTER OF MARK & KAREN GOMBERT....3RD ROW: HANNA DAVISON,
DAUGHTER OF JOEL & RENEE DAVISON....JOEY EVANS, SON OF TOM & JOANNE
EVANS....ALI SIMPSON, DAUGHTER OF TOM & LANNIE SIMPSON....SAMANTHA
VEACH, DAUGHTER OF PAT & CINDY VEACH....DILLON O'CONNELL, SON OF
LORAS & SHELLY O'CONNELL....4TH ROW: CALEB MILLER, SON OF HERB &
KATHY MILLER....ETHAN KILBURG, SON OF DALE & NANCY KILBURG....STEPHANIE DAVISON, DAUGHTER OF BILL & THERSA DAVISON....AND ADDIE FELTEN, DAUGHTER OF RON & SHIRLEY FELTEN. GRADUATION CEREMONIES WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 31ST AT 2 P.M. AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
THE BACCALAUREATE SERVICE WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MAY 27TH AT THE
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. BOTH EVENTS WILL BE BROADCAST "LIVE" ON KMAQ-FM AND ALSO ON THE WEB SITE OF KMAQ, WWW.KMAQ.COM.
REMEMBER...TO ENLARGE THE PHOTO ABOVE, CLICK-ON THE PHOTO.
THE CLASS MOTTO: "LEARN FROM YESTERDAY, LIVE FOR TODAY, AND DREAM FOR TOMORROW".
DENNIS VOY