PARTLY SUNNY, LESS WIND, AND COOLER TODAY....75.

BRIGGS MEMORIAL DAYS AT ANDREW ARE TOMORROW, SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
BIG BREAKFAST AT FIRE STATION SUNDAY AND PARADE AT 1 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ACTIVITIES AND FOOD IN THE PARK AFTER. MONDAY, AMVETS BREAKFAST OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM AT 1:30 IN THE GYM, WITH GUEST SPEAKER SEN. ROGER STEWART OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.

JIM AND DEB GERARDY'S "SPRING CONCERT" IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 6:30 UNTIL 9 AT THE OHNWARD CENTER. A HOST OF LOCAL AND AREA SINGERS.
GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. TICKETS ON SALE AT THE DOOR.

GERALDINE LINDSEY, 76, DIED MAY 13TH AT VINTON. SHE WAS RAISED IN MAQUOKETA AND GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1951.
PARENTS WERE FRED AND OLETHA BRUST FLETCHER.
SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, MARVIN, TWO SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER.

THE ANNUAL JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY GARAGE SALE WILL BE TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH THRU SATURDAY JUNE 13TH AT BOYER HALL. HOPE YOU
CAN DONATE ITEMS AND ALSO STOP AND BUY SOME. ANY QUESTIONS,
CALL 563-652-5020. YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF ITEMS THEY GET EVERY YEAR FOR THIS SALE, BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS USE YOUR DONATION TOO.

OSTERHAUS PHARMACY IS CELEBRATING THEIR 1ST YEAR AT THEIR NEW LOCATION ON WEST PLATT STREET THIS WEEKEND.

THE MAQUOKETA LEGION AND VFW WILL HOST THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE
THIS MONDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM. IT WILL START AT 10:30 A.M. ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA WILL GIVE THE ADDRESS.
LEGION COMMANDER CLIF MERRIC KWI LL BE THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
BURTON ROMER, VFW COMMANDER WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION. LOGAN'S GENERAL ORDERS WILL BE GIVEN BY MONA EASTMAN, LEGION AUXILIARY PRESIDENT AND RICHARD FIX WILL GIVE LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BAND WILL PERFORM. TOM CROUCH WILL GIVE THE BENEDICTION. FOLLOWING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE G.A.R. MEMORIAL AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY. THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE FOR A BIODIESEL PLANT AT RURAL MAQUOKETA WILL BE HILD AT 1:45 NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GARY DREW OWNS THE PLANT AND WANTS TO
BUILD A NEW BUILDING ON THE LAND WHICH NEEDS TO BE CHANGED FROM AGRICULTURE TO M1 INDUSTRIAL. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN LAST SUNDAY AT BOYER HALL ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THESE TWO HARDWORKING GRILLERS ARE ROBERT CHRISTENSEN, LEFT AND
MIKE FISHER. THESE TWO MASONS AND A HOST OF OTHERS, INCLUDING WIVES,
TWICE A YEAR, PUT ON A GREAT BELGIUM WAFFLE BREAKFAST, THE 3RD SUNDAY OF MAY AND THE 2ND SUNDAY IN OCTOBER. ITS A GREAT BREAKFAST! I HAVE MISSED ONLY A COUPLE OVER THE YEARS. YES...SAUSAGE OFF THE GRILL IS INCLUDED.
THE MASONS HAVE THEIR HOME UP AT THE END OF MCKINSEY DRIVE, BEHIND
BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL. PROCEEDS FROM THEIR BREAKFASTS ARE USE FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS. FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAVE BOUGHT 600 PAIRS OF SHOES FOR NEEDY CHILDREN SINCE 2000 AND WILL TAKE 36 CHILDREN OUT TO WAL MART
ON SATURDAY JUNE 6TH TO BUY SHOES. THEY WILL MEET AT THE MASONIC
CENTER AT 1 P.M. FOR A TREAT AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW MIKE, BUT I'VE KNOWN
ROBERT AND BONNIE FOR MANY YEARS. THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THE MANY BRAD DEERY APARTMENTS ON MUGGSIE LANE. ROBERT IS A RETIRED MINISTER,
TEACHER AND BARBER. BONNIE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS FOR JC PENNEY AND
NOW FILLS IN WHEN NEEDED AT THE CHAMBER OFFICE. AND FOR YEARS, ROBERT HAS KEPT WEATHER PRECIPITATION RECORDS, FIRST FOR KCRG-TV AND NOW
FOR KMAQ. WHENEVER IT RAINS OR SNOWS, ROBERT CALLS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WE CHAT OVER THE AIR ABOUT THE SNOW OR RAIN. THANKS TO THE MASONS...AND THANKS TO BASEBALL FANS TOO, ROBERT AND BONNIE.
LAST SUNDAY, I HAD BLUEBERRIES ON ONE WAFFLE AND CHERRIES ON THE OTHER.
CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY