HOT TODAY, 92. SAME FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. SUMMER IS HERE!

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN LIMITED THE NUMBER OF PILOTS WHO FLEW IN TO THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT FOR THE BREAKFAST YESTERDAY, THE EVENT WAS A SUCCESS.
IT WAS AGAIN SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB. ABOUT 650 HAD BREAKFAST, INCLUDING 13 PILOTS. THE 50-50 DRAWING WAS DONE BY THE
AIRPORT COMMISSION AND THE WINNER OF $280 WAS MARY BOCK OF MAQUOKETA.
FUEL CERTIFICATE WINNERS WERE MARTY SPIES OF DEWITT AND DICK KLEIS
OF ZWINGLE.

A MAQUOKETA MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE AFTER A PASSENGER DIED IN AN APRIL SINGLE CAR CRASH ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD. CHARGED WAS DONALD JAMES D.J. McLAUGHLIN. THE PASSENGER IN HIS VEHICLE, RYAN GARIEN, AGE 26, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

TIMBER CITY DAYS ARE THIS WEEKEND. MORE LATER ON THAT EVENT, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY. TRY TO KEEP COOL.

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AS PART OF THEIR GRANT-MAKING EFFORTS, THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS ASSISTED TWO LOCAL EAGLE SCOUTS WITH RECENT PROJECTS THAT BENEFITED THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION'S HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. STANDING
OUTSIDE THE CENTER ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT, IS TYLER POLK; ANGELA McCOLLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION; AND ANDREW JOHNSON.
REMEMBER...TO ENLARGE PHOTOS, CLICK ON THE PHOTOS.
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THE EXISTING WOOD DUCK NESTING BOXES IN THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE
CENTER'S WETLAND WERE DESTROYED WITH THE 2008 FLOODS. THESE BOXES HAD PROVIDED WOOD DUCKS WITH A SAFE PLACE TO NEST AND HATCH THEIR
SPRING DUCKLINGS. ANDREW JOHNSON, FOR HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT,
OVERSAW THE RECREATION OF THESE BOXES, ONCE AGAIN PROVIDING A SAFE
NESTING PLACE FOR THESE WOOD DUCKS, WHICH CAN BE VIEWED FROM THE
IMPROVED VIEWING DECK PICTURED BELOW.
DENNIS VOY

TYLER POLK'S EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT ADDED A ROOF AND BENCH TO MAKE THE VIEWING DECK AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER MORE ATTRACTIVE TO NATURE LOVERS WHO WILL NOW HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THE SUN.
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