SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 25 .
WARMER IN THE 30'S FOR THE WEEKEND.

THE SUPERVISORS OF JACKSON COUNTY ARE PLANNING TO HAVE NEW AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF JACKSON COUNTY DONE THIS SPRING, IN COLOR,  AT A COST OF $27,000.    THE DNR HAS CONTRACTED WITH A CEDAR FALLS FIRM TO DO THE PHOTOS AND BECAUSE THE PLANE WILL BE HERE IN SERVICE, THE COUNTY CAN ALSO
GET THE PHOTOS AT A REDUCED RATE.     THE LAST PHOTOS OF ALL OF JACKSON COUNTY WERE DONE IN 2002 AND WERE DONE IN BLACK AND WHITE AND AT A COST OF $200,000.

AT THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY...
THE BOARD APPROVED AN $850,000 TAX ASKING FOR NEXT YEAR, THE SAME
AS THE LAST 5 YEARS.
THE BOARD HEARD THAT IT WILL BE MADATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO GO TO AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM BY 2015 AT A COST
OF ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE AND
EXTRA STAFFING.
THE BOARD HEARD THE HOSPITAL HAD ONE-MILLION DOLLARS IN BAD DEBT
LAST YEAR AND THAT IS NOT IMPROVING.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD.
BORN IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANNA.      SHE IS GETTING EXCITED ABOUT HER SON'S WEDDING COMING  UP IN EARLY JUNE.  

FORREST TUBBS OF MAQUOKETA IS 99 TOMORROW.     FOR MANY YEARS, HE WAS THE APPLE ORCHARD MAN IN MAQUOKETA.      ALSO DID CABINET MAKING.   
STILL LIVES WITH HIS SON TOM AT THE BIG HOME NEXT TO THE ORCHARD.
THE ORCHARD IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION AS IN THE PAST.

THE BELLEVUE WAR.    LEARN ABOUT IT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 P.M.
AT THE MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.     THE PROGRAM
WILL BE FREE.

SLEEP WELL.

DENNIS VOY