FOGGY THIS MORNING....SUNNY TODAY...HIGH OF 61.'

THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA NEEDS TO FIND A DOCTOR, FAST,  THAT WILL DELIVER BABIES AFTER DR. PAUL KOOB RETIRES APRIL 30TH.    AT THE HOSPITAL BOARD
MEETING YESTERDAY, CEO CURT COLEMAN SAID KOOB IS THE ONLY DOCTOR
WHO DELIVERS BABIES AT THE HOSPITAL.     IF THEY CAN'T FIND ONE TO DO IT,
THEY WILL HAVE TO SUSPEND THE OBSTETRICS DEPARTMENT AT THE HOSPITAL.
COLEMAN SAID KOOB'S DECISION TO RETIRE APRIL 30TH WAS A SURPRISE AS EARLIER HE HAD TOLD THE HOSPITAL HE PLANNED RETIREMENT IN JUNE 2011.   COLEMAN
SAID THERE IS A DOCTOR WHO IS INTERESTED IN MAQUOKETA AND LIKELY WOULD
DELIVER BABIES BUT ISN'T AVAILABLE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
KOOB TOLD KMAQ TODAY HE HAS DELIVERED A COUPLE THOUSAND BABIES
IN HIS 34 YEARS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE IN MAQUOKETA AND THAT HE HAS BEEN CONSIDERING RETIREMENT FOR  THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.   HE TURNS
61 IN MAY.    KOOB TOLD KMAQ HE HAS NO MEDICAL WORK INCLUDED IN HIS
RETIRMENT PLANS BUT WILL STAY BUSY WITH OTHER ACTIVITIES.    I THINK HE
HAS A LIFETIME CONTRACT TO BROADCAST WRESTLING MATCHES ON KMAQ.

SO, NOW THE HOSPITAL IS NEEDING TWO DOCTORS....A SURGEON AND A
DOCTOR TO DELIVER BABIES.    BOTH POSITIONS BRING IN LOTS OF NECESSARY
REVENUE  FOR THE HOSPITAL.    SURGEON DR. PETE ATIENZA WANTS TO RETIRE
AND DR. KOOB IS RETIRING APRIL 30TH.

SUPV. STEVE FLYNN WOULD LIKE TO SEE RUMBLE STRIPS ON ROCKDALE ROAD
NEAR THE HURSTVILLE ROAD INTERSECTION.   YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE SUPERVISORS WEEKLY MEETING, FLYNN SUGGESTED THE STRIPS BE ADDED
BECAUSE OF SEVERAL ACCIDENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AT THAT
INTERSECTION.

TIME TO THINK ABOUT AN EASTER LILY FOR YOUR HOME.

DENNIS VOY