ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. TOMORROW SHOULD BE SAME.
BUT, RAIN IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY.

WENT TO THE FREE FIREWORKS DISPLAY LAST NIGHT AT THE HOSPITAL.
IT WAS GREAT. MUCH BETTER THAN I EVER EXPECTED. NON-STOP
FIREWORKS FOR 20 MINUTES AND FIREWORKS I'VE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD
BEFORE. FREE T-N-T SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM BEFORE THE SHOW ALONG
WITH WHITEY'S FROZEN ICE CREAM CUPS. I HAD ONE OF EACH OF COURSE.
NICE CROWD, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE. THOSE WHO SKIPPED IT MISSED A GREAT SHOW. THANKS TO GENESIS OF DAVENPORT, NOW
CONNECTED TO OUR HOSPITAL FOR MORE AND BETTER SERVICE.

GIRL'S SOFTBALL LAST NIGHT: THE CARDINAL GIRLS TOOK ANOTHER DOUBLE HEADER AT DEWITT, 5 TO 0 AND 7 TO 1. AND DEWITT JUST DROPPED OUT OF FINAL RANKINGS. MAQUOKETA FINISHED IN 9TH PLACE IN FINAL RANKINGS. THE CARDINAL GIRLS ARE IN A TOURNAMENT TODAY AT MARION.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ALSO WON A DOUBLE HEADER HERE LAST NIGHT, DEFEATING CENTER POINT URBANA 8 TO 3 AND 14 TO 4.

"BARN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY" WILL BE HELD AT BIEHL'S CODFISH
HOLLOW BARN, LOCATED AT 3837 - 288TH AVENUE, ON THE CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD NORTHEAST OF MAQUKETA, THIS SUNDAY, JULY 4TH. THERE WILL BE 6 BANDS AND AN ART SHOW WITH WORKS FROM MAQUOKETA DOWNTOWN ARTIST THOMAS METCALF AND OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS ON DISPLAY. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL TIFFANY COSTELLO BIEHL AT 563-321-0172 OR GO TO THE CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS ON FACEBOOK.

AT THE FIREWORKS LAST NIGHT, I HAD A NICE TALK WITH THERESA
BROCK, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. YEARS AGO, SHE AND HUSBAND CARY
OPERATED BROCK'S GREENHOUSE AND SHE WAS ALSO A NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL IN DEWITT. NOW THEY LIVE IN HERMISTON, IN NORTHEAST
OREGON. THE CITY (15,000) IS ON THE FAMOUS COLUMBIA RIVER, NOT FAR FROM THE NEAR BLUE MOUNTAINS AND A SHORT DISTANCE FROM PENDLETON, WHICH IS THE HOME CITY FOR THE FAMOUS WOOLEN MILLS AND THEIR POPULAR BLANKETS. THE BROCKS LOVE IT OUT THERE. ONE DAUGHTER AND ONE SON LIVE WITH THERE FAMILIES THERE TOO. OTHER SON, CHUCK,JUST STARTED A NEW MUSIC JOB YESTERDAY AT ST. AMBROSE AT DAVENPORT AND THEY JUST HAD A BABY AND THERESA WAS HERE TO SEE THE BABY. CARY WASN'T ABLE TO COME THIS TIME. THEY ALSO HAVE A DAUGHTER AND FAMILY IN MISSOURI. THEY HAVE SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE SAID CARY IS A REGULAR READER OF THIS REPORT AND I URGED HER TO HAVE HIM DO AN ENTRY ON THE GUEST BOOK, TELLING MORE ABOUT THE
FAMILY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE GUEST BOOK USED MORE FOR JUST
THAT PURPOSE,. IF YOU NO LONGER LIVE IN MAQUOKETA, THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU NOW LIVE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING, PLUS INFORMATION ON YOUR FAMILY. ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO MAKE A GUEST BOOK ENTRY. PEOPLE DO ENJOY READING ABOUT PEOPLE THEY KNOW, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH.

THIS BLOG STILL CAN'T HANDLE PHOTOS AT THIS TIME. SO, I'LL HAVE TO WAIT LONGER UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FIXED BEFORE PUTTING MORE ON HERE.

HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE 4TH OF JULY.

DENNIS VOY