BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.

A 90-MINUTE PARADE KICKED OFF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR LAST NIGHT
IN MAQUOKETA.

ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, 4,174 AND
LAST NIGHT, 2,244. THE RECORD WEDNESDAY NIGHT ATTENDANCE
WAS 4,719 IN 2006.

$50 CASH WINNERS FROM MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT, LORIN DEPPE,
MARY BOCK, JILL HEINRICH, JOYCE KOHRT, AND DIXIE EDWARDS.
THE OTHER 5 WINNERS WERE NOT FROM MAQUOKETA.

TODAY IS KID'S DAY AND STOCK CAR RACES TONIGHT.

THE GALLAGHER COMEDY SHOW HAD A GOOD TURNOUT IN THE GRANDSTAND
LAST NIGHT.

I TOOK A FEW PHOTOS, BUT THE PHOTO PART OF THIS DAILY PAGE IS NOT
WORKING TODAY.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED THE SAME IN JACKSON COUNTY IN JUNE, 6.8 PERCENT. OTHER COUNTIES AROUND US WENT UP A LITTLE.

DEBBIE BRECHT OF MAQUOKETA SWERVED TO MISS TWO DEER ON 125TH AVENUE
AND WENT INTO THE DITCH. NO INJURIES. $1,000 DAMAGE.

PRESTON LOST THEIR BALL GAME AT STATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE #1 TEAM IN THE STATE IN 1-A. GREAT SEASON FOR THE TROJANS!
DEWITT PLAYS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 2.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

SEE YOU AT THE FAIR.

DENNIS VOY