SUPER DAY IN MAQUOKETA!
MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW!

THREE ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA.
A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL ON A BIKE WAS HIT BY A CAR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BUT WAS NOT INJURED. SAMANTHA KRESS OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING OUT OF A CITY ALLEY AT QUARRY AND OTTO AND PATRICIA RYAN, AGE 12, WASA RIDING
ON THE SIDEWALK AND THE TWO COLLIDED. HEDGES OBSCURED BOTH OF THEIR
VIEWS AND NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
ALSO..TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED THIS MORNING AT QUARRY AND ELIZA.
BRENDA MCPHERSON, AGE 34, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON QUARRY AND HOWARD LESLIE, AGE 41, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING ON ELIZA AND FAILED TO YIELD TO THE MCPHERSON VEHICLE. LESLIE WAS CHARGED. $450 DAMAGE TO MCPHERSON'S CHEVY AND $150 DAMAGE TO LESLIE'S VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.
ALSO...TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT 3:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON NORTH MAIN STREET. AMANDA MEIERS OF MAQUOKETA BACKED INTO A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY LINDA PEARSON, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA. NO CHARGES, NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGES LISTED.

THE RESIDENTS REPORTED THE THEFT OF SOLAR LIGHTS IN MAQUOKETA.
DEBBIE BREUER ON 33RD STREET....RON SHAFER ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE....AND YOLAND BENNETT ON AUSTIN AVENUE.

THE FREE FIREWORKS WILL BE TONIGHT, WITH FREE REFRESHMENTS, AT THE HOSPITAL TO CELEBRATE THE NEW AFFILIATION WITH GENESIS OF DAVENPORT.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT WAS A HIT AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AROUND 100 SENIORS ENJOYED THE CAKE/ICE CREAM AND CONCERT BY THE TIMBER CITY
BAND, DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN. ALMOST 2 HOURS OF FAMILIAR MARCHES.
I PUT UP ONE PHOTO BELOW, AND WILL PUT MORE UP LATER WHEN THE PHOTO PART OF THIS BLOG IS WORKING AGAIN.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM BEAT CENTER POINT URBANA LAST NIGHT 3 TO 0 AND NOW ARE 24 AND 5 FOR THE SEASON.
THE BOYS SPLIT A DOUBLEHEADER WITH INDEPENDENCE AND NOW ARE 14 AND 13 FOR THE SEASON.

THE SIDEWALK AROUND THE FIRE CLEAN-UP AREA IS ALMOST DONE. I'LL HAVE A NEW PHOTO SOON.

THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER IN MAQUOKETA (HOSPITAL)
HAS A NEW WEB SITE......www.jcrhc.org. GO THERE FOR INFORMATION ON THE HOSPITAL, THE PHYSICIANS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE AND ABOUT THE JOBS AVAILABLE.

MELVIN LESLIE, 93, OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA, DIED YESTERDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, GERTRUDE ZARUBA.

ALL IS WELL IN MAQUOKETA....COME SEE US!

DENNIS VOY