KMAQ TRAVEL SPONSORED A BUS TO THE CHICAGO
FLOWER SHOW YESTERDAY, AT NAVY PIER. HAD A
GOOD TIME AND SPRING-LIKE WEATHER TOO. SHOWN
ABOVE, TWO JACKSON COUNTY GARDENERS AND THEIR
WIVES AT THE SHOW. LEFT TO RIGHT: WAYNE AND
JUDY SCHNEIDER FROM MILES AND BOB AND JUDY
ANDERSON FROM MAQUOKETA. ALL 4 RETIRED AND
READY TO DO SOME SPRING PLANTING IN THE YARD
AND GARDEN. HERE IN MAQUOKETA, 50 YESTERDAY
AND SUNNY AND 58 TODAY. GOT A LITTLE RAIN LAST
NIGHT AND FIRST THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OF THE
YEAR.
THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND BOYS WON THEIR GAME
BY 2 POINTS THIS AFTERNOON (GAME ON KMAQ) AND
WILL PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT 6 TOMORROW
NIGHT. WE WILL BROADCAST IT!
A 15 YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA YOUTH WAS INVOLVED IN
A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT IN DAVENPORT. THE NAME OF
THE BOY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. HE WAS TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT BY HIS SISTER AND
TREATED FOR THE GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS NECK AREA.
THE INCIDENT STEMMED FROM SOME SORT OF ENCOUNTER
WITH PEOPLE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. WORD HAS IT THE BOY'S
GIRL FRIEND WAS ALSO WITH HIM.
A BIRTH: BRIAN AND MYRA GROSS ARE PARENTS OF A
GIRL BORN IN IN IOWA CITY TUESDAY. SHE WAS NAMED
JEWEL ASPEN AND WEIGHED 3 POUNDS.
CLICK-ON THE ABOVE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY