CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY.    48 THE HIGH.
GREAT WEATHER COMING FOR THE WEEKEND.      FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WILL HAVE
GRADUATIONS THIS SUNDAY.    MAQUOKETA'S WILL BE AT 2 P.M. MAY 30TH.

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE RAISES BEGINNING
JULY 1ST AS PART OF A 1.86 PERCENT INCREASE SALARY PACKAGE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION APPROVED
A $200 INCREASE ON THE BASE PAY FOR A FIRST YEAR TEACHER....FROM $25,740 TO $25,940.  ALSO, BOARD MEMBERS SET UP TWO OTHER SALARY SCALES, ONE FOR LONGEVITY AND ANOTHER FOR TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT.    BOTH ARE NEW TO THE DISTRICT.    THE HEALTH INSURANCE REMAINS THE SAME.   FULL HEALTH AND MAJOR MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

OH YES...THANKS TO DARLENE REDMOND ORR IN BRANSON, MISSOURI, FOR BUYING
TWO MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCKS FOR THE JUNE 21ST RACE.   THE FORMER
MAQUOKETAN MAY WIN $1,000 OR $100 WITH HER DUCK IN THE RACE.    SHE'S A REGULAR READER OF THIS DAILY REPORT AND SENT HER CHECK FOR $10 TO ME AT BOX 940, MAQUOKETA.

DENNIS VOY  (MEMBER OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY SINCE 1963)

THIS IS HOW THE BIG HOLE ON MAIN STREET LOOKED AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON.
AND THEY WERE STILL WORKING.
THE BUILDING TO THE BACK IS THE CORNER BUILDING THAT WILL COME DOWN SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.   CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

FUTURE HOME OF "BOMBFIRE PIZZA AND BREAD"  ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    HAD PIZZA AT THEIR SABULA STORE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.   YOU WILL LIKE IT!    COOKED AT 800 DEGREES IN A SPECIALLY BUILDT WOOD BURNING OVEN.    LESS THAN 2 MINUTES
AND THE PIZZA IS READY.    THE MAQUOKETA STORE WILL NOT OPEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS OR MORE AND SABULA WILL REMAIN OPEN TOO.    THE OWNER (PURCHASED THE BUILDING FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION POST)  HAS LOTS OF OTHER IDEAS
FOR THE UPSTAIRS AND MAYBE ALSO BASEMENT.      AS THEY SAY....STAY TUNED.
DENNIS VOY