IT WAS SUPPOSE TO RAIN TODAY.
WE COULD USE A LITTLE RAIN.
NOTHING YET.
BUT IT IS STILL IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, THEN
A NICE FORECAST FOR THE FRIDAY-MONDAY 4-DAY HOLIDAY.
HIGH TODAY IN THE 80'S.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY TURNED DOWN AN OFFER FROM A MAQUOKETA AREA BUSINESSMAN WHO WANTED TO BUY THE FORMER S & H
BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA'S INDUSTRIAL PARK. THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND
A LETTER TO GARY DREW DECLINING HIS OFFER OF$208,000. DREW WANTED TO MOVE HIS BIODIESEL PLANT FROM RURAL MAQUOKETA TO THE BUILDING.
THIS MORNING, SUPERVISOR STEVE FLYNN SAID THE BUILDING, DONATED TO THE COUNTY A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WAS APPRAISED AT MORE THAN $1 MILLION.
SUPEVISOR LARRY KOOS SAID HE WASN'T READY FOR WHAT HE CALLED A
FIRE SALE OF THE BUILDING AND SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY SAID DREW DID NOT PROVIDE A GUARANTEE OF NEW JOBS WITH THE MOVE.

LAST NIGHT, I DROVE THROUGH DEWITT'S LARGE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND
COUNTED AT LEAST 5 LARGE FORMER INDUSTRY BUILDINGS FOR SALE.
SO, THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF VACANT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IN THIS AREA. BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY, NATIONWIDE, THERE MUST BE THOUSANDS. SO, SOMEDAY THE SUPERVORS MAY HAVE TO SELL IT CHEAP TO GET IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS.

THE VOLLEYBALL SEASON STARTS TONIGHT FOR THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S TEAM.
THEY WILL BE PLAYING IN THE PRESTON TOURNAMENT.

MAQUOKETA NOW HAS 9 DENTISTS! NOT MANY TOWNS OUR SIZE HAVE THIS MANY. GOOD FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY AS THEY BRING A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO MAQUOKETA FROM THE SURRONDING AREA. PROBABLY FOUR
OF THE NINE HAVE CUT BACK AND DO NOT PUT IN THE HOURS THEY USED TO.

THAT'S IT TODAY FOR AN "OPEN WIDE" REPORT.

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RED HENTON STILL HAS THAT HORSESHOE PITCHING FORM. FOR MANY YEARS,
HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST PITCHERS IN THE WORLD. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE LAWN OF THE FULTON COMMUNITY CHURCH.
IT WAS THE ANNUAL RED HENTON LAWN TOURNAMENT. RED WAS THE EMCEE AND
AFTER THE TOURNAMENT, HE PITCHED A FEW TO SHOW HE CAN STILL MAKE
A "RINGER". HE WILL BE 90 THIS FRIDAY. ICECREAM AND CAKE FOR
HIS FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES THIS FRIDAY FROM 4 'TIL 8 P.M.
AT COSTELLO'S EVENT CENTER JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIWAY 64. STOP BY AND WISH RED A HAPPY 90TH. NO GIFTS PLEASE.
CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

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MATT WALKER, RED'S GRANDSON FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, WAS ON HAND SUNDAY
DO SOME "PITCHING" ALSO. MATT'S MOTHER, NANCY, QUITE A FEW YEAR AGO
WAS ONE OF THE BEST LADY PITCHERS IN IOWA. SHE, AND HUSBAND BOB
SCHOLL, LIVE IN GEORGIA AND WILL BE UP TO IOWA THIS WEEKEND FOR HER
DAD'S BIRTHDAY. MATT MAKES IT TO THE FULTON CHURCH EVERY MONTH
FOR THE MONTHLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON CHURCH SERVICE. HE HAS TO COME.....
HE'S THE ORGANIST!

ONE MORE THING, MATT IS ALSO THE CD MUSIC PRODUCER FOR GRANDMPA RED.
RED'S CD'S ARE ON SALE HERE AT KMAQ FOR $5 PLUS SHIPPING.

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