FIRST FULL DAY OF FALL AND IT WAS A SUMMER DAY IN MAQUOKETA....84 THE
HIGH.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT GAVE THE GO-AHEAD FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW SALES OF USED CARS ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY. JOHN
MANSON, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, HAD ASKED FOR THE PERMIT.
THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK APPROVED THE BID FO SEVEN HILLS PAVING OF MAQUOKETA FOR SOME STREET PATCHING WORK IN MAQUOKETA. THE BID
WAS FOR $37,239.
ALSO THIS WEEK, THE COUNCIL RE-APPOINTED FORMER MAYOR TOM MESSERLI
TO ANOTHER TERM ON THE COUNTY LANDFILL BOARD.
AND, THE COUNCIL STET TRICK-OR-TREAT HOURS FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST,
FROM 4 UNTIL 6 P.M.
YESTERDAY, A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDED THE FAMILY VISITATION
FOR ED TUBBS AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. THE LINE WAS LONG FROM BEFORE 2 P.M. UNTIL PAST THE 7:00 P.M. ANNOUNCED HOUR. AND THE FUNERAL TODAY PACKED THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, A SMALL CHURCH. BUT, VIDEO AND AUDIO FACILITIES WERE SET UP IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CHURCH FOR
THE OVERFLOW.
PAULA NEWHAUS HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA
ART EXPERIENCE. ACCORDING TO BOB OSTERHAUS, PRESIDENT OF THE
BOARD, NEWHAUS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COORDINATION AND PROMOTION
OF ARTS PROGRAMMING, RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS AND ONGOING
EXPANSION AND PROMOTION OF THE EASTERN IOWA CULTURAL CORRIDOR.
SHE HAS FIVE YEARS OF WORKING WITH NOT-FOR-PROFIT ARTS PROJECTS.
SHE HAS WORKED WITH THE DUBUQUE COUNTY FINE ARTS SOCIETY, VOICES
FROM THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT FINE ARTS EXHIBIT, DUBUQUE AREA WRITERS
GUILD AND DUBUQUE MAIN STREET. OSTERHAUS SAID MAQUOKETA ART
EXPERIENC IS WORKING TO TURN DOWNTOWN STOREFRONTS INTO STUDIOS,
GALLERIES, AND WORKSHOP SPACE FOR VISITING AND RESIDENT ARTISTS.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1945 WILL HAVE THEIR 65TH
CLASS REUNION THIS SATURDAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA AND
IT WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AT THE DECKER HOTEL.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY IS HOSTING AN OPEN HOUSE THIS SUNDAY FROM 1 UNTIL 4 P.M. AT THE SHELTER JUST NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA.
VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE NEW CAT ISOLATION ADDITION
AND UNVEILING OF THE PET MEMORIAL WALL. REFRESHMENTS WILL
BE SERVED. I WILL SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MEMORIAL HALL.
SO, SUNDAY STOP BY AND ENJOY SOME MEOW MEOW AND BOW WOW FUN.
DENNIS VOY
