Monday, October 04, 2010

TODAY...SUNNY AND IN THE 60'S.
THE ENTIRE WEEK LOOKS GREAT! 70'S LATER IN THE WEEK.
THE LEAVES ARE TURNING NICELY!
OH, IF ONLY THE ARIZONA AND FLORIDA PEOPLE COULD ENJOY
IOWA FALL WEATHER!
AND OF COURSE...WE ARE GETTING EXCITED UP HERE ALSO ABOUT THAT
FIRST SNOWFALL.

NOT MUCH NEWS TO REPORT.....

THE 11TH ANNUAL IOWA ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE CONFERENCE WILL BE
THIS WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL CAROLINE BREDEKAMP IN PRESTON.

A MAQUOKETA AREA MAN WAS TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE WITH INJURIES TO HIS LEG SUNDAY AFTERNOON. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPUTIES SAY CODY COAKLEY, AGE 27, WAS RIDING A DIRT BIKE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR 150TH STREET AND 50TH AVENUE WHEN HE HAD THE
ACCIDENT. HIS CONDITION IS NOT AVAILABLE.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. PIT BULLS WILL BE DISCUSSED AGAIN.
CINDY HOLDSWORTH HAS ASKED TO BE ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE
PIT BULL BAN IN MAQUOKETA.

DAVE ECKELBERG STOPPED IN LATE LAST WEEK TO CHAT ABOUT THIS
DAILY REPORT, WHICH HE READS DAILY AT HIS HOME IN MEDICAL LAKE,
WASHINGTON. HE IS A 1957 GRAD OF MCHS AND IS RETIRED (MSGT) FROM
THE AIRFORCE. LEFT ME HIS CARD, WHICH READS: DAVE ECKELBERG, ON
PERPETUAL VACATION. EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE HIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
WE HAD A GOOD BUT SHORT VISIT. HE PLANS TO BE BACK FOR HIS 55TH
CLASS RE-UNION IN A COUPLE YEARS.

BIG TURNOUT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE HANK WILLIAMS-PATSY CLINE
LEGENDS SHOW AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. I DIDN'T SEE IT,
BUT RED HENTON SAID IT WAS A VERY GOOD SHOW.
THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AT OHNWARD, "THE FOUR PREPS", A FREE SHOW
SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. REMEMBER TWO OF THEIR
BIG HITS: "26 MILES" AND "DOWN BY THE STATION"?

HAVE A NICE WEEK!

DENNIS VOY