NASTY DAY TODAY. COLD AND LIGHT RAIN. MORE TONIGHT. TOMORROW
SHOULD BE BETTER, BUT STILL COLD. SOME SUNSHINE EXPECTED IN THE
AFTERNOON.

THE JACKSON COUNTY (REPLICA OF OLD SCHOOL) WELCOME CENTER AT SABULA IS GETTING A NEW ROOF. THE BUILDING IS 20 YEARS OLD.

THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL IS GETTING A NEW ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM FOR THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL MAKE THE
HOSPITAL FULLY CONNECTED TO THE TWO CLINICS AND WILL HELP INCREASE
PATIENT SAFETY. BOARD PRESIDENT KEVIN BURNS SAID WHILE IT'S A LARGE
CHUNK OF MONEY ($140,000), THE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY IS HUGE.

SOME EXCITEMENT AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED FOR A HALF HOUR BECAUSE OF CARBON MONOXIDE ISSUE. BLACK HILL ENERGY WAS CALLED TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEN STUDENTS DID NOT GO BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOM BECAUSE IT WAS THE END OF SCHOOL FOR THE DAY.

ON POLICE BLOTTER....AMBER BURRIS SAID SOMEONE TOOK HER DYNO GT CHROME BIKE FROM THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY TUESDAY. THE BIKE IS NOT
REGISTERED. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA URGES PARENTS TO HAVE THEIR
BIKES REGISTERED AT THE POLICE STATION FOR A NOMINAL FEE.

LONGTIME PRESTON BUSINESS WOMAN HAZEL DRISCOLL, AGE 96, DIED
YESTERDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN CLINTON. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND
RAN THE HARDWARE STORE DOWNTOWN FOR MANY YEARS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR FIRST BASKETBALL GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT, HERE, DEFEATING CLEAR CREEK AMANA BY ABOUT 20 POINTS.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

DENNIS VOY

BILL TUBBS WAS THE SPEAKER AT ROTARY
TODAY. ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL GRAD.
WIFE (40 YEARS THIS WEEK) OF LINDA (LONG) FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. BROTHER OF STEVE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND ALAN OF DEWITT. OWNER-EDITOR
OF NORTH SCOTT PRESS IN ELDRIDGE WHERE
HE LIVES. I'D SAY "MR. ELDRIDGE-ROTARIAN". LONGTIME MEMBER THERE AND PAST DISTRICT ROTARY GOVERNOR. FOR OVER 15 MONTHS, HE CAME UP TO ROTARY IN MAQUOKETA EVERY WEDNESDAY, TAKING HIS FATHER, ED, TO THE MEETING.
TODAY, HE AND HIS BROTHERS PRESENTED
THE NEW BANNER YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO
(WHICH SHOWS THE ROTARY FOUR-WAY
TEST) IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAD. ED
IS REMEMBERED IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND
CORNER WORDING THAT IS TOO SMALL TO READ HERE.
CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND
THANKS TO THE TUBBS BROTHERS.

DENNIS VOY

I KNOW YOU ARE ALL HAPPY TO SEE A
PHOTO OF MY NEW ICE MACHINE AT THE
THEATRE. HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY SOME
OF IT'S GREAT TASTING ICE WHEN "HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS". LUCKILY, IT JUST FIT
GOING THROUGH THE DOORWAY WHEN IT ARRIVED YESTERDAY. THANKS LARRY DERGANZ FOR ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE.

DENNIS VOY