IT'S CLOUDY AND COLD AGAIN TODAY!
FROST EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
BUT....TOMORROW IS STILL SUPPOSED TO BE NICE...SUNNY AND MID 60'S.

THE MAQUOKETA GOLF TEAM HOSTED 6 OTHER TEAMS AT THE COUNTRY CLUB
COURSE YESTERDAY AND TOOK FIRST PLACE. TY THEDE HAD A 74 TO LEAD
THE CARDINALS.

THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WILL NO LONGER TRY RECRUITING A SURGEON AND
INSTEAD WILL NEGOTIATE WITH A QUAD CITIES GROUP TO PROVIDE SURGICAL
SERVICES HERE IN MAQUOKETA. LOCAL SURGEON DR. PETE ATIENZA WOULD LIKE TO RETIRE, BUT IS STILL WORKING AND WILL UNTIL THEY COME UP WITH OTHER
SURGICAL ALTERNATIVES. HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN SAID
THERE IS A QUAD CITY GROUP INTERESTED IN SERVING MAQUOKETA A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK, WITH THREE SURGEONS ROTATING COVERAGE. A DECISION BY THE BOARD IS EXPECTED NEXT MONTH.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK PURCHASED A NEW SCHOOL BUS
FOR $79,389 FROM A FIRM IN MARSHALLTOWN. AND THEY SOLD TWO OF THEIR
BUSES TO BRIDGEPORT AUTO IN MAQUOKETA FOR $1,500 EACH. THE MARSHALLTOWN DEALER WAS ONLY GOING TO GIVE $300 FOR A TRADE-IN.
THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK ALSO SPENT $37,000 FOR NEW CARPET AT
BRIGGS AND CARDINAL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SHELBY WIRTH, A SENIOR AT MCHS, WILL GRADUATE THIS MAY FROM HIGH
SCHOOL AND WILL BE ENTERING COLLEGE THIS FALL WITH ENOUGH CREDITS
TO QUALIFY AS A JUNIOR. THIS IS THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH MAKES IT
POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDITS WHILE STILL IN HIGH
SCHOOL. AND SHE GOT THE COLLEGE CREDITS AT NO EXPENSE TO HER.
SHE WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA THIS FALL.
JULIE KINRADE, HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, WORKS WITH THE
STUDENTS WANTING EARLY COLLEGE CREDITS. AROUND 75% OF THE SENIOR CLASS THIS YEAR EARNED SOME COLLEGE CREDITS IN THE NEW CCC BUILDING
NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY AVERAGED ABOUT 25 CREDIT EACH,
EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE. BUT AGAIN, FOR SHELBY,
DAUGHTER OF SCOTT AND MARY KAY WIRTH OF MAQUOKETA, HER CREDITS
WERE GOOD FOR TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE.

WHO IS GOING TO BE FIRST DAILY REPORT READER TO BUY A DUCK FROM ME FOR THE ROTARY DUCK RACE JUNE 21ST? THIS YEAR, ONE YELLOW DUCK IS $3....2 FOR $5 OR 5 FOR $10.
THE FIRST PLACE DUCK IN THE RACE AT THE YMCA POOL WINS $500 FOR IT'S
OWNER AND DUCK OWNERS WHOSE DUCK FINISHES 2ND THOUGH 10TH, EACH
GET $100. QUACK ...MEANS SEND CHECK....QUACK QUACK....TO BOX 940 AND
QUACK QUACK QUACK.....IT TO MAQUOKETA, 52060.

THIS WEEKEND HERE IN MAQUOKETA...... IS VINTAGE CAR WEEKEND.
LOTS OF GREAT CARS WILL BE IN TOWN, INCLUDING THOSE 57 CHEVROLETS.
I GRADUATED IN 57....SO OF COURSE, IT IS MY FAVORITE. THANKS TO THE
STATLER BROTHERS, WE CAN SING ABOUT IT TOO.

CHECK OUR WEB CAM AND YOU'LL SEE MANY CARS GOING UP AND DOWN
MAIN STREET IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE. HOME PAGE...CLICK-ON THE
UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER BUTTON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!

DENNIS VOY