85 TODAY!

CHANCE OF RAIN BOTH TOMORROW AND SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE

80'S.

SOME SUMMER PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS IN MAQUOKETA WERE

ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

THE LIGHTING AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY WILL BE UPDATED AT

A COST OF $110,000.

THE BRIGGS PLAY PAD WILL GET NEW ASPHALT AT A COST OF $36,000.

A SIDEWALK AND HANDICAP ACCESS RAMP WILL BE BUILT AT THE

HIGH SCHOOL AND CARDINAL SCHOOL.

DOOR AND HARDWARE REPLACEMENTS WILL BE DONE AT THE HIGH

SCHOOL AND BRIGGS AT $9,000. AND NEW AIR EXCHANGERS

TO IMPROVE VENTILATION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS AND

GIRLS LOCKER WILL BE DONE ALSO THIS SUMMER AT A COST

OF $13,272. ALL BIDS FOR THESE PROJECTS CAME UNDER ESTIMATE.

LEROY GARIEN, 79, OF PRESTON DIED YESTERDAY.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, A SON AND A BROTHER IN MAQUOKETA,

BILLY GARIEN.

THE MOTHER OF KIM HUCKSTADT OF MAQUOKETA, DIED

WEDNESDAY. JOLENE HUCKSTADT, AGE 78, LIVED IN BENNETT.

SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER AND ANOTHER SON, BOTH

IN BENNETT. SERVICES WILL BE AT 10:30 MONDAY AT THE FRY

FUNERAL HOME IN TIPTON.

THE COLTS DRUM AND BUGLE OF DUBUQUE IS IN MAQUOKETA THIS

WEEKEND, WITH PRACTICES UNDER THE SHADE TREES AT THE

HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WILL PUT ON A FREE SHOW FOR THE PUBLIC

AT 7:30 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE SOCCER FIELD AT THE WEST SIDE

OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. MAQUOKETA HAS 2 COLT MEMBERS....

PAIGE SCHNEWEIS AND DEREK LAUGHLIN. THE AVERAGE AGE

OF COLT MEMBERS IS 18 AND 19.

WENT TO THE RODEO LAST NIGHT......GOOD FUN! FINAL PERFORMANCES

AT 7:30 TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY