TERRIBLE DAY TODAY.... STARTED RAINING AT NOON AND THEN ALL AFTERNOON.
AND ITS COLD AND WINDY TOO.
WE MAY GET SOME SUNSHINE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

DANIELLE HOLDGRAFER BLAMED HER LATE HUSBAND, ANDY, FOR CAUSING THE
DEATH OF THEIR 4-YEAR OLD SON, COLLIN, LAST YEAR IN THEIR ANDREW
HOME. BUT, IN COURT TODAY, SHE ADMITTED SHE WAS AWARE OF THE ABUSE.
SHE PLEADED GUILTY THIS MORNING IN JACKSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT RESULTING IN DEATH. THE JUDGE SENTENCED
HER TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON. AFTER THE SENTENCE, SHE WAS ALLOWED
TO VISIT HER SON'S GRAVE AND VISIT WITH 5 FAMILY MEMBERS BEFORE SHE
WAS TAKEN TO PRISON.

A WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA BANKER DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES LAST NIGHT AT HIS FARM NEAR DELMAR. JACK McGARRY, AGE 50, HAS BEEN A LOAN OFFICER THE PAST 11 YEARS FOR THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, WENDY, HIS PARENTS, AND 2 CHILDREN. ALSO 6 BROTHERS AND
SISTERS. THE FUNERAL WILL BE AT 10:30 MONDAY MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH IN DEWITT. SCHULTZ FUNERAL HOME IN DEWITT IS IN CHARGE OF
ARRANGEMENTS.

THE EASTER EGG HUNT IN MAQUKETA IS AT 10 TOMORROW MORNING, BEHIND
THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER ON EAST QUARRY STREET, SPONSORED AGAIN BY THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB, WITH SOME PRIZES DONATED BY
WAL MART.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY