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
