IT STARTED RAINING OVERNIGHT.
AND MORE THIS MORNING...A GOOD RAIN AT TIMES.
WE NEEDED IT.
PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND IN LOW 70'S.
MORE RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
WEEKEND LOOKING GOOD.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, MARK MAZE, OWNER OF MAQUOKETA LUMBER COMPANY,
HAS PURCHASED BELLEVUE BUILDING SUPPLIES (LUMBER COMPANY) IN
BELLEVUE.
DAN GREEN IS A YOUNG MAN WRITING A BOOK ABOUT HURSTVILLE. WANTS
INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE USED
IN THE BOOK, CALL HIM AT 319-215-2919.
A NEW EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER HAS BEEN HIRED AT THE MAQUOKETA
HOSPITAL. RHONDA JOHNSON STARTED LAST MONTY. THE POSITION HAS
BEEN OPEN FOR 9 MONTHS. JOHNSON AS 19 YEARS OF EMERGENCY NURSING
EXPERIENCE AT TRINITY IN BETTENDORF. SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE
TOP 100 NURSES IN IOWA IN 2008.
OTHER HOSPITAL NEWS: THE FORMER NURSERY HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO AN
ACTIVITIES AREA FOR SWING BED SKILLED PATIENTS. PAM SCHOENTHALER IS
IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING CERTIFIED TO FILL THE ROLE OF ACTIVITIES
COORDINATOR IN ADDITION TO HER DUTIES IN CLINICAL EDUCATION AND PATIENT
OUTCOMES.
A MINOR FARM ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES.
MARTY HUDRLIK SAID HE ROLLED HIS COMBINE AT 69TH STREET AND THE
MAQUOKETA CAVES ROAD AT 4:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HUDRLIK WAS NOT
INJURED.
RED HENTON'S NEW CHRISTMAS CD IS OUT. ELEVEN SONGS. COST $5 HERE
AT KMAQ. ADD $2.00 FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING. PRODUCED BY "MATT
WALKER RECORDINGS COMPANY" ON JONES AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA. THE CAROLS ARE:
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS....THE CARD....JINGLE BELLS....MARY'S
LITTLE DONKEY....OH HOLY NIGHT....THE NIGHT HIS STAR WAS SHINING....
THE FIRST NOEL....LET IT SNOW....RUDOLPH....IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR....AND....WHITE CHRISTMAS. RED DOES A LITTLE NARRATION ON THE CD TOO.
CHRISTMAS IS ONLY 75 DAYS AWAY.
DENNIS VOY
