Wednesday, May 23, 2012

83 TODAY....89 TOMORROW

IOWA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATES DROPPED IN ALL COUNTIES IN THE AREA IN APRIL.     FOR THE STATE AS A WHOLE, IT WAS 5.1.....DOWN FROM 5.2 IN MARCH.     IN JACKSON COUNTY, IT DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY TO 5.4 PERCENT IN APRIL FROM 6.6 IN MARCH.

IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WON THEIR SEASON OPENING GAME LAST NIGHT IN EXCITING  FASHION.     MAQUOKETA DEFEATED
NORTH SCOTT 3 TO 2, SCORING ALL 3 OF THEIR RUNS IN THE BOTTOM
OF  THE FINAL 7TH INNING.    ABBY SKLADZIEN HIT A GAME WINNING
TRIPLE TO BRING IN THE FINAL TWO RUNS.

IN THEATRE NEWS....THE VOY 3 THEATRE IS NOW A DIGITAL THEATRE!
FROM NOW ON,  IN THE LARGEST AUDITORIUM OF THE THREE, ONLY DIGITAL
(COMPUTER HARD DRIVE) MOVIES WILL BE SHOWN.   THE PROJECTION
BOOTH NO LONGER HAS A PROJECTOR TO SHOW 35MM FILMS.
THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN IS BRILLIANT.   A STEADY PICTURE AND NEVER SCRATCHES.    I'LL HAVE A PHOTO OF IT HERE ONE OF THESE DAYS.
ALL AUTOMATION!    AT EXACTLY 7 P.M...WITH NO ONE IN THE ROOM, IT STARTS UP...TURNS DOWN THE LIGHTS...SHUTS OFF THE PRE-MOVIE MUSIC AND GOES TO THE PREVUES AND THEN THE MOVIE.     AT THE END OF THE SHOW, IT BRINGS UP THE LIGHTS, SHUTS DOWN AUTOMATICALLY AND WILL BE READY TO GO AGAIN FOR THE NEXT SHOWING AT THE ADVERTISED TIME.

ALSO IN THEATRE NEWS, A BREAK-IN LAST NIGHT AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN
THEATRE.    MOSTLY CANDY TAKEN AND SOME MINOR DAMAGE.

COME BACK TOMORROW AND CHECK THE  DAILY REPORT FOR MORE
WEATHER, SPORTS AND NEWS HAPPENINGS IN THE TIMBER CITY.

DENNIS VOY