NICE DAY AGAIN..HIGH OF 76.
TOMORROW, INTO THE 80'S.

A MINOR NEAR ACCIDENT AT 3:50 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON INVOLVING A MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BUS.   THERE WAS NO CONTACT AND NO INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT AT HIGHWAY 62 AND PERSHING ROAD.   THE BUS DRIVER DELANA ACTON OF MAQUOKETA WAS PULLING OUT OF THE D.O.T. SHED PARKING LOT AND THE SUN WAS IN HER EYES AND SHE DID NOT SEE
A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE DRIVEN BY WYATT SCHIFFER, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA.     SCHIFFER SWERVED TO MISS THE BUS AND ENDED UP
STUCK IN A SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.    THERE WERE NO CHILDREN ON THE
BUS.

THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HELD THEIR ANNUAL END
OF THE YEAR DINNER LAST NIGHT AT MICHEL'S HALL, WITH ABOUT
80 IN ATTENDANCE.   TWO MAJOR AWARDS WERE PRESENTED...ONE TO BRUCE AND SHERRY RUCHOTZKE FROM KEEPSAKE PORTRAIT STUDIO IN
MAQUOKETA...THE  FRIEND OF EDUCATION AWARD...
AND THE OTHER TO JEAN ANDERSON WHO WAS NAMED TEACHER OF THEY YEAR.   ANDERSON IS RETIRING AFTER 40 YEARS OF TEACHING IN
MAQUOKETA.     OTHER RETIRING TEACHERS WERE HONORED:
ROBERTA ROSHEIM....COLLEEN PETEROS....BEV BRAUER...,.CARROL
HAMMILL AND DEB CARSON.
CO-LEADERS OF THE ASSOCIATION THIS  PAST YEAR HAVE BEEN PATULETTE
HORNER AND MINDY ORRIS.  THEY WILL CONTINUE NEXT YEAR.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOY'S 4 BY 100 METER SHUTTLE HURDLES TEAM TODAY AT THE STATE TRACK MEET, QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS AT 11:40 THIS SATURDAY MORNING.   THERE WILL BE 8 TEAMS IN THE FINALS.
MAQUOKETA QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A TIME
OF 1-MINUTE EVEN.   ON THE TEAM:   JOSH KIRK, WILL TUBBS, JON BOPES,
AND QUINN COATES.
I'LL HAVE MORE STATE TRACK MEET NEWS TOMORROW.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY