THE WEEKEND WEATHER WAS PRETTY GOOD.
HAD A LITTLE RAIN OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT.
TODAY, SUNNY AND NICE,  HIGH OF 72.
GOOD WEATHER FOR REST OF WORK WEEK COMING UP.

MAQUOKETA SURVIVED THE TORQUE FEST!     POLICEMEN WERE BUSIER
THAN DURING A NORMAL WEEKEND....THANKS TO SOME EXTRA BEVERAGES
BEING CONSUMED AROUND TOWN.    ONE TAVERN HAD A COUPLE MINOR
ENCOUNTERS.    NUMEROUS CARS WERE "EGGED" FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND TOWN.  ATTENDANCE FOR THE TWO DAY EVENT SEEMED GOOD...BETTER THAN LAST YEAR...BUT NO FIGURES HAVE BEEN RELEASED
BY ANYONE.     TWICE TODAY I  HEARD THAT 10,000 WRISTBAND TICKETS WERE
PRINTED AND THAT THEY RAN OUT OF THOSE, SO, IF THAT IS CORRECT, THAT WOULD MEAN $100,000 IN TICKET SALES.   BOTH HOTELS I BELIEVE WERE
FULL AND RESTAURANTS LOOKED BUSY.    A GREAT AMOUNT OF FOOD WAS
PREPARED AND CONSUMED ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, ALONG WITH BEER AND POP OF COURSE.       GAS STATIONS WERE EXTRA BUSY ON PLATT STREET.
SO, THE EVENT BENEFITED A LOT OF PLACES AS ONE WOULD EXPECT.
WILL IT BE BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR?   I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS!

MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD AN ICE CREAM CONE AT "GRANDPA'S PARLOR" IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE.   IT IS CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF A SATURDAY
NIGHT FIRE IN AN APARTMENT UPSTAIRS.   IT RECEIVED WATER AND
SMOKE DAMAGE AND THE OWNERS SAY THE WILL RE-OPEN THE BUSINESS.

FOUR MOTORCYCLE DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND IN IOWA.

SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TONIGHT.

THE MASTER GARDNER'S PLANT SALE IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 UNTIL 11 A.M AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

PATRICIAN ANN FLEMMING, AGE 68, OF MILES (BORN IN MAQUOKETA)
DIED SUDDENLY LAST THURSDAY.     THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN PRESTON.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE 1 SON, 1 DAUGHTER, 1 GRANDDAUGHTER AND HER FATHER, BOB RUPP OF
MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY