WE GOT SOME RAIN THIS MORNING....ABOUT A HALF-INCH HERE IN
MAQUOKETA.    MORE IN SOME AREAS AROUND US, ESPECIALLY  TO
THE SOUTH IN PARTS OF CLINTON COUNTY.    MORE IS FORECAST FOR
TONIGHT.     STILL GOING TO BE A HOT WEEKEND!  BECAUSE OF  THE
CLOUDS AND RAIN, TODAY'S HIGH WAS LOWER THAN PREDICTED.
WE GOT  UP TO 82.

AT THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK IN MAQUOKETA,  SOME
NEW SERVICES ARE IN THE WORKS.    ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN
SAID THEY ARE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE FINAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO KNEE SURGERY.
ALSO, SOME GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERIES AT THE  HOSPITAL ARE PLANNED ON AN OUT-PATIENT BASIS.   AND, COLEMAN ALSO SAID THAT EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICS ARE BEING HELD ON A LIMITED BASIS AND HE SAID  THEY HOPE TO INCREASE THE USE OF THOSE AREAS.   HE SAID SURGICAL
PROCEDURES COULD BE PERFORMED FOR PODIATRY PATIENTS IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO AT THE BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD LEARNED THAT GERALYN EVANS, AN RN AT THE HOSPITAL FOR MORE THAN 37 YEARS RETIRED AT THE
END OF MAY.    SHE STARTED AS A CANDY-STRIPER MORE THAN 37 YEARS AGO IN THE EARLY 70'S AND PURSUED HER NURSING CAREER AS AN LPN
IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.   THEN, SHE BECAME AN RN AND CONTINUED
WORKING IN THE ICU AND ACCU.  SHE ALWAYS WORKED AT NIGHT.   A BREAKFAST CELEBRATION WAS HELD IN HER HONOR.

IN BUSINESS NEWS:
CHUCK SCHWAGER OF CARAWAY REALTY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAS PURCHASED McDONALD REALTY FROM OHNWARD BANCSHARES AND
MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.    THE McDONALD OFFICE CLOSED THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.      FROM 1985 UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT, DON AND CONNIE
McDONALD MANAGED THE BUSINESS FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.
MOST RECENTLY, IT HAS BEEN MANAGED BY TRACY DRISCOLL.
SCHWAGER IS NOW THE FULL OWNER OF BOTH REAL ESTATE COMPANIES.
THE FUTURE NAME WILL BE "EAST IOWA REALTY" AND THE FIRM WILL
CONTINUE TO OPERATE AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION, 125 SOUTH 2ND STREET, ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY.    THE CARAWAY REALTY FIRM WAS STARTED BY DALE CARAWAY IN THE 1980'S AND PARTNERED WITH SCHWAGER
IN 2008.    DALE CARAWAY STILL WORKS PART TIME FOR THE FIRM, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN FARM LAND SALES AND AUCTIONS.

ALSO IN BUSINESS NEWS:  
COSTELLO'S OLD MILL HAS A NEW OWNER.   LACEY McDEVITT, DAUGHTER OF
LARRY McDEVITT OF MAQUOKETA, WILL KEEP THE NAME....A NAME THE OLD MILL HAS HAD SINCE 1979 WHEN PATRICK J. COSTELLO FIRST OPENED IT AS HIS ART GALLERY.    IN 2005, THE MILL WAS  PURCHASED BY PAT'S DAUGHTER, TRACY AND HER HUSBAND TIM TAYLOR WHO REPURPOSED
THE OLD 1867 GRIST MILL INTO A WEDDING SITE AND RECEPTION HALL.
COSTELLO'S OLD MILL WILL REMAIN A WEDDING SITE/RECEPTION HALL, BUT WILL ALSO HOST BANDS WITH AN OPEN BAR  NIGHT OCCASSIONALLY.
THE COSTELLOS AND THE TAYLORS NOW LIVE IN ARIZONA.

THE "RELAY FOR LIFE" EVENT TONIGHT,  UNTIL 6 TOMORROW MORNING,  HAS BEEN MOVED INSIDE THE PEARSON BUILDING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
TOMORROW, IS THE ANNUAL TIMBER CITY ADVENTURE RACE....STARTING AT CANTON AND ENDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES DURING THE DAY, A FOOD STAND, CAR SHOW AND CRUISE, GARDEN TRACTOR PULL AT 11 AND THE
TIMBER CITY COWGIRLS AND ED ELLIOT WILL PERFORM.    THERE
WILL BE A CHALK WALK ART CONTEST TOO, FROM 1 UNTIL 2 P.M. AND
STOCK CAR RACING AT 6 TOMORROW NIGHT.   A BIG, BUSY DAY
IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW.

TOMORROW AND SUNDAY, BIG DOINGS ALSO AT BELLEVUE FOR THEIR
ANNUAL "HERITAGE DAY CELEBRATION".....EVENTS SATURDAY ...AND A PARADE AT 10:30 SUNDAY MORNING (BROADCAST BY ME ON KMAQ-AM 1320)....CARNIVAL IN COLE PARK...WATER SHOW AT 6 P.M. SUNDAY ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND FIREWORKS AT DARK SUNDAY NIGHT. 
PRIOR TO THE FIREWORKS,THERE WILL BE THE RAFFLE DRAWING FOR A NEW CHEVROLET.  TONIGHT IS THE QUEEN CONTEST.

IF ANYONE READING THIS HAS A RALPH LAW ORIGINAL PAINTING (STEAMBOAT) AND/OR AN ORIGINAL BY MAQUOKETA PAINTER WITH LAST NAME "CARSON" (FROM THE EARLY 1900'S)...THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER SELLING.... EMAIL ME AT kmaq@kmaq.com
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY BOTH OF THESE
LONG AGO MAQUOKETA ARTISTS....AT THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE
GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY