HERE ... TODAY...62 AT KMAQ.....NO SUNSHINE AND PLENTY WIND.
YESTERDAY, 64.
TOMORROW, DOWN TO THE 40'S.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN TAXES.
THE SUPERVISORS SAID YESTERDAY MORNING AT THEIR MEETING THAT TAXES RESIDENTS PAY MAY GO UP BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN ASSESSMENTS, BUT
NOT BECAUSE OF A TAX LEVY INCREASE.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:
JEFF DOYLE OF MAQUOKETA TOLD POLICE MONDAY THAT A GUITAR WAS STOLEN FROM HIS HOUSE TRAILER AT THE WOODLAND NORTH TRAILER COURT
ON NORTH MATTESON STREET.
AND JUDY ZISMER ON SOUTH 2ND STREET REPORTED THAT A FENCE ON
HER PROPERTY HAD BEEN DAMAGED.

THE MAQUOKETA "Y" ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE REACHED $60,000
OF THEIR GOAL OF $72,000.....SO FAR.....TOWARD THEIR "PARTNER WITH YOUTH AND KIDS TO CAMP" CAMPAIGN. THE MONEY THAT IS RAISED GOES DIRECTLY TO THOSE IN NEED OF SCHOLARSHIPS.

A WEEK FROM TODAY, THE KMAQ TRAVEL BUS GOES TO THE CHICAGO
FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW AT NAVY PIER. WE HAVE OVER 30 GOING
AND ROOM FOR MORE. CALL US HERE AT KMAQ IF YOU WANT TO SIGN-UP.

HAVE A NICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

TOOK MY CAMERA ALONG TO ROTARY MEETING TODAY. WE HAD A PROGRAM
TODAY ON THE "MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE" IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
TOP PHOTO IS SHEILLAH BENTLEY, AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AT MAE.
HER ARTISTIC ABILITY INCLUDES HER "EGG ART" DISPLAY AT MAE.
NEXT PHOTO DOWN IS AMANDA RODENBORN .... ANOTHER VOLUNTEER AND
CURRENTLY DESIGNING A NEW WEB SIGHT FOR MAE THAT WILL BE PUT UP ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB SOON, WITH LOTS OF NEW FACTS AND FEATURES.
NEXT, DOWN, SCOTT WARREN, WHO RUNS THE YMCA IN MAQUOKETA AND
WILL BE ROTARY'S NEXT PRESIDENT JULY 1ST. LAST WEEKEND, HE ATTENDED
A ROTARY ORIENTATION EVENT ON HOW TO BE A GOOD PRESIDENT, SO ALL
ARE EXPECTING BIG THINGS FROM SCOTT. NEXT PHOTO DOWN IS OF
CONNIE TJARKS, CURRENT ROTARY PRESIDENT. SHE HAS HER OWN INTERNET
BUSINESS AT www.knotenoughthyme.com
AND THE BUTTON PHOTO IS OF THE POSTER PASSED OUT TODAY TELLING ABOUT A SPECIAL WEEKEND AT MAE LATE THIS MONTH. THEY ARE DOING SOME EXCITING THINGS THESE DAYS AT THE MAE LOCATION (FORMERLY OSTERHAUS PHARMACY BUILDING) AND THEY WANT YOU TO STOP AND SEE HOW MAQUOKETA IS WORKING TO BE A TOP ART AND CULTURE CENTER FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA. SOMEDAY, ROSE FRANTZEN'S FAMOUS "PORTRAIT OF MAQUOKETA" WILL BE THE KEY ATTRACTION AT THE ART CENTER. THOSE PORTRAITS ARE NOW (FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD)ON DISPLAY AT THE FIGGE ART MUSEUM IN DAVENPORT.
AT MAE, ALL AGES ARE GETTING ACTIVE IN ART, INCLUDING A LOT OF KIDS.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY