FOGGY THIS MORNING....PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON....LOW 70'S....POSSIBLY A LITTLE RAIN LATER TODAY AND THEN A NICE WEEKEND COMING UP.

AT A SPECIAL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AGREED NOT TO REPLACE THE BULBS ON PLEASANT STREET (HISTORIC DISTRICT) WITH THE WHITE ENERGY EFFICIENT BULBS. NEW BULBS WERE PUT IN TWO FIXTURES SO PEOPLE COULD SEE HOW THEY LOOKED AFTER DARK.
RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SAID THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE "LOOK" AND THE BULB
DIDN'T FILL UP THE TOP PART OF THE GLOBE. I AGREE....I DROVE DOWN THE STREET....AND WHILE THE OLD BULBS "GLOW'....THE NEW ONES ARE "COLD" IN COMPARISON....NO "GLOW".
THE CITY COUNCIL IS PLANNING TO ADD SOLAR LIGHTING FOR THE "MAQUOKETA" SIGNS AT THE FOUR ENTRANCES TO MAQUOKETA. THEY ARE SEEKING A GRANT TO HELP DO PART OF THIS PROJECT.

AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT AROUND 11:20 ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST OF MAQUOKETA.
RONALD STOLL, AGE 54, WAS DRIVING NORTH ONF 254TH AVENUE AND FAILED TO STOP AT THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 64. THE CHEVY CAR WENT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND INTO THE DITCH AND HIT A FENCE. NO INJURIES.
DAMAGES LISTED $4,000 TO THE CAR AND $150 TO THE FENCE OWNED BY
SUSAN WALSH OF MAQUOKETA. STOLL WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING.

THE BIG, ANNUAL, IKE'S FISH FRY DINNER IS TOMORROW FROM 11 'TIL 6 AT THE
IKE'S CLUBHOUSE AT SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA WILL BE 175 YEARS OLD NEXT YEAR. THERE WILL BE A PARTY!

THE FIRST STOCK CAR RACES OF THE SEASON, IN MAQUOKETA, WILL BE
ON SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 6TH, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

IT IS SPRING CLEAN-UP TIME AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY! CHARLIE DIETZ,
HEAD OF THE CEMETERY BOARD FOR MANY YEARS, IS ASKING RESIDENTS
TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, PICKING UP
STICKS AND BRANCHES AND PUTTING THEM ALONG CEMETERY ROADS FOR PICK UP BY THE CARETAKER.
ALSO, REMOVE YOUR DECORATIONS BY APRIL 15TH. LATER, YOU CAN
RETURN THEM AFTER THE CLEAN-UP IS FINISHED.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

DENNIS VOY

ELENA LANZ AT LEFT IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY. I TOOK THIS PHOTO
EARLIER THIS WEEK JUST BEFORE SHE WAS INTERVIEWED ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW. ELENA GOT HER B.A. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND AFTER A LONG CAREER AS A HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE IN LA AND CHICAGO, SHE MOVED TO
SHREVEPORT TO WORK AT THE SHREVE MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
THEN MOVED A YEAR LATER TO FLORIDA AND MORE WORK IN LIBRARY SYSTEMS. ELENA AND HER HUSBAND
DECIDED LAST YEAR TO MOVE CLOSER TO HIS AGING PARENTS IN EASTERN
IOWA, AND SO HERE SHE IS, IN MAQUOKETA. SHE IS AN AVID READER OF OF LITERARY FICTION...ENJOYS HAWAIIAN QUILTING...WRITING...AND BOOK REPAIR. SHE HAS SOME NEW THINGS TO START AT THE MAQUOKETA LIBRARY,
INCLUDING A WEEKLY SUMMER MOVIE FOR KIDS. ON FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH,
IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE PUBLIC IS
INVITED TO A "MEET AND GREET" RECEPTION HONORING ELENA.
FROM 4 UNTIL 6 P.M. PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
DENNIS VOY