A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.   HIGH OF 65.
A GREAT FORECAST ALSO FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.

AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE BOARD APPROVED A LOW
BID OF $83,150 FOR A LIFT BUS WHICH INCLUDES SEAT BELTS AND AIR BRAKES.    ALSO APPROVED, A BID OF $18,942 FOR ASBESTOS REMOVAL
FROM THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WINDOW REPLACEMENT PROJECT.     AND, APPROVED WAS A BID OF $38,151 FOR CARPET AND TILE REPLACEMENT  AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.     AND STILL ANOTHER BID  OF $9,176 WAS ACCEPTED FOR RESTROOM PARTITIONS IN THE GIRL'S RESTROOMS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.  

A BIRTH:    ALISON BAYLES AND MATT HINTON OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA   ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY IN PENNSYLVANIA.     GRANDPARENTS ARE MARK BAYLES FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND DEB SOLMAN, BOTH OF ALTOONA.  GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE DOTTIE BAYLES AND ALDEN AND DONNA BROWNE, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

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TOMORROW (THURSDAY), THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY WILL HOLD COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES AT THE MARRIOT HOTEL IN CORALVILLE.    THE UNIVERSITY WILL AWARD AN HONORARY DOCTOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE TO LONGTIME MAQUOKETA PHARMACIST, BOB OSTERHAUS.
BACK IN DECEMBER, THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A UNIVERSITY REQUEST TO AWARD THE DEGREE TO BOB.
ALSO APPROVED THEN WERE TWO OTHER HONORARY DOCTOR DEGREES,
TO FORMER GOVERNOR BOB RAY AND LONGTIME BOARD OF REGENTS
MEMBER STANLEY REDEKER.    BOB ESTABLISHED OSTERHAUS PHARMACY
IN 1965.    IN THE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE, BOB WAS CITED AS BEING
A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PATIENT-FOCUSED PHARMACEUTICAL CARE, PHARMACY EDUCATION, AND THE PHARMACY PROFESSION.    HE HAS
MENTORED COUNTLESS STUDENTS AND HAS BEEN A LEADING COMMUNITY
CLERKSHIP SITE FOR THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
HE HAS SERVED AS BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE IOWA PHARMACIST ASSOCIATION, CHAIR-PERSON OF THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
EXAMINERS, AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACIST
ASSOCIATION.    HE HAS RECEIVED DOZENS OF STATE, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS.    HE ALSO SERVED FOUR TERMS IN THE IOWA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FROM 1995 TO 2003.    LOCALLY, DURING
HIS MANY YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS.    HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION AND MOST RECENTLY WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN ESTABLISHING THE MAQUOKETA ART  EXPERIENCE AND ITS DOWNTOWN GALLERY.      HE IS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.   BOB AND HIS WIFE ANN ARE THE PARENTS OF 10 CHILDREN (1 DECEASED) AND NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN.   THOUGH RETIRED, HE REMAINS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, HIS CHURCH, AND STATE PHARMACY MATTERS.   AND HE
IS MANY TIME REFERRED TO AS MR. DEMOCRAT OF JACKSON COUNTY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOB ON THIS  HIGH AND WELL DESERVED HONOR.
HE WILL BE PRESENTED THE HONORARY DOCTOR DEGREE SHORTLY AFTER 10 TOMORROW MORNING.

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