SUNNY BUT COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 65.    RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

BIG STORY TODAY.....THE JACKSON COUNTY TRANSFER STATION NORTH OF ANDREW WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE THIS MORNING.     THE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THE STATION WILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING TOMORROW MORNING.    FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK, WHO IS ALSO THE
LANDFILL ADMINISTRATOR SAID THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS  NOT KNOWN.
FIREFIGHTERS FROM 8 DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED TO ASSIST
ANDREW AND WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 4 HOURS.     HAULERS WILL NOW NEED TO HAUL THE GARBAGE TO THE LANDFILLS IN DUBUQUE AND
CLINTON.    CLINTON HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND IS READY TO ACCEPT THE EXTRA GARBAGE.

THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL PLANS TO INCREASE RATES BEGINNING
JULY 1ST.....A 6 PERCENT INCREASE.   THE REASON....INFLATION, BAD
DEBT AND EXTRA COSTS FACING THE HOSPITAL.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM WON A DOUBLE HEADER
OVER WEST DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

THE CARDINAL GIRL'S SOCCER TEAM LOST TO DEWITT IN TOURNAMENT
PLAY LAST NIGHT AND HAVE ENDED THEIR SEASON.   THEY ENDED UP WITH 8 WINS AND 6 LOSSES.

RAN INTO DOC YANDA AT POST OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON.   THIS IS
HIS 50TH YEAR IN MAQUOKETA.    NOT RETIRED...HE STILL ENJOYS GOING
TO WORK EVERY DAY.      EARLIER,I  RAN INTO JUDY MICHEL THERE...ONE DAUGHTER LIVES IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND OTHER AT SARATOGA SPRINGS,
NEW YORK.   NEITHER IS MARRIED AND JUDY, RETIRED, ENJOYS VISITING
THEM AS OFTEN AS SHE CAN.   

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THE NEW DIGITAL PROJECTOR AND SOUND SYSTEM AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE!
NO FILM!   THE MOVIE COMES IN ON A SMALL HARD DRIVE.    THE PICTURE
ON THE SCREEN IS VERY SHARP AND STEADY...  AND THE SYSTEM RUNS BY ITSELF....NO ONE EVER NEEDS TO GO INTO THE ROOM!     SO FAR, WE LIKE IT!!   WE WILL CONVERT THE OTHER TWO AUDITORIUMS AS SOON AS 35MM FILM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, WHICH WILL BE IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO.
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