95 TODAY....NO RELIEF IN SITE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY RELAY FOR LIFE FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY WILL BE  HELD TOMORROW NIGHT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.    THE THEME IS "RED, WHITE AND YOU
FOR THE CAUSE".    THE RELAY OFFICIALLY BEGINS AT 6 P.M. TOMORROW WITH THE SURVIVOR LAP.       THEN A MEAL WILL BE SERVED IN BOYER HALL BY BUDDE'S HOMETOWN CAFE AND CORNER STOP CATERING.   THERE WILL BE A "LIVE" AUCTION AT 7.   AT DUSK, SURVIVORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WILL BEGIN LIGHTING THEIR LUMINARIA WITH A CEREMONY AT 9:30 P.M.
AND THERE WILL BE OTHER ACTIVITIES OVER NIGHT, ALONG WITH WALKING.
THE RELAY OFFICIALLY ENDS AT 6 A.M. SUNDAY.

ABOUT 1,500 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE  4TH ANNUAL LUNCH ON THE DIARY  FARM LAST SUNDAY ON THE SCOTT ANDJESSICA HINGTEN FARM ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.       THE JACKSON-CLINTON COUNTY DAIRY ASSOCIATION, THAT SPONSORED THE JUNE DAIRY MONTH EVENT, THANKS ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOFTBALL LAST NIGHT...
GAME ONE....WILLIAMSBURG DEFEATED MAQUOKETA, 3 TO 1
AND IN THE SECOND GAME, THE CARDS WON, 6 TO 0.   THE CARDINAL GIRLS ARE NOW 13 AND 16.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ALSO PLAYED LAST NIGHT AND WON BOTH GAMES OVER CENTER POINT URBAND....3 TO 1 AND 8 TO 1.
THE BOYS ARE NOW 19 AND 10 AND HAVE WON 7 IN A ROW.
THEY PLAY AT MARION TOMORROW NIGHT.

ENJOY...
THESE LAZY, HAZY DAYS OF SUMMER!

DENNIS VOY

THE PHOTOS BELOW.. WERE TAKEN LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB FREE ICE CREAM, CAKE AND BAND CONCERT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.   IT WAS A WARM NIGHT, WITH A NICE BREEZE.

THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME AND ESPECIALLY TO JAY KAHN AND THE

MUSICIANS WHO ENTERTAINED OVER 75 IN ATTENDANCE.

THANKS TO LONGTIME ROTARIAN TED MAZE FOR BEING THE CHAIRPERSON AGAIN THIS YEAR......HE'S DONE IT FOR AROUND 20 YEARS.

STEVE TUBBS HAS PLAYED WITH THE BAND SINCE DAY ONE.

DAVID MANNING

SUSAN SANDBERG

THE  "TIMBER CITY BAND"  IS DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN, MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND INSTRUCTOR AND  AUTHORITY ON CONCERT AND MARCHING  BANDS, FROM SOUSA TO GALUSKA.   WHO IS GALUSKA?
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR,  JAY HEARD ABOUT J. F. GALUSKA, WHO LIVED IN
DELMAR AND MAQUOKETA FROM 1909 UNTIL 1921 AND WHO COMPOSED
MARCHES INCLUDING FOUR PRESENTED LAST NIGHT.    HIGH PRAISE FOR
GALUSKA BY KAHN.     GALUSKA ALSO GAVE LESSONS... VIOLIN, VIOLA, CLARIONET AND ALL BRASS INSTRUMENTS  AND HE ALSO AT ONE TIME WAS PART OWNER OF MAQUOKETA'S PASTIME THEATRE.

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY BAND PLAYED AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR THE 37TH ANNUAL  MAQUOKETA ROTARY FREE ICE CREAM SOCIAL....LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.   CLICK-ON ALL THE PHOTOS I TOOK TO ENLARGE
THEM.
DENNIS VOY