TODAY....BEAUTIFUL DAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 75.
TOMORROW, UP TO 87.
BIG ELECTION IN JACKSON COUNTY TOMORROW. VOTERS IN PRESTON AND
EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL GO TO THE POLLS TO DETERMINE IF THE TWO WILL MERGE INTO ONE. PRESTON'S BUILDINGS ARE ALL
IN PRESTON AND EAST CENTRAL HAS SCHOOLS IN MILES AND SABULA.
IT HAS BEEN A HOT ISSUE FOR MONTHS WITH STRONG FEELINGS ON
BOTH SIDES. IT IS JUST A YES OR NO ISSUE AND IT TAKES 51% YES VOTE
IN EACH DISTRICT FOR THE MEASURE TO PASS. A NEW DISTRICT
WOULD BE CALLED "EASTON VALLEY".
A MAQUOKETA MAN HIT A LIGHT POLE WITH HIS VEHICLE AROUND 7
SATURDAY MORNING AND LEFT THE SCENE ON EAST GROVE.
POLICE CHARGED JEFFREY HAYWARD, AGE 49, WITH FAILURE TO
MAINTAIN CONTROL AND STRIKING A FIXED OBJECT. HE WAS USING HIS CELL PHONE AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT AND DAMAGES WERE LISTED
AT $5,000 TO HIS 2009 FORD AND $2,000 TO THE LIGHT POLE.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6 TONIGHT.
JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS ANNUAL STEAK FRY WILL BE THIS SUNDAY AT THE KALMES RESTAURANT IN ST. DONATUS AND IT WILL ALSO BE
THE FIRST-ANNUAL "HALL OF FAME" DINNER. THE DINNER WILL START
AT 4:30 AND THE AWARDS CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 6. THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE TO BE INDUCTED ARE LONG TIME SHERIFF BOB LYONS AND PARTY FAITHFUL NADINE WOSOBA. LYONS, WHO DIED THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT, WAS JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF FOR 28 YEARS AND WAS AWARE
THAT WOULD BE RECEIVING THE AWARD. HE HAS BEEN LIVING AT
CLOVER RIDGE PLACE. WOSOBA FROM RURAL MAQUOKETA WAS SELECTED FOR HER MANY HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE PARTY.
THE PARTY PLANS TO HONOR TWO PEOPLE EACH YEAR, ONE A PREVIOUS OR PRESENT ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THE OTHER, A VOLUNTEER SUPPORTER.
IN FOOTBALL, MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT ANAMOSA THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, September 10, 2012
SHOW WILL RUN ABOUT 2 HOURS AND BEER AND WINE WILL BE AVAILABLE.
DENNIS VOY
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