PARTLY CLOUDY AND COLDER TODAY...HIGH OF 46.
MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW THROUGH MONDAY ...WITH HIGHS
SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN THE UPPER 40'S.

THE DEWITT PLAYOFF FOOTBALL GAME IS ON KMAQ TONIGHT AND
ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.    THEY PLAY UP AT DECORAH AGAINST #1
DECORAH.     IT WILL TAKE A MAJOR UPSET TO WIN, BUT DEWITT HAS
DONE WELL IN THEIR FIRST 2 PLAYOFF GAMES.

AS OF TODAY, 4,431 ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT JACKSON COUNTY FOR TUESDAY'S ELECTION AND 3,780 HAVE BEEN RETURNED.
JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR M. JOELLE DEPPE IS PREDICTING UP TO 6,000 ABSENTEE VOTERS WILL CAST THEIR BALLOTS THIS YEAR.

LEAF PICK-UP BEGINS MONDAY IN MAQUOKETA.    I SEE LOTS LEAVES AROUND TOWN.

PATRICK GOODALL, AGE 62, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, DIED THURSDAY.
HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, JANE....
TWO CHILDREN...A SISTER, MARY JANE MOREHEAD OF FORT MYERS...
AND 3 BROTHERS.... TOM IN ELDRIDGE, JIM IN FLORIDA, AND BOB IN KANSAS.  HE RETIRED FROM CUMMINS FILTRATION IN LAKE MILLS AFTER 37 YEARS WITH THE FIRM.    MURDOCK-LINWOOD FUNERAL HOME IN CEDAR RAPIDS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS TOMORROW NIGHT.    SET YOUR CLOCK BACK AN HOUR BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.    YOU GAIN AN HOUR  SATURDAY.
USE IT WISELY.    I'M GOING TO THE ROTARY SOCK HOP AT THE YMCA
FROM 6 UNTIL 8.   EVERYONE IS INVITED.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

ODD FELLOWS EMPORIUM IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN OPEN ONE WEEK!     RIGHT NEXT TO THE BAKERY!     OWNED AND OPERATED BY STEVE AND ROXANNE McCAFFEY!
THEY ARE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 9 UNTIL 5.
LOTS AND LOTS OF GIFTS (MANY ON CONSIGNMENT) ALONG WITH
CANDY AND MORE UP FRONT.    AND TO THE BACK, THE SANDWICH AND

BEVERAGE AREA.    SEATING FOR 24 OR CARRY OUT.    OR CALL AHEAD FOR PICK-UP.....AT 563-652-7070.
STEVE BEHIND THE FOOD COUNTER, HAS A BIG MENU THAT INCLUDES DELI SANDWICHES, KIDWICH MEALS, GOURMET  HOT DOGS, SALADS, SOUP,
ICE CREAM AND FRUIT AND CREAM PIES.  PLUS...SODA, LEMONADE, MILK

AND COFFEE.  
GOOD HOME COOKED FOOD BY LONGTIME MAQUOKETA WAITRESS AND
COOK, SUE McCAFFEY, SHOWN ABOVE IN THE KITCHEN.     SHE IS
STEVE'S MOTHER AND SHE HAS BEEN IN THE DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA
FOOD BUSINESS SINCE THE LATE 1950'S.    AT ONE TIME, ALSO COOKED AT THE HOSPITAL.    SHE WORKS THE NOON HOUR.    PEEK-IN AND SAY HI

WHEN YOU ARE THERE.
NEED SOME EXTRA CASH FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING?   CONSIGN ITEMS
AROUND THE HOUSE YOU NO LONGER NEED!    ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSIGNING, CALL 563-652-7070.

IN PHOTO ABOVE ROXANNE, YOU SEE NEW MERCHANDISE (INCLUDING A PURSE RACK) AND CONSIGNED ITEMS FOR ANYONE ON YOUR LIST.   
ROXANNE (IN PHOTO ABOVE) WILL SHOW YOU THEIR ONE WALL FEATURING  ALL KINDS OF CANDY.
CHRISTMAS ITEMS ARE OUT TOO.
WHERE DID THEIR NAME COME FROM?    ON THE SECOND FLOOR ABOVE,
WAS THE ODD FELLOWS HALL.    THE LODGE WAS THERE IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND FOR MANY,  MANY YEARS AFTER.  IT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE AND
THE UPSTAIRS IS NOW EMPTY.    DURING ALL THOSE YEARS...MAQUOKETAN'S KNEW WHERE THE ODD FELLOWS HALL WAS.     AND FOR MANY YEARS,
THE MAIN FLOOR WAS THE HOME OF ONE OF  MAQUOKETA'S TWO NEWSPAPERS.
THE ODD FELLOWS NAME IS BACK AND YOU WILL LIKE WHAT GOES WITH THE NAME.     STOP IN SOON AND WELCOME STEVE AND ROXANNE TO
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    
CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY