Monday, January 14, 2013

SUNDAY WAS A COLD DAY...HIGH OF 17 AFTER SOME LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.    LAST NIGHT, DOWN TO 6 AND TODAY, WITH SUNNY SKIES, A HIGH
OF 25.   SUNNY AND WARMER TOMORROW, WITH A HIGH OF 29.
WEDNESDAY, UP TO 39 AND WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK.

DUE TO THE INCREASE IN INFLUENZA IN MAQUOKETA, THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER WILL BE IMPLEMENTING VISITATION
RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
VISITORS SHOULD NOT COME TO THE HOSPITAL IF THEY HAVE A SORE
THROAT, CHILLS, HEADACHE, RUNNY NOSE,  COUGH, FEVER OR BODY ACHES.    IF THEY MUST VISIT, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK
AND MUST CLEAN THEIR HANDS BEFORE ENTERING A PATIENT'S ROOM.
ALSO, NO MORE THAN 2 VISITORS PER PATIENT AT A TIME.
CHILDREN UNDER 18 SHOULD NOT VISIT THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING
SIBLINGS. 

OFFICIALS WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY
HAVE ANNOUNCED AFFILIATION WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
OF GREATER DUBUQUE.   THE AFFILIATION BECAME EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 27TH.   LINKE CARSON OF MAQUOKETA, A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD, SAYS THE GREATER DUBUQUE FOUNDATION HAS DEMONSTRATED
SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN GROWING PHILANTROPIC COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE OF THIS RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, CARSON SAID THE COMMUNITY OF JACKSON COUNTY WILL BE WELL SERVED BY PARTNERING
WITH THEM.    THE DECISION TO PARTNER WITH THEM CAME AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF STUDY AND DISCUSSION.     JACKSON COUNTY HAS HAD
ITS OWN FOUNDATION FOR 30 YEARS.   IT BEGAN AS THE MAQUOKETA
AREA FOUNDATION.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR 2ND GAME IN A ROW
OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE BOYS THEIR 3RD IN A ROW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY