SOME RAIN TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT
AND EASTER SUNDAY, NO RAIN AND AROUND 50.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 3 CALLS YESTERDAY.
ONE FOR A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR GOING OFF....ANOTHER FOR THE SMELL OF SMOKE IN AN APARTMENT AND THE FINAL, FOR A GRASS FIRE.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY DROPPED TO 7.9% IN FEBRUARY, DOWN FROM 8.2%.
THE NEW EASTON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (JOINING OF PRESTON
AND EAST CENTRAL) WILL HAVE ORANGE AND GRAY AND THEY WILL BE
CALLED THE RIVER HAWKS. IN EACH CASE, THERE WERE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS MADE, FOLLOWED BY A STRAW POLL WITH OVER 700 VOTING.
FORMER MAQUOKETA TEACHER AND WRESTLING COACH, KAY YOUNG, AGE 78, OF MASON CITY, DIED TUESDAY AT HIS HOME. THE FUNERAL SERVICE
WILL BE HELD AT 1:30 P.M. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 6TH AT THE ACTIVITY CENTER ON THE NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS.
OFFICIATING WILL BE KAYE'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW THE REV. DR. KAREN YOUNG OF THE DAYTON/HARCOURT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
BURIAL WILL BE IN CHARLES CITY AT A LATER DATE.
FAMILY CONDOLENCES MAY BE SHARED WITH THE FAMILY AT
www.Fullertonfh.com
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEARS HE WAS HERE IN MAQUOKETA. I REMEMBER
HIM AS A GOOD, POPULAR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
COACH.
THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB WILL AGAIN SPONSOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL PITCH, HIT AND RUN EVENT IN MAQUOKETA, AT 4:30 P.M.
ON THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGES 7 THROUGH 14.
NO FEE TO PARTICIPATE. REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE
AT SCHOOLS AND AT THE YMCA. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL BOB GAVIN
AT 652-2491.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND AND HAPPY EASTER!
