SUNNY AND COOL TODAY, HIGH OF 25.
TOMORROW, FIRST DAY OF SPRING, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 25 AGAIN.
THURSDAY, SUNNY AND 30.

THE MAQUOKETA  POLICE DOG, RICKY,  WILL BE RETIRING SOON.
A NEW DOG IS IN TRAINING AND WILL JOIN THE MAQUOKETA POLICE
FORCE IN APRIL.
OFFICER BRENDAN ZEIMET HAS BEEN RICKY'S HANDLER FOR 7 YEARS
AND WILL KEEP THE DOG.    HE IS BUYING IT FROM THE CITY FOR $1.00.
OFFICER KEENAN MEINECKE IS TRAINING WITH THE NEW DOG.

THE 83RD ANNUAL MAQUOKETA VALLEY CHAPTER IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE
FISH FRY IS THIS SATURDAY AT THE IKE'S BUILDING AT THE NORTH
EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.    HOURS, 11 A.M. UNTIL 6 P.M.  TICKETS,$9 AT THE
DOOR.      ONE OF, IF NOT THE OLDEST,  MAQUOKETA FUND RAISER.
BET MANY OF  YOU HAVE ATTENDED IT IN THE PAST.

KAREN MILLER VALENTINE, AGE 74, DIED MARCH 17TH AT LOMPOC,
CALIFORNIA, WHERE A DAUGHTER LIVES.     SHE GRADUATED FROM
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1955.      SHE WAS A BOOKKEEPER AND
LIVED IN OHIO, CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA.     SHE IS SURVIVED BY
HER HUSBAND, THREE DAUGHTERS, A SISTER AND A BROTHER, RON
MILLER OF ARIZONA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.

THE DECKER HOTEL WILL BE  OPENING AROUND APRIL 1ST.
AND CONTRARY TO RUMORS, THE BAR WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOCATED
IN THE BASEMENT WHERE SOME REDORATING HAS BEEN DONE.

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY