CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 44.    WE HAVE HAD OVER 3 INCHES
OF RAIN THIS WEEK AND SOME STILL IN FORECAST.
AND NO SPRING-LIKE WEATHER IS IN THE NEXT 7 DAY FORECAST.
PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WEATHER.

SALLY DAVIES HAS RESIGNED AS MANAGER OF THE SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL
AND DAY CARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, EFFECTIVE APRIL 10TH.    SHE HAS HELD THAT POSITION FOR 5 YEARS.    THE STAFF AND BOARD WILL RUN IT UNTIL A NEW DIRECTOR IS HIRED.

LORI SCHNOOR, OF MAQUOKETA, HEAD OF USDA'S NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSERVATION SERVICE OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA ISSUED A NEWS RELEASE
THIS WEEK URGING CITIZENS TO DIG A LITTLE AND LEARN A LOT THIS
SPRING....SIMPLY BY SMELLING, FEELING AND LOOKING AT THE SOIL,
THE FARM'S MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTION ASSET.   EARTHWORMS ARE A SIGN OF HEALTHY SOIL,      THEY ARE AN INDICATION OF A LIVING SYSTEM, AND HEALTHY SOIL SHOULD LOOK, SMELL AND FEEL ALIVE.     TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT IMPROVING SOIL HEALTH, VISIT:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/soils/health/

IN CLOSING, HERE'S WISHING YOU A GOOD FRIDAY!

DENNIS VOY

CHECK ALL THE PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY, BELOW.

THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL 100 CLUB VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON WAS HELD AT NOON TODAY IN THE PROGRAM CENTER ON THE
LOWER LEVEL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S CLINTON ENGINES  SITE.
I WAS INVITED AGAIN THIS YEAR (THANK YOU) AND TOOK MY CAMERA,
ENJOYED A GOOD LUNCH, RECEIVED A FREE GIFT AND WAS RECOGNIZED WITH ALL THE OTHERS IN A SPECIAL POEM READ BY THE EMCEE ROSIE
NOONAN OF NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AND A BOARD MEMBER.
THEN, THE  HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY WAS THE NAMING OF THE 15TH ANNUAL
GRACE TUBBS MEMORIAL SUMMIT AWARD WINNER.    IT IS KEPT A SECRET!
IT IS NAMED AFTER THE LATE GRACE (MRS. ED) TUBBS WHO DIED 15 YEARS AGO AND WHO HERSELF WAS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER.    TWO OF HER SONS,
ALAN AT LEFT AND STEVE AT RIGHT  WERE PRESENT TO PRESENT THE AWARD......
TO.....YEVON ZISMER OF MAQUOKETA.     I'VE KNOWN HER MANY YEARS AND WAS ALSO A FRIEND OF HER LATE HUSBAND JACK, WHO DIED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.    SHE IS 91 YEARS OLD, STILL LIVES ALONG IN HER HOME, STILL DRIVES TO CHURCH AND THE STORE AND STILL MAKES QUILTS.
SHE MADE HER FIRST QUILT WHEN SHE WAS 8.    SHE BELONGS TO THE
"GREAT THREADS QUILT CLUB"  IN MONMOUTH WHICH MEETS WEEKLY TO
SEW AND SHE ALSO BELONGS TO THE  "HONEYBEES QUILT CLUB"  AT FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA, WHICH SEWS QUILTS TWICE A MONTH.
AND THE QUILTS ARE DONATED TO DESERVING PEOPLE.     YEVON HAS A SON, KENNEY DEES, IN MAQUOKETA AND A  DAUGHTER, AURILLA STORMS IN CLINTON.    SHE HAS A GRANDSON TOO.  
CONGRATULATIONS TO YEVON!     SHE RECEIVED A PLAQUE AND $500 BY
THE TUBBS FAMILY FOUNDATION TO GIVE TO THE CHARITY OF HER CHOICE,
WHICH SHE WILL SELECT LATER.
NOW...SEE SOME PHOTOS BELOW OF MOST WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT
THANKS ..JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
..FOR A NICE LUNCHEON!
DENNIS VOY (LIFETIME MEMBER OF SOCIETY)