LAST NIGHT, THE OVERNIGHT LOW IN MAQUOKETA WAS 49, BREAKING THE
RECORD OF 52 IN 1925.
TOMORROW, POSSIBLE SHOWERS AND HIGH OF 74.
WEDNESDAY, PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 79.
A RECORD ATTENDANCE FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR....26,559.
SUNDAY'S RECORD WAS 8,211. I HAVE NEVER SOON SO MANY PEOPLE
ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND MOST THERE TO SEE "NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION" WHICH LASTED FROM 6 P.M. UNTIL AFTER 10 P.M.
THE 2009 ATTENDANCE WAS 22,759, THE OLD RECORD.
THE 2012 ATTENDANCE WAS 21,574.
SATURDAY ATTENDANCE CASH WENT TO DAVID PLOOG AND KAYLA GARDNER OF ROCK ISLAND....EACH GOT $250
SUNDAY NIGHT, $500 WENT TO DANELLE CLARK
DUNES SCHROEDER WON THE 2013 FAIR QUILT
PAUL EADS WON THE VFW GUN RAFFLE
THERE WERE OVER 70 CARS IN THE CAR SHOW
GOOD FAIR!
THANKS TO LANNY SIMPSON, MANAGER, AND THE FAIRBOARD!
AND TO THE 4-H AND FFA KIDS!
A MAQUOKETA MAN, BRION HOSCH, AGE 44, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 12:12 A.M. YESTERDAY ON
HIGHWAY 62, THREE MILES SOUTH OF ANDREW. HE WAS GOING SOUTH AND
LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE DITCH. HE WAS CHARGED WITH
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, NO INSURANCE, AND OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED. $4,500 DAMAGE TO HIS 95 TRUCK.
LITTLE BEAR PARK IS VANISHING! THEY HUFFED AND THEY PUFFED
AND BLEW IT DOWN.
THE TOP LOTTERY SALES PLACE IN JACKSON COUNTY THIS YEAR HAS
BEEN THE CASEY'S STORE ON EAST PLATT STREET....OVER $250,000 IN
SALES.
NEW OFFICERS OF THE MAQUOKETA AMERICAN LEGION AUXILARY
ARE: PRESIDENT, ANN KNIGHT....VICE PRESIDENT VELMA WITT....
TREASURER PHYLLIS ROCKWELL....SECRETARY MARK COOK....HISTORIAN
BETTY MILLER....,SGT. AT ARMS MARY KILBURG AND ASST. SGT. AT ARMS BETTY MILLER. THEIR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 1ST AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!
DENNIS VOY
