DID NOT MAKE 50 DEGREES TODAY. 45 WAS ALL, WITH SUNNY SKIES.
SHOULD GO OVER 50 TOMORROW.
BUT THEN BACK TO THE UPPER 30'S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THIS WEEK, THE MAQUOKETA CONTRACTOR, SCHUELLER AND SONS,
STARTED WORK ON THE PENROSE BUILDING ON WEST PLATT, TO MAKE
IT INTO OFFICES FOR JACKSON COUNTY. THIS WAS THE HARRIS PENROSE HOME AND LATER THE HAROLD PENROSE HOME THAT WAS PURCHASED
LAST YEAR BY THE COUNTY, FOR AROUND $200,000.
THE JACKSON COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL VOLUNTEERS ARE SEEKING DONATIONS FOR BUILDING THE MEMORIAL JUST WEST OF MT. HOPE CEMETERY. JOHN WILLIAMS AND BILL GOETTLER SPOKE TO THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILK AND SAID STEVE LUCKE OF MAQUOKETA HAS DRAWN THE DESIGN WHICH INCLUDES TOMBSTONES WITH BRASS PLAQUES FOR EACH MILITARY SERVICE....A WALKWAY....AND SEATING. THEY ANTICIPATE THIS TO BE A 5 YEAR ENDEAVOR AND A BANK ACCOUNT
HAS BEEN SET UP AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK FOR DONATIONS.
FIVE AREA SENIORS WERE AWARDED $500 AG SCHOLARSHIPS BY THE
JACKSON COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE. JUST ONE FROM
MAQUOKETA......MARISSA TILL, DAUGHTER OF ALLAN AND KAREN TILL, WHO ATTENDS MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL AND PLANS TO ATTEND
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AND SEEK A DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY. THESE FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY: DR. DAVID PENCE MEMORIAL; JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN;
FARRELL'S INC.; HERITAGE MUTUAL INSURANCE; BULLOCK'S INC.;
CORNELIUS SEED COMPANY; JACKSON FARM BUREAU; MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS; JACKSON COUNTY VETERINARY MEDICINE; FARM BUREAU INSURANCE AGENTS KLYLE KNUTSEN-DOUG COLLINS-BARBARA COLLINS-
AND TODD COLLINS; JACKSON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS; JACKSON-CLINTON DAIRY ASSOCIATION; TILL'S GARAGE; KUNAU IMPLEMENT;
NATIONAL FARMERS ORGANIZATION; FRANZEN FAMILY TRACTORS AND PARTS; MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES; BOB LARKEY; SWANTON AG
SERVICE; EBERHARTS FARM CENTER; EAST IOWA REALITY; CLINTON NATIONAL BANK; THE PRESTON TIMES; HIGHWAY 64 AUCTIONS; ROEDER BROTHERS AND THE AGNES McCARTY MEMORIAL.
HI HO SILVER, THE ______________RIDES AGAIN.
NOT ME, I'M DRIVING......BUT FUN TO THINK ABOUT THOSE OLD WESTERNS.
RIGHT TONTO?
DENNIS VOY
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