MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW, HIGH OF 56.
THURSDAY, RAIN AND 62.
FRIDAY, 66 AND SATURDAY 57.
TODAY IS NATIONAL JELLY BEAN DAY! HOW DO I KNOW? DIANE GIDDINGS, MANAGER OF CLOVER RIDGE PLACE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN
MAQUOKETA (AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, BERNICE FRANK) WERE OUT
THIS AFTERNOON PASSING OUT A BAG OF MINIATURE JELLY BEANS WITH
A TAG THAT TOLD ALL ABOUT THIS DAY. JELLY BEANS DATE BACK TO THE 1860'S. JELLY BEANS WERE PROMOTED AS MORALE BOOSTERS IN THE ARMY TROOPS FIGHTING IN THE CIVIL WAR. JELLY BEANS BECAME PART OF THE EASTER TRADITION IN THE 1930'S. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN KEPT
JELLY BEANS ON HIS DESK. I HAVE JELLY BEANS IN A DISH IN THE KITCHEN
RIGHT NOW...GOT THEM FROM OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND GIFTS BEFORE EASTER. PRESIDENT REAGAN SENT JELLY BEANS INTO SPACE IN 1983 ON THE "CHALLENGER" AS A SURPRISE FOR THE ASTRONAUTS.
THANKS FOR THE JELLY BEANS DIANE AND BERNICE.
"HEAVEN IS FOR REAL" STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE IN
MAQUOKETA. IT WAS THE #1 MOVIE IN THE COUNTRY LAST WEEK.
THE BINGO WINNER ON KMAQ TODAY WAS ROSS MITCHELL OF MAQUOKETA.
SUE OSTERT OF RURAL MAQUOKETA WAS YESTERDAY'S WINNER.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT AWARDED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO THE LOW BIDDER, SWANSON COSTRUCTION WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH YEARWOOD CONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA. THE BID, $138,970. THE WORK IS BEING DONE AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE A $50,000 LIFE, FIRE AND SAFETY GRANT TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THE PROJECT WHICH WILL BE DONE THIS
SUMMER.
ALSO, THE BOARD LAST NIGHT PURCHASED A NEW 65-PASSENGER SCHOOL BUS FOR $76,529.
SCHOOL DISTRICT DATES COMING UP:
BACCALAUREATE WILL BE WEDNESDY, MAY 14TH AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.
GRADUATION DAY, SUNDAY, MAY 18TH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
LAST DAY OF CLASSES, MAY 30TH.
HAVE A JELLY BEAN TONIGHT AND SLEEP WELL.
DENNIS VOY
