WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 62, AFTER LOW LAST NIGHT OF 34.
TONIGHT, LOW OF 40.    RAIN TOMORROW.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNNY, SUNNY AND IN THE MID 60'S.

THE UNION REPRESENTING THE JACKSON COUNTY SANITARY DISPOSAL
AGENCY IS ASKING FOR AN 8 PERCENT RAISE FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
THE AGENCY IS NOT A COUNTY AGENCY.    IT OVERSEES THE COUNTY TRANSFER STATION NORTH OF ANDREW AND RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY AND ALL COUNTY CITIES.

A LAMOTTE FARMER, MATT SCHUSTER, REPORTED THAT SOMEONE HAS STOLEN ABOUT $18,000 WORTH OF SOYBEANS FROM 18 ACRES ON HIS
FARM IN ILLINOIS.    NEIGHBORS SAY THEY SAW THE CROP BEING HARVESTED BUT THEY THOUGHT SCHUSTER HAD HIRED SOMEONE TO COMBINE THE FIELD.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WENT UP IN SEPTEMBER, FROM AUGUST.
THE STATE OF  IOWA UP TO 4.6 PERCENT, FROM 4.5.    THE U.S. RATE
DROPPED TO 5.9 IN SEPTEMBER COMPARED TO 6.1 IN AUGUST.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE SEPTEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 4.7, UP FROM 4.3 IN AUGUST.

GERALD GALUSHA, AGE 91, OF CLINTON AND FORMERLY OF BELLEVUE,
DIED SUNDAY AT HIS HOME.    THE FUNERAL WILL BE SATURDAY AT 1 P.M.
AT THE CHANCY LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CLINTON.    THE PAPE FUNERAL
HOME IN CLINTON IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENT.   HE SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR II BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND WAS INJURED BY MORTAR SHELL
SHRAPNEL.    HE HAD WORKED AT THE LOCK AND DAM IN BELLEVUE.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGTER PAULA GALUSHA OF MAQUOKETA.

CHECK THE PHOTOS AND STORY BELOW ON THE  "ADDITION"  TO
THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY.

MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER NEW ADDITION

LAST  NIGHT, I ATTENDED THE OPEN HOUSE AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER, TO SEE THEIR NEW EXPANDED FACILITIES.    THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER IS OWNED BY JUCKETTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, A 2ND GENERATION FAMILY RUN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORT TO THE FACILITIES THAT THEY OPERATE.

LINDA JUCKETTE IS THE CEO AND HAS BEEN FOR AROUND 2 YEARS.   HER FATHER-IN-LAW HAROLD AND LATE HUSBAND TOM JUCKETTE FIRST CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN 1973 TO PURCHASE THE LAND AND BREAK GROUND FOR THE ORIGINAL BUILDING.

THE JUCKETTE FAMILY HAS OWNED AND OPERATED NURSING CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND PRIDES THEMSELVES IN INVESTING IN THE STAFF THEY EMPLOY, THE RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES THEY SERVE AND THE COMMUNITIES TO WHICH THEY BELONG.

LINDA JUCKETTE IS SHOWN ABOVE CUTTING THE RIBBON AT THE NEW ENTRYWAY.   THERE ARE NOW TWO "FRONT" DOORS, THE OLD AND THIS ONE AND BOTH WILL BE USED DAILY.

SHOWN ABOVE, JIM RUGGEBERG, OTR, DISTRICT MANAGER OF MILLENNIUM THERAPY.   MILLENNIUM WILL PROVIDE THE THERAPY PART IN THE NEW BUILDING ADDITION, AND MANAGING THIS PART AT MAQUOKETA CARE IS ASHLEY REED, OTR/L.     SHE IS AT RIGHT ABOVE, AND  SHE WILL BE THE THERAPY FACILITY MANAGER LOCALLY FOR MILLENNIUM.     IN THE CENTER OF THE ABOVE PHOTO IS SHARON EHLINGER.       SHARON IS THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.    SHE HAS BEEN AT MAQUOKETA CARE FOR OVER 17 YEARS.

THE NEW SKILLED THERAPY ADDITION STARTED AS A VISION THAT LINDA JUCKETTE AND JILL CAMERON, BOTH FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL OWNERS,  HELPED CREATE AND MAKE A REALITY FOR ALL AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.     AND THE WORK IS NOT COMPLETE.
THERE ARE PLANS TO CONTINUE TO RENOVATE AND REMODEL TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER IS UP ON THE HILL ON THE WAY TO PIZZA HUT.     THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND OPEN HOUSE  WAS YESTERDAY FROM 6  UNTIL 8 P.M.    TOURS WERE GIVEN AND DELICOUS REFRESHMENTS WERE SERVED.    THE CENTER EMPLOYS AROUND 85.
THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WAS SHEETS CONSTRUCTION OF
MAQUOKETA.    
IT IS A GREAT ADDITION TO MAQUOKETA CARE AND TO THE
COMMUNITY.   IF YOU MISSED THE OPEN HOUSE, YOU ARE INVITED TO
STOP IN ANYTIME FOR A SHORT TOUR.  

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OWNERS, MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MAQUOKETA CARE ON THEIR NEW ADDITION!! 

PHOTOS/STORY DENNIS VOY
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