THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY...SUNSHINE...SUNSHINE...SUNSHINE...SUNSHINE...
BUT HIGH OF ONLY 45.
MORE SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT HIGH OF 37.
WE ARE A GOOD 10 DEGRESS BELOW NORMAL DAILY.

THE MAQUOKETA YMCA SWIMMING POOL REMAINS CLOSED.    THE PROBLEM...THE CEILING HANGING ACOUSTIC PANELS, BLUE AND GRAY, SHOWN ABOVE.    THEY LOOK NICE AND THEY KEEP SOUND LEVELS DOWN.
THREE HAVE DROPPED INTO THE POOL.    EACH TIME, NO ONE WAS THERE AND NO ONE HURT BUT THIS COULD HAPPEN WITH MANY IN THE POOL.
MORE COULD FALL.    SCOTT WARREN, MANAGER OF THE Y, SAYS  THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT  TO DO, BUT ARE INVESTIGATING SOLUTIONS.   THEY HANG BY WIRES AND THE EYELETS GIVE AWAY.   THERE ARE 3 WITH EACH PANEL AND ONCE ONE GIVES WAY, IT PUTS PRESSURE ON THE OTHER TWO AND
EVENTUALLY THE PANEL DROPS.    IT COULD BE AWHILE BEFORE THE POOL
OPENS AGAIN.

   THE OLD OBSERVATION DECK AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER
MARSH AREA NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.    WORKERS FINISHED PUTTING
IN THE NEW ONE LAST WEEK AND IT IS NOW READY FOR  USE AGAIN.
IT IS THE SAME SIZE AS THE OLD, BUT MUCH STURDIER, STRONGER AND
WITH METAL RAILINGS AND A LONG LASTING PLASTIC FLOOR.    THIS ONE SHOULD LAST FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.     A PERFECT PLACE TO STOP  YOUR CAR (OR BUS) AND GET OUT TO VIEW THE MARSH AND WILD LIFE.    THE OLD WAS USED A LOT AND THIS ONE WILL ALSO BE VERY POPULAR.     LOCATED
ON OLD HIGHWAY 61, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERPRETIVE CENTER
LAND AND WATER AREA.

THIS IS THE 40-FOOT-LONG NARROW-GUAGE LaMOTTE RAILROAD DEPOT
GIVEN TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY DIXIE CLAUSSEN
OF LaMOTTE.    IT WILL BE MOVED TO MAQUOKETA TO THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM SITE BEFORE JUNE 1ST.

THIS ARTIST'S SKETCH IS OF THE NEW SAVANNA-SABULA BRIDGE THAT WE WILL BE DRIVING IN ABOUT 4 YEARS.     WIDER AND HIGHER.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY