RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
ALSO SATURDAY.
SUNDAY, MOTHER'S DAY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 70.
NICK CROUCH, AGE 29, OF MAQUOKETA, LAST WEEK WON $50,000 IN
AN IOWA LOTTERY GAME. HE BOUGHT THE TICKET AT THE KWIK
STAR ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. CROUCH IS SINGLE AND
SAID HE WILL PUT MONEY TOWARD A NEW HOME AND BUY A NEW VEHICLE.
THE 24 HOUR "GREAT GIFT FOR A DAY" CAMPAIGN TUESDAY TO BENEFIT
16 NON-PROFITS IN JACKSON COUNTY WAS A BIG SUCCESS, LARGER
THAN LAST YEAR. THE FOUR BIGGEST BENIFACTORS WERE:
JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION, 4,277... SACRED HEART SCHOOL,
$3,967...MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE, $2,997 AND DOLLY PARTON
LIBRARY OF JACKSON COUNTY, $2,925.
THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION YEAR-END-EVENT WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT MICHEL'S HALL. HONORED, THE DISTRICT RETIREES,
WHO HAVE OVER 240 YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT.
THEY ARE: LAURNET SPALDING, CATHY DURKOP, CINDY HEPKER, LOU ANN HUCKSTADT, JACKIE CROWLEY, BONNIE BRUCK, DIANE HENRY, KATHY
KLOCKE, RICK WILLIAMS, AND LINDA LIPPENS.
THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD WENT TO KATHY QUINLAN WHO HAS
TAUGHT FOR 26 YEARS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
AND BILL HARRIS WAS HONORED AS THE FRIEND OF EDUCATION.
HE IS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WITH THE LAKEHURST DAM AND HOSTS
A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES FOR 7TH GRADERS AT THE DAM.
AND THE NAMES OF THOS ABOVE AND THEIR LEGION OFFICE, GO TO www.kmaq.com AND CLICK-ON THE LEGION BUTTON.
ALMOST 6 P.M. NOW (THURSDAY) AND IT IS RAINING IN MAQUOKETA.
LOOK AT DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA 24 HOURS A DAY BY CLICKING ON
THE WEB CAM ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. IT CHANGES EVERY 30 SECONDS
OR WHENEVER YOU TOUCH KEY F5 ON YOUR KEYBOARD.
TAKE CARE AND THANKS FOR VISITING AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
