MONDAY DAILY (May 22nd)

THE EMILINE SCHOOL (OPENED IN 1848 - CLOSED IN 1966)...ONE OF THE OLDEST IN JACKSON COUNTY, HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A RESTORATION AND SUNDAY, AN OPEN HOUSE TO SHOW OFF THE EXTENSIVE WORK COMPLETED.    SEVERAL WHO ATTENDED WENT TO SCHOOL THERE.
THEY HAVE DONE A NICE JOB OF RESTORATION.  EVEN THE OUTHOUSES.
SHERI WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE SCHOOL WITH MANY STUDENT PICTURES
AND TALKED TO THE VISITORS YESTERDAY, WHILE  THEY ENJOYED COFFEE, LEMONADE AND COOKIES.   EMILINE ALSO HAD A CHURCH AND FAMOUS GENERAL STORE AND BOTH ARE GONE.   EMILINE IS NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA OFF THE CAVES ROAD, ABOUT  3 MILES FARTHER THAN THE CAVES PARK.    ANYONE WANTING TO BUY THE BOOK OR HAVING QUESTIONS IS INVITED TO VISIT SHERI AT HER TAX AND ACCOUNTING OFFICE ON EAST PLATT STREET.    BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE 2ND OLD COUNTRY SCHOOL
TO BE RESTORED.   THE OTHER IS JUST SOUTH OF BALDWIN.
PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY   

169 GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
ONE SENIOR, KELSI LANGE (AND ON SOCCER TEAM) HAD A BURN
ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY AND INSTEAD OF BEING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
TO GET HER DIPLOMA YESTERDAY, SHE WAS A PATIENT AT UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY AND THESE FOLLOW CLASSMATE GRADUATES WENT
OUT TO VISIT HER.   SHE IS IN MIDDLE WITH THE BLUE HOSPITAL SLIPPERS.
THROUGH "SCREENING" SHE WENT DOWN A RED CARPET AT THE HOSPITAL
WHILE HER NAME WAS CALLED TO ACCEPT HER DIPLOMA.
PHOTO ABOVE CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE ATIENZA

ABOVE, THE NEW PIER AT HORSESHOE POND.

MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A NEW WRESTLING COACH NEXT SEASON.   HE
IS BRENDAN SCOTT, WHO HAS GRADUATED FROM WARTBURG COLLEGE WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN BOTH  WRESTLING AND FOOTBALL.     HE WAS
A TWO-TIME STATE CHAMPION AT NORTH LINN HIGH SCHOOL IN TROY
MILLS.    HE IS SINGLE AND WILL ALSO BE A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.   DR. PAUL KOOB, WRESTLING COACH THE PAST
FEW YEARS, WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE WRESTLING PROGRAM
IN THE FUTURE.
AND....ANOTHER HEAD COACH WILL NOT BE COACHING NEXT YEAR.
VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH MAGGIE FURLONG THE PAST 4 SEASONS HAS RESIGNED AS COACH BUT WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL.    NO ONE HAS BEEN HIRED TO REPLACE HER, BUT APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE JOB.
IN BOWLING (NOT HIGH SCHOOL), AT THE RECENT MAQUOKETA MENS BOWLING ASSOCIATION DINNER, JOCK EDWARDS WAS NAMED BOWLER
OF THE YEAR AND JASON HOSCH WAS ELECTED TO THE ASSOCIATION'S
HALL OF FAME.    DAVID SCHNOOR IS THE NEW PRESIDENT REPLACING
JOEL DAVISON.     IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE MENS AND WOMENS
BOWLING ASSOCIATIONS WILL BE JOINED TO JUST ONE ORGANIZATION.
LOUIE CLASEN, OWNER OF TIMBER LANDS WAS THE EMCEE AND SAID
HIS NEW EVENTS CENTER BEING ADDED TO THE CURRENT BUILDING WILL BE OPEN LATE THIS SUMMER AND WILL HAVE BANQUET SEATING FOR
AROUND 500. 

FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS, THERE WILL BE A DETOUR ON WEST PLATT
STREET DOWN BY THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE.    IT STARTED AT NOON
TODAY AND WILL ALLOW SOME BIG REPLACEMENT CONCRETE PIPES TO CROSS PLATT STREET, UNDER THE PAVEMENT.    THE OLD ARE IN BAD
CONDITION.

AVERLE WILSON, AGE 91, DIED FRIDAY AT HER HOME IN DUBUQUE.    SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA AND GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL.   WHEN I FIRST CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN 1958, SHE WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST BUSINESS PERSONS I MET AS SHE WAS PRINTING A DAILY
NEWSLETTER THAT WAS TAKEN TO ALL THE RESTAURANTS IN TOWN,
GIVING NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS AND AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS
OF THE BUILDING OF KMAQ.    WHEN THE STATION WENT ON-THE-AIR,
THE PUBLICATION ENDED BUT SHE CONTINUED TO DO OTHER PRINTING
WORK FOR KMAQ.   SHE STARTED A "SHOPPER" IN MAQUOKETA THAT
IS STILL GOING.   SHE HELPED ME AND THE JAYCEES WITH THEIR FIRST
MISS MAQUOKETA PAGEANTS.   HER BROTHER WAS THE LATE LARRY
HAGAR, THE MAQUOKETA SIGN PAINTER.   ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY EAGLE HOFF FUNERAL HOME IN DUBUQUE.    

DENNIS VOY