FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW....SUNNY... AND HIGHS IN THE MID 80'S. COOLER WEATHER, MABYE SOME RAIN, THIS WEEKEND.

BEFORE I FORGET, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD, 3 TO 0 , TO WATERLOO COLUMBUS. THE SOPHOMORES WON BIG THOUGH, BY OVER 30 POINTS.

BOB STOCKHAM WAS BACK AT COFFEE THIS MORNING, AFTER ARRIVING FROM AN RV TRIP TO COLORADO. SAW STEVE OUT THERE, ONE OF THE BROMAN BOYS AND ALSO ONE OF THE PHILLIP'S BOYS.

THE COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET LAST NIGHT AND HEARD FROM A COUPLE CITIZENS ABOUT NIGHT BURNING IN MAQUOKETA...
SMELLY STUFF. PRESENT ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR BURNING LEAVES, BUT NOT GARBAGE AND DOG DROPPINGS.

COUNCILMAN JIM BOLLMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER. STEVE FLYNN ANNOUNCED EARLIER HE WOULD NOT RUN BECAUSE HE IS BUILDING A NEW HOME JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, BUT OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS. ALVIN BARTEN SAID HE WOULD NOT RUN....BUT....SAYS HE MAY RUN AGAIN IF NO ONE STEPS FORWARD TO RUN FOR HIS SEAT. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI HAS FILED FOR RE-ELECTION AND SO HAS PAM ROSENBERG FILED TO OPPOSE HIM FOR MAYOR. TWO YEARS AGO, TOM DEFEATED HER HUSBAND. ALSO FILING PAPERS THIS WEEK, TIM CHAPIN FOR RE-ELECTION AND FILING TO OPPOSE HIM, FORMER COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD. JACK ROSENBERG HAS FILED FOR 5TH WARD COUNCIL AND COUNCILMAN TIM CLARK HAS SAID HE WILL SEEK A TERM, BUT HAS NOT FILED PAPERS. THE DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 18TH.

ELEVEN MAIL BOXES, MOSTLY IN BELLEVUE AREA, WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

BERTHA GARTMAN, AGE 87, DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL LFOR 30 YEARS FOR ELWOOD AND DELWOOD SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CLARENCE AND A DAUGHTER, JANET TREKELL OF MAQUOKETA.

CORALEE DUHME, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND FARMED WITH HER HUSBAND JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, KENNETH, AND 7 CHILDREN.....KENNETH OF MAQUOKETA, LINDA OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, RICK OF MAQUOKETA, LORALEE OF AMES, LAUREEN SCHWENKER OF MAQUOKETA, RANDY OF MAQUOKETA, AND KEVIN OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO 14 GRANDCHILDREN.

TOMOROW, I WILL HAVE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION RESULTS.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY