PARTLY SUNNY AND 51 FOR A HIGH TODAY.

DEWITT HELD A BOND ISSUE TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
IT NEEDED 60% APPROVAL AND 45% VOTED FOR THE BOND ISSUE.

IN I BELIEVE A ROUTINE CHECK, A DRUG DOG FROM CLINTON COUNTY SNIFFED THROUGH LOCKERS AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND ACCORDING TO ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON, NO DRUGS WERE FOUND. THE SEARCH WAS DONE AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT.

DARRYL PARKER, DIRECTOR FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD, SPOKE TO ROTARY TODAY AND TOLD ROTARIANS THAT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER WILL OPEN IN JULY. IT WILL HAVE THREE INSIDE MAJOR DISPLAYS AND ONE WILL BE READY AT THE OPENING AND IS BEING FUNDED BY ALLIANCE PIPELINE OF MAQUOKETA, AT A COST OF OVER $50,000. EACH OF THE 3 DISPLAYS WILL BE ABOUT 7 FEET DEEP AND 17 FEET LONG. THE CONSERVATION BOARD OFFICES FOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL MOVE THERE FROM THE BASEMENT OF THE COURTHOUSE. THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT WELL OVER 100,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR, INCLUDING LOTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ON SCHOOL TOURS. MOST OF THE YEAR, VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THE PATHS ON THE GROUNDS TOO.
YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE $1.1 MILLION DOLLAR CENTER ON MANY FUTURE DAILY REPORTS AND NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA, BE SURE TO GO OUT NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND TAKE A LOOK. THERE IS ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY MAQUOKETA'S TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER WILL MOVE THERE, FROM ITS LOCATION NEXT TO MCDONALD'S.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

NO LOCAL SPORTS THESE DAYS.

TAKE IT EASY.

DENNIS VOY