RAIN THIS MORNING, SUNNY, HOT AND HUMID THIS AFTERNOON.

TAKE TWO VIDEO STORE ON SOUTH JONES WAS BROKEN INTO OVER THE WEEKEND AND CASH BOXES WITH ABOUT $300 WERE TAKEN.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ENDED UP ITS 5-DAY RUN WITH MORE THAN 1,500 OVER LAST YEAR.
TOTAL ATTENDANCE, 17,115.

THE $500 CASH DRAWING WENT TO BILL TACK OF DEWITT LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIR.

THE TRIVIA CONTEST WINNER YESTERDAY AT THE FAIR WAS DUANE WESTPHAL OF MAQUOKETA.

THE WINNER OF THE FAIRBOARD'S QUILT DRAWING WAS LUCRECA SCHOENHUR OF MAQUOKETA.

THE TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT FRIDAY DURING RAGBRAI IN MAQUOKETA....AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST PLATT AND MCKINSEY DRIVE INVOLVED A DRIVER FROM KALONA AND THE OTHER FROM TWIN LAKES, WISCONSIN. THE KALONA DRIVER WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND THE WISCONSIN DRIVER WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. FOUR PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INJURED, ALL FROM THE WISCONSIN 2003 FORD EXPLORER, WHICH RECEIVED $8,000 IN DAMAGES. THE PICKUP TRUCK HAD $4,000 IN DAMAGES.

COURT NEWS: JEFFREY HARKIN, AGE 34, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ARRESTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR OWI.
DAVID WILLGUS, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION DURING THE RAGBRAI CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR SALLY LOU RALFS, AGE 73, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND FOR LAURA L. IRWIN, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA.

HAD LUNCH TODAY AT THE NEW TACO JOHNS WITH BOB OSTERHAUS. HE REPORTS HIS TRIP TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WAS A GOOD ONE....HE AND ANN ENJOYED IT....AND WERE HOME FRIDAY IN TIME TO HOST SOME RAGBRAI BIKERS ON THEIR LAWN.

JAKE BICKFORD AND I WERE IN AT KRISTINO'S PIZZA FOR A COKE THIS AFTERNOON , ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT (WHERE THE DRUGS STORE WAS FOR MANY YEARS) AND THEY NEVER CLOSED FRIDAY NIGHT
DURING RAGBRAI....BUSY ALL NIGHT LONG. THEY SAID THAT BIKERS WERE STILL BIKING INTO MAQUOKETA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS DR. CLAY RISSER, AGE 105 , TOMORROW. A RECENT COLOR PHOTO OF HIM AND A NICE STORY, IS AT THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org

O'REILLEY'S NEW AUTO PARTS STORE OPENED OVER THE WEEKEND, ON WEST PLATT STREET.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY