HIGH TODAY OF 39...HIGHER THAN EXPECTED...BUT DOWN TO 0 TONIGHT AND HIGH IN TEENS TOMORROW.

LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DEWITT, THERE. GOT OFF TO A BAD START..TRAILING 17 TO 0....BEFORE SCORING..BUT ALMOST CAUGHT UP.

RAGBRAI ... THE BIKE RIDE ACROSS IOWA...MAY COME THROUGH MAQUOKETA AGAIN THIS YEAR...STAYING OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT HERE, AND ENDING UP IN CLINTON ON SATURDAY. IN LATE JULY. MORE LATER WHEN IT IS FOR SURE.
THOUSANDS OF BIKERS GO ON IT..AND LAST TIME MAQUOKETA WAS AN OVERNIGHT HOST WAS 10 YEARS AGO.

MAQUOKETA WILL GET A NEW "TACO JOHNS" FAST FOOD RESTAURANT THIS SUMMER, ACROSS FORM WALMART.
OWNERS WILL BE MR. AND MRS. BRUCE MYATT OF MAQUOKETA AND MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL HAWKS OF MAQUOKETA.

DR. DON SCHWENKER OF MAQUOKETA RECENTLY OPENED A CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.
DR. MATT WAACK WILL OPEN AN OFFICE ON MCKINSEY DRIVE AND ANOTHER CHIROPRACTOR IS GOING INTO BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. I DON'T HAVE HIS NAME HANDY.

MR. AND MRS. ERIC MOORE OPEN THEIR "DEPOT SPORTS BAR AND GRILL" TONIGHT.

DEAN SCHAUFF OF MAQUOKETA PLANS TO OPEN A MORTGAGE COMPANY CALLED METROPOLITAN MORTGAGE AT 619 S. MAIN STREET, IN THE SAME BUILDING OF PAUL MILLER INSURANCE. MILLER OWNS THE BUILDING (LONG AGO THE A AND W ROOT BEER STAND) AND IS NOW FINISHING UP AN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE
SCHAUFF OFFICE.

VELMA SHADY, 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT HER HOME. SHE MARRIED LAWRENCE RILEY IN 1934 AND HE DIED IN 1946. IN 1947, SHE MARRIED JACK SHADY OF MAQUOKETA AND THEY FARMED IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JACK AND 5 CHILDREN....LAWRENCE RILEY OF MAQUOKETA, JANET ROLLINGER OF MAQUOKETA, HERBERT RILEY OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANNA, LINDA BULLOCK OF MAQUOKETA AND DIANNA BLOCK OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY