WARM, VERY WARM, OVER WEEKEND...COOLER TODAY...SUNSHINE AND CLOSE TO 60.

ONE CAR ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT ABOUT 11.....OVER A MILE EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON 233RD AVENUE AND 32ND STREET. NICHOLAS CROUCH, 18, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL UNDER AGE. HE WAS DRIVING AND LOST CONTROL, WENT INTO THE OPPOSITE DITCH AND ROLLED...COMING TO REST ON THE SIDE OF CAR. A PASSENGER, DEBRA CALLISON, AGE 15, WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER PASSENGER, ZACHARY BOWLING, REFUSED TREATMENT. DAMAGES LISTED AT $5,000 TO CROUCH'S 95 CHEVY.

DISTRICT COURT NEWS: A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE SINCLAIR STATION ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA, JULIE KUNDE, 41, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, WAS CHARGED WITH TAKING NEARLY $5,000 FORM THE BUSINESS. SHE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AND WAS PLACED IN JAIL WITH A $32,500 CASH BOND.

ABOUT 90 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST TRIVIA DAY YESTERDAY AT THE FAIGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE FAIRBOARD.
THE CLARK TEAM WON FIRST PLACE. ANOTHER WILL BE HELD ON MAY 23RD, AGAIN AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.

THE ROTARY CLUB "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS, WHO IS COMPLETING HIS 9TH AND FINAL SESSION IN DES MOINES THIS WEEK. A PICTURE AND STORY ON HIM IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
ALSO ON THE SITE, SOME OTHER INTERESTING ENTRIES, INCLUDING A STORY ON
BEL TUBBS AND A NEW COLOR PICTURE OF ONE OF THE 3,500 ROTARY DUCKS SET TO RACE ON JUNE 21ST.

BY THE WAY, STOCK CAR RACING STARTED WITH A BIG CROWD THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY