A LITTLE COOLER TODAY....MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 84.

SO FAR THIS MONTH, MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED ONE AND 67/100 INCHES OF RAIN...
COMPARED TO LAST JUNE'S OVER 7 INCHES.

BIG MEETING LAST NIGHT FOR CITY COUNCIL, WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF WAL MART.
WAL MART WILL BUILD A SUPER WAL MART STARTING LATER THIS YEAR AND WILL OPEN
NEXT JULY. IT WILL BE SOUTH OF CITY LIMITS, OUT BY NEW MOTEL. LAST NIGHT THEY TALKED ABOUT WHERE WAL MART WOULD BUILD THE TWO STREETS TO SERVICE THE STORE.
ALSO TALKED ABOUT DRAINAGE IN AREA. REZONING COMES NEXT. THE STORE WILL REALLY CHANGE THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW COUNCILMAN TO REPLACE ALVIN BARTEN WHO RESIGNED. APPOINTED LAST NIGHT WAS MATT WINEGAR, WHO WORKS FOR WINEGAR PLUMBING. HE WILL SERVE UNTIL THIS FALL'S ELECTION.

BUSINESS NEWS...PAUL AND ROSEMARY HAHLE HAVE OPENED "THE OLD LUMBER YARD"....THAT'S THE NAME OF BUSINESS AND IT IS IN THE BUILDING THAT WAS A LUMBER YARD FOR MANY YEARS.
THEY WILL SELL CARPET, WOODBURNING STOVES AND MORE. PAUL IS A CITY COUNCILMAN AND
YEARS AGO, HAD A TV AND APPLIANCE STORE IN MAQUOKETA. THE NEW BUSINESS IS OPEN NOW.
AND...YOUNG LE....IS THE OWNER OF ELEGANT NAILS THAT WILL OPEN IN THE FORMER COTTAGE SANDWICH SHOP ON NORTH MAIN. IT WILL BE A MANICURE AND PEDICURE PARLOR AND WILL OPEN IN JULY.

DONALD BICKFORD, 67, OF WYOMING, DIED YESTERDAY AT L OCAL HOSPITAL . HE HAS MAQUOKETA SURVIVORS AND HIS OBIT CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

THE MOVIE OF THE DUCK RACE CAN NOW BE VIEWED AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY.