69 TODAY..SUNNY AND BREEZY.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTOR/CITY ECONOMIC DIRECTOR STACY DRISCOLL,
TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY HAS SOLD THE BUILDING IT IS NO LONGER USING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.
MORE INFORMATION EXPECTED SOON. ALSO, AN OFFER HAS BEEN MADE ON THE OLD HOOF BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. AND, SHE SAID THEY HAVE A RETAIL BUSINESS PROSPECT LOOKING FOR A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. ALSO, A NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE GROUP IS INTERESTED IN HAVING ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MAQUOKETA NEXT YEAR.
BETWEEN 150 AND 175 PEOPLE WOULD STAY IN MAQUOKETA JULY 15-20 AND WOULD TAKE DAY TRIPS THROUGHOUT EASTERN IOWA.

THE JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ALONG WITH SHAPE UP JACKSON COUNTY WILL HOST THE IOWA NATIVE WHO APPEARED ON A NATIONAL TV SHOW ABOUT LOOSING WEIGHT. MATT HOOVER WAS ON THE RECENT SHOW, "THE BIGGEST LOOSER" AND WON $250,000 BY LOOSING 157 POUNDS, DROPPING FROM 339 TO 182. HE WILL SPEAK AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AT 6:30 P.M. THIS THURSDAY,
APRIL 20TH.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY