NICE WEEKEND WEATHER AND TODAY NICE TOO.

THE HISTORIC HURSTVILLE APARTMENTS WILL BE HAVING A GRAND OPENING AND OPEN HOUSE THIS THURSDAY, MAY 25TH FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 2 P.M.
THEY ARE IN THE HURST HOTEL (ACROSS FROM THE FAREWAY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA) BUILT IN 1897. DURING RENOVATION WORK THE LAST YEAR, THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WERE PRESERVED, INCLUDING THE MARBLE FLOORS IN THE ORIGINAL BAR (WHICH WILL NOW BE A SOCIAL AREA), FINE GRAINED PINE FLOORING THROUGHOUT, FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL OAK FIREPLACE MANTELS. SOME OF THE NEW APARTMENTS WILL HAVE A SKYLIGHT AND FIREPLACE. AND TO GET FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR, THE ORIGINAL OPEN WINDING STAIRCASE AND THE NEW ELEVATOR.
THERE ARE 22 UNIQUE APARTMENTS FOR RESIDENTS 55 AND OLDER. INCOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY. WORKERS SPENT ALL WEEKEND DOING FINAL OUTDOOR
WORK ON THE FRONT PORCH, PAINTING, BUILDING THE NEW STEEL FIRE ESCAPE AND PAVING THE PARKING LOT TO THE NORTH. THE RUSH WILL BE ON THIS WEEK TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BY 11 THIS THURSDAY MORNING. I PLAN TO TAKE THE TOUR AND TAKE SOME PICTURES FOR THE KMAQ WEB SITE LATER THIS WEEK.

LONGTIME DEWITT BUSINESSWOMAN, JOANNA LUND, AGE 61, DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AT HER HOME AFTER A 4-YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE SOLD MORE THAN 3 MILLION BOOKS IN HER "HEALTHY EXCHANGES" COOKBOOK SERIES, INCLUDING THOUSANDS ON THE NATIONAL TV HOME SHOPPING NETWORK. SHE LOST WEIGHT WITH HER COOKBOOK RECIPES AND MANY OF HER READERS ALSO HAD SUCCESS DIETING, USING HER BOOKS AND SUBSCRIBING TO HER NEWSLETTER. WHEN BREAST CANCER WAS DISCOVERED IN 2001, THE DISEASE HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO THE LYMPH NODES AND HER LEFT ARM AND HER BONES AND SHE WAS GIVEN THREE TO SIX MOTHS TO LIVE, BUT SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET WITH THE DELWOOD SCHOOL BOARD AT 6 TONIGHT AND THEY HAVE THIER OWN MEETING AT 7.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A SHORT, SPECIAL MEETING TODAY, TO DEAL WITH 3 ISSUES.

BLANCHE MCCALLISTER, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY EVENING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND HER COMPLETED OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com

THE KELLY AND MILLER CIRCUS WAS IN TOWN SATURDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
FOR TWO PERFORMANCES. A REALLY FINE LITTLE CIRCUS, BUT BAD TURNOUT FOR BOTH SHOWS. TWO OF MY GRANDKIDS AND I SURE HAD FUN.

THANKS TO FORMER MAQUOKETAN ALLEN BODKIN OF IBERIA, MISSOURI FOR BUYING 4 DUCKS IN THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE COMING UP JUNE 21ST.
GOT HIS CHECK THIS MORNING AND A NOTE WITH IT THAT HE WILL BE COMING BACK TO MAQUOKETA JUNE 17TH FOR A BODKIN REUNION AT EDEN VALLEY PARK NEAR BALDWIN.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY