HOT YESTERDAY. COOL TODAY. ON AND OFF LIGHT RAIN. SAME FOR TOMORROW.

THE MARK WILLEY TRIAL WILL BE BROADCAST ON THE LOCAL ACCESS CHANNEL IN MAQUOKETA. PROBABLY IN JULY. THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT VOTED 4 TO 3 TO LET IT BE TELIVISED. VOTING NO, COUNCILMEN TIM CLARK, MATT WINEGAR AND GALEN SAUNDERS.

THE ARC SWIMMING POOL IN MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE SIX LANES INSTEAD OF FOUR. THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT APPROVED FOOTING THE BILL FOR ANOTHER $640,000 TO ADD TWO MORE LANES THE THE ORIGINAL BID OF NEARL $4.8 MILLION.
MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA SWIM TEAM AND THEIR FAMILIES PACKED THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS URGING THE COUNCIL TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL LANES.
CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER EXPLAINED HOW THE COUNCIL COULD USE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (FROM THE NEW WAL MART) STORE AND THE EXISTING REVENUE BONDS TO PAY FOR THE EXTRA LANES. GROUND BREAKING COULD BE LATER THIS MONTH.

DONALD A. MILLER, AGE 72, (THERE ARE 3 DON MILLERS IN MAQUOKETA PHONE BOOK) DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS APARTMENT IN RIVER VILLAGE APARTMENTS.
SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON & SON FUNERAL HOME....www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. DON'T FORGET THE RODEO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN'S BREAKFAST SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY