A LITTLE RAIN YESTERDAY AND TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WARM, A HIGH IN THE LOW 80'S.

A WHEATLAND WOMAN STABBED A DAVENPORT WOMAN IN HER RURAL WHEATLAND HOME ABOUT 10 LAST NIGHT. THE DAVENPORT WOMAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE WHEATLAND WOMAN IS IN THE CLINTON COUNTY JAIL.

LONG TIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND FARMER, GLENN CARAWAY, HAS BEEN NAMED THE GRAND MARSHALL FOR THIS YEAR'S JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. CARAWAY OWNED CARAWAY FEED AND SUPPLY ON QUARRY STREET FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS ACTIVE IN HELPING 4-H AND FFA KIDS WITH THIER PROJECTS. HE HAS TWO CHILDREN, DALE CARAWAY AND RUTH ANN SCOTT....ALSO SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. HE'S A BIG CUBS FAN.

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CHANGED THE WAY BUS DRIVERS WILL BE PAID BEGINNING THIS FALL. BUS DRIVERS WILL BE PAID HOURLY INSTEAD OF BY ROUTE.

FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER BILLY DEAN CALLED ME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WE CHATTED ON THE AIR FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES ABOUT HIS CONCERT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN BELLEVUE. HIS FIRST HIT RECORD WAS IN 1991. HE MARRIED STEPHANY PAISLEY, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, LAST SUMMER. I TALKED TO HER DURING THE NOON HOUR TODAY AT THE ANDREW CAFE WHERE SHE WAS HAVING NOON LUNCH WITH HER STEP-FATHER, LARRY McMURRAY OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. SHE'S IN JACKSON COUNTY EARLY FOR THE CONCERT WHILE BILLY IS WORKING ON HIS WAY HERE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, HE GAVE A CONCERT IN MISSOURI. A NICE COUPLE! HOPE THERE IS A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THE SHOW ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE.

STEVE FLYNN REPORTED AT ROTARY YESTERDAY THAT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION NETTED ABOUT $20,000 FROM THE GOLF TOURNAMENT THIS PAST TUESDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO BUY A PORTABLE X-RAY MACHINE.

KEEP COOL.

DENNIS VOY