BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY.

MAQUOKETA BEAT ANAMOSA FRIDAY NIGHT, 55 TO 26. BILLY VEACH
ESTABLISHED A NEW RUSHING MARK FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WITH 385 YARDS RUSHING. HE SCORED 5 TOUCHDOWNS ON RUNS OF 3, 62, 66, 80 AND 11 YARDS. HE DID NOT PLAY THE FINAL QUARTER.
MAQUOKETA PLAY AT DEWITT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND IT WILL BE THEIR HOMECOMING. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD, CLOSE GAME.

CHERYL AND ANDY CLARK CELEBRATE THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW. THEY WENT ON THEIR FIRST DATE TO
MY THEATRE AND SAW "COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER". SHE HAS WORKED
FOR OVER 15 YEARS AT THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE AND HE HAS BEEN THE MANAGER OF THE SUPER 8 MOTEL IN MAQUOKETA, SINCE IT OPENED NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO. BOTH ENJOY GOLF.

A LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY BUSINESS HAS BEEN SOLD. BUDDY AND MYRNA OLSON ARE RETIRING AND HAVE SOLD THEIR SECURITY BUSINESS TO PER MAR SECURITY IN DAVENPORT. BUDDY AND MYRNA STARTED IT 25 YEARS AGO AT THEIR RURAL FARM AND HOME. THEIR SON JAY, WITH 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE, HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH PER MAR TO SERVICE ACCOUNTS IN THIS AREA. BEFORE STARTING THE BUSINESS, BUDDY WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN AND SERVED AS MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF IN THE 70'S.

A 19-YEAR-OLD MAQUOKETA WOMAN, AMY CHASE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF TWO VEHICLES AND BURGLARY OF A COUPLE OF OTHERS OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SENATE HAS SET THE THEME FOR THE OCTOBER 13TH HOMECOMING. IT'S "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOMECOMING"...A WIZARD OF OZ THEME. THE HOMECOMING PARADE WILL BE AT 2 P.M. OCTOBER 13TH.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SATURDAY NIGHT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. GOOD TURN-OUT TOO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY