WARM AND WINDY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY....DRIED OFF THE FARM LAND.

THEN..RAIN STARTED LAST NIGHT AND IT HAS BEEN RAINING ALL DAY.
MORE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
STOCK CAR RACES WERE TO START THE SEASON IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW
NIGHT, BUT ALREADY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA WILL OPEN FOR THE SEASON TONIGHT.

AND..MAQUOKETA FELT THE EARTHQUAKE AT 4:39 THIS MORNING. I SLEPT THROUGH IT, BUT TALKED TO MANY THAT FELT IT. IT WAS BETTER THAN 5.2 ON THE SCALE AND EFFECTED 5 STATES.

THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARMENT RECEIVED THE GRACE TUBBS SUMMIT AWARD THURSDAY DURING A LUNCHEON HONORING VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND HELD AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CHECK FOR $500 AND A CRYTAL CLOCK TO BE PUT IN THE NEW FIRE STATION.

A $32.01 GAS DRIVE-OFF AT CASEY'S YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

ROBERT WATTERS, AGE 59, OF DELMAR DIED WEDNESDAY. HIS OBITUARY
CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com HE WAS A LONGTIME PART OWNER AND SALES MANAGER AT BEIDLERS IMPLEMENT IN MAQUOKETA AND HAD BEEN CO-OWNER OF DOLTAL AND WATTERS IMPLEMENT IN MAQUOKETA.

MARGIE STENDER, AGE 75, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY IN MICHIGAN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, DORIS YADDOF OF MAQUOKETA.

CARROLL HEUERTZ, AGE 75, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME. HE WAS FIRST A BARBER IN MAQUOKETA, THEN OWNED THE BAKERY WITH HIS WIFE AND RETIRED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY'S.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY