COOL, BUT SUNNY AND NICE TODAY. HOWEVER, MORE RAIN IN FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK. FARM LAND IS NOT GETTING DRIED OUT. SO, CORN IS NOT BEING PLANTED. AND THE CORN SHOWN BE PLANTED BY NO LATER THAN MAY 10TH.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAD THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DINNER
LAST NIGHT AT MICKEL'S. THE FREE DINNER IS GIVEN ANNUALLY TO THOSE
WHO SERVE FOR NOTHING ON A CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION. MAYOR TOM
WAS THE HOST AND EMCEE. A CHECK FOR OVER $33,000 WAS PRESENTED TO FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK. THIS WAS MONEY GIVEN TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOR THE "LOVE OF FIREMEN" ACCOUNT THAT WAS USED FOR VARIOUS THINGS,
INCLUDING AN APPRECIATION DINNER AND DANCE. THERE WAS MONEY LEFT OVER, HENCE THE CHECK GIVEN LAST NIGHT. THE MONEY INCLUDED $10,000 FROM ALLIANCE PIPELINE IN MAQUOKETA AND $15,000 FROM WAL MART. THE REST OF THE MONEY WAS GIVEN BY BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS. SOME OF THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO HELP PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE AERIAL THAT BROKE DOWN DURING THE JANUARY 19TH FIRE.
FIREMEN THIS WEEK MOVED THEIR TRUCKS INTO THE NEW GARAGES AT THE NEW FIRE STATION. WON'T BE LONG AND THE NEW FIRE STATION ADDITION WILL BE DONE.
AT THE DINNER LAST NIGHT, MAYOR TOM PRAISED SOME LONGTIME VOLUNTEERS,
ESPECIALLY TOM BREUCH AND JIM DEUTMEYER. BOTH SERVE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. TOM, LONGTIME ATTORNEY, HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS AND MAYBE AS LONG AS 33. THEY ARE DOING SOME CHECKING OF OLD MINUTES TO GET A BETTER COUNT. AND JIM, LONGTIME LIBRARIAN FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOW RETIRED (BUT PAINTING HOUSES) HAS SERVED FOR 27 YEARS.

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THIS IS THE FRONT RECEPTION AREA AT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF MAQUOKETA
ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA, IN THE FORMER JACK AND JILL BUILDING.
THAT'S PATTI DAGUE IN THE PHOTO. THEY WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE
THIS SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, FROM 1 UNTIL 4 P.M. STOP IN, TAKE A TOUR AND SAY HELLO TO DR. PAUL KOOB, DR. RAYMOND HAMILTON, DR. WILLIAM OTTOMAN, DR.
ERIC PETERSEN AND DR. KIMBERLY THOMPSON AND PHYSICIANS'S ASSISTANT CAROL GORNEY. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. REMEBER, FOR ALL PHOTOS ON THIS DAILY REPRORT....CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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AFTER YOU ENTER THE FRONT DOOR OF THE NEW OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, THIS
IS WHAT YOU FIRST SEE. THE CHECK-OUT COUNER IS AROUND THE CORNER TO THE LEFT. AND THE PHARMACY, PATIENT INFORMATION BOOTHS AND WAITING AREA ARE ALL ON THE OTHER END OF THE SHELFS SHOWN HERE. BEAUTIFUL
STORE. NOT AS LARGE OR ROOMY AS THE OLD, BUT FIRST CLASS!
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THIS IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS ON JACOBEN DRIVE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. AT THE OTHER END, HIDDEN HERE, IS THE OFFICE BUILDING AND IT IS ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 64 AT THE EAST END OF
MAQUOKETA. WHEN IT WAS BUILDT YEARS AGO, IT WAS CALLED THE "HOOF" BUILDING. TODAY, MELLING SLEEVE COMPANY OCCUPIES PART OF THE BUILDING, APPROXIMATELY 30,000 SQUARE FEET. AND, MOVING INTO THE BUILDING SOON AND LOCATING IN THE SPACE EAST OF MELLING SLEEVE, A NEW MANUFACTURER FOR MAQUOKETA. ARCHITECTURAL WALL SYSTEMS OF WEST DES MOINES IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY AND IT IS EXPANDING IN MAQUOKETA. STEVE MOORE IN MAQUOKETA, ONE OF THOSE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE COMPANY TO LOCATE IN MAQUOKETA, TOLD ME THE FIRM WILL USE ABOUT 57,000 SQUARE FEET AND WILL BE CREATING ABOUT 15 JOBS. THE FIRM DOES BUSINESS NATIONALLY. THE GLAZING CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER BUILDS WALLS, BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. ESTABLISHED IN 1991, THE COMPANY RANKS AS THE 9TH LARGEST GLAZING CONTRACTORS IN THE COUNTRY. THEY WILL BE HIRING IN ANOTHER MONTH OR MORE AND THEIR WAGE SCALE IS FROM $12 TO $20 AN HOUR. SO...TWO NEW INDUSTRIES STARTING UP IN MAQUOKETA. HUSCO INTERNATIONAL OF WISCONSIN BOUGHT THE VACANT S & H BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND WILL CONVERT IT INTO A PLANT THAT WILL EMPLOY UP TO 200 PEOPLE. AND NOW, THIS NEW PLANT ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK. STEVE SAID ARCHITECTURAL WALL SYSTEMS LIKED THE BUILDING AND THE QUALITY WORK FORCE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA.
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