NICE AND WARM TODAY IN MAQUOKETA, FOLLOWING A THUNDERSTORM LAST NIGHT WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. WE HAVE HAD NEARLY 3 INCHES SO FAR IN JULY, AND NOW THE FORECAST IS FOR DRY WEATHER THE REST OF THE WEEK.

A BIRTH. MATT AND JONI WINEGER ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JUNE 29TH AT THE DAVENPORT EAST HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE CRAIG AND WENDY WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, ZACH BELLENDIER, A 2008 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, WAS INJURED ON A MAKE-SHIFT WATER SLIDE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THE ISLAND JUST NORTH OF BELLEVUE. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE DUBUQUE HOSPITAL AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY WHERE HE WAS OPERATED ON SUNDAY TO REPAIR A NECK INJURY.
AND HE HAD ANOTHER FOUR-HOUR OPERATION TODAY. RUMOR HAS IT THAT
HE HAS "FEELINGS" IN HIS ARMS AND LEGS AND THAT WITH THERAPY, WILL
BE ABLE TO WALK AND GET BACK TO NORMAL.
HE WENT DOWN THE SLIDE HEAD-FIRST, INTO ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER.
HE IS THE SON OF MIKE AND JEAN AND IS SIGNED-UP TO GO TO ST. AMBROSE
COLLEGE THIS FALL. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF TWO FOOTBALL SENIORS FROM THIS AREA INVITED TO PLAY IN THE SHRINER'S ALL STAR GAME THIS SUMMER.

A DELMAR MAN WILL HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE OF PLAYING IN THE PRO-AM
EVENT TOMORROW AT THE JOHN DEERE CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT. JERRY FARRELL QUALIFIED BY WINNING THE "DRIVE-THE-MIDDLE" CONTEST AT DEERE RUN IN SILVIS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. JERRY AND THREE OTHER AMATEURS WILL TEE-OFF WITH PRO J.J. HENRY EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. JERRY TOLD KMAQ HE USED HIS OLDER CLEVELAND 460 DRIVER TO WIN THE CONTEST. HE ALSO GOT $600 WORTH OF GOLF EQUIPMENT AND HIS SON, JIM, WILL BE HIS CADDIE TOMORROW.

A BREAK-IN LAST NIGHT AT THE RENTAL BUSINESS ON SOUTH JONES. OWNER DENNIS ANDERSON SAID SOMEONE BROKE A WINDOW AND TOOK MONEY AND A LOCK BOX.

LONGTIME FORMER MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, BURT DOSTAL, AGE 83, DIED THURSDAY. HIS OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com.

STAY COOL.

DENNIS VOY