WE GOT A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING. BUT, SUN CAME OUT AFTER AND WE HAVE HAD ANOTHER PRETTY NICE DAY, COOLER THAN THE LAST FEW, BUT STILL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MID 70'S.

BEFORE I FORGET, JACK AND MARILYN WILLEY CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH THIS SUNDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS!

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WILL BE TACKLING RECYCLING STARTING
NEXT MONTH. DURING MONDAY NIGHT'S BOARD MEETING, JERRY NELSON, DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT, SAID THEY HAVE PURCHASED SOME RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS AND WILL PUT THEM AT VARIOUS DISTRICT BUILDINGS. THIS ISSUE WAS PROMPTED WHEN THE COST INCREASED BY THE DISTRICT'S TRASH HAULER. THE HAULER SAID A LOT OF RECYCLABLES WERE
TOSSED IN THE GARBAGE. SO FAR, KATHY McCAULLEY'S CLASS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON THE RECYCLING PROGRAM.

TALKED TO TWO FORMER MAQUOKETA CLOTHIERS THIS PAST WEEKEND.......ONE IN TOWN FOR A WEDDING AND THE OTHER FOR THE MHS CLASS OF 1953 REUNION. JIM DAVIS WAS HERE FOR THE CLASS REUNION. HE WORKED FOR HIS DAD FRANKLIN, FROM MID 50'S UNTIL MOVING TO ANOTHER JOB AND STATE IN 1963. DAVIS MEN'S WEAR WAS WHERE THE BURNED-OUT HALLMARK CARD STORE WAS AND IN THE 70'S, FRANKLIN SOLD THE STORE TO ORLA DAVIS (NO RELATION) AND DAVIS CLOTHEIRS WAS IN BUSINESS UNTIL AROUND 1980. ORLA AND I SERVED ON THE CHAMBER BOARD TOGETHER FOR A FEW YEARS IN THE 70'S. HE IS RETIRED AND
HE AND COLLEEN LIVE IN TAMA. NOT SURE WHERE JIM, ALSO RETIRED, LIVES NOW. GOOD SEEING BOTH. ORLA WAS HERE FOR THE JESSE (ART) WING-ASHLEY LECHTENBERG WEDDING, WHICH NANCY AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING. AFTER THE METHODIST CHURCH VOWS....THE RECEPTION WAS OUT IN THE COUNTRY, RURAL BALDWIN, IN A LARGE WHITE TENT NEXT TO A POND, AND FEATURED A SURPRISE AFTER DINNER FIREWORKS DISPLAY. ORLA AND
COLLEEN ARE GRANDPARENTS OF ASHLEY. BEAUTIFUL WEDDING! AND LUCKILY THEY HAD GREAT WEATHER FOR IT. JESSE'S FATHER, DR. JOE, IS RESTORING
AN 1869 STONE HOME OUT THERE. WAS A STAGECOACH STOP IN THE DAYS OF THE OLD WEST. PROJECT NOW IS KIND OF A LABOR OF LOVE, AS HE HAS BEEN AT THE RESTORATION FOR YEARS WITH LOTS STILL TO DO. THE NEW COUPLE IS LIVING IN MAQUOKETA.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN SAID TELEMARKETERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOU CELL PHONE NUMBERS BEGINNING THURSDAY. THERE IS A NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY FOR CELL PHONE NUMBERS. THE SHERIFF SAID HE TRIED IT AND IT IS NOT COMPLICATED. CALL 1-888-382-1222 FROM YOUR CELL PHONE. YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER WHEN YOU CALL AND ENTER IT WHEN ASKED TO. IT TAKES JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AND IT WILL BLOCK YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FROM TELEMARKETERS FOR 5 YEARS. REMEMBER, YOU MUST CALL FROM THE CELL PHONE YOU WANT TO H AVE BLOCKED.
AND IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, AND GET TELEMARKETING CALLS, REMEMBER YOU WILL BE CHARGED ON YOUR BILL FOR THE INCOMING CALL.

THE VOY 1 THEATRE HAS THE NEW MOVIE "EAGLE EYE" STARTING FRIDAY.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A BIG HIT, RATED PG-13. SEEN A MOVIE LATELY?
GET AWAY FROM THAT TV SCREEN ONCE IN AWHILE. FEEL LIKE A TEEN AGAIN AND TAKE IN A MOVIE! AND DON'T FORGET TO ENJOY SOME THEATRE POPCORN WITH IT. NO POPCORN TASTES BETTER THAN THEATRE POPCORN.
WE LIKE TO SELL IT, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS LITTLE PROFIT IN IT.

CHECK THE BIG-FISH PHOTO BELOW.....AND HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

HERE AGAIN IS KEN LITTERER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. I HAD A PHOTO OF HIM HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH THE RADIO HE WON AT KMAQ. I TOLD YOU HE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A FISHING TRIP. HERE'S PROOF! HE CAUGHT THIS
8-POUND WALLEYE .... 28 INCHES LONG....IN CANADA, ABOUT 250 MILES DUE NORTH
OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA. NICE CATCH KEN.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE....AND AGAIN TO ENLARGE EVEN MORE.
DENNIS VOY