TERRIFIC DAY TODAY...SUNNY AND IN 60'S.

ELECTRIC BILLS FOR THE AVERAGE MAQUOKETA RESIDENT WILL GO UP ABOUT
$20 PER MONTH STARTING NEXT YEAR. THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC BOARD APPROVED THE RATE INCREASE AND LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT EXPLAINING THE RATE INCREASE. THE RATES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE THE WISCONSIN BASED COMPANY THAT MAQUOKETA BUYS WHOLESALE ELECTRIC POWER FROM WILL BE RAISING THEIR RATES. FUEL COSTS ARE ONE REASON FOR THE INCREASE. FOR MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST INCREASE
IN ABOUT 5 YEARS.

LOUISE McALLISTER, AGE 78, OF DUBUQUE DIED TUESDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
3 BROTHERS, JOHN AND GEORGE RONEK OF MAQUOKETA AND DALE KENNICKER OF DELMAR.

PHIL KONRARDY, AGE 44, OF TYLER, TEXAS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY FROM INJURIES IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON OCTOBER 18TH.
SERVICES AND BURIAL WILL BE IN TYLER.

MAQUOKETA HAD JUST UNDER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN OCTOBER.
LAST NOVEMBER, WE HAD NO RAIN, BUT AN INCH OF SNOW ON NOVEMBER 21ST.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY