MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, NO RAIN, AND HIGH IN THE 60'S.
WARMER TOMORROW.

GOV. CHET CULVER TODAY ANNOUNCED THE NAMES OF 53 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN IOWA RECEIVING STATE FUNDS UNDER THE STATEWIDE VOLUNTARY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR 4-YEAR OLD CHILDREN. AN ESTIMATED 3,247 ADDITIONAL CHILDREN IN THE STATE WILL NOW HAVE CHANCE FOR A QUALITY PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE DURING THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. MAQUOKETA IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS TO RECEIVE A GRANT. HELEN SNELL, CURRICULUM DIRECTOR FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS SAID THE DISTRICT IS VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE THE GRANT. SNELL SAID
FAMILIES WILL NOW BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY SEND THEIR CHILDREN.
MAQUOKETA OPTIONS ARE: THE KIDS OF THE KINGDOM AT SACRED HEART....
LITTLE SHEPHARD AT FIRST LUTHERAN.....SUNSHINE PRESCHOOL AND NOW THE
4-YEAR OLDS PROGRAM IN THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
64 YEARS AGO AT HORICON, WISCONSIN, MY EDUCATION STARTED WITH FIRST
GRADE. NOTHING BEFORE. NO WONDER I'M 70 AND WORKING 60 HOURS A WEEK.

A 3% RATE INCREASE IN SERVICES IS COMING AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL SOON.
IT WILL BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL $162,000. THE HOSPITAL IS ALOS
SAVING A HALF-MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR BECAUSE OF COST-SAVING MEASURES, INCLUDING STAFF REDUCTIONS. AND IT STILL FACES A QUARTER-MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT. SO, EVEN FURTHER CUT BACKS ARE BEING STUDIED.

OFFICIALS AT THE MAQUOKETA FAMILY CLINIC ON NORTH ARCADE IN MAQUOKETA HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT ANN HEINRICH, A FAMILY NURSE PRACTIONER, WILL BE JOINING THE STAFF JUNE 1ST. SHE IS A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND WENT TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, IN CHICAGO, WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER FAMILY NURSE PRACTIONER DEGREE.

ASHLEY AND JONATHAN WILHELM OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MAY 19TH AT MERCY IN CLINTON.

YOU COULD HAVE A SUPER JUNE IF YOU HAD A DUCK AND IT WON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB DUCK RACE.

DENNIS VOY