CLOUDY, MID 40'S.

DUB ROMER  IS 90 TODAY.    LONGTIME BUSINESSMAN, OWNER OF THE ROOFING AND SIDING BUSINESS, CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY, ON PERSHING ROAD IN MAQUOKETA.
LIVES ALONE  AND STILL GETS TO COFFEE WITH HIS PICKUP A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK OR MORE.   BUSINESS IS RUN BY HIS SON, CLAY.    OVER THE YEARS, BEEN
A SUPPORTER OF THE COMMUNITY.   OPTIMIST CLUB MEMBER.   MEMBER OF
MT. HOPE CEMETERY BOARD.    VFW AND LEGION MEMBER.     BACKER OF
MAQUOKETA CARDINAL SPORTS AND A  BIG HAWKEYE FAN.    NOT A BAD GOLFER IN HIS DAY ALSO.    AND...ONE OF THE FIRST ADVERTISERS ON KMAQ SOON AFTER WE WENT ON THE AIR .....AND SPOTS HAVE RUN EVERY WEEK SINCE, FOR 51 YEARS.     A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH TO FRIEND DUB ROMER.

JOYCE AND TOM BERGGREN OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY.     TOM, A TOOL AND DIE MAKER, WORKED
15 YEARS AT CLINTON ENGINES, CATERPILLAR FOR 21,  AND SEARS MFG.FOR
8.   JOYCE HAD VARIOUS JOBS AND THEY RAISED 4 CHILDREN AND NOW HAVE 11 GRANDCHILDREN.   

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAID THIS WEEK THEY HAVE RECEIVED
45 APPLICATIONS FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY POSITION FOR THE COUNTY.
THEY WILL MAKE AN OFFER TO SOMEONE THIS WEEK BUT HAVE NOT RELEASED
THE NAME OF THE PERSON, WHO WILL WORK 35 HOURS A WEEK AT $10.58 AN HOUR.

MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY A MAN BROKE INTO A WOMAN'S HOME AND TOOK
SOME PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING.    ANGELA JONES REPORTED AT 4:20 THIS MORNING THAT SHE SAW SOMEONE LEAVING HER
HOME AT 403S. CLARK STREET.    POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT.  THE PRESCRIPTIONS
BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO LIVES IN THE HOUSE.

HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY