SUNNY AND WARMER TODAY....CLOSE TO 50.    SAME TOMORROW AND
SUNDAY.

MAQUOKETA  HAS BEEN SELECTED  AS THE HOST SITE FOR THE NATIONAL
WOOD CARVER'S ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, JUNE 10-21, 2010.    NO
MORE DETAILS AT THIS TIME.

MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY IS GIVING AWAY ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT
BULBS IN EXCHANGE FOR CANNED GOODS FOR THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
JUST BRING YOUR CAN(S) OF FOOD TO THE MMEU OFFICE INSIDE CITY HALL.

THERE WILL BE SOME MAJOR CLEAN-UP WORK DONE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER IN MAQUOKETA.    PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DAVE POPP
SAID THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) HAS PROVIDED
FUNDING FOR SOME CLEAN-UP.     ALSO, IIW ENGINEERING IS PREPARING PLANS FOR A PROJECT DOWNSTREAM WHICH WILL REBUILD THE BANK.    POPP SAID THAT PROJECT WILL ALSO BE 100 PERCENT PAID BY FEMA.
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO SEVERAL OLD CAR BODIES WERE PUT IN THE RIVER TO
STABALIZE THE RIVER BANK.     AT THE TIME, WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE
IDEA SAID EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD NOT BE SEEN BECAUSE OF FILL-IN SILK, ETC.
THEY CAN STILL BE SEEN.      POPP TOLD MAYOR MESSERLI  THAT  DURING THE UPCOMING CLEAN-UP, THE CAR BODIES WILL STAY.

MAQUOKETA POLICE RECEIVED A VANDALISM REPORT FROM REBECCA WANZEK AT 802 S. 2ND STREET.     SEEMS THAT LAST NIGHT HER HUSBAND'S CAR
WAS SPRAY PAINTED.

I'M REPEATING A BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT BY REQUEST, TO ADD SOME NAMES.
YOU READ PART OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER THIS WEEK.     A GIRL WAS BORN
TO ASHLEY AND JAYSON WIGGINS OF MAQUOKETA.    PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
ARE MARK AND BRENDA WIGGINS OF MAQUOKETA.     PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDFATHER IS TED WIGGINS OF MAQUOKETA.     MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
ARE JOHN AND NANCY SUTHERS OF DELMAR.        THE BABY GIRL WAS
BORN AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.    CONGRATULATIONS TO ASHLEY AND
JAYSON!

 HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.


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