AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.
MOSTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON.
HOT AND HUMID....WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HIT 90 TODAY, BUT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY NOT GET QUITE THAT HIGH, BUT CLOSE. DEWPOINT IS 72....HUMID BUT HAVE HAD SOME WIND TODAY AND THAT HAS HELPED. COOLER WEATHER COMING TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.

THE FIRST LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED IN JACKSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT INVOLVING A CHILD THAT GOT INJURED IN THE JULY 4TH BUGGY ACCIDENT
IN BELLEVUE. NOT UNEXPECTED AND THERE COULD BE MORE. LAWSUITS
ARE PRETTY COMMON IN THOSE KINDS OF ACCIDENTS I GUESS.

THERE ARE TWO OPENINGS FOR THE HOSPITAL BOARD HERE IN TOWN IN THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION. THE TWO POSITIONS ARE HELD BY GLORIA JORGENSEN
AND NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBER, MKE NICKESON. TERMS ARE 6 YEARS.
THE DEADLINE TO FILE IS AUGUST 25TH.

FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER JOHNNY LEE PUTS ON A CONCERT TOMORROW NIGHT
IN THE NEWLY AIR-CONDITIONED "MOONEY HOLLOW BARN" AT GREEN ISLAND,
NORTH OF SABULA. HE WAS IN THE HIT MOVIE "URBAN COWBOY". I
INTERVIEWED HIM FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES THIS AFTERNOON, FROM HIS STUDIO IN BRANSON. HE HAS LIVED IN BRANSON 8 YEARS AND HAS HAD SHOWS ON AND OFF
AT THE MICKEY GILLEY THEATRE. HIS BIGGEST SONG WAS "LOOKING FOR LOVE". HIS SHOW STARTS AT 8 TOMORROW NIGHT. WISH I COULD MAKE IT.

THE CLASS OF 1960 IS HAVING THEIR 50TH REUNION TOMORROW AT THE DECKER HOTEL AND THE CLASS OF 75 IS HAVING THEIR 35TH AT THE EAGLES CLUB.

MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A MOTORCYCLE FIRE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...AROUND 1. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, THE CYCLE
WAS FULLY ENGULFED. THAT WAS IN THE 400 BLOCK OF WEST QUARRY.
SORRY, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE NAME OF THE OWNER.

FRED AND JACQUELYNN PLEIS OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, ARE PARENTS OF
A BOY BORN AUGUST 3RD IN DENVER. HE HAS A 3 YEAR OLD BROTHER.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE CAROL AND GARY GROTE OF MARSHALL,
MISSOURI AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.

THE SKIES ARE NOW DARK IN MAQUOKETA.

DEAN AND KAREN TILTON WERE IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK AND WILL ATTEND
KAREN'S 50TH HIGH SCHOOL CLASS REUNION TOMORROW NIGHT IN
LA HARPE, ILLINOIS. THEY HAVE LIVED AT THE VILLAGES IN FLORIDA
THE PAST 5 YEARS. BOTH DOING WELL!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY