Tuesday, July 12, 2011

PARTLY SUNNY AND WARM TODAY....NO RAIN....HIGH OF 82.
TOMORROW'S HIGH WILL BE ONLY 78.
BUT LOOKING AHEAD..BACK T0 90 ON SATURDAY.

FATHER JAMES CHAPELL OF SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
MAQUOKETA WILL RETIRE THIS SUMMER. HE ALSO CELEBRATED ONE MASS
A MONTH AT ANDREW. AND, FATHER PAUL LIPPSTOCK, WHO SERVES THE
CHURCHES IN PRESTON, SABULA AND SPRINGBROOK IS LEAVING TO CONTINUE
HIS MINISTRY WORK IN THE MILITARY. THESE VACANCIES COUPLED WITH
DECLINING ATTENDANCE AND DECLINING FINANCIAL RESOURCES LED TO
THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN SABULA AND
ANDREW. ANDREW HAD THE LAST SERVICE LAST WEEKEND.
AND IN BELLEVUE, AT THE LARGE ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, THERE WILL BE TWO INSTEAD OF THREE WEEKEND MASSES. THEY HAVE ABOUT
880 AT THREE SERVICES AND SINCE THE CHURCH COMFORTABLY SEATS 645,
IT CAN ACCOMODATE ITS PARISHIONERS IN TWO SERVICES ACCORDING
TO THE ARCHDIOCESE. THE SABULA CHRUCH CLOSED JULY 3RD AND
WILL MERGE WITH THE CHURCH IN PRESTON. ANDREW PEOPLE WILL BE
GOING NOW TO SACRED HEART IN MAQUOKETA.

TIMBER LANES IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL BEACH PARTY JULY 30TH.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE LATE JERRY MANNING ARE HOSTING A BENEFIT
IN HIS MEMORY ON JULY 16TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. HE WAS A LONGTIME
JAILER FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND DIED AT THE AGE OF 69 ON MAY 1ST.
THERE WILL BE MEAL FROM 4 UNTIL 7, A RAFFLE AND A DANCE IN THE
EVENING BY THE POPULAR BAND, "COUNTRY TRADITION".

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

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