SUNNY AND 55 TODAY. GOOD PLANTING WEATHER. MORE OF THE SAME
TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN COMING BACK THURSDAY.

HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO ERGON PENNINGROTH, A LONGTIME KMAQ
LISTENER. FAMOUS FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL HISTORY AND HIS
STORIES ABOUT THE EXTREME HEAT IN THE SUMMER OF 1936. HE AND HIS WIFE MARGE FARMED IN THE ELWOOD AREA AND RETIRED TO MAQUOKETA IN 1988.

THANK YOU ALLEN BODKIN....FOR BEING THE FIRST DAILY REPORT READER TO BUY
SOME ROTARY DUCKS FROM ME....$20 WORTH. HE WILL NOW HOPE ONE OF
HIS 11 DUCKS WILL BE ONE OF THE RACE WINNERS. ALLEN, FORMER RESIDENT
OF MAQUOKETA, NOW LIVES IN IBERIA, MISSOURI. I WAS EXCITED WHEN
I GOT HIS CHECK THIS MORNING.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BILL SCHWENKER ANNOUNCED ON KMAQ'S JUST TALK SHOW THIS MORNING THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. HE
HAS SERVED FOR 18 YEARS. THAT'S A LOT, BUT NOT A RECORD. BUT
MAQUOKETA IS KNOWN FOR HAVING LONG MEETINGS, SO TIME-WISE....IT PROBABLY IS A RECORD.

PARENTS OF 14 YEAR OLD DYLAN SCHICK HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR IGNORING
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS. DYLAN MISSED OR WAS TARDY
55 OUT OF 118 DAYS AND OFFICERS SAID PARENTS STACY LESLEIN, AGE 37 AND
WILLIAM SCHICK, AGE 43, FAILED TO REQUIRE THEIR SON TO ATTEND SCHOOL
AT HILLCREST.

A WORKROON AT THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT WAS BROKEN INTO OVER THE
WEEKEND. FRANK GOODENOW WHO HAS A SHOP OUT THERE REPORTED
THE BREAK-IN AT A HANGAR AND HIS SHOP. SOME ITEMS WERE TAKEN.

MAQUOKETA COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THEY ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON THE FIRE PROPERTY DOWNTOWN AT $200,000.

JERRY MANNING, AGE 69, DIED YESTERDAY. LONGTIME EMPLOYEE WITH
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, FIRST AS A DEPUTY AND THEN JAIL
ADMINISTRATOR. HE AND HIS WIFE CLEO ALSO RAN MANNING'S NURSING
HOME FOR MANY YEARS AND HE WAS A GOOD FISHERMAN AND WON
FISHING DERBIES REGULARLY. NICE GUY. HIS FULL OBITURARY IS
ON CARSON AND SON'S WEB SITE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY