SUNNY AND 50 YESTERDAY.
SUNNY AND 51 TODAY.
FORECAST:  SUNNY AND 51 TOMORROW.

THE DEWITT SABERS WON THEIR 2ND PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT, BEATING MARION FOR A SECOND TIME THIS SEASON,  AT MARION.    NOW, 8 AND 3, THEY PLAY #1 DECORAH FRIDAY NIGHT AT DECORAH.   THEY ARE 11 AND 0.

PRESTON LOST THEIR 2ND PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT AND ENDED THE SEASON AT 9 AND 2.

MAQUOKETA (GIRLS) 7TH RATED VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLAYS  5TH RATED
NORTH SCOTT AT DEWITT GYM AT 7 TONIGHT.     MAQUOKETA, WITH
A WIN, WOULD GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR IN A ROW.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TOOK A TOUR OF THE FORMER ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY BUILDING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND SAID THE BUILDING LOOKS GOOD.    DAC IS RENTING THE BUILDING AND ALREADY HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN THE BUILDING.
EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OFFICES THAT WERE USED, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN SITTING EMPTY FOR SEVEN YEARS.    SUPERVISOR BUCK KOOS SAID THE FLOORS LOOK AS SHINY AS THE FLOORS IN THE COURTHOUSE AND
SUPERVISOR STEVEN FLYNN SAID SOME CEILING TILES HAVE BEEN REPLACED.        THE DIRECTOR OF KITCHEN OPERATIONS AND THREE EMPLOYEES THAT ALSO WORKED AT ANDREW JACKSON CARE NOW ARE
WORKING AT THE NEW DAC FACILITY.    THE NEW FACILITY WILL OPEN WITH 23 GUESTS ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

THE OPENING NIGHT FOR THE ROSE FRANTZEN DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AT FIGGE ART MUSEUM IN DAVENPORT IS THURSDAY NIGHT.    IT IS THE SAME
DISPLAY THAT WAS AT THE SMITHSONIAN IN WASHINGTON D.C., PLUS
A NEW PAINTING OF A MAQUOKETA LANDSCAPE.    AN RTA BUS IS TAKING
INTERESTED CITIZENS FOR THE  5 UNTIL 8 EVENT, THAT WILL INCLUDE
A PRESENTATION BY ROSE.    FIRST, IT WAS GOING TO BE FREE TO ALL
SENIOR CITIZENS OVER 60....BUT GOOD NEWS....IT IS GOING TO BE FREE
TO EVERYONE THAT NIGHT...THURSDAY NIGHT.   HERE'S HOPING THERE
WILL BE A GOOD CROWD FROM MAQUOKETA.

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THE BELLEVUE ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARADE WAS HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE.    BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND A NICE LITTLE PARADE.     IT INCLUDED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND.
AFTER THE PARADE, TREATS WERE GIVEN AT THE SCHOOL AND THEN IT WAS  BELLEVUE'S TRICK OR TRICK NIGHT AFTER.    MAQUOKETA NATIVE
LINDA (O'BRIEN) NUDD WAS AGAIN THE PARADE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE
BELLEVUE ROTARY.    THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY IS PLANNING TO HAVE A PARADE NEXT HALLOWEEN.    
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