Wednesday, June 12, 2013


HOT AND HUMID TODAY!    82 THE HIGH FOR 2ND DAY IN A ROW.
STORMS TONIGHT.
NICE TOMORROW AND REST OF WEEK.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA 175TH BIRTHDAY IS IN AUGUST.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY IS PLANNED.
SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY SAID THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND NMAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE JOINING
FORCES TO HOST AN AFTERNOON LAWN PARTY OF SOIREE ON AUGUST 4TH AT SQUIER'S MANOR.
WILLEY SAID IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE SESQUICENTENDIAL (150TH PARTY)
25 YEARS AGO, ALSO AT SQUIREA'S MANOR.
THE TIMBER CITY BAND WILL PLAY AND THERE WILL BE OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THERE WILL BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF  TICKETS AVAILABLE.
MORE INFORMATION COMING.

THREE EMPTY BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA HAVE A SIGN
IN THE WINDOW SAYING A NEW BUSINESS WILL BE  OPENING HERE.
BUT NO DETAILS YET.

MAQUOKETA, THE TIMBER CITY, HAS BIG TREES.    THAT'S MY SIZE 11 SHOE
ON THE STUMP ABOVE.    BUT THEY DON'T LIVE FOREVER.   BOB SHANAHAN HAD THIS TREE TAKEN DOWN A FEW DAY AGO, AFTER A STORM BLEW
SOME BIG LIMBS DOWN ON THE SHANAHAN HOME ON SOUTH 2ND STREET.

KEEP TUNED FOR WEATHER INFO TONIGHT.

AND THE CARDINALS-METS GAME TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM.

DENNIS VOY