SUNNY AND WARM TODAY....PUSHING 80.
RAIN TOMORROW....
THEN NICE AGAIN THURSDAY!

SCHOOL BOARD PERSONNEL CHANGES MADE AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING:
JANE SCHMIDT, NEW PART-TIME DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND STUDENT LEARNING.    SHE WILL RETAIN HER HALF-TIME TEACHING POSITION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.     THIS POSITION WILL REPLACE HELEN
SNELL, CURRICULOM DIRECTOR, WHO RETIRED.   HOWEVER,THE
CURRICULOM DIRECTOR POSITION HAS BEEN RENAMED AND REDUCED TO HALF-TIME UNDER THE BUDGET CUTS.
ARDEN KRUEGER, RESIGNED AS HIGH SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTOR.
MAGGIE FURLONG, NEW HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND  HEAD VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH AND 7TH GRADE TRACK COACH.
KATHY KROGRAM,  WILL BE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER T BRIGGS ELEMENTARY AND TITLE 1 READING TEACHER AT SACRED HEART.
KATE STADTMUELLER, HIRED AS HALF-TIME MUSIC INSTRUCTOR AT BRIGGS.
SHE WILL ALSO TEACH HALF-TIME AT ANDREW.
SHAELA BRESNAN,  RENEWED CONTRACT AS A .66 ART TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND .34 TIME AS ART TEACHER AT ANDRW.
AND
SUPT. HUCKSTADT REPORTED THE DISTRICT RECEIVED THE K-3 AT RISK FUNDING OF $140,000 FOR ONE YEAR.    HUCKSTADT SAID THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO REPLACE SOME COUNSELING SERVICES AT CARDINAL
ELEMENTARY TO REPLACE COUNSELOR CHARLIE EASTERLY WHO HAS RETIRED.

GOV. BRANSTAD WILL BE IN JACKSON COUNTY FRIDAY.    AT 3 P.M. HE
WILL ATTEND THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION  OF THE  ROCKWELL COLLINS PLANT THERE.     AT 3:45 P.M. HE WILL ATTEND THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW BAYMONT HOTEL,  ADJACENT TO THE OFFSHORT RESTAURANT AND CONVENTION CENTER.    THE HOTEL OPENS SOON.

CHECK BELOW, AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY
(MUCH ALSO FOR SALE) THIS WEEK AT THE WOODCARVER'S CONVENTION
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.    THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY
RECOGNIZED CONVENTION...ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
WOODCARVERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE HERE AND THEY LIKE
MAQUOKETA AND ITS FACILITIES FOR A CONVENTION.    THIS IS THEIR
3RD YEAR IN TOWN.     THERE ARE ABOUT 20 RV'S AT THE FAIRGROUNDS,
BUT MOST STAY IN MOTELS AND SQUIRES MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST.

THIS SIGN IS POSTED ALL OVER TOWN.   THIS ONE IN KMAQ'S FRONT
WINDOW AND WE PUT IT ON AN ORANGE POSTER BOARD SO IT STANDS
OUT BETTER.    ALSO, AT 4 LOCATIONS LEADING INTO MAQUOKETA,
HIGHWAY BANNERS WELCOME PEOPLE TO MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING-IN AGAIN!

DENNIS VOY