4 BELOW EARLY THIS MORNING....9 FOR A HIGH TODAY.
TONIGHT, 6 AND TOMORROW A CHANCE OF SNOW AND 24 FOR A HIGH.

AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL RENEWED A SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR "SWEET THINGS BAKERY".
COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER, WHO OWNS THE BAKERY, APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT TO AGAIN PUT A GRILL ON THE SIDEWALK FRIDAYS THIS SUMMER.    PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO PUT ANYTHING ON THE CITY SIDEWALKS.   MAYOR DON SCHWENKER SAID THEY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM STEVE AND ROXANNE McAFEE OPPOSING THE RENEWAL.   THEY OWN THE NEXT DOOR TO THE BAKERY "ODDFELLOWS EMPORIUM" AND THEIR COMPLAINT WAS THAT THE SMOKE SMELL FROM
THE GRILL PERMEATES THEIR BUILDING.    THE CITY ALSO RECEIVED PETITIONS SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION AND COLLISTER SAID 90% OF THE BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET SIGNED PETITIONS IN FAVOR OF THE
GRILLING.    COLLISTER SAID HE PLANS TO GRILL BRATS AND BURGERS IN FRONT OF THE BAKERY AND PLANS TO BUY AN OPEN GRILL WHICH WILL NOT CAUSE AS MUCH SMOKE AS THE HOUSEHOLD GRILL WITH A LID.
COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED THE APPLICATION WITH COLLISTER VOTING
ABSTAIN.       THE MAYOR ASKED COLLISTER TO TRY TO KEEP THE SMOKE AWAY FROM THE McAFEE'S BUSINESS.    COLLISTER SAID HE MOVED THE GRILL TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK WHEN McAFEES COMPLAINED TO  HIM LAST YEAR.   

SPORTS:   BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS LOST TO
DUBUQUE WAHLERT LAST NIGHT.     UP THERE, THE BOYS SCORE,
61 TO 52 AND HERE, THE GIRL'S SCORE, 58 TO 30.
TONIGHT, DYERSVILLE BECKMAN.   AGAIN, GIRLS HERE AND BOYS UP THERE.

CHECK THE ROTARY WEB  SITE FOR THE NEW CITIZEN OF WEEK,
ROTARIAN OF WEEK AND SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF WEEK.

WE NEED SOME SNOW....AND THERE IS SOME IN THE FORECAST THIS
WEEK.    EVERYONE IS WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER DRY YEAR.

DENNIS VOY