NICE LATE SPRING DAY....SUNNY, HIGH 77.
RAIN TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT AND
SUNNY ON FATHER'S DAY.
MORE WOODCARVER'S WORK THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY (AND MANY FOR SALE) UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THESE CARVINGS WERE ON DISPLAY AT MAE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AT A RECEPTION LAST NIGHT, HOSTED BY BOB OSTERHAUS AND OTHER MAE VOLUNTEERS. SOME OF THE CARVINGS HAVE $10,000 (MORE OR LESS)
PRICE TAGS ON THEM. BEAUTIFUL WORK! QUALITY WORK!
THE CHURCH'S CHRISTMAS AND EASTER OFFERING. THIS PAST WINTER.
BOB MARTIN, WHO DIED THIS SPRING AND WAS A LONGTIME BUSINESSMAN
AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
HAS DONATED 300 ACRES OF LAND ON THE EASTERN OUTSKIRTS OF
MAQUOKETA TO THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT.
TWO POSSIBLE USES (JUST SUGGESTIONS) FOR THE NON-TILLABLE LAND
WOULD BE A LAKE (DAMMING PRAIRIE CREEK ON THE LAND) AND BUILDING A DOG PARK THERE. IN HIS WILL, MARTIN HIMSELF SUGGESTED THE IDEA OF A LAKE. IT COULD BE A 70-80 ACRE LAKE. WHATEVER....THE
CONSERVATION BOARD IS EXCITED ABOUT THE GIFT AND WE WILL BE
HEARING MORE ABOUT IT AFTER PROBATE.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SPENDING ALMOST $20,000 FOR SAFETY UPDATES, INCLUDING CAMERAS, PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS, AND TELEPHONES. A SAFE ROOM IS ALSO BE CONSIDERED. THE IDEA IS TO PROTECT STUDENTS IF SOMEONE COMES INTO THE SCHOOL TO DO HARM.
18 CANOE PADDLES WERE STOLEN FROM THE OWNER, THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS
INVESTIGATION. THEY WERE TAKEN FROM A STORAGE BIN IN A CANOE
TRAILER AND VALUED AT 3 TO 4-HUNDRED DOLLARS.
(OVER 20 OF THEM) AT MAE (FORMER OSTERHAUS BUILDING DOWNTOWN).
THAT IS ONE ABOVE. (CLICK-ON IT TO ENLARGE IT) THEY ARE ABOUT 3 FOOT BY 5 FOOT AND WILL BE ON DISPLAY UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY.
STOP IN AND TAKE A LOOK. FREE ADMISSION ALWAYS AT MAE.
LIMITED HOURS ARE POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR.
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO HELD GRADUATION FOR THEIR RESIDENTS THIS WEEK. THE DINNER AND GRADUATION TOOK PLACE AT THE CLIFF DWELLER CLUB ON MICHIGAN AVENUE, DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.
FIFTEEN THIRD-YEAR RESIDENTS GRADUATED THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING
DR. JUSTIN HEPKER, A 2002 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
HEPKER, THE SON OF CINDY AND LEIGHTON OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHOSEN AS THE RESIDENT OF THE YEAR AND RECEIVED THE DR. ROBERT P. CAVALLINO LEGACY AWARD. THE AWARD IS PRESENTED TO THE RESIDENT WHO EXEMPLIFIES SUPERIOR PATIENT CARE. HEPKER DID HIS UNDERGRADUATE WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THEN ATTENDED THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN COLUMBUS BEFORE COMPLETING HIS THREE YEAR PROGRAM IN CHICAGO. DR. HEPKER WILL
BEGIN WORK AS AN EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN AT ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, ON JULY 1ST.
HE WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE IN CHICAGO AND WORK SOME "MOONLIGHTING" SHIFTS AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS OWNED HOSPITALS IN CHICAGO.
CONGRATULATIONS DR. JUSTIN! I'M HIS PROUD GODFATHER!
DR. GARY O'MALLEY, A FORMER CURRICULUM DIRECTOR FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT, WILL BECOME THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT
OF MOUNT VERNON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, HIS FIRST JOB
AS A SUPERINTENDENT. HE WILL RECEIVE A SALARY OF $141,000.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. I'LL SEE SOME OF YOU AT THE FLY-IN, DRIVE-IN BREAKFAST SUNDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT.
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
DENNIS VOY