Monday, September 16, 2013

WE GOT AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY!
TODAY...SUNNY AND COOL, HIGH OF ONLY 67.
MORE RAIN COMING THIS WORK WEEK.
UPCOMING WEEKEND SHOULD BE PRETTY NICE.

THE RE-BUILD OF LITTLE BEAR PARK WENT WELL OVER THE
WEEKEND.
SATURDAY, A BIG TURN-OUT OF VOLUNTEER WORKERS.
SUNDAY, WITH THE RAIN, NOT AS MUCH DONE, BUT MANY VOLUNTEERS
STILL WORKED, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.   AND AT THE END OF
THE WORK DAY, MANY WENT TO THE DECKER HOTEL BASEMENT BAR
WHERE THE DECKER HOSTED A PARTY OF CHICKEN STRIPS, OTHER
SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS.
NO WORKERS WERE AT THE PARK TODAY, BUT MORE WORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.   I HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS PLANNED FOR
THIS WEEK.    AND SORRY, I DID NOT GET A PHOTO TAKEN TODAY.

A MINOR ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.   PATRICIA GARIEN,
AGE 52, OF MAQUOKETA, BACKED INTO A BOAT OWNED BY STEVE
MOREHEAD OF MAQUOKETA, AT THE CIRCLE M AUCTION LOT ON
NORTH MAIN STREET, OWNED BY MOREHEAD.   $1,000 DAMAGE TO
THE 2012 HONDA PILOT AND  NO DAMAGE TO THE BOAT.  NO INJURIES.

A COUPLE THEFTS REPORTED:
JEFF HOLDGRAFER ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD NORTHEAST OF
MAQUOKETA, REPORTED A PTO HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF HIS CHOPPER
BOX, VALUED AT $500.
AND JAMAICA RAYBURN OF EDNA STREET IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED
A BLACK WOODSTOVE WAS STOLEN LAST NIGHT.
AND,
AN LP TANK AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WAS VANDALIZED
FRIDAY NIGHT.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS ANAMOSA IN  FOOTBALL THIS
FRIDAY 

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SWEET CORN SALES TOTALING OVER 500 DOZEN BEGAN WITH THESE ANDREW LIONS CLUB MEMBERS WHO DONATED LAND, SEED AND LOCATION AND ELECTRICITY TO LAUNCH A SCHOLARSHIP FOR ANDREW AREA STUDENTS.   SHOWN AT THE ANDREW SWEET CORN STAND, LEFT TO
RIGHT:   LARRY McMURRAY, JIM WEIRUP, JERRY McMURRAY, AND THE
ANDREW LIONS PRESIDENT TOM MARCUS.
PHOTO BY LOWELL CARLSON

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