WARMER TOMORROW AND MOTHER'S DAY.
A WELL KNOWN FARMER DIED AROUND 10 LAST NIGHT IN A FARM ACCIDENT IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF 170TH STREET, RURAL DELMAR. DON CAIN, AGE 75, WAS FOUND LYING ON THE GROUND NEXT TO A TRACTOR AND CORN
PLANTER.
BEFORE MORE NEWS, ENJOY THE SPRING PHOTO I TOOK THIS WEEK ON
EAST PLATT STREET....HERE IN BEAUTIFUL MAQUOKETA.
THE WEST CITY OF MAQUOKETA PARKING LOT AT 2ND AND PLATT STREETS WILL BE CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS, STARTING THURSDAY, MAY 15TH.
IT WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED BY RIVER CITY PAVING. THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR. THE COST WILL BE
$51,516. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID THE CREWS WILL RECLAIMATE THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT AND ADD THREE INCHES OF NEW BLACKTOP. STRIPING AND ARROWS MUST MEET STANDARD PARKING LOT STRIPING SPECIFICATIONS. THE CURRENT LOT STRIPES DID NOT MEET
THEM. IIW ENGINEERS DID SOME ENGINEERING WORK TO MAKE SURE THE NEW PAVEMENT WILL DRAIN PROPERLY. CITY CREWS REMOVED THE CEMENT BUMPERS, TREES AND PLANTERS, WHICH WILL NOT BE REPLACED.
THE PARKING LOT IS BEHIND THE CENTER-BLOCK MAIN STREET BUSINESS PLACES AND HAS MANY PARKING SPACES FOR SHOPPERS. LAST SUMMER, THE EAST SIDE LOT BEHIND THOSE STORES WAS RECONSTRUCTED.
THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO WORK AT THE MARTIN PROPERTY ON MAY 21 AND 22 FORM 5 TO 7:30 P.M.
A SANDWICH SUPPER WILL BE SERVED. TO SIGN-UP, CALL THE OFFICE
AT 652-3783. WANT TO HELP NAME THE PARK? VOTE ON A NAME....
SEE STORY BELOW THIS DAILY REPORT.
BOYS TENNIS YESTERDAY...MARION 8, MAQUOKETA 1
ONLY WIN BY JACOB MILLER.
GIRLS SOCCER...MAQUOKTA 7, ANAMOSA 0
WAMAC TRACK MEET....15 TEAMS
GIRLS: 1ST, MT. VERNON. MAQUOKETA 12TH.
BOYS: 1ST, CENTER POINT URBANA. MAQUOKETA 12TH
BRIAN HOWE, THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED SINGER FOR THE SATURDAY NIGHT
SHOW AT THIS YEAR'S JACKSON COUNTY FAIR IN MAQUOKETA HAD
A BIG ALBUM THAT WENT "PLATINUM" IN 1990. IT WAS .. "HOLY WATER" AND HAD 13 SONGS. BRIAN WAS LEAD VOCAL FOR ALL THE SONGS AND WROTE
MOST. ANYONE HAVE THAT ALBUM? AND MAYBE WILLING TO LET US
USE IT FOR AWHILE?
"COLONIAL SQUARE TAX SERVICE" STARTED IN MAY 1975 AND THE EAST PLATT BUSINESS IS 39 YEARS OLD THIS MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS
SHERRY. BEFORE THAT, SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND GARY HICKS RAN
A TV AND APPLIANCE STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. I WILL NEVER FORGET WHEN SHE BAKED A HUGE CAKE FOR A SALE AND PUT MONEY IN MANY OF THE PIECES.
