TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

2 INCHES OF RAIN HERE IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 6 THIS MORNING.

COOL AND NO SUN TODAY.   HIGH OF 65.

TOMORROW,  MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 80.

LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, CLUB HOPE OF MCHS HELD THEIR 5K RACE
....CALLED "LIGHT UP THE NIGHT".   THE PROGRAM CALLS ATTENTION TO
THE ISSUE OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE.
WINNERS, FOR THE GIRLS:
1ST....JANEY SAUNDERS
2ND....CHRISTY BECKER
3RD....ADDIE DOSTAL
FOR THE BOYS:
1ST....ZACH KOPPES
2ND.. RYAN MURPHY
3RD..JOSH SCHUSTER

UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE WIDE RECEIVER TYLER RUTENBECK OF
MAQUOKETA HAS SIGNED A FREE AGENT CONTRACT WITH THE
NFL WASHINGTON REDSKINS.      HE WAS NOT DRAFTED BUT WAS SIGNED
BY THE REDSKINS  LAST SATURDAY.    HE, AT 6'2", FINISHED HIS
COLLEGE CAREER LAST FALL.

IN GOLF, THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS GOLF OUTING IS GETTING CLOSE....
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.   IT IS A 5-PERSON BEST SHOT AND BEGINS WITH A SHOTGUN START AT 1 P.M.
A DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION WILL FOLLOW.  ALL KIWANIS MEMBERS
HAVE TICKET.   ANY QUESTIONS OR TO SIGN-UP, CALL KEVIN BURNS,
DAVID SYBESMA OR DON CARSON.

OVER THE WEEKEND, BOYS GOLF AT MT. VERNON.    MT. VERNON
TOOK FIRST...DEWITT 2ND AND THE CARDINALS 7TH.
GIRLS GOLF, HERE, THE WAMAC EAST DIVISIONAL, DYERSVILLE FIRST
WITH A  191 TEAM SCORE.   MAQUOKETA FINISHED  5TH IN THE 7 TEAM
FIELD.

THE UNITED CHURCH OF MAQUOKETA HAS BECOME AN "OPEN AND AFFIRMING" CONGREGATION.     IT BECOMES THE 17TH CONGREGATION
IN IOWA TO ADOPT THE DESIGNATION.      PASTOR HASKINS STAES THAT THE CHURCH NOW WILL STATE PUBLICLY THAT IT WELCOMES ALL PEOPLE,  AND  EXPLICITY INCLUDES THOSE OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS.
"NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHEE YOU ARE ON LIFE'S JOURNEY, YOU ARE WELCOME HERE!"    THESE ARE THE WORDS SPOKEN AT THE OPENING OF EVERY WORSHIP SERVICE AND  PRINTED ON THE FRONT
OF THE BULLETIN EACH SUNDAY.

A PRETTY TREE UP BY THE MAQUOKETA PARK APARTMENTS....

 
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BROWN BAG LUNCH

THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY SPONSORS "BROWN BAG LUNCH" DAY EVERY TUESDAY FROM 12 TO 1 AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.  FREE TO EVERYONE INTERESTED IN JACKSON COUNTY HISTORY.
TODAY, TWO TOPICS.

RICHARD E  STIMMEL, NOW A STATE OF IOWA PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHER,
GAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON SOME OLD GLASS BOTTLE FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS THAT (WERE FOUND) CAME FROM THE LaMOTTE RAILROAD DEPOT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.     DIXIE CLAUSSEN GAVE THEM, AND THE DEPOT ITSELF,  TO THE SOCIETY AND RICHARD TOLD THEIR HISTORY AND HOW THEY WERE USED IN RAILROADING
FIRE PREVENTION.

BONNIE MITCHELL AND MARK STREFF THEN GAVE PROGRAM ABOUT "THE BOWER HOTEL" OF BELLEVUE IN AND AROUND I876.   DIXIE CLAUSSEN (FROM THE LaMOTTE DEPOT) GAVE THE SOCIETY AN OLD REGISTER FROM THE BOWER HOTEL, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON 2ND STREET, NEXT TO CITY HALL.
IT IS NO LONGER THERE.   THE REGESTER HAS NAMES (AND MANY COMMENTS)  FROM HOTEL VISITORS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AS ALWAYS, AN ENJOYABLE NOON HOUR LOOKING BACK AT JACKSON COUNTY'S  EARLY HISTORY.    MARK USED AN OLD "GIZMO" THE SOCIETY OWNS THAT PROJECTS PAGES OF BOOKS ON TO A LARGE SCREEN
FOR EASIER VIEWING.
COMING COMING COMING...THE  SOCIETY WEEK-LONG GARAGE SALE AT BOYER HALL....THE MOVING OF  THE DEPOT TO MAQUOKETA....
AND THE ERGON PENNINGROTH MACHINERY SHED DEDICATION DAY.   THEN
LATER THIS SUMMER, THE DEDICATION OF THE FAMOUS HARNESS RACING
HORSE TOMBSTONE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS RACE TRACK.    ALWAYS  ALWAYS
ALWAYS....SOMETHING IS BEING PLANNED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.

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