TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

MAQUOKETA HAD TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE HOLIDAY INCLUDING      EARLY THIS MORNING.    THIS AFTERNOON, SUNSHINE AND IN THE
MID 70'S.
TOMORROW, PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 78.   NO RAIN.
THURSDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 80.

AN ACCIDENT SUNDAY AT 6;20 P.M. ON 200TH AVENUE, NEAR INTERSECTION
WITH DAVID STREET.      JEFFERSON THOMAS III, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE DRIVER OF ONE CAR AND THE OTHER WAS DRIVEN BY ELIZABETH
SULLIVAN, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA.    SULLIVAN WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON 200TH WHEN THOMAS PULLED OUT TRAVELING EAST FROM THE STOP SIGN
AND STRUCK THE REAR CORNER OF THE SULLIVAN CAR.   $5,000 IN DAMAGES TO THE THOMAS 2007 BUICK AND $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE SULLIVAN 2003 FORD TAURUS.    NO INURIES.   THOMAS WAS CITED.

PHOTO BELOW BY RICHARD E. STIMMEL, DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA

BARB MAYBERRY OF MAQUOKETA GAVE THE "BROWN BAG LUNCH" PROGRAM TODAY AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.   IT WAS A PROGRAM ON DR.
TRUMAN K. HUNT, A JACKSON COUNTY NATIVE WHO BROUGHT A TRIBE OF
FILIPINO NATIVES TO AMERICA IN THE EARLY 1900'S TO BE EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AT AMUSEMENT PARKS AND FAIRS.    HE
WAS A DOCTOR EARLY IN LIFE IN MONMOUTH.   HE ENDED UP MAKING AND
LOOSING A FORTUNE, HAD TWO WIVES, KIDS, AND ... TO PUT IT MILDLY, WAS  NOT A NICE MAN.    BARB, ACTIVE IN GENEOLOGY AT THE MUSEUM, WAS ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION ON TRUMAN HUNT FOR A BOOK SHE WAS WRITING.    THAT'S HOW BARB GOT STARTED IN  RESEARCHING THIS WIERD MAN.   ANY QUESTIONs, EMAIL BARB AT mwmaybe@mchsi.com.   BETTER YET, ASK HER TO DO A  PROGRAM FOR YOUR CLUB AND ASK HER ABOUT THE
BOOK.

BONNIE  MITCHELL TOLD EVERYONE AT BROWN BAG LUNCH TODAY THAT
BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AND THIS MORNING,
THE NARROW GUAGE RAILROAD DEPOT TRUCK RIDE DOWN HIGHWAY 62 TO MAQUOKETA WON'T BE TOMORROW, BUT THURSDAY ISSTEAD, STARTING AT 8:30.

ALSO, BONNIE REMINDS EVERYONE THAT NEXT  WEEK IS THE BIG ANNUAL
GARAGE SALE FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AT BOYER HALL.      ANY QUESTIONS, CALL MONA REICHLING AT 563-652-3630.    LOOK AROUND YOUR HOUSE, GARAGE, BASEMENT, SHED FOR THINGS TO DONATE.

PHOTO BELOW BY GENI CARR OF FULTON, IOWA  
PELICANS AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER MARSH.

THE 25TH ANNUAL BETTY CLUB MEETING WILL BE  HELD MONDAY, JUNE 1ST IN THE HOME OF BETTY MILLER, 109 NORTH EDNA STREET.   BRING A SALAD
TO PASS.    MEETING WILL START AT 11:30.    RSVP TO 652-4758.
I REMEMBER WHEN BETTY SCHEDULED THE FIRST ONE AND STOPPED AT
KMAQ TO SEE ME FOR SOME PUBLICITY.    I HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT ON-THE-AIR EVERY YEAR SINCE.   BETTY TOLD ME THAT SO MANY BETTY'S HAVE DIED AND NOW HER LIST IS DOWN TO 14.   THE MOST SHE EVER HAD TO ATTEND THE EVENT WAS 36.    SOME HAVE MOVED FROM HERE.
NEW BETTY'S OR ELIZABETH'S ARE WELCOME TO COME NEXT WEEK
AND  HELP BUILD-UP THE NUMBER.

EIGHT STUDENTS FROM MCHS COMPETED IN THE 31ST ANNUAL SPECIAL
OLYMPICS IOWA SUMMER GAMES MAY 21-22 ON THE IOWA STATE CAMPUS.
VANESSA COURTER, 3RD PLACE, 100m WALK
JUSTINE ENDERE, 5TH PLACE, 100m DASH
LUKE JOHNSON, 3RD PLACE MINI JAVELIN THROW, 2ND PLACE, 50m DASH AND 2ND PLACE 4 X 100 RELAY
RANDY JOHNSON,  8TH PLACE, 100m DASH AND 2ND PLACE, 4 X 100m RELAY
LOGAN JONES, 1ST PLACE, 1500m RUN  AND 2ND PLACE, 4 X 100m RELAY
ANA MITCHELL, 3RD PLACE,STANDING LONG JUMP
BLAKE STAMPER, 3RD PLACE, 50m WALK
MICHAEL STAMPER, 2ND PLACE, RUNNING LONG JUMP AND 1ST PLACE 50m
DASH  AND 2ND PLACE 4 x 100m RELAY.
THERE WERE MORE THAN 2,600 ATHLETES, 1,200 COACHES, AND 2,000
VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED.

LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE  "HUNDREDS"  OF FLAGS WERE TAKEN
DOWN AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY  AND SACRED HEART CEMETERY.
AND JUST BEFORE TAKING DOWN THE FINAL FLAG, KENT CRAWFORD PLAY
"TAPS".  
PHOTO BY GENI CARR

HAVE A GOOD REST OF WEEK.

DENNIS VOY