Saturday, April 29, 2017

SATURDAY DAILY

THE NATIONAL  "PEOPLE'S CLIMATE MARCH"  WAS HELD THIS MORNING
IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    ORGANIZERS INCLUDED MEMBERS OF
"INDIVISABLE JACKSON COUNTY" AND THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS.
HEADING IT UP, KAREN MANNING AND ROBERTA ROSHEIM, BOTH OF
MAQUOKETA.     IT STARTED AT 9:30 IN THE "GREEN SPACE" IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA AND ENDED UP ABOUT 10:15 WITH THE MARCH NORTH ON
MAIN STREET,  PAST KMAQ AND TO THE POST OFFICE.     SEN. TOD BOWMAN
OF MAQUOKETA GAVE A SHORT ADDRESS BEFORE THE WALK AND MUSIC
ON STAGE WAS PRESENTED BY CHUCK JORGENSEN AND DAVE MANNING,
MEMBERS OF MAQUOKETA'S OWN "BLACK VELVET BAND".   THEIR
OPENING SONG WAS "THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND".    ALL TOGETHER, IN
THE "GREEN SPACE" AND 0N THE MARCH ON MAIN STREET,  AROUND
50 ADULTS AND CHILDREN PARTICIPATED, DESPITE COOL WEATHER.

DENNIS VOY