BUILDING DOWNTOWN, WAS BUILDT IN 1876 AND WAS CALLED
"CENTENNIAL HALL"....AND FOR MANY YEARS WAS HOME TO OSTERHAUS
PHARMACY.
THE ORGINAL BRICK FRONT AND THIS SUMMER AND FALL, THE BUILDING
IS HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO LOOK LIKE WHEN BUILDT, WITH NEW
UPSTAIRS WINDOWS. THE TOP NAME...CENTENNIAL HALL 1876.... WAS CONCRETE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A NEW CONCRETE AS SHOWN ABOVE. LARRY McDEVITT (COUNTY SUPERVISOR)
PUT IT IN PLACE THIS WEEK, BY HIMSELF. IT WAS REDONE IN DUBUQUE BY A
CONCRETE FIRM, IS 6 INCHES THICK AND THE TWO SIDE-BY-SIDE PIECES WEIGH OVER 400 POUNDS. IT SHOULD LAST FOREVER. SOME BRICK WORK AROUND IT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE BY LARRY. LARRY HAS BEEN THE
MAIN FORCE BEHIND THE BUILDING'S RESTORATION WITH THE HELP OF
G.L. STOCKHAM AND SON. THE WORK IS NEARING COMPLETION AND
I AND HUNDREDS MORE ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE THE COMPLETED PROJECT.
SKIDMORE SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY. SHE HAS
HELD THE JOB SINCE THE POSITION WAS
ESTABLISHED 2 YEARS AGO. WHAT IS GIS AND
WHAT DOES SHE DO FOR JACKSON COUNTY AT
THE COURTHOUSE? GOOGLE ....JACKSON COUNTY IOWA GIS COORDINATOR FOR ALL THE
DETAILS ON HER GOOD WEB SITE.
LAST NIGHT...
AT MARION, THE CARDINAL BOYS LOST 59 TO 55.
HERE, THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST TO MARION, 83 TO 32. MARION
IS #1 IN THE STATE AND LAST YEAR ALMOST WON THE STATE TOURNAMENT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
BOYS ARE NOW 0 AND1 AND GIRLS 1 AND 1.
DENNIS VOY