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With flu season around the corner, here's where to get your shot
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Summertime has come and gone and fall is in the air. Soon, the flu will be, too, so flu vaccination clinics are being scheduled across the Quad-Cities area. Here's a list of this week's clinics going on throughout the Quad-Cities area: Rock Island County Today: 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Rock Island County Health Department, 2112 25th Ave., Rock Island. Thursday: 9-11 a.m., South Rock Island Township, 1019 27th Ave., Rock Island. Friday: 2-6 p.m., Andalusia Township, Ambulance Center, Highway 92, Andalusia. Monday: 10-11:30 a.m., Cordova Township, Cordova Civic Center, 910 3rd Ave. South, Cordova; 1-3 p.m. Port Byron Township, 129 South Main, Port Byron. The Rock Island County Health Department is encouraging all Rock Island county residents to receive a flu shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older get a flu vaccine. Children ages 8 and younger will be given shots only at the health department. To schedule an appointment, call (309) 794-7080. Flu shots are free to those with Medicare Part B or those with an Illinois Medicaid card. Bring Medicare and Medicaid cards with you. Most Blue Cross Blue Shield plans also will be accepted. For everyone else, flu shots are $35 and pneumonia shots are $80. For more information, visit richd.org. Hampton Township Health Clinic Today: 9-11 a.m. and noon-4:30 Tuesdays; 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Hampton Township, 209 19th St., East Moline. Flu shots are free for Hampton Township residents ages 50 and older and residents with health complications. For more information, call (309) 755-2944. Trinity Visiting Nurse and Homecare Association Saturday: 9-11 a.m., Trinity Bettendorf lobby, 4500 Utica Ridge Road. Sunday: 8:30-10:30 a.m., Grace United Methodist Church, 318 N. Center St., Geneseo; 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Church of Peace, 1111 12th St., Rock Island. Monday: 4-6 p.m., Trinity Bettendorf Lobby, 4500 Utica Ridge Road. Flu shots are $35, free for those with Medicare Part B. Please bring proof of Medicare coverage. Pneumonia vaccinations are $60, free for those with Medicare coverage. For more information, call Trinity VNHA, (309) 779-7600 or (800) 654-2720. Henry and Stark Counties Saturday: 8-11 a.m., Senior Expo, Bradford Courtyard Estates, 100 Courtyard Estates, Bradford. Flu shots are $22, pneumonia shots are $70. Flu and pneumonia shots are free for those who have Medicare Part B (with Medicare card), and some insurance plans are accepted. For more information, call (309) 852-0197 or (309) 852-3115, or visit henrystarkhealth.com. Henry and Stark Counties Children's Clinics Monday: 4-6 p.m., health department main office, Illinois 78 South, Kewanee. Prices vary. For more information, call (309) 852-01978. 
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Today is Sunday, May 26, the 146th day of 2013. There are 219 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The information called for in yesterday's Argus, in relation to thechild abandoned in Moline, by its mother two years ago, was furnished us last evening.The child was found by a Swede and has been kindly cared for.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The annual review and inspection of the Rock Island volunteerfire department took place today, and there will be a firemen's ball tonight.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Captain H.F. Young, former Mississippi river pilot, and T.W.Chapman left Rock Island today for Alaska to enter river service there.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Poppies were blooming today at the headquarters of the Rock Islandunit of the American Legion auxiliary at the Y.M.C.A. as the little red memorial flowers, which the people of Rock Island will wear in honor of veterans.
1963 -- 50 years ago: One hundred and fifty of the best show horses in Illinois and Iowaare expected to compete tomorrow for some $500 in trophies, ribbons and prize money inthe first major horse show of the season.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Moline Public Hospital presented blue ribbons to the winnersof a recent poster contest, held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. Utilizingthe theme of "You're Our Specialty," the following were grand prize winners: MindyBenson, Moline; Thao Dang, Moline; Gared Laux, Moline; John Murphy, Rock Island;Justin Pulford and Bennie Jo Starkey, Moline.
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