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Events in October for the LeClaire Community Library
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Press release submitted by President, Friends of the LeClaire Community Library Public is invited to Friends of the LeClaire Community Library Events The Friends of the LeClaire Community Library will have its Semi-Annual Book Sale Friday, October 12th from 10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. and Saturday, October 13th 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. with a $1 "Grab Bag" beginning at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday. We will offer hardcover and paperback books, music CDs and books on CD, DVDs, video games, and jigsaw puzzles. If you would like to donate materials to our on-going book sale, please see our Donation Policy on our website www.leclairelibrary.org. On Monday, October 22nd from 6:00-7:00 P.M., the Friends of the LeClaire Community Library will host a free program featuring Blues Guitarist & Historian Scott Ainslie, a master of traditional blues guitar styles, drawing on the styles of Blues legends Robert Johnson & Muddy Walters. Scott is a noted performer and scholar with more than a decade of experience teaching elements of African and African-American music to students of all ages, both in the classroom and from the stage. Presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society. Refreshments will be served and the Friends of the Library will be holding a membership drive. For more information visit www.leclairelibrary.org 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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