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RI denies request to close alley
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The Rock Island City Council has denied a request from three residents to close a public alley between 22nd and 23rd streets. The alley connects the two streets between 7th and 9th avenues close to Broadway Presbyterian Church, and the property owners adjacent to it complained that it is being used by speeding motorists and attracting anti-social elements. However, at Monday's city council meeting, other residents said they regularly use the alley and oppose the request that it be vacated by the city. The council voted 4-2 to deny the request to close the alley. Alds. Terry Brooks, 1st Ward, and David Conroy, 2nd Ward, provided the votes in favor of closing the alley. Ald. Chuck Austin, 7th Ward, was not present. City officials had recommended the request to close the alley be denied because it would eliminate a public access point. In other business Monday, the council denied a request from Wendy Frieden for a special-use permit to run a propertymanagement business out of her residence at 3320 14thSt. Court until she finds a permanent office elsewhere. The area is zoned for residential use. Four neighbors complained that Ms. Frieden's business had brought too much traffic to the residential area. Some of the neighbors previously had complained to the city that Ms. Frieden was running a business out of her home. The property is located inAld. Paul Foley's 3rd Ward. He said that, while he is pro-business, he could not support the permit after hearing the complaints from neighbors. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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