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Daily planner, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
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Healthy Resolutions You Can Keep, Stacia Carroll and Jeni Tackett Noon-1 p.m., Trinity Moline, 500 John Deere Road, Moline. Free, (309) 779-2993, garetsbe@ihs.org, trinityqc.com/Contact-Us/Locations-(1)/Trinity-Moline.aspx, Reservations recommended. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Book Discussion) 6:30-7:30 p.m., Eldridge Library, 200 N. 6th Ave., Eldridge. Free, (563) 285-4794, scottcountylibrary.org/hours-locations/?branch=Eldridge%20Branch. Emancipation Proclamation (River Valley 150th Anniversary Civil War Roundtable) 6 p.m., River Valley Library, 214 S. Main St., Port Byron. Free, (309) 523-3440, rivervalley5@mchsi.com, rivervalleylibrary.org. Tuesday North Scott Jazz Choir 7-9 p.m., Community Stage, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. (563) 326-1333, feedback@rivermusicexperience.org, rivermusicexperience.org. Open jam session 8 p.m., Brady Street Pub, 217 Brady St., Davenport. Free, (563) 323-1700, https://facebook.com/BradyStreetPub. National Puzzle Day 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Moline Library, 3210 41st St., Moline. Free, (309) 524-2480, reference@molinelibrary.org, molinelibrary.com. "Inheritors" (drama) 7:30 p.m., Potter Theatre, Bergendoff Hall Of Fine Arts, Augustana College, 3701 7th Ave., Rock Island. Free, (309) 794-7306, janesimonsen@augustana.edu, augustana.edu. China Today -- Expectations and Surprises, Martha Bonte 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., DeWitt Operahouse, 712 6th Ave., DeWitt. $4. (563) 659-8213, dewitt-operahouse.com. Garden Coast of South Africa and The South of France Travelogue, Milton Hansen 6:30 p.m., Moline Library, 3210 41st St., Moline. Free, (309) 524-2440, reference@molinelibrary.org, molinelibrary.com. "Wizard of Oz" (Classic Film Series) 1 p.m. And 7 p.m., National Geographic Giant Screen Theater, Putnam Museum, 1717 W. 12th St., Davenport. $8.50; $7.50 seniors, students, and military; $6.50 youth; $1 off members, (563) 324-1933, putnam.org/GiantScreen.aspx. Voice faculty recital 8 p.m., Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Memorial Building, Augustana College, 3520 7th Ave., Rock Island. Free, (309) 794-7306, augustana.edu. "You Can't Take It With You" (Red Carpet Re-View, Academy Award-Nominated Film) 6 p.m., Bettendorf Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf. Free, (563) 344-4175, info@bettendorflibrary.com, bettendorflibrary.com. 
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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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