Aledo City Council, 7 p.m. at city hall, 120 N. College Ave. Alpha Village Board, 7 p.m. at village hall, 102 S. 2nd St. Andalusia Village Board, 7 p.m. at village hall, 221 1st St. Andover Village Board, 7 p.m. in the American Legion Building on 5th Street. Atkinson Village Board, 7 p.m. at village hall, 107 W. Main St. East Moline City Council, 6:30 p.m. at city hall, 915 16th Ave. Hampton Village Board, 6 p.m. at village hall, 520 1st Ave. Hooppole Village Board, 7 p.m. at village fire station. Milan Village Board, 5:30 p.m. at village hall, 405 E. 1st St. New Windsor Village Board, 7 p.m. at village hall, 125 N. 3rd Ave. Orion Village Board, 7:30 p.m. at village hall, 1202 4th St. Port Byron Village Board, 6 p.m. at the village hall, 120 S. Main St. Rock Island City Council, study session at 5 p.m., council meeting at 6:45 p.m. at city hall, 1528 3rd Ave. Sherrard Community Unit School District No. 200 Board of Education, 6:30 p.m. in the Sherrard High School Auditorium, 4701 176th Ave., special meeting. Sherrard Village Board, 7 p.m. at village hall, 517 3rd St. Tampico Village Board, 7 p.m. at village hall, 104 W. Market St. Viola Village Board, 7 p.m. at village hall, 1305 17th Ave.
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.