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Daily planner, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013
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Link Solutions Inc. Career Fair 4:30-8:30 p.m., Radisson Quad City Plaza, 111 E. 2nd St., Davenport. Free. (563) 322-2200, kjennings@linksol-inc.com, radisson.com/davenport-hotel-ia-52801/iadaven. Stargazing along the Lincoln Highway, Jim Rutenbeck 6 p.m., Windmill Cultural Center, 111 10th Ave., Fulton. Free. (815) 589-4545, cityoffulton.us. State of the City Message, Dennis Pauley (Friends of the Rock Island Library) 11:30 a.m., First Baptist Church, 3020 30th St., Rock Island. $6.50 (includes lunch). (309) 781-1210, gustafson48@yahoo.com, fbcrockisland.com. Reservations required. Tuesday Bold and The Beautiful: Polychroming and Gilding in Antiquity, Benton Kidd 7:30 p.m., Room 102, Hanson Hall of Science, Augustana College, 726 35th St., Rock Island. Free. (309) 794-7378, emilkramer@augustana.edu, augustana.edu. Book "Speed Dating" with Young Adult Books 5-6:30 p.m., East Moline Library, 740 16th St. (309) 755-9614, empl.lib.il.us. Shrove Tuesday pancake lunch 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Trinity Anglican Church, 1818 6th Ave., Rock Island. $5; $2.50 children. (309) 788-1641, trinityanglicanri.webs.com. Mardi Gras Rajun Cajun Fest 5:30-7:30 p.m., Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. $30, $55 pair; $25, $45 pair (advance). (563) 326-7804, figgeart.org. Toddler Tales: Groundhogs & Life Underground 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m., Nahant Marsh Education Center, 4220 Wapello Ave., Davenport. $3. (563) 323-5196, nahantmarsh@eicc.edu, nahantmarsh.org. Germany -- Customs and Traditions, Don Thiltgen 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., DeWitt Operahouse, 712 6th Ave. $4 suggested donation. (563) 659-8213, dewitt-operahouse.com. "Kramer vs. Kramer" (Red Carpet Re-View, Academy Award-nominated film) 6 p.m., Bettendorf Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive. Free. (563) 344-4175, info@bettendorflibrary.com, bettendorflibrary.com. Driving after 60: Keeping your most important accessory, your keys, Caryl Altemus 2-3 p.m., Rock Island Library, 401 19th St. Free. (309) 732-7323, rockislandlibrary.org. 
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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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