Watertown meeting set for Tuesday


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Posted Online: March 02, 2013, 9:08 pm
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The Watertown Community Empowerment Coalition will hold its third town meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the United Auto Workers Union Hall, 630 Martin Luther King Drive, East Moline.

Residents of the Watertown neighborhood, the rest of East Moline and the surrounding areas are invited to bring ideas and wish lists to the meeting.

Items to be discussed are plans for a community center in the Watertown district; the need for people to join and support the coalition's efforts and to serve as committee members; and to encourage the community to help support long-term change in the district.




















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1888 -- 125 years ago: The Interstate baseball league has collapsed, leaving Davenport'sleading team without a league connection.
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1938 -- 75 years ago: X-ray examinations today traced the trouble with Dizzy Dean's$250,000 pitching arm to a pulled muscle back of his right shoulder blade.
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