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A Holiday Choir Festival will begin at 7 p.m. at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center, 2021 State St., Bettendorf. Area high school choirs will perform. Call (563) 441-7000 or email for details.

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  Today is Saturday, Dec.19, the353rd day of 2009. There are 12 days left in the year.

1859 -- 150 years ago: Charles Buford and D.F. Kinney were appointed delegates to the next state fair for this county.

1884 -- 125 years ago: A gang of vandals has destroyed many picket fences in the western part of the city.

1909 -- 100 years ago: Inauguration of a pension system, effective Jan. 1, is contemplated by the Rock Island Lines.

1934 -- 75 years ago: Approximately 600 cases of measles are reported in Rock Island.

1959 -- 50 years ago: Members of Moline Jaycees will take 25 needy children on a Christmas shopping tour. Each child will receive a predetermined amount of money with which to buy Christmas gifts for members of his family.

1984 -- 25 years ago: Two top Moline School district administrators, Moline High Principal Al Stevens and Harry Franck Jr., director of elementary education, are retiring effective June 30. Stevens, Moline High's principal since 1980, has been a teacher, coach and administrator for 34 years. Franck has been a teacher and administrator for 29 years, and has held his current post since 1975.









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