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Posted on Just Cruisin 2, 17-May '13, 10:26PM

It’s another warm weekend in the Quads and that can only mean a lot of car shows, races, and cruises going on. Here are a few that might capture your interest. If an event is not listed here it should be. Saturday, May 18 is the Lincoln Highway Car Show held in downtown Franklin Grove, […]

Posted on Jame's 1948 , 17-May '13, 8:22AM

Geo. Cole Stebbins "Must I Go, and Empty-Handed?" This was written by Charles Carroll Luther, who was born on May 17, 1847, at Worcester, MA, after attending Brown University and graduating in 1871, and becoming a journalist. In 1877, he … Continue reading →

Posted on QC Ghost, 16-May '13, 10:29PM

Sarah Hall Ingram, the IRS executive in charge of the tax exempt division in 2010 when it began targeting conservative Tea Party, evangelical and pro-Israel groups for harassment, got more than $100,000 in bonuses between 2009 and 2012. More recently, Ingram was promoted to serve as director of ...

Posted on Taking a Crack At It, 9-May '13, 9:02PM

Rock Island Mayor Dennis Pauley's most recent appointments ( which were not officially confirmed by the city council) repeats the pattern of his predecessors as colonial rulers. Regardless of who local ethnic groups choose or designate as their representatives, colonial rulers choose their ...

Posted on The Complacency Chronicles, 3-May '13, 4:33PM

Vladimir Zwoyrkin and Philo Farnsworth aren't a likely pair to be found sharing the same space in the annals of history.  One was a Russian transplanted to Pittsburgh, the other a Mormon with a small lab in California. But they DID have a shared dream. Farnsworth built a photocathode tube able ...

Posted on Greasy Joints, 30-Apr '13, 4:12PM

After running a race in Marion, I was famished and craving something filling, so we stopped at Bandana's Bar-B-Q in Coralville.  I was unaware this was a chain until I googled them today, but apparently they have about 30 restaurants sprinkled throughout the Midwest.  Bandanna's first ...

Posted on Quad City Images, 15-Apr '13, 5:19AM

As our city council and RDA bumble and fumble along towards a crappy casino somewhere along the interstate, Sioux City of all places is enjoying 3 developers fighting over the chance to build a casino in their downtown. The decision should be coming this week.The company behind one of the proposals, ...

Posted on The Scoundrel, 25-Mar '13, 6:12AM

Coming soon to a nation of over 3oo,000,000 citizens – the Progressive Democrat Big Top Circus follow up extravaganza – of the Obama & Illinois Democrat Majority legacy for Illinois citizens. Unpaid bills, overextended credit, people struggling for healthcare availability ...

Posted on Reading 2.0, 24-Jan '13, 1:35PM

If you're looking for another exciting YA series to try, check out the Maze Runner by James Dashner.  It's the first in an exciting thriller series and is a finalist for the Iowa Teen Book Award.  In the Maze Runner, we meet an unnamed character who wakes up in an elevator.  He has no ...

Posted on An Average Joe, 28-Dec '12, 5:16PM

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  Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.




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