May 16, 1984: A new soccer team in Eldridge was playing in its first season with the Quad-Cities League. North Scott United was organized by Leon Labovitch of Long Grove, a native of Leeds, England. Other members of the team included Tod Konrad, Shane Cline, John Hall, Mike Kurylo, Kevin Riley, Jim Hamann, Farzin Varziri, Craig Kindl, Bill Freund, Nick Rizzo, Jack Keppy, Eric O’Shaughnessy and Tom Tank.
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Compiled by Erin M. Gentz
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5/15/24
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"Mariannette Miller Meeks has also been an avid supporter of girl’s and women’s sports. We have just passed the 50th year celebration of the explosion of women’s sports opportunities. If our society continues to permit the blurring of the lines of true women’s competition by allowing biological men to compete in their competitions, then competitive opportunities that have been gained over these 50 years will be entirely lost ..."
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5/15/24
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"David believes in secure borders, free speech, gun rights, life, honest elections, term limits, farms, rational energy and foreign policy, budget controls, constitutional rights and our desperate need for the Lord’s help .."
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5/15/24
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"Some may recall my term on the Board of Supervisors when my goal was to control spending, protect our rights and always be direct, so you know that I do not take an endorsement lightly. Use the power of the ballot box, and vote for Tom, Jenn and Mark ..."
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5/15/24
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"Please consider reelecting Ken Beck to the Scott County Board of Supervisors. His diligence, dependability, and attention to detail have been key factors in helping our county to move forward through many challenges ..."
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5/15/24
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"We all should be asking these elected officials why they voted in disregard for women’s lives and if women’s lives matter to them ..."
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5/15/24
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"I think it is high time to discuss these issues of water quality intellectually and responsibly for Americans of the twenty-first century. As folks in Agriculture we have to also admit that some of the things we now know should be looked at and evaluated, even to the point that we - the farming community - have made some mistakes due to economic pressure and the lure to feed a hungry world ..."
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5/15/24
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"Out of 49 water quality projects in Scott County, 11 areas of water improvement were helped by the bipartisan plan. Mount Joy and Parkview will see storm water improvements ..."
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5/15/24
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"Dictators are no friend to democracy. If we do not speak up before we lose our democracy, we will have no one to blame but ourselves with no scapegoats ..."
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5/15/24
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Friday afternoon we were at Fillmore Elementary School in the Ridgeview section of Davenport, just south of Interstate 80 off of Division Street, for the sixth and last of Rotary club president Tracy Lindaman's "Pay It Forward" days.
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Bill Tubbs
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5/8/24
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May 12, 1999: Rumors of violence caused more than 100 students to leave North Scott High School early. Principal Nick Hobbs stressed that the administration had no reason to believe there were any actual threat. “We have nothing concrete, in terms of what the rumor was, or who started it. We have nothing concrete as to whether or not a threat was actually made against somebody.” Hobbs said many schools had been dealing with unspecified threats in the wake of the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, which was causing national tension.
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Compiled by Erin M. Gentz
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5/8/24
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A new federal audit has revealed a surprising claim about biofuel tax credits: One third of the credits sampled by investigators lacked the required documentation, meaning the claims should not have been allowed.
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Ed Tibbetts
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5/8/24
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"Dad was so impressed by the organization of the trip and still raves about the wonderful reception at the airport when the flight finally came in around 10:30 p.m. ..."
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5/8/24
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"Since his first election to the Scott County Board of Supervisors in 2016, Ken Beck has been instrumental in making amazing things happen for the betterment of the county and all of us who reside in it. I’ll cite a few of the myriad of reasons Ken has earned my vote for a third term ..."
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5/8/24
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"Those who know Ken will agree that he is responsive, engaged in the community, understands the need to be accountable to the taxpayers and gets the job done ..."
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5/8/24
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"I wanted to express my appreciation for the recent gathering in Iowa City featuring House Speaker Mike Johnson, hosted by our congresswoman, Rep. Mariannette Miller Meeks ..."
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5/8/24
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"What would make a person vote for a man who is only interested in bettering himself at the expense of others, namely our country ..."
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5/8/24
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"You don’t have to vote for Joe. Write in Nikki ..."
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5/8/24
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A group of good-hearted volunteers in the Quad Cities is welcoming refugees and putting into practice the Biblical injunctions, "Am I my brother's keeper?" (Gen. 4: 9) and "I was a stranger and you invited me in." (Mt. 25:35).
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Bill Tubbs
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5/1/24
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May 1, 1974: A 21-year-old Bettendorf man was seriously injured after he stopped to help another driver change a flat tire along Highway 61 near Interstate 80. A southbound vehicle veered off the roadway, pinning the man between it and the disabled vehicle. The man was taken to Mercy Hospital, where one of his legs had to be amputated.
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Compiled by Erin M. Gentz
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5/1/24
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