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Broadway Tour of Homes

We will be having our annual Broadway tour of homes on Mother's Day, May 13th, 2012.  11 AM - 4 PM in Rock Island.
The tour will include 3 furnished homes, 1 "renovation in progress" home that is being rehabbed under the NSP grant, the Word of Life Church/Buford Mansion, the new Karpeles Museum (old Church of Christ Scientist) and the new Bent River Brewery. 
The entire details haven't been solidified, but there will be samples from t...

Scott County Board of Supervisors Agenda

SCOTT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

TENTATIVE AGENDA

February 13 - 17, 2012

Committee of the Whole - 8:00 am
Board Room, 1st Floor, Administrative Center

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Slumberland Donates New Beds to Homeless Shelter Serving Quad Cities Families

Quad Cities, USA: Slumberland Furniture in Davenport, Iowa, is working to provide families in need with a comfortable bed in which to sleep at night....

 

QCA Today: February 9, 2012

This feature collects articles published online by the following Quad Cities-area media outlets: Quad-City Times , Rock Island Argus / Moline Dispatch , River Cities' Reader , and WQAD. It also includes items from the Des Moines Register 's "Iowa Politics Insider" and the State Journal-Register 's "The Dome."

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How Public-Safety Pensions Are Increasing Your Taxes

How Public-Safety Pensions Are Increasing Your Taxes

State public-employee pension systems are grossly underfunded in general and are financial time bombs for most states. According to the 2010 paper “Are State Public Pensions Sustainable?”, 31 state pension systems will run out of money by 2030 at current benefit and funding levels. (Illinois top...

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ANTI-VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY for TEENS

The Davenport Public Library is the place for teens tired of the saccharine romance of Valentine’s Day. Not everyone wants to have a mushy, greeting card holiday so the Library is hosting an Anti-Valentine’s Day party. Stop by the Fairmount Branch Library (3000 N. Fairmount Street) on Tuesd...

TEEN CHOCOLATE FEST!

Finally a Chocolate Fest for Teens with an adventurous palate and/or a deep love of chocolate!  All teens are invited to register for the Eastern Avenue Branch library’s (6000 Eastern Avenue) Chocolate Fest.  Taste exotic, rich, and unusual types of chocolate in this pre-Valentine’...

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