Healthy people, 16 yrs old and older, are needed to donate blood at the Aledo Community Blood Drive on Saturday, January 24th from 7am unitl 11am at the Community Bible Fellowship, 1109 Southeast 3rd St in Aledo. A Blood Donor card or photo I.D. is required to donate.  Sixteen year olds must have a completed parental consent form, which is available at www.bloodcenter.org.

For more information, or to arrange an appointment, please call Tammy Mizner at 309-371-6914.

including 3 on Christmas Eve and one at 9:30am on Christmas Day. The Christmas Eve services will be held at 4pm (geared more towards the children, youth and families), 7pm (traditional service) and 11pm (annual candlelight service).  You are all welcome to come join us as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Musser Public Library presents  6 FREE programs during the month of January: 

  • Jan. 2: Sign-up begins for our adult winter reading program "Hot Reads for Cold Nights" 
  • Jan. 3: 10a.m. - "Musser Scrappers" meet. Bring your scrapbooking projects and join us for tips and fun. 
  • Jan. 3: "First Saturday" book discussion. Alice Roosevelt Longworth: From White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy Cordery. Join us at 10 a.m. at Muscatine Books & More. 
  • Jan. 5: Our adult winter reading program begins: "Hot Reads for Cold Nights". 
  • Jan. 6: "Fitness & Weight Loss" program at 6:30 p.m. Please join us as Mel Steckel from the YMCA gives us guidance on what we can do to become more fit, perhaps with a few exercises thrown in. 
  • Jan. 13: "Fitness Equipment". Our series on fitness continues this week as we learn what equipment works best for you. 
The Sage Center, a program of Alternatives for the Older Adult, is holding a Holiday Stress Relief Day for Caregivers.  The event is free and open to the public.  The event will be held on December 17th from 10:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M. The event will offer free refreshments provided by the Lighthouse at Silvis, free wrapping of Christmas gifts, and free chair massages.  Caregiver Counselors will be at the event to assist those in need of elder care information.  RSVP's are encouraged for the event to Joy at 309-277-0167 extension 232. 

The German American Heritage Center is hosting the annual Christmas Zither and Bell Choir Concert to be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, December 14, at the Scott County Family Y, 606 West 2nd Street, Davenport.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is coming to Davenport and will stop here on Friday, December 5th at the Florian Keen parking lot (Western Ave @ West River Drive - by Modern Woodman Park). Local talents will entertain awaiting the train's arrival.

The Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa announce their twenty-seventh Annual Cent-A-Gallon Day on Wednesday, November 26, 2008.  One-cent out of every gallon of petroleum product, sold on the day before Thanksgiving, by participating marketers, will go to Camp Courageous. 

Camp Courageous of Iowa is a year-round recreation and respite care facility for individuals with disabilities.  Run on donations, over 5,000 campers are served annually.

Eldridge now has an online gameroom that provides another entertainment source. Located at the Buzz Coffeeshop and Art Gallery, 116 W Davenport St, the "Red Room" is open during regular business hours.  Call 563-285-2554 for more information.
On Saturdays during November and December, the Mississippi Valley Growers' Association will have an indoor Farmer's market at NorthPark Mall. Joining together with the Independent Artists' Market/Fine American Crafters, the two will be located in teh old Walgreen's location, between Dillard's and Talbot's. The Farmer's Market section will be open from 8am until 12 Noon; the Artists' Market area will be open from 8am until 2pm.
This week on "Perspective" host Susan McPeters talks with Illinois State Representative Mike Boland about the upcoming Constitution Convention vote in Illinois. This edition of Perspective airs Sunday, November 2, at 10:00am on WQPT, a broadcast service of Black Hawk College located in Moline, Illinois.

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