Washington, D.C. - Congressman Dave Loebsack will have a member of his staff in Clinton and Scott Counties for open office hours. Henry Marquard, Loebsack's District Representative, will be at the following locations. Marquard will be on hand to work with individuals who are having difficulty with a government agency, have suggestions for Dave, or would just like to share their concerns. Members of the public are invited to attend. Marquard holds regular office hours throughout Eastern Iowa.

 

If residents are unable to attend but have a concern to share with the Congressman, please call our district office toll-free at 1-866-914-IOWA (4692).

 

Marquard's schedule is as follows.

 

Tuesday, November 18

 

DeWitt Community Center

512 10th St.

9:00 - 10:00 AM

 

Clinton City Hall

611 S. 3rd St.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

 

Eldridge City Hall

305 N. 3rd St.

2:00 - 3:00 PM

 

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Sauk and Meskwaki Tribes

Beth Carvey, of the Black Hawk State Park Museum, will present a talk on the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes, both indigenous to the Quad Cities area, on Tuesday, November 18th at 1:30 pm at the Rock Island Public Library. November is Native American Heritage month. www.rockislandlibrary.org

Inaugural Winemakers Dinner

Indulge in the perfect pairing of local flavor & flare to kick off the holiday season.  Creekside Vineyards Winery's inaugural Winemaker's Dinner will be held at Barley & Rye Bistro, 1320 5th Ave, Moline, on Wednesday, Nov. 19th at 6pm. A five course meal created by Chef Jared Linn will highlight a selection of Creekside Vineyards artisan wines. $65/person; reservations can be made with Barely & Rye by calling (309) 757-1557. Creekside Vineyards Case Club members should mention their membership when making their reservation. www.creeksidevineyards.com

QC Mallards Games

On Wednesday, November 19, 7:05 p.m., it's the Mallards vs. Tulsa Oilers.  Fans can purchase four tickets to each Mallards Wednesday home game for just $20.  In addition, after each Wednesday home contest, fans can join the Mallards at T.G.I. Friday's on River Drive in Moline- adjacent to the iWireless Center- for a postgame party.  Then on Friday, November 21, 7:05 p.m., it's the Mallards vs. Rapid City Rush. Fans can enjoy $1 hot dogs and beers from iWireless Center concession stands during all Friday home games.  97X will follow in the spirit of the evening by presenting hot dog-themed intermission entertainment. www.myqcmallards.net

Out Loud Open Mic Reading

During Out Loud evenings, attendees have the opportunity to share their poetry or prose on Thursday, November 20th at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Central Perk in Davenport. The evening is free and open to everyone. Listeners are also welcome! November edition will honor Veteran's, giving them first priority to read.  Visit www.midwestwritingcenter.org or call 563-324-1410 for more details.

We Need Your Help!

No one in the Quad Cities should go without food. This holiday season, Skip-a-Long Family and Community Services is looking for donations of food items to support our families and individuals in need.

We are asking for your help by donating these items from Monday, November 24th through Friday, December 19th at any of these locations:

Davenport Campus
3520 Crow Creek Road
Davenport, IA 52807

Moline Campus
4800 60th Street
Moline, IL 61265

Rock Island Campus
1609 4th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201

Open Door
1609 4th Street
Building II
Rock Island, IL 61201

Top Needed Items
1. Canned Meals (Chili, Stew, Ravioli, Soups)
2. Canned Meats (Chicken, Corn Beef, Spam, Tuna)
3. Pasta (Macaroni, Spaghetti, Hamburger Helpers)

Thank you for your help!

For more information, contact our Open Door Director, Loredia Dixon, at (309) 793-8201

A new Quad Cities experience!

Don't miss out. Play indoor human foosball. Fun just like regular foosball, only you are in a life-size human foosball game! Teams are six versus six.

Private rentals, birthday parties, team building, and tournaments available. 

The River's Edge, 700 West River Drive, Davenport. (563) 322-5220

U.S. farmers export over 2 billion bushels of soy worth $30 billion; China imports over 1 billion bushels ST. LOUIS (Nov. 13, 2014) - U.S. soybean farmers continue to provide their international customers with reliable, quality products, and those customers have once again rewarded them with big purchases. In the 2013/2014 marketing year, the United States exported over 2 billion bushels of U.S. soy, valued at more than $30 billion.

The year got off to a fast start, exceeding the predicted export numbers in early 2014 and finishing strong with record-size crops starting to come out of the fields. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the 2013/2014 export total includes more than 1.6 billion bushels of whole U.S. soybeans, meal from 484 million bushels of U.S. soybeans and oil from 161 million bushels. This total represents 62 percent of U.S. soybean production from last year.

"U.S. soybean farmers are committed to meeting global demand with a quality product," says Dwain Ford, United Soybean Board International Opportunities Target Area Coordinator and soybean farmer from Kinmundy, Illinois. "These export numbers prove that U.S. soy is a highly valued product in the global marketplace and that U.S. soybean farmers are doing our job."

Top buyers of whole U.S. soybeans in 2013/2014 include :
•    China: 1.013 billion bushels
•    Mexico: 124 million bushels
•    Indonesia: 75 million bushels

Top buyers of U.S. soybean meal in 2014 include :
•    Mexico: meal from 68 million bushels of U.S. soybeans
•    Philippines: meal from 59 million bushels
•    Canada: meal from 45 million bushels

Top buyers of U.S. soybean oil in 2014 include :
•    Mexico: oil from 36 million bushels of U.S. soybeans
•    China: oil from 35 million bushels
•    Dominican Republic: oil from 22 million bushels

The 70 farmer-directors of USB oversee the investments of the soy checkoff to maximize profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers. These volunteers invest and leverage checkoff funds to increase the value of U.S. soy meal and oil, to ensure U.S. soybean farmers and their customers have the freedom and infrastructure to operate, and to meet the needs of U.S. soy's customers. As stipulated in the federal Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has oversight responsibilities for USB and the soy checkoff.

For more information on the United Soybean Board, visit www.unitedsoybean.org
Visit us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/UnitedSoybeanBoard
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/unitedsoy
View our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/UnitedSoybeanBoard
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Mediacom Business provides over 5,000 fiber route miles in Iowa, connecting more than 2,500 locations with speeds up to 10 Gigabits per second

Des Moines, Iowa - November 13, 2014 - Speaking yesterday at a meeting of the Mid-Iowa Association of Local Governments (MIALG), Mark Finch, Senior Director, Mediacom Business, said the company is cultivating commercial growth and development in rural communities across America's Heartland through the continued expansion of a high capacity fiber optic network. Gigabit+ Fiber Solutions™ from Mediacom Business delivers a new broadband standard for large and small businesses, healthcare facilities, schools, libraries and other local anchor institutions. Moreover, Mediacom Business makes accessing its high-capacity broadband easy and cost-effective by managing and monitoring the network, thereby eliminating the need for cities to employ additional resources.

Mr. Finch told mayors from twenty cities in the Metro Des Moines Area, along with numerous Iowa State Legislators, that his company has over 5,000 fiber route miles already in service in Iowa. This expansive network, said Finch, connects more than 2,500 locations, and is capable of delivering speeds up to 10 Gigabits per second.

"While companies like Google are making promises to build these networks in large metropolitan areas, Mediacom Business' fiber-optic network is already in place right here in Iowa. We're delivering speeds of one Gigabit and beyond to business customers of every size over our proprietary, fiber-optic network," Mr. Finch said.

The City of Grimes, one of the fastest growing areas in Iowa, has approximately 400 small-to-medium sized businesses. Grimes is an excellent example of how Mediacom Business partners with municipalities to build the critical broadband infrastructure that powers economic development. According to Mr. Finch, "Mediacom Business is inviting other cities to have these conversations with us so we can replicate these public/private relationships in more areas." He added, "Increasingly, Central Iowa is attracting attention from IT companies, web developers, call centers, and data centers who demand the reliability, speed and redundancy our Gigabit+ Fiber Solutions™ platform can provide. You could say we're a one-stop shop in meeting the needs of every customer, no matter their size."

A video about the City of Grimes, Iowa/Mediacom Business partnership can be viewed at: http://www.mediacombusiness.com/discover-grimes

About Mediacom Communications

Mediacom Communications Corporation is the nation's eighth largest cable television company and one of the leading cable operators focused on serving the smaller cities in the United States, with a significant customer concentration in the Midwestern and Southeastern regions. Mediacom Communications offers a wide array of information, communications and entertainment services, including video, high-speed data and phone, and provides innovative broadband communications solutions through its Mediacom Business division that can be tailored to any size business. Mediacom Communications' advertising sales and productions services are sold under its OnMedia division. More information about Mediacom Business is available at www.mediacombusiness.com.

About Mid-Iowa Association of Local Governments

The Mid-Iowa Association of Local Governments (MIALG) is a group of mayors from Central Iowa and members from the Iowa League of Cities and Polk County Supervisors that gather once a month for dinner and a meeting. A presenter is invited to each meeting, where programs and issues affecting their communities are discussed. The current chairperson is Mayor Scott Cirksena.

The building at 1329 Harrison Street stood neglected and vacant for many years, like too many of the buildings in the Hilltop Campus Village. Then, thanks to the vision and hard work of new owners, it was cleaned up and painted, brightening the Harrison corridor and making everyone who walked or drove by wonder

"What's gonna go in there?" Now it can be told.

D'Allen Salon Suites and Bass Blessed Boutique will have an Open House on Saturday, November 15 from 1pm to 4pm. The owners, Martha and Alan Spears have been working on the interior spaces, separating the L-shaped building into distinct units that separates the clothing boutique from the D'Allen Salon Suites.

Martha Spears says "D'Allen Salon Suites represents the latest concept in Booth Rental Salons that provides licensed beauty professionals with the freedom and flexibility of their own private studio." It will provide an upscale environment without the upscale price, featuring fully-equipped private studios with on-site management.

The Bass Blessed Boutique will carry the latest in fashion for men and women."We have known for a while now what Martha and Alan were planning, and got ot see some of the interior as it was going up,." Said Hilltop Campus Director Scott Tunnicliff. "This block has been the latest extension of the commercial corridor re-development, with improvements and expansions also made by Hilltop Grocery, Spears Resale (Brenda and Curtis, no relation to Martha and Alan) and the Hilltop Law Offices."

The Open House will be an opportunity for everyone to have their curiosity satisfied. Join Martha and Alan on Saturday November 15.

Additional questions of the owner can be directed to Martha Spears, ladym58@sbcglobal.net or 309-631-3891.

Nov. 25, 2014 2014 Farm Bill Program Overview, The Golden Leaf Banquet Center, 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm

Nov. 27, 2014 Extension Office Closed for Holiday

Nov. 28, 2014 Extension Office Closed for Holiday

Dec. 2, 2014 Scott County Extension Council Meeting, Scott County Extension Office, 7 pm-9 pm

Dec. 3, 2014 Pest Control Operators, Scott County Extension Office, 9:00 am-11:30 am

Dec. 5, 2014 Pesticide Applicator Testing, Scott County Extension Office, 10:00 am-2:00 pm

Visit our events calendar at our web site: http://dbs.extension.iastate.edu/calendar/

DAVENPORT - On Tuesday, November 18 the Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors and City officials will be touring Davenport projects and highlighting local developments.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

TIME: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Bus Tour of local housing, water quality and community development initiatives

The bus will depart from the Hotel Blackhawk, (200 E 3rd St.) at 12:00 p.m. and will return at 2:00 p.m.

There will be media availability before and after the tour at the Hotel Blackhawk.

Planned tour highlights:

  • Warehouse District, 500 Iowa St.
  • 5th & Brady Lofts, 501 W. 5th St.
  • Taylor Renaissance, 901 W. 15th St.
  • Jackson Renaissance, 1420 W. 16th St.
  • West Side Diversion Tunnel, 3040 N. Division St.
  • Fairmount Pines Phase I/II/III, 4205 N. Fairmount St.
  • Dover Court Project, 2905 Dover Court
  • Harrison Lofts, 1402 Harrison St
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PELLA, (11/12/2014)(readMedia)-- Davenport native Alexis Lotspeich will perform in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Rabbit Hole" at Central College. This funny and heartbreaking play delves into how people grieve through laughter, anger, tears and the gamut of human emotions. The story centers on Becca and Howie Corbett, who have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. "Rabbit Hole" charts the characters' bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places -- and a path that will lead them back into the light of day. The show runs at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19-22 in Kruidenier Theatre at Central College.

Central College is a residential liberal arts college dedicated to the education of 1,500 undergraduate students. Founded in 1853, the college is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America and NCAA Division III athletics. Central is a recognized leader in study abroad as a result of its international, residential programs. The college is located in Pella, Iowa, a thriving community of 10,000 two minutes from the state's largest lake and 40 minutes southeast of Des Moines. Learn more at www.central.edu.

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