WHO: Hupy and Abraham, S.C., P.C., personal injury law firm.

WHAT: Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Davenport office.

WHEN: Friday, November 21, at 12 p.m.

WHERE: 5139 Utica Ridge Road

Davenport, IA 52807

Event Summary: This is a special ceremony celebrating the growing success of Hupy and Abraham and the Davenport office location. Quad Cities is one of Hupy and Abraham's 11 offices throughout Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. The firm handles personal injury cases that include car and motorcycle accidents, wrongful death and pharmaceutical and medical device class actions. Staff from the new office location will be present to celebrate the ribbon cutting. Miss Iowa 2014, Aly Olson, will be in attendance_, and available to sign autographs and take photos with anyone on-site.  Light refreshments will be served.

For more information about Hupy and Abraham, S.C., P.C., please visit the firm's website: www.hupy.com

KWQC-TV6 revealed this morning on Quad Cities Today that current weekend meteorologist Kevin Phelps will replace Greg Dutra as the station's weekday morning meteorologist.

Greg Dutra made the announcement during his weathercast saying, "When I went to management and told them hey I have this job offer in Denver....obviously we're going to have to find a replacement.  This was my personal recommendation."

Phelps has been weekend meteorologist at TV6 since February 2011.  He will begin his new role as Quad Cities Today meteorologist December 1st.

"Kevin's hard work and experience made him a natural to replace Greg Dutra.  His knowledge forecasting in the Quad Cities and his great relationship with David and Morgan will let him continue the great tradition Quad Cities Today has established," said KWQC-TV6 News Director Rich Kurz.  "Losing Greg is tough - and we wish him well - but I'm confident our viewers will be in great hands with Kevin."

MOLINE, Ill. (November 19, 2014) - Justin Fox- who also had an assist- capped off a late Quad City Mallard rally by scoring the tying goal with just 1:26 left in regulation and went on to score again in the shootout along with Mario Lamoureux- who also provided a goal in regulation- as the host Quad City Mallards (5-3-3) snatched a wild 4-3 shootout win over the Tulsa Oilers (6-4-2) Wednesday night.  With the victory the Mallards extended their regulation unbeaten streak to six games (3-0-3).

Fox and Lamoureux replied for the Mallards after Adam Pleskach gave the Oilers the jump by scoring in the opening round of the shootout.  Mallard goaltender Parker Milner- who made 22 saves in regulation and overtime- stonewalled the final four Tulsa shooters to clinch the win.

For the Mallards to even force the game to overtime and- as it proved- the shootout required a remarkable comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the dying moments of the third period.  Mallards coach Terry Ruskowski pulled Milner for an extra attacker with just under three minutes remaining and the move paid off almost immediately when Evan Haney cut the gap to 3-2 with a one timer from the right wing circle at 17:37 of the third.  Just 57 seconds later Fox followed up a Joe Perry rush to score the dramatic equalizer.

The Mallards' late outburst was actually the second rapid-fire offensive outbreak of the third.  Lamoureux evened the score at one from the slot at 3:10 with the first of three goals in a span of 47 seconds.  Unfortunately for the Mallards, it was the Oilers who ripped off the next two.  Jon Booras's wrist shot form the high slot put Tulsa back on top only 27 seconds after Lamoureux's goal.  A mere 20 seconds after that- at the 3:57 mark- Tommy Mele stretched the margin to two by firing the puck in under the crossbar.

The Oilers had first moved in front when Adam Pleskach broke a scoreless tie from the high slot at 8:41 of the second period.

Forward Antti Pusa returned to the lineup for the Mallards Wednesday night after missing five games while on the team's reserve list.  Pusa was activated yesterday while forward Logan Nelson was placed on reserve.

The Mallards next play at home Friday night at 7:05 p.m. against the Rapid City Rush.  Friday brings the return of $1 Dog/$1 Beer Night presented by 97X and MetroLINK.  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.

Single game tickets for all remaining Mallards regular season home games- including Friday's tilt- are on sale now at the iWireless Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000.  The box office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and game days from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the second period.  Tickets are available for $10, $16, $20 and $28.

About the Quad City Mallards
A proud affiliate of the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild and the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild, the Quad City Mallards are in the midst of their eighteenth season and their first in the ECHL.  One of the winningest teams in all of minor league hockey, the Mallards competed in the United Hockey League from 1995 through 2007; in the International Hockey League in 2009-10; and in the Central Hockey League from 2010 through 2014.  The Mallards' proud history has seen them capture the UHL's Colonial Cup Championship three times (1997, 1998, 2001) and secure that league's Tarry Cup four times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002) for the best overall regular season record.  In 2001, the Mallards made professional hockey history, recording their sixth consecutive season with 50 or more wins, a feat that has yet to be matched.  The iWireless Center provides a unique environment for hockey and features one-of-a-kind seating areas such as the Nest for groups and functions and the exclusive Drake Club.  For more information on the Quad City Mallards or for Mallards tickets go to www.myqcmallards.net.  Fans can also follow the Mallards via Twitter at twitter.com/myqcmallards and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/qcmallards.

Neglect. Abuse. Divorce. Addiction. These are just a few of the life experiences that can leave children emotionally bruised or worse, causing some to develop dysfunctional outlooks and behaviors that condemn them to perpetual self-victimization as adults.

"We not only perpetuate, but also protect the obstacles that stand in the way of our healing and happiness," says Marta Maranda. "But there is always a way through, no matter what your situation."

The author of "What It Looks Like," (http://martamaranda.com/), a new memoir detailing her own journey of healing, Maranda says she continued to use the defense mechanisms she developed in response to childhood trauma far into adulthood, which only served to block healthy emotional growth.

"As an adult decades after the initial abuse, I was still surrounding myself with similar trauma, and still reacting in the same ways to the trauma, even though those childhood survival tools no longer served me. Basically, the only one keeping me stuck in a dysfunctional and unfulfilling life was me."

Maranda says she didn't realize she played a part in her own dysfunction until the treatment of a family member for substance abuse caused her to think differently.

"I don't drink, use drugs, or have a sexual dysfunction. I've never even had a cup of coffee in my life," she says. "So it was easy to look at everyone else as the cause of my problems.

"But during family therapy sessions, I finally realized that there are two dysfunctional people in an unhealthy relationship, and there is an entire dysfunctional family in an unhealthy family system."

Maranda became a rarity: sober and voluntarily, she admitted herself into a five-week residential treatment center. That's where her healing began.

"But I'm not done," she says. "Healing involves tearing down all those dysfunctional coping mechanisms?fear, anger, denial, justification?and rebuilding your life piece by piece. I still have to do the work every day."

She offers these tips for others whose past trauma has resulted in self-destructive thought and behavior patterns, such as a willingness to remain in unhealthy relationships or an over-reliance on comforts like food, drugs, or alcohol to soothe painful emotions.

·  Look inward for reasons, not outward for blame.
It's easy to find other people or situations to blame for your problems. Even if the initial trauma was inflicted when you were at your most vulnerable, and by someone you should have been able to trust, at some point you have to take responsibility for your own life. "How are you contributing to the dysfunction in your life?" Maranda asks. "The decision to remain stuck in a dysfunctional life is yours. The responsibility to move forward toward healing and happiness is also yours."

·  If you've done it, admit it.
Look fearlessly at the wrong you've done, at the pain you've inflicted on yourself and others through your own dysfunctional behavior, and admit it. "Only by owning it can you change it," Maranda says. "And only through change can you heal." Likewise, look kindly and with humility at the good you've done. Own all that is valuable about you, and build upon it.

·  Information, not shame.
The lessons of healing always come with a choice: information or shame? If you are doing your healing work properly?meaning completely breaking down every defense mechanism you've built to keep yourself blind to your own dysfunctional behavior?the realizations that you've caused others harm, pain, or even extreme damage will come. But eventually you have to choose between continuing to feel shamed, which leads to feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness, or accepting the realizations as the information necessary to repair your life. "Much like a doctor needs to objectively understand what's broken to diagnose a problem, so do you need to look objectively at your dysfunction and its consequences to heal it," Maranda says. "Then use your healthy guilt feelings, not shame, as a reminder of what you can't do again."

·  Build a support system.
No one's said it better than Einstein: You can't fix a problem with the same broken mind that created it. Left to their own devices, many people who are convinced they need to change will still seek out environments that support their dysfunctions rather than strengthen their healing. "Change is hard, and healing isn't always comfortable," Maranda says. "That's why people often find their way back to what they know, even if what they know is destructive or deadly." Building a support system of people?whether family or friends, or from a therapeutic or spiritual community?whose perspectives get you out of your comfort zone and away from the dysfunction you know is essential for healing.

About Marta Maranda

Marta Maranda is a writer, businesswoman, and author of "What It Looks Like," (http://martamaranda.com/). She holds a bachelor's degree in communications and undertook a year of post-graduate study in psychology. She is currently working on her second book.