Chase McDonald homers in fifth straight multi-hit game for Quad Cities, which loses, 7-4

DAVENPORT, Iowa (July 17, 2014) - The Fort Wayne TinCaps became the first visiting team to hit three home runs in a game at Modern Woodmen Park this season, as catcher Adolfo Reina homered twice, and right fielder Franmil Reyes added another in a 7-4 TinCaps win over the Quad Cities River Bandits, who dropped a season-high fifth straight game in front of 5,376 Thursday night.

For a fifth straight game, Quad Cities saw its opponent take at least a five-run lead against its starting pitcher. Right-hander Andrew Thurman allowed a game-opening triple by shortstop Trea Turner down the left-field line, and designated hitter Dustin Peterson hit a sacrifice fly to left-field for his league lead-tying 70th RBI, giving Fort Wayne (9-17 second half, 39-56 overall) a 1-0 lead.

On Thurman's first pitch of the second inning, Reina hit his first home run to left field, where it reached a leg of the Ferris wheel on one bounce. In the third inning, Turner had a bunt single, Peterson reached on an error by third baseman J.D. Davis, and with one out, Reyes launched his eighth home run of the season to left-center field for a 5-0 TinCaps lead. Thurman allowed two home runs in a game for the first time in his career and was charged with four earned runs on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts in four innings, matching the longest any River Bandits starter has pitched in the previous four games.

TinCaps right-hander Jimmi Brasoban (1-4) worked around a hit and walk to face the minimum through the first three innings. In the fourth inning, River Bandits right fielder Brett Phillips led off with his second single to right field, and left fielder Marc Wik bounced a ground ball off the glove of first baseman Jake Bauers to put runners at first and third bases. With one out and Wik running from first base, designated hitter Ronnie Mitchell hit an RBI single through the vacated shortstop hole, and first baseman Chase McDonald followed with a single to left field. With two outs, second baseman Jose Fernandez lined a single to left-center field, cutting the deficit to 5-3. Brasoban retired the next four batters to match his season high of five innings, allowing one earned run on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

After extending his season-high seven-game hitting streak, McDonald hit a two-out, solo home run - his seventh of the season - off the center-field batter's eye to make it 5-4 against right-hander Josh Richardson. Richardson set down four straight to finish two relief innings.

River Bandits left-hander Chris Lee kept the deficit to one run through the seventh inning, as he allowed one hit and two walks with one strikeout in three relief innings. Right-hander Frederick Tiburcio started the eighth inning, and Reina smacked his first pitch out to left-center field for his second home run - and the first by any batter against Tiburcio since Aug. 13, 2013. Center fielder Ronnie Richardson doubled to right-center field, moved to second base on left fielder Nick Schulze's single and scored when second baseman Rey Bruguera reached on a roller misplayed by Holberton on the first-base line, allowing Fort Wayne a 7-4 lead. A walk loaded the bases before Tiburcio got a popup for the first out, but left-hander Albert Minnis entered to get two ground-ball outs and work 1 2/3 scoreless relief innings.

TinCaps right-hander Ryan Butler pitched the final two innings to earn his first save. He got help from the TinCaps third double play of the night in the eighth inning. Quad Cities brought the tying run to bat in the ninth, but pinch hitter Brett Booth grounded into a fielder's choice.

Quad Cities (12-13, 47-48) has its first five-game losing streak since Aug. 12-17, 2013, and seeks to snap it in Friday's 7 p.m. series finale with Fort Wayne. River Bandits right-hander Jandel Gustave (5-4) is scheduled to face TinCaps right-hander Cody Hebner (0-1).

UP NEXT: Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Friday with a Pint Glass Giveaway presented by the Illinois Farm Bureau for the first 1,000 fans on Agriculture Night. The 7 p.m. game will be followed by Friday Fireworks, presented by Smart Toyota of the Quad Cities, WLLR and WQAD. Tickets are available at www.riverbandits.com. To order any of the River Bandits 2014 ticket plans - with new lower prices - call the River Bandits box office at 563-324-3000. Season ticket and mini-plan packages start at just seven games and begin at less than $40. Call a River Bandits account representative today to choose your seats and get the details of our various mini-plan packages.

The Freight House Farmer's Market returns to it's normal spot this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Freight House Building and Lot. Round up the family, even the dogs, and come on down for fresh, local goods. Make your way to the Quad Cities Food Hub to educate yourself on edible landscaping or learn how to make probiotics on only $5 a month!

 

 If you're looking for ways to enhance your artistic abilities, check out classes offered by Atom Studio + Gallery over in Bucktown Center for the Arts. Work on creating beautiful landscapes during their Landscape 2 class tonight, or introduce yourself to the art of painting your own wine glass on Saturday during their Painted Wine Glasses class.

 

 Mother Nature has been rather kind to us this week, so take advantage of this beautiful weather and head out to Modern Woodmen Park to cheer on the River Bandits. Tonight features Half-Price Night along with a hat giveaway to the first 3,000 fans. Saturday's game celebrates Christmas in July, so pull out that ugly sweater or Santa hat for $1 off your ticket.

 


Wind down your busy week at River Music Experience tomorrow during this week's Friday Live at 5 featuring Who Cares? sponsored by Swiss Valley Farms. Afterward, Six to the Chest, The Continuance, and Dynoride take over RME Hall for a night of energetic power rock and metal jams. On Saturday, support the Rock Campers at their Rock Camp USA Concert. Be sure to hop over early for some good seats!

 

 The 43rd Annual Street Fest is right around the corner! Come on down to Second Street next Friday and Saturday for a variety of vendors, live music, firefighter water fights, and fun! Keep in mind the Quad-City Times Bix 7 Sports and Fitness Expo is next Thursday at the RiverCenter, too.

 

See you downtown!

This Week's Events: July 18 - 23


  

 

 

Friday, July 18

Brewery Tours

Where: Great River Brewery

Time: 6:00 p.m

Price: N/A

Website

Bucktown Center for the Arts
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Price: FREE
Drop-In Hockey (Adult)
Where: River's Edge
Time: 8:15 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Price: $10
Friday Live at 5 featuring Who Cares? sponsored by Swiss Valley Farms
Where: River Music Experience, Courtyard
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Price: FREE

 

Japanese Artist Anna Ito- Calligraphy art, ZEN art stones, & Statement Jewelry Exhibit
Where: Bucktown Center for the Arts, Showcase #1
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Price: Available for purcase at affordable prices
Lee Blackmon
Where: Rhythm City Casino
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Price: FREE
Live Music: The Candymakers
Where: Brady Street Pub
Time: 9:00 p.m.

Midnight Multiplier

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: Midnight - 4:00 a.m.

Price: FREE

Website

Public Skate
Where: River's Edge
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Price: $5 and up
Quad Cities River Bandits vs. Fort Wayne TinCaps
Where: Modern Woodmen Park
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Price: $5 and up

Rock the Pit

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Price: FREE
Website

Six to the Chest, The Continuance, Dynoride
Where: River Music Experience, RME Hall
Time: Doors 7:30 p.m. / Show 8:00 p.m.
Price: $5
Saturday, July 19
Brewery Tours
Where: Great River Brewery
Time: Noon, 1:00 p.m, 2:00 p.m, 3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
Price: N/A

 

Bucktown Center for the Arts

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Edible Landscaping Course

Where: Quad Cities Food Hub

Time: 10:00 a.m. - Noon

Price: $5

Website

 

Exhibition: 100 Years, 100 Stories: Celebrating the Quad City Symphony Orchestra

Where: German American Heritage Center

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Price: Museum Admission ($5 or less), or FREE with membership

Website

 

Exhibition: A Moveable Museum: Works from the UIMA School Programs Collections

Where: Figge Art Museum

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Price: Museum Admission ($7), or FREE with membership

Website

 

Exhibition: Innovators and Legends

Where: Figge Art Museum

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Price: Museum Admission ($7), or FREE with membership

Website

 

Exhibition: Local Threads

Where: Figge Art Museum

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Price: Museum Admission ($7), or FREE with membership

Website

 

Exhibition: The World of Berta Hummel
Where: German American Heritage Center
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Price: Museum Admission ($5 or less), or FREE with membership
Exhibition: Thunderstorm
Where: Figge Art Museum
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Price: Museum Admission ($7), or FREE with membership
Exhibition: Two Americans in Paris: Stuart Davis and Grant Wood
Where: Figge Art Museum
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Price: Museum Admission ($7), or FREE with membership

 

Freight House Farmers Market

Where: Freight House Building and Lot

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Funshine Flatscreens Drawing

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Website

 

Intro to Tangling & Tangled Star Lamps

Where: Atom Studio + Gallery

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Price: $95

Website

 

Japanese Artist Anna Ito- Calligraphy art, ZEN art stones, & Statement Jewelry Exhibit
Where: Bucktown Center for the Arts, Showcase #1
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Price: Available for purcase at affordable prices
Learn to Make Probiotics on $5 a Month
Where: Quad Cities Food Hub
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Price: $12

 

Lee Blackmon

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Midnight Multiplier

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: Midnight - 4:00 a.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Painted Wine Glass Class

Where: Atom Studio + Gallery

Time: Noon - 3:00 p.m.

Price: $45

Website

 

Public Skate

Where: River's Edge

Time: 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.; 6:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.

Price: $5 and up

Website

 

Quad Cities River Bandits vs. Lake County Captains

Where: Modern Woodmen Park

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Price: $5 and up

Website

 

Rock Camp USA Concert- Session 2

Where: River Music Experience, Redstone Room

Time: Doors 11:30 a.m. / Show Noon

Price: $5

Website

 

Rock the Pit

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Price: FREE
Website

 

Tour: Innovators and Legends

Where: Figge Art Museum

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Price: Museum Admission ($7), or FREE with membership

Website

 

Sunday, July 20

Open Mic Night with Karl Beatty
Where: Barrel House 211
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Price: FREE
Public Skate
Where: River's Edge
Time: 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. ; 2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Price: $5 and up
Quad Cities River Bandits vs. Lake County Captains
Where: Modern Woodmen Park
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Price: $5 and up
Summer Car Driveaway
Where: Rhythm City Casino
Time: Noon - 6:00 p.m.

 

 

Sunday Jazz Brunch at Bix Bistro

Where: Blackhawk Hotel

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Price: $22.95/Adult, $8.95/Kid age 6-12, FREE/Kids 5 & under

Website

 

Sunday Specials

Where: Barrel House 211

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.

Price: $3 craft and domestic drafts

Website

 

Tour: Two Americans in Paris

Where: Figge Art Museum

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Price: Museum Admission ($7), or FREE with membership

Website


Monday, July 21

 

$1,500 Dog Days Slot Tournament

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Website

 

Leadership Through People Skills

Where: St. Ambrose University Downtown Education Center

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Price: $1,295

Website

 

Live Lunch with Lewis Knudsen

Where: River Music Experience, Community Stage

Time: Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Mexican Monday

Where: Barrel House 211

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Price: $3 Margaritas & $6 Tacos

Website

 

Nifty 50's

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 8:00 a.m. - Noon and 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Public Skate

Where: River's Edge

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Price: $5 and up

Website

 

Quad Cities River Bandits vs. Lake County Captains

Where: Modern Woodmen Park

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Price: $5 and up

Website

Tuesday, July 22

 

Acoustic Music Club

Where: River Music Experience, Admissions Area

Time: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Bar Wars Trivia

Where: Me & Billy

Time: 8:30 p.m.

Price: $5 Coors Light pitchers/$6 Cheeseburgers, fries, and Old Style Light

Website

 

Drop-In Hockey (Adult)

Where: River's Edge

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Price: $10

Website

 

Freight House Farmers Market
Where: Freight House Building and Parking Lot
Time: 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Price: FREE

 

It's Firkin Tuesday!

Where: Barrel House 211

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Price: $3 Burger Baskets

Website

 

Leadership Through People Skills

Where: St. Ambrose University Downtown Education Center

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Price: $1,295

Website

 

Open Studio

Where: Re-Cre8 Studio

Time: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Price: $30

Website

 

Wednesday, July 23

 

$1500 Weekday Winning Slot Tourney

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Price: 100 points/entry; 10 entries max/guest

Website

 

Acoustic Open Mic Night

Where: River Music Experience, Community Stage

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

 

Attack of the Casks

Where: Great River Brewery

Time: 5:00p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Price: N/A

Bucktown Center for the Arts
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Price: FREE
"Downtown at Night" Painting
Where: Re-Cre8 Studio
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Price: $30
Japanese Artist Anna Ito- Calligraphy art, ZEN art stones, & Statement Jewelry Exhibit
Where: Bucktown Center for the Arts, Showcase #1
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Price: Available for purcase at affordable prices

Leadership Through People Skills

Where: St. Ambrose University Downtown Education Center

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Price: $1,295

Website

Nifty 50's

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 8:00 a.m. - Noon and 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Open Jam Session

Where: Brady Street Pub

Time: 9:00 p.m.

Price: FREE

Website

 

Public Skate

Where: River's Edge

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Price: $5 and Up

Website

Bettendorf Community-Wide Food Drive Seeks to Raise the Quality of Nutritional Items Available to the Food Pantry Visitors

Thanksgiving in July to collect non-perishable food items to benefit three Bettendorf pantries

Bettendorf, IA (June 16th, 2014) - Thanksgiving in July, a community-wide food drive seeks to collect non-perishable food items for three Bettendorf area pantries - the Bettendorf Community Center, First Baptist Church and St. James Food Pantry. The drive will be held Monday, July 14 through Saturday, July 19.

"Food pantries spend up to $1,500 each month on purchasing perishable and non-perishable food items," said Jeff Herzberg, Founding Member. "Our goal is to collect enough non-perishable food items to allow the pantries to use those funds for milk, eggs and other high protein, good-for-you products on a regular basis to their visitors."

  • Items in demand include canned fruit, vegetables, meat (tuna, chicken, Spam), peanut butter, rice, pasta/pasta sauce, Macaroni & Cheese, juice boxes, boxed meals and soups.

"While the beneficiaries of this year's food drive are the citizens residing in the City of Bettendorf, we hope to expand our scope and help more pantries throughout the Quad-City area in the future," said Herzberg.

Ways the Bettendorf community can support Thanksgiving in July:

  • Businesses are encouraged to hold a non-perishable food drive.

  • Athletic clubs, dance troops and nonprofit or civic organizations can sponsor a food drive through ball games, dances, raffles or other community events

  • Individual donations can be made at Hy-Vee on Devils Glen or Fareway on Belmont, in Bettendorf.

  • Personal checks payable to "Thanksgiving in July" can be sent or delivered to, Thanksgiving in July - Bettendorf, Northwest Bank, 2550 Middle Rd. Bettendorf, IA 52722.

Food items will be collected on Saturday, July 19 from 10 am to 2 pm at Faye's Field parking lot - near the Family Museum, Bettendorf. Volunteers will load the food, weigh it and deliver items to the food pantries in the City of Bettendorf.

To learn more about Thanksgiving in July, contact Jeff Herzberg by calling 563 343 9737 or emailing jherzberg@pfgc.com.

About Thanksgiving in July

Locally in Scott County, 19.6% or approximately 8000 children under the age of 18 are faced with food insecurity -- a need that's even greater during the summer months when children are out of school. Local food pantries see a significant amount of their contributions during the November and December months. Our local pantries have demand all year long and the summer months are an especially high period of demand for their services. Thanksgiving in July is an opportunity for the citizens of Bettendorf to provide support to the food pantries in Bettendorf.

Mark your calendars for Moondance 2014 at RME, Sat., Oct. 18th, 7 pm. Proceeds benefit Karli Rose Kell Music Scholarship Fund. Help make musical dreams come true for youth in need of financial assistance to participate in programs at RME.

Live Music by Bret Dale and Friends of the RME

Silent Auction

Cash Bar

Food provided by Woodfire Grill

$12 in advance, $15 at the door

River Music Experience, 2nd Floor, 129 Main St, downtown Davenport, Iowa   309-314-8084

Event Type: Motorcycle and Car Event

Event Name: Baird & Warner 6th Annual Motorcycle Charity Ride Benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project

Date: 08/24/2014 - 08/24/2014

Event Description: Motorcycle Poker Run with 5 stops in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin covering over 100 miles. Final stop at Bandito Barneys in East Dundee, Il. 50/50 cash drawing, silent auction, door prizes, rock band and more!

Event Location: 6330 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, IL.

Event contact information: www.bwcharityride.org or don.prigge@bairdwarner.com or 815-788-2100

DES MOINES, IA - The Des Moines Area Sports Commission has landed two more cycles of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games, both 2018 and 2023. The Games is a $1.5 million event run by the Des Moines Area Sports Commission staff, generating $47 million in economic impact for the Greater Des Moines economy. This announcement comes amid preparation for the 48th annual event in Des Moines?July 22 - August 2, 2014.

 

"Our hard work leading up to 2014 is paying off. The AAU governing body recognizes the strength of our community support, excellent venues and understanding of youth sports. Des Moines continues to deliver as a sports destination," says Katie Fencl, Director of Sports with the Des Moines Area Sports Commission, a division of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau. Fencl is also Director of the 2014 AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines.

 

"We're honored to host the AAU Junior Olympic Games not only this year?but looking ahead to coming years as well," says Greg Edwards, President and CEO with the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau and Des Moines Area Sports Commission.

 

2014 by the Numbers:

·         40,000 visitors to Central Iowa

·         30,000 hotel room nights for Greater Des Moines

·         14,000 athletes expected; ages 3 to 22 years old

·         2,600 volunteers

·         2,000 coaches

·         20 sports represented

·         5 Greater Des Moines venues; primarily the Iowa Events Center & Drake Stadium

·         3 times Greater Des Moines has previously hosted: 1995, 2004 & 2009

·         1 Honorary Chair of the 2014 AAU Junior Olympic Games: Suzie Glazer Burt

 

Mark your calendars! The Games will catch Des Moines July 25 - August 4, 2018 and July 26 - August 5, 2023.

 

How to Get Involved with the 2014 Event:

·         For media credential requests, CLICK HERE. Deadline is Saturday, July 19.

·         For volunteer opportunities, CLICK HERE. Shifts are available in four to six hour increments.

·         For a full schedule of events and ticket information, visit catchdesmoines.com/AAUJO.

 

About the Amateur Athletic Union

Founded in 1888, the Amateur Athletic Union is one of the largest multi-sport, not-for-profit, volunteer organizations in the United States. It is dedicated to the development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs for youth and adults. The AAU Junior Olympic Games are the largest national multi-sport event for amateur youth conducted in the United States.

The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote Greater Des Moines as a fun, vibrant and affordable destination statewide, nationally and internationally. Our focus increases visitors to our community through meetings, conventions, sports events, leisure travel, and group tours, thereby contributing to the local economy.

Help Our Veterans

Without our veterans and those who made the ultimate sacrifice, where would America be today?  It is any ones guess, however certainly not the Freedom and Liberty we enjoy.  We have ownership, jobs, health care, cars, any number of opportunities, we fought for freedom over a few centuries. There are those who would take away what we have as Americans.  We continue to maintain an armed force to protect our boarders so we can continue to enjoy what we do have.  Something to give serious thought to.

Our men and women in uniform stand ready and willing to rise to those who would take away our freedom.  Those who survived the battles of years past and present day, many come home broken in need of help as was promised. Where does this help come from?  It comes from Veterans Affairs a government run agency regulated by our government.  But in view of scandalous indiscretions, many veterans are simply tossed aside in a hurry up and wait situation whereas many die just waiting for help.  What is wrong with this picture?  Improprieties and interpretation of who gets what and for what, torn bodies, PTSD, cancer.  O, just let them wait, maybe they will die.  Is this how our veterans should be treated who fought the battles?

The American people need to stand up and be counted, urge our elected legislators to do what is right to care for those in need.  Call your members of Congress to do what is right for our veterans.
PORT BYRON, IL - The Nick Teddy Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its new event website, www.nickteddy5k.com. The "Nick Teddy 5k", to be held September 13, 2014, includes races, kid's games, food and entertainment, and a silent auction and raffle. This year cash prizes will be offered to overall male and female winners. At the new site, participants can browse photos, learn about The Nick Teddy Foundation and its mission, and register online.
This annual family event is held in memory of Nicholas Theodore Strub, a native of Port Byron, Ill., a 2000 graduate of Riverdale High School, and a 2004 Alumnus of Iowa State University. Nick fought a courageous battle against the pediatric cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, for more than 5-years, until he died at age 29.
Proceeds from the "Nick Teddy 5k" will benefit the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative (www.sarcomahelp.org), which works to award sarcoma research grants to expert investigators around the world. In 2013, the event registered more than 400 runners and raised over $25,000.
In its first two years, The Nick Teddy Foundation has raised more than $42,000 for research, and to support local Ewing's patients and their families. Currently, several area children and young adults are affected by this disease.
Race Directors: Holly Larson 309-798-3081 race@nickteddy.org
Charles Stelk 309-271-0029 hurdle00@aol.com ! !
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Results of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Annual Stress
Test Under the Severely Adverse Scenario

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Federal Home
Loan Bank of Des Moines today made available the results of its first
annual stress test as required by its regulator, the Federal Housing
Finance Agency. Results can be found on the Bank's investor relations
page:

www.fhlbdm.com/about-fhlb-des-moines/investor-relations/

The stress test estimates the Bank's capital levels under hypothetical
severely adverse economic conditions.

These estimates should not be regarded as forecasts of actual financial
results. These results are modeled projections and may not reflect the
actual impact to the Bank if such a hypothetical scenario were to
occur.

Questions regarding the results of the stress test should be directed
to Megan Feld by calling 515.281.1159.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines is a wholesale cooperative
bank that provides low-cost short and long-term funding and community
lending to more than 1,200 members, including commercial banks, saving
institutions, credit unions and insurance companies. The Bank is wholly
owned by its members and receives no taxpayer funding. The Des Moines
Bank serves Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota
and is one of twelve regional Banks that make up the Federal Home Loan
Bank System.

Fort Wayne wins, 9-2, to send Quad Cities to fourth straight loss for first time in the second half

DAVENPORT, Iowa (July 16, 2014) - Dustin Peterson singled home the first of four first-inning runs for Fort Wayne Wednesday night, and the third baseman added a home run as one of five TinCaps to collect multi-hit games in the visitors' 9-2 victory over the Quad Cities River Bandits in front of a season-high 7,140 at Modern Woodmen Park.

TinCaps shortstop Trea Tuner began his two-hit night by leading off the game with a double down the right-field line against right-hander Adrian Houser (4-4). Peterson followed with a single to center field and went to second base on a single by first baseman Fernando Perez, who also had two hits in the game. Right fielder Franmil Reyes grounded out to third base for the game's first out, and designated hitter Jake Bauers singled through the right side to drive in Peterson. Catcher Ryan Miller then doubled to left field, scoring Perez for a 3-0 lead, but a relay by left fielder Marc Wik and shortstop Thomas Lindauer to catcher Brian Holberton caught Bauers at home plate for the second out. Center fielder Ronnie Richardson doubled in Miller for a 4-0 TinCaps lead in a six-hit, eight-batter inning.

Left-hander Max Fried set down the first four batters in his Midwest League season debut for Fort Wayne (8-17 second half, 38-56 overall). He allowed back-to-back singles by River Bandits first baseman Chase McDonald and catcher Brian Holberton but got second baseman Jose Fernandez to line to second baseman Josh VanMeter for an inning-ending double play.

Houser did not allow a hit in the second or third innings, but in the fourth inning, he walked the first two batters - Richardson and left fielder Henry Charles. After a strikeout, Turner drove an RBI double to left field, ending Houser's day after allowing seven hits and three walks in 3 1/3 innings. Houser became the fourth straight Quad Cities starter to last no more than four innings and give up at least six runs when Peterson hit a sacrifice fly against right-hander Aaron Vaughn to extend the TinCaps lead to 6-0.

Quad Cities (12-13, 47-47) reached the scoreboard in the fourth inning, when Wik hit a leadoff double and scored when third baseman J.D. Davis doubled to left-center field for the only hit of his Midwest League debut. Designated hitter Ronnie Mitchell walked, but McDonald lined to Turner for a double play. Holberton singled to put runners at first and second bases with two outs, and Fried was removed after allowing one earned run on five hits and a walk with one strikeout in 3 2/3 innings. Left-hander Payton Baskette (4-4) entered to get Fernandez to fly out to center field. Baskette scattered three hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings, getting help from the TinCaps' third double play, into which Holberton hit after Mitchell doubled and McDonald singled to start the sixth inning.

The score remained 6-1 as Vaughn retired all five batters he faced in his Midwest League debut. River Bandits right-hander Kevin Comer then retired five straight before Perez hit a two-out single in the seventh inning, and Reyes reached on an error by Lindauer. Bauers and Miller hit consecutive RBI singles to extend their team's lead to 8-1. The River Bandits managed another run in the eighth inning off right-hander Jorge Guzman, as McDonald walked with two outs and scored on Holberton's RBI double. Peterson answered with a one-out home run in the ninth inning to restore the seven-run lead against Comer, who was charged with three runs - one earned - on four hits with a season-high five strikeouts in three innings.

Quad Cities seeks to snap its four-game losing streak - its longest of the second half - at 7 p.m. Thursday against Fort Wayne. River Bandits right-hander Andrew Thurman (5-5) is scheduled to face TinCaps right-hander Jimmi Brasoban (0-4).

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