DAVENPORT, IA- On January 24, 2014, Manuel Partida Garcia, age 32, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 36 months imprisonment, after pleading guilty to illegal re-entry into the United States, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Partida Garcia was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund. Partida Garcia was found in the United States after being convicted in Marshall County, Iowa for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, eluding and carrying weapons. Partida was also found to be an aggravated felon based on a prior assault conviction out of the state of Washington.

This case was investigated by the United States Department of Homeland Security-Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

Thunder Bay's own executive Chef, Andy Wildermuth has created several special features to make your Valentine's Day dinner extra delicious. Features will run Feb 14 and 15th after 4pm and include the following:

BACON AND ASPARAGUS FLATBREAD - Our house flat bread rubbed with roasted garlic, topped with grilled asparagus, crispy bacon and feta cheese,$7.99

FILETS DEBURGO - Twin Medallions of beef seared to your liking and topped with a rich creamy garlic herb butter sauce. Served with Yukon gold mashed potatoes $26.99

SEAFOOD RISOTTO - Large shrimp, Sea scallops and fresh spinach ,mushrooms and sundried tomatoes in a cream sauce with tender Arborio rice. $22.99

A SLICE OF HEAVEN - A tri-layered delight with brownie bottom, cheesecake center and a homemade chocolate mousse top with shaved chocolate. $6.99

Make your reservations today by calling Thunder Bay at 563.386-2722

Thunder Bay is conveniently located at the west end of Veteran's Parkway (north of 53rd St) .

Thunder Bay, 6511 Brady St, Davenport, IA 52806

 

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In 2013, Quad Cities had four of the top 52 prospects, matching the most of any team in Minor League Baseball

DAVENPORT, Iowa (JAN. 24, 2014) - In the last three seasons at Modern Woodmen Park, the Quad Cities River Bandits have twice achieved the highest team honor as Midwest League Champions, and soon the brightest stars of the franchise's last three years may be shining on major league diamonds.

Seven River Bandits of the last three seasons are among the top 100 prospects in all of baseball, according to rankings by MLB.com announced Thursday night. Among the top 52 prospects are four players from the 2013 River Bandits squad, which matched the most of any team in Minor League Baseball last season. No other Midwest League team had more than one of the top 63 prospects play on its roster during the 2013 season.

Among other notes, 2013 All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa was the only one of the top 22 baseball prospects to spend the entire season on one minor league club's roster. Correa and 2013 All-Star pitcher Lance McCullers were the only top-100 prospects to spend the entire season as teammates on a Midwest League club's roster.

In their first year of a new affiliation with the Houston Astros, the River Bandits became the first Minor League Baseball club in history to have back-to-back No. 1 overall draft picks on the same team, as 2012 No. 1 overall pick Carlos Correa and 2013 No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel appeared together in the Quad Cities. Earlier this week, Correa and Appel were among five 2013 River Bandits to be ranked among the top seven prospects in the Houston Astros organization by Baseball America.

Below are the Quad Cities alumni among the top 100 prospects, according to MLB.com:

Oscar Taveras, No. 3 MLB prospect, No. 2 outfield prospect, No. 1 St. Louis Cardinals prospect

As a 19-year-old in 2011, Taveras won the Midwest League batting title by hitting for a .386 average in 78 games with the River Bandits. The native of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, was a key piece of the first Quad Cities team in 21 years to win a Midwest League Championship that fall. In 2012, Taveras won another championship and was the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Player of the Year at Double-A Springfield. Injuries limited Taveras to 47 games - all but one at Triple-A Memphis - in 2013.

Carlos Correa, No. 8 MLB prospect, No. 3 shortstop prospect, No. 1 Houston Astros prospect

At 18 years old, the Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, native led all Houston Astros full-season minor leaguers with a .320 batting average and was the youngest player on the Midwest League Postseason All-Star team in 2013. Correa was also the youngest player in the Midwest League All-Star Game and SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in New York, where he was the first-ever River Bandits position player to appear while on the Quad Cities roster. He led the Midwest League with a .872 on-base-plus-slugging (OPS).

Mark Appel, No. 17 MLB prospect, No. 6 right-handed pitcher prospect, No. 2 Houston Astros prospect

The No. 1 overall pick of the 2013 draft made his Class-A debut with the River Bandits July 14 and made his final eight starts of his first professional season with Quad Cities. The Stanford University graduate earned his first three professional wins in a River Bandits uniform, including the playoff-clinching game Aug. 25. The Astros' top pitching prospect remained with the team for its playoff run to the sixth Midwest League Championship in franchise history.

Jonathan Singleton, No. 50 MLB prospect, No. 1 first base prospect, No. 4 Houston Astros prospect

Singleton started his 2013 season with the River Bandits May 28 and homered in each of his first three games. After his first six games with Quad Cities, he was promoted to Double-A Corpus Christi, where the Lakewood, Calif., native played 11 games before being promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City for the entire second half of the season. Singleton is now on the Houston Astros 40-man roster entering spring training.

Lance McCullers, No. 52 MLB prospect, No. 5 Houston Astros prospect

The Astros' top pitching prospect entering the 2013 season and the team's first supplemental round pick of 2012 pitched his first full season with the River Bandits. At 19 years old, the Tampa, Fla., native was the starting pitcher for the Western Division in the Midwest League All-Star Game and earned his first six professional victories with Quad Cities. McCullers was third in the league with a 2.08 ERA in the first half, and he finished the year with 117 strikeouts, good for fifth in the Midwest League.

Kolten Wong, No. 58 MLB prospect, No. 1 second base prospect, No. 2 St. Louis Cardinals prospect

The Cardinals' first-round pick in 2011, Wong made his professional debut and played his first season with the River Bandits. In 47 games, he hit for a .335 average. The Hilo, Hawaii, native earned his first of two consecutive minor league championships with Quad Cities, which went 7-0 in the postseason in 2011. Wong advanced to Double-A Springfield in 2012 and Triple-A Memphis in 2013, before making his major league debut with St. Louis Aug. 16 and was part of the Cardinals' roster that reached the 2013 World Series.

Stephen Piscotty, No. 98 MLB prospect, No. 3 St. Louis Cardinals prospect

Selected in the first supplemental round of the 2012 draft by St. Louis, Piscotty played his first professional season with the River Bandits. In 55 games, the Stanford University product hit for a .295 average and assembled a 16-game hitting streak that was tied for fourth-longest in the Midwest League in 2012. He switched from third base to the outfield in 2013, when he hit .295 in 112 games for Class-A advanced Palm Beach and Double-A Springfield.

The River Bandits will open the 2014 Midwest League season at Modern Woodmen Park Thursday, April 3. A full schedule of home and road games for 2014 is available at www.riverbandits.com, and ticket plans for the 2014 season are now on sale.

UP NEXT: Call today to reserve a Valentine's Day dinner at Modern Woodmen Park for Friday, Feb. 14, orSaturday, Feb. 15. Couples can enjoy a gourmet four-course dinner in a private luxury suite or take in the spectacular views of the ballpark, Centennial Bridge, Mississippi River and downtown Davenport from a table in the glass-enclosed, climate-controlled Sky Deck. Reservations are due Thursday, Feb. 6, by calling 563-324-3000. To order ticket plans - with new lower prices - for next season, call the River Bandits box office at 563-324-3000 or visit www.riverbandits.com to download the season ticket order form. 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.

Twelve scholarships are now offered through the Moline Foundation. Applicants should apply online at www.molinefoundation.org. All scholarships must be submitted by midnight on Monday, March 3, 2014. All reference letters need to be mailed with a postmark on or before Monday, March 3, 2014. Reference letters should be mailed to: The Moline Foundation, 817 11^th Avenue, Moline, IL, 61265

 

1. Srikanth Yerra Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

$500 non-renewable

Must live within Moline School District No. 40 boundaries

Graduate from Class of 2014 or Community College student

preparing to transfer to a 4 year college

Minimum 3.5 grade point

Based on financial need, potential for future personal achievement and essay ("Tell us about yourself.")

Submit: Transcript, three reference letters, and essay (200 words or less)

 

2. Lee McAllister Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

$1,000 non-renewable

Graduate from Moline High School Class of 2014, with plans to major in education

Minimum 2.75 grade point

Based on financial need, potential for future personal achievement, abilities, school &

community activities, strong academic record and essay ("Why are you entering the field of education?")

Submit: Transcript, three reference letters, and essay (200 words or less)

 

3. Moline High School Class of '59 Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

Amount and number of awards determined annually

Graduate from Moline High School Class of 2014

Minimum 2.8 grade point

Based on service-oriented activity in place of worship, school, or community and essay ("What do you anticipate your life to be like in 50 years?")

Submit: Transcript, three reference letters, and essay ( 200 words or less)

 

4. Clement T. Hanson Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

Three $1,500 four year scholarships renewable based on continued financial need and scholastic achievement (Total: $6,000 for each scholarship)

Must live within Moline School District No. 40 boundaries

Graduate from Class of 2014 or Community College student

preparing to transfer to 4 year university

Minimum 2.5 grade point

Based on financial need, potential for future personal achievement, references, essay

("Tell us about yourself.") and personal interview

Submit: Transcript, three reference letters, and essay (300 words or less)

 

 

5. Dolores A. Hulse-DiIulio Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

$1,000 renewable (eligible to reapply annually and compete with incoming freshmen candidates and other previous scholarship recipients)

Must be a female and graduate of Class of 2014 at Moline High School

Must intend to pursue a bachelor's degree on a full-time basis in the fields of chemistry, physics, engineering, or pre-medicine.

Must attend a public university or college located in Illinois

Applicant must be in upper one-fourth of class

Based on desire to achieve, abilities, strong academic record, potential for future personal

achievement, and essay ("Why are you entering your chosen field of study?")

Submit: Transcript, three reference letters, and essay (200 words or less)

 

6. Maggie Webb Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

Amount and number of awards to be determined annually

Must be graduating senior from Moline High School Class of 2014

Minimum 2.8 grade point

Based on community involvement (with at least one service oriented activity in place of

worship, school or community) and essay ("If you were to leave this earth

tomorrow, what would be your legacy?")

Submit: Transcript, essay (300 words or less) and three reference letters

 

7. Lee Womack Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

Amount and number of awards to be determined annually

Must be graduating senior from Moline High School Class of 2014 with planned major in Education. Preference will be given to applicants planning to major in Special Education

Minimum 3.0 grade point

Based on community involvement (with at least one service-oriented activity in place of worship, school or community), and essay ("Why do you want to obtain a degree in Education or Special Education? What are your goals and how do you feel this degree would be an asset to you and the community?")

Submit: Transcript, essay (200 words or less), and three reference letters

 

8. Stan Woods Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

$1,000 scholarship annually non-renewable

Must be graduating senior from Moline High School Class of 2014

Minimum 3.0 grade point

Based on community involvement and leadership, academic achievement and essay

("Explain what you have done to make your community a better place to live and give an example or one or more of specific projects that have benefitted from your involvement.")

Submit: Transcript, essay (300 words or less) and three reference letters

 

9. D.A.R.E. Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

Three $1,000 scholarships will be awarded in 2014

Must be graduating senior and living in the boundaries of Moline School District No. 40

Applicant must be a former student of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education

(D.A.R.E.) Program

Minimum 3.0 grade point

Based on academic merit, good citizenship, attendance, active involvement in school and community, and essay ( "Write a brief essay about good choices you have made in your life. Choose an activity you have been involved in and describe how it has impacted your life and those of others.")

Submit: Transcript, essay (200 words or less), and three reference letters

 

10. Hazel Van Arsdale Memorial Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded in 2014

Must be graduating senior and living in the boundaries of Moline School District No. 40

Must have been involved with vocal and/or instrumental music

Minimum 3.0 grade point

Based on financial need, potential for future personal achievement and essay ("Explain your personal educational goals and why music has been important to you growing up.")

Submit: Transcript, three reference letters and essay (300 words or less).

 

11. Sherrard Academic Foundation Scholarships - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

Three $1,000 scholarships plus two $750 scholarships to graduating seniors from Sherrard High School will be awarded through the Sherrard Academic Foundation.

One $1,000 scholarship funded by the Farmer's State Bank of Western Illinois will be awarded to a student attending a four-year, two-year or vocational school.

Two $1,000 Sherrard Academic Foundation scholarships and two $750 Holdsworth scholarships will be awarded to students attending a community college, vocational or technical school.

Applicant must be a graduating senior at Sherrard High School

Minimum 2.0 grade point

Based on academic merit, financial need, and essay ("What are your personal educational goals? Describe your need for financial assistance.").

Submit: Transcript, three reference letters, & two essay's (each 300 words or less)

 

12. William and Katherine Butterworth Scholarship - Due Monday, March 3, 2014

Three $2,000 four year scholarships renewable based on continued financial need

and scholastic achievement (Total: $8,000 for each scholarship)

Must live within Moline School District No. 40 boundaries

Graduate from Class of 2014 or Community College student

preparing to transfer to a 4 year university

Minimum 2.5 grade point

Based on applicant's involvement in music, art, or performing arts, financial need, potential for future personal achievement, references, and essay ("Tell us about

yourself and how music and/or art has impacted your life.") and personal

interview

Submit: Transcript, three reference letters, and essay (300 words or less)

All applications are online on the Moline Foundation website. Please check the Moline Foundation website: www.molinefoundation.org or contact Linda Daily at (309)764-4193 if you have further questions.

 

The Moline Foundation, founded in 1953, is a community foundation which connects people who care with causes that matter. We help donors carry out their charitable dreams that allow them to do good in our community. Through the wishes of many generous donors over the past sixty years, grants have been given to health and human services, education, community development, the arts and other charitable organizations. The Moline Foundation receives and administers charitable gifts for all citizens in a seven county region including Rock Island, Henry, Mercer, Warren, Henderson and McDonough in Illinois and Scott County in Iowa. The Moline Foundation offices are located in the historic Deere-Wiman House, 817 11^th Avenue, Moline, Illinois.

 

 

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