27 Dec 2013

Local Domestic Violence Shelter Awarded National Verizon Foundation Grant

By Ann Ring

Rock Island, IL - Christian Care's Domestic Violence Shelter has received a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation. "Christian Care is grateful to the Verizon Foundation for its support of our services for women who have been abused," said Grants and Funding Coordinator Ann Ring. "Our services not only address the immediate needs?safe shelter, food and clothing?of our clients and other community members, but also help them to heal from their trauma by processing the emotional, physical and economic effects of domestic violence. We would be unable to provide these life-altering services to those in need without the much-needed support of donors like the Verizon Foundation."

The Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon, uses its technology, financial resources and partnerships to address critical social issues, with a focus on education and domestic violence prevention. In 2011, the foundation awarded more than $66 million to nonprofit agencies in the U.S. and abroad. For more information on the foundation, visit verizonfoundation.org.

Christian Care is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating two facilities?a domestic violence shelter for abused women and children and a rescue mission for homeless men. It serves homeless individuals, victims of domestic violence, veterans, men and women coming out of prison, and those with mental illnesses.

Christian Care's community meal site is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner on weekdays Monday through Friday, and for breakfast and dinner on Saturday and Sunday. Breakfast is served at 6:30 a.m., lunch at 12:15 p.m., and dinner at 6:30 p.m. If you know of someone in need, call Christian Care's crisis hotline any hour of the day at (309) 788-2273 or visit online at christiancareqc.org.

27 Dec 2013

U.S. Senate Candidate Mark Jacobs Submits Comment to the EPA in Support of the Renewable Fuel Standard

By Alissa Ohl

WEST DES MOINES - U.S. Senate candidate Mark Jacobs today submitted the following comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS):

Subject: Protect the RFS, economic growth, consumer choice, and enhance national security: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0479

Dear President Obama and EPA Administrator McCarthy:

I am deeply concerned that the proposal to reduce the amount of renewable fuel we use under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will negatively impact jobs and economic growth in my home state of Iowa as well as other states.

In addition, the proposed changes will result in reduced consumer choices and higher prices at the pump across the country. Ethanol has demonstrated that it can compete head-to-head with petroleum products on an economic basis. Today, however, the oil industry exerts significant influence and control over the distribution of transportation fuels, and the RFS is essential to help level the playing field for alternative sources of energy.

We need reliable, affordable energy that is developed in an environmentally responsible way. Increased energy production in America can add thousands of new jobs and help keep energy prices low for all Americans. Low energy prices, in turn, help drive growth in other sectors of the economy. Renewable energy sources can continue to play an important role in this regard. The development of the renewable fuels industry has been one of the great success stories in America, and it has helped us reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

In Iowa alone, the renewable fuel industry supports 60,000 direct and indirect jobs. Most of these jobs are located in our rural communities. Reducing the amount of renewable fuels means replacing it with more oil. Studies have shown that this proposal would result in several billion dollars of additional cost for consumers. Moreover, the U.S. has a stated policy of enhancing our national security by reducing our dependence on the Middle East. Over the last seven years, our dependence on foreign oil has dropped from over 60% to just over 40%. The development of the renewable fuel industry has played a significant role in this improvement.

The RFS has been under attack recently. I would encourage our policymakers to look beyond the rhetoric and carefully consider the facts. Without the RFS, our nation's transportation fuels market will be left as a petroleum monopoly, with prices subject to the whims of geopolitical events. American families will be denied sensible fuel alternatives and our economy will be denied precious, good-paying jobs. We must protect the RFS. In the case of renewable fuel, what's good for Iowa is also good for American consumers.

Mr. President and Administrator McCarthy, I respectfully ask that you do what's right and stand up for everyday Americans and protect the current RFS.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Mark Jacobs

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To learn more about Mark Jacobs, please visit: www.jacobsforiowa.com

27 Dec 2013

LeClaire Chamber of Commerce Announcements - 12/27/2013

By LeClaire Chamber of Commerce

ANNOUNCEMENTS - Friday 12/27/2013

Saturday, February 1, 2014. Chamber Annual Awards Dinner

Davenport County Club 25500 Valley Drive, Pleasant Valley, IA

5:30-6:30 Cocktails (cash bar) and Silent Auction

6:30 Awards

7:00 Dinner

8:00 Live Auction

6-10 Music by Keep Off the Grass

Please RSVP by January 24 to First Central State Bank at 563-289-2265 or dmulvania@firstcentralsb.com $35 per person paid in advance. Make check payable to LeClaire Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 35, LeClaire, IA 52753. Casual Party Attire. To donate for auction items, take items to First Central State Bank or email chamber for more information.

Time to Renew your LeClaire Chamber of Commerce Membership or Join for 2014! Go to www.leclairechamber.com to renew or join, or see the attached form to complete and return. Deadline to renew, February 1, 2014. Thank you for your membership!

CALENDAR

Now thru Jan. 12th - Enright's LeClaire Super Car Wash - Annual Holiday Token Sale - 8 tokens for $30. Each token has a value of $6.50. Stop in for tokens and to register for weekly winners drawings! Tokens Make Great Gifts! Stock up for winter!

December 31st - Riverview Roadhouse: New Year's Eve - ringing in the New Year with DJ Klucker. New Year's Day - open at 11am to watch all the football games. Scotch Doubles Pool Tournament starting at 2pm on New Year's Day, $5.00 per person. 701 N. Cody Road, LeClaire, IA 563-289-9969

December 31st - The Faithful Pilot Café - New Year's Eve - Seven courses includes champagne toast at the end of your meal. Seatings at 6pm & 8:30pm for $100 per person (no coupons or discounts) $50 for a wine pairing will include 5 glasses of wine per person. Phone: 563-289-4156 or email faithfulpilot@gmail.com. 117 N. Cody Road, LeClaire, IA.

December 31st - Stevenson's: New Year's Eve - Open for regular dinning from 5-9 and a party from 10-1. The party is $75 plus tax and gratuity. It includes appetizer stations, open bar, live music, a dance floor, a photo booth and a shot ice luge. Also providing people with a ride home if they need it. Call for reservations: 563-289-3600. 1399 Eagle Ridge Road, Le Claire, IA.

December 31st - The Crane & Pelican Café - New Year's Eve is offering two seatings for New Year's Eve - 6pm & 8pm. The menu is on their website www.craneandpelican.com. Three delicious courses for $45. They are filling up fast so call today for your reservation 563-289-8774. 127 2nd Street South, LeClaire, IA

Save the Date

January 14th - Chamber Networking Lunch - Happy Joe's - noon - everyone welcome!

January 25^th - Freedom Rock Trivia - LeClaire Fire Station Come help raise funds for the Freedom Rock, coming to the LeClaire levee as the chosen site for all of Scott County! Doors open at 6:00 pm and trivia will start at 7pm. Cost is $10 per person. All proceeds will go to the Freedom Rock fund. You don't have to be good at trivia - come for the fun and to support this great cause! To reserve a table, email freedomrockscottcountyiowa@gmail.com or contact Barry Long - 563-949-6969.

February 1^st - LeClaire Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner - Davenport Country Club - more details and invitations to come!

February 8^th - TugFest Trivia - LeClaire Fire Station Doors open at 6:00 pm and trivia will start at 7pm. Cost is $10 per person. You don't have to be good at trivia - come for the fun! To reserve a table, email iowatugfestfan@gmail.com

March 1^st - Rock and Roll Bingo! LeClaire Rec Center - Fund raiser for Freedom Rock. Songs will be played and you identify the songs on bingo cards. There will be 50/50 and other raffles. Event will be hosted by Cody Tucker of B100! More details to come!

FYI

Visit the NEW LeClaire Chamber of Commerce website www.leclairechamber.com and see our updated Facebook page!

New Lunch Menu at Blue Iguana - all lunch entree options are 9 dollars.

Faithful Pilot - Every Wednesday 1/2 priced wine night with Chef's Tapas menu to go along side. Don't forget to book all of your holiday parties with The Faithful Pilot or bring Chef Robert into your home and let us cater your holiday event! Now open for lunch, 12-2, Wed-Sat.

Buffalo Bill Museum Expansion "It's an exciting time in the museum's almost 57 year history," said Robert Schiffke, Executive Director of the Buffalo Bill Museum & River Pilots' Pier, "as we start another expansion of our facility." The women who were members of the LeClaire Women's Club, who founded the museum in 1957, wouldn't recognize the building today, but they would see many of the items first exhibited in its original location at 114 North Cody Road, LeClaire. Included will be an Archival Workroom allowing careful access to the museum's extensive print and photograph collection, a "hands on" classroom for children visiting the museum, and exhibits that highlight LeClaire's role in the region's economic growth through its shipyards, button factories, and river pilots who opened the region to river commerce. An architectural drawing of the expansion is available for public view at the museum during regular hours, and donations towards the expansion are being accepted. "We appreciate the support of the community in this project, and donations of artifacts and funds are always welcome. We are truly a community institution, and volunteers have grown the museum into the LeClaire landmark that it is today" said Connie Curlott, President of the Board of Directors. The museum is open 9am - 4pm, Mon.-Saturday; 12noon - 4pm, Sundays. Call 563-289-5580 for more information or to donate to the

Commercial space for rent - 204 Jones St. - Call 563-370-2386 for more information. Will show by appointment. Commercially zoned only.

Park Run Apartments/Newbury Living complex - 1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms Available - 1701 Iowa Drive, LeClaire, Iowa 52753. Washer & dryers in every unit along with all other appliances. Each apartment has either a balcony or a patio. Considerable storage in each 1 BR, 2 BR or 3 BR unit. Call (563) 289-5159 for a tour and more information today!

Do you have Residential or Commercial property available? If you own residential rental property or commercial property that is available for lease or sale in the greater LeClaire region, please contact the LeClaire Chamber of Commerce, leclairechamber@gmail.com, with a property description, complete contact information including phone numbers and rental or purchase pricing. As a service to the community, we would like to have the information available so we can share the most up-to-date information on our website!

SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND

First Presbyterian Church of LeClaire Meals for Seniors at the church every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12 noon. Good food and a time to visit with others. Please call 563-289-3646 and make a reservation 2 days in advance.

27 Dec 2013

January 2014 Declared "National Radon Action Month"

By Cancer Awareness

Help Prevent Lung Cancer in 2014 by Spreading Awareness

January 2014 has been declared "National Radon Action Month" according to the Evironmental Protection Agency. Health agencies throughout the United States have joined forces to promote awareness of the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers. The American Lung Association, Centers for Disease Control, and National Cancer Institute all agree that radon is a national health problem and encourage radon testing during the January awareness drive.

Radon is a naturally occuring, invisible and odorless radioactive gas. One in 15 American homes contains high levels of radon. Millions of Americans are unknowingly exposed to this dangerous gas. In fact, a recent study by Harvard University ranks radon as America's leading in-home hazard. By taking simple steps to test your home for radon and fix if necessary, this health hazard can be avoided.

Radon gas is not isolated to certain geographic areas or home types. Radon problems have been detected in homes in every county in the U.S. It has caused more American fatalities last year than carbon monoxide, fires and handguns combined! If a home hasn't been tested for radon in the past two years, EPA and the Surgeon General urge you to take action. Contact your state radon office for information on locating qualified text kits or qualified radon testers.

Learn more about national radon action month at www.RadonMonth.org

27 Dec 2013

Governor Quinn Announces 5,000 Affordable Rental Homes Financed in 2013

By Brooke Anderson

State Support Enables Creation and Preservation of Quality Housing, Creates Jobs Across State

CHICAGO - Governor Quinn today announced that the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) provided more than $471 million in financing this year to make 5,000 quality affordable rental homes available to working families, seniors and people with disabilities. Since Governor Quinn took office, IHDA has provided $2.2 billion in financing to build or preserve more than 19,600 affordable apartments in 131 communities across the state, generating an estimated 20,280 jobs. Today's announcement is part of the Governor's agenda to ensure quality affordable housing for people in-need across Illinois.

"Affordable housing is important to the fabric of our communities," Governor Quinn said. "That is why are working tirelessly to increase affordable housing options for working families, seniors and people with disabilities throughout Illinois, which also creates thousands of jobs and drives our economy forward."

Creating and preserving affordable rental housing works as an economic engine to generate construction and post-construction jobs and spur local economic activity. Affordable housing financed through the state in 2013 is estimated to create 3,200 construction and post-construction jobs.

Just in time for the holidays, Rhonda Pruitt and her twin 3-year-old sons recently moved into a three-bedroom townhome in the new construction 20-unit Greenleaf Manor development in Glenview. A clergy member at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wilmette, Pruitt and her family were staying with family members but wanted to find a permanent stable and secure home of their own.

"For much of my boys' lives, they have lived somewhere else," Pruitt said. "Now, when they say to me, 'Can we go home now?' - I'm able to say, 'Yes, we're going home.'"

As the state's housing finance agency, IHDA provided federal Housing Credits that generated private equity totaling nearly 90 percent of the cost to develop Greenleaf Manor. Developed by Chicago-based Daveri Development Group, Greenleaf Manor features two-, three- and four-bedroom townhome apartments for families earning no more than 60 percent of the area median income, or $39,780 in the Chicago area for a three-person household.

The need for affordable housing is nationwide. In 1960, about one in four renters were cost burdened, or paid more than 30 percent of their income for housing. Today, one in two are cost burdened, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

"Renters represent nearly one-third of households in Illinois, and approximately 425,000 are extremely low-income," IHDA Executive Director Mary R. Kenney said. "Governor Quinn's administration is focused on working together with our federal, local and private partners to create and sustain affordable housing statewide to meet the needs of Illinois residents."

To qualify for the affordable units financed through the state, residents must earn at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), or $36,300 in the Springfield area, $36,000 in Peoria area or $37,380 in Metro East for a three-person household.

A list of developments offering affordable rents is available at www.ihda.org or www.ilhousingsearch.org.

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27 Dec 2013

This Week in Downtown Davenport: 12/27 - 1/2

By QC Chamber

Hello!

Start off the new year by celebrating local! Ring in 2014 with Me & Billy's with an all you can eat Fiesta Buffet, drink specials, a champagne toast, DJ Twisted Mic, and more! At River Music Experience, celebrate the new year with friends, drinks, and folk rock music during the NYE Show with The Giving Tree Band! You can even head to the RiverCenter for the NYE 2014 Retro on the River: Too White Crew.

If you're looking for a place to stay the night and live entertainment with hor d'oeuvres, Hotel Blackhawk is holding 10 rooms at a discounted price for the first ticket holders that are attending the New Years Bash at Barrel House 211. If you're hunting for something a bit more family oriented this week, head to The River's Edge for ice skating. The Freight House Farmers Market is always a fine option, too.

Until then, you'll find even more entertainment at River Music Experience this week. On Saturday morning, participate in the Community Drum Circle which features improvised rhythms and a time to groove with friends. Later on, venture back for a night of live progressive bluegrass when Cornmeal takes the stage. Cornmeal is always a blast, so bring your dancin' shoes and get down to some jamtastic bluegrass!

Take a break from all the holiday baking and treat yourself to a New Year's Day Celebration Brunch at Rhythm City Casino on Wednesday. Enjoy New York steaks cooked to order, your favorite breakfast items, an omelet station, and drinks! Of course, all of our bars and restaurants will be hosting NYE parties of some kind, so pick your favorite and plan to visit us.

Not sure what to do with the plethora of photos you've taken this holiday season? Frame them, of course! Head to My Favorite Frame Shop for art and picture framing at a professional level and value price! What better way to spice up your home or office with photos of great holiday memories? While you're there, be sure to also shop whimsical houses and wood spirit carvings.

See you downtown!

This Week's Events: December 27 - January 1

Friday, December 27

12 Hours of Gifts

Where: Rhythm City Casino

Time: 10:30 a.m. - Noon; 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

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