Still Time to Stow Away for Free Summer Performances in July at your Rock Island Library

Rock Island, IL: With acts ranging from hands-on science fun to musical comedy antics, the final two performers in the Rock Island Public Library's Have Book, Will Travel free summer reading program will be something children and families will want to write home about.

On Thursday, July 18, the Rock Island Public Library hosts its first visit from the Bluedorn Science Imaginarium of Waterloo, Iowa, with the Mad Mixtures live science demonstration. The library will host two free performances, with an 11:00 am show at the Main Library, 401 19th Street, and a 1:00 pm show at the Southwest Branch Library, 9010 Ridgewood Road.

The hands-on shows bring science alive for school age children of all ages, and include such experiments as finding out how to make a fire extinguisher, why different things burn at different temperatures, and how cold it is on Pluto using liquid nitrogen. Kids might even come face-to-face with a live snake. The Carl A. and Peggy J. Bluedorn Science Imaginarium is a three-floor, interactive science center in the heart of the Grout Museum District of Waterloo.

On Thursday, July 25, the Rock Island Library becomes a stage for the  high-energy musical antics of Babaloo Music and Fun, with free shows offered at 10:00 am in the Main Library and at 1:30 pm at the Southwest Branch Library. Best described as a one-man musical comedy act for children of all ages, Babaloo has been wowing children with a raucous, zany brand of entertainment for nearly 20 years.  The interactive shows get kids smiling, laughing and up their feet, featuring singing, stomping, dancing, bucket-beating and bubble-busting fun. And with award-winning songs like "My Toothbrush Fell in the Toilet" and "The Wee Wee Dance," what kid could resist?

All performances are free and open to the public. For details on other summer events for all ages, see www.rockislandlibrary.org, follow Facebook/rockislandlibrary, visit any Rock Island Library or call
309-732-7323 (READ).

2013 Summer reading contests and programs are funded by Friends of the Rock Island Public Library, the Milan-Blackhawk Area Public Library District (Southwest Branch location), and the Rock Island Public Library Foundation.

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(Davenport, IA) - With a superior pitching performance backed by bats, gloves and speed, Davenport East Little League took down Davenport Northwest Little League with a score of 8-3 to win the District 2 Championship. Coached by Rob Langeneckert, Tony Valainis and Doug Darland, Davenport East (District 2) will now be heading to the Iowa State Little League tournament in Boone, IA beginning on Saturday, July 20.  To help offset the costs for this week-long tournament, the team will be hosting the following fundraisers:

Saturday, July 13

12 - 4 p.m.

Car Wash

Hy-Vee Gas Parking Lot

3850 Elmore Avenue, Davenport

 

Thursday, July 18

5 - 8 p.m.

Rookies Sports Bar

2818 N Brady St, Davenport

A burger bar will be available for $3 with $1 going back to the league.

$10 raffle tickets are being sold to win prizes including:  LG 50" Plasma TV, LG 32" LED TV, LG Smart TV Blu Ray player with built in Wi-Fi, or a Kindle Fire HD.

The team consists of Ely Adams, Dezmund Craig, Spencer Darland, Caleb Evans, Nick and Will Fleming, Jadrien Laird, Brady Miller, Adam Quested, Will Reemtsma, Anthony Valainis, Spencer Wakeland, and Zack Wirt.  Many of the players are no strangers to winning District and State Championships.  In 2012, many were a part of the winning team that took home the titles of District 2 of Eastern Iowa and Iowa State Champions.

Tax deductible donations may be made payable to Davenport East Little League and sent to Quad City Bank & Trust, 4500 North Brady Street, Davenport, IA  52806.  For more information, to donate raffle items, or  to purchase raffle tickets, please contact Tony Valainis at (563) 570-2738 or Doug Darland at (563) 508-2671.

PRINCETON, NJ (07/11/2013)(readMedia)-- Maureen Malley of Moline, IL, a Voice Pedagogy and Performance major is a 2013 graduate of Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Located in Princeton, N.J., Westminster Choir College prepares musicians for careers as performers and as music leaders in schools, universities, churches and professional and community organizations. It is the home of the world-renowned Westminster Symphonic Choir, which has performed and recorded with virtually all of the leading orchestras and conductors of our time. The College is a division of Rider University's Westminster College of the Arts, which has campuses in Princeton and Lawrenceville, N.J. To learn more about Westminster, go to www.rider.edu/wcc.

Statewide Farm Organization Says Iowa Farmers Have Waited Long Enough to End D.C. Farm Bill Gridlock

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA - July 11, 2013 - Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF), Iowa's largest grassroots farm organization, expressed disappointment today in the House passage of a split Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, widely known as the 2013 Farm Bill that would separate nutrition and farm programs, while repealing permanent farm law.

"Repealing permanent farm law leaves little incentive for Congress to complete future bills in a timely fashion.  The House leaders need to understand that removing permanent farm law leaves farmers, and the food they produce, vulnerable," says Craig Hill, IFBF president.  "The key part of this has been the traditional alliance of nutrition and farm stakeholders, so splitting this weakens the rural voice in this vital debate."

Farm leaders have waited months for any movement on this, and while unconventional, this action today by the House is one step closer to conference with the Senate.  "It is our fervent hope that House leaders will follow through with a nutrition bill so that the whole Farm Bill package can be completed," Hill added. "For too long, political chasms in Washington over the Farm Bill have been casting a mood of uncertainty for Iowa farmers and agribusiness industries.  Unfortunately, this act does long-term harm to rural America and defeats the overall goal of a negotiated bill that benefits all Americans."

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About Iowa Farm Bureau

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation is a grassroots, statewide organization dedicated to enhancing the People, Progress and Pride of Iowa.  More than 153,000 families in Iowa are Farm Bureau members, working together to achieve farm and rural prosperity.  For more information about Farm Bureau and agriculture, visit the online Newsroom page at www.iowafarmbureau.com.