LeClaire, Iowa, June 5, 2013 - This Friday marks Mississippi River Distilling Company's monthly First Friday.  This open house social will be held June 7 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.  MRDC and Chef Stephanie are planning a real treat for everyone who comes out, Bourbon Ice Cream featuring Cody Road Bourbon.  We'll be sampling a cocktail just for the evening called Ananda.  It starts with River Rose Gin, then adds pineapple juice, grapefruit juice and honey simple syrup.  The second cocktail will be a classic daiquiri featuring Dry Dock Sorghrum.  Both are cool and refreshing cocktails for summertime!  Free samples of both food and drink will be served and the complete recipes can be found at our website www.mrdistilling.com.        

This Friday night, MRDC is kicking off their new rewards program.  We invite anyone to become a part of "The Crew" and when they sign up with instantly start earning points with each purchase that can then be used for discounts on future purchases.  To celebrate this new initiative, we'll be giving away a free "Crew" pint glass that says "Inaugural Voyage June 7, 2013" during First Friday to everyone who purchases a bottle of MRDC spirits.  More detailed information on "The Crew" rewards program will be coming out soon.    

Mississippi River Distilling Company is open from 10 AM to 5 PM Monday through Saturday and from 12 to 5 PM Sundays.  Free tours are offered to the public daily on the hour from 12 to 4 PM or by appointment.  The tour takes visitors through the entire distilling process.  Tours end in the Grand Tasting Room with free samples of products for those patrons over 21 years of age.

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Kenosha, Wis. - Carthage College celebrated Commencement on May 26, 2013.

Students from our local area receiving degrees include : 

Jennifer Fyfe of Davenport with a BA in French Communication

Jeremiah Watson of Davenport with a BA in Psychology

Nathan Moore of Moline with a  BA in Accounting/Finance. Mr. Moore graduated Cum Laude.

Established in 1847, Carthage is a college of the liberal arts and sciences affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The College enrolls 2,500 students and is situated on the Lake Michigan shore in Kenosha, Wis., midway between Chicago and Milwaukee. The Collegiate Learning Assessment has ranked Carthage among the top 20 percent of colleges and universities nationwide for the academic gains of its students.

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Rock Island, IL -Nelson Chiropractic, located in Bettendorf, will be hosting a Patient Appreciation Week June 10 through June 14. During this special week, Dr. Nelson, Dr. Friemel and Dr. Gall will be donating their time and services?consultation, state-ofthe-art computerized spinal exam and x-rays if they are needed?to new patients in exchange for a $20 donation to Christian Care's Domestic Violence Shelter. This is a value of over $200! Nelson Chiropractic will also be taking donations from anyone who wants to drop off supplies or money for the organization.

Christian Care, a local nonprofit, provides safe shelter, nutritious meals, and a wide variety of resources to needy men, women and children throughout the Quad Cities. Our vision is to transform the lives of those we serve, offering the homeless and survivors of domestic violence an opportunity to start a new, more productive life.

We rely on the generosity, kindness and enthusiasm of donors to help us serve the hundreds of men, women and children who turn to Christian Care for assistance each year.  

Dr. Nelson encourages people to take advantage of this opportunity to help the local shelter and invites them to call Nelson Chiropractic at (563) 359-9541 to make an appointment today. Due to legal restrictions, this offer is not available to patients with state or federally funded healthcare plans, such as Medicaid and Medicare.

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(DES MOINES) - Gov. Terry Branstad today announced he will sign Senate File 295 on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Hawkeye Ready-Mix, Inc. in Hiawatha. The historic bill provides property tax relief all classes of Iowa property: agricultural, residential, commercial and industrial.

Once signed into law, Senate File 295 accomplishes the following:

• Historic reduction stimulating job creation, with approximately $4.9 billion in tax relief over ten years.
• Permanent property tax relief

•       10% reduction in taxable value on commercial and industrial property, coupled with a $125 million property tax credit targeted to small businesses

•       Significant property tax relief for telecom property and multiresidential property

• No shift of the tax burden to other classes of property
• Relief for all classes of property

•       Reduces assessment growth limitation from 4% to 3%, saving agricultural and residential property an estimated $500 million annually by year ten

• Extends the Property Assessment Appeal Board
• Provides approximately $90 million in annual income tax savings to Iowa taxpayers

The following event is open to the media:

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

1 p.m. Gov. Branstad signs historic property tax relief bill, Senate File 295

Hawkeye Ready-Mix , Inc.

1340 Hawkeye Drive

Hiawatha, IA

Senate File 295: An act relating to state and local finances by establishing a business property tax credit for commercial, industrial, and railway property, establishing and modifying property assessment limitations, providing for commercial and industrial property tax replacement payments, providing for the classification of multiresidential property, modifying provisions for the taxation of telecommunications company property, providing for the study of the taxation of telecommunications company property, providing a taxpayers trust fund tax credit, modifying provisions relating to the property assessment appeal board, modifying the amount of the earned income tax credit, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date, implementation, retroactive applicability, and other applicability provisions.

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