The Bettendorf Discovery Shop in Cumberland Square is excited to announce that Thursday, October 11th from 10:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. we will be revealing our beautiful collection of fur coats and accessories, and our stunning special occasion dresses, tuxedos, jewelry, and accessories.

The Discovery Shop is ready to help you to sparkle and shine for a great cause!  Stop in on Thursday morning to be the first to see all of the lovely items that we have available.  We will help you to find just what you need for your upcoming special occasions, and you can help us to raise money to help in the fight against cancer.  Our donors have been very generous; we have a wonderful assortment of items for you to choose from.

The Discovery Shop is an upscale resale shop selling gently used items all donated by the community it is owned and operated by the American Cancer Society with the proceeds going for cancer research, education, patient services, and advocacy.   The shop is run mainly by a staff of over 80 volunteers.  If you are interested in joining our volunteer group stop in the shop and join us in the fight against cancer.

If you have items that you would like to donate for this event or at any time, donations are gladly accepted during business hours and a tax receipt is always available.  The shop welcomes men's, women's and children's gently used clothing, accessories, jewelry, collectibles and kitchen items.  For more information find us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/QCDiscoveryShop or on Twitter at QCDiscoveryShop

Regular shop hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
And Dunn Bros Coffee is once again an official Corporate Alliance partner with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Join us this month to help raise awareness and funding for the important work this foundation is doing to find a cure.

Here's how we can help The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in October:
  • Start seeing pink! We'll be distributing bright pink cups starting October 1. Raise awareness with every Dunn Brothers drink you purchase in a hot to-go cup. Show it off and show your support.

  • New Dunn Sisters Blend coffee. We're donating $1 for every pound of our fabulous new Dunn Sisters Blend coffee sold in October. This coffee was blended specially for October Breast Cancer Awareness Month and is available only for a limited time. Available in-store or online.

  • Bold Standard Donation Day. On Tuesday, October 9, 25¢ from each medium or large regular-priced beverage sold will be donated to BCRF.

  • Pick up a pink travel mug and raise awareness all year long. Dunn Bros Coffee is donating $1 from every featured pink travel mug sold in October. While supplies last. Learn More

  • Donate your 25¢ sustainability reward. This month only, we'll give you the option to donate your 25¢ reward for using a reusable mug to BCRF.

BCRF mission

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® is dedicated to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime by funding clinical and translational research worldwide.  For more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org.

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They are showing the boss who's boss!

Lancer Productions, the Theatre Department at North Scott High School will be presenting 9 to 5: The Musical for its fall production. Show times will be October 26, 27, and November 3 at 7 pm, and October 8 and November 4 at 2 pm. Performances will be in the North Scott High School Auditorium in Eldridge, Iowa.

Pushed to the boiling point by their boss, three female co-workers, Violet, Doralee and Judy put together a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigoted boss Frank Hart. Set in the late 1970s, 9 TO 5: The Musical is a hilarious story of friendship and revenge. Based on the 1980 hit movie produced by 20th Century Fox Pictures starring Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dabney Coleman, this musical will keep audiences laughing, tapping their toes, and reminiscing about the days before email, faxes, and political correctness.

9 TO 5: The Musical features music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick. The director is Joanie Demmer-Freeman, vocal director Sue Becker, choreographer Connie Bracey, technical directors and house managers Tom Goodall and Steve Parmley, costumes Margo Stites, accompanist Terri Wittkowski, and orchestra director Alan Guss.

Tickets are available at the door and are $10 for adults and $6 for students and Senior Citizens. Members of Plus 60 and other seniors are invited to join Lancer Productions before the Sunday, October 28 and November 4 matinees for buy one get one free tickets and to meet in the lobby for coffee and dessert and the chance to sign up for door prizes.

For additional information contact Joanie Demmer-Freeman at joanie.demmer@north-scott.k12.ia.us.

NOTE: Reserved seating is not available for this production. Tickets are available at the door only!

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The leads in this musical are (from left) Danielle Berger as Doralee, Ashley Crouch as Judy Bernly, Maria Leik as Violet, and Nathan Greve as Mr. Hart.

Galena, Illinois - Celebrate the new vintage with wine-inspired lunches, dinners and tastings at the 28th Annual Nouveau Wine Weekend in Galena, Illinois, November 16-17! The weekend starts at noon on Friday, when many area restaurants offer traditional French peasant stew made with Nouveau wine. At 2:30 pm, Cellars Vineyard & Winery releases their Nouveau wine with horse-drawn wagon delivery to downtown businesses and a parade of revelers. Galena comes alive with a multitude of offerings: vineyard tours, wine dinners, wine tasting, lodging, shopping and spa specials throughout the beautiful, relaxing corner of northwestern Illinois. Web: www.nouveauweekend.com

Revelers join in a horse-drawn wagon parade down Galena, Illinois's Main Street celebrating the release of Galena Cellars' limited edition Nouveau wine.

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The Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College are partnering to offer a four-week lecture series on the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens.

The annual fall Frieze Lecture Series brings Augustana College professors into the Rock Island Main Library for thought-provoking college lectures with no grades or tests. This year's theme is "What the Dickens?" with each lecture featuring a topic related to one of the best-known writers in the English language..

The lecture series is offered in the Rock Island Main Library Community Room, 401 19th Street, at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, October 23, 30, November 6 and 13. Coffee and conversation follow the lectures. Dates, presenters and topics include :

Tuesday, October 23: Dr. Karin Youngberg, Augustana College English department, will provide an overview of the life and work of Charles Dickens. Dr. Youngberg, who holds Augustana's Conrad Bergendoff Chair in the Humanities, will set the table for the Series' consideration of Dickens' place in literature and history.

Tuesday, October 30: Dr. David Ellis, Augustana College history department, will speak on the world Dickens inhabited, considering the key themes and issues in British, European and global history at the time Dickens was active.

Tuesday, November 6: Dr. Catherine Goebel, Augustana College art history department, will offer a slide lecture on artists important to Dickens. Dr. Goebel, who holds Augustana's Paul A. Anderson Chair in the Arts, will discuss both those artists who were favorites of Dickens and those who found inspiration in his literary works.

Tuesday, November 13: Dr. Umme al-Wazedi, Augustana College English department, will provide a post-colonial view of the staunchly pro-colonial Dickens, and consider how his place in literature has changed in a world vastly different from the one in which he lived.

Presentations are free and open to the public. For more details about events at the Rock Island Library, call 309.732-7303 or check the online calendar at www.rockislandlibrary.org

CHICAGO - Lt. Governor Sheila Simon will launch a statewide cell phone drive in conjunction with Verizon Wireless' HopeLine campaign on Monday in Springfield. Each donated phone will be entirely erased, and could be given to a domestic violence victim for emergency use.

For each phone donated, Verizon will donate $10 to the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Phones can be donated at the following locations:

·         Lt. Governor's Chicago office - James R. Thompson Center 15th floor

·         Lt. Governor's Springfield office - 214 State Capitol

·         Lt. Governor's Carbondale office - IDOT Facility, 2801 W. Murphysboro Rd.

·         Chicago Bar Association bookstore - 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago

·         Illinois State Bar Association - 424 S. Second St., Springfield

"We have the ability to refurbish old technology in a safe and sensible way," Simon said. "Instead of tossing an old cell phone in your junk drawer or the trash, donate it to someone where one emergency call could save their life."

DATE: Monday, October 1

TIME: 11 a.m.

LOCATION: Governor's Mansion, 410 East Jackson Street, Springfield

 

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Twelve Mothers of Fallen Servicemembers Presented with Gold Star Banners

CHICAGO - September 30, 2012. Today Gold Star Banners were presented to 12 Illinois mothers whose sons and daughters died in combat while serving their country in the Global War on Terror. More than 170 members of Illinois' Gold Star families who lost family members on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001 attended the ceremony at Chicago's Cultural Center.

The ceremony, which was co-sponsored by the USO of Illinois, marked Gold Star Mother's Day. The day has been commemorated on the last Sunday in September since President Franklin Roosevelt declared the first Gold Star Mother's Day in 1936. On Aug. 16, 2009, Governor Quinn signed legislation to formally designate Gold Star Mothers Day in Illinois. A list of the 2012 Illinois Gold Star recipients is attached.

"While we gather every September to honor Gold Star mothers, our work to honor the sacrifices of our service men and women never stops," Governor Quinn said. "Those who have made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our nation and their families will never be forgotten."

Presenting Gold Stars to mothers is an American tradition dating back to 1918, at the end of World War I. At that time, President Woodrow Wilson suggested that instead of wearing conventional mourning black from head to toe, families of men and women who had died in service to their country should wear a black armband with a gold star to signify their loss and their pride. Bereaved families also displayed Gold Star banners - gold stars on a white background with a wide red border - in the windows of their homes.

Verizon Wireless co-sponsored the Illinois 2012 Gold Star ceremony for the sixth straight year along with the American Legion and the VFW.  Starwood Hotels and American Airlines provided the travel and accommodations for the out of town guests.

Erica Borggren, director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs was joined by Wayne Wagner, State Commander, American Legion; Bill Wolff, Past State Commander, VFW, Alison Ruble, President and COO of the USO Illinois, John Bartosiewicz, President, Illinois Freedom Run and Linda Kozma, Chairwoman, American Airline Veteran Military Employee Resource Group.

 

2012 Gold Star Recipients

Recipient                      Son                            Hometown

Patricia Shanower                  U.S. Navy Commander Dan Shanower                    Naperville

Sheila McDonald                    U.S. Marine Corps CPL Jonathan S. Beatty              Ottawa

Margaret Palmatier                 U.S. Marine Corps CPL Jacob C. Palmatier             Springfield

Michele Crackel                      U.S. Army SSG Alexander Crackel                        North Aurora

Olivia Segura                          U.S. Army SPC Ashley Sietsema                              Dekalb

Christina Sweet                       U.S. Army SPC Christopher P. Sweet                       Springfield

Eva Hawking                          U.S. Marine Corps LCPL Nickolas A. Daniels           Elmwood Park

Jackie Metzger                       U.S. Army SSG Jonathan M. Metzger                      St. Anne

Sylvia McHone                       U.S. Marine Corps Nathan R. McHone                     Crystal Lake

Modie Lavin                            U.S. Marine Corps CPT Conner T. Lowry                 Chicago

Julianne Weiss                        U.S. Army 1LT Daniel A. Weiss                                 Naperville

Socorro Bethke                       U.S. Marine Corps CPL Alex Martinez                      Elgin

 

For more information, please visit OperationHomefront.org


 


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We hope you will join us as we travel to Chicago's Mercury Theater on Saturday, December 8th! This is a fantastic opportunity to see the beauty of the city at Christmastime as we walk the Christkindlmart and see the heartwarming tale of the Christmas Schooner!

Tickets are $100 for members and $110 for non-members. The bus company is holding our place but the theater company needs to hear from us as soon as possible! Call 563-322-8844 today to reserve your spot! We look forward to hearing from you and spending this wonderful day in your company,



THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER is based on a beloved Chicago story. The 'Rouse Simmons', a Great Lakes schooner, was known as "The Christmas Tree Ship." Its captain risked life and limb to transport fir trees from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Chicago's German immigrants during the late 19th century. A timely and stirring tale of love and loss, The Christmas Schooner reminds us of tradition, and our responsibility to celebrate the living while honoring our heritage.

CLIMB Theatre is bringing its acclaimed programming to Hopewell and Cody Elementary Schools on Thursday, October 11th and Pleasant view and Riverdale Heights Elementary Schools on Friday, October 12th.  Professional actors will be in residence performing CLIMB's original plays: Bugs and The Bystander.

"Our programs reached nearly 450,000 students in past years," reports Peg Wetli, founder of CLIMB.  "I believe the quality of our programming is the best it's ever been."

Given the serious consequences that arise when a 'school bullying' situation exists, more schools are seeking outside programming to teach appropriate techniques to students regarding how to deal with bullying and harassment in and outside the classroom. Each year, CLIMB brings our plays and classes to over 400 schools throughout MN, IA, ND, SD and WI.   Students learn that kids who bully can be any size, come from any background, and girls can bully, too.

"We want students to understand ways to NOT give their power over to kids who bully," says Buffy Sedlachek, Producer at CLIMB. "Through theatre, students learn how to effectively take a stand against bullying and they also learn that bystanders can have a big impact on creating bully-free schools."

CLIMB is Creative Learning Ideas for Mind and Body

For over 35 years, CLIMB Theatre has brought quality character education programming into schools and other educational settings. Its mission is to create and perform plays, classes, and other works that inspire and propel young people toward actions that benefit themselves, each other, and the community.  CLIMB's programming is available in a variety of formats, including plays, interactive classroom activities, and professional development workshops for students and administrators.

For more information about CLIMB, visit http://. CLIMB is funded in part by a grant provided the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Friday, September 28, 2012

CHICAGO–Obama for America announced today that Vice President Biden will deliver remarks at a grassroots event in Iowa on Thursday, October 4.

Details on the Vice President`s campaign event in Iowa are forthcoming.

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