Monticello, IA– On Sunday, October 10, 2010, the East Central Federation and Cedar Valley Callers Association will sponsor the 21st Anniversary of the Annual Square Dance Benefit for Camp Courageous.  The calling begins at 1:30 p.m. and ends at 4 p.m. in the main lodge at Camp Courageous.

Callers and cuers are invited from all over eastern Iowa and the surrounding areas.  Dance clubs as well as individuals and couples are welcome to enjoy the afternoon dancing or just observing in the spacious camp lodge.  Tours will be available for anyone interested in seeing all that camp offers including the camp train, the barn and the indoor swimming pool!  Admission fee is a donation to camp.  Participants are asked to bring along cookies, or a snack to share---beverages are provided.

Camp Courageous is a year-round recreational and respite care facility for individuals with mental and physical disabilities, located near Monticello, Iowa.  The camp was built and continues to operate on donations, without government support, without formal sponsorship, and without paid fundraisers.  The camp serves over 5,000 campers with special needs annually.

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Members of U.S. House lining up to pull rug from under president's nationalization

By Bob Unruh
(c) 2010 WorldNetDaily

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks about the leaked Afghan war documents in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

The November election is getting closer. And so is the possibility that Obamacare - with its so-called "death panels," government intervention in health-care decisions and mandates for all consumers to buy the insurance the government specifies - simply will be repealed.

The effort has been assembled by U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, whose discharge petition would call for a new House vote on the proposal.

Share your thoughts about the Obamacare nationalization of health-care decision-making.

It needs 218 signatures of House members, and since that constitutes a majority in the 435-member House, the goal of the discharge petition likely would be accomplished, he has explained. The effort now has 173 signatures, only a few dozen short of the number required.

The plan had collected 170 signatures before the summer congressional break, but since members of Congress returned to Washington, three more names - Jim Gerlach of Pennsylvania, Gene Taylor of Mississippi and Steve Buyer of Indiana - have been added.

King also this week released a statement about Obamacare, noting that it has been six months since its adoption.

"Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi once said that Congress had to pass Obamacare so that Americans would know what was in it. Americans have now had six months to review this unconstitutional legislation, and the majorities seeking repeal continue to grow," he said.

He said more than 20 states already have filed lawsuits against Obamacare, and voters in Missouri have passed a law protecting themselves from Obama's "unconstitutional 'individual mandate.'"

"A recent survey by Rasmussen Reports concludes that 61 percent of the American public wants Obamacare repealed," King said. "Americans should urge their representatives to sign Discharge Petition No. 11 and should also insist that members of Congress pledge to withhold funding for Obamacare's implementation in future Congresses."

Review the names on the discharge petition to see whether your representative is aboard with the plan.

House members who previously endorsed King's plan are:

1. Steve King, Iowa
2. Connie Mack, Florida
3. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota
4. Todd Tiahrt, Kansas
5. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
6. Tom Price, Georgia
7. Paul C. Broun, Georgia
8. Jerry Moran, Kansas
9. Tom Graves, Georgia
10. Rob Bishop, Utah
11. Joseph R. Pitts, Pennsylvania
12. Mike Pence, Indiana
13. Lynn A. Westmoreland, Georgia
14. Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania
15. Jeb Hensarling, Texas
16. Louie Gohmert, Texas
17. Judy Biggert, Illinois
18. John Boozman, Arkansas
19. Kenny Marchant, Texas
20. Jim Jordan, Ohio
21. Jason Chaffetz, Utah
22. Gary G. Miller, California
23. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia
24. Doug Lamborn, Colorado
25. Robert E. Latta, Ohio
26. Tom Cole, Oklahoma
27. Trent Franks, Arizona
28. K. Michael Conaway, Texas
29. Jo Bonner, Alabama
30. Dan Burton, Indiana
31. J. Gresham Barrett, South Carolina
32. John Linder, Georgia
33. Bill Posey, Florida
34. Lynn Jenkins, Kansas
35. Mike Coffman, Colorado
36. Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland
37. Virginia Foxx, North Carolina
38. John Campbell, California
39. Mike Rogers, Alabama
40. Randy Neugebauer, Texas
41. Charles K. Djou, Hawaii
42. Pete Sessions, Texas
43. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Wisconsin
44. Howard Coble, North Carolina
45. Candice S. Miller, Michigan
46. Steve Scalise, Louisiana
47. Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama
48. Phil Gingrey, Georgia
49. Kevin Brady, Texas
50. Pete Olson, Texas
51. C.W. Bill Young, Florida
52. Tom McClintock, California
53. Joe Wilson, South Carolina
54. Mac Thornberry, Texas
55. John R. Carter, Texas
56. John Shimkus, Illinois
57. Mary Fallin, Oklahoma
58. Gus M. Bilirakis, Florida
59. John Fleming, Louisiana
60. Jeff Flake, Arizona
61. W. Todd Akin, Missouri
62. Peter Hoekstra, Michigan
63. Donald A. Manzullo, Illinois
64. Eric Cantor, Virginia
65. Scott Garrett, New Jersey
66. John A. Boehner, Ohio
67. Henry E. Brown, Jr., South Carolina
68. Kay Granger, Texas
69. Parker Griffith, Alabama
70. Ted Poe, Texas
71. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington
72. Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
73. Fred Upton, Michigan
74. Jean Schmidt, Ohio
75. John Sullivan, Oklahoma
76. Peter J. Roskam, Illinois
77. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri
78. Michael C. Burgess, Texas
79. Ken Calvert, California
80. Lee Terry, Nebraska
81. Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina
82. Mary Bono Mack, California
83. Spencer Bachus, Alabama
84. Jeff Miller, Florida
85. John B. Shadegg, Arizona
86. Gregg Harper, Mississippi
87. John Abney Culberson, Texas
88. Dana Rohrabacher, California
89. David P. Roe, Tennessee
90. J. Randy Forbes, Virginia
91. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
92. Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
93. Denny Rehberg, Montana
94. Sue Wilkins Myrick, North Carolina
95. Tom Latham, Iowa
96. Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
97. John Kline, Minnesota
98. Ron Paul, Texas
99. Thomas J. Rooney, Florida
100. Daniel E. Lungren, California
101. Darrell E. Issa, California
102. Harold Rogers, Kentucky
103. John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee
104. Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania
105. Duncan Hunter, California
106. Sam Graves, Missouri
107. Bob Inglis, South Carolina
108. Edward R. Royce, California
109. Ralph M. Hall, Texas
110. Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois
111. Michael T. McCaul, Texas
112. Thaddeus G. McCotter, Michigan
113. Robert J. Wittman, Virginia
114. Lamar Smith, Texas
115. Cynthia M. Lummis, Wyoming
116. Wally Herger, California
117. Vern Buchanan, Florida
118. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey
119. Geoff Davis, Kentucky
120. Jack Kingston, Georgia
121. Brian P. Bilbray, California
122. Zach Wamp, Tennessee
123. Jerry Lewis, California
124. Erik Paulsen, Minnesota
125. Roy Blunt, Missouri
126. Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
127. Frank Wolf, Virginia
128. George Radanovich, California
129. Steve Austria, Ohio
130. Greg Walden, Oregon
131. Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma
132. Adrian Smith, Nebraska
133. Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska
134. Frank A. LoBiondo, New Jersey
135. Sam Johnson, Texas
136. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin
137. John L. Mica, Florida
138. Michael R. Turner, Ohio
139. Aaron Schock, Illinois
140. Cliff Stearns, Florida
141. Devin Nunes, California
142. David Dreier, California
143. Christopher John Lee, New York
144. Kevin McCarthy, California
145. Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania
146. Leonard Lance, New Jersey
147. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California
148. Ander Crenshaw, Florida
149. Elton Gallegly, California
150. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
151. Ed Whitfield, Kentucky
152. Walter B. Jones, North Carolina
153. Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan
154. Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin
155. Doc Hastings, Washington
156. Don Young, Alaska
157. Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida
158. Patrick J. Tiberi, Ohio
159. Mike Rogers, Michigan
160. Joe Barton, Texas
161. Adam H. Putnam, Florida
162. Dave Camp, Michigan
163. Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio
164. Dean Heller, Nevada
165. Peter T. King, New York
166. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
167. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida
168. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
169. Tim Murphy, Pennsylvania
170. Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania

King also has posted a list online divided by state delegations.

The effort in the House continues gaining momentum even though it has been reported but little in the media. Under House rules, once King's discharge petition acquires the needed number of names, it would move forward even if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vigorously opposes it.

All of the GOP representatives and 34 Democrats opposed Obamacare when it was passed on a narrow 219-212 vote earlier this year. King said 212 representatives, at least, should be in favor of overturning it, since they previously opposed it.

Then it will be up to the handful of Democrat votes that would be needed to turn from endorsement to rejection for it to advance.

He also said there are a number of Democrats who supported the nationalization plan who now are running for re-election in districts where residents oppose it.

The proposal states: "Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Steve King of Iowa, move to discharge the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration and Appropriations from the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4972) to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was referred to said committees on March 25, 2010, in support of which motion the undersigned Members of the House of Representatives affix their signatures."

Its target is the $940 billion, or greater, bill adopted by the Democrat-controlled Congress in March.

King said he expects the numbers "to swell."

"Once the discharge petition reaches 218 signatures, Speaker Pelosi will not be able to prevent the repeal legislation from receiving, and passing, a vote on the floor," King's announcement said.

The congressman said the process may be a little complicated to rid the nation of thousands of pages of laws that a majority of voters oppose, but it can be done.

The discharge petition is first, which then can be used as a litmus test against Democrats in November, he said. The likelihood is that if the GOP returns to a majority in the House in November, while President Obama still could veto a complete repeal, the House simply could shut off funding for the program until a new president is elected in 2012, he explained.

In a related effort, almost 41,000 voices from across America are offering their encouragement to members of the House who have yet to sign the discharge petition offered by King.

The campaign is a petition drive that urges members of Congress to repeal Obamacare because of several problems:

* Whereas, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, approved by a narrow vote of the House of Representatives earlier this year, threatens to transform the U.S. health-care system from its roots in free enterprise and personal choice;

* Whereas, the act is unconstitutional because of its unprecedented requirement that Americans purchase a service;

* Whereas, the system the law would create is financially unsustainable, places personal medical decisions in the hands of bureaucrats and is likely to lead to rationing of health-care options;

* Whereas, the act is likely to result in forcing some 87 million Americans to drop their current health-care coverage;

* Whereas, the costs involved in complying with the law are likely to cost more Americans their jobs, inhibit the creation of new employment opportunities and suppress wages ...

The petition drive was launched by Joseph Farah, founder and CEO of WorldNetDaily, who said the results are worthy of note already.

"This is a very impressive petition, but it will be much more impressive at 100,000 or 200,000 or 1 million," he said. "We need people signing and spreading the news about this effort - news that has not been reported anywhere else expect at WND."


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September 28, 2010

(Rock Island, IL.) Fourteenth Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey W. O'Connor along with Circuit Clerk Lisa Bierman announced the opening of a new internet-based legal self-help center for lower income individuals who cannot find an attorney to represent them in civil matters in court. The new center will be located in the Circuit Clerk's Office, General Division on the Third Floor of the Rock Island County Courthouse. The center will be available during regular business hours. Individuals who have computers connected to the internet can access the materials on the Rock Island County Legal Self-Help Center at http://rockisland.illinoislegalaid.org. The center is available online twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week.

"With high unemployment, we are seeing a steady increase in the number of individuals who are forced to come to court without an attorney because they do not have the money to hire one," said Chief Judge O'Connor. "We know that people are better off in court with a skilled attorney," he said. "The reality is, however, that many people cannot pay an attorney to handle their case nor can they find a legal aid attorney to help them. Prairie State Legal Services is overwhelmed with requests for representation," Judge O'Connor said. "While the legal self-help center is not an adequate substitute for an attorney, it does provide valuable legal information that individuals can use to present their case to the judge more effectively," he said. "We hope that unrepresented people
will use this new resource to make their court experience less threatening and more comprehensible," he said.

"While the Circuit Clerk's Office works closely with the judges and the court system, we are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice. People often come first to the Circuit Clerk's Office looking for help with their legal problems when they cannot find a lawyer. We are pleased to have a place to refer these people to get the legal information that they need at no cost to them," said Circuit Clerk Lisa Bierman. "We are providing a public access computer in the General Division of the Circuit Clerk's Office for people to use who do not have a computer at home. The legal self-help center can also be accessed
from any computer with internet access including public access computers at our local public libraries," she said.

"Coming to court without an attorney can be both intimidating and frustrating. All too often people have only a vague idea about how the court system works and what facts need to be presented to the judge," said Joseph A. Dailing, Executive Director of the Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice. "The legal  information on the website, which is written by Illinois attorneys, will give people information about their legal problem as well as legal pleadings to file in court," he said. "Wherever possible we encourage people to find an attorney to help them. The Circuit Clerk's Office will begin handing out a sheet listing information about sources of legal representation," he said. "But inspite of these efforts, some people won't be able to find an attorney and will need to
represent themselves in court. The legal self-help center can make that process less mysterious and less frustrating," he concluded.

"We provide representation and advice to as many low income people as we can but our staff is limited and we cannot help everyone who needs representation, even with the volunteer lawyer program," said Gretchen Farwell, Managing Attorney of the Rock Island Office of Prairie State Legal Services. "For those who we cannot help, the Rock Island County Legal Self-Help Center will provide useful information if people take the time to prepare for their court hearing," she said.

The internet-based legal self-help center provides legal information and court pleadings on a broad array of simpler civil legal problems. The website also has videos explaining the court system and how to go to court. The front page of the website features a short welcoming video by Fourteenth Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey W. O'Connor. It also displays the hours of operation of the center and the location of the center in the courthouse. The homepage features a list of six of the most common legal problems. A search bar at the bottom allows users to search for other legal information.

The legal self-help center was developed by a broad-based collaboration of people and organizations in Rock Island County including the judiciary, the Trial Court Administrator, the Circuit Clerk's Office, Family Resources Domestic Violence Services Program and Prairie State Legal Services. The Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice and Stacie Colston, Outreach Coordinator for Illinois Legal Aid Online, provided technical support and assistance to the planning committee. Illinois Legal Aid Online, an Illinois nonprofit organization, operates and maintains the underlying website for the legal self-help center.

The Rock Island County Legal Self-Help Center is the forty-ninth such center to open in Illinois since 2007. A grant from the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation through Prairie State Legal Services provided the start up funding for the new legal self-help center. The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation receives it funding through an appropriation from the Illinois General Assembly.

For further information, contact Victoria A. Bluedorn, Trial Court Administrator at 309.558.3289.

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WHAT:

Noodles & Company will donate 10 percent of sales to support "Wrap Your Own-Iowa Grown", an initiative of the Iowa Farm to School Program

WHEN:

Monday, October 11, 2010

11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

WHERE:

Noodles & Company - Davenport

5345 Elmore Avenue

Davenport, IA  52807

BACKGROUND:

Noodles & Company features made-to-order noodles, soups and salads inspired from around the world and strive to always nourish and inspire the individuals within the communities it serves.  To help reach this goal, community involvement is an important part of how each restaurant does business in each individual community in which it operates.  Noodles & Company works with a variety of partners including schools, high school and college student organizations, non-profits supporting the arts and a range of events that promote healthy, active lifestyles.

"Wrap Your Own-Iowa Grown" is an initiative of the Iowa Farm to School Program that was started in the fall of 2009. It has continued and is a great opportunity for schools, students, teachers, parents, and the communities to get involved and promote Iowa producers and the Iowa economy, not to mention to encourage healthy eating habits for Iowa children. The goal of this initiative is to promote the purchase of locally-grown vegetables and products to create Iowa grown wraps. This is also an opportunity for students to eat something healthy with great Iowa fixins.

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