The Friends of Credit Island Park present the 2012 Haunted Island Hayrack Rides.

This family-friendly event will take place on October 12 and 13 at Credit Island Park, 2200 West River Drive in Davenport. The fun begins at 6:30pm with storytelling, hayrack rides and more. Concessions are available inside the Credit Island Lodge.

Cost is $12 for adults, $8 for kids 4 - 11, and kids 3 and under are free.

Rain date is Oct 19 and 20.

For more information, contact Bob at 563-529-3080.

Sponsored in part by Davenport Parks & Recreations, the Riverboat Development Authority, The Family Credit Union, Credit Island Park and the River Cities' Reader.

Helping Prevent Child Abduction & Human Trafficking

We will identify the problems but focus on the solutions.

Child Abduction, Prevention & Rescue. * Human Trafficking, Cartels in America.* Pornography impact *TerroristInvolvement in pornography *NationalSecuritThreat *Positive Role of the Faith Based Community *Updates on current events *Successes and Rescues  

Speakers Presenters

Governor Terry Branstad , U.S. Senator Grassley,

Detective Sergeant, Oscar Mejia,   DrugCartel Expert, Noreen Gosch,

Ric Lumbard (restoring victims)Baz: C.I.A. former, deep cover rescues,

Tamara Scott , Chuck Hurley (Iowa trafficking legislation), Jim Rothstein , Special Investigator of abduction & trafficking ,

Tania Fiolleau, former madam of 400 prostitutes ,

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children* Drew and Heather

Collins, parents of Missing Child, Dale Whiting, Timothy Plan, and more.   * Subject to change

Interesting surprise. Don't miss it.

REGISTRATION:   $59.00 includes conference and lunch** $79.00 at the door

DATE:   October 19, 2012  
LOCATION:   Embassy Suites, Des Moines, Iowa

TIME : 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Speakers and Lunch (Provided)

5:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. Dinner break 
6:30 P.M. Movieof "Border Wars" about the cartels

 

Register Today!!! SPACE IS LIMITED

www.preventingabuse.org or call   323-851-3872

I personally look forward to see you at the conference

Tony Nassif
President/founder
PreventingAbuseConference

The 41st annual Quad Cities CROP Hunger Walk to be held this Sunday, October 7, 2012 beginning at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport and crossing the Centennial Bridge into Rock Island.

Looking to make a difference in these trying times, the Quad Cities CROP Hunger Walk has set a goal of 1,000 Walkers and hopes to raise $60,000 to help stop hunger and poverty here in our community and around the world, through self-help initiatives. A portion of the funds raised here in the Quad Cities will go to the hunger-fighting work at local food pantries and other agencies.

Last year, 800 Walkers raised more than $58,000 in their locally organized CROP Hunger Walk.

This year the Quad Cities and some 2,000 cities and towns nationwide are joining together in interfaith community CROP Hunger Walks around the theme "Ending hunger one step at a time." Many of the CROP Walkers will be wearing T-shirts, proclaiming their solidarity with the millions of neighbors around the world who have to walk to live -- as well as with the millions served by local food pantries, food banks, and meal sites here in the U.S. These local ministries share in the funds raised by CROP Hunger Walks.

Haiti is one part of the world where CROP Hunger Walks are making a big difference. In the aftermath of the killer earthquake, Church World Service was there with much-needed emergency assistance. With the recovery effort in full swing, CWS is helping families and communities to rebuild homes, food supplies and livelihoods.

CROP Hunger Walks also play a role in the U.S., helping communities ravaged by floods and tornadoes to recover.

For more information about the Quad Cities CROP Hunger Walk, contact Anne Wachal of Churches United of the Quad City Area at 563-332-5002 or awachal@cuqca.org.

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