Last weekend saw some activity at the conference center in Moline. Check out these stories:
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My loyalties are divided. I grew up in Moline, Illinois, went to college at the University of Illinois in ChampaignUrbana and law school at Northwestern in Chicago. I work in Illinois, but since 1980 have been living in Iowa.
So Illinois won our tugging of war last weekend and now has a good lead in the [...]
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We took the kids tubing right up between Leclaire and Port Byron where the river widens:
I am the spotter — I tell Kim when they have fallen off the tube. Or as happened with this tube, when it deflates!!
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There is a rivalry between Leclaire, IA and Port Byron, IL. We have a rope tug of war across the river every year. Well, the weekend is coming up. See this link:
http://www.tugfest.com/
Place your bets. Who wins, Iowa or Illinois? I have mixed loyalties. I live in Iowa, work in Illinois and went to college and [...]
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Our house is on an old canal entrance. There is a long lateral dam that runs for quite a ways, from the entrance to the old locks (which are now summer recreational locks) up to just south of the town of Leclaire. Lateral dams run parallel to the shore, wing dams perpendicular to the shore.
Here [...]
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Say you are just out for a cruise and suddenly, you are very very hungry. If the Burger Boat is not nearby, then it is time to pull into shore and get a bite. Here are some restaurants where you can dock your boat and go on in.
GO FISH
This new entry is up the river [...]
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