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Trio of Augie softball players earn All-CCIW honors
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Two Quad-Cities softball products were named to the All-CCIW team on Monday. Augustana senior center fielder Jillian Gibbs, a Rock Island graduate, was named to the first team. Courtney Ledezma, a United Township graduate and Augie sophomore, was named to the second team. Also on the All-CCIW second team for Augie was sophomores Krista Watson of Coal City. Gibbs hit .313 with six home runs and 17 RBIs this season. Watson, a shortstop, led Augustana with a .380 average as well as a .570 slugging percentage and .429 on-base percentage. Ledezma, a first baseman and pitcher, was the Vikings' RBI leader with 26. She hit .344 with two home runs and a team-leading four triples. In the circle, she went 8-6 with a 2.98 ERA and struck out 66 in 91 2/3 innings. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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