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Daily planner, June 8, 2012
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Today Jason Carl Band (Friday Live At 5) 5-7 p.m., Courtyard, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. Free, (563) 326-1333. Gumbo Ya Ya: Mardi Gras In The District 5 p.m. today; 4 p.m. Saturday, Great River Plaza, 2nd Avenue and 18th Street, Rock Island. (309) 788-6311. Stock-car racing 7 p.m., Davenport Speedway, Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. (563) 249-1387. Secondhand Sale 8 a.m.-4 p.m. today; 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Culemans Hall, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1400 16th Ave., Moline. (309) 236-2408, (309) 755-6912. Coop, Brothers Rage and Ghost Science 9 p.m., Redstone Room, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. $7, (563) 326-1333. "Meet Me In St. Louis" (musical), Quad City Music Guild 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Prospect Park Theater, 1584 34th Ave., Moline. $15; $10 ages 11 and under, (309) 762-6610. "Issues of Life" (drama), I AM Productions, LLC 7 p.m., RiverCenter, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport. $25; $20 advance; $30 VIP, (800) 745-3000. Friday Fun Night -- Test, Trophy and Gamblers and High School Points Race #4 6-10 p.m., Cordova Dragway Park, 19425 Ill. Rte. 84 N., Cordova. (309) 654-2110. Quad Cities Championships Figure Skating Competition 3:45 p.m. today; 8 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, The River's Edge, 700 W. River Drive, Davenport. Free, (563) 322-5220. Carbon Cliff village-wide yard sale 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Carbon Cliff. CASI New Horizons Band 7:30 p.m., Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Veterans' Memorial Park, 1645 23rd St., Bettendorf. Free, (563) 344-4113. Miss Iowa and Miss Iowa's Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant 7 p.m., Adler Theatre, 136 E. 3rd St., Davenport. $32 today; $42 Saturday; (800) 745-3000. Flea market 8 a.m.-4 p.m. today; 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Farrell Hall, St. Pius X Catholic Church, 2901 24th St., Rock Island. (309) 793-7373. Reception for The Pease, McCormick and Engelbrecht Exhibit 7-9 p.m., Quad City Arts Center, 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island. Free, (309) 793-1213. "Greater Tuna" (comedy) 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday, Richmond Hill Barn Theatre, HK Robinson Drive and South Stewart St., Geneseo. $10 today-Sunday, (309) 944-2244. Ice Cream Social 4:30-7:30 p.m., Preemption United Methodist Church, 2652 170th Ave., Preemption. (309) 534-8115. Stand up for Neil (Christopher Schlichting) 5:30 p.m. Social Hour; 6:30 p.m. Dinner, University Club, 1518 5th Ave., Moline. $50, (563) 940-3553. 45 On High 8-9:30 p.m., Community Stage, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. Free, (563) 326-1333. Tony Hoeppner (Live Lunch) Noon, Community Stage, River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport. Free, (563) 326-1333. Open-mic coffeehouse 7-10 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 1600 20th St., Rock Island. donations accepted, (309) 788-9661. "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory" (Family Movie Night) 6:15 p.m., Mary Fluhrer Nighswander Theatre, Annie Wittenmyer Complex, 2822 Eastern Ave., Davenport. $4; $2.50 advance (includes pizza and lemonade), (563) 888-2227. Ballet Under The Stars (Ballet Quad Cities) 8 p.m., Lincoln Park Classic Theater, 11th Avenue and 40th Street, Rock Island. Free, (309) 786-3779. Mercer County 4-H BBQ 4-7 p.m., Mercer County Fairgrounds, SW 12th Avenue and Illinois 17, Aledo. (309) 582-5106. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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