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Biden eats at Ross' Restaurant
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Vice President Joe Biden stopped for breakfast at Ross' 24 Hour Restaurant this morning, enjoying a plate of bacon and eggs and swapping stories with staff. Melissa Friedhof-Rodgers, general manager of the restaurant, had left her phone at home Thursday morning. When she went back to get it, she had 30 missed calls. The vice president was on his way to her restaurant. She jumped in her car and made her way to work, successfully navigating a secret service security cordon. The vice president was inside. "He was eating some of our local organic eggs and bacon, which I was proud of," she said. Ms. Friedhof-Rodgers daughter's 12th birthday is Friday and Mr. Biden said he would call her when she gets back from a school camp on Monday. "He was just so down to earth," said Ms. Friedhof-Rodgers, who is the granddaughter of Harold Ross, who founded the restaurant. Mr. Biden said he loved traditional diners and Ross' reminded him of the diner owned by the father of his late first wife, Neilia Huner Biden in New York. The vice president is attending campaign rallies in Muscatine and Fort Dodge today. He began his day by attending Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport, according to a pool report. President Obama ate at Ross' last year. 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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