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QCAWC to release Pet Care Riddles & Tips for kids book
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Press release submitted by QCAWC The Quad City Animal Welfare Center (QCAWC) "Fur-ever" Friends Pet Care Riddles & Tips for Kids book (Milan, IL) – The Quad City Animal (QCAWC) is excited to release our Pet Care Riddles & Tips for Kids book, "Fur-ever" Friends. This project was made possible by grant funding received from The Rock Island Community Foundation. "Fur-ever" Friends was written by Stacey Teager, QCAWC Community Services Director, Dee Anderson and Linda Taylor QCAWC volunteers, illustrated by Rock Island High School Art Students and designed courtesy of Mary Talbert. The Quad City Animal Welfare Center created "Fur-ever" Friends to teach children proper pet care. Research shows reading aloud to children teaches compassion and strengthens their reading skills. Books will be read and donated to schools, libraries, and community organizations through out the Quad Cities. To schedule a reading of "Fur-ever" Friends, contact the Quad City Animal Welfare Center. QCAWC's community services director or a volunteer will visit your classroom or community organization to read "Fur-ever" Friends and donate a copy of it to your classroom. Additional copies of "Fur-ever" Friends are available for a $5.00 donation at the Quad City Animal Welfare Center, on our website www.qcawc.org and Exotic Imports at Southpark Mall. All proceeds from "Fur-ever" Friends benefit QCAWC. The QCAWC is located at 724 W. 2nd Ave. Milan, IL 61264. Visit our website at www.qcawc.org. Southpark Mall is located at 4500 16th Street Moline, Illinois. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
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1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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