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Area quartet competing at Jan. 19 Great Western Shootout
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The pairings for Abingdon High School's annual Great Western Shootout have been set. The one-day shootout on Saturday, Jan. 19, will feature six boys' basketball games and one girls' game. Four area boys' squads will be taking part, with two of them -- West Central North member Orion and Lincoln Trail Conference member United -- squaring off in the 10:30 a.m. Shootout opener. At 1:30 p.m., Monmouth-Roseville takes on the Petersburg PORTA/Ashland A-C Central co-op; at 3, fellow WCC North member Rockridge meets Chillicothe IVC. Other boys' games on the schedule have Knoxville taking on Delavan at noon, Farmington facing Carthage Illini West at 4:30 p.m. and Abingdon taking on Liberty in the 7:30 finale. The lone girls' game is at 6 p.m., with Abingdon facing Illini West. -- By Terry Duckett 
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.
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