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Cordova electoral board will meet Saturday
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By Lyle Ernst correspondent@qconline.com
By Lyle Ernst correspondent@qconline.com
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Cordova officials Thursday night learned the rescheduled Cordova Electoral Board meeting will be at 3 p.m. Saturday. An earlier meeting this week was canceled when two meeting participants cited state law prohibiting Mayor Bob VanHooreweghe from serving on the board. The mayor has filed two objections to candidates in the April 9 municipal election.One protest claims James Boone is ineligible to be a mayoral candidate because he is in arrears of a municipal utility bill. The second protest claimsthree Citizen's Party trustee candidates improperly filed their nomination papers on Dec. 10 instead of during Dec. 17-26 as required by law. At Saturday's electoral board meeting, Mayor VanHooreweghe will be replaced by Trustee Pat Fidlar. Also on Thursday night, Mayor VanHooreweghe vetoed the council's Dec. 27 decision to pay the $1,000 legal bill Trustee John Myers incurred in defense of an order of protection request against him by former village police officer Raymond Goossens. Mr. Goosens had alleged Mr. Myers stalked and harassed him by seeking information on his unemployment benefits request. On Nov. 8 Rock Island County Judge Clarence Darrow ruled Mr. Goosens failed to meet the burden of proof in his claim. In other business Thursday night, trustees voted 4-2to spend up to $250 to hire an outside attorney to research reclaiming the former police office in the Cordova Fire District building. When the village dissolved its police department last year, the vacant office was claimed by the fire district. "Why go to all this trouble and spend money when plans have been discussed to build a new village hall?" asked Cordova Trustee John Stickler. The mayor also said he thought the effort was a "stupid idea." Trustees also approved spending up to $10,000 to hvae a utility company locate and mark water shut-off valve locations in Cordova. Village staff have been unable to determine the locations of some valves. Trustees also approved hiring two officer personnel as soon as possible. 
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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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