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Author Doug Wilhelm to visit with students & community about bullying
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Press release submitted by Celeste Miller Doug Wilhelm website - http://www.the-revealers.com Author Doug Wilhelm to Visit with Students & Community about Bullying – Jan. 24 Doug Wilhelm, author of The Revealers, a book about bullying in middle school is coming to Bettendorf Middle School on January 24th. He will be visiting with students during the day about his book and the issues of bullying. Thursday evening from 6 - 7p.m., Wilhelm is hosting a conversation with parents regarding the issue of bullying among middle school students. "Our staff is committed to continuously improving the climate at Bettendorf Middle School," said Sue Owen, 6th grade language arts teacher. "We are very excited to have Mr. Wilhelm come and visit with our students and parents." Doug Wilhelm has written several books for children and young adults, including Falling, Raising the Shades, and True Shoes, which is the sequel to The Revealers. He started writing for young people with a science fiction novel for the Choose Your Own Adventure series. He found he loved writing for young adults, and he's been doing it ever since. Wilhelm often visits schools to talk about The Revealers and the issues it raises. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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