ILLOWA Sport Flyers to meet Feb. 2


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Posted Online: Jan. 21, 2013, 2:41 pm
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Press release submitted by Jim Abbott


ILLOWA SPORT FLYERS FIRST MEETING


The first meeting of the ILLOWA SPORT FLYERS for the year will be Saturday the 2nd of February. The meeting will be held at the Erie Airpark Club house, Erie at 10:00 a.m. With the up coming Challenger Anniversary of 30 years,the club members will be discussing and working toward that weekend. The weekend of September 20-21 and 22nd. will be the celebration. Check out our web site and look for us on Facebook for the activities that happen during each month. www.erieairpark.com or www.illowasportflyers.com



















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  Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
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1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.




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