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Tony Blair to speak at Judson University in Elgin
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ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is scheduled to speak at Judson University in Elgin this spring. The school says on its website that Blair will be keynote speaker for its third World Leaders Forum. He is set to speak on April 12. Blair was prime minister from 1997 to 2007. Blair's address is titled 'Leadership Insights: Faith, Power and the Post Modern World.' It will be followed by a question and answer session. Previous World Leaders Forum speakers include former President George W. Bush and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. ___ Online: http://www.worldleadersforum.info/ 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
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1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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