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Press release submitted by World Community Institute World Affairs Council Visiting Fellow Lecture Series Darfur Today Tuesday, March 26, 2013 7 p.m. IdressJogle St. Ambrose University student from Sudan This program is sponsored by the World Community Institute, the World Affairs Council of the Quad-Cities and the Bettendorf Library. The series is supported by individual contributions. For more information, call 563-355-4390 or 309-792-3131. Visit our website at www.wacquadcities.org. FREE ADMISSION ALL PROGRAMS ARE ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE BETTENDORF PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 7 P.M. ALL LECTURES ARE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC World Community Institute 530 6th Street Bettendorf, IA 52722 This year's Visiting Fellow Lecture Series includes: Politics and Civility: A Possibility or an Oxymoron? Panel: Lisa Killinger, Mark Ridolfi, Bill Gluba, Maggie Tinsman, Jay Pearce Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Compassion and Faith Panel: Talia Alvi, Ron Quay, Surendra Gupta, Tamar Grimm, Steve Spring Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Europe: Progress Toward Stability? Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel, DePaul University Tuesday, November 13, 2012 A Journey to Brazil and Turkmenistan Black Hawk College international students Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Hajj: The Journey to Mecca Dr. Lisa ZaynabKillinger Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Darfur Today IdressJogle, St. Ambrose University student from Sudan Tuesday, March 26, 2013 The Arab Spring Today: Lessons Learned Local Arab Spring country representatives Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Music, Dance and Food from Around the World Year-End Celebration Tuesday, May 21, 2013 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
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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