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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Quad City Forum, a weekly community service program
produced by iHeartMedia to look at the issues and opportunities
that exist in our community.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Now here's your hosts for Quad City Forum, Pt. Luke
and Denny Linhowe.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
We have Kirk Marski, the Mollene Center program manager, talking
to us again here this morning.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
It's not like we talk to Kirk every week.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
But usually if there is something going on in downtown Moleen,
Kirk is all over it. And Kirk certainly the case here.
I want to make sure I get this right. The
Great Race Road Rally is going to be making a
stop in the Quad Cities this weekend.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Yeah, this Sunday. It's an overnight stop in downtown Moleen.
So in addition to the drivers of the car and
their passenger, they all have support crews. It's kind of
like Ragbury where you have your support crew too. So
we're looking at at about five hundred people coming to town.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
This is amazing.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And again by the time this airs, this is going
to air Sunday morning anyway, so this means later on
today you're going to be able to see this. But
what is this Great Race Road Rally all about? It's
instead of going out to I guess Indianapolis are going
out to Newton and watch racing that way, where it's
a it's basically stationary. This is just a track that
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just keeps expanding.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
I guess right.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Well, it's the Great Race. Is an annual road rally,
so they do it every year, but this year they're
stopping in Moline. It starts in St. Paul, Minnesota, and
it goes to South Carolina. And so after they start
on Saturday in Saint Paul, they'll stop here in Moleene
for an overnight's day. What will happen is around four
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thirty or five in the afternoon, there will be about
one hundred and twenty five cars or so that will
come off of the Interstate I seventy four bridge downtown
Moleene and they'll make their way over to the vibrant
arena area. John dyr commons. So the rally itself the
Great Race. It takes nine days. They go through ten states,
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they have seventeen city stops, and it's twenty three hundred miles.
But it's not a race of speed. It's a race
of precision. And the way it works is these are
all antique cars and classic cars. They have to be
over or older than nineteen seventy four. And at each
stop they're given directions, so the drivers can't use a map,
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they can't use GPS, they can't google anything. If they did,
they probably go the wrong way because the race organizers
are the one that determine where they go, and the
directions will say, you know, drive three quarters of a mile,
look for this sign and turn left. And so even
though there's a time element to it, the cars are
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not going to be driving, you know, one hundred and
thirty miles an hour in the malete or anything.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Right, And that's a good thing, but it's also it
sounds like maybe one person will get direct actions that
will be different than the next person, or do they
change or does because somebody could follow somebody else that wegether.
So they really try to make sure that this is
like you're saying, you're not going to.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Just try to get there quick. You've got to follow
the steps.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
That's right, you got to follow the directions. And they
so when they leave a town, and they'll do that
on Monday morning. Here, it's the same way. They have
a very precise way of letting them leave too, and
I think it's one minute intervals. I suppose there's some
element of where they could follow somebody, but they also
do some spot checks along the way, and so they
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may reset people's pace at.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
This point when you're seeing some of these older cars,
you could possibly see Now, these are not beater cars.
These are probably cars that have been taken care of.
Like we're not going to see a Chevy Vegae in there,
are we? Or if we do, it's going to be
a really nice, well taken care of car.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Yeah, yeah, it's some of the cars are actually over
one hundred years old. Wow, we say antique and well.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Carr Kirk, I'm a little bit older than you, but
Vega is an antique. But the main thing is you're
going to see cars before nineteen seventy four in great condition,
and you're going to see them at this race. So
where will they be able to kind of go check
out the cars? Will it be in the vibrant parking
lot or where can they go check these over when
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the racing day is done?
Speaker 5 (04:30):
Yeah? What they do is they close off River Drive
between twelfth and fifteenth Street, which is right in front
of the arena. In the John Yar Pavilion area, and
so there's two things that will happen in that area.
One is when the great race cars arrive. Well, the
drivers first of all, they just they want to find
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a restroom and something to eat. But they part the
cars on River Drive and they stay on display for
two hours after the last car arrive. So it's people
here in the quad Cities can come down and see
all these amazing cars on display. And then also within
that area, some local cars will also be on display.
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Some of the car clubs here are bringing down some cars,
so you'll see some local cars on display as well.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
When when people talk about okay seeing all these cars here,
they're going, well, there must be a cost. There's no
admission for people to go around and just do a
little looking and admiring as some.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Of these cars.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
That's right. And John Dia Pavilion also has they'll have
a couple of things on display. I don't think that
I'm at liberty to say what those are, but there
you are. It'll be very cool.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
It wouldn't be a conversation with you, Kirk, without you
withholding information.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
I can understand that.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
And this is you know you talk about this rally
with this road rally that you know, they're going after
like one hundred and sixty thousand dollars worth of prizes
for them, So this is this is fun for us
to watch and be a part of a one leg
but this is serious stuff.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
It is, yeah, and that's if you're a car person.
There's within the people that are coming for the road
rally are celebrity drivers and people within that circle. I
don't know, I don't know enough about it to give
you names or point you in the right direction of
who those people are. But there's people that do this
year after year. I know the people from Antique Archaeology
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have been involved in this before, the Iowa eighty truck
stop is involved with it. So a lot of interesting
then people that you have an interesting cars and have
been doing it for a long time. But the first
they put that at about one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars I think first place fifty something like that. But
it's a good time.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Well, it's a good time. And again, whether you know
the drivers or the group that's with a certain car
or not seeing some of these cars, how well taken
care of they are. It is amazing what a draft
is just seeing one person with a well all put.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
Together a classic car.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
And when you're putting together how many more other than one?
It's all the more reason to be checking things out
in front of vibrant there and that'll be later on
tonight Sunday downtown Moleen. But there are some other things.
Because you are a smart man and you know that
timing is everything, Kirk, You've got some stuff going on
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too that people should be able to enjoy.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
So mention the hospitality that's provided for the Great Race
to stop in the Quad Cities is provided by Visit
Quad Cities and the City of Moleene and then renew Mollen.
In my program, the Moleene Center program, we have an
opportunity to watch from the Skinner Block courtyard, which is
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right on River Drive. So we're doing a watch party.
We have some live music starting at three o'clock with
three on the Tree Pat Jones.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Pat Jones is done and that's kind of nice too.
Did you book Pat just because str on a Tree
is a car reference.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Or or did it was it just work out that
you got Pat?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
That was a bonus. But there was more than music.
The music I thought that would be a good fit
for this rockabilly and the rock and roll music.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Pats Pets, Oh no, no no, I do listen to
other things other than country music. And Pat has been
doing it for a great for a long time, and
he knows how to entertain people. And that's going to
be a that's going to be a great backdrop to
seeing all those incredible cars that are going to be
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there Sunday. So for people that want to maybe they're
just coming down to enjoy the great music, what should
they do to kind of get an idea of what
do we expect. The website, anything that they can go to.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
Yeah, they can go to the mowing Center website which
is Mowencenter dot org or our Facebook page. We have
some information on it and I'll be doing some updates
on there. Only because the weather, as you know, expect
to be in the nineties, so that could affect some things.
We had been advertising it as the gates open at noon,
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the music starts at three. The idea behind that was
to let people come down if they wanted to get
something to eat and hang out and get their seating
ready where they wanted to watch the tars come through,
they could do that but with the heat. Really, I
want to kind of emphasize that the music starts at three,
that River will be there, they'll set up around two
thirty or so. Lago Marcinos will be there. River House
(09:33):
of course will be open, and Dead Poets Espresso, Bad
Boys Pizza, so that's where people can get food and drinks.
But it might be best to kind of push it
more towards three o'clock when the music starts. The cars
are expected to arrive between four thirty and five. And
if people don't know where the Skin of Black Courtyard is,
it's well, I can give you the address. It's fifteen
twenty River Drive and Moline. It's located between Riverhouse, Bar
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and Grill and Dead Poets Espresso, so it's right on
River Drive and the car we'll be passing by there
around that time.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Well, the weather doesn't always cooperate because nature never reads
any of our memos when we really have these big
events planned. But still hydrate yourself as much as you
can later on today, Downtell Moleen start seeing people as
the car starts showing up.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
You said again, win.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
Between four thirty and five, maybe closer to five, but.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Certainly well before that to get a good spot.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Go on and enjoy some great music from Three on
a Tree, Downtell Molean the place to be later on today.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
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Speaker 2 (10:43):
Now back to Bat Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Tracy Joel Mulligan able to stop by here today from
the University of Illinois Extension. Now, do you want me
to start singing Happy birthday to the masks?
Speaker 4 (11:00):
We should fifty. This is a big number, it is.
Speaker 6 (11:04):
We are so excited. Is the fifty year of the
ELOI Master Gardener Program, and we are hosting one of
the celebrations that is open to the general public. So
on Wednesday, June twenty fifth, here in the Quiet Cities,
we are hosting the Golden Garden Days and we are
celebrating the fifty years of the Master Gardener program in Illinois.
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And like I said, it's open to the public. We're
just really looking to showcase our program to people who
are interested in becoming a master gardener, who are a
master gardener, who were a master gardener, or just curious
about what Master Gardeners do. So we're starting our day
at ten o'clock am at Riverside and Moline, and then
(11:47):
we will go through We have a tree walk down there,
we have a pollinator garden, We're going to do a
make and take in the greenhouse. We're going to look
at our demonstration garden. So we're going to start there
from ten to twelve and then we're going to have
lunch on your own, but I am having a food
truck down there so we can sit in the garden
and talk plants. So yeah, we are asking that people
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pre register for this just so that I know how
many people are coming, what kind of supplies I need
to have, and my method of madness, which I always
have a method to my madness, is we were going
to start at Riverside, which has been a Master Gardener project.
I've been here seventeen going on eighteen years and it
was here just as I started, so it's been going
for a long time, and every year we try to
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add another level of impact to it. So this year
we've added in a website with GIF mapping of all
the trees down at Riverside and so you can click
on a QR code and you can tour and be like, oh,
this isn't oak, this is this, and this is how
it grows. And so every year we try to add
something to it. You know, master gardeners, it's helping others
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learn to grow. So that's one thing that we're really
trying to showcase in this day is that it's not
just having somebody come over and weed, or not just
having somebody come over and plant flowers. They're teaching you
and that's really what master gardeners are about, and that's
what I think a lot of the misconception is that
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they are just out gardening. No, they're not just out gardening.
They're educating others. And so we started with Riverside because
it is one that we have put so much into
and there's so many different levels to it that you'll
really see the impact that they can make in a community.
And then after lunch we're going to go over to
one of our newer projects at Floria Sente Community Garden
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and it is a partnership with the neighborhood. There are
snap people than the horticulture team of Master Gardeners, and
we want an Extension Diversity Award in twenty twenty four
with that one, but it is a newer project and
it is really a community based project, and so then
you'll get to see a completely different kind of project.
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So the purpose of that garden is to grow food
to give to people in need, and so we will
actually be doing a food drive at the Flora Sente
Garden that day for participants. So if your tomatoes have
come into full blossom, then you have extras and you
want to donate them, we will take them off your hands.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
I'd like it, and I wanted to bring up here Tracy.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
And by the way, we're talking to Tracy Joe Mulligan
the University of Illinois Extension. The food drive idea was
something that you had talked about a few months ago
when we talked to you.
Speaker 6 (14:28):
Absolutely no, it has really taken off. We've gotten great
support from other community partners that are helping us with it.
So we are still taking you know, names and emails.
So how it works is if you sign up for
the gift gardens, we then let you know, okay, today
is Tuesday. These are our food pantries that are taking donations.
So it helps you know where you have to get
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your stuff because if you are harvesting tomatoes and your
little local pantry isn't open for six days. Well, we
all know how that works out for those tomatoes. So
we're trying to give you more outlets of where to
get your food on that day so that it can
get to people quick. Because that organic stuff that you're growing,
it doesn't have the shelf life of the grocery store stuff.
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We all know that, and that's why it tastes so
much better. So we're trying to give people ways to
get that to people in need quicker. And Floria Sente
has been it's been great. The community down there has
really embraced it and has taken hold of it. And
it's a little gem, is not a big garden, and
it just really showcases what you can do with a small,
little lot that has not been utilized. And one thing
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that it really does show is that it is this
neighborhood that is doing this. I can't tell you how
many calls I get from from different organizations that they
have an empty lot that they want master gardeners to
do it.
Speaker 7 (15:47):
This is that neighborhood.
Speaker 6 (15:49):
It is We are just showing them and giving them information,
but they are doing it and that's what our second
stop in our fifty year anniversary will be. Will be
down at the Floris Said neighborhood and we will have
a brief presentation from our master gardener lead down there
and it will be showcasing the difference that this small
garden is making into a community. And then we're going
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to go across town over to the Hallburg Estate and
that will be about two point thirty in the afternoon,
and we are taking on the world over there. That
is a huge, brand new.
Speaker 7 (16:24):
Project for us.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
As we all know, it had been with the Parks
and Wreck District for Rock Island for years and now
it's been turned back over to They have a foundation
for it and they are just doing fantastic things over there.
They're re doing the landscape back to its original intent
and the master gardeners are taking on a huge project
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over there. And so you'll get to see from Riverside
a long term existing project, to Flora Sente, a new
or smaller project. Who then Habbord a new project that
is just getting started. We're redoing the rose garden, We're
doing the back trellis. It's just incredible. If you have
not been there, Holy cow, it's beautiful and it's huge,
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and we will end up being there. We're going to
do appetizers and a house tour and garden tour and
they have a little cocktail lounge. So it's just going
to be a great day. Hopefully the weather is fantastic
for us. June twenty fifth. It's an all day thing,
open to the public. We'd love to have as many
people there as possible. Do you want people to pre register?
You can call the mile In office to register and
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that numbers three zero nine seven five six nine nine seven.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Eight, and give that one more time so that they
can register that number real slow so they can write.
Speaker 6 (17:42):
It down three zero nine seven five six nine nine
seven eight and just ask to register for the fifty
year celebration Golden Days Master Gardeners and our great secretaries
will get you signed up and we will love to
have as many people as.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
And it's June twenty fifth, and for people I would gather. Also,
if somebody gets inspired and they want to become a
master gardener, they could probably ask when they're there and
and maybe the possibility exists where they would become a
master gardener sometime soon.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
Yes, absolutely so if you know it. I don't want
people to think you have to be wanting to become
a master gardener to come this, but if you are
curious about what master gardeners do and you're kind of thinking, well,
maybe this is a great time for you to see
the different types of projects that we have. And this
is just a little tiny taste of what the Quad
City has to offer as far as Master gardener projects.
(18:37):
But yeah, it really is a good day to just
see what it is they do, the different kinds of projects,
the different kinds of people that are involved with Master Gardeners,
and we're really looking forward to showcasing one of the
stronger programs in Illinois. Our Quad City Master Gardeners are
a force to be reckoned with.
Speaker 7 (18:54):
They do so many.
Speaker 6 (18:55):
Great projects in the area, and so I'm looking forward
to showcasing. I call them my people. You've been doing
this a while, I owe you know. They're my people.
Showcasing what my people really do. They make a huge
impact in the Quad Cities and some of the projects
that they take on.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Get a chance to see the great job that your
people do, and you do too, Tracy Joe Mullikan. We
need them the register, so we have an idea. It's
June twenty fifth and that number one last time, sure
call our.
Speaker 6 (19:23):
Quad City office in mylind It is three zero nine
seven five six nine nine seven eight and just ask
to register for the Golden Garden Days that fifty years
of Master Gardeners and they'll get you signed up. There
is no fee on this. It's just so that we
know the kind of supplies because we're going to do
a make and take and I'm going to have some
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snacks over at Hobbard, just so that we know how
to divide people up and how many supplies to have.
So please pre register so we have a proper amount
of stuff. That would be great.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
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Speaker 2 (20:03):
Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnow.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Getting a chance to talk to Rita Ferrow, the executive
director Buffalo Bill Museum. It's a big event about one
of our more famous citizens that was born in the
state of Iowa before it was the state of Iowa,
and it's Buffalo Bill Cody.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Four to eighteen forty six right in Leclair, and he
became in his lifetime patent. I think this is amazing.
The most recognizable person on the planet. Yeah, that's our guy.
The group that we have coming to Leclair on June
twenty eighth and twenty ninth, we're calling it the Best
of the wild West. It's a group of reenactors from Wisconsin.
Wayne Reddick is our very authentic, very history oriented Buffalo
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Bill reenactor. But this we did it last year. We
brought it to Cody Elementary and had two thousand people,
which was just an amazing number for you know the
first time. We kind of tried this and had no
idea how it was going to go. So we're bringing
them back this year. But they do it's fifty people
on horseback, the cowboys. Annie Oakley does her trick shooting
acts and they really do depict many of those famous
(21:08):
acts from the original wild West. This group is very
well considered. It is living history and they actually bring
boom count. They live in those tents for four days,
they cook over campfires, and they actually live a very
authentic their dressed and period costume. Even when they're setting
up the show. We're a little concerned this year. Have you,
Pau heard about the traffic jam Pass.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Well, I know that there's a little bit of construction,
and so when you're talking about adding on that construction,
headed it's an understatement that construction certainly is going to
cause some issues.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
Buffalobolle Museum sits right on the Mississippi River. We're right
on the levee there Leclair, and our next door neighbor
is the Riverboat Twilight, the best neighbor any museum could
possibly have. The Twilight has sponsored shuttle buses that we recommend.
You bring your own chair and you can come down
to the levee. We have two party buses this year
and get on that bus and carry your your own
lawn chair, which we do recommend, but I to sponsored
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the two shuttle buses, so that's the easiest way come
to the museum. You can get into Leclair from either
direction and if you get down to the museum, you
can get on the shuttle bus. They're going to run
continuously both days.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
You've also got some music, yes, and.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
Angel Meyer is going to be She's a local country
western singer and.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
She does country and western. She is a talented musician.
We've seen her on their Mississippi Valley Fair and she's
the sweetest lady.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Her husband's great guy too. She's going to be there.
Speaker 7 (22:26):
Really into horses. Yeah yeah, So she's going to be
our opening concert both days at eleven from eleven till twelve,
right on the showgrounds. Because they come into the into
Cody Elementary, you know, three days prior to the show,
and when they set up their arena it's one hundred
and fifty feet by three hundred feet.
Speaker 4 (22:43):
I can see why there's no parking that's taking up everything.
Speaker 7 (22:46):
Oh yeah, Cody Elementary is such a beautiful location, and
we don't use the parking lot. There is some parking
up there. People who are familiar will understand your really
best bet is to take the shuttle bus. We have
haybale seating. We're bringing in fifteen hundred b of hey
and we do what we can, but it just isn't
enough for everybody. So we do recommend you bring lawn
here or blankets. But then on the other side of
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the school, on the south side is an actual boomtown.
So that's where these cowboys and reenactors with their horses,
they live and eat, and they live in these very
authentic of the Civil War era canvas tents and there's
a lot of activities for kids when they go over there.
They have like a panning for gold and games that
kids played at the turn of the century, wooden toys. Yeah,
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so there's a lot of demonstrations going on in those
tents both days. Shouldn't miss Boomtown if you come to
the show. Tickets are available on our Facebook page or
our website and go to the Buffalo Bill Museum of Leclaire.
Buy them in advance, and we're hoping for good weather.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
For people buying the tickets now.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
If they wait till the day of the shows, yep,
they can get them, but the prices do go up.
Speaker 7 (23:47):
So it's fifteen dollars in advance, twenty dollars a day
of the show. For kids, it's eight dollars in advance
and ten dollars a day of the show.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
If Buffalo Bill Cody came back down June twenty eighth
and twenty ninth and looked at what you are putting together,
what do you think he'd say about that?
Speaker 7 (24:02):
I think Buffalo Bill would be amazed that here we are.
I mean, my gosh, one hundred and seventy eight years
after he was born in the little town where he
was born, and that we still treasure his story and
honor his life. And yeah, do you know what, I'm
gooding emotional, but I think he'd be really proud.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Passed June twenty eighth and twenty ninth readA if you
want to tell him.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
The tickets or how to get the tickets to are.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
Available right now on our website, which is the Buffalo
Bill Museum of the Claire or on our Facebook page.
Just go to Facebook and type in Buffalo Bill Museum
of the Claire BO.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
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Speaker 2 (24:42):
Now back to Fat Luke and Danny Linhowe.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
On our Quad City Forum this morning.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Getting a chance to talk again to Lexi bol the
communications event manager with Cancer Supports Community of Iowa and
Northwest Illinois CSC Iowa Illinois dot org. That's CSC Iowa
Illinois dot org.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
We've got a big event that's going to be happening later.
Speaker 8 (25:07):
In the year, but we're really excited. This will be
our third year out at the Rock for our Run
for Hope. On June twenty eighth, it's a great event
to come together as a community and just celebrate those
and honor those who we may have lost to cancer.
This year we actually expect at least four hundred runners
and then we'll have beer, and then we'll have breakfast
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after the race and an award ceremony. And then this
year it actually falls on our community Stronger than Cancer Today,
which is Gilda's birthday.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
How can people be a part of it?
Speaker 8 (25:38):
So they can go online and register at Csciowa Illinois
dot org Slash Run. Again at csciowa Illinois dot org
Slash Run, we have a time five k, but we
also have a one mile walk and ours is actually
a qualifying race if they're trying to get into marathons.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
Not only for runners, but if they want to volunteer.
Speaker 8 (26:00):
Yes, all volunteers are welcome and they can register at
that same link at csc Iowa Illinois dot org Last
Run and we can get all their information.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Even though one day, I hope that you cater to
the feline population, it does look like you got you
got the doggy dash going on too.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
We do.
Speaker 8 (26:19):
We have the Purina Doggy Dash ten dollars you get
a fun doggye bandana and you can either run with
your dog or you can do the one mile and
bring them on out. And we should have some treats
from Parina and it should be a great, great time
to get out with your pup.
Speaker 7 (26:34):
Well that you gots agree about the cats, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
We got to do that one. Yeah. I also like this.
People can customize their race BIPs too.
Speaker 8 (26:43):
Yeah, it's really to reflect our mission and show why
everybody's out running that day is it's more than just
a run for us.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
And they also have the I believe, the doggy bandana,
and again next year there's the cat bandana. Of course
the cat the cats will have it torn off and
they won't have it all the end of the law.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
Yeah, they'll also be very indifferent.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
The cats will act like they don't care, but they do.
So it seems like we should thank also Jeff Norton
of mel Foster.
Speaker 8 (27:11):
Yes, Jeff Norton is great. He and his wife, they
donate the event venue, they donate breakfast. We were so
appreciative of them and their support. And then also the
village of Cole Valley they donate the EMS and the
police services. And really we kind of do what we
do without the support of the community and of course
our presenting sponsored Modern Woodmen of America.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
So the website again Csciowa Illinois dot org slash run
for this event, but you'll also be able to use
that website too for another event that's coming up later
in the year. In September, I saw dragon Boating and
I thought maybe it was a tie in to How
To Train Your Dragon. Everybody else is tying into that movie.
(27:51):
But this has nothing to do with that movie. But
it's still something that's very important, certainly for cancer survivors
and cancer pat.
Speaker 8 (28:00):
Yes, so we're hosting a new event that we're very
excited about, which you've tied into How to Train Your
Dragon already.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
This has nothing to do with the movie. This has
something to do not at all.
Speaker 8 (28:11):
So we're hosting our first annual Mississippi Valley Dragon Boat Festivals.
We're excited to bring that here to the Quad Cities
and just kind of highlight the benefits that dragon boating
has and bring that awareness to the community.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
Where is it at.
Speaker 8 (28:27):
So it's going to be at Westlake.
Speaker 4 (28:29):
What's the date, September twentieth.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
And if they need to find out more, they.
Speaker 8 (28:33):
Can visit CSC Iowa Illinois dot org, slash Dragon.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Anything else that people should maybe be aware of.
Speaker 8 (28:41):
If you are a loved one are in need of support,
you can find support on our website at csc Iowa
Illinois dot org. But if you're looking for other ways
to support aside from fundraising events, we have a monthly
donation program that a gift as small as five dollars
a month can help support and sustain our programs. You
can learn more about that at Csseiowa Illinois dot org.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
And as we wrap up our Quad City Forum, a
reminder there's a Trivia for Life fundraiser happening later on
this morning for Stephanie Mudd and Teresa Lopez.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
It'll be at the.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Lulac Club forty two to twenty four Ricker Hill Road
in Davenport, with the doors opening at eleven o'clock today.
The trivia itself starts at noon. If you're not able
to stay for the trivia, there will be plenty of
fundraising activities to help out both Teresa and stephaniepp. But again,
it's today at the Lulac Club forty two to twenty
four Ricker Hill Road in Davenport.
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Speaker 2 (00:09):
Now here's your hosts for Quad City Forum, Pt. Luke
and Denny Linhowe.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
We have Kirk Marski, the Mollene Center program manager, talking
to us again here this morning.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
It's not like we talk to Kirk every week.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
But usually if there is something going on in downtown Moleen,
Kirk is all over it. And Kirk certainly the case here.
I want to make sure I get this right. The
Great Race Road Rally is going to be making a
stop in the Quad Cities this weekend.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Yeah, this Sunday. It's an overnight stop in downtown Moleen.
So in addition to the drivers of the car and
their passenger, they all have support crews. It's kind of
like Ragbury where you have your support crew too. So
we're looking at at about five hundred people coming to town.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
This is amazing.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
And again by the time this airs, this is going
to air Sunday morning anyway, so this means later on
today you're going to be able to see this. But
what is this Great Race Road Rally all about? It's
instead of going out to I guess Indianapolis are going
out to Newton and watch racing that way, where it's
a it's basically stationary. This is just a track that
(01:19):
just keeps expanding.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
I guess right.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
Well, it's the Great Race. Is an annual road rally,
so they do it every year, but this year they're
stopping in Moline. It starts in St. Paul, Minnesota, and
it goes to South Carolina. And so after they start
on Saturday in Saint Paul, they'll stop here in Moleene
for an overnight's day. What will happen is around four
(01:42):
thirty or five in the afternoon, there will be about
one hundred and twenty five cars or so that will
come off of the Interstate I seventy four bridge downtown
Moleene and they'll make their way over to the vibrant
arena area. John dyr commons. So the rally itself the
Great Race. It takes nine days. They go through ten states,
(02:06):
they have seventeen city stops, and it's twenty three hundred miles.
But it's not a race of speed. It's a race
of precision. And the way it works is these are
all antique cars and classic cars. They have to be
over or older than nineteen seventy four. And at each
stop they're given directions, so the drivers can't use a map,
(02:28):
they can't use GPS, they can't google anything. If they did,
they probably go the wrong way because the race organizers
are the one that determine where they go, and the
directions will say, you know, drive three quarters of a mile,
look for this sign and turn left. And so even
though there's a time element to it, the cars are
(02:48):
not going to be driving, you know, one hundred and
thirty miles an hour in the malete or anything.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Right, And that's a good thing, but it's also it
sounds like maybe one person will get direct actions that
will be different than the next person, or do they
change or does because somebody could follow somebody else that wegether.
So they really try to make sure that this is
like you're saying, you're not going to.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Just try to get there quick. You've got to follow
the steps.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
That's right, you got to follow the directions. And they
so when they leave a town, and they'll do that
on Monday morning. Here, it's the same way. They have
a very precise way of letting them leave too, and
I think it's one minute intervals. I suppose there's some
element of where they could follow somebody, but they also
do some spot checks along the way, and so they
(03:39):
may reset people's pace at.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
This point when you're seeing some of these older cars,
you could possibly see Now, these are not beater cars.
These are probably cars that have been taken care of.
Like we're not going to see a Chevy Vegae in there,
are we? Or if we do, it's going to be
a really nice, well taken care of car.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Yeah, yeah, it's some of the cars are actually over
one hundred years old. Wow, we say antique and well.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Carr Kirk, I'm a little bit older than you, but
Vega is an antique. But the main thing is you're
going to see cars before nineteen seventy four in great condition,
and you're going to see them at this race. So
where will they be able to kind of go check
out the cars? Will it be in the vibrant parking
lot or where can they go check these over when
(04:28):
the racing day is done?
Speaker 5 (04:30):
Yeah? What they do is they close off River Drive
between twelfth and fifteenth Street, which is right in front
of the arena. In the John Yar Pavilion area, and
so there's two things that will happen in that area.
One is when the great race cars arrive. Well, the
drivers first of all, they just they want to find
(04:50):
a restroom and something to eat. But they part the
cars on River Drive and they stay on display for
two hours after the last car arrive. So it's people
here in the quad Cities can come down and see
all these amazing cars on display. And then also within
that area, some local cars will also be on display.
(05:10):
Some of the car clubs here are bringing down some cars,
so you'll see some local cars on display as well.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
When when people talk about okay seeing all these cars here,
they're going, well, there must be a cost. There's no
admission for people to go around and just do a
little looking and admiring as some.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Of these cars.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
That's right. And John Dia Pavilion also has they'll have
a couple of things on display. I don't think that
I'm at liberty to say what those are, but there
you are. It'll be very cool.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
It wouldn't be a conversation with you, Kirk, without you
withholding information.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
I can understand that.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
And this is you know you talk about this rally
with this road rally that you know, they're going after
like one hundred and sixty thousand dollars worth of prizes
for them, So this is this is fun for us
to watch and be a part of a one leg
but this is serious stuff.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
It is, yeah, and that's if you're a car person.
There's within the people that are coming for the road
rally are celebrity drivers and people within that circle. I
don't know, I don't know enough about it to give
you names or point you in the right direction of
who those people are. But there's people that do this
year after year. I know the people from Antique Archaeology
(06:24):
have been involved in this before, the Iowa eighty truck
stop is involved with it. So a lot of interesting
then people that you have an interesting cars and have
been doing it for a long time. But the first
they put that at about one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars I think first place fifty something like that. But
it's a good time.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Well, it's a good time. And again, whether you know
the drivers or the group that's with a certain car
or not seeing some of these cars, how well taken
care of they are. It is amazing what a draft
is just seeing one person with a well all put.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
Together a classic car.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
And when you're putting together how many more other than one?
It's all the more reason to be checking things out
in front of vibrant there and that'll be later on
tonight Sunday downtown Moleen. But there are some other things.
Because you are a smart man and you know that
timing is everything, Kirk, You've got some stuff going on
(07:25):
too that people should be able to enjoy.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
So mention the hospitality that's provided for the Great Race
to stop in the Quad Cities is provided by Visit
Quad Cities and the City of Moleene and then renew Mollen.
In my program, the Moleene Center program, we have an
opportunity to watch from the Skinner Block courtyard, which is
(07:47):
right on River Drive. So we're doing a watch party.
We have some live music starting at three o'clock with
three on the Tree Pat Jones.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Pat Jones is done and that's kind of nice too.
Did you book Pat just because str on a Tree
is a car reference.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Or or did it was it just work out that
you got Pat?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
That was a bonus. But there was more than music.
The music I thought that would be a good fit
for this rockabilly and the rock and roll music.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Pats Pets, Oh no, no no, I do listen to
other things other than country music. And Pat has been
doing it for a great for a long time, and
he knows how to entertain people. And that's going to
be a that's going to be a great backdrop to
seeing all those incredible cars that are going to be
(08:34):
there Sunday. So for people that want to maybe they're
just coming down to enjoy the great music, what should
they do to kind of get an idea of what
do we expect. The website, anything that they can go to.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
Yeah, they can go to the mowing Center website which
is Mowencenter dot org or our Facebook page. We have
some information on it and I'll be doing some updates
on there. Only because the weather, as you know, expect
to be in the nineties, so that could affect some things.
We had been advertising it as the gates open at noon,
(09:10):
the music starts at three. The idea behind that was
to let people come down if they wanted to get
something to eat and hang out and get their seating
ready where they wanted to watch the tars come through,
they could do that but with the heat. Really, I
want to kind of emphasize that the music starts at three,
that River will be there, they'll set up around two
thirty or so. Lago Marcinos will be there. River House
(09:33):
of course will be open, and Dead Poets Espresso, Bad
Boys Pizza, so that's where people can get food and drinks.
But it might be best to kind of push it
more towards three o'clock when the music starts. The cars
are expected to arrive between four thirty and five. And
if people don't know where the Skin of Black Courtyard is,
it's well, I can give you the address. It's fifteen
twenty River Drive and Moline. It's located between Riverhouse, Bar
(09:56):
and Grill and Dead Poets Espresso, so it's right on
River Drive and the car we'll be passing by there
around that time.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Well, the weather doesn't always cooperate because nature never reads
any of our memos when we really have these big
events planned. But still hydrate yourself as much as you
can later on today, Downtell Moleen start seeing people as
the car starts showing up.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
You said again, win.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
Between four thirty and five, maybe closer to five, but.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Certainly well before that to get a good spot.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Go on and enjoy some great music from Three on
a Tree, Downtell Molean the place to be later on today.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
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Speaker 2 (10:43):
Now back to Bat Luke and Danny Linnhowe.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Tracy Joel Mulligan able to stop by here today from
the University of Illinois Extension. Now, do you want me
to start singing Happy birthday to the masks?
Speaker 4 (11:00):
We should fifty. This is a big number, it is.
Speaker 6 (11:04):
We are so excited. Is the fifty year of the
ELOI Master Gardener Program, and we are hosting one of
the celebrations that is open to the general public. So
on Wednesday, June twenty fifth, here in the Quiet Cities,
we are hosting the Golden Garden Days and we are
celebrating the fifty years of the Master Gardener program in Illinois.
(11:26):
And like I said, it's open to the public. We're
just really looking to showcase our program to people who
are interested in becoming a master gardener, who are a
master gardener, who were a master gardener, or just curious
about what Master Gardeners do. So we're starting our day
at ten o'clock am at Riverside and Moline, and then
(11:47):
we will go through We have a tree walk down there,
we have a pollinator garden, We're going to do a
make and take in the greenhouse. We're going to look
at our demonstration garden. So we're going to start there
from ten to twelve and then we're going to have
lunch on your own, but I am having a food
truck down there so we can sit in the garden
and talk plants. So yeah, we are asking that people
(12:10):
pre register for this just so that I know how
many people are coming, what kind of supplies I need
to have, and my method of madness, which I always
have a method to my madness, is we were going
to start at Riverside, which has been a Master Gardener project.
I've been here seventeen going on eighteen years and it
was here just as I started, so it's been going
for a long time, and every year we try to
(12:32):
add another level of impact to it. So this year
we've added in a website with GIF mapping of all
the trees down at Riverside and so you can click
on a QR code and you can tour and be like, oh,
this isn't oak, this is this, and this is how
it grows. And so every year we try to add
something to it. You know, master gardeners, it's helping others
(12:52):
learn to grow. So that's one thing that we're really
trying to showcase in this day is that it's not
just having somebody come over and weed, or not just
having somebody come over and plant flowers. They're teaching you
and that's really what master gardeners are about, and that's
what I think a lot of the misconception is that
(13:13):
they are just out gardening. No, they're not just out gardening.
They're educating others. And so we started with Riverside because
it is one that we have put so much into
and there's so many different levels to it that you'll
really see the impact that they can make in a community.
And then after lunch we're going to go over to
one of our newer projects at Floria Sente Community Garden
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and it is a partnership with the neighborhood. There are
snap people than the horticulture team of Master Gardeners, and
we want an Extension Diversity Award in twenty twenty four
with that one, but it is a newer project and
it is really a community based project, and so then
you'll get to see a completely different kind of project.
(13:56):
So the purpose of that garden is to grow food
to give to people in need, and so we will
actually be doing a food drive at the Flora Sente
Garden that day for participants. So if your tomatoes have
come into full blossom, then you have extras and you
want to donate them, we will take them off your hands.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
I'd like it, and I wanted to bring up here Tracy.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
And by the way, we're talking to Tracy Joe Mulligan
the University of Illinois Extension. The food drive idea was
something that you had talked about a few months ago
when we talked to you.
Speaker 6 (14:28):
Absolutely no, it has really taken off. We've gotten great
support from other community partners that are helping us with it.
So we are still taking you know, names and emails.
So how it works is if you sign up for
the gift gardens, we then let you know, okay, today
is Tuesday. These are our food pantries that are taking donations.
So it helps you know where you have to get
(14:49):
your stuff because if you are harvesting tomatoes and your
little local pantry isn't open for six days. Well, we
all know how that works out for those tomatoes. So
we're trying to give you more outlets of where to
get your food on that day so that it can
get to people quick. Because that organic stuff that you're growing,
it doesn't have the shelf life of the grocery store stuff.
(15:09):
We all know that, and that's why it tastes so
much better. So we're trying to give people ways to
get that to people in need quicker. And Floria Sente
has been it's been great. The community down there has
really embraced it and has taken hold of it. And
it's a little gem, is not a big garden, and
it just really showcases what you can do with a small,
little lot that has not been utilized. And one thing
(15:33):
that it really does show is that it is this
neighborhood that is doing this. I can't tell you how
many calls I get from from different organizations that they
have an empty lot that they want master gardeners to
do it.
Speaker 7 (15:47):
This is that neighborhood.
Speaker 6 (15:49):
It is We are just showing them and giving them information,
but they are doing it and that's what our second
stop in our fifty year anniversary will be. Will be
down at the Floris Said neighborhood and we will have
a brief presentation from our master gardener lead down there
and it will be showcasing the difference that this small
garden is making into a community. And then we're going
(16:12):
to go across town over to the Hallburg Estate and
that will be about two point thirty in the afternoon,
and we are taking on the world over there. That
is a huge, brand new.
Speaker 7 (16:24):
Project for us.
Speaker 6 (16:26):
As we all know, it had been with the Parks
and Wreck District for Rock Island for years and now
it's been turned back over to They have a foundation
for it and they are just doing fantastic things over there.
They're re doing the landscape back to its original intent
and the master gardeners are taking on a huge project
(16:46):
over there. And so you'll get to see from Riverside
a long term existing project, to Flora Sente, a new
or smaller project. Who then Habbord a new project that
is just getting started. We're redoing the rose garden, We're
doing the back trellis. It's just incredible. If you have
not been there, Holy cow, it's beautiful and it's huge,
(17:09):
and we will end up being there. We're going to
do appetizers and a house tour and garden tour and
they have a little cocktail lounge. So it's just going
to be a great day. Hopefully the weather is fantastic
for us. June twenty fifth. It's an all day thing,
open to the public. We'd love to have as many
people there as possible. Do you want people to pre register?
You can call the mile In office to register and
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that numbers three zero nine seven five six nine nine seven.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Eight, and give that one more time so that they
can register that number real slow so they can write.
Speaker 6 (17:42):
It down three zero nine seven five six nine nine
seven eight and just ask to register for the fifty
year celebration Golden Days Master Gardeners and our great secretaries
will get you signed up and we will love to
have as many people as.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
And it's June twenty fifth, and for people I would gather. Also,
if somebody gets inspired and they want to become a
master gardener, they could probably ask when they're there and
and maybe the possibility exists where they would become a
master gardener sometime soon.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
Yes, absolutely so if you know it. I don't want
people to think you have to be wanting to become
a master gardener to come this, but if you are
curious about what master gardeners do and you're kind of thinking, well,
maybe this is a great time for you to see
the different types of projects that we have. And this
is just a little tiny taste of what the Quad
City has to offer as far as Master gardener projects.
(18:37):
But yeah, it really is a good day to just
see what it is they do, the different kinds of projects,
the different kinds of people that are involved with Master Gardeners,
and we're really looking forward to showcasing one of the
stronger programs in Illinois. Our Quad City Master Gardeners are
a force to be reckoned with.
Speaker 7 (18:54):
They do so many.
Speaker 6 (18:55):
Great projects in the area, and so I'm looking forward
to showcasing. I call them my people. You've been doing
this a while, I owe you know. They're my people.
Showcasing what my people really do. They make a huge
impact in the Quad Cities and some of the projects
that they take on.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Get a chance to see the great job that your
people do, and you do too, Tracy Joe Mullikan. We
need them the register, so we have an idea. It's
June twenty fifth and that number one last time, sure
call our.
Speaker 6 (19:23):
Quad City office in mylind It is three zero nine
seven five six nine nine seven eight and just ask
to register for the Golden Garden Days that fifty years
of Master Gardeners and they'll get you signed up. There
is no fee on this. It's just so that we
know the kind of supplies because we're going to do
a make and take and I'm going to have some
(19:45):
snacks over at Hobbard, just so that we know how
to divide people up and how many supplies to have.
So please pre register so we have a proper amount
of stuff. That would be great.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
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Speaker 2 (20:03):
Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnow.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Getting a chance to talk to Rita Ferrow, the executive
director Buffalo Bill Museum. It's a big event about one
of our more famous citizens that was born in the
state of Iowa before it was the state of Iowa,
and it's Buffalo Bill Cody.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
Four to eighteen forty six right in Leclair, and he
became in his lifetime patent. I think this is amazing.
The most recognizable person on the planet. Yeah, that's our guy.
The group that we have coming to Leclair on June
twenty eighth and twenty ninth, we're calling it the Best
of the wild West. It's a group of reenactors from Wisconsin.
Wayne Reddick is our very authentic, very history oriented Buffalo
(20:45):
Bill reenactor. But this we did it last year. We
brought it to Cody Elementary and had two thousand people,
which was just an amazing number for you know the
first time. We kind of tried this and had no
idea how it was going to go. So we're bringing
them back this year. But they do it's fifty people
on horseback, the cowboys. Annie Oakley does her trick shooting
acts and they really do depict many of those famous
(21:08):
acts from the original wild West. This group is very
well considered. It is living history and they actually bring
boom count. They live in those tents for four days,
they cook over campfires, and they actually live a very
authentic their dressed and period costume. Even when they're setting
up the show. We're a little concerned this year. Have you,
Pau heard about the traffic jam Pass.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Well, I know that there's a little bit of construction,
and so when you're talking about adding on that construction,
headed it's an understatement that construction certainly is going to
cause some issues.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
Buffalobolle Museum sits right on the Mississippi River. We're right
on the levee there Leclair, and our next door neighbor
is the Riverboat Twilight, the best neighbor any museum could
possibly have. The Twilight has sponsored shuttle buses that we recommend.
You bring your own chair and you can come down
to the levee. We have two party buses this year
and get on that bus and carry your your own
lawn chair, which we do recommend, but I to sponsored
(22:00):
the two shuttle buses, so that's the easiest way come
to the museum. You can get into Leclair from either
direction and if you get down to the museum, you
can get on the shuttle bus. They're going to run
continuously both days.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
You've also got some music, yes, and.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
Angel Meyer is going to be She's a local country
western singer and.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
She does country and western. She is a talented musician.
We've seen her on their Mississippi Valley Fair and she's
the sweetest lady.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Her husband's great guy too. She's going to be there.
Speaker 7 (22:26):
Really into horses. Yeah yeah, So she's going to be
our opening concert both days at eleven from eleven till twelve,
right on the showgrounds. Because they come into the into
Cody Elementary, you know, three days prior to the show,
and when they set up their arena it's one hundred
and fifty feet by three hundred feet.
Speaker 4 (22:43):
I can see why there's no parking that's taking up everything.
Speaker 7 (22:46):
Oh yeah, Cody Elementary is such a beautiful location, and
we don't use the parking lot. There is some parking
up there. People who are familiar will understand your really
best bet is to take the shuttle bus. We have
haybale seating. We're bringing in fifteen hundred b of hey
and we do what we can, but it just isn't
enough for everybody. So we do recommend you bring lawn
here or blankets. But then on the other side of
(23:07):
the school, on the south side is an actual boomtown.
So that's where these cowboys and reenactors with their horses,
they live and eat, and they live in these very
authentic of the Civil War era canvas tents and there's
a lot of activities for kids when they go over there.
They have like a panning for gold and games that
kids played at the turn of the century, wooden toys. Yeah,
(23:27):
so there's a lot of demonstrations going on in those
tents both days. Shouldn't miss Boomtown if you come to
the show. Tickets are available on our Facebook page or
our website and go to the Buffalo Bill Museum of Leclaire.
Buy them in advance, and we're hoping for good weather.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
For people buying the tickets now.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
If they wait till the day of the shows, yep,
they can get them, but the prices do go up.
Speaker 7 (23:47):
So it's fifteen dollars in advance, twenty dollars a day
of the show. For kids, it's eight dollars in advance
and ten dollars a day of the show.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
If Buffalo Bill Cody came back down June twenty eighth
and twenty ninth and looked at what you are putting together,
what do you think he'd say about that?
Speaker 7 (24:02):
I think Buffalo Bill would be amazed that here we are.
I mean, my gosh, one hundred and seventy eight years
after he was born in the little town where he
was born, and that we still treasure his story and
honor his life. And yeah, do you know what, I'm
gooding emotional, but I think he'd be really proud.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Passed June twenty eighth and twenty ninth readA if you
want to tell him.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
The tickets or how to get the tickets to are.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
Available right now on our website, which is the Buffalo
Bill Museum of the Claire or on our Facebook page.
Just go to Facebook and type in Buffalo Bill Museum
of the Claire BO.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
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Speaker 2 (24:42):
Now back to Fat Luke and Danny Linhowe.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
On our Quad City Forum this morning.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
Getting a chance to talk again to Lexi bol the
communications event manager with Cancer Supports Community of Iowa and
Northwest Illinois CSC Iowa Illinois dot org. That's CSC Iowa
Illinois dot org.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
We've got a big event that's going to be happening later.
Speaker 8 (25:07):
In the year, but we're really excited. This will be
our third year out at the Rock for our Run
for Hope. On June twenty eighth, it's a great event
to come together as a community and just celebrate those
and honor those who we may have lost to cancer.
This year we actually expect at least four hundred runners
and then we'll have beer, and then we'll have breakfast
(25:29):
after the race and an award ceremony. And then this
year it actually falls on our community Stronger than Cancer Today,
which is Gilda's birthday.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
How can people be a part of it?
Speaker 8 (25:38):
So they can go online and register at Csciowa Illinois
dot org Slash Run. Again at csciowa Illinois dot org
Slash Run, we have a time five k, but we
also have a one mile walk and ours is actually
a qualifying race if they're trying to get into marathons.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
Not only for runners, but if they want to volunteer.
Speaker 8 (26:00):
Yes, all volunteers are welcome and they can register at
that same link at csc Iowa Illinois dot org Last
Run and we can get all their information.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Even though one day, I hope that you cater to
the feline population, it does look like you got you
got the doggy dash going on too.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
We do.
Speaker 8 (26:19):
We have the Purina Doggy Dash ten dollars you get
a fun doggye bandana and you can either run with
your dog or you can do the one mile and
bring them on out. And we should have some treats
from Parina and it should be a great, great time
to get out with your pup.
Speaker 7 (26:34):
Well that you gots agree about the cats, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:37):
We got to do that one. Yeah. I also like this.
People can customize their race BIPs too.
Speaker 8 (26:43):
Yeah, it's really to reflect our mission and show why
everybody's out running that day is it's more than just
a run for us.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
And they also have the I believe, the doggy bandana,
and again next year there's the cat bandana. Of course
the cat the cats will have it torn off and
they won't have it all the end of the law.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
Yeah, they'll also be very indifferent.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
The cats will act like they don't care, but they do.
So it seems like we should thank also Jeff Norton
of mel Foster.
Speaker 8 (27:11):
Yes, Jeff Norton is great. He and his wife, they
donate the event venue, they donate breakfast. We were so
appreciative of them and their support. And then also the
village of Cole Valley they donate the EMS and the
police services. And really we kind of do what we
do without the support of the community and of course
our presenting sponsored Modern Woodmen of America.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
So the website again Csciowa Illinois dot org slash run
for this event, but you'll also be able to use
that website too for another event that's coming up later
in the year. In September, I saw dragon Boating and
I thought maybe it was a tie in to How
To Train Your Dragon. Everybody else is tying into that movie.
(27:51):
But this has nothing to do with that movie. But
it's still something that's very important, certainly for cancer survivors
and cancer pat.
Speaker 8 (28:00):
Yes, so we're hosting a new event that we're very
excited about, which you've tied into How to Train Your
Dragon already.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
This has nothing to do with the movie. This has
something to do not at all.
Speaker 8 (28:11):
So we're hosting our first annual Mississippi Valley Dragon Boat Festivals.
We're excited to bring that here to the Quad Cities
and just kind of highlight the benefits that dragon boating
has and bring that awareness to the community.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
Where is it at.
Speaker 8 (28:27):
So it's going to be at Westlake.
Speaker 4 (28:29):
What's the date, September twentieth.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
And if they need to find out more, they.
Speaker 8 (28:33):
Can visit CSC Iowa Illinois dot org, slash Dragon.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Anything else that people should maybe be aware of.
Speaker 8 (28:41):
If you are a loved one are in need of support,
you can find support on our website at csc Iowa
Illinois dot org. But if you're looking for other ways
to support aside from fundraising events, we have a monthly
donation program that a gift as small as five dollars
a month can help support and sustain our programs. You
can learn more about that at Csseiowa Illinois dot org.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
And as we wrap up our Quad City Forum, a
reminder there's a Trivia for Life fundraiser happening later on
this morning for Stephanie Mudd and Teresa Lopez.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
It'll be at the.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Lulac Club forty two to twenty four Ricker Hill Road
in Davenport, with the doors opening at eleven o'clock today.
The trivia itself starts at noon. If you're not able
to stay for the trivia, there will be plenty of
fundraising activities to help out both Teresa and stephaniepp. But again,
it's today at the Lulac Club forty two to twenty
four Ricker Hill Road in Davenport.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
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