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September 14, 2025 • 30 mins
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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. Now here's your hosts for
Quad City Forum, Fat Luke and Denny Lynnhowe.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
On Quad City Forum. I now have the very big
pleasure to introduce you to Michelle Russell. You are part
of Russell Construction. Can you talk to me just briefly
a little bit about how long you guys have been
in the community and what it means to you to
be here.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
We've been just celebrated our thirty seventh annual golf outing
for charity, which this year we raised ninety thousand dollars. So,
but we've been in business over forty years, started in
nineteen eighty seven. They have started here right here in
Quad City. Is now our have a brand, have offices
in Saint Louis and Kansas City and do work. We

(00:55):
have the privileged do work all over the country, but
this is our home base and we're really crowd to
have our headquarters still here in the block Cities.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, and you guys do such great work. You were
just talking about the golf outing that you had, But
the big thing that's coming up on September twentieth is
I think a really cool move where you help out
Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities and that's your
big fishing tournament. So talk a little bit about what
will be happening on September twentieth.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
Oh great, Yeah, thanks for asking. It's a really fun
day in its fifty first year this year, and it's
always for charity, so it's one of the longest running
charity fishing tournaments in the country. We're the sponsor alongside
with a lot of our other partners like Tricity Electric.
Today is really fun. So we have the tournament where

(01:44):
you know, if you're a serious or just for fun
fishermen and you have a boat and you want to
get out there and actually fish, the tournament all the
registration Cataba, getmeregistered dot com. We've incorporated this. Like what's
important to us at Russell, my husband and I is
that we try to introduce the sport of fishing two youngsters.

(02:06):
You know, we kind of see that in the day
and age, a lot of people are sitting behind a phone,
even as a young person and not really even getting
out there and enjoying the fresh air. As much as
we used to do as kids. This is a sport that
you know requires patience, requires getting out in the fresh
air alone or with you know, your buddies, your dad
or your grandpa. And you know, we want to foster

(02:29):
that in our kids as they grow up.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, so what kind of age group are you looking for?

Speaker 3 (02:34):
So we have a fishing from the bank category and
it's all free. Uh, you know, we're hosting it all.
You can literally be you know, in your stroller with
your mom having a little rob for you. We give
out awards. Start if you catch a fish, getting a prize.
We tried, you're gettingerprise in the actual boating division where

(02:54):
they're fishing. Last year we started this age or of
nine and if you're nine year old, you're in your
own age group, ten year old, your own age group
eleven year old. And if you're in a boat fishing
and you catch, you're like waiting to get something, to
win a trophy or money. Even so it's really open
for all comers and all ages.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
I mean, this doesn't stop at just fishing. You're going
to do an after party with a whole lot of
fun attached to it.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
Yeah, we wanted in the.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Last year, it was important to us that we a
make it more family friendly and you know, really incorporated
is a fun day and more centralized. So it was
in Albany, Illinois for a long time. Before that, it
was at Sunset Marina, and now it's kicked off at
Leech Park down at the Islets Capri. So we're outside

(03:46):
and covered, fully covered area, so rain or shine, it's
a go and you're gonna have a great time. And
you see the river, you know your steps away from it.
We're right by the Ice seventy four bridge. We've got
free everything's free, I mean a party on us to
get people together, free food, free drinks, free fun. We
have a relay race at three thirty and it's you

(04:09):
know for kids, girls against boys, all ages included in one.
Race goes through a bounce house, big obstacle course along
the way. So it's just a lot of fun all
of this. You know, we are at Russell. You know,
philanthropy is in our DNA and we love to support
the community to do everything we can to give back

(04:32):
and build up the community. So when you register, whatever
you're doing from the banks, fishing, whatever, relay race, just
showing up if you list your elementary school that you're
tied to. It's all free. You don't pay a registration fee,
but we our foundation, will give ten dollars per participant

(04:53):
back to that school, plus ten to the charity, the
children's therapy centers of the club cities.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
Oh this way, yeah, and the people out there and
back exactly, And why wouldn't you want to be a
part of this? It just sounds like so much fun.
So really very centrally located. Again, you're talking about Bettendorf
and Leech Park. It's just west of the aisle where
everything is going to be going on under that overhang, right.

Speaker 3 (05:16):
Yes, exactly, it's between the bridge and the hotel.

Speaker 2 (05:19):
So again, September twentieth.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
Iola Capri. Okay, tons of signed. You can't get lost,
You'll find your way to the fun and hope you
get out there. Of course you're going to be down
there playing music.

Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yes, I will be down there. I'll do announcements, I'll
shake hands. I'm not going to fish because I don't
like to bait the hook, but if someone would bait
a hook for me, I'll throw in a line. I'm
just saying I'm with you.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
I'm with you. Oh my gosh, and I almost forgot
about the line dancing. We actually are having wine dancing
that day as well. You know, no pressure comes of fun.

Speaker 2 (05:52):
Yeah, a different kind of line Michelle. If people want
to register to make sure that they're counted, where should
they go to do that?

Speaker 3 (06:02):
So if you've got to get me register dot com
and then just type in live Oncommon. So this is
a live uncommon event. It's a five oh one C
three that allows us to produce all these events and
it'll take you right to it. There's only one event
under that name out.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
There, September twentieth in Bettendorf, Isle of Capri. Get me
registered dot com. Make sure you get your registration in
and come on down and help support the great things
that Russell is doing here in the Quad Cities. I
appreciate you, Michelle so much.

Speaker 3 (06:33):
I appreciate you. Thank you so much.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page and
our station website. Now back to Pat Luke and Danny Linnewe.

Speaker 5 (06:47):
Getting a chance to talk to Tracy Joe Mulligan with
the University of Illinois Extension Officers.

Speaker 1 (06:52):
Tracy is if you do have a couple.

Speaker 5 (06:53):
Of big events that are coming up, one of them
is a short term involvement, the other one's a little
bit longer. So let's talk about the one that's coming
up here. Out in Alida, we.

Speaker 6 (07:03):
Have the Fall Harvest of Horticulture, which is put on
by my Mercer County Master Gardeners, who are I like
to refer to them but small but mighty when they're
small in numbers, but they do a heck of a
lot for that awesome community out in Aledo. So we
have a night they put together. We are having Nicole
Flowers from the Peoria County Extension Office, which I know

(07:25):
you're going to love her last.

Speaker 5 (07:26):
Name, last name Flowers, you got to have it in there, talking.

Speaker 6 (07:29):
About native pollinators. And then our own Emily Swiheart is
going to talk about seasonal garden tasks that you do
year round, so when it's September you need to do this,
when it's October you need to do this, so different
tasks that you should be doing, with practical takeaways, a
chance to ask questions, all of those things. So it's
a night that the Mercer County Master Gardeners put on.

(07:50):
We partner with the Alito Fire Station, which has a
beautiful fire station out there, and it is on a
Thursday evening from five thirty to seven thirty on septem
number eighteenth, and it is we do ask that you
pre register. They do have the farmers market out there beforehand,
so you could go out, go to the farmer's market,
you know, grab some goodies for the house, and then

(08:12):
come on in. We'll have appetizers and drinks. There is
a ten dollars fee and then you can learn those
two different topics that Nicole and Emily will be presenting.

Speaker 5 (08:22):
What if I happen to be from Rock Island County,
I mean, is this just like they'll stop people with
a charard a license from Chirard, and they'll stop you.

Speaker 6 (08:31):
We take them all. We're looking forward to. We have
a lot of our master gardeners from Rock Island County.
They support their other master gardener. So I have a
great group. As I've told you before, I serve as
Henry Mercer, Rock Island and Stark County, so we do
stuff as a conglomerate master gardener as a unit, but
then we also do these little one offs as separate counties.

(08:52):
So this is our Mercer County Night to Shine. And
like I said, if you've not been out to Aledo
with Rubarbfest and the farmers market, it's a great community.
They really support their own They've got a beautiful fire
station that we utilize with you know the technology, and
it's right there on the main little square where they
had the farmer's market. So make a night of it.

(09:14):
Come out shop the farmers market, come and watch Nicole,
come and watch Emily learn about native pollinators and what
you can do in your garden.

Speaker 5 (09:22):
Again.

Speaker 6 (09:22):
The date it is September eighteenth, which is a Thursday evening.
Our event starts at five thirty and it goes from
five thirty to seven thirty, with each presenter doing about
forty five minutes, taking about a fifteen minute break to
answer questions, to get the appetizers that we'll have, and
then for the galves to switch you know, the slides,

(09:43):
and then you'll hear the second presentation, which would be
then six thirty to seven thirty.

Speaker 5 (09:48):
Now the other one it's a little bit more of
a commitment. In fact, it's a bigger commitment, but it's
still something that is just as important.

Speaker 6 (09:55):
It absolutely is so the Master Gardeners are adult trained volunteers,
and like we said before, I service Henry Mercer, Rock
Island Stark, So that's where we're looking to look for
people who are interested in becoming a Master Gardner volunteer
and this is their training. So each week you have
a different topic that you get trained on. So this

(10:18):
is what we call a hybrid training. So we have
two times where you would come into the Milin office
on those Tuesdays, and it runs tuesdays all the way
until November twenty sixth. Now we do only need you
to come in twice, which would be September thirtieth and
October twenty eighth. The rest of them are online. So

(10:41):
how each week would work is you would read your textbook,
you would watch the videos and nippets that we have
and read the articles, and then you would come online
through Zoom on those Tuesdays just for about an hour
and a half, and then you would have a live
webinar with the educator that specializes in that area. So,

(11:06):
as I've mentioned, Emily Swihart is our local person, so
when you're doing trees, she would do the trees. When
you have botany, we would have an educator that they
may be down in Springfield, they may be up in
Cook County, but it's a live webinar and that's their specialization.
Each week. You also then have a quiz that you
take to go on to the next week. So it's

(11:29):
a way for us to really help people that. You know,
when we first started doing Master Gardener training, you'd come
into the extension office, you'd be here for eight hours
a time. Well, I don't know about you, but after
about I don't know, two or three, your brain is
just jelly. I mean, you're just done. So this way
it's you know, you can study when you have time

(11:51):
at home, you can you know, if you're an early
bird person, you know, like I got my master's that way.
I'd get up at five o'clock in the morning before
the kids would get up, and I would read my
articles or watch my recordings. And then you get onto
line and then you have that live interaction with not
only the educators, but the other people in our unit,
but also the other people around the state. So if

(12:14):
you have a question, chances are somebody else is going
to have that same question and you'll get your questions
answered live right then. So it's a really a neat
way to get that training without having to come into
our office and sit and try to concentrate for six
to eight hours a week. We just we just don't
function that way kids, nor adults, and especially adults. It's

(12:39):
a way, it's a way to break it up for you.

Speaker 5 (12:41):
Yes, this is not like trying to pass the bar
if you're going to have people on the other side
that want you to succeed.

Speaker 6 (12:46):
And I you know, when I use the term test,
it's not to scare anybody.

Speaker 1 (12:50):
Well, I was scared.

Speaker 6 (12:51):
It's open book, it's open notes and open friendships, is
how I describe it. As a master gardener, you don't
realize what you don't know until somebody asks you. So
when you leave master gardener training, you've had one week
of botany. There are people that have a doctrine in
one portion of botany. So when they use the term

(13:11):
master gardener, it's telling the public that you are a
train to volunteer and that you know how to look
up and research and what is a valid source. So
you don't leave master gardener training knowing everything about anything.

Speaker 4 (13:27):
You know.

Speaker 6 (13:27):
You just know a small snippet. We spend one week
on vegetables, well, heck, there's a lot of vegetables. I
don't want to scare anybody that it's not a closed
book where you know, it's not like when you were
back in grade school you put the papers around so
they can't cheat off your I want people to get
together and go to the library or go to a
coffee shop and look up these answers in the Master

(13:47):
Gardener Manual together and have those conversations about those questions,
because as a master gardener, that's what you're doing. We're
servicing the public and answering their horticulture questions. And one
thing about the u of IX tension is that we
give you those researched based, non biased answers, so we're
not going to tell you that we're not trying to
sell a specific product that it's going to be. Here

(14:10):
are your options. You can do organic, you can do chemicals,
you can what are your options as a homeowner to
answer these questions?

Speaker 5 (14:18):
Is there a cost for any of this stuff?

Speaker 6 (14:20):
For the Master Gardner training, there is a two hundred
and twenty five dollars cost, and that gets you your textbook,
which is well over half of the cost, and it
gets you all of your webinars, it gets you all
of the software, it gets you all of that, and
then you would register. But we are also giving out
two scholarships through our four H Foundation. So what I
would suggest is people can either google University of Illinois Extension,

(14:44):
Rock Island County. You can call the office which is
three zero nine seven five six nine nine seven eight
three zero nine seven five six nine nine seven eight
and that's for the Fall Harvest Apport for Master Gardener Training.

(15:05):
Keep our gals busy, you know, make them answer those questions.
So call the office. They can get you registered for
the Fall Harvest Apport. They can send you the links
for the Master Gardener training so you can see what
weeks are, what topics, what else is involved. Because the
Fall Harvest Ahort is a one and done, come in,
you learn, you go about your business. The Master Gardener

(15:26):
Training is you know, more weeks involved. There's a little
bit more of a time commitment. So we do have
information online, so if you call, we can send you
the link to that. It's cool. We give you mentors.
You have an internship, so we don't just you know,
teach you then release you. Please call register. It's a
great group of volunteers to get involved with. They have

(15:47):
monthly meetings. We do a lot for the community. So
if you're interested, you think you want to learn more,
give the office a call, have us send you the
links so you can read more. I'm going to give
the phone number one more time. Please do it is
three zero zero nine seven seven eight.

Speaker 1 (16:04):
If you or your organization would like to be featured
on Quad City Forum, please visit the contact page on
our station website. Now back to bat Luke and Danny linnowe.

Speaker 5 (16:17):
Getting a chance to talk to Valerie Rumbler. Valerie who
has wears many hats.

Speaker 3 (16:22):
She is a jack of all trades.

Speaker 5 (16:24):
Are you a master of none or just jack of
all trades?

Speaker 4 (16:27):
Valerie, I'll go with a jack of all trade.

Speaker 5 (16:30):
There we go. That's what we're gonna Amolin high grad
knows many things, has many positive things that she brings
to the table. Certainly in Vale's case, that's that's certainly
something that we can count on. But Valerie does, among
other things, a big part, maybe not the only person
doing this, because volunteers are such an important part of

(16:53):
any kind of an organization, but certainly with the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention or AFS big event that's coming.

Speaker 4 (17:02):
Up, Well, we are still doing it again this year.
Our venue is going to be at Wharton field House
in Moling and we're going to be probably one of
the first to be on the new field.

Speaker 5 (17:15):
Well this is a fantastic because not only is Browning
Field getting work then I believe they were also doing
something over at Wharton field House. But it still is
a matter of you know, when you've been around like
the field has been and the Fieldhouse has been occasionally
it needs a little help, a little cosmetic help, and

(17:37):
maybe something a little bit deeper than that. But the
main thing is we're we're expecting all systems to go.
Really by that point, they're going to be playing football,
so we have to feel that they're done. But that's
you know, beside the point. Really this is about something
that is is a very it still is a chapter

(17:58):
in a lot of people's lives. Is if somebody has
completed suicide, they need support and they should not be
looking at this in any darker of a lens than
they should. And that's really what the American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention does in a lot of ways, not only
working as a fundraiser, but just trying to help out

(18:21):
these families.

Speaker 4 (18:23):
Yes, they're bringing awareness and they're also they do a
lot of education, so they advocate to educate the community
as well.

Speaker 3 (18:33):
Well.

Speaker 5 (18:33):
How many times have we seen in when something like
this happens to a family that they don't know where
to turn or they want to turn inward.

Speaker 4 (18:44):
Right, and definitely turning inward is a lot of what
they do because they feel ashamed or the stigma that's
out there in the community. But by educating the community
and letting them know that there are ways to educate
the community to prevent this from happening. It's not going
to happen overnight. Just like research on cancer, it's not

(19:07):
happening overnight. So it's out there to educate and bring
awareness to the community. The law is there to let
the community know and let them come forward and know
that nobody's alone in this race.

Speaker 5 (19:24):
Well, it also just lets them realize too. Not only
can they talk about it, but how many times is
the grieving process stunted because they feel they just don't
know where to turn. So as we look at this
this big event, it's September twenty first, now they say
here Whartonfield House, but really it's browning Field is where

(19:46):
you're going to see it. And is this a rain
or shine kind of event or is it will there
be Could there be a rain date?

Speaker 4 (19:55):
No rain date, It is a rain or shine. We'll
have tents there and we'll have little pop up tents
around for people to stand under. Maybe want to get
wet to walk around the new track. H But yes,
it'll be rain or shine.

Speaker 5 (20:10):
Well that's the beauty of September weather. Once you get
into the really the latter half of September, the morning
could be terrible and the afternoon is fantastic, and then
there's snow by nightfall. So you really never know what's
going on. But some of the things that people maybe
if they've gone to some of the past AFSP events,

(20:32):
the Walk for Darkness, are there other things that are
added this year that people would want to check out.

Speaker 4 (20:43):
We are going to have a knock on Wood, We're
going to have Sunny's Coffee shops going to be have
a little pop up there. Okay, you never really had
any food pop ups. We just have tables that are
set around for different organizations to advertise. But the Moulling
Booster club has always been faithful and helpful handing or

(21:07):
giving having food for the people there. So we had
the free water and that was really all we had.
So Sunny's is offered to come and do a pop up.
So it's Sunny's Coffeehouse that's out in Cole Valley on
the way to Cole Valley.

Speaker 5 (21:23):
I should say that's even though this is browning Field
and the Molling Boosters are a part of it. I
certainly don't want anybody thinking as they're hearing this, going, well,
this is only for people that are part of Molling
school system.

Speaker 4 (21:40):
No, No, this is available for the whole community. We
want to bring as much awareness to the community and
we have all kinds of information brochures that show you
how you can educate yourself. I mean, you're not going
to get educated there, but you're going to get to
read brochures and know how to sign up.

Speaker 5 (22:00):
To do that and help out the organization. Because even
though you were bringing up cancer a few minutes ago,
much like cancer, suicide touches more people than most people realize.

Speaker 4 (22:15):
Yes, yes, And the interesting thing is we weren't up
in the era there where cancer was don't talk about
type things. So, as I was growing up, they did
talk about cancer. How long did it take for people
to open up and do all this with all their fundraisers?
That helped them to know that they weren't alone and

(22:37):
that not to be afraid to talk about it.

Speaker 5 (22:39):
Yeah, it takes a while for that snowball to really
start to gain steam and help out. Well, it's certainly
the case here. So what could people do to maybe
raise some money and awareness on their end?

Speaker 4 (22:51):
Well, if you go to afsp dot org and look
for community walks, that's going to be the simplest way.

Speaker 5 (22:59):
Okay, so let me give that again, AFSP dot org
a correct.

Speaker 2 (23:05):
F SP dot org got.

Speaker 4 (23:07):
It, Yes, And then you would go to community walks
and then what it will do is walk you through
to find your local community walk and then you just
look for Illinois and then it will give you the
quad Cities Illinois out of Darkness Walk to go ahead
and sign up as a team or donate or whatever

(23:28):
you'd like.

Speaker 5 (23:30):
And that is again give that a. So once they
go to AFSP dot org, go to community walks, and
then you want to go to Illinois because there probably
are some other chapters close by that you might get
a little confused. They all do great work, but we
want to make sure we get them to the right spot.

Speaker 4 (23:49):
Yeah, and our name is Quad Cities, Illinois Out of
Darkness walk Okay?

Speaker 5 (23:55):
Got it? And are there any other things that people
should know about? Other things? And probably even though there's
organization in all of this event and we have certain
things that we're going to be doing certain times for
certain things, this is also an event where you don't
have to worry. There's not going to be a test here.
There's just going to be people coming together and just

(24:16):
showing solidarity and trying to help others correct.

Speaker 4 (24:20):
There will be no commitment. I mean, even if you
were to walk up to come in and sign up
the day of and donate the day of, that's acceptable.
You can walk in. We're not expecting everybody to have
to pay to come in, just to come and be
a community. If that's what so be it you want
to do, so, there's no pressure on having to donate,

(24:45):
but it would be helpful.

Speaker 5 (24:48):
Of course it would be. We're talking to Valerie Rumler
with the AFSP or the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Their big day is September twenty first at browning Field,
So there's a lot of other I mean, it's just
amazing exciting too to think of all the changes that
that part that not only the field, Wharton and even

(25:11):
Browning Park a little bit to the west of browning
Field has changed just in the last couple of months. Really,
so you could be a part of it as you
do a little gandering, even though you can kind of
drive by and see a lot of it happening right now.
But September twenty first stop by and the event starts
at one. But if they want to go to the
website to find out more right now, Valerie, why don't

(25:33):
you give them that website one more time as we're
heading out.

Speaker 4 (25:38):
Okay, if you go to AFSP dot org and look
for community walks. When you click on community Walks, you'll
click on for Illinois, and when you get to Illinois
you'll find out the Illinois Walks and our name is
Quad City, Illinois. Out of Darkness walk boom.

Speaker 5 (25:58):
How much time dish take you to get going here?
How many? How many hours? And again I keep wanting
to go back to you doing all of it, but
oh goodness, volunteers involved? How many how many people? Hours
are you dealing with there.

Speaker 4 (26:16):
We kind of kicked off a little early this year
because we're doing fundraisers, so we kind of kicked off
in April and tried to keep up on everybody with
fundraising and stuff like that. I probably have a good commitity,
a good committee of at least eight people that helped
me out, and on the day of I have found

(26:38):
more community people willing to come and help out, which
gives me bigger ideas on how to have the committee
help the people that are coming in. Like I got
Quad City or QC Narratives, a young adult group. They're

(26:58):
going to donate their time time to help my event
work as well, so I think mightity members.

Speaker 5 (27:07):
I think that's amazing how many times people maybe don't
want to start initially, but you will see people near
the end, Okay, can I help you with this? That
maybe more. I don't want to call them worker bees
because that seems dismissive, but so many other people that
want to Okay, you need that rock moved. I'm going
to move that rock, and I'm going to help you out.
And then once the day is done, they'll help with

(27:29):
cleanup and then they're off to help out some other people.
So that's really the great thing about the Quad City area.

Speaker 4 (27:35):
Yep, for sure. And WQAD is donating a lot of
airtime for us.

Speaker 5 (27:42):
I've noticed that during the month of August they had
you kind of set up with their three degree guarantee
and that most times that means they're going to give
away a lot of money and every penny is going
to help big time. So if people want to kind
of take that page from what chan lead is doing,
just want to make a donation right there AFSP dot
org and look for the donate button.

Speaker 4 (28:05):
Yes, definitely look for the donate button.

Speaker 5 (28:07):
Why don't we give that website one more time?

Speaker 4 (28:09):
Okay, you go to AFSP dot org and when you
get there, you'll go to community walk and then when
you click on those you'll find you'll find the state
that you're in, so you type in Illinois and then
when you get there, our walk name is Quad City's
Illinois Out of Darkness Walk.

Speaker 5 (28:32):
And as we wrap up our Quad City Forum today,
I want to remind you coming up at the end
of this month, they're having a benefit for Nick watching.
It'll be out at the Chirard Fire and Rescue. Nick
has been battling just to kind of give you an
idea of what he's been through and what Nick and
his family have been through. Niked battled some health issues.
At the end of June, he had a surgery to

(28:52):
remove a tumor from his head, but then he ended
up having an infection from that, so you had to
have another surgery, and as he kind of goes through
the recovery process, just gets set for another surgery, hopefully
the last one he's going to have to deal with.
But for those of you that don't know him, Nick
is one of these guys that always goes above and

(29:13):
beyond to help others. So this is the time for
us to support him. So if he can be out
there in one way another out at the Shirard Fire
and Rescue Saturday afternoon, September twenty seventh. If you do
need to find out more, check out details for the
Nick Watson fundraiser or benefit on Facebook. And thank you
again from your iHeartRadio stations of the Quad Cities.

Speaker 1 (29:36):
You've been listening to Quad City Forum, a weekly community
service program produced by iHeartRadio. If you were your nonprofit
organization would like to be featured, please visit the contact
page and our station website for contact. Quad City Forum
and care of iHeartMedia. Quad Cities three five three five
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