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| Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:16 AM CDT | () comments

News staff reports

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Police Explorers will have bike sale Saturday

The Bettendorf Police Explorers will have a bicycle sale from 9 a.m. to noon June 2 at the Bettendorf Police Department, 1609 State St. More than 50 bicycles will be available.

The Explorers program is for people ages 14-21 who are interested in police work as a career. For more information, call Officer Sara Stolley 344-4015 or e-mail at sstolley@bettendorf.org.

Park band will have concert Friday

The Bettendorf Park Band will have its first concert of the summer season at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Veterans Memorial Park, 1645 23rd St.

All concerts are free. An ice cream social will follow, sponsored by the Bettendorf Band and Orchestra Parents.

Rain location: Herbert D. Goettsch Community Center, 2204 Grant St.

Jaycees need help with Fourth of July parade

The Bettendorf Jaycees and The Bettendorf Old Fashioned Fourth of July Committee are looking for volunteers to help with lineup for this year’s Fourth of July Parade.

Call Don Wells at 823-0191.

Kid fishing derby

planned Saturday in PV

The Mother Hubbard’s Children’s Fishing Derby will take place on Saturday at Lock and Dam 14 , Pleasant Valley.

Children, age 12 and younger, are invited to participate, and parents can register their children at the derby site on Saturday or at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, 212 S. Cody Road, LeClaire through the week.

The $5 registration fee covers prizes, trophies and lunch and the event begins at 9 a.m..

All proceeds from the fishing derby will benefit local children through Mother Hubbard’s Christmas Fund.

For more information, call Annette at (563) 289-5083.

— Mary Louise Speer

Rotary leader will talk about Africa efforts

Susan Herrick, nominee for Rotary District 6000 (Iowa) governor, will speak about her experiences immunizing children in Niger against polio during the Bettendorf Rotary meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Fortune Garden restaurant, 2211 Kimberly Road.

Herrick traveled to the African nation as part of the Rotary International effort to eradicate polio worldwide. Since the campaign began in 1988, the incidence of the disease has declined by 99 percent.

Bettendorf Rotary welcomes Rotarians, guests and visitors to its meetings each Wednesday at noon at the restaurant. For more information, call President Carolyn Leutwyler at 359-5914 or visit www.BettendorfRotary.com.

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Library will have

scavenger hunt Friday

Teen detectives can come to the Bettendorf Public Library from 7-8:30 p.m. Friday to hunt down clues and crack a secret code as part of its annual scavenger hunt.

The event, which offers a yet to be determined prize, promotes the library’s summer reading program. Middle and high school students can attend. They will have to use library resources to find the answers to questions.

“They are so much fun, in no small part that because the library is closed they can be as noisy as they want,” said Maria Levetzow, young adult librarian. “Kids are running and screaming. It’s controlled chaos.”

To register for the scavenger hunt, call (563) 344-4178, stop by the library’s Youth Services Department or go online to www.bettendorflibrary.com/teen/events.htm. Web site registrations will be accepted until 9 p.m. tonight. The event is limited to 24 teens.

Parents can drop their children off at the library lobby and pick them up at the end of the evening.