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Nick Loomis/QUAD-CITY TIMES Saukenuk Paddlers member Gary Lienen, right, paddles away from the Marquette Street boat ramp in Davenport as club president Dave Hill, far left, paddles with Quad-City Times reporter Mary Louise Speer toward Credit Island during the annual first-of-the-year canoe trip on Monday.