John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES On Mike Beaderstadt’s journey to beat his Bix 7 time from 20 years ago, he lost 100 pounds while gaining a whole bunch of benefits
GO! takes a look back at the events that shaped local entertainment in 2001 in Thursday editions of the Quad-City Times.
In this image released by Columbia Pictures, Jack Black, left, and Michael Cera are shown in a scene from "Year One." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures)
Debbie Fawkes, a volunteer at the Oakville Community Center kitchen, hands Bob Buckman a plate full of creamed turkey on corn bread to be served during lunch Monday, June 1, 2009. Fawkes goes to the community center about 7 a.m. every weekday morning and starts cooking for 40-45 people per day. Other volunteers from the area also take turns helping. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
For 58-year-old Helen Hopp, the work is personal. She lost her own home in the flood last year in Gulfport, Ill., across the Mississippi River from Burlington, Iowa. "I had to evacuate, and I couldn't locate a truck, so I didn't get anything out of there," she said. "Old Man River took it all." She was in Oakville with an Iowa Workforce Development crew out of Burlington, helping with cleanup work. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
Gene Murray, a supervisor for an Iowa Workforce Development crew out of Burlington, Iowa, dumps a bucket of debris into a pile outside a flood-ravaged house Monday June 1, 2009. The house was donated to the city of Oakville by the now-closed bank. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
Gene Murray - Supervisor for an Iowa Workforce Developement Crew out of Burlington, Iowa in Oakville, Iowa Monday June 1, 2009. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
Locals in Oakville say at least half of the community’s houses are abandoned and inhabitable, with broken-out windows and missing walls. Yards are overgrown and vehicles abandoned, and the bank has no plans to reopen. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
In Oakville, one year after flooding the post office is open again. Down the block, semi-trucks move in and out of Tri-Oaks Foods. The town’s bars and restaurants are still boarded up, and the bank branch building is empty with no plans of reopening. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
For 58-year-old Helen Hopp, the work is personal. She lost her own home in the flood last year in Gulfport, Ill., across the Mississippi River from Burlington, Iowa. "I had to evacuate, and I couldn't locate a truck, so I didn't get anything out of there," she said. "Old Man River took it all." She was in Oakville with an Iowa Workforce Development crew out of Burlington, helping with cleanup work. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
Ron Randolph and Lynette Smith recently left the Humility of Mary Shelter on West 5th Street for their own apartment, but they still hang around to visit with friends. Here, Smith gets a hug from Amy Hamilton, who was seeing her for the first time after Smith’s recent stay in a hospital. (Jeff Cook/Quad-City Times)
Scott Crane, president of United Way of the Quad-Cities Area; Mary Ellen Chamberlin, president of the Riverboat Development Authority; and Chris Connolly, of Wachovia Securities, visit during a reception Tuesday to celebrate the selection of DavenportOne as Chamber of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. (Jeff Cook/Quad-City Times)
John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES Defending champion Gilbert Okari finished third behind fellow Kenyans Lawrence Kiprotich and Evans Cheriuyot.
Ramadan Farraj talks about the expansion of the Central Grocer's Stop and Shop store on West 3rd Street in Davenport that his father, Ahmad Farraj, owns. (Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES)
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