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ELDRIDGE
Chilly weather can't stop
Hometown Holiday
The North Scott Press
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WEDNESDAY, December 11, 2013
ELDRIDGE, IOWA VOLUME 46, NUMBER 50
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Genesis “HealthBeat”

exercise program

Aledo

The new outdoor fitness equipment in Eldridge is available to the public seven days a week all year long. The equipment was provided by Genesis Health Systems
and is located along the bike path just south of LeClaire Road.
NSP Photo by Scott Campbell
Genesis promotes fitness in
Eldridge
Cordova

■ Outdoor exercise with a $40,000 Genesis HealthBeat Park, which area residents can use to stay physi- about. “Each of us is being asked to take more
nary discussions as far back as two years ago, and Croken gave the go-ahead last
equipment a perfect The 10 pieces of all-weather exercise personal responsibility for our health, in- cluding exercise, getting vaccinations, good The equipment, which is designed and cally fit.
summer.
Davenport
fit for community equipment are located along the bike path on South First Street, just south of LeClaire nutrition, washing our hands, not smoking and having a relationship with a primary installed by Outdoor Recreation Products, was delivered to Eldridge this fall, and the
By Scott Campbell
Road.
care physician to maintain our health.
park board, with considerable input from
Count Eldridge residents as the latest park director Amy Knoche, determined that the area along South First Street would NSP Editor
“We consider the Genesis HealthBeat parks to be investments in the health and “There are a few simple things we can all do to improve our health and the health
beneficiaries of Genesis Health System’s generosity and promotion of physical fit- be a prime location.
wellness of the region,” said Ken Croken, Genesis Health System’s vice president of of the region,” he continued. “Exercise is one of them, and we hope people will take “We already had some fitness equip- DeWitt
ness.
corporate communications and marketing. “Population Heath is a concept you are al- advantage of the Genesis HealthBeat equip- ment.”
Working in tandem with the Eldridge ment at Sheridan Meadows Park,” FITNESS
ready hearing and will continue to hear
Park Board, Genesis has provided the city
Croken and the park board had prelimi-
said park board continued on page 2A

INSIDE. . .
Audience raises tough questions Eldridge
SECTION A
Fine Arts Awards.......................................... 2
North Scott School Board............................ 4 Megan's Full-Circle Moment........................ 7 at Clean Line information meeting
NS Students Gear Up For Competition ....... 8 Thanksgiving Feast At Alan Shepherd....... 12
Editorial Pages ..................................... 16-18
■ Transmission lines informational only and exclude any arguments “Once the utility files franchise petitions, there
SECTION B
could cross 37 miles in favor or against the clean line, featured presentations from the Iowa Utility Board as will be a required public hearing in the event that any objections are filed (by landowners) Silvis
Hometown Holiday ...................................... 1 Sports ....................................................... 2-5 of Scott County land If the project ultimately gains approval, well as Rock Island Clean Line.
or if the utility requests the right of eminent domain.”
Eldridge Police News................................... 6 Scott County Sheriff Reports ....................... 7 the RICL would transport wind energy from Northwest Iowa to east coast areas with a high Beth Conley, a project manager with RICL, estimated that it could be a year before a fran-
Silver Shakers Shine At State................... 8-9 Obituaries ............................................. 10-11 By Jeff Montgomery
demand for clean energy. The proposed line would stretch for 500 miles across Iowa and chise petition is filed.
As part of last week’s discussion, RICL rep-
Classified Advertising ................................ 12 Family News .............................................. 16
Approximately 200 people gathered in the Illinois.
NSP Staff Writer
resentatives outlined the construction process Moline (41st St.)
SPECIAL SECTIONS:
Theisen's Supply Clarion Hotel Conference Center in Davenport Thursday morning (Dec. 5) to learn about the that would occur if the clean line is approved.
Rob Hillesland, spokesman for the Iowa Utlities Board, explained that a public hearing In most cases, the company would negotiate
■ ■ Fareway Stores ■ Ace Hardware Rock Island Clean Line, a proposed high- voltage transmission line that would stretch could be held later if RICL’s request – known as a franchise petition – meets certain criteria.
for a 145 to 200-foot easement on the landown- ers’ property. The
■ American Profile (2) ■ Eastern Iowa Bizzzy Bee
across 37 miles of Scott County.
transmission line ENERGY would be at least continued on page 15A
The meeting, which was intended to be
“The company has not filed franchise peti- tions with the board yet,” Hillesland confirmed.
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