The Pleasant Valley Spartans punched their ticket to the state boys basketball tournament Tuesday night (3/6) with a convincing 72-48 win over Burlington.
The Bettendorf boys basketball team rebounded from a dismal first quarter to post a 62-56 win Friday night (3/2) over the Clinton River Kings and advance in the Class 4A playoffs.
The Class of '81 will be holding its 20-year reunion October 12 and 13, 2001. We are planning to hold a pre-game tailgate gathering in the cafateria and courtyard of the High School with the class attending the varsity football game. After the game we will get together at a local establishment to be announced. Saturday afternoon class members and their families will have an opportunity to tour the high school. The main event will be a dinner and dance at Jumer's Castle Lodge in Bettendorf. We will be sending info to class members soon. Information is also available at http://www.geocities.com/bhs81us.
The Bettendorf Community Schools Foundation is having a event on Saturday, March 10th at the Isle of Capri Center. Cocktails will be available from a cash bar durring the silent auction starting at 6 p.m. Dinner is at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a live auction and then dancing. All proceeds from the event benefit Bettendorf schools. Tickets are $40 per person. Some of the items up for auction include two reserved parking spaces at BHS, the use of the BHS planetarium for a day for a birthday party, and a condo for a week in Colorado. click here for more information.
The Smithsonian traveling exhibit, "Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe," opened February 24 at the Family Museum of Arts and Science, Bettendorf, drawing large numbers of visitors. The exhibit includes images from the telescope as well as interactive displays providing information about the planets and space.
Admission is $4, or $2 for those age 60+. Museum members get in free. For more information call 344-4106
The Bettendorf High School Winterguard and Drumline competed in the Winterguard International (WGI) competition in Normal, Illinois, Saturday, February 17.
For five weeks there will be two new faces among Bettendorf High School's staff. From February 22 through March 30, two teachers from BHS will participate in a teacher exchange with teachers from Cramlington, England.
English teachers Ms. Brugge and Mrs. Montgomery, along with Ms. Brugge's daughter, will be teaching in England for five weeks. Ms. Brugge's daughter will be taking classes at Cramlington Community High School.
A fertilizer spill this month in southwest Iowa killed nearly all the fish in a 60-mile stretch of river with an estimated death toll of more than 750,000, according to Iowa and... more
The Iowa Senate on Monday sent a bill to the governor’s desk restricting stormwater and topsoil regulations, a measure Democrats say unfairly limits local control.
An India online media company, Quint Digital Limited of Delhi, has purchased a 10 percent stake in Lee Enterprises, Inc., owner of the Quad City Times, the Dispatch/Argus and more than 70 other media properties.
Quint Digital and three of its owners, Raghav Bahl, Ritu Kapur and Vidar Bahl... more
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