Davenport Fire Dept. engineer Kurt Blackburn, left, firefighter Ryan Iossi and Scott County Sheriff's Office deputy Mike Erwin stand outside the Davenport Police Station before the start of a police memorial service on Thursday May 13. Police and other civil service departments memorialized fallen brothers with a playing of Taps and grave site ceremony. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)
Chris Adams holds his wife Audra during a birthing class at Genesis East Hospital on Sunday May 9. The Adams are expecting their first child on June 29. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)
Alleman senior foreign exchange student Felipe Ortega from Santiago Chile has gone 19-6 in tennis this year. The 18-year old has worked with teammates this season to raise money for victims of the February earthquake in his home country of Chile. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)
Joseph Daniel, 16 of Davenport fights Koty Baetke, 16 in a bugil stick fight during a military appreciation even at Brady Street Stadium on Saturday May 15. Different military personnel and the public were able to meet veterans and see different military events. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)
Vietnam era veteran Chuck Roeder of Davenport talks to a group of Navy reservists from the Rock Island Reserve Center during a military appreciation event at Brady Street Stadium on Saturday May 15. Different veterans, MJROTC students and visitors mingled and looked at older military vehicles and boothes for the different branches. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)
Arieon Oliver, 10, left, Jozette Lopez, 9 and teacher Stephanie Regur at Rock Island Center for Math and Science blow on a pan filled with water and oil to simulate wind before testing to see pantyhose filled with human hair will soak up oil. Rock Island Cemter for Math and Science will be moving into it's new building on June 3. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)
State representative Cindy Winckler tests out the 767 cockpit demonstrator during a press briefing held by Boeing at John T. Blong Technology Center in Davenport on Wednesday May 12. Boeing wants to bring their NewGen Tanker program to Iowa and Boeing estimates 800 new jobs and a $40 million economic impact. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)
Daniel Foulke, of Geneseo, left talks to Bill Lundy of Colona before the start of the sendoff ceremony for the Illinois National Guard 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery Regiment. The Milan based unit will go to Fort Lewis, Wash. and then be station in Sinai, Egypt as part of a multinational peacekeeping mission. (Ryan Stone/Quad-City Times)
