Thousands of runners who braved the scorching heat early Saturday, July 24 for the Bix 7 race got a glimpse of the heart of the Hilltop Campus Village (HCV) in Davenport.
Though they likely did not stop then for a stirring jolt of coffee or admire some of the area’s striking architecture, Scott Tunnicliff and Molly
Molly Otting Carlson will start as new HCV executive director on Aug. 2.
Otting Carlson certainly hope they’ll be back soon to take in all the area has to offer.
Tunnicliff – an avuncular, dedicated 66-year-old economic development leader – recently retired as the first HCV director in its 12-year history. Carlson, a 52-year-old Davenport native, left her job as a vice president at Visit Quad Cities to take the reins of the nonprofit (and only Main Street Iowa organization in Scott County) as of Aug. 2.
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A shooting took his sight, smell and taste. Yet now this Bridgeport native bakes for a living.
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The last thing Willy Marrero remembers seeing is a gun in his face.
He told his assailant he didn’t want any trouble. He’d had words with the man the night before, but on that June morning seven years ago in Bridgeport, he said he wanted to put it to rest and shook his hand.
Marrero walked away from the handshake, and called a friend to come pick him up. He heard footsteps behind him. As he turned, he felt a bullet hit his chest before the gunman unloaded nine more bullets. Five hit Marrero in the face. The man aimed at his head, intending to “finish me,” Marrero believes.