Gannon Hanevold
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Jan. 18, 2024 On the surface, roller derby is circular. Round and round the skaters go, trying to pass their opponents on the egg-shaped track. It’s a physically intense sport where what goes around comes around. But at the second practice of the season for the Quad City Rollers
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Published in the Quad-City Times on May 21, 2024 On a Monday afternoon at Allied Barber & Supply in Davenport, the barber’s chair is a revolving door. From owner Russ Maidlow’s perch above the chair, natural light fills the oaky room, pouring in from a large street-facing window. Outside the front door, a chalkboard sign
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Published in the Minnesota Star Tribune on July 7, 2023 Josh Thielen used to hate cornhole. Now, he plays the backyard sport professionally. Thielen grew up in Detroit Lakes and played “bags,” as it’s often called in Minnesota, while tailgating for Vikings games, dueling with his two younger brothers who always seemed to win. It
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Dec. 20, 2023 Henry Wood wears a glove on his left hand. The glove is black, made of simple cloth, the kind a gardener might wear. Or a farmer, like Wood was on his Taylor Ridge property for many decades. But it keeps his hand warm. “It kind of
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Feb. 22, 2024 At any given moment, there’s a good chance that Dao Vo is either on a plane or in a salon. The 29-year-old nail technician spends half of her time living in Los Angeles, and the other half living in her hometown of Davenport. She flies back
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Nov. 13, 2023 There is a misconception about how Watertown got its name that Larry Westbrook wants to correct. With major floods hitting the East Moline neighborhood over the years — notably in 2014 and 1965 — it’s easy to assume that the water in Watertown’s nomenclature came over
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Feb. 29, 2024 Here’s a riddle for you: Barbara Ellingsworth is celebrating her 11th birthday this year. Her daughter is 18 years old. How is this possible? The answer? Ellingsworth, like many other Quad-Citians that reached out to the Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus this week, was born on Feb. 29. Statistically,
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Sep. 22, 2024 In the waning weeks of Pride Month, we spoke with six drag performers based in the Quad-Cities. Because of all the local events in June, some of the performers — who ranged from five to 36 years of drag experience — were burned out. Others were
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Published in the Quad-City Times on June 3, 2024 A lot has changed since The Mark opened its doors. When Neil Diamond played the first show at the venue in May 1993, gas was just over a dollar per gallon, Google didn’t exist and the Quad-Cities live entertainment scene was on the precipice of a
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Published in the Quad-City Times on Oct. 13, 2024 There were days like this. It was 2003 or 2004, David Garrison estimates, when he rode his bike almost daily to Rock Island Sports, Music & Collectables, a now-closed vintage shop on 14th St. He was 19 then, a recent dropout of an art school in
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