In full vestments and flanked by pines, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens held high the Eucharist in a golden monstrance, making the sign of the cross over the stream that flowed gently from the placid lake behind him. Next to him, a signpost read, "Here 1,475 FT above the ocean, the mighty Mississippi begins to flow on its winding way 2,552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico."
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Jeff Condit intimately remembers the years leading up to the opening of then-The MARK of the Quad Cities (today’s Vibrant Arena at The MARK) 30 years ago at 1201 River Drive, Moline. “The MARK was built at a time when Moline was coming out of the ‘80s farm crisis,” Condit (who was a Moline alderman […]