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-3 INSIDE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at political fundraiser in Des Moines. C4 MEWS HOT LIME: CALL (563) 383-2375 IF YOU SPOT BREAKING NEWS OR HAVE A NEWS TIP SUNDAY, JUIslE 7, 2009 C1 QUAD-CITY TIMES liD 77 with a "dash" in the channel number, he said. WQAD, for example, has its main signal on Channel 8-1, its local weather on Channel 8-2 and programrning from WBQD -TV on Channel 8-3. Stations in the Quad-City market will shut off their analog signals intermittently throughout Friday, Serre said. KQIN-TV, the Iowa Public Television translator in Davenport, will cease at 12:01 a.m., WQAD at 4 a.m., WHBF-TVat 6:01 a.m.

and KLJB-TVatnoon. -DIGITAL I C3 DON THE WEB: For information about the digital conversion, go to DTVAnswers.com or dty20Q9.gov. largely because the federal program that subsidizes the purchase of converter boxes hit a funding limit in January. "I think a lot of people still have a lot of questions," Marshall said. "I think it's just a matter of doing now rather than learning." The switch is necessary only for those who do not have cable or satellite television hooked up to their sets or a newer-model Local stations to cut analog signal June 12 By David Burke dburkeqctimes.com As the countdown to digital television broadcasting reaches five days, some customers still have yet to make the all-important switch.

"We've seen such a spike in sales (of digital TV antennas) in the past three days it's been unreal," said Mike Marshall, a salesman at Entertainment TV that comes equipped with a digital tuner. Rick Serre, the chief engineer at WQAD-TV in Moline, said his station has received numerous calls from those who have purchased the necessary antennas andor converter boxes but still are confused about what to do. "Most of the phone calls we're getting now are from people who have all the equipment necessary, they just don't know if they've got it connected correctly," he added. Viewers also should be certain that they are watching a channel Expressions in Bettendorf. Marshall said many people have procrastinated about the long- delayed date of Friday, June 12, when local TV stations across the nation will cease broadcasting their old analog signal in favor of the new digital system.

The change originally was supposed to occur Feb. 17, but President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to postpone the date over concerns that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air broadcast channels would not be ready. He called for the delay Police arrest bank robbery suspect John Hutter was found in Oskaloosa By Thomas Geyer tgeyerqctimes.com A 49 -year-old man with a criminal history in Scott County has been charged in the Tuesday robbery of the Valley Bank branch on West Kimberly Road, Davenport police Capt. David Struckman said Saturday. John Anthony Hutter, who has no known address, was arrested Friday in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in Mahaska County, Struckman said.

He is charged with robbery first -degree. Davenport detectives were able to trace Hutter to Oskaloosa, and relayed that information to police there, Struckman said. Oskaloosa police located Hutter in a convenience store and arrested him after a short foot chase. The video from the bank was excellent and the tellers remained calm and provided investigators detailed information of the robbery, he said. Within 24 hours of the video being broadcast by media, Struckman said information about a possible suspect began Ulf A ii i Joyce McCllmans of Blue Grass, Iowa, eats a southwest chicken salad at the Chick-fll-A Restaurant In Davenport after winning first place in The Quad-Cltles Biggest Loser competition.

When asked how much weight McCllmans lost, she responded, "I couldn't tell you, I didn't expect to win." Steven Mantilla QUAD-CITY TIMES 111 6k ft 1 16 participants lost almost 252 pounds within 2 months' By Deirdre Cox Baker dbakerqctimes.com Ralph Valle teams withMachelle Haessler and runs outdoors or works out at a fitness center. Joyce McClimans continues her habit of walking daily and adds some weight training to reach her fitness goals. coming m. Davenport detectives then "followed-upon each of those tips. One of those tips led Hutter to some of Hutter's family members in the area, he said.

Detectives then were able so serve a search warrant at a place in Calamus, Iowa, Friday, Struckman said. "We were able to intercept a telephone call made by the sus -pect last night," Struckman said Saturday. It was thought he was in a convenience store in Oskaloosa. When Oskaloosa officers got to the store, they captured Hutter after he ran. Hutter was being held in the Mahaska County Jail.

Scott County District Associate Judge Christine Dalton set bond at $100,000. Struckman said Hutter allegedly robbed the Valley Bank branch, 427 W. Kimberly Road, at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. Hutter had tried to enter the bank after business hours but could not get in.

He then hid in -ARREST C3 7l Barb Ickes Viewpoint the place is pretty cool even for someone who has no interest whatsoever in getting a tat. But don't take my word for it. Debbie Trumbo, the owner of Bettendorf 's Sports Fans Pizza, ought to check it out, too. She said she's afraid the zoning change O'Tool would need to move in next door to her pizza joint and tavern could be a threat. "We want this to be a nice, family-oriented type of block," she said.

In fact, if Trumbo looked into it, she might find that O'Tool could be quite good for her business. Ken Auker owns Poor Boys Pizza in Rock Island, which is a neighbor to the current O'Tool Design, and he said he gets O'Tool customers in his place daily. ICKES I CI 1 7 Steven Mantilla'QUAD-CITY TIMES Rachael Varner of Rapid City, gets a few seconds of relief Friday while tattoo artist John Koutz of Rock Island wipes her back at O'Tool Design and Custom Piercing in Rock Island. Uneducated guessing unfair to tattoo parlor fh mi l- I David Barber runs almost every day, in the company of his 8 -year-old son who rides a bicycle. Allwerepartofthe Quad-Cities Biggest Loser competition sponsored locally by Chick-fil-A restaurants and Ultimate Fitness center.

Top winners were Valle, for the men's contestants, and McClimans, on the women's side of the contest. Winners and participants gathered Saturday to collect prizes at the Chick-fil-A restaurant on 53rd Street, Davenport. said Pennie Kellenberger, coordinator for the community action projects. The initiative for the community action projects comes from the Rock the River Tour. Franklin Graham of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will headline the Rock the River Tour with a day-long stop in LeClaire Park, Davenport on Aug.

8. The festival will feature high octane music by Christian artists and messages given by Graham, who is the son of evangelist Billy Graham. Rock the River takes off July 18 in Baton Rouge, and continues up the Mississippi Rivf Aug. 2 in St. Louis, Daven Volunteers make clean sweeps in Veterans Park, Bettendorf The event started April 1 with 32 contestants and ended May 31, with 16 people still participating.

The final 16 lost a total of 251.58 pounds and 53.83 percent of body fat. Barber, 37, finished third among the male competitors. The 6-foot Bettendorf resident went from 235 pounds to 200, and intends to lose more weight. A favorite activity is to work out in the company of his son. LOSER I C8 port and ends Aug.

16 in the Minnesota's Twin Cities. About 25-young people from Davenport Harvest Bible Chapel and youth leaders swept through Veterans Park, Bettendorf, and cleared out overgrown brush and put down fresh mulch in the gardens and around trees. Other teams helped two Bettendorf homeowners with cleaning up yards and minor repairs. "When we offer these kind of service opportunities, they all want to get onboard," Mike DuBard, director of junior high ministries, said about Harvest Bible Chapel youth group. -CLEAN C8 To say some people in Bet -tendorf are snobs, just because they don't want a tattoo business in town, isn't entirely fair.

Some of them are merely ignorant. I had a solid idea of what tattoo parlors look like, too: They're very smoky, for starters. And they have beads hanging in doorways that lead to dirty rooms where fat, hairy men -necks covered in snake tattoos dab at bubbles of blood with soiled pieces of gauze. Oh, and the place smells like marijuana from the stoned, loose women who are ignoring their wailing, underfed children. Wrong! Before Bettendorf aldermen give another moment's thought to how they '11 vote on whether Ron O'Tool can bring his tattoo business to their city, they have an obligation to darken his doorway.

Here's the address, gang: 4010 18th Rock Island. At O'Tool Design, aldermen will find a neat, clean, hip artists' studio that is abuzz with customers and led by a courteous, professional staff. In fact, By Mary Louise Speer newsroom imes.com Volunteers from area faith communities attempted to dodge the raindrops Saturday as they spread mulch, clipped bushes and helped beautify several sites in Bettendorf. The workers are part of the Rock the River Tour street teams, mobilized to enhance public and 'private properties in the Quad-Cities. The group is also planning neighborhood sweeps in Davenport, Rock Island and Moline later this summer.

"We're mobilizing and empowering our young people to -care about their comVnunity,".