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QC leaders help children ‘Read Across America’

By: Dave Thompson|March 4, 2024
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    • East Moline Mayor Reggie Freeman shows a book to first graders at Hillcrest Elementary School in East Moline on Friday, March 1. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    East Moline Mayor Reggie Freeman faced a class filled with energetic first-graders on Friday morning, March 1.

    The mayor read a book and answered a lot of questions from about 20 first-graders at Hillcrest Elementary School in East Moline as part of Read Across America events across the Quad Cities.

    Some 30 volunteer readers — including mayors, elected officials and business leaders — attended…

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