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Summer jobs: ‘We’re hiring for everything’

By: Dave Thompson|March 19, 2023
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    • An employee works on a bunker at Palmer Hills Golf Course in Bettendorf. The city-owned course is getting ready to hire 15 to 17 seasonal workers in the next few weeks. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Brian Hickey is a busy man.

    Even though there is snow in the forecast, the golf maintenance manager at Palmer Hills Golf Course in Bettendorf, has summer on his mind. Mr. Hickey is busy with all the big and small jobs of getting the golf course ready for another season. If the weather cooperates, it will be open by late March.

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