Salvation Army Kroc Center

This sounds like so much fun. The Salvation Army Kroc Center will host two free magic shows and Friday and Saturday. Ed and Marge Jarvis are retired officers of The Salvation Army, and are professional entertainers. Ed does magic, and Marge is a professional puppeteer. Both shows will take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Kroc Center, 405 Vermont Street in Quincy.

Mayor Kyle A. Moore and Alderwoman Terri Heinecke will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday evening, April 21, at 5:30 to 6:30 at the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center at 405 Vermont Street in Quincy. All citizens of Quincy are invited and welcome to attend.

Did you know that the Kroc Center in Quincy was built in under five minutes? OK, not really, but on YouTube it only took four minutes and forty-one seconds! YouTube user Jim Lawrence posted an awesome time-lapse video that shows the construction of the entire Kroc Center, from dirt patch in the ground to fully operational community center.

It was just about a year ago when Ryan Hutmacher won the 'Search for the Weight Watchers Chef' competition on the ABC television series 'The Chew.' The Quincy native will be returning home to conduct a special program, "Healthy Cooking For Life," at the Kroc Center on February 21.

The Kroc Center is inviting the community to participate in their upcoming Big Pink Volleyball Tournament to benefit local breast cancer patients.

In a day when people are living from paycheck to paycheck just to get by it is hard to read a story like the one I read yesterday. Apparently NBC-TV is going to pay David Gregory $4 million, that's right $4 million, to not discuss his exit from NBC's 'Meet the Press' program. With that said, I wonder what Matt Schmidt must be thinking.

Looking for something used, but not too used? The Salvation Army Kroc Center in Quincy is holding its first-ever Upscale Garage Sale on Saturday, May 10. According to the Kroc Center, the event will feature "high-quality items at garage sale prices."

Quincy Mayor Kyle Moore will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, April 22  at 5:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center located at 405 Vermont Street in Quincy.  All citizens of Quincy are invited and welcome to attend.

The River Roads Chapter of the Harley Owners Group (HOG) is organizing a Christmas Toy Run to benefit The Salvation Army’s 2013 Christmas Toy Town programs in Quincy and Hannibal.