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K.C. Ross has a background in law enforcement and a passion for cooking. 
Founder of cookandcuffs.com, Ross, AKA Chef Keys, brings her favorite dishes to life, sharing recipes and the opportunity to have a Class-A dining experience inside a home. 
And that's what she does. She prepares a custom meal for her guests, or goes into someone else's home and cooks for them in their kitchen. The goal, provide an amazing home-cooked meal aimed at fostering new experiences while fueling a conversation between her guests. 
The cooking path has led her to hosting weekly cooking segments on KWQC TV, where she's able to share her recipes and passion for the art with the Quad Cities metro region. 
Chef Keys says her favorite foods are seafood that come from the regions of Southeast Asia, some Italian cities, and Spain.  She has a flair for creativity in the kitchen, attempting baked goods like citrus cake or a beverage like orange punch.

You can find her recipes at cookandcuffs.com and https://www.kwqc.com/news/qct-at-11/chef-keys/

Ross is also involved in the humanitarian effort of a program called Bee Nourished. Drop a line to [email protected] to see how you can get involved.

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Coinciding with the 2023 NCAA "March Madness" tournament, Whitey's Ice Cream made a competition of its own, called "2023 Flavor Madness" which pits dozens of flavors up against each other.
A husband and wife pair, Alexey and Lewis Knudsen had some personal experience to cover nearly the entire "Flavor Madness" bracket, after having spent two consecutive summers taste-testing the entire lineup at their local Whitey's location in Rock Island, Illinois. To document the project, "Alexey and Lewis Taste Test," they made a Facebook page and posted two flavor ratings at a time - with photos!
It came to be that they found some favorite flavors and enjoyed sharing the experience with their friends and other Whitey's fans on social media. 
Now they're here to review the standings and discuss their findings in-depth.
Here's a link to the Whitey's Flavor Madness bracket: https://www.facebook.com/whiteysicecream/posts/pfbid04RtRsoddA1N4K4u6mVa4GwsbRjryjoLyzzUoUGRF32pdGS7YrAzucH2kdFpLcpf1l
The reveal of the winner between the final match up - moose tracks and chocolate chip cookie dough - was set for Wednesday, March 29.

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Owner and founder of Blue Spruce General Store in the Quad Cities, Brandon Carleton, sat down on the "QC, That's Where" Podcast and reminisced on his journey of entrepreneurship. As he was thinking back on some of the creative endeavors, he said, "I'm learning more and more that there are some things you just don't have to ask permission for, you can just go do it."
That simple realization has led him to operating a bakery that started with a bread subscription service to a full-blown brick and mortar bakery, deli and grocery items. 
Carleton's business continues to grow as he and his teammates say "yes" to each other's ideas, go through trial and error and forge ahead with open minds.
Blue Spruce General Store is open in Davenport, Iowa with plans to expand into Rock Island, Illinois. 
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The Quad Cities region has hundreds of restaurants and hundreds of thousands of people who love to explore them. 
Two of those people are Dave and Laura Kilmer. The couple has made a tradition of exploring restaurants, both new and tried & true, photographing and noting their experiences and then taking their reviews to the popular "Quad City Food Lovers" Facebook group. 
"Quad City Food Lovers," originally named "Quad City Takeout & Delivery" spawned out of the COVID era to help both restaurants reaching out to customers and to residents looking for ways to safely reach outside of their homes for some variety in their meals. 
Laura and Dave have since become a well-known pair for their positive reviews. Little known secret, since the Facebook group states that any negativity violates their rules, Laura and Dave highlight the best and brightest  elements of each experience. 
They've got their top picks and some great tips on where you should go eat in the Quad Cities. 
QC Restaurant Week, which runs March 20-26, is an opportunity for restaurants to showcase themselves to a new group of diners. Quad Citizens are encouraged to use specials offered that week to explore new places, or patronize their favorites.
Browse all participating restaurants at QCRestaurantWeek.com 

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The Quad Cities is closing in on a new community asset made to help honor and preserve history of the Civil Rights Movement in the Quad Cities. This event space will not only honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, but pull together stories and cultural history from decades of great people who helped build Davenport, Iowa and the Quad Cities into what it is today.
Watch the original video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TtB5vhjkhk
 
Friends of MLK CEO and Board Chair, Ryan Saddler, emphasized that the uniqueness of this space is that the celebration of Black History Month will be available year-round.
MLK Park will be located at 501 Brady Street. Friends of MLK partnered with Streamline Architects on the design of the park.
Saddler has been described by many as the driving force behind the park becoming a reality.
The park has been made possible with the collaboration of many groups and key people. The Putnam Museum President and CEO, Rachael Mullins, described how the museum and Friends of MLK have been working together to find, sort and preserve the history. As the event space opens, the Putnam will serve as a second space for the historical materials.
Jabari Woods, the Davenport Community School District's Director of Equity and Diversity said the MLK Park space serves as a beacon of hope. It's a place where people of all races can go to learn and be inspired.
Kyle Carter with the Downtown Davenport Partnership and Bruce Berger with the City of Davenport helped the park make strides by helping with logistics, city planning, coordinating finances and acting as a liaison between groups.
Berger is the city's Planning and Economic Development Director and Carter is the DDP's Executive Director.

All over the country, groups celebrate and honor the life of Dr. King, for instance with the newly unveiled statue in Boston. This park's indoor/outdoor event space will be available for groups, classes, kids, organizations and more.

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Looking at placemaking and civic pride in the Quad Cities, there's been a lot of progress. That's partly thanks to the entrepreneurship and leadership of Maria Ontiveros, president of Mercado on Fifth and Nancy Ballenger, vice president and general manager of Isle Casino - Hotel Bettendorf.
Mercado on Fifth is a weekly event that invites all ages to downtown Moline to celebrate and immerse themselves in Hispanic Heritage. 
The Isle is one of three casino properties in the Quad Cities, and recently joined forces with Caesar's Entertainment. 
They have both served on the Visit Quad Cities Board of Directors and each earned a Destination Impact Award. This award recognized their meaningful contributions to the region.

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Every winter, Bald Eagles fly down from Canada to set up shop where they can fish and set up shop for the cold months. Many of them land here in the Quad Cities where the Mississippi River remains unfrozen. 
While they're here, visitors and residents enjoy the show in several viewing locations around the region.
Jody Millar with the Quad Cities Audubon Society gives the dos and don'ts of bald eagle watching and revisits her work on helping sustain the eagle population in the United States. 
She also explains the reason picking up Bald Eagle feathers is illegal.
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Ben Leischner, the Visit Quad Cities Board Chair and Kai Swanson, the board's Immediate Past Chair, got together to reflect on their responsibility as board members and the philosophy and impact of tourism.
 Ben and Kai share their personal experiences living and being in the Quad Cities. Ben from the perspective of a transplant and Kai, as a lifelong Quad Citizen.
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Joel Alexander spent some formative years in the Quad Cities. It's where he launched his career path by saying yes and showing up.
Today, he's a photographer and model living in Nashville. In this episode of "QC, That's Where," Joel reminisces on the path he's taken.  He notes some opportunities that sparked for him in the Quad Cities and got into the habit of recognizing, saying "yes" and showing up. 

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