They are carting for a cause, active duty coast guard members driving across the country to raise awareness for veterans and injured soldiers. They made a stop here in the Quad Cities.

Chief Electrician Ray Rehberg of the United States Coast Guard was teaching a class when the idea hit him.

“I talked to my ship mates and said hey, has anyone ever driven across the country in a golf cart?”

That is where the journey began and now a year later, Ray and his shipmates have loaded up a golf cart and are traveling coast to coast.

The 28 day trip from California to their hometown of Yorktown, Virginia is to raise money and awareness for veterans and The Wounded Warrior Project.

Along the way, the group will stop at various V.A. hospitals and VFW’s including this one in Davenport.

As Memorial Day approaches, drivers are seeing a spike in gas prices.

Gas prices are rising because two large refineries near Chicago have been shut down for maintenance. It is expected they will be back up and running after Memorial Day, according to a report by the Times-Republican.

According to AAA, Iowa drivers are paying about $3.67 per gallon of regular gas.

The average for Illinois drivers is $3.99 per gallon.

The national average is $3.61.

Bettendorf students presented projects they made surrounding their school’s curriculum.

Bettendorf Middle School held its 6^th Grade Exhibition Night on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Students showcased science, language arts, social studies, and art projects.

Science projects included solar systems, stepping stones with rocks and minerals on them, and a super hero with the power of their rock or mineral to accompany the stones.

Social studies students made quilts with ancient Chinese legacies and scrap book pages.

Students in Language Arts made shoe projects that represent themselves and who they are.

Art students used values and rotations to create tessellations.