Quad-Cities Sun Clear, 75°F Quad-Cities Mon Thunderstorms, 83°F Quad-Cities Tue Thunderstorms, 83°F    ‘Safety Tube' called possible life-saving kit By Rachelle Treiber It's called a Safety Tube and, according to the American Red Cross, its contents could save your life. The portable red device, which comes equipped with a dust mask, light stick, water packets and a whistle, is a product Red Cross officials said they developed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. And a recent spate of bombings abroad have led the organization to promote it once again. Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES Getting ready for the fair Evan Trenkamp, 17, of Preston, Iowa, uses electric clippers to trim the udder of a 6-year-old Holstein named Bingo at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Maquoketa, Iowa. Trenkamp and dozens of other Jackson County 4-H partici

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