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(Moline, IL) -- The Moline-Coal Valley School District is naming a new school after an influential businessman and community leader in the Quad Cities.
The new building that will house the combined Lincoln-Irving and Willard schools starting in 2027 will be called Robert Ontiveros [[ awn-TEE-vair-ohs ]] Elementary.
Ontiveros grew up in Moline's Floreciente neighborhood.
He founded the Group O packaging company in 1974, Mercado on Fifth, and the QC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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