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Tuesday, 01 November 2005 18:00 |
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In a large room of a warehouse, countless cardboard boxes sit on the floor and along the walls, overflowing with televisions, computer monitors, wire, and various computer components. An adjoining room has bales of compressed pieces of plastic stacked three and four bundles high that look as if they’re ready for the junkyard. |
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Written by Jeff Ignatius
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Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:00 |
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Two weeks ago, an elderly woman walked up to where Dan Carmody was sitting in the 3rd & 22 sports bar in Rock Island. “Hi, honey,” he said to the woman. “You traitor,” she responded. She was kidding, of course, but the greeting isn’t surprising.
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Written by Mike Schulz
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:00 |
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A nighttime walk through a haunted house? Scary. A nighttime walk through an unfamiliar forest or abandoned, ramshackle building? Scary. A nighttime walk through a haunted house set in an unfamiliar forest or abandoned, ramshackle building? Freakin’ terrifying.
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Tuesday, 20 September 2005 18:00 |
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Several Rock Island organizations have come together to donate $90,000 to the local Rock Island Youthbuild program to keep it from having to shut down because of a lack of funding. As a result, Youthbuild will be able to remain operational until at least December. |
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Tuesday, 20 September 2005 18:00 |
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For evidence that the Peace Corps is changing, you need to look no further than the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. For the first time, the Peace Corps is employed in a domestic situation.
The Katrina initiative will involve the Peace Corps’ Crisis Corps, which during times of emergency sends returned volunteers to the foreign countries in which they served. |
