29 Nov 2005

Visual Espresso: Inspired Exhibit Full of Energy and Dialogue

By Steve Banks
Quad City Arts in Rock Island currently has the most inspired artistic pairing I've witnessed in quite some time. Thaddeus Erdahl's and Susan Mart's work forms an exhilarating one-two punch. Their uses of subtle colors and their shaping of forms within their chosen media generate an energetic call-and-response between their works and throughout the gallery.
22 Nov 2005

Trinity and Genesis Hospitals Becoming Tobacco-Free

By Joe Collins
• Trinity Regional Health System and Genesis Health System will provide healthier environments for patients, employees, and visitors by becoming tobacco-free health-care organizations starting May 1, 2006. Tobacco use will no longer be permitted in the buildings or on the grounds of Quad Cities hospitals.
22 Nov 2005

Fear and Flu

By A.J. Wacaser
My mother stopped feeding the birds in her backyard. She was afraid of contracting the bird flu. I told her that was nonsense, but we live in a culture of fear right now. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has fielded concerned calls both about Thanksgiving turkeys and feeding birds.
15 Nov 2005

Local Student Filmmakers Again Finalists in National Competition

By Joe Collins
• Quad Cities-based filmmakers and University of Iowa juniors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, both 21 years old, have been selected as two of the five finalists in MTVu's Best Film on Campus: Trailer Challenge competition, in which college filmmakers across the nation create a two-minute film trailer.
08 Nov 2005

Channel Cat Sets Rider Record

By Joe Collins
• The Channel Cat Water Taxi recorded 35,578 riders from Memorial Day to Labor Day this year for a 10-percent increase over the previous season. The taxi service runs two boats between five docks in Moline, Davenport, Bettendorf, and East Moline.
08 Nov 2005

Making Killing Kinder - or Not

By Administrator
Bill Wiseman leans back in his battered desk chair, contemplating the killing scheduled for tomorrow. His cluttered home office is dim and quiet on this late spring afternoon, the venetian blinds pulled shut against the dense Oklahoma heat.
01 Nov 2005

Augustana Breaks Ground on New Residence Hall

By Joe Collins
• Officials at Augustana College held a groundbreaking ceremony last week to mark the official beginning of construction of a new residence hall. The three-story building will be located at the northwest corner of 38th Street and 11th Avenue in Rock Island and will open in the fall 2006, in time to welcome students for the new academic year.
01 Nov 2005

City Elections 2005: The Trouble with Davenport

By Jeff Ignatius
Conventional wisdom says that incumbents are in trouble in Davenport's November 8 election. In primary competitions for nine seats on October 11, incumbent office-holders fared poorly. Steve Ahrens, an at-large alderman running for mayor, finished second, trailing Ed Winborn by more than 900 votes.
25 Oct 2005

Bettendorf Family Museum Offers WiFi

By Joe Collins
• The Family Museum of Arts & Science in Bettendorf is now offering WiFi access to its guests. Visitors to the museum can take advantage of the wireless-Internet capabilities in the museum's Great Hall. Connecting to the Internet through the Family Museum's WiFi is as simple as going on-line with your PDA or laptop computer; no password is necessary.
25 Oct 2005

Doctors, Businesses Push for More Medical-Malpractice Reform

By Joel Knutsen
Although the Illinois legislature earlier this year passed wide-ranging reforms meant to lower medical-malpractice-insurance rates, representatives of the business community and doctors are advocating for further changes.

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