23 Apr 2002

Tied in Knots About Tying the Knot

By Jeff Ignatius
In opening her presentation at a Quad Cities appearance on April 12, Maggie Gallagher explained what the "Marriage Movement" is not. Gallagher, an affiliate scholar with the Institute for American Values, said the Marriage Movement is not a polarizing political issue or a set of political initiatives.
16 Apr 2002

Iowa Drunk-Driving Reform Dies

By Joe Collins
• Iowa House leaders have announced that they will not continue efforts on compromise legislation to lower the legal blood-alcohol limit for drunken driving from .10 to .08 percent. Legislators had come up with and agreed on a three-tiered plan with increasing penalties for higher blood-alcohol limits.
16 Apr 2002

Alternatives to Empty Schools

By Jeff Ignatius
Nikki DeFauw has three children in Adams Elementary School. If the Davenport Community School District votes next week to close Grant and Johnson elementary schools, the ensuing realignment of school boundaries will result in her kids being sent to Harrison next fall.
16 Apr 2002

What Options Has the School Board Been Given?

By Jeff Ignatius
If the members of the Davenport Community School District board take their jobs seriously, they have a lot of information to sort through between now and April 22, when they're scheduled to vote whether to close Johnson and Grant schools.
09 Apr 2002

DMA Unveils Design for Figge Arts Center

By Joe Collins
• The Davenport Museum of Art last week unveiled the final design of the $30 million Figge Arts Center - slated to open in 2005 - and announced more than $3 million in new gifts. Architect David Chipperfield explained that the building is designed to have two "front doors" - one facing the river and one on Second Street, to encourage people to enter the facility.
09 Apr 2002

Thinking Big

By Jeff Ignatius
The biggest change atop Museum Hill in west-central Davenport has been the opening of the Putnam Museum's new 270-seat IMAX theatre, with its contemporary glass-dominated architecture dwarfing the adjacent history-and-natural-science museum and the Davenport Museum of Art.
09 Apr 2002

Speed Dating Celebrates First Anniversary

By Jeff Ignatius
It's shorter than a one-night stand - well, it should be, anyway - but it's not like that at all. "You're committed to them for seven minutes, and that's it," said Susan Esser. What Esser is describing is Seven-Minute Dating, a service she started a year ago to help singles meet each other with little commitment.
02 Apr 2002

Writing Center to Open in Rock Island

By Joe Collins
• The Midwest Writing Center will be moving into the first floor of the Goldman Building in the Rock Island Arts & Entertainment District later this month. The office space, adjacent to the new MidCoast Fine Arts Gallery West, features a large front room, a main office, and the shared use of two conference rooms, a kitchenette, and restroom facilities.
02 Apr 2002

The Artist and His Sapling

By Jeff Ignatius
Steve Banks has a jovial intensity, and while he takes his art seriously, it's not too seriously. When I tried to maneuver around one painting to avoid damaging it, Banks said, "You're not going to hurt anything but yourself.
26 Mar 2002

Postal Rates Jump Despite Critical Service Report

By Joe Collins
• People will pay more to send mail via the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) starting June 30, as the Postal Rate Commission on Friday approved a hike that includes raising first-class mail rates from 34 to 37 cents. This is despite a highly critical report that, according to a March 15 Wall Street Journal article, the Postal Service is trying to keep hidden.

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