Add 15-20 Minutes to Arrival Times in March

March 12, 2008 - The Quad City International Airport is experiencing a greater demand for parking than usual.  Travelers should be aware that the main parking lot may be full for the next ten to fourteen days.  Officials are asking visitors to the airport to please look for signage and personnel for directions to the overflow parking lot, which is east of the terminal building.

Passengers are advised to add 15 – 20 minutes to their arrival times.  The airport says spring break traffic is the cause for this inconvenience and this year's traffic looks to be even higher than last year's record breaking March. They further suggest that travelers may want to have friends or family drop them off or perhaps use a taxi or shuttle service.

 

More info available at www.qcairport.com

 

Bo Ramsey If you're a fan of Bo Ramsey - the Iowa-based guitarist and producer - you take what you can get in terms of records bearing his name.

Kevin CroninREO Speedwagon lead singer and primary songwriter Kevin Cronin said the band spent more than three years making Find Your Own Way Home, which came out last year. "There was no pressure to release it sooner," he said last week. "There was no record company, no contract, none of that bullshit. It was strictly a labor of love on our part."

Stacey Cordery Stacy A. Cordery didn't want to rescue Alice Roosevelt Longworth from her reputation.

Last week Isle of Capri (IOC) announced Bernie Goldstein's retirement as CEO and named his successor, Jim Perry, formerly of Trump Entertainment Resorts and Argosy Gaming. Goldstein will remain chair of the board of directors. Included in the shareholder's financial report was the news that the IOC Bettendorf property was planning a landside expansion of additional hotel rooms and new gaming facility to be joined to a new 50,000-square-foot convention center. What was implied and confirmed in subsequent media reports was the intent to scuttle any landside development for the Davenport casino, which they intend to ultimately re-brand as the Lady Luck. The Isle in Bettendorf would be "regional" casino, and the Davenport casino would serve a local market.

In early 2006, Governor Rod Blagojevich faced a firestorm of criticism from Jewish leaders for his appointment of Louis Farrakhan's "minister of protocol" to the Illinois Hate Crimes Commission. Several Jewish members resigned from the commission in protest of Sister Claudette Marie Muhammad's appointment, but Blagojevich refused to back down and claimed he didn't know who she was when he put her on the commission.

The Moline Foundation has awarded the River Music Experience a grant of $3,000 to help low-income and at-risk youth participate in its programs. Applicable programming includes The Sound Lab recording classes, Rock Camp USA summer sessions, and individual music lessons. Interested parties may apply for financial assistance by requesting an application form specific to a particular program. For more information, contact Ellis Kell at (563) 326-1333 extension 113 or (ekell@rivermusicexperience.org), or visit (http://www.rivermusicexperience.org).

 

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March 11, 2008 - Jason Tanamor, award-winning writer and author, has a new novel out called, "Anonymous." The novel is a series of stories. Stories are what make the world go round. And they're also what keep a group of prisoners going. Everyday, locked up in their cell, these prisoners spill their guts to the others through toilets and drain pipes, hoping to "pass" the time until they are able to see the light of day. Some of the stories, they disclose things that only locked up criminals should hear. The other stories, they explain why most people would agree that this group of misfits should be locked up. An excerpt, as well as ordering information, is available at: http://www.createspace.com/3334599.

Influenced by Chuck Palahniuk ("Fight Club") and Bret Easton Ellis ("American Psycho"), Tanamor does not disappoint readers of well-crafted, intense, and intelligent writing. "There is a strong mix of humor and in your face craftsmanship," commented Tanamor. "I like to write about the stories that people don't necessarily like to tell, but like to hear." Palahniuk is so much of an influence, "Anonymous" is an homage to the author, written in the style of the "Fight Club" writer.

Jason Tanamor has won honors for his short screenplay, In My Dreams, and has been praised and supported by industry professionals. "Tanamor's humor has the appeal of Saturday Night Live's 'Deep Thoughts.' It's not just offbeat - it's an entirely different time signature. Giving rise to plenty of double-takes and raised eyebrows, the writing is simple and uproariously funny. The result will leave readers in stitches," said Jenna Glatzer, author of "Celine Dion: For Keeps." He also has support from his hero, Chuck Palahniuk, and Stan Stankos, writer for top comedian George Lopez.

"Anonymous" also is available at major booksellers like Amazon.com and Tanamor's MySpace page at: http://www.myspace.com/zoiks_online. For interviews with Jason Tanamor, please email e-mail jasontanamor@yahoo.com.

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In January, we solicited local writers and artists to submit samples for 11 areas the Reader is targeting for new content: local music; Iowa politics; local political cartoons; humor cartoons with a local bent; local sports; health; food/dining; the online world; lifestyle; travel; and energy/environment.

We had more than 20 submissions (including in areas we didn't even request), and now we're asking our readers to help us evaluate them. The submissions are being presented anonymously and unedited here .

Each article has an attached survey. Please take a few moments to read some of the submissions and offer your comments. Although we require a name and e-mail address, your feedback will remain confidential. We will accept comments through March 31.

Reader issue #674 There are eight dressing areas in the Capitol Theatre in downtown Davenport, on eight different levels, accessible from the stage by an elevator. One of them has a toilet at the end of a long room too narrow for anything except walking to said toilet. It's evident that they were an afterthought, put wherever there was room when the facility, opened in 1920 as a movie house, began hosting vaudeville.

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