The board of directors of the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has announced a reorganizaton of its office and visitor center. It will establish one office for all professional staff at the RiverStation, 1601 River Drive in downtown Moline. Also, it will partner with the City of Davenport and the Davenport Levee Commission to improve the current visitor center on the first floor of Union Station to become a full-service visitor center. And it will partner with the City of Rock Island to manage the Centennial Bridge Visitors Center, expected to open in May 2008.

The decision by Governor Rod Blagojevich to attend a Chicago Blackhawks game last Wednesday night instead of remaining at the Statehouse while the Illinois House defeated his mass-transit-funding-bailout proposal says a lot about the governor on several different levels, none of it positive.

The holidays are here again. That means it's time for decorations, gifts, family, friends, and food. But during all the celebrating, seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D should carve out time to consider whether they want to stay with their current prescription drug plan.

When you look at publicity photos of the band on its Web site and elsewhere, stereotypes about hippies come to mind. There are rural settings, and some long hair, and some naughty bits - yes, a pair of breasts, pubic hair, and even a penis or two.