02 Aug 2005

Rock Island's Hickman Center to be Restored

By Administrator
• The Rock Island Housing Authority (RIHA) recently purchased the Hickman Community Center located four blocks from the Martin Luther King Community Center. The Hickman Center will be restored and used as the primary RIHA maintenance distribution and warehouse facility.
26 Jul 2005

Health & Fitness Expo Spotlights 40-Foot Colon

By Joe Collins
• A 40-foot colon replica with appropriately sized polyps is intended to amuse, educate, and ultimately save lives. The Colossal Colon, a crawl-through replica of a human colon, is the creation of Molly McMaster, a colon-cancer survivor who was diagnosed with the disease on her 23rd birthday.
19 Jul 2005

Circa '21 Announces Re-Opening

By Administrator
• After a small fire on June 22 caused Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse to temporarily close for an extensive clean-up, the Rock Island dinner theatre is pleased to announce its grand re-opening on Wednesday, July 20.
12 Jul 2005

Bethany For Children Receives Grants, Unveils New Web Site

By Joe Collins
• The Quad City Parrotheads Club recently donated $3,500 to Bethany for Children & Families. Children in the Therapeutic Recreation Program will receive life-skills training and will participate in educational outings and a variety of recreational opportunities thanks to this gift.
05 Jul 2005

Iowa Homeland Security Receives Grant

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Homeland Security & Management Division has received $520,612 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to enhance protection efforts at key sites and deter threats of terrorism aimed at those facilities.
28 Jun 2005

Mississippi Hotel Being "Recycled"

By Administrator
• The Mississippi Hotel is currently being emptied in preparation for construction of the expanded Adler Theatre stage. All refrigerators, stoves, air conditioners, and furniture is being removed from the hotel rooms that will be impacted by the stage-expansion project.
21 Jun 2005

Tell on your Neighbor - for Making Something Beautiful

By Administrator
• The Rock Island Beautification Commission is looking for the most beautiful yards in the city. The 31st annual "Tell on Your Neighbor" residential-beautification awards contest has opened nominations for the most attractive and best-kept lawns in Rock Island.
14 Jun 2005

Public Invited to Provide Feedback on Fair-Housing Issues

By Joe Collins
• The cities of Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island are in the process of developing a joint Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, a requirement of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development for all Community Development Block Grant entitlement communities.
07 Jun 2005

Blue Grass Fire Department to Build New Station

By Joe Collins
• The Blue Grass Fire Department is among the busiest all-volunteer units in Scott County. Last year, Blue Grass firefighters answered a record 247 calls for service. They've already answered 114 calls through April of this year.
31 May 2005

Family Museum to Plant Sculptured "QC Tree"

By Administrator
• The Family Museum's award-winning Street Heat program began a new project last month by enlisting the help of six students from Davenport's Lydia House and the surrounding neighborhood. Participants will sculpt a "QC Tree" that is scheduled for "planting" on June 13 in the Hilltop Association Park on Harrison Street in Davenport.

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