02 Apr 2008

Edgerton Opens Women's Health Center

By Administrator

Edgerton Women's Health Center has opened a new family-planning clinic located at Friendly House, 1221 Myrtle Street in Davenport. With two Edgerton locations in Davenport, women in the Quad Cities area will now have more access to low-cost or no-cost birth control, the newest long-term, reversible contraception methods, pregnancy testing, and emergency contraception. Theses clinics also offer the Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) program as well as obstetrical care. To learn more about Edgerton Women's Health Center, visit (http://www.qcwomenshealth.org).

 

26 Mar 2008

Last Legislative Forum of Season to Be Held Saturday

By Administrator

 

The last Scott County forum of this legislative session will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 29, at the Rogalski Center on the St. Ambrose University campus. Coffee and cookies will be provided starting at 10:10 a.m. The public is invited to discuss issues with representatives and senators from Scott County. These forums are sponsored by the American Association of University Women, Davenport Business & Professional Women, Scott County Farm Bureau, and UniServ.

 

 

 

19 Mar 2008

Convention Bureau Receives National Accreditation

By Administrator

The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau (QCCVB) has announced its designation as an accredited convention and visitors bureau from the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program, developed by the Washington, D.C.-based Destination Marketing Association International. The only other destination marketing organizations in Iowa and Illinois to receive this accreditation are the Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Greater Woodfield Convention & Visitors Bureau in the Chicago area. For more information on the QCCVB, visit (http://www.visitquadcities.com).

 

12 Mar 2008

Moline Foundation Awards Grant to River Music Experience

By Administrator

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).

 

04 Mar 2008

Renaissance Rock Island Reorganizes

By Administrator

Renaissance Rock Island, a consortium of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to revitalizing Rock Island, last week announced that it will reorganize staff. Under the new plan, all staff will work for all three organizations: the Development Association of Rock Island (focusing on commercial and industrial development, especially downtown), Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation (responsible for housing, neighborhood, and community marketing programs), and the Downtown Rock Island Arts & Entertainment District (which markets and organizes events downtown). Under this reorganization, Mike Thoms will resign as president of Renaissance Rock Island, a position he held since 2005. When fully staffed, Renaissance Rock Island will have 12 employees. A national search for a new president has begun.

 

27 Feb 2008

Ballet Comes to Davenport Schools

By Administrator

Five teams of professional dancers from Ballet Quad Cities will spend five days delivering interactive educational outreach programs to 1,200 first-grade students in 17 Davenport schools. The outreach includes meeting professional dancers and learning about their career choice and how they spend their work day; the students then take a mini dance class and learn choreography from the ballet The Ugly Duckling. Fourteen first-grade students from Lincoln Academy were also chosen to perform in The Ugly Duckling, which was performed for the public February 16 and 17. A special school matinée for the Davenport schools will be performed at 12:30 p.m. on March 6 at the Capitol Theatre.

 

20 Feb 2008

Genesis Earns "Top 100" Designation

By Administrator

Genesis Health System has again earned distinction as one of the nation's top-100 health systems for integrating services to improve quality and reduce costs. The 2008 Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Network is an annual survey compiled by Verispan, a health-care data and consulting firm based in Pennsylvania. Genesis has received the Top 100 honor several times previously. The results of the 11th-annual survey were published in the February 4 edition of Modern Healthcare.

 

13 Feb 2008

Memorabilia Sought for Centennial Bridge Visitor Center

By Administrator

Designers and historians working on displays for the planned Centennial Bridge Visitor Center in Rock Island - scheduled to open late this spring - are looking for three-dimensional memorabilia and historical items. The designers are looking for toll-taker uniforms, clothing items, toll-booth remnants, special advertising items, and even special token-holders that businesses might have created for their employees. If you have items to share, contact Jill Doak at (309) 732-2900 or (doak.jill@rigov.org).

 

05 Feb 2008

Davenport Alderman Running for State Senate

By Administrator

Davenport Second Ward Alderman Shawn Hamerlinck has announced his bid for the Republican nomination in State Senate District 42. Hamerlinck was first elected alderman in 2005, was reelected in 2007, and is a Youth Field Specialist in the Iowa State University Scott Country Extension office. In addition, Hamerlinck is an adjunct faculty member at Augustana College and Black Hawk College.

 

30 Jan 2008

Trinity Appoints New CEO/President

By Randy Stalsberg

Trinity Regional Health System's Board of Directors last week announced the appointment of Andrea Y. Coleman as Trinity's new president and chief executive officer, effective March 10. Coleman will replace Bill Leaver, who became president and CEO of Trinity's parent organization, Iowa Health System, on January 1. Coleman currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Penrose St. Francis Health Services, the Colorado Springs hospital system of Centura Health, a faith-based health-delivery system headquartered in Denver.

 

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