Iowa Public Radio News has won four awards from two prestigious news associations. The Radio & Television News Directors Association presented its 2007 Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for News Documentary (Small Market) to Jeneane Beck for her documentary on child-abuse investigations in Iowa. The documentary aired in December 2006 on Iowa Public Radio. Iowa Public Radio was also the recipient of three awards from the Northwest Broadcast News Association. In the Association's 2006 Radio & TV Sevareid Awards, Iowa Public Radio won in the Investigative category for Beck's stories on laboratory-waste disposal at Iowa State University; Beck was also given an Award of Merit in the Documentary/Special category for her documentary on child-abuse investigations. Iowa Public Radio also took an Award of Merit in the Newscast category.
Davenport attorney Gary Lane has been inducted into Iowa Legal Aid's Hall of Fame for his accomplishments in promoting equal access to justice for low-income Iowans. Lane was on the incorporating board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation of Iowa (currently known as Iowa Legal Aid) and served on that board for many years. Additionally, he is known as a tireless volunteer on HELP's pro-bono panel. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame along with the Linn County Bar Association and the Principal Financial Group's legal department.
Majora
Carter, founder and executive director of Sustainable South Bronx
(http://www.ssbx.org), will present an address at the Western
Illinois University Quad Cities campus on Wednesday, April 18.
The lecture will take place at noon in Room 102. Among the projects
Carter has spearheaded through Sustainable South Bronx are green
roofs and Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training Program. For more
information, call (309) 833-5798 or e-mail
(mj-harpman@wiu.edu).
The Iowa Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Foundation will offer "Bridges to the Future: A SIDS Education Training" - a seminar for health-care providers, law enforcement, child-care providers, and families - on April 20 and 21 at The Mark in Moline. Nationally, approximately 2,500 babies die of SIDS each year - more than all those who die of cancer, heart disease, pneumonia, child abuse, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy combined during their first 14 years. Participants will receive handouts, and lunch is provided. Pre-registration is encouraged. Contact the Iowa SIDS Foundation at (515) 965-7655 for information, or register online at (http://www.sidsillinois.org).
The Musser Public Library in Muscatine has an 11-by-17-inch framed print taken by local photographer Oscar Grossheim near the end of the 19th Century. This print, currently on display at the library, is up for silent auction to the highest bidder. The image shows a log cabin on Geneva Island on the Mississippi River, with three unidentified men in the photo. The print is a high-resolution digital scan from the original glass-plate negative, printed using archival inks on fine-art paper. The minimum bid is $40. The auction will last one week beginning April 15 and ending at noon on April 21. The highest bidder will be notified on April 23. Only check or cash will be accepted. All monies received will benefit the Musser Public Library Photographic Trust Fund to further the process of making Oscar Grossheim's photographic legacy available to the public. Questions may be directed to Robert Fiedler at the library, at (563) 263-3065, or at (rfiedler@muscatinelibrary.us).
Trinity VNHA and Trimble Funeral & Cremation Centers will present "Surviving the Super Caregiver Syndrome," from 9 to 11 a.m. and again from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, in the Jardine Auditorium at Trinity's West Campus, 2701 17th Street in Rock Island. The workshop will explore options for creative coping and teach participants how to build a "first-aid kit for burnout." The program is designed to provide support for hospice workers, nurses, social workers, counselors, caregivers, and family members. There is no cost to attend the seminar. For more information or to register, call Charlene Spector at Trimble Funeral & Cremation Centers, (309) 764-1144, or register online at (http://www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com). The registration deadline is Monday, April 16.
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has a new Web site at (http://www.bloodcenter.org). New banners, navigation bars, and enhanced search tools and links make it easier for visitors to surf the site and find general information about blood, donating, volunteering, scheduling donation appointments, and much more.
AIDS Project Quad Cities received $13,000 in Community Development Block Grant money from the Davenport City Council and Citizen's Advisory Council. These funds will support case-management services to Davenport residents who are infected with HIV/AIDS for the period of July 2007 through June 2008. This will be the fifth year that AIDS Project Quad Cities has received this funding.
St. Mark Lutheran Church will host a German dinner (Ein Deutsche Fest) on Sunday, April 22, at 5 p.m. The event will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the church's new Casavant organ and raise funds for future organ programming and maintenance. Tickets are $25 each and are available by calling the church office at (563) 322-5318. The dinner will be held in Luther Hall on the second floor of the education wing. Doors will open at 4 p.m. for appetizers, nonalcoholic beverages, and German music. The public is invited. St. Mark Luther Church is located at 2363 West Third Street in Davenport.
The Center for Living, a Quad Cities' performing- and living-arts studio, has moved into a new, two-story building in downtown Rock Island. After a five-day move, the Center for Living is now located at 2008 Fourth Avenue, just east of the Rock Island Public Library. It is housed in the former Business Technologies Integrated building, which has approximately 8,000 square feet. The first floor has been transformed into a studio space and black-box theatre that can seat approximately 200 people. The upper level will eventually house additional studio space, classroom areas, and dressing rooms.
