18 Oct 2005

Davenport Accepting Proposals to Rehab Abandoned Properties

By Joe Collins
The City of Davenport and its Abandoned Housing Task Force are soliciting proposals to rehabilitate abandoned houses located primarily in the central city. The concept for the HAPPEN program is to protect, preserve, and revitalize established central-city neighborhoods.
11 Oct 2005

Rock Island Receives Grant to Get the Lead Out

By Joe Collins
• The City of Rock Island has received a $1.9-million Lead Hazard Control grant from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. Funds will be used to reduce lead hazards in 140 privately held homes over a three-year period.
11 Oct 2005

Splitting Up

By Timothy Gower
Smart shoppers can't resist a two-for-one sale. But should you purchase prescription drugs the same way you buy canned corn or frozen pizza? For years, people who take daily medications have saved money by asking their doctors to prescribe pills with double the dose they need, which they then cut in half with a knife.
11 Oct 2005

The Lay of the Land

By Jeff Ignatius
To the average museum-goer, the exhibit 41˚/90˚: Contemporary Landscape at the Figge is an art show and little more. But its importance is far greater. It's a show that recognizes the Midwest as a fertile ground for artists and art, and proof that the Figge Art Museum understands that.
04 Oct 2005

WQPT Adds Streaming Video

By Joe Collins
• WQPT, the Quad Cities' PBS affiliate, has added streaming video to its Web site at (http://www.wqpt.org). The videos can be viewed from any computer with an Internet connection and the Quicktime application (standard on most computers).
04 Oct 2005

War Without End: A Conversation with Award-Winning Author Tim O'Brien

By Nicholas Depew
In The Things They Carried, the prize-winning novelist Tim O'Brien offers this nugget in a chapter titled "How to Tell a True War Story": "In many cases a true war story cannot be believed. If you believe it, be skeptical.
04 Oct 2005

Laughing All the Way to the Blood Bank

By Mike Schulz
Local author and Davenport native Michael McCarty, who will be a guest lecturer at Rock Island's Midwest Writing Center this Saturday, has spent more than a decade conducting interviews with some of the biggest names in fantasy and horror.
27 Sep 2005

Forums Seek Input on Future of Scott County Libraries

By Joe Collins
• The four public libraries in Scott County invite county residents to attend public forums from October 10 through 14 to discuss how libraries would best be structured and funded. Working in small groups, citizens will discuss options such as remaining independent, unifying into one library, and increasing the level of collaboration.
27 Sep 2005

A Healthy Airport

By Jeff Ignatius
In 1997, low-cost carrier AirTran Airways entered the Quad Cities market. In the years since, traffic has skyrocketed at the Quad City International Airport, while fares have dropped. Roughly 250,000 people got on planes at the airport in 1995, while 450,000 are expected to board this year.
20 Sep 2005

Scott County Libraries Release Report on Collaboration

By Joe Collins
• The four libraries in Scott County have released the third of four reports of their Libraries Together project. The 47-page report, "Starting Points for Collaboration: Libraries in Scott County, Iowa," provides background on models for collaboration and local examples such as Quad-LINC, along with options for collaboration that were developed during meetings with library staff members.

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