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.
31 May 2005

How Birth Control Became Part of the Abortion Debate

By Jeff Ignatius
Judith DeSarno does not want to be part of the never-ending abortion debate. "I'm the birth-control gal," said DeSarno, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association in Washington, D.
31 May 2005

Blueprint 2010

By Jeff Ignatius
When the Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce unveiled the findings of its Blueprint 2010 study last week, they had a familiar ring. The Quad Cities area doesn't have enough young professionals, the study found, there's a pervasive pessimism among residents, and the community doesn't market itself effectively to the outside world, particularly to businesses looking to re-locate.
24 May 2005

Brochure Featuring Iowa Wineries and Brewery Released

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Wine & Beer Promotion Board has released a new brochure featuring 27 Iowa wineries and one brewery. Detailed maps show the locations of the facilities and the hours during which visitors can tour and taste fine beverages crafted in Iowa.
17 May 2005

New Visitors Center Opens in the Quad Cities

By Joe Collins
• The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced that it has opened a new visitors center in the Village of East Davenport. The new center is located in the Little Stone House at 2208 East 11th Street.
17 May 2005

Doctor Dash

By Jeff Ignatius
The Genesis Illini Medical Center in Silvis has lost 25 physicians in the past 24 months. That's roughly 10 percent of the hospital's doctors. These aren't the losses that one would expect, such as planned retirements.
10 May 2005

Ballet Quad Cities Receives Grant for Anne Frank Ballet

By Joe Collins
• The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has donated $6,000 to Ballet Quad Cities in conjunction with the world premiere of From the Pages of a Young Girl's Life: The Anne Frank Ballet. The funding allows educational tools to be made available to area children for this educational experience that brings a period of history to life.
10 May 2005

The Enigma

By Jeff Ignatius
Lyle Lovett put the bottle of water to his lips. He drank, and he drank, and he drank. The audience started to titter, although I'm sure some people wondered when he would come up for air. He continued sucking down the water.
03 May 2005

River Action Receives Keep Iowa Beautiful Grant

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Department of Transportation has announced that 17 Iowa communities or not-for-profit organizations were awarded funds from the Keep Iowa Beautiful program. Funding for this program is generated through Iowa's state-income-tax checkoff, and this is the third year for the program.
03 May 2005

The House That Kids Built

By Joel Knutsen
After being suspended and kicked out of Rock Island High School for not attending class almost 90 percent of the time a year and a half ago, Adam Anderson decided it was time to do something with his life. Soon after, he joined Rock Island Youthbuild and began attending classes at the Black Hawk Learning Center.

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