07 Oct 2003

Second Dingo Takes a Step Backward

By Jeff Ignatius
Sean Leary, entertainment editor of the Rock Island Argus and Dispatch, has just released the second issue of the humor publication The Dingo. In the spirit of the work at hand, I offer my own Top 10 list (for the counting impaired), and some constructive criticism.
30 Sep 2003

Local Artist Receives International Award

By Joe Collins
• Bettendorf artist Steve Sinner won a special citation and trophy in the 2003 International Cheongjui Craft Biennale held in September in Cheongjui, South Korea. His winning work, entitled Dancers & Warriors II, is a 27-inch-by-9¼-inch-diameter maple vessel featuring figures of dancers and warriors in silver leaf and patina.
30 Sep 2003

U.S. Plan for Global Domination Tops Project Censored's Annual List

By Administrator
The reminder that the media often reports the "news" as fed to it by those in power and ignores the relevant news - such as the reasons for the behaviors and policies - is validation of the continued existence of Project Censored, a program in its 27th year that collects under-reported stories from around the country and compiles a list of the top 10 "censored stories" as well as 15 runners-up.
30 Sep 2003

A Baby Is Killed in Iraq

By Rich Miller
Editor's note: This is the fourth and last story in a series of articles being filed from Iraq by River Cities' Reader political columnist and Chicago-based journalist Rich Miller. The previous three stories can be found
23 Sep 2003

Scott County Updates Property Tax System

By Joe Collins
• A major property-tax-system conversion is currently underway in Scott County involving multiple county departments and offices and an outside vendor, Incode-CMS from Ames. Scott County is converting from a 30-year-old in-house-developed property-tax system to a third-party computer-application system based on current technology and computer programming.
23 Sep 2003

Looking for a Spark

By Jeff Ignatius
Last week in Rock Island, a crowd gathered for the announcement of a new housing development: Highland Place. It's a small project, but it's drawing a lot of attention as what is hoped to be the first of many new housing developments in Moline and Rock Island.
23 Sep 2003

A Wrong Way, a Right Way in Iraq

By Rich Miller
Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles being filed from Iraq by River Cities' Reader political columnist and Chicago-based journalist Rich Miller. The previous two stories can be found
16 Sep 2003

Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Adds to Web Site

By Joe Collins
• The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau (QCCVB) has added new features to its Web site at (http://www.visitquadcities.com) to provide more information. These new developments provide an extra convenience to travel writers and journalists as well as tourists coming to the Quad Cities area.
16 Sep 2003

MidCoast Brings New Features and a Higher Profile to Riverssance

By Jeff Ignatius
The Riverssance Festival of Fine Art will have quite a few changes in its first year being run by MidCoast Fine Arts. The festival, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Village of East Davenport's Lindsay Park, will feature stilt-walking harlequins (called "Harleys"), a wine garden, and new gates and way-finding signs, while still featuring more than 100 of the area's top regional artists and a children's art tent.
16 Sep 2003

Spotlight on Riverssance Artists

By Jeff Ignatius
While the Riverssance Festival of Fine Art has something for just about everybody - food, music, wine, and other entertainment - the artwork should take precedence. And although there are many worthy local artists on the roster of 105 showing at this year's event, the Reader is giving some attention to artists less familiar to a Quad Cities audience.

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