14 Dec 2004

Bettendorf Moving Forward with Riverfront Project

By Joe Collins
• Bettendorf Mayor Mike Freemire recently met with the state's Community Attraction & Tourism (CAT) review board in West Des Moines, where he was notified that the downtown riverfront-development project for Bettendorf has been scored and will move toward negotiations sometime in January.
14 Dec 2004

No Child Left Behind: Beyond the Platitudes

By John Perreault
Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, 40 percent of eighth-graders at Bettendorf Middle School must be proficient - at their grade level - in reading and math. In 2003, 80 percent of those children tested proficient in those subjects.
14 Dec 2004

Quad City Arts' Buffalo Carp Strong but Lacking Variety

By Administrator
Quad City Arts has issued the second volume of the literary journal Buffalo Carp. This publication makes a nice gift for the literature-lover on your holiday shopping list, with some wonderful pieces of poetry and prose.
14 Dec 2004

At What Cost Luxury?

By Jeff Ignatius
In 1899, the economist Thorstein Veblen coined the term "conspicuous consumption," describing the way the rich flaunted their wealth by buying expensive goods and services that people with less money couldn't afford.
07 Dec 2004

Iowa's Public School Enrollment Drops Slightly

By Administrator
• Iowa's public school enrollment is down by 1,639 students, or .34 percent, from a year ago, according to the Department of Education. Currently, 483,372 K-12 students are enrolled statewide. State education leaders expected the decline based on census data and enrollments that show outgoing high-school seniors outnumber incoming kindergarten students.
07 Dec 2004

The Power of Polls and Their Flaws

By Jeff Ignatius
Last week, the River Cities' Reader sat down with Peter Hart, a national pollster with the firm of Peter D. Hart Research Associates who was in the Quad Cities as Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at Augustana College.
07 Dec 2004

Gimme Shelter

By Jeff Ignatius
Bali Guerrero is effusive, passionate, and energetic, and the only thing keeping her from her dream of being an "animal cop" is the prospect of euthanizing dogs and cats. Guerrero is a kennel tech at the Moline animal shelter, which is run by the city.
30 Nov 2004

Quad Cities to Receive Federal Money for Various Projects

By Joe Collins
• Contained in the federal government's Fiscal Year 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill is $1.1 million for the I-74 bridge in Bettendorf. The City of Davenport will receive $1 million for a sewer separation project.
30 Nov 2004

ADHD

By Kelly Hearn
For Gene Haislip, a former official of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the perennial debate over Ritalin, the stimulant commonly prescribed for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), is an aching reminder of a moral battle he fought - and lost - to big drug companies.
23 Nov 2004

WQPT Wins Award for Pregracke Film

By Joe Collins
• Quad Cities PBS station WQPT has announced that Chad Pregracke: The River Rescuer - a film produced by WQPT staff members Lora Adams and Brad Mosier - won a prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award. The CINE Gold Eagle recognizes excellence in professional and amateur works.

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