05 Nov 2002

Fear the Change?

By Kathleen McCarthy
"The best way to explain natural (bio-identical) hormone-replacement therapy is to compare it to the history of insulin," explained Lisa Ploehn, clinical pharmacy specialist and owner of Main at Locust Pharmacy in Davenport.
29 Oct 2002

Bettendorf Opens New Roundabout

By Joe Collins
• By the time you read this, the roundabout at the intersection of 53rd Avenue and Middle Road will be completed and open to all traffic except 53rd Avenue west of Middle Road. The roundabout has been under construction for the past six months in conjunction with the approaches to the 53rd Avenue Bridge just east of Devils Glen Road.
22 Oct 2002

Reading Center to Open

By Joe Collins
• Bi-State Literacy board member Beth Oerman is planning to open a Reading Center at the Friendly House in Davenport that will be available to kids who attend activities and programs at the center, as well as students who attend Jefferson Elementary in that same neighborhood.
22 Oct 2002

Turning Energy Into Art

By Jeff Ignatius
The term "film" usually means a moving image in a rectangular shape, with sound. You watch them at home or at a movie theatre. Dietlinde Stephan has helped create a new form for the moving image, though.
22 Oct 2002

A Different Kind of Dinner Party

By Jeff Ignatius
Brad Shellady first saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre when he was about 13 years old, at Milan's Memory Drive-In. You, too, would probably remember where you first saw seemingly dead Grandpa feebly try to crack the skull of some poor young woman with a hammer.
15 Oct 2002

Bettendorf Public Library in Top 100

By Joe Collins
• The Bettendorf Public Library Information Center is ranked seventh nationwide in its community's population range, according to Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR). A total of five Iowa libraries were included in the top 100, each in a different population category.
15 Oct 2002

Art Takes to the Runway

By Jeff Ignatius
People who attend MidCoast Fine Arts' ninth-annual Great Mask Auction are used to people in strange outfits and wild hair - usually elements of attendees' costumes. But at this year's event on Saturday, October 19, Storm Design Team will feature avant-garde fashion and hairstyles in its runway show, a new addition to the MidCoast fundraiser.
08 Oct 2002

Archaeological Excavation Begins at Colonel Davenport House

By Joe Collins
• Archaeological excavation has begun at the Colonel George Davenport House, located on the north shore of the Arsenal Island and the oldest known residence in the Quad Cities area. Staff of the Archaeological Research Center of St.
08 Oct 2002

Gridmo

By Jeff Ignatius
The name of the work is Gridmo, and artist Tim Prentice says it represents what you think it means. If it doesn't inspire you, "it doesn't mean anything," said Prentice, a self-described "kinetic sculptor" from Connecticut.
01 Oct 2002

Local TV Stations Pull Nussle Ads

By Joe Collins
• Three local television stations last week pulled ads placed on behalf of U.S. Representative Jim Nussle because of an inaccurate claim. The ads, placed by the National Republican Congressional Committee, target Nussle's opponent for Congress in the November election, Bettendorf Mayor Ann Hutchinson.

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