03 Jun 2003

Cuisine and Cooking Take Center Stage at Mardi Gras

By Jeff Ignatius
Two years ago at Gumbo Ya Ya, the festival included a kids' cooking clinic with Chef Eudell Watts III, at which children learned to make gumbo. But adults were drawn as much as children, and therein was the germ of an idea.
03 Jun 2003

Bettendorf Throws a Centennial Party

By Jeff Ignatius
Bettendorf's 100th birthday gets a proper party this weekend with a variety of activities led by the Trinity Street Fair & Dance on Saturday from 10 a.m. to midnight. The event will be on Spruce Hills Drive in Bettendorf, between 18th Street and Hardee's (in the old Eagle parking lot).
27 May 2003

SCRA and RDA Announce Spring Grants

By Joe Collins
• It's spring again and time for another round of grants from the Riverboat Development Authority (RDA) and the Scott County Regional Authority (SCRA), the organizations that hold the gambling licenses for the two Iowa Quad Cities riverboats.
27 May 2003

The Coming Mono-Media

By Jeff Ignatius
On June 2, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to approve new rules dealing with the ownership of daily newspapers and broadcast-media outlets. These changes could dramatically alter the media landscape in the country, just as the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has resulted in the concentration of ownership of radio stations.
20 May 2003

Scott County Works to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Children

By Joe Collins
• The Scott County Lead Poisoning Prevention Coalition, with funding support from the Riverboat Development Authority and Scott County Regional Authority, is beginning a program that provides cleaning supplies and educational materials to families in an effort to reduce the number of lead-poisoned children in Scott County.
13 May 2003

Courtland Apartments Closed

By Joe Collins
• The Courtland Apartments, a 36-unit apartment building at 321 East Seventh Street in Davenport, has been ordered vacated by city inspectors after a follow-up rental inspection. Residents of the building were given 30 days to vacate the premises.
06 May 2003

Second River Renaissance Project Opens

By Joe Collins
• The City of Davenport has announced the opening of the second new parking ramp. River Renaissance Parking Ramp 32 is located at 202 Harrison Street and accommodates a total of 621 vehicles. Construction began on February 14, 2002, and the deck incorporates state-of-the-art technology.
06 May 2003

Whither the Blackhawk?

By Jeff Ignatius
The Rhythm City Casino-owned Blackhawk Hotel stands three blocks from the gambling boat. It sounds like a short distance, but those three blocks include one unpleasant journey across five lanes of River Drive. And they cost money, the owners argue - for them and for the citizens of Davenport.
29 Apr 2003

More Trees Coming to Davenport

By Joe Collins
• River Action Inc. reports that Greenway Habitat, the organization responsible for planting and maintaining more than 7,000 trees in Davenport and the Quad Cities, is up and running again. The Greenway Habitat Project is in a transition stage now as Davenport's City Forestry gears up to start street tree-planting.
29 Apr 2003

"Art Has Something to Add to the Dialogue"

By Administrator
In a slide lecture for her new exhibition, Lauren Greenfield begins with 15-year-old black-and-white photographs of French aristocrats who have status but little money. The pictures are handsome and filled with minutiae but seemingly worlds away from her recent work: vibrant, often disturbing photos of women and girls.

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