21 Sep 2000

Court Overturns $17 million Award

By Joe Collins
The Iowa Supreme Court has overturned a nearly $17 million award against BRK Brands, Incorporated, manufacturers of the First Alert smoke alarms, in a case involving the death of a three-year-old Davenport boy. Nathan and Jennifer Mercer had sued BRK Brands, claiming the BRK model 83R ionization smoke detector was defective and failed to go off in time when a fire, sparked by a faulty baby monitor, killed their three-year-old boy Bradley and severely burned their 18-month-old son Travis in January 1993.
19 Sep 2000

Citizens Push for Sale of 53rd and Eastern Property, with Restrictions

By Jeff Ignatius
Four community meetings last week revealed a strong public sentiment: The City of Davenport should sell the property it owns at 53rd and Eastern but ensure that the new owners develop the land responsibly and create green space.
19 Sep 2000

Marathon Brings Together Diverse Events

By Jeff Ignatius
It's the business of the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau to package, and in its first year running the Quad Cities Marathon, that's exactly what it's doing. The bureau, in organizing the third edition of the marathon, worked with arts and business organizations to build the race into a community-wide event that stretches for four days.
13 Sep 2000

Leach-Sponsored Bill Would Monitor Your Bank Account

By Joe Collins
U.S. Representative Jim Leach (R-IA) is the sponsor of bill HR 3886, the International Counter-Money Laundering and Foreign Anti-Corruption Act of 2000. Despite the title, one provision gives U.S. Treasury officials the specific power to impose "Know Your Customer-style regulations on U.
13 Sep 2000

East Moline Passes Preservation Ordinance

By Robert Jackson Jr.
The City of East Moline has passed a historic-preservation ordinance to promote the protection of historic and architectural character, as well as the resources of the city. A Historic Preservation Commission has been formed to guide and define these goals and consists of seven appointed members who are residents of the city.
13 Sep 2000

Building Character

By Jeff Ignatius
Carol Allred was ahead of her time. In the late 1970s, as a high-school teacher in Idaho, she decided to try to integrate something new into her English and psychology classes. "I kept thinking there were things we were not teaching," she said.
06 Sep 2000

County Pushes $1.5 Million Juvenile-Detention Project Forward

By Jeff Ignatius
Scott County is moving forward with a $1.5 million plan to expand and remodel its juvenile-detention facility, and construction could start early next year. The Scott County Board of Supervisors on August 31 unanimously approved a resolution authorizing county staff to begin negotiations for planning, design, and architectural services.
29 Aug 2000

Republicans Meet While Gore Floats

By Joe Collins
Coincidentally, Scott County Republicans had a meeting on the eve of Vice President Al Gore's campaign trip floating down the Mississippi River. The keynote speaker was former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, and U.
29 Aug 2000

A State of the Arts

By Jeff Ignatius
Newt Gingrich might be the best thing that ever happened to the arts. Really. When Gingrich ascended to the position of House Speaker in 1994, he and his cohorts in the short-lived Republican Revolution sparked a debate about public funding for the arts.
29 Aug 2000

Adler Works to Grow

By Jeff Ignatius
Like a lot of arts organizations, the Adler Theatre is thinking big. A bigger stage, a bigger lobby, bigger dressing rooms, bigger shows. All with money from the State of Iowa. That's the plan anyway.

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