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.
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.
22 Aug 2000

Warrior Traditions Revived in Celtic Festival

By Jeff Ignatius
Dan Cleaveland first got involved with the Celtic Highland Games of the Quad Cities as a sponsor. Then as a tug-of-war contestant. And then came the rock. "The first thing they do is give you a rock and say, 'You're going to throw this,'" said Cleaveland, co-owner of the Blue Cat Brew Pub.
16 Aug 2000

Iowa Takes $32,000 of Scott County's Option Tax

By Joe Collins
The state of Iowa is one of the beneficiaries of Scott County's one-cent option tax passed to renovate and expand schools. Earlier this year, Iowa lawmakers gave the Department of Revenue and Finance the authority to keep a share of local-option taxes to pay for administrative costs.
16 Aug 2000

Broken Beyond Repair?

By Jeff Ignatius
Another day, another consultant. Over the next few weeks, McDonald Transit Associates of Texas will be paying a visit to the Quad Cities to study the management of CitiBus, the City of Davenport's municipal mass-transit service.
08 Aug 2000

"Little Joe" Gets Slap on Wrist

By Joe Collins
Joseph "Little Joe" Van Hecke was recently sentenced in U.S. District Court in Des Moines on federal charges of disposing of stolen weapons and money laundering to a mere seven and a half years in prison. Van Hecke had faced numerous charges, including felony possession of firearms, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, illegal possession of firearms, and trafficking in stolen property.
08 Aug 2000

eServ

By Robert Jackson Jr.
Mention the District of Rock Island and one thinks of music festivals, art galleries, restaurants, and brewpubs. But quietly tucked away among the city's nightlife and arts is eServ (www.eservllc.com), a new company that is part of a wave of businesses that have discovered the benefits of blending emerging technologies with traditional business practices.
01 Aug 2000

Predatory Lending Comes to the Heartland

By Jeff Ignatius

One bank refers to it, in the great recent tradition of using meaningless jargon to describe unpalatable things, as "risk-based asset creation." Translated, that means charging huge fees and interest rates to poor people, racial minorities, and folks with spotty credit histories.

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