25 Apr 2006

Why George Ryan Thinks He's Innocent - and Why He's Not

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I'm from Kankakee. That accident of birth automatically put me on George Ryan's "A" list. Everybody from Kankakee was given special treatment. Ryan treated me differently from many other reporters. But being from Kankakee also had its downside.
18 Apr 2006

Davenport Marketing Can't Overcome City's Deficiencies

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I'd like to write a column about how Davenport is marketing itself. But any discussion about the marketing of Davenport needs to be preceded by a discussion of what's being marketed. That's because we have to fix any company's (or city's) infrastructure if we expect the masses to flock to it as a result of marketing.
11 Apr 2006

River Cities' Reader Spring Photo Contest

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The response to our spring photo contest was, in a word, overwhelming, with double the number of entries we received last fall. For the first time in our photo competitions, last fall we built the contest around themes ("danger," "metamorphosis," and "liberation") rather than categories such as "people" and "places.
11 Apr 2006

They Came from the '80s

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• Three old friends from the 1980s are back on the radar next week, all with new CDs worth seeking out. No longer growling over the driving churn of The Psychedelic Furs, Richard Butler re-emerges with a self-titled solo album that's calm, mature, and a bit theatric.
04 Apr 2006

Portrait of Rock Island's First Mayor Restored

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• The new face of Rock Island's original mayor was unveiled on Friday, March 31, at the opening reception of the 30th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition at the Augustana College Art Museum. The portrait restoration of Rock Island's first mayor, Benjamin Barrett, was a project of the Rock Island Art Guild, which sponsors the annual juried art show that features regional artists.
04 Apr 2006

Eagles of Death Metal Celebrate the '70s

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• Flashbacks to the decadent, swaggering 1970s burst forth from the boogie juggernaut of the Eagles of Death Metal in the group's sophomore album, Death by Sexy, due next week. Getting sweaty with the grind of Blues Explosion, T.
21 Mar 2006

Grant to Help Create Centennial Bridge Visitor's Center

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• The Centennial Bridge Commission Building will get a new lease on life as a visitor's center, thanks to a $43,342 Preserve America grant - for "Hosting Heritage Tourism in Rock Island" - received by the City of Rock Island, partnered with the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Foundation, RiverAction, and consultant Curtis Roseman.
07 Mar 2006

High-School Students Who Don't Graduate Cost States Billions

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• Almost 9,000 students didn't graduate from Iowa's high schools in 2004, costing the state more than $2 billion in lost wages, taxes, and productivity over their lifetimes, reports the Alliance for Excellent Education.
07 Mar 2006

"The Harold Stassen of Scott County Politics"

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I see by your February 15 issue that the Harold Stassen of Scott County politics, "Ole Hubcap" Rhomberg, has injected himself, à la that anachronism Jesse Jackson, into a tempest-in-a-teapot flap. (See "Cronyism Still Thrives in Scott County Government," River Cities' Reader Issue 568, February 15-21, 2006.
28 Feb 2006

"We Never Underestimate Our Audience"

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For Matt Oltman, the news that Chanticleer was auditioning singers didn't sound real. A friend told him about the opportunity when he was a master's student in England, he said, and his reaction was disbelief. "The Chicago Cubs are having open tryouts," he said by way of comparison.

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