21
Sep
2004
• Twenty-five boxes containing 645 books are en route to a K-12 school in Skopje, Macedonia, the result of a successful book-donation drive at Black Hawk College (BHC). Many are science, business, computer-science, and English textbooks that would be nearly impossible to obtain in Macedonia, a small eastern-European nation with 40-percent unemployment. The project was sponsored by the Black Hawk College Quad Cities Campus Faculty Senate and the Macedonia Education Support Association (MESA). Dr. Arthur and Suzanne Pitz founded MESA after their experience working with universities in central and southeast Europe. Arthur Pitz is a retired Black Hawk College history professor, and Suzanne Pitz is the former director of the BHC Teaching/Learning Center. The book-donation drive is the first step in a long-term plan to develop an up-to-date library at Nova School, which has agreed to make the library collection available to students, professionals, and researchers throughout Macedonia.
• In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, Trinity will offer $20 off mammograms at its Seventh Street Campus, at 500 John Deere Road in Moline, and at its Terrace Park Campus, at 4500 Utica Ridge in Bettendorf. A physician's order and coupon, available through Trinity or the physician's office, are required for the discount. Physicians may call Trinity directly with the order at 779-5870 (7th Street) or 742-3333 (Terrace Park).
• AIDS Project Quad Cities is offering a collector's edition holiday ornament, sales of which will support the organization's programs. This year's design features the "joyful and triumphant angel." The ornament is solid brass with 24-carat gold. Ornaments are $16 each with shipping included if the order and payment are received before November 1. For orders after that date, include an additional $1.50 per ornament to cover shipping and handling. For more information, call (309)793-4988 or e-mail (claytoncp@juno.com). Checks should be payable to AIDS Project Quad Cities and sent to 1202 21st St., Rock Island IL 61201-2757.
• Eight poets from Scott County communities are published in the 2004 edition of the journal Lyrical Iowa. Cozie Schultz Dias of Davenport was selected for Third Honorable Mention in poetry for children. Seven additional local poets are published in the latest edition, along with roughly 300 other poets from around the state. Poets from Scott County include Donna J. Albright, Betty Ann Brown, Dick Stahl, Carole D. O'Banion, Rose Mary Baker, Mike Bayles, and John McBride. Most of the Scott County entries come from veteran poets. O'Banion of Bettendorf is acknowledged as a co-founder of the Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest, now in its 32nd year. McBride of Bettendorf is current chair of the Quint City Poets Society, a 20-year-old organization that meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Bettendorf Library.
• A poll of likely voters in Iowa shows the presidential race in the state to be a statistical dead heat, with George W. Bush leading John Kerry 48 percent to 47 percent, within the 3-percent margin of error. Strategic Vision of Atlanta conducted the phone poll of 801 likely voters from September 15 to 17.
• Bettendorf-based filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, both age 19, will screen their latest feature, University Heights, next month as part of the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival in Des Moines. The film has been nominated for five awards at the festival: best direction, best feature film, best cinematography, best Iowa film, and best student film. The movie will be screened on Saturday, October 2, at 11:30 a.m. at the Fleur Cinema & Café, 4545 Fleur Drive. It will be followed at 2:45 p.m. by a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and others. Beck and Woods formed their own production company, Bluebox Limited, in 2001. Bluebox's fourth feature, Her Summer, is set to premiere next month in the Quad Cities. For more information on the company, visit (http://www.blueboxlimited.com).
• Davenport's East 53rd Street will be closed from Tremont to Eastern avenues through 5 p.m. on Friday, September 24, for railroad repairs.
• For the fourth time this year, the Quad City International Airport has set a new record month for passengers. Enplanements for August 2004 hit 39,896, breaking the previous August record of 34,924 of last year. This 14-percent increase in August passengers over last year continues to exceed the 4-percent average increases in air travel nationwide. For the first eight months of the year, 295,602 travelers have enplaned at the airport, compared to 273,533 for the first eight months of last year - an 8-percent increase.
• U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley has announced that he is accepting applications from students interested in attending the United States military academies. Applications to the schools for Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines must be completed and sent to Grassley by October 1. Interested students can learn more on Grassley's Web site at (http://grassley.senate.gov). To receive application forms, young men and women should send a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley, Attn: Betty Burger, 135 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510.
• In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, Trinity will offer $20 off mammograms at its Seventh Street Campus, at 500 John Deere Road in Moline, and at its Terrace Park Campus, at 4500 Utica Ridge in Bettendorf. A physician's order and coupon, available through Trinity or the physician's office, are required for the discount. Physicians may call Trinity directly with the order at 779-5870 (7th Street) or 742-3333 (Terrace Park).
• AIDS Project Quad Cities is offering a collector's edition holiday ornament, sales of which will support the organization's programs. This year's design features the "joyful and triumphant angel." The ornament is solid brass with 24-carat gold. Ornaments are $16 each with shipping included if the order and payment are received before November 1. For orders after that date, include an additional $1.50 per ornament to cover shipping and handling. For more information, call (309)793-4988 or e-mail (claytoncp@juno.com). Checks should be payable to AIDS Project Quad Cities and sent to 1202 21st St., Rock Island IL 61201-2757.
• Eight poets from Scott County communities are published in the 2004 edition of the journal Lyrical Iowa. Cozie Schultz Dias of Davenport was selected for Third Honorable Mention in poetry for children. Seven additional local poets are published in the latest edition, along with roughly 300 other poets from around the state. Poets from Scott County include Donna J. Albright, Betty Ann Brown, Dick Stahl, Carole D. O'Banion, Rose Mary Baker, Mike Bayles, and John McBride. Most of the Scott County entries come from veteran poets. O'Banion of Bettendorf is acknowledged as a co-founder of the Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest, now in its 32nd year. McBride of Bettendorf is current chair of the Quint City Poets Society, a 20-year-old organization that meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Bettendorf Library.
• A poll of likely voters in Iowa shows the presidential race in the state to be a statistical dead heat, with George W. Bush leading John Kerry 48 percent to 47 percent, within the 3-percent margin of error. Strategic Vision of Atlanta conducted the phone poll of 801 likely voters from September 15 to 17.
• Bettendorf-based filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, both age 19, will screen their latest feature, University Heights, next month as part of the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival in Des Moines. The film has been nominated for five awards at the festival: best direction, best feature film, best cinematography, best Iowa film, and best student film. The movie will be screened on Saturday, October 2, at 11:30 a.m. at the Fleur Cinema & Café, 4545 Fleur Drive. It will be followed at 2:45 p.m. by a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and others. Beck and Woods formed their own production company, Bluebox Limited, in 2001. Bluebox's fourth feature, Her Summer, is set to premiere next month in the Quad Cities. For more information on the company, visit (http://www.blueboxlimited.com).
• Davenport's East 53rd Street will be closed from Tremont to Eastern avenues through 5 p.m. on Friday, September 24, for railroad repairs.
• For the fourth time this year, the Quad City International Airport has set a new record month for passengers. Enplanements for August 2004 hit 39,896, breaking the previous August record of 34,924 of last year. This 14-percent increase in August passengers over last year continues to exceed the 4-percent average increases in air travel nationwide. For the first eight months of the year, 295,602 travelers have enplaned at the airport, compared to 273,533 for the first eight months of last year - an 8-percent increase.
• U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley has announced that he is accepting applications from students interested in attending the United States military academies. Applications to the schools for Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines must be completed and sent to Grassley by October 1. Interested students can learn more on Grassley's Web site at (http://grassley.senate.gov). To receive application forms, young men and women should send a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley, Attn: Betty Burger, 135 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510.
