10 May 2005

The Enigma

By Jeff Ignatius
Lyle Lovett put the bottle of water to his lips. He drank, and he drank, and he drank. The audience started to titter, although I'm sure some people wondered when he would come up for air. He continued sucking down the water.
03 May 2005

River Action Receives Keep Iowa Beautiful Grant

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Department of Transportation has announced that 17 Iowa communities or not-for-profit organizations were awarded funds from the Keep Iowa Beautiful program. Funding for this program is generated through Iowa's state-income-tax checkoff, and this is the third year for the program.
03 May 2005

The House That Kids Built

By Joel Knutsen
After being suspended and kicked out of Rock Island High School for not attending class almost 90 percent of the time a year and a half ago, Adam Anderson decided it was time to do something with his life. Soon after, he joined Rock Island Youthbuild and began attending classes at the Black Hawk Learning Center.
26 Apr 2005

Local Sister Wins Cesar Chavez Award

By Joe Collins
• On April 2, Sister Maria Luisa (Molly) Munoz accepted the Cesar Chavez Award from the Cesar Chavez Peace & Justice Committee of Denver, Colorado. Sister Molly is a public-health nurse and community organizer who serves as the pastoral agent for the Pastoral Migrant Family Program for the Hispanic Ministry of the Archdiocese of Denver.
26 Apr 2005

Winners of the 2005 River Cities' Reader Short-Fiction Contest

By Administrator
Thanks to the dozens of area writers who continue to flood us with their really short stories. We received roughly 120 pieces in this year's contest, and here present a dozen of the very best. Before we begin, though, an apology: To anybody who was confused about the contest rules, we screwed up.
19 Apr 2005

Old Trinity North Campus Sold

By Joe Collins
• Trinity Regional Health System has announced that it has a buyer for its former North Campus at 1111 West Kimberly Road in Davenport. Select Medical Corporation, a for-profit health-care provider headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, will pay $4 million to Trinity for the 18-acre campus, which includes a 92,500-square-foot facility with an attached medical office building.
19 Apr 2005

A Celebration of Struggle, Women, and the Arts

By Jeff Ignatius
Mallarie Zimmer was raised in Arkansas, not far from Memphis, and watched her artist mother try to find balance in her life. "I grew up watching her struggle juggling her career, her family, and her creativity," Zimmer said.
12 Apr 2005

Palmer to Build Learning Resource Center

By Joe Collins
• The Chiropractic Learning Resource Center (CLRC) planned for construction on the Palmer College of Chiropractic campus will now include state-of-the-art outpatient clinic facilities, college officials have announced.
12 Apr 2005

Landmark Loggerhead

By Jeff Ignatius
In 1985, Chris Larson purchased the Lincoln school building at 2125 Seventh Avenue in Rock Island. "I bought the school just to keep it from being demolished," Larson said. "I had absolutely no use for it at that time.
05 Apr 2005

St. Ambrose Starts Capital Campaign for Health-Sciences Building

By Joe Collins
• St. Ambrose University has formally launched a $12.4-million capital campaign to build a state-of-the-art center for health-sciences education at the Genesis Medical Center West Central Park campus in Davenport.

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