17 Dec 2002

Moline to Improve Streetscape

By Joe Collins
• The Moline City Council's Planning & Public Safety Committee approved the first phase of a plan to upgrade the appearance of Moline's downtown streets, meant to build economic connections from River Drive to the Moline Centre, the name of Moline's traditional downtown area along Fifth and Sixth avenues.
10 Dec 2002

Riverssance Consolidates with MidCoast Fine Arts

By Joe Collins
• Riverssance Festival of Fine Arts has announced the formal consolidation of its organization and festival event with local arts agency MidCoast Fine Arts. Representatives of both organizations have met and signed an agreement uniting Riverssance with MidCoast to continue orchestration of the Riverssance Festival held annually in late September in Davenport's Lindsay Park.
03 Dec 2002

SCRA Awards More Than $2 Million in Grants

By Joe Collins
• The Scott County Regional Authority (SCRA) awarded 91 grant recipients a total of more than $2 million during its 2002 fall grant-awards cycle. Grants to education totaled $665,138, not-for-profit organizations were awarded $652,242, and government entities received $684,328 for a total of $2,001,708, making this the eighth consecutive cycle in which the authority has been able to award more than $2 million.
26 Nov 2002

States Get Lower Grades on Drunk-Driving Test

By Joe Collins
• A report by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the GuideOne Foundation gave Iowa a C grade for its efforts to prevent drunk driving and underage drinking. Illinois received a slightly better grade, a C-plus.
19 Nov 2002

Survey Finds Scott County Seniors Enjoying Life

By Joe Collins
• The "Qualitative Assessment of Older Adults in Scott County, Iowa," a recently conducted survey, indicates that most seniors report they are active and independent and enjoy life. They are concerned about the high cost of health care, access to transportation, and loss of independence.
12 Nov 2002

Finally, a Decent Voter Turnout

By Joe Collins
• A number of controversial races apparently drove a record number of voters to the polls for the November 5 election, with 52,942 of the 112,073 registered voters (or 47 percent) in Scott County casting ballots.
05 Nov 2002

Davenport Firefighters Compete in National Combat Challenge

By Joe Collins
• Four Davenport firefighters headed this past weekend to Deerfield Beach, Florida, to compete in the National Firefighters Combat Challenge. Darrel McKittrick, Gary Crookshanks, Ron Burchette, and Jim VanVlymen have competed in two challenges this year with times so good they have qualified for nationals twice.
29 Oct 2002

Bettendorf Opens New Roundabout

By Joe Collins
• By the time you read this, the roundabout at the intersection of 53rd Avenue and Middle Road will be completed and open to all traffic except 53rd Avenue west of Middle Road. The roundabout has been under construction for the past six months in conjunction with the approaches to the 53rd Avenue Bridge just east of Devils Glen Road.
22 Oct 2002

Reading Center to Open

By Joe Collins
• Bi-State Literacy board member Beth Oerman is planning to open a Reading Center at the Friendly House in Davenport that will be available to kids who attend activities and programs at the center, as well as students who attend Jefferson Elementary in that same neighborhood.
15 Oct 2002

Bettendorf Public Library in Top 100

By Joe Collins
• The Bettendorf Public Library Information Center is ranked seventh nationwide in its community's population range, according to Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR). A total of five Iowa libraries were included in the top 100, each in a different population category.

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