31 Jan 2006

Exhibit Features Powerful, Energized Groupings

By Steve Banks
The current exhibit at Quad City Arts shows that sometimes a house is not just a house. Running through February 17, the exhibit features four artists whose works are often energized by their context. The frame of a single residential structure plays off - and draws meaning from - a different piece featuring 15 similar structures, for example, while the distinctive portraits of another artist resonate because of the collection of portraits.
24 Jan 2006

Local Teacher Recognized as a Disney Teacher Award Nominee

By Joe Collins
• Stacey Houk, an art teacher at Eisenhower Elementary in Davenport, has been recognized for her creativity and success in the classroom as a Disney Teacher Award nominee. As the next step in the process, she is now submitting an application to be considered for Disney Teacher of the Year.
24 Jan 2006

A New-World Order

By Jeff Ignatius
Interviewing the Haiti-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrié is a lesson in interpretation. There's little discussion of technique, color, or space. Instead, with a precise vocabulary but slightly askew English syntax, Duval-Carrié talks of symbols and meaning, and how the history of his land is also the history of the United States.
17 Jan 2006

Iowa, Illinois Get Average Grades for Emergency Medicine

By Joe Collins
• The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in its National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine gave Iowa an overall C-plus grade, ranking it 19th in the nation for its support of the state's emergency-medical-care system.
17 Jan 2006

Does Abortion Impact the Mental Health of Women?

By Warren Throckmorton
A new study from New Zealand, published in the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, raises important questions about the impact of abortion on the mental health of women. Researchers found that those reporting abortion prior to age 21 had rates of mental disorders from age 21 to 25 that were over 1.
17 Jan 2006

Leading by Example

By Jeff Ignatius
Guinness World Records clearly did not get the memo on John Morrow. The man will not be denied. In the past two years, Morrow made three attempts to break the record for the number of push-ups in a minute.
10 Jan 2006

Director of Putnam Takes New Position in Washington

By Joe Collins
• Christopher J. Reich, director and CEO of the Putnam Museum & IMAX Theatre, has resigned to accept a position with the Institute of Museum & Library Sciences (IMLS) in Washington, D.C. Reich was appointed director of the Putnam in May of 1996, and under his tenure, the Putnam completed the V.
03 Jan 2006

Trinity Receives Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Award

By Joe Collins
• Trinity's three campuses have been named recipients of an Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence award. The recognition - which comes from the Executive Council of the Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence, the office of Iowa Governor Thomas J.
03 Jan 2006

Demolition by Neglect

By Jeff Ignatius
The six houses on Fifth and Ripley streets - just north of the county jail and elevated railroad tracks - aren't much to look at. A glance suggests they should be torn down. Among other things, peeled paint, broken and boarded-up windows, graffiti, and missing gutters tell a story of long-term neglect.
27 Dec 2005

New Metal Heat Treat Plant to Come to Davenport

By Joe Collins
• The new MMS Thermal Processing business in Davenport was awarded a $500,000 short-term float loan from the Iowa Economic Development Board and nearly $200,000 in tax benefits from the High Quality Jobs Creation program.

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