10 Sep 2002

Rain-Collection Program Launched by River Action

By Joe Collins
• River Action has launched the Retain the Rain program, an initiative to conserve water and lower flood levels in area rivers and streams by making rain barrels available for citizens and businesses at a reduced price.
10 Sep 2002

Project Censored 2001

By Alternet
Most people would agree that our world has changed dramatically over the past year. In the eye of our immediate political tornado is a growing drumbeat for an invasion of Iraq, rampant corporate corruption, the erosion of civil liberties, a crashing stock market, pedophile priests, and the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the most traumatic American news event in at least 50 years.
03 Sep 2002

Compressed-Natural-Gas Fueling Station Unveiled in Moline

By Joe Collins
• At a dedication ceremony last Thursday, the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK) and the City of Moline unveiled a new compressed-natural-gas (CNG) fueling station. MetroLINK's 12 30-foot ElDorado CNG buses, which were put into use in late July, will now use the new fueling station, located at the Moline Public Works Facility.
03 Sep 2002

Davenport School-Board Election Comes at Crucial Juncture

By Jeff Ignatius
These are critical times for the Davenport Community School District, and next week's school-board election has the potential to alter the course of local education policy. Following a winter and spring of contention that saw the closing of Grant and Johnson elementary schools to alleviate a $4 million budget deficit, the district is now in the process of setting its long-term agenda.
03 Sep 2002

Climbing Up the Mountain (Again)

By Jeff Ignatius
Comedian David Brenner is trying to get back on top of the world. Or at least to a steady Las Vegas gig. Instead, he's stuck on a perpetual road trip. Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Brenner has been on a nonstop "Laughter to the People" tour.
27 Aug 2002

Chad Pregracke Selected for World Summit

By Joe Collins
• Quad Cities-based river-clean-up activist Chad Pregracke is currently participating in the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference began August 26 and runs through September 4.
27 Aug 2002

Books and Bonding

By Jeff Ignatius
Marti MacAlister is not a real person. But she might as well be, for both her creator and the people who read about her life. She's a tough cookie, and not just because she's a cop. "I pull everything out of Marti," Eleanor Taylor Bland told an audience of her readers on August 23 at the Martin Luther King Center in Rock Island.
27 Aug 2002

Rock-and-Roll Symphony

By Jeff Ignatius
If the Quad City Symphony Orchestra seems a little looser this year, the organization has done its job. Its marketing for the 2002-3 season has ditched the traditional, low-key flavor of previous efforts in favor of a vibrant and energetic campaign using the work of a local commercial artist.
20 Aug 2002

Davenport: Murder Capital of Iowa

By Joe Collins
• Davenport has had nine murders this year, three within a 16-day period. With a little over four months left in the year, the city is on pace to more than double the six homicides in the city last year. So far, Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, Iowa's largest cities, have not seen a growth in their homicide rates.
20 Aug 2002

Moline Working to Link the Old and the New

By Jeff Ignatius
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles on new developments in Quad Cities-area downtowns. The Quad Cities are divided by the Mississippi, and Moline has its own dividing line.

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