20 Aug 2002

Celtic Highland Games Build on Tradition of Growth

By Jeff Ignatius
The Celtic Highland Games of the Quad-Cities come into their fourth edition on Saturday at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds with a record of steady growth, and plenty of ideas to ensure that continues. The inaugural Games drew 1,000 people, and the total has risen consistently, to 2,500 in 2000 and 4,000 in 2001.
13 Aug 2002

Another Study Finds DARE Doesn't Work

By Administrator
• According to a study published this month in the journal Health Education Research, the nation's three leading student drug-prevention programs are either ineffective or under-evaluated. Programs highlighted in the study include McGruff's Drug Prevention & Child Protection, Here's Looking at You 2000, and DARE.
13 Aug 2002

Bridges to the Future

By Jeff Ignatius
Eric Trimble probably has more at stake in the re-location of the Interstate 74 bridge than just about anybody. For one thing, the multiple businesses owned by his family are located in downtown Moline, so a bigger, safer bridge might benefit them.
06 Aug 2002

New Program to Help Seniors

By Joe Collins
• The Light of Life program, sponsored by Scott County TRIAD and Seniors & Law Enforcement Together, encourages seniors to obtain a special adapter that turns an ordinary light fixture or lamp into an emergency beacon.
06 Aug 2002

Development Rolls on in Rock Island

By Jeff Ignatius
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles on new developments on Quad Cities-area downtowns. When you have a lot of dreams, it's sometimes difficult to prioritize them. Karen Pohl didn't have to.
06 Aug 2002

Ya Maka Basks in Authentic Island Flavor

By Jeff Ignatius
There are a lot of festivals that piggyback a culture or holiday to cash in. This weekend's Ya Maka My Weekend, though, isn't one of them. The Jamaica-themed festival in The District of Rock Island has the seal of approval of the Jamaican Tourist Board.
30 Jul 2002

Bettendorf Museum Recognized as Wildlife Habitat

By Joe Collins
• The Family Museum of Arts & Science in Bettendorf is now recognized as an official National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Backyard Wildlife Habitat site. The Family Museum's habitat area was organized under the direction of museum Education Coordinator Kathy Wierzba.
30 Jul 2002

Taming Cable

By Jeff Ignatius
The current franchise agreement between the City of Davenport and the city's provider of cable-television services was drafted in 1974. Nixon resigned that year. Pong was a state-of-the-art video game. Of course, nobody had even heard then of terms such as fiber optics, digital cable, or the Internet, or had any conception of how they would impact the way people watch television or communicate in the 1990s and beyond.
30 Jul 2002

ArtStroll Continues Momentum in Third Year

By Jeff Ignatius
In its third year, organizers of the ArtStroll street festival have stopped making predictions. After drawing an estimated 2,000 people at the inaugural event two years ago, planners expected 4,000 last year. They think they ended up with about 5,000.
23 Jul 2002

Federal Program to Get Workers Spying on Their Neighbors

By Joe Collins
• Operation T.I.P.S. (Terrorism Information & Prevention System) is a new nationwide volunteer-reporting government program scheduled to begin in August. According to a government Web site, "The program will involve the millions of American workers who, in the daily course of their work, are in a unique position to serve as extra eyes and ears for law enforcement.

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