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Health-Care Reorm:Were Being Fooled Again

by Sheldon Richman

business with them.What about this would the insurance

companies dislike? Health insurance is not

the most protable business you can be in;the prot margin is 3 to 4 cents on the dollar.So a guaranteed clientele is an attractive

prospect. Te people who will be orced tobuy policies are the healthy, who will paypremiums and make ew claims. Te only

thing the companies dont like is that thepenalty or notcomplying with

the mandate is toosmall. Many youngpeople may choose

to pay the penaltyrather than buy theinsurance because

it will be cheaper.But that presentsa problem: Whenthe uninsured get

sick and apply orcoverage, they wontbe turned down

because that wouldbe against the law.So look or harsher

penalties in theuture to prevent this gaming o the system.Te insurance companies win again.

Whats missed is that the reormersleave untouched every aspect o theuncompetitive medical and insurance cartels

that exist entirely by virtue o governmentprivilege. Most o this privilege is extendedby state governments through monopolistic

licensing, but Congress could repeal theprohibition on interstate insurance sales andthe tax avoritism or employer-provided

medical coverage. Te ruling party hasreused to consider those sensible moves.

Te upshot is that this reorm is a

raud. It leaves in place the government-created cartels and throws a ew crumbs topeople who are struggling but mostly by

bolstering the insurance monopoly.wo myths must be shattered. First, the

choice is not between this phony reorm and

the status quo. Te reorm merely puts

makeup on the status quo. Te ree market isthe real alternative.

Second, the ree market couldnt havecreated the medical mess because therehas been no ree market in medicine. For

generations government has colluded withthe medical proession and the insuranceindustry to orce-eed us the system we have

today.Te Whos prayers werent answered: We

are being ooled again.

Sheldon Richman is senior fellow at TeFuture of Freedom Foundation (FFF.org) andeditor ofTe Freeman magazine.

The medical system does needreorming radical reorming. Itsmore expensive than it ought to

be, and powerul interests prosper at the

expense o the rest o us. Te status quohas little about it to be admired, and weshouldnt tolerate it.

Tus, the American people should be edup with Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and

Harry Reid or insulting our intelligencewith their so-calledheath-care reorm.

It is nothing o thesort. What they callprogressive reorm

is little more thanreinorcement o theexploitative system we

suer today.Whether

intentionally or not,

Obama and companyhave misdiagnosedthe problem with the

current system and

thereore have issueda toxic prescription as

an alleged cure. Teyessentially say that theproblem is too ree a market in medical careand insurance; thus or them the solution is a

less-ree market that is, more governmentdirection o our health-care-related activities.

Yet i the diagnosis is wrong which it is

the prescription will also be wrong.Note that the attention o nearly all the

reormers is on the insurance industry.

What ostensibly started out as health-carereorm quickly became health-insuranceregulation. A common theme o all o

the leading proposals is that insurancecompanies have too ew restrictions on them.So under Obamacare, government will issue

more commands: Preexisting conditionsmust be covered; policy renewal must beguaranteed; premiums may not reect the

health status or sex o policyholders; thedierence between premiums charged youngand old must be within government specs;

lietime caps on benets are prohibited, et

cetera.In return or these new ederal rules,

insurance companies are to have aguaranteed market through a mandate thatwill require every person to have insurance.

So what look like onerous new regulationson the insurance companies turn out to bea bargain they are happy to accept. Instead

o having to innovatively and competitivelyattract young, healthy people to buy theirproducts, the companies will count on

the government to compel them to do

so. Playing the populist role, Obama andcompany bash the insurance companies, but

in act the reorm compels everyone to do

Whats missed is thatthe reformers leave

untouched every aspect of

the uncompetitive medical

and insurance cartels that

exist entirely by virtue of

government privilege.


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during the search process.While Dr. Kilcrease quickly assumed

an uncommon level o autonomy in her

leadership style, we accepted the matter with

a deerence we would have aorded to anynew chie executive, Morain said. In turn,

Mr. Schick portrayed his numerous prior

corporate leadership roles as valuable assets

in assisting with our less-robust nancial

position. Both brought sharp new directionsto the organization.

Morain called it devastating that these two

executives broke the boards trust. We didnot have a credit-card policy, he said. We

had gone or two decades without a credit-card policy because everyone understands

what the rules are with credit cards.

But Senator Rich Olive (D-Story City) said

theres also a rustration among lawmakers:

Even though the board may not have beenaware o some o these problems, a number o

us eel the board should have been aware and

taken steps earlier.

2010 Sessions Legacy:Government Reorganizationor $1-billion Defcit?

As the Iowa legislature wound down its

session last week, Democrats hailed passage

o what they say is the largest government

reorganization in history, and Republicansdecried what they say will be 2,500 pink slips

or teachers, an increase in property taxes,

and a $1-billion decit next year.

We can all eel good about the act that

we are going to leave here having reducedstate-government spending and made

urther eciencies in the way that we operate

state government, said Representative Jo

Oldson (D-Des Moines), chair o the House

Appropriations Committee. Tat we willhave a balanced budget, that we will still have

money in our savings account, ... and that we

will have continued and will continue to be

committed to educating our kids.Republicans said the state budget produced

by Democrats would commit the state to

more than $1 billion in built-in expenditures

without a unding mechanism.What have we done? asked

Representative Rod Roberts (R-Carroll), one

o three Republican candidates or governor.

High expectations, missed opportunities,

and the problem as large now as it was in

January. People in Iowa are going to bedismayed.

For an expanded version o this article, visitRiverCitiesReader.com.

Tis weekly summary comes rom IowaPolitics.

com, an online government and politics newsservice. Reporter Andrew Duelmeyer andother correspondents contributed to this report.

by Lynn Campbell, IowaPolitics.com

The Iowa Association o School Boards

(IASB) last week announced thetermination o Executive Director

Maxine Kilcrease, while the Legislative

Council voted to authorize the legislaturesgovernment-oversight committees to meet

jointly during the 2010 interim to conduct an

investigation, issue subpoenas, and take other

actions relating to the IASB.IASB Board President Russ Wiesley said

the board voted Tursday to terminate

Kilcreases employment, citing her decision to

request and accept a salary increase o morethan $100,000 without board approval. Te

board said Kilcrease also gave raises to several

employees at the same time other employees

were being terminated or nancial reasons;prevented the IASBs auditing rm rom

providing inormation to the board; and

directed an attorney to threaten the rm.

We believe this to be in the best interesto the association, Wiesley said. As a board

we eel we were misled and blocked rom

inormation, and it has caused a huge amount

o distress or this critical Iowa organizationwe so deeply care about.

Kilcrease also ailed to utilize competitive

bidding or projects over $10,000 and ailed

to obtain board approval or projects morethan $75,000 by breaking them into smaller

projects, Wiesley said.

Kilcrease has so ar reused to cooperate

with an investigation or appear beorethe government-oversight committees.

Wiesley said the Polk County attorney, the

Des Moines police, the attorney general,

the departments o education at the state

and ederal level, the oce o U.S. Senatorom Harkin, the IRS, and the FBI have all

contacted IASB.

A preliminary audit has shown the IASBwill be in the black or 2009, and Wiesley said

the group has voted to cut membership dues

by 5 percent this year. Legal counsel NoldenGentry said the group will be asking Kilcrease

to pay back a sum in the neighborhood o

$50,000.

We share your anger at this situation,Bill Morain, treasurer o the board, told

the legislatures Government OversightCommittee last week. Anger because people

we trusted with the management o our 64-year-old service organization let us down and

erected such a barrier to inormation that

it took months o painul disentanglement

to tear down this wall. Looking back, werecognize that we could have exercised

greater oversight during the transition

between management teams. But none o us

could have envisioned that such an appallinglevel o misconduct was even a remote

possibility.

Morain explained that both Kilcrease andormer Chie Financial Ocer Kevin Schickcame to the board highly recommended

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Spring 010 Besto the Quad Cities

Food & diningRestaurant1. Granite City Food & Brewery

2. Iowa Machine Shed Restaurant

3. Antonellas Pizzaria & Restaurante

3. The Faithul Pilot Cae & Spirits

New restaurant(opened in 009)1. Cae Fresh! Express!

2. Bualo Wild Wings Grill & Bar (Moline)

3. Gansons Neighborhood Bakery & Cae

3. Crane & Pelican Cae

National chain restaurant1. Applebees

2. Texas Roadhouse

3. Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

Fine dining1. Johnnys Italian Steakhouse

2. The Faithul Pilot Cae & Spirits

3. Biaggis Ristorante Italiano

Asian restaurant1. Exotic Thai Restaurant

2. Dynasty Buet

3. Osaka

Mexican restaurant1. Azteca

2. Los Agaves

3. La Flama

Italian restaurant1. Biaggis Ristorante Italiano

2. Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

3. Trattoria Tiramisu

Pizza1. Harris Pizza

2. Happy Joes Pizza & Ice Cream Parlor

3. Wise Guys Pizza & More

Steaks/steakhouse1. Texas Roadhouse

2. Johnnys Italian Steakhouse3. Bass Street Chop House

3. Tappas Steak House

Distinctl Quad Cities astood1. Hungry Hobo

2. Maid-Rite

3. Rudys Tacos

Coeeshop1. Starbucks

2. Theos Java Club

3. Fireworks Coeehouse

Smoothies1. Orange Julius

2. Whiteys Ice Cream

3. Starbucks

Diner1. Maid-Rite

2. Ross 24 Hour Restaurant

3. Harlans Fine Foods

3. Riees Restaurant

Seaood1. Red Lobster

2. Captains Table

3. Thunder Bay Grille

In these pages youll fndthe Best o the Quad Citiesin 63 categories. Voting

or this spring edition wasopen rom mid-January tomid-March, and our readers

submitted nearly 500 validballots. (Reasonable responsesto 20 o the 63 questionswere required.) Te winter

balloting covered the areaso Food & Dining; Civics& Government; Media;

and Recreation. (Summerballoting will cover theareas o Arts, Culture, &

Entertainment; Night Lie;Shopping & Services; andPeople.)

For winners rom previousyears, visit the Best o theQuad Cities archive atRiverCitiesReader.com. Its

located in the Best o theQuad Cities menu at the topo every page.

Located on the

ground oor

o Davenports

Mississippi Plaza

oce building at 201

Harrison Street, Cae

Fresh! Express! is the

only eatery in the

area, and perhaps

the universe, with

a name that boasts

two exclamation

points. I our Best

o the Quad Cities

voters are to be trusted, a ew more wouldnt

be at all out o line. Named 2009s best new

restaurant, proprietor Amanda Kernans

downtown establishment is the sister venue

to the Cae Fresh! on Molines Fih Avenue,

and also oers a wide variety o quick and

delicious lunch options that wont leave

you eeling pangs o ast-ood-related guilt:

six dierent sandwiches, 10 salads, six

specialty wraps, eight deli wraps I highlyrecommend the B,L,,A, with the A

standing or avocado two ruit wraps,

three pitas, two melts, and three quesadilla

wraps served in a warm our tortilla with

melted chihuahua cheese. (I, like mine,

your eyebrows instantly rose at the mention

o that dairy product, rest assured: Its

completely unrelated to the dog.) With a

homemade chicken-enchilada soup served

daily in addition to an ever-changing

soup du jour and an assortment o cookiesand cupcakes available, its understandable

that Cae Fresh! Express! has become such

a popular lunchtime destination since its

opening last July. But know in advance that

you have an extremely narrow window in

which to patronize the cae, as its only open

Mondays through Fridays rom 11 a.m. to 2p.m. We get really busy, said my riendly

server when asked about the noon-to-1-

p.m. rush. Yesterday we got killed. Ah, butwhat a way to go. Cae Fresh! Express! also

makes deliveries with 24-hour notice and

a $75 minimum, and more inormation is

available by calling (563)323-1030 or visiting

CaeFreshMoline.com. Mike Schulz

Best new restaurant (opened in 2009)

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By Jill Walsh

T

he sequel toChurch BasementLadies, the Circa

21 Dinner Playhousesbest-selling show(ever!), opened last

weekend. And i thissecond installment,Church Basement Ladies

2: A Second Helping,isnt enough Uda!or audience members,

dont worry: Circa 21is already consideringupcoming perormances

oAway in a BasementandA Mighty Fortress IsOur Basement, the next

scripts in the series.Im not surprised

that this show withits quirky middle-aged

and senior-citizenemale characters insmall-town, Vietnam

War-era Minnesota resonated so stronglywith Circa 21 ticketholders, and it wasrereshing to see a production that ocused

on the oentimes uncelebrated womeno advanced years who work behind thescenes at Midwestern community events.

Having grown up during the 1980s in aLutheran, church-going community, Ichuckled at the Lutheran vs. Catholic jokes

and the quirky (and relatable) habits oits rugal and arm-toughened characters.(Te plastic bread bags worn over one

characters shoes as cheaper versions osnow boots hilariously dened, or me, acouple o my older relatives.)

Directed by Curt Wollan, who hasalso helmed six national productionso the show, Church Basement Ladies2

dramatizes a year in the lives o the threewomen who compose the kitchen stao a Lutheran church. Adorable Mavis

(Nicole Savitt), with her pu o gray hairand diminutive stature, tromps across theoor detailing which local mens ngers

and limbs have been hacked o duringarming chores. O course, she doesntblink an eye at the grisly nature o her

stories shes a no-nonsense armerswie whose routine includes hard work,a little un, and sleep. Te widow Vivian

Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping, at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse through May 22

Top Cellar

(the phenomenal Licia Watson) behaves

as i shes allergic to hugs and to anythingthat can be dened as progressive.

Fortysomething Karin (Nancy OBryan),meanwhile, rules the roost in the kitchen.But when her pregnant daughter Beverly(Elizabeth Miller) returns rom the city to

raise her amily and take up the traditionsset orth by these church basement lad ies,Karin begins to doubt her own decision

to become a Martha, a woman whoworks her tail o serving the rest o thecongregation

Written by Greta Grosch, the script ispacked with one-liners and slapstick anticsthat drew plenty o laughs on opening

night (rom mysel included), but were attimes overdone. For example, in the rstscene, Mavis repeatedly punctuated her

dialogue by gesturing with a knie over thehead o the pastor (om Walljasper); veminutes later, she did it again. And Mavis

was too oen made to exclaim U Da!while orcing open the urnace door withher rear end. (I swear, poor Savitts bottom

must be bruised.) I was disappointed inthese moments when excessive physicalhumor canceled out the dialogue, which

was usually unny enough to carry thescene.I never tired, however, o watching

Licia Watson as

Vivian shufing,sti-hipped,

to the stove, orto her perchbeside the table.Watsons physical

personicationo her characterwas convincing

and unny; andshe didnt relytoo heavily onexaggerated

gestures, expressing

her emotions witha single smoldering

or haughty look.(Even moreimpressive was

nding out thatWatson l earnedall o her lines and

developed hercharacter in hal

a week, having lled the role late in the

rehearsal process.)Its unortunate that the only song she

had the lead vocal in was Vivians Badrip, an eerie psychedelic number thatseemed out o place among the good-natured, traditional songs in the show.

Much more rewarding were OBryansheartelt Cardamom Reprise, thesentimental nale, Te ales o Your

Heart, and particularly Cardamom,Cinnamon, Ginger, and Clove, whichcelebrated the love between mothers and

daughters, and the comort o having acore group o riends and a sae haven to

come to when the outside world is buriedin snow or war.Tis was my rst experience with the

Church Basement Ladies ranchise, and

while I thoughtA Second Helpingwasnice in an endearing, G-rated way, it wasoentimes too hokey-jokey or me. Te

show will likely appeal, as its prequel did, tothe dinner theatres patrons, but I wonderhow the series can attract more members

o my age group to uture installments.Church Basement Ladies 7:oo Legit or theBasement?CBL 9: exting rom Below?

For tickets and inormation, call (309)786-7733, extension 2, or v isit Circa21.com.

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Desserts1. Whiteys Ice Cream

2. Village Inn

3. Olive Garden

Baker/breads/bagels1. Panera Bread

2. Brueggers Bagel Bakery

3. Old Towne Bakery

Barbecue1. Jims Rib Haven

2. Famous Daves

3. Dickeys Barbecue Pit

Breakast1. Village Inn

2. IHOP

3. Dennys Restaurant

Burgers1. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

2. Boozies Bar & Grill

3. Culvers

Deli Sandwiches

1. Hungry Hobo2. Arthurs Garden Deli

3. Subway

Gros/Greek1. Dr. Gyros

2. Uncle Petes

3. Jimmys King Gyros

Sunda brunch1. Granite City Food & Brewery

2. Thunder Bay Grillle

3. Players Buet at Jumers Casino & Hotel

Wings1. Bualo Wild Wings

2. The Filling Station

3. Hooters

Sushi1. Osaka

2. Dynasty Buet

3. ShoGun Japanese Sushi & Steakhouse

Buet1. Golden Corral2. Dynasty Buet

3. Players Buet at Jumers Casino & Hotel

Chips and salsa1. Azteca

2. Los Agaves

3. Carlos OKellys Mexican Cae

Locall brewed beer1. Bent River Brewing Company

2. Blue Cat Brew Pub

3. Front Street Brewery

Asked whether herorganization more oensees returning aces or

new recruits, Debbie Jackson thedirector o development or Habitator Humanity Quad Cities says,A little o both. We have some

volunteers who show up every

Saturday, and some who show upa couple times a year. But its reallygreat to hear how volunteers get tous, because its mostly rom word-o-mouth. Tey had a riend or aco-worker who had a great experience,and they want to try it out. Tat word-o-mouth is clearly continuing to spread, asevidenced by Habitat or Humanity QuadCities Readercitation as best place to

volunteer. In the years since it was createdin 1993, the local, bi-state aliate o the

national not-or-prot corporation hasbuilt 63 homes or underprivileged amilies

each utilizing the eorts o between 200and 600 workers and the developmentdirector stresses that those without previousbuilding experience shouldnt ear thechallenge. We have very skilled people onsite leading the construction who teach andtrain and work alongside you, says Jackson.Everyonell eel very comortable and learn

a new skill by the end o the day. She adds,though, that the local Habitat or Humanity

aliate is also happy to welcomevolunteers who cant tell a hammerrom a nail. We have a small sta,and so we also have volunteerswho work in the oce every day we couldnt get by without them.With volunteer assistance providedby everyone rom individuals to

amilies with teenage children tobusinesses turning out together orteam-building exercises, Jacksonsays that she and her co-workers areso proud o the Best o the Quad

Cities recognition, and o the organizationitsel. Its really upliing, and it reallybrings people together. We have amiliesworking next to volunteers workingnext to sponsors, and everyone comestogether to build a house. For inormationon volunteering, contact Habitat or

Humanity Quad Cities at (563)359-9066 orHabitatQC.org. Mike Schulz

Food & dining

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Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities

Because weather is ckle, Rock Islandocials arent certain exactly whenSchwiebert Riverront Park will be

completed. We have cautious plans, saidBill Nelson, the executive director o thecitys parks-and-recreation department. But

the plans are specic enough that I will be

surprised i the park doesnt open with abang on July 3. Nelson said those tentative

plans include a ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. thatday and amily activities, culminating inthe riverront Independence Day reworks

display. Named or the citys longtimemayor under whose watch the park wasdeveloped and located at the site o the

old armory, Schwiebert Riverront Park willoer spectacular views o the MississippiRiver, and will include an open-air stage,

playground areas, interactive ountain,observation shelter, waterront promenade,

bike trail, beautiully landscaped grounds,and other amenities, according to thecitys Web site. Rock Island Planning &Redevelopment Administrator Alan Carmen

estimated last week that construction was85 percent complete, with work remainingon the stage area; grading, concrete, and

landscaping; the restroom; and the ountain.Payments on the bonds or the $10-millionpark are coming rom the downtown ax

Increment Financing district, and Carmensaid the city is still seeking unding or a $2-

million boat dock that would provide directriver access. Te nal concept was approvedtwo years ago, and Carmen called the

prospect o completion a dream come true.... Its been a long time coming. Te park willbe available or rental or special events, and

the city is expecting to hold its nal Starlight

Revue concert o the summer at the newacility. But Nelson said he doesnt expect

Schwiebert Riverront Park to cannibalizethat series typically held in Lincoln Park or District o Rock Island estivals. We

didnt want to be in competition withourselves, he said. For more inormation onthe park, visit RIGov.org/citydepartments/

ced/riverrontpark.html. Jef Ignatius

Best downtown project

Best use o local undsSchwiebert Riverfront Park


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HOT TUB TIME MACHINEEarly in director Steve Pinks new comedy,

miserable ortysomethings Adam (John

Cusack), Nick (Craig Robinson), and Lou(Rob Corddry) decide to cheer themselves upwith a weekend retreatto the beloved ski

lodge o their youth,taking Adams similarlydownbeat nephew

Jacob (Clark Duke)along or the trek. Inthe 24 years since the

riends last visit, thelodge has turned intoa weathered dump.

But their old room still has a jacuzzi, and aera debaucherous night o liquor, cocaine, andbubbling hot water, the our men awaken, and

gradually discover that theyve been magicallytransported to 1986. Gazing at the agent o thisdisruption with the space/time continuum,

Nick says, Its like some kind o ... hot tub time

machine. And then, with the slowest o headmovements and the deadest o deadpans, Nick

turns and stares down the camera, as i to say,Are you reaking kiddingwith this?

At that moment, its possible that Craig

Robinson will be the only one able to keep astraight ace. For Hot ub ime Machine more

than lives up to the promise o its grin-inducing

title; the movie is both smart and joyously

stupid, subtle and wildly over-the-top, clever

and agreeably conventional, and, i youre o the

same generation as the lms leads, its likely to

leave you with an unexpectedly potent senseo nostalgic melancholy. Its Back to the Future-inspired plot, o course, is beyond ridiculous.

(Beore being allowed to return to the present,

our heroes must re-live their 1986 pasts or

risk irreparable changes in 2010, including the

probability o Jacob never being born.) Yet or

all o the silliness and routinely crass jokes,

screenwriters Josh Heald, Sean Anders, and

John Morris also deliver a surprisingly rich

and thoughtul meditation on middle-aged

disappointment given a do-over at ones

youth, who wouldnt at least considermakingcompletely dierent choices? and are shrewd

enough to suggest that even i you could change

the past, it doesnt necessarily ollow that you

could change your own nature. Adam, Nick,

and Lou may do their best to alter the course o

their unhappy lives, but still wind up making

the same damned mistakes all over again.

Te last thing I want to do is make Hot ubime Machine sound less enjoyable than it is,and Im not saying that the lm wont be un

or those unacquainted with lie pre-MV.(You will, however, doubtless have more un i

you get the joke o the preppie villain named

Blaine! getting all amped up aer watchingRed Dawn, and recognize another nemesis

as being played by William Zabka, the blondblowhard who made lie hell or Ralph Macchioin Te Karate Kid.) From the genial, sometimes

explosively unny crudeness to the expertlytimed slapstick to thebeautiully sustained

running gag in whichwe wait, and wait,or Crispin Glovers

hostile bellhop to beseparated rom hisright arm and every

scene with that 80stouchstone Glover is a

delight Pinks movie is condent and earless,

buoyed by sensationally inventive portrayals byits quartet o stars. (Leading roles or those acecomedians Robinson and Corddry have been a

long time coming, and prove worth the wait.)But even given its considerable audaciousness

and despite the homophobic humor that

couldve been ratcheted down a notch orve you might leave the movie thinking

less about the bits that made you laugh than

those that made you laugh and (gasp!) think,

such as Adams telling response when asked

why his latest girlriend le him (I didnt do

anything), or Nicks understandable ear o his

sci- entrapment: Its the ---in 80s how am

I supposed to get ajob?! As with all the best

comedies, we laugh at Hot ub ime Machinebecause its unny, and we laugh because its true.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGONI Id really wanted to, I couldve easily juggledmy schedule so that I caught a 3D screeningo Dreamworks animated comedy/adventureHow to rain Your Dragon, in which a nerdy

kid with a John Krasinski shag cut (voiced byJay Baruchel) beriends a winged lizard andbecomes a hero to his Viking village. Instead,

I caught the movie in good old-ashioned2D, and cant say I noticed the loss. Certainly,the ormulaic storyline and most o the jokes

wouldve been at under any circumstances.But theres so much visual magic and so manyterrically exciting set pieces on display here

that I cant imagine the lm needing its 3Dwizardry, glorious though Im sure it is; theimages among them a delirious airborne ree

all and the sight o dozens, then hundreds,o dragons emerging rom cloud cover arealready grandly multi-dimensional. Your

kids will no doubt beg you to take them tothe good version oHow to rain YourDragon, but rest assured: Tis requently

sweet, sometimes spectacular entertainment isplenty good even without the extra expense o

eyewear.

LISTEN TO MIKE EVERy FRIDAy AT 9AM ON ROCK 10-9 FM WITH DAVE & DARREN

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Most civic-minded QuadCities-based compan1. Deere & Company2. Modern Woodmen o America

3. VanDerGinst Law Firm

Best damn thing aboutthe Quad Cities, period1. Mississippi River

2. People

3. Summer activities, events, and estivals

Best reason to beoptimistic about theQuad Cities in 0101. Deere & Company

2. Western Illinois University-Quad Cities

Riverront Campus

3. Amtrak

3. The Loop bus service

Local controvers1. Red-light and speed cameras

2. 2009 Rock Island mayoral race

3. Rock Island County Clerk Richard

Leibovitz

mediaLocal TV news station1. KWQC TV 6

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Well, Im about to discussyoga, so what say we beginby taking a deep breath:

Molines Indigo Wellness center ullname Indigo Creative Approach toFitness & Wellness LLC oers noless than 20 drop-in yoga classes inany given month. We also oer at

least our dierent sign-up classesper month, says Indigo co-ownerAbby Webster-Morgan. Usuallymore than that, but at leastthat.Given the plethora o courses, withspecialized options or everyonerom rst-timers to advanced yogapractitioners, is it any wonder thatIndigo was named best yoga studioin our Best o the Quad Cities poll?Since Indigos opening in Aprilo 2006, Webster-Moran and her

ellow coaches, including husbandand co-owner Shannon Moran (theincredibly limber gentleman in theaccompanying photo), have sharedtheir passion or this meditativeworkout through such sessions asGentle Yoga, Power Yoga, and evenPrenatal Yoga, and Webster-Moranstates that watching her patronsprogress is one o the jobs greatestrewards. We have people who startedwhen we rst opened, she says, and

now theyre instructors. Teyre alsoinstructors who occasionally venturebeyond the Moline venue, oeringIndigo classes at such locales as the

Rock Island Arsenal and Black HawkCollege, but Webster-Moran is quickto proess the health and spiritual

benets o yoga no matter whereworkouts occur. Were all up or thephysical thing, where we can livehealthier, says Webster-Morgan, butit really goes beyond the physical. Youget a lot o stress relie rom it. Forthat one hour on the mat, everythingkind o tunes out, and you can goback to your day a little happier anda little more calm. Looking aroundme, I see a hal-dozen people whocould denitely benet rom a visit to

Indigo. Itd be seven i I had a mirror.For more inormation, call (309)764-9642 or visit IndigoWellness.ino. Mike Schulz

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Whats HappeninExhibit34th Annual Rock Island

Fine Arts ExhibitionAugustana College Art MuseumWednesday, April 7 through Sunday,May 2

I you visit the Augustana College ArtMuseum between April 7 and May2, one o the exhibited pieces youll see

is a work by Macomb artist Jan Clough

created with pencils

and the opaque-

watercolor medium

o gouache titled

Kaleidoscope. O

course, with 70 art

works by 66 artists

on display, the whole

darned exhibit

couldve been titled

Kaleidoscope.

Instead, the co-

sponsors rom the

Rock Island Art Guild and AugiesCentennial Hall museum have

stuck with tradition and called it the

34th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts

Exhibition, this years showcase o the

nest in visual art rom many o the

Midwests nest visual artists. With Lisa

remper Hanover, director o the Philip

& Muriel Berman Museum o Art,

serving as the 2010 juror, the displayed

works collectively embrace nearly every

artistic medium under the sun oil,

pastel, lithograph, ber, acrylic, clay,

wood, collage, graphite, mixed media,

ceramic, and more and eature the

latest creative accomplishments by

some o the Quad Cities most noted

names.Among this years exhibitors are

artisans who, i you requent area

galleries, youll no doubt be acquainted

with: Jerri Crabtree-Frisk, Mimzi Haut,

Heidi Hernandez, Raphael Iaccarino,

Brent Langley, Rick Lodmell, Pamela

Ohnemus, Kristin Quinn, Steve Sinner,

Corrine Smith, Bruce Walters, and

numerous others.

But one o the great thrills o the

annual exhibit is that it also lets art

lovers amiliarize

themselves with theworks o so many area

talents. So during

your visit, be sure

to check out such

acclaimed pieces as

Brett Eberhardts

Decisions, Peter

XiaosArgument,

Kathleen Van Hyes

Mortication, and

Louis F. Mustaris

Nude Leaning on Pillow works that,taken together, eectively describe

ourReadersta meetings. Id explain

the inclusion o that last one, but

my publisher, odd, hates it when I

mention him in these things ... .

Te opening reception or the

34th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts

Exhibition will be held at the Augustana

College Art Museum on Friday, April

9, at 4:30 p.m. with the annual awards

presentation beginning at 5:40 p.m.

and inormation on the exhibit is

available by calling (309)794-7231 or visiting Augustana.edu/artmuseum.

EventMonday Night Rawi wireless CenterMonday, April 5, 7:15 p.m.

Je! I am outraged!

What is it now, Mike?I just saw the proo or my

Whats Happenin piece onMonday Night Raw at the iwireless Center, and I reuse to

let you run it!Why? Its just ne. You

included all the necessary

inormation that its beingsponsored by World Wrestling

Entertainment, that its takingplace at 7:15 p.m. on April 5, thatits going to be a live, televised

event ... .Yeah, but ... !You mention tha

range rom $15 to $list quite a ew o thsuperstars schedule

Randy Orton, Shariple H, Mark Hen

Guerrero, Te Big SKingston ... .

I know, but ... !

MusicDaytrotter Presents: The Low

Anthem, Dark Dark, Dark,

and The Morning BendersHuckleberrys Great Pizza and Rock Island Brewing Company

Monday, April 5; Saturday, April 10; and Sunday, April 11

By now, its doubtul that any musiclover needs to be told o the signicantcontributions o Daytrotter, Sean Moellers RockIsland-based outt that has been covered in

Rolling Stone, Wired, and Te New York imes;that requently hosts local concerts with up-and-coming artists; and that has recorded live,downloadable sessions with numerous musical

legends (including Spoon, Aimee Mann, CarlySimon, and Kris Kristoferson) and dozens upondozens o independent artists (among them Te

Redwalls, White Rabbits, and Dirty Projectors).But seriously, even or Daytrotter, the

next couple o weeks are kind o ridiculous,

as Moeller has booked no less than threesensational headliners or area gigs betweenApril 5 and 11.

Te American olk-rockers o Te LowAnthem ormed in Providence, Rhode Island,

in 2006 have played such national estivalsas Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, and perormed

their single Oh My God, Charlie Darwin onTe Late Show with David Letterman.

Based in Berkeley, Caliornia, the baroque-pop

musicians o Te Morning Benders released theiracclaimed debut CD alking Trough in Cansin 2008, and have subsequently toured with the

likes o Ra Ra Riot, Grizzly Bear, and Death Cabor Cutie.

And Dark Dark Dark, a gathering o chamber-

olk musicians rom New York City, NewOrleans, and Minneapolis, debuted with 2008sTe Snow Magic and was described by the U.K.s

Te Guardian and this is a compliment assounding like an eastern European jazz band onpowerul downers.

You may not be amiliar with the bands now,but i Daytrotter has anything to say about it,you (and scores o other music ans) soon will

be. In the meantime, extensive inormation oneach group including smart, thoughtul essayswritten by Moeller himsel can be ound on

the Daytrotter Web site. And or those whomight already be acquainted with the bandsdiscographies, try matching the ollowing songs

with their artists; assign three titles per group,

and ignore the one that I made up out o wholecloth.

1) Home2) A Clo

3) Ashes4) Waste5) Te B

6) Waiti7) Dig a8) Damn

9) Tis G10) Cudd

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Jason ColleCompany

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MUSICFriday, April The Cowsills. Concert

with the pop perormers and inspirationsor TVsThe Partridge Family.Quad-CitiesWaterront Convention Center (1777 Isle

Parkway, Bettendor). 7:30 p.m. $10-$15. Forinormation and tickets, call (800)843-4753 orvisit Bettendor.IsleOCapriCasinos.com.

Friday, April 9 Pat Willis CD Release

Show. Former member o Burt McMelba Toastperorming rom hisMission: WolfCD. Mojos

Coee House at the River Music Experience(131 West Second Street, Davenport). 7 p.m.Donations accepted. For inormation, call

(877)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.Friday, April 9 Lorrie Morgan. Chart-

topping country singer o Five Minutes,

What Park o No,and I Didnt Know My OwnStrength.Quad-Cities Waterront ConventionCenter (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendor).7:30

p.m. $25-$45. For inormation and tickets,

call (800)843-4753 or visit Bettendor.IsleOCapriCasinos.com.Saturday, April 10 Interpreti Veneziani.

The internationally-acclaimed chamberorchestra, in a presentation in the Hancher

Auditorium Fine Arts Series. St. Marys CatholicChurch (228 East Jeerson Street, Iowa City).7:30 p.m. $10-$38. For tickets and inormation,

call (319)335-1160 or visit http://www.Hancher.UIowa.edu.

Saturday, April 10 Keb Mo. Grammy

Award-winning blues singer/songwriter inconcert. Riverside Casino & Gol Resort (3184

Highway 22, Riverside). 8 p.m. $30-$40. For


What ElseIs HappeninTheatreRent

Harrison Hilltop TheatreThursday, April 8 throughSaturday, May 1

The latest presentation atDavenports HarrisonHilltop Teatreis the smash-hit musicalRent, tickets

or which canbe reserved bycalling (563)449-6371 or visitingHarrisonHilltop.com

A celebratedrock operabased onGiacomo Puccinis operaticmasterpiece La Bohme,Rentconcerns a group ostruggling youths in New

York Citys Lower EastSide, and eatures a batcho songs that have becomemodern-day classics,including La Vie Bohme,Ill Cover You, akeMe or Leave Me, and thehaunting anthem Seasonso Love.

Opening on Broadway onApril 29, 1996, and closingon September 7, 2008, the

musical ran or a staggering5,124 perormances,

making it the eighth-longest-running show in

the history o the GreatWhite Way.Composer Jonathan

Larson, who passedaway the night beorethe productions o-Broadway premiere, wasthe posthumous recipient othe Pulitzer Prize and a pair

o ony Awardsor his creation,and the show alsowon 1996 onys

or Best Musicaland Best FeaturedActor.

Directed byMatthew Helton,Harrison HilltopsRentshowcasesa cast eaturing

venue co-oundersristan apscott andReaderemployee ChrisWalljasper; Steve Lasiter

(who portrayed Frank NFurter in the Hilltops RockyHorror Show); amiliarCirca 21 perormers JosephJ. Baez, Jennier Stone,and Rodney Swain; andrequent area actors JamesBleecker, racy Pelzer-imm, Abbey Donohoe,and Sara King.

And Im betting thatnearly every single oneo you stopped reading

this piece aer the rstsentence.

ticket prices

5, youwrestlingto appear

n Michaels,y, Chavo

ow, Ko

And you highlight theevenings main event, a battleroyale between WWE legends

Batista and John Cena. Whatsthe problem?

Cenas the problem! Have

you seen thatpicture thatsaccompanying the piece? Our

graphic designers borroweda photo o me and thensuperimposed John Cenas ace

onto my torso! I cant believeit! Iwant themfred!!!

My God, Mike, it must be

nice to live in your world ... .

For more inormation on the

Moline venues Monday NightRaw event, call (309)764-2000 or

visit iwirelessCenter.com.

Ill Never Bed Story

llad o the Broken B ones

g or a Warrave

t

od Damn Housely Bunnies & Kitties

A) Dark Dark DarkB) Te Low Anthem

C) Te Morning Benders

Answers:1B,2A,3A,4C,5B,6C,7A,8C,9B.Number10,CuddBunnies&Kitties,isthemade-uptitle.Surprise!

Anthem perorming withthaniel Ratelif, Mac Lethal, and

tt plays the Rock Island Brewingt 6 p.m. on Monday, April 5.rk Dark perorms at Huckleberrys

Saturday, April 10.ning Benders appearing

with opening act Miniature igers playsHuckleberrys at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 11.

And inormation on all three concerts, plusorthcoming gigs in the Daytrotter lineup, isavailable by e-mailing [email protected]

or visiting Daytrotter.com.

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Tickets start at just $10 and are available at all Ticketmasteroutlets, www.Ticketmaster.com, and 800.745.3000. For questions,visit www.QCSymphony.com or call 563.322.QCSO (7276).

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Gildas Club Quad

Cities CEO ClaudiaRobinson said

she was shocked that her

organization was selectedby our readers as the bestlocal not-or-prot. Were

so small, she said. But evenwith a sta o ve and our

group acilitators, the local Gildas Club hashad a tremendous impact on people dealingwith cancer. Te organization currently has2,300 members, Robinson said, and Gildas

Club oers them support groups, workshops,lectures, and social events with the goal ohelp[ing] the entire amily. Tere are also

Noogieland programs specically or youngpeople aected by cancer. And its all ree.Gildas Club operates out o a majestic house

at 1234 East River Drive in Davenport, but italso has oces at the cancer centers o both

rinity and Genesis hospitals. Robinson saidthat studies have shown better outcomesor cancer patients who have supportstructures in addition to their medical care.

Outcomes are better because people ollowthe protocols better, she said. Te Quad

Cities organization, which

opened in 1998, was oneo the rst Gildas Clubs,and we are by ar the

smallest communityamong the 28 that havea acility, Robinson

said. Both Robinsonand Program Director

Melissa Wright have been with Gildas ClubQuad Cities since its opening, providingan unusual continuity or the organization,which currently has a $480,000 annual

budget supported by special events, grants,and charitable contributions. Despite thegood that it does, Robinson admits that I

think there are people who are araid to comehere, expecting a depressing atmosphere.Tere are undoubtedly sad moments, but

its important to keep in mind that GildasClub was ounded in memory o comedian

Gilda Radner, who died o ovarian cancer in1989. Robinson said that theres always lotso laughter:You also have to have the unparts. We celebrate everything. For more

inormation on Gildas Club Quad Cities, visitGildasClubQC.org. Jef Ignatius

Best local not-or-proft

Gildas Club Quad Cities

Local radio personalit1. Pat Leuck and Danielle Howe, WLLR 103.7 FM

2. Greg Dwyer and Bill Michaels, WXLP 97X FM

3. Dave Levora and Darren Pitra, Rock 104.9 FM

Local TV news anchor1. Gary Metivier, KWQC TV 6

2. Paula Sands, KWQC TV 6

3. Matt Hamill, WQAD News Channel 8

Local TV reporter1. Chris Minor, WQAD News Channel 8

2. Fran Riley, KWQC TV 6

3. Tambrey Laine, KWQC TV 6

Local TV sportscaster1. Thom Cornelis, KWQC TV 62. Dan Pearson, KWQC TV 6

3. Matt Randazzo, WQAD News Channel 8

Local TV morning show1. Good Morning Quad Cities, WQAD News

Channel 8

2. Quad Cities Today, KWQC TV 6

Local newspapercolumnist/reporter

1. Bill Wundram, Quad-City Times2. Barb Ickes, Quad-City Times

3. John Marx, The Dispatch/Rock Island Argus

Local weather orecaster1. Terry Swails, WQAD News Channel 8

2. James Zahara, WQAD News Channel 8

3. Anthony Peoples, WQAD News Channel 8

Local Web site1. QCOnline.com2. RCReader.com

3. QCTimes.com

reCreationBowling alle1. Miller Time Billiards

2. Bowlmor Lanes

3. Milan Lanes

Gol course1. Palmer Hills Gol Course

2. TPC at Deere Run

3. Saukie Gol Course

Hiking trail1. Black Hawk State Historic Site

2. Scott County Park

3. Wild Cat Den Park

Biking trail1. Ralph B. Birks Bicycle Trail/Great River Trail

2. Duck Creek Parkway3. Bettendor Bike Path

When Pryce . Boeye boughtinto Hungy Hobo in 2001,

it had two major challenges,the companys president, CEO, andmajority owner said in a recent

interview: Te acilities were outdated,and its menu and operations werentconsistent. Not much had been done

to the operation in several years, hesaid. His aim was to breathe it backto lie. Boeye has spent the past nine

years addressing those shortcomings including reurbishing or relocatingalmost all o its stores and the results

can be seen in Hungry Hobos revenues:Dollar sales rose 60 percent rom 2001to 2009. Te results can also be seen in

our Best o the Quad Cities balloting, asHungry Hobo was named tops by ourreaders in the categories o distinctly

Quad Cities ast ood and best delisandwiches. What distinguishesHungry Hobo which has 11 owned-

and-operated locations in the QuadCities along with ranchises in IowaCity and Galesburg is that everything

is as resh as po ssible, Boeye said.Te bread is baked resh d aily, and themeats and cheeses arent sliced until

you order your sandwich. (Boeye said

that like most people, his avorite isnumber 11, the Hobo combination.)

While Hobo is known primarily or itscold sandwiches, it also oers hot andgrilled sandwiches, baked potatoes,

soups, and salads. Boeye said thatalthough there arent any rm plans,the company is considering expansion

into outlying Quad Cities areas suchas Eldridge, LeClaire, Muscatine, andGeneseo. Were trying to gure out

what the next step is, he said. For more

inormation on Hungry Hobo, visitHungryHobo.com. Jef Ignatius

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more than twice the pages o the Arcadia bookand is physically larger. Tat doesnt make

Powers-Douglas book redundant; she said

it serves as an introduction to the cemetery:

Its a quick and easy way to nd out about the

people that made our community.

Powers-Douglas had previously sel-

published the books Cemetery Walk (in 2005)and ranslating ombstones (in 2008), and

she publishes Epitaphs magazine. Te promptor the new book was the wind storm o July

2008, which destroyed more than 125 trees in

Chippiannock. She said that while she would

consider writing a volume on one o the Iowa

Quad Cities cemeteries,

she plans to write her

next book on important

women in American

history.

Powers-Douglas

knows that her

taphophilia (or passion

or cemeteries) strikes

some people as odd

or creepy, but she

emphasized thatcemeteries were once

community centers.

Cemeteries that

were developed in the

rst part o the 19th

Century, she said,

were the rst national

parks. (Chippiannock

opened in 1855.)

Tese cemeteries

were landscaped with wandering pathways

and a variety o trees, and were designed

or community use. Te people o the 19th

Century used them or picnics, swimming,

and other social outings. It was a big social

to-do to be in the cemetery, and not just to

grieve and mourn and pay your respects; it

was like keeping the person alive, keeping

them part o the amily.

She also said that amilies o the dead meant

or people to visit the cemetery, not avoid

it: Tey want you to walk in the gates and

recognize that this person was important, this

person was worthy o love and worthy o being

remembered.

Minda Powers-Douglas will appear at two

meet-the-author events in April: Saturday, April10, at noon at rixie Lus Unique Gifs or You(Pierce School Mall, 2212 East 12th Street in

Davenport); and Saturday, April 17, rom 1 to3 p.m. at Barnes & Noble (NorthPark Mall, 320West Kimberly Road in Davenport).

For more inormation on Minda Powers-Douglas work andEpitaphs magazine, visit

TeCemeteryClub.com. For more inormationabout Arcadia Publishing titles, visit

ArcadiaPublishing.com.

Chippiannock Cemetery in Rock Islandhas its share o impressive monuments,

rom the elegant resting place o the

Cable amily to the massive 30-ton boulder

(or Edward Burrall) and the six-ton polished-

granite sphere (or Dean yler Robinson).

But or Minda Powers-Douglas, author

o the new Chippiannock Cemetery book inArcadia Publishings Images o America

series, its the modest, handmade grave

markers that mean the most.

She points to two in particular, eatured

on pages 78 and 81 o her book and

commemorating the lives o children who died

at six years old and ve

months old: small and

craed by people in or

close to the amily. Te

monuments that look like

somebody just put them

together with whatever

items they had on-hand,

those are the ones that

broke my heart, Powers-

Douglas said. Te ones

that someone just puttogether with their bare

hands out o spit and dirt,

theyre wonderul.

Like all the books in

the series, ChippiannockCemetery is oremosta picture book, with

captions telling brie

stories. Powers-Douglas

said this ormat can be

limiting. But its also ideal or a book about

a cemetery; it allows or a breadth o subject

matter without straining to tie it all together.

In addition to several contextual chapters,

the cemeterys residents are grouped into ve

basic sections: pioneers, outstanding citizens,

members o the military, children, and the

notorious including several lost souls

associated with amed gangster John Looney.

Te book strikes a balance between the people

and their monuments, and between the usual

suspects and the relatively unknown. I ...

wanted to show that somebody with a little

stone, what a dierence they made, too,

Powers-Douglas said.Similar to the cemetery itsel, the book

is a sampling o local history. A cemetery

is a microcosm o a community, which is a

microcosm o how the country developed,

Powers-Douglas said. She added that

cemeteries tell a lot about a community, and

she paraphrased this amous quote rom

Benjamin Franklin: One can tell the morals o

a culture by the way they treat their dead.

Tis isnt the rst Chppiannock book.

Te Rock Island Preservation Commission

and the Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage

Foundation co-published 150 Years o Epitaphsat Chippiannock Cemetery in 2006, and it has

Bringing Out the DeadMinda Powers-Douglas Ofers a Visual History o Chippiannock Cemetery

by Jef Ignatius

[email protected]

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s anyone who watches the stationknows, local NBC aliate KWQCV6 prides itsel on being the station

that cares or you. And based on the resultso our latest Best o the QuadCities poll, its obvious that

a great many viewers careor KWQCs Gary Metivier,named best local V news

anchor or the second yearin a row. For uture polls,though, we might want to

consider amending that categorys title. Ialways considered mysel an anchor-reporter,says Metivier, and always will be. Because

not only does an anchor report the news rom

the desk, but you also have to be a reporter toknow how to cover the stories, and how to askthe next question that you think viewers would

want the answer to. o be sure, the OklahomaCity native has covered his share o dramatic,even horric, events in his distinguished

career as an anchor among them, whenworking or Denison, exas KEN News,1995s Oklahoma City bombing. Obviously,

tragic news is hard to report, particularly i itsin your hometown, says Metivier. But youhave to put a dierent hat on and say, I have

to do my job, covering the story and gettingthe inormation out there. And then you dealwith your eelings about it a little bit later.

Yet Metivier, now in his 13th year behind the

KWQC news desk, has also been ortunateto share many hopeul and inspiring storiesduring his Quad Cities tenure, and echoes his

stations tagline in describing the continuedsatisaction he nds in both his career andhis community. People here reallycare about

each other, he says. When we get to do somepositive stories like the news specials I do oneveryday heroes, or when we cover things like

the Honor Flight [o the Quad Cities] theseare stories that really matter to people. Andunlike other parts o the country, where they

want a lot o sensationalistic news, this part othe country really wants some caring storieso people looking out or each other, and how

they can make a dierence. Mike Schulz

Local park1. Vander Veer Botanical Park2. Scott County Park

3. Black Hawk State Historic Site

3. Crow Creek Park

Place or a picnic1. Vander Veer Botanical Park

2. Scott County Park

3. West Lake Park

Aquatic center1. Whitewater Junction Family Aquatic Center

2. Splash Landing Aquatic Center

3. YMCA

Campground1. Scott County Park

2. West Lake Campground

3. KOA

Place or a da trip1. Galena, Illinois

2. Amana Colonies, Iowa

3. Chicago, Illinois

Dog park1. Bettendor Bark Park

2. Hasselroth Park

Local landmark1. Davenport Skybridge

2. John Deere Commons

3. Arsenal Island

3. Mississippi River

Place to snowboard/sled/tube

1. Ski Snowstar (Andalusia, Illinois)2. Duck Creek Park (Bettendor)

3. Illiniwek Forest Preserve (Hampton, Illinois)

Gm/health club1. YMCA

2. Bettendor Lie Fitness Center

3. Fitness First Plus

yoga studio1. Indigo Creative Approach to Fitness & Wellness

2. Hot Yoga Quad Cities

3. Davenport School o Yoga

Back in the all o 1986,on my rst day o

reshman orientation atAugustana College, our studentguides greeted us by saying

that we were about to trek towhat would be, hands down,the one place we couldnt live

without during our our yearsat school. Innocently, I thought,Te library? Te student center? As we

walked beyond the campus, however, itbecame clear that our eld trip wasnt at allcurricular in nature, although we certainly

did learn something once we reached our

destination: Whiteys does indeedhave the best ice cream on the

planet. (We also learned that ourstudent guides were very astute over the our years, Im not sure

any o us couldve lived withoutit.) Certainly, the Best o the QuadCities voters who chose Whiteys

Ice Cream in the category o bestdesserts are acquainted with the

ridiculously tasty ice-cream treats available

at this 67-year-old area treasure, but youcould likely start arguments, i not engage inactual sticus, over w hich mouth-watering

option is the greatest. Te sundae? Te

shake? Te Boston, which nds a sundaeplunked on top o a shake? No matter withnearly three-dozen ice-cream avors tochoose rom plus rozen yogurt, slushes,smoothies, mint chippers, malts, oats,

splits, ice cream cakes ... its doubtul thatanyone exiting one o the companys manylocal locales leaves unhappy. And i you

want a hint as to just how popular Whiteysand its dessert options are, just check out thecompanys Facebook page: 13,162 ans. Oh,

hold on ... gimme a second ... . Tere we go 13,163. For more inormation, plus photosto have you scrambling or your car keys,

visit WhiteysIceCream.com. Mike Schulz

Best desserts

Whiteys Ice Cream

Best local TV news anchor

Gary Metivier


reCreation

Best Sushi

Osaka

Look orthe Fall

010 Arts, Culture &

Entertainment Nightlife

Shopping& Services

People

VOTING STARTS

IN JUNE

Its not really thatsurprising. We live in a

community that breedsduplication. Te QuadCities area is rie with civic

samenames and commercialdopplegngers. Most metroareas have one downtown;

we have ve in the QuadCities. So were probablybetter than average at

navigating subtle dierences.With that in mind, we need to clear

something up. Tis is the second year that

Osaka has won or best sushi in the ReadersBest o the Quad Cities voting. But theres noway to know which Osaka. Yup, there are twodierent Osakas (technically three, counting

the Northpark Mall location, owned andoperated by the owner o the other Davenport

location). Its time we cleared this up and got

an accurate vote. Dont get me wrong; maybemore than any other Quad Cities duplicative,having this much great sushi alls under the

denition o embarrassment o riches. Andor the record, Ive eaten at all o them, and

have nothing but high praise all around. Tatsnot to say Im going to tell you which I voted

or. But next timeyou llout the Best o the Quad

Cities ballot, youll be aneducated voter.

Our all ballot doesnt

include ood and diningcategories, but come latewinter (I know, who wants

to think othatas we hit80 or the rst time thisyear) look or the Best O

logo on the ront o theReaderor at RiverCitiesReader.com and go

vote or your avorite sushi restaurant. And

this time bespecic! Lets nd out exactly whatraw-sh-eating Quad Citians think. For moreinormation, including specialties and hours,check out RiverCitiesReader.com/dining. You

can also submit reviews there i you want tovote sooner than next year. - Shawn Eldridge

Osaka Davenport

4901 Utica Ridge Rd

563-355-1115

Owner: Weng

Founded: August 2008

Weng also owns

Osaka Sushi Bar at Nor thPark Mall

563-386-5977

Opened: July 2007

Osaka Moline (formerly Sakura)

4707 16th St,

Moline, Illinois 61265

309-762-2211

Owner: Jane Jiang

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can put you in a prime position or victory.

Battle yields the reward o Crystarium points,

a orm o experience that can be used to improve

the dierent roles o each character. In a system

similar to Final Fantasy Xs leveling grid, you

spend points to develop specic roles in your

characters as you choose,

whether its dumping all your

points in one characteristic or

a more-balanced distribution.

Te potential or character

growth expands at key

moments in the game, andthe nal Crystarium stage

is only unlocked aer

completing the main story,

giving dedicated players a

reason to come back and

tackle tougher side quests.

I initially wanted to be

done aer beating the main

story, but theres this giant

prehistoric turtle thats been

nigh unbeatable that I really

want to cut down to size.Beyond gameplay, its not Final Fantasy

without great presentation. Te series has become

known or some o the best cinema scenes a game

can produce, even branching out to two ull-

length movies. Te standard events running on

the gameplay engine look really good, but its the

cinematic scenes that blow you out o the water.

Whether its high-octane action or a dramatic

story event, the cinematics, details, and smooth

graphics make the antasy world come to lie.

A longstanding personal complaint with the

series has been the voice work. Te PlayStation 2

games suered rom halfearted and autonomiccharacter voices that broke the experience

rom time to time, but thankully this has been

resolved. It was a substantial step orward in

making me care about the story.

My only major complaint goes to the Xbox 360

version. Te game was a PlayStation 3 exclusive

in Japan, only brought to Xbox 360 on three

discs or a North American release, and there are

patches where detail is lacking, such as squared

ngers or messy hair. Te game was delayed

several months because o this downgrade, which

I nd disappointing.But thats still a relatively small matter,

everything else considered. Since 1987, the Final

Fantasy series has been a standard-bearer in the

role-playing-game genre. Ive played every core

entry in the series, and Im pleased to say that the

13th game is the best since Final Fantasy IXin

1999.

Final Fantasy XIII is now available or PlayStation

3 and Xbox 360 or $59.95. For this review, the

author completed the main story.

Luke Hamilton is a buyer, creative designer, andonline coordinator or Video Games Etc.

Just because its called Final Fantasy XIII

doesnt mean you need to play the other

12 to appreciate the experience. Every

numbered game in the Final Fantasy ranchise (in

other words, excluding spin-os such as actics

or Crystal Chronicles) is a unique experience that

stands alone, with a detailed

world containing lots o history

and interesting characters

with distinctive traits; the

series is also not wed to any

one style o gameplay. Tis

new game makes some drasticchanges rom its predecessors,

but it stays true to the series

by telling an epic story in a

majestic world deserving the

name Final Fantasy.

Without getting into the

initially conusing terminology

the game assumes you

understand, the story ollows

six people granted magic

powers by a deity deemed evil

by society. Tis deity has alsogiven them a task in the orm o a dream about

the end o the world. Faced with turning into

mindless monsters i they do not complete the

task, they decide to try to prevent the coming

disaster. However, being branded by the deity also

makes them social outcasts, and the rest o the

world seeks their destruction.

Te most drastic change anyFinal Fantasy

an will notice is how the game progresses. What

once was a series that would send you out into

an open world to traverse as you please has been

streamlined into a linear path or a majority o

the game. I had reservations at rst, but the initiallack o reedom actually enhanced the game

or me. Instead o getting small chunks o story

between random battles and conusing travels,

you get a relatively compact narrative with battles

peppering the experience. You can still go nuts

in a large open area late in the game (which also

brings back classic enemies), and there are dozens

o hunting missions and secrets to discover. My

play time is over 50 hours, and at least 25 o them

have been in the open parts o the game.

Combat received an overhaul as well. Going

urther rom Final Fantasy XIIs Gambit system which could be set up to have almost no player

interaction in battle you control the team leader

while your teammates run on a kind o auto pilot

using the new Paradigm system. It gives each

character in your three-person team specic

roles that can be swapped as situations warrant.

You could start with an all-out-assault Paradigm,

pounding your enemies into the ground, but

i someone reaches a critical state, switch to a

healing Paradigm to speed recovery.

Te mixing and matching o Paradigms is

simple but addictive and deep; it makes combat

the action equivalent o a chess match. Onewrong move can set you back, and one right move

Final Fantasy XIII: New Stle,Same Fantas, Never Final

by Luke Hamilton

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you want by calling this a complexship.

It isnt complex in the slightest: You want a

relationship with him; he doesnt want one

with you, but hell continue seeing you on

what I call the Bag o Chips Principle, as in,

i theres a bag o chips within a mans reach,

hell probably help himsel to some.

o many, your situation might seem like

a simple case o Hes just not that into you.

And since youd probably see a icker o hopewhile blindolded and being lowered head-

rst into a pitch-dark cesspool, let me make

this perectly clear: No, hes not. But theres

such a thing as readiness or a relationship.

Finding the right person isnt enough. You

have to have the right person at the right

time. Its possible your guy hasnt been ready

or anything serious with anyone. Instead

o accepting that he cant give you what you

want and waving goodbye, you most likely

sealed the deal that hell never be ready or

you by being all over him like ants on potatosalad. (Men dont want what comes easy to

them, with the exception o FREE BEER!)

But, wait, there are mitigating

circumstances here! You truly love him!

Great the universal excuse women give

or doing something utterly stupid and sel-

destructive with a man. For a change o pace,

show a little love or yoursel. ake that old

advice: I you love something, set it ree.

I it comes back to you, and comes back to

you, and comes back to you, and still wont

give you what you want, set it ree again, and

change the locks.

Ive been seeing this guy or over twoyears. Although we spend lots o timetogether, we dont have a committedrelationship. Weve been of and

on throughout this entire two-yearcomplexship, as I call it. Normally, werene until I start asking about us beingmore to each other. He then picks a ght

and disappears. Out o the blue the other

day, he told me I deserved more and saidhe didnt want to waste my time or makeme miss out on somebody who could give

me what I want. I told him Im ne, andthat Im dating other people (which I am).Still, Im not sure why he brought it up ihe didnt want to commit to me. I truly love

him, and have since the moment we met.Do you think hell ever be ready, or am I histemp till he nds someone permanent orthe job?

Stuck

Youre about three blocks past way too

pathetic when the stu your girlriends got

sick o telling you Dump him! Hes just

using you! You deserve better! is coming

rom the guy you deserve better than.

Amazingly, you take this as a sign hes ready

to commit, rather than the obvious his

guilt so overtook his sel-interest that hes

like the buzzard eeling sorry or the roadkill:

How bout I just have a ew pecks o your

hindquarters and then be on my way?

Not surprisingly, you need to ancy up two

years o hanging around not getting what

Hope Against Nope

A man sitting next to me on a long fight

really opened up to me, and I ended up sharing

stu I never tell anyone. He asked or my

number, but I never heard rom him. How

does someone connect with you so amazingly,

then walk away rom you like youre any other

stranger on the plane?

Seat 13D

Welcome to the One-Flight Stand: Twototal strangers, thrown together by airline seatassignment algorithms, sharing their deepestsecrets over those little bags o pretzels and

blankets that havent been washed since theWright brothers took of. With somebody youllnever see again, you can eel sae revealing stuf

youd only tell your closest condant. And then,because youve treated them like a close condant,

they can start to eel like one. (Never mind thatyou cant remember i its Brad or Bruce.)

Some seatmates continue their relationship

down the jetway, but most have broken up by

the time they hit the terminal. As theyre getting

o the plane, theres that blast o outdoor air

real lie hitting them, along with the realization

that theres no graceul way to t 13D into

theirs. Or maybe they realize they got drunk on

anonymity, and eel dirty or exposing way too

much o themselves to a stranger. I you cant

stand the post-ight chill, wear protection: an

eye mask or iPod headphones. I youre willing

to risk it, theres always that possibility youll

continue on with some seatmate, maybe even to

the point where you nd yoursel joining him

in the SA line joining as in, You may now

cavity-search the bride.

Boeing, Boeing, Gone


What Else Is Happenintickets and inormation, call (319)648-1234 or visitRiversideCasinoAndResort.com.

Saturday, April 10, and Sunday, April 11 Quad City Symphony Orchestra. The sixth

Masterworksconcerts o the season, eaturingCoplandsAppalachian Spring, TchaikovskysPiano Concerto, and Stravinskys Firebird Suite.With conductor Mark Russell Smith and guestartist Norman Krieger on piano. Saturday Adler

Theatre (136 East Third Street, Davenport). 8 p.m.Sunday Augustana Colleges Centennial Hall(3703 Seventh Avenue, Rock Island). 2 p.m. $10-

$50. For tickets and inormation, call (563)322-7276 or visit QCSymphony.com.

Sunday, April 11 Bettendorf Park Band.

The organizations rst concert o the spring/summer season. Goettsch Community Center(2004 Grant Street, Bettendor). 3 p.m. Free;

donations accepted. For inormation, call PatWohlord at (563)332-5190 or visit Bettendor.org.

Sunday, April 11 Chick Corea. Concert

showcasing one o the 20th Centurys mostprolic and gited composers. Englert Theatre(221 East Washington Street, Iowa City). 7:30p.m. $39-$49. For tickets and inormation, call

(319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.Tuesday, April 1 Loud & Rich. Concert

perormance with award-winning music iconsLoudon Wainwright and Richard Thompson.Englert Theatre (221 East Washington Street, IowaCity). 8 p.m. $35. For tickets and inormation, call

(319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.Wednesday, April 1 Fernando Jones. Noted

musician and educator in a concert presented by

the Mississippi Valley Blues Society. Mojos Coee

House at the River Music Experience (130 West

Second Street, Davenport). 7 p.m. Free admissions;

donations accepted. For inormation, call (877)326-

1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

THEATREThursday, April , through Saturday, April1 Jakes Women. Tony Award-nominated

Neil Simon comedy, directed by Steve Flanigin.Scott Community College Student Lie Center through Door 5 (500 Belmont Road, Bettendor).Thursday through Saturday 7 p.m. $7 at the

door. For inormation, e-mail [email protected], April 1 Farmscape. Visiting

author John Price and local celebrities read

a new work directed by Iowa Poet Laureate

Mary Swander, based on interviews with

armers conducted by students at Iowa StateUniversity. Bettendor Public Library (2950

Learning Campus, Bettendor). 7 p.m. Free. For

inormation, call (563)344-5706.

MOVIESTuesda, April Sahel: A West African

Journey. A presentation in the museums

World Adventure Series,eaturing post-

show discussions with lmmakers. Putnam

Museim & IMAX Theatre (1717 West 12th

Street, Davenport). 1, 4, and 7 p.m. $4-$6. For

inormation and tickets, call (563)324-1933 or

visit Putnam.org.

LECTURESWednesda, April Dr. Kerr Trask. A

presentation o the lecture Black Hawk: The

Battle or the Heart o America,exploring the

man, his infuence, and his continuing legacy.

Augustana Colleges Wallenberg Hall (3701

Seventh Avenue, Rock Island). 7:30 p.m. Free.

For inormation, call (309)794-7823.

Tuesday, April 1 Mary Robinson. A

presentation in the Eastern Iowa Community

College Districts Viewpoint DistinguishedSpeakers Series,eaturing the rst emale

president o Ireland and the rst woman to chairthe United Nations Commission or HumanRights. Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street,

Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $34-$38. For tickets, call(800)745-3000 or visit AdlerTheatre.com.

EXHIBITSaturda, April , through Sunda,

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