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COVER STORY By Kathleen McCarthy [email protected]

Choosing Finance Over FarmsScott County Chases Industry at the Expense of Agriculture

On April 7, three o the five ScottCounty Supervisors – CarolEarnhardt, Jim Hancock, and

om Sunderbruch – approved a stun-ningly short-sighted change to theScott County Comprehensive LandUse Plan (CLUP) that allows or spotzoning anywhere in the county’s unin-corporated areas. Supervisors DianeHolst and Brinson Kinzer respected

the community-at-large’s wishes and voted against the change in the spirit otrue representation.

Te county’s current AgriculturalPreservation Zoning District preventsspot zoning – developments that don’tconorm to the surrounding land use– on any agriculture property outsidecity limits. But the three supervisorsprovided the necessary votes to beginthe approval process or a new zoning

designation called an Industrial FloatingZone (IFZ) to skirt t hat protection. April7’s vote was the first o three readingsover the next our weeks that will changethe CLUP to allow the county and Quad

Cities First – the economic-developmentarm o the Quad Cities Chamber – tomarket prime armland or a “megasite”(1,000 acres or more) to potential indus-trial operators.

Te Iowa Economic DevelopmentAuthority established 17 regionalmarketing groups – including QuadCities First – to help attract industrialdevelopment to Iowa, and it’s offering

marketing grants o up to $50,000 perproject. Te und expires in Novem-ber, so the pressure is on to get theIFZ passed beore that deadline. (SeeRCReader.com/y/iz1.)

Te Greater Davenport Redevelop-ment Corporation – a partnership oScott County, the City o Davenport,the Quad Cities Chamber, and MidAm-erican Energy – owns and operates theEastern Iowa Industrial Park, but it’s

running out o sites to market, and noneis large enough to qualiy as a megasite.Ergo the Industrial Floating Zone, whichby circumventing current protections orprime armland will open up the entire

unincorporated county to potentialindustrial development.

And this is precisely what makes theIndustrial Floating Zone so egregious.Most counties and municipalitiesallocate specific acres o property or sitecertification as a megasite. Certificationcriteria demand that qualiying proper-ties have inrastructure already in place.With the IFZ, this is not the case. It’s allup or negotiation, and no surroundingproperties are protected rom the intru-sion, leaving an entire rural communityeconomically insecure going orward.And county residents can bank on theirtax dollars paying or necessary inra-structure as part o the incentives used toentice an industrial operation here.

Clearly the Planning & Zoning (P&Z)commissioners and the three support-ing supervisors either don’t under-

stand or just don’t care how they aredisadvantaging the rural community.Property owners within the AgriculturalPreservation Zoning District cannotsell or any purpose other than ag use,

and soon industrial use, but nothingin between – including subdividingor an heir to build a house nearby. SoSunderbruch’s claim that “I am protect-ing individual rights” is ludicrous as hedictates to armers and rural landown-ers that they may only sell their parcelsbased on the narrow interests o specifictargeted buyers.

Beore the supervisors cast their first votes or the IFZ on April 7, they eachoffered comments, several o whichshould be highlighted or the revealingmindsets underpinning their votes. (SeeRCReader.com/y/iz2.)

Earnhardt expressed rustration withthe public’s thinking that the board’sdecision to remove ag-preservationprotection by establishing an IndustrialFloating Zone was a “knee-jerk” reac-tion to losing the $1.3-billion Orascom

ertilizer plant to Lee County. “Nothingcould be urther rom the truth,” shesaid. Te review process to change the

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ILLINOIS POLITICS

Public Budget Negotiations

Represent an ImprovementG

overnor Bruce Rauner has hit a brickwall attempting to convince HouseSpeaker Michael Madigan to come to

the negotiating table to talk about endingthe long governmental impasse andthen working out a budget deal. So aferholding numerous public appearances todemand a sit-down, Rauner shifed gearslast week when the two Republican legis-lative leaders trotted out a new spending

plan to provide $1.3 billion to und humanservices and other programs.

Te proposal would partly be undedwith some pension reorms that Repub-licans claim will save $780 million. Tereorms include some accounting changesand pushing off pension costs to localschools and to higher-education institu-tions or salaries above $180,000 a year.But there are relatively ew employeesmaking more than $180K a year, and the

$780 million is about a third o the state’sannual “normal costs” or pensions, so itseems somewhat difficult to believe thatthese savings are actually as high as billed.

And even i the money is real, the$1.3-billion GOP proposal is significantlysmaller than either appropriations billpassed by the legislature’s Democraticmajorities. Te Senate Democrats’ spend-ing plan was pegged at about $3.8 billion,with hal o that ($1.9 billion) going to

social services.Still, the bill could very well gener-

ate some interest among rank-and-fileDemocrats worried about the implosiono the state’s social saety net as a possiblenext step in the negotiating process. Forinstance, the legislation appropriates morethan $10 million or the Adult Redeployprogram, which diverts nonviolentoffenders rom prison terms. Tat moneywould come rom the General RevenueFund, but the legislation also uses moneyrom special state unds to pay or pro-grams popular with Democrats that aren’tcurrently being unded by the state, likehomeless-youth services.

By ar, however, the most intrigu-ing aspect o the Republican bill iswhat’s not in it – at least not yet. None oRauner’s usual anti-union “poison pills” isattached. Te governor has demanded thepassage o several reorms as a conditionor talking about the budget, but none

o those is overtly attached to this newRepublican proposal.

Te GOP legislation also gives thegovernor some spending-transer authoritywithin the budget, but it appears to be much

more limited than earlier demands or near-dictatorial control over moving around justabout every state dollar as he saw fit.

And while the GOP appropriations billmight not actually be ully unded by itspension component, it certainly has moreunding behind it than either Democraticplan out there right now. And still moreunding could be ound by using part othe Democrats’ proposal, which includes

orgiving about $450 million in loansrom special state unds (an idea that thegovernor had previously said he couldprobably live with).

Te idea, it appears, is to present a armore “reasonable” GOP ace than in therecent past – and put Madigan on deenseboth or hiding behind his incessantpolitical games and or reusing to cometo the bargaining table, thus allowing thestate to crash and burn while waiting or

the governor to cave.An official close to Mayor Rahm

Emanuel said last week that his boss andRauner have regularly spoken with eachother despite all the harsh public snipingbetween the two men. Te governor, hesaid, claims that he wants to make a deal.

But Madigan just doesn’t believe thatprivate talks with the governor will workbecause they obviously haven’t borne ruitsince this crisis began in late May o last

year, when the Democrats rammed througha hugely unbalanced budget that was thenalmost completely vetoed by Rauner.

I totally get the lack o trust the Demo-crats have in this governor. He has brokenconfidences, has broken his word, andhas attempted to break their, um, stonesby hurling insults or months. I also ullyappreciate the tension that has built upon both sides during the past 14 monthsor so.

But it’s not like anybody’s doing any-thing else while we all wait around orArmageddon.

Private negotiations are obviouslypreerable to public negotiations, butprivate negotiations are off the table rightnow because Madigan says so. (And hehas his reasons, some better than others.)So public negotiations are better than nonegotiations at all, and we’ll have to takewhat we can get.

Hopeully, we’ll see a counter-offer

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Choosing Finance Over FarmsCLUP didn’t come orward or another27 months, she claimed, afer much hardwork by the P&Z Commission.

Well, not exactly. On April 3,2013 – only 10 months afer Orascomannounced it was declining to site inScott County – Planning & DevelopmentDirector im Huey stated in an e-mailto P&Z member Clayton Lloyd: “Eventhough we continue to place a high prior-ity on the preservation o prime arm-land and protecting ag activity, it [CLUP]

is not meant to exclude opportunities oran 800-pound economic-developmentgorilla.” Huey acknowledged to Lloydin a later e-mail that his comments wereprompted by the loss o Orascom.

Huey sent to the P& Z commission onJune 14, 2013, a directive to review theCLUP. Tat’s not surprising, given thatthe supervisors openly lamented losingOrascom. So the wheels were quickly putin motion to not let a revenue oppor-

tunity o that size pass them by againbecause o the pesky ag-preservationdistrict, which was the only thing thatprevented that industrial “gorilla” rommoving orward.

But beore the IFZ could come beorethe Board o Supervisors, it had to gothrough the P&Z Commission. And it’sabundantly clear rom the minutes othe commission’s June 18, 2013, meet-ing that amending language to allow orIFZs in the ag-preservation district wasnot acceptable to some members, whoultimately reused to support it.

Tus began a two-year-long campaignto systematically replace those members(as they stepped down or when they were

up or re-appointment) with IFZ-riendlyappointees such as ony Knobbe (retiredpresident o Quad Cities’ Wells FargoBank) and Dan Portes (chair o theQuad Cities Chamber’s political actioncommittee). Once these supportivemembers were in place, the IFZ movedorward quickly. So Earnhardt’s revi-sion o history is undone by the county’sown record.

Hancock demonstrated with his

comments that he is a firm believer thattwo wrongs definitely make a right.He claimed that cities’ annexation oarmland was the “real culprit” or thedisappearance o Scott County’s precious

armland. His logic suggested that i thecities can plow it under via annexation,the county can do the same or industrialdevelopment to increase its revenues.Hancock showed unequivocally that 28years in elected office has morphed himrom a representative o the people intoan elected bureaucrat devoted to thecounty’s budget and increasing revenueno matter the long-term consequences– to Scott Countians but also argu-ably Iowa, the nation, and the world

in terms o productive land to eed anever-increasing population. “Te bestand astest way to expand [the county’sincome] is through the industrial taxbase, and it’s got to be mega,” he said.

Hancock said that had the Orascomproject moved orward in Scott County,it would have generated $11 million innew revenues – $7 million in increasedproperty taxes and $4 million in utilitytaxes, calculated rom the $1.3-billion

capital investment on 318 acres. How-ever, he neglected to mention the $348million in taxpayer subsidies given toOrascom in the orm o training undsand property-tax abatements and

exemptions, or the $1.2 billion in tax-exempt Midwestern Disaster Area Bondsset aside or Iowa’s 2008 flood victimsto rebuild (RCReader.com/y/iz3). LeeCounty ranked 20th in harm done bythe flood, yet it received $1.2 billion othe $2.6 billion set aside or Iowans andawarded it to Orascom to assist with itsindustrial project.

By the time Orascom actually gets aproperty-tax bill rom the county, depre-ciation will erode a significant portion

o that capital investment, lowering theassessed value and delivering a ractiono the increased revenues originallypromised. Regardless, Hancock said,“government isn’t going to get cheapertomorrow, so you [the public] shouldthink about that.”

Hancock also claimed new businesseswill spring up in support o a big indus-trial operation, especially due to lots ohigh-paying jobs, yet there is no longer

evidence or that antiquated economicmodel. Where Orascom is being built inWever, Iowa, the only new business is a


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Delta Spirit rontman MatthewLogan Vasquez characterizes hissong “Everything I Do Is Out” as

“sweaty,” and the description is apt, withits howling, hoarse, Cobain-like vocals,meaty hard-rock guitar groove, and agenerally pummeling manner suitableor any aggressive workout.

And then, just beore the three-minutemark, the sound drops out or a split

second. en seconds later, it abruptlycuts off at peak volume, giving way to thelanguid Americana o “Black East River.”

In a phone interview last weekpromoting his April 18 perormance atDaytrotter, Vasquez shrugged off myquestion about those choices. “Tat’s justa producer trick I learned when I was 19,and I never get to do producer tricks, soI was having u n,” he said. “I recordedeverything mysel, so I get to use all the

things that I wanted to do it. I elt likedoing that, so I did it.”

Tat last sentence could be the mottoor Solicitor Returns, the official debut othe singer/songwriter/guitarist as a soloartist. It’s Vasquez unbound and onlyslightly filtered.

Te album hops around rommuscular alt-country to squalling yetarticulate guitar leads recalling NeilYoung in Crazy Horse mode to thick

and soaring pop rock to throbbingelectronica to nearly mournul ballads,closing with something that would fitnicely on a Queen record. It has a anciulrandomness but also the undeniableorce o conviction.

Following Delta Spirit’s sel-titledthird album in 2012, Vasquez said, “I hada lot o un and just made a record or myriends called Solicitor . It was really anodd record. And when it came time tothink about releasing it, I was talked outo it because it was so strange. ... It’s verypsychedelic ... . And it’s ridiculous.”

But while that record has never gottena proper release, Vasquez said he wantedto recapture the eeling o making it,“just kind o showing my riends what Icould do when it was just me behind thewheel o everything.” Afer Delta Spiritwent on a hiatus ollowing the tour or2014’s Into the Wide, he got his chance.

“I just had a surplus o music that I

needed to get out and share with people,”he said, reerring to the 45 songs hewrote or Into the Wide. “And also parto mysel that I eel like I haven’t beenable to show people within Delta Spirit

because I taper mysel down to work withthe band.”

He wrote the songs “Everything I DoIs Out” and “Maria,” and they suggesteda record dominated by straightorwardrock and roll. So he worked on the songs

quickly and serially – tracking eachinstrument three or ewer times, mixingit, and setting it aside. Te result, hesaid, was “resh, in the moment. Tingsthat hadn’t been picked over ... made animmediate record.”

Out o that process, he only discardedtwo songs – punkish tunes that he didn’teel matched the vibe o the others – andreleased last year’s Austin EP and thisyear’s Solicitor Returns. He said that

when he returns home rom tour in May,he’ll start tracking his next solo album.Tat sort o working-alone produc-

tivity is one reason his primary band istaking a break: “A Delta Spirit recordtakes 45 songs, a record budget, twoyears or two and a hal years o commit-ment o not making money beore there’san opportunity to make money. Andhaving a kid has kind o thrown a wrenchin being wil ling to tough it out.”

But he stressed that Delta Spirit’shiatus, while longer than originallyplanned, is temporary: “Tere’s noreason the band won’t come back andplay music.”

Matthew Logan Vasquez will performon Monday, April 18, at Daytrot ter (324Brady Street, Davenport; Daytrotter.com).Te 6 p.m. show also features ReverendBaron and Spirit Ghost, and tickets are$10 in advance or $15 at the door.

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THEATRE By Victoria Navarro

Long Night’s Journey Into DayWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, at the District Theatre through April 16

Let’s say you’re a young, male biology

proessor who has landed a job at a smallNew England college. Aer a aculty

party and lots o drinking, you and your wieare invited or a nightcap at the home o amiddle-aged history proessor whose sexu-ally charged spouse happens to be the collegepresident’s daughter. It’s 2 a.m., the liquorkeeps coming, and your hosts start to argue.Do you stay? O course you do. What couldgo wrong?!

Tis is the setup or Pulitzer Prize-winner

Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of VirginiaWoolf? , the latest offering at the DistrictTeatre. And aer attending the April 1perormance, I have a newound reverenceor Albee’s words as perormed by its ouractors. Te play, which mixes emotions, real-ity, and symbolism into a thought-provokingcommentary on the society and values oits time, has to be truly understood by theactors and director or the perormance towork. Happily, director/set designer ristan

Layne apscott and company provided a visceral theatre experience that was intimate,revealing, shocking, at times uncomortable… and pretty darned amazing.

Virginia Woolf?, which won the 1963ony Award or Best Play, is not the easiestthing to watch, but its complexity andemotional drama challenged my thinkingand reminded me how vulnerable we allare. In Albee’s script, the ocus is on twocollege proessors and their wives, each withtheir own secrets, with the older couple’salmost nonstop verbal attacks disguisingthe deeper matrimonial games they play.Te younger couple caught up in the drama,meanwhile, is alternately amused, conused,and rightened.

Having seen the 1966 film version, it washard or me not to compare the perormanceso the movie and stage actors, but PattiFlaherty’s boozy, brassy Martha would giveElizabeth aylor a run or her money (and herOscar). Flaherty’s character interpretation

was spot-on, with her voice at times seductiveand purring, and at other times screamingand hostile. Her energy filled the stage, andFlaherty’s hearty laugh was employed artullywhether to show defiance or hide hurt.

rying to hold his own against Flahertywas James Driscoll as George, and hisportrayal o the fidgety, middle-aged nebbishtook emasculation to a new level. Te realisticbarrage o insults thrown at each other with

deadly accuracy displayed Driscoll’s and Fla-herty’s acting prowess, although there weremoments in which I wanted some o George’ssarcastic lines to be delivered with more edge.But Driscoll’s is a most challenging role. Teactor must act the ool, yet also match intel-lectual barbs with his wie and dely exposethe intimacies o his guests’ marriage – all thewhile mixing reality with illusion. Driscollproved to be a masterul juggler.

Cast as biology proessor Nick, JonathanGraf had the right young, attractive look,and although not the ocus o the play, hisreactions and demeanor as a supportingfigure had to show multiple acets including

vulnerability, outrage, sympathy, and more.Graf’s commendable perormance provedhe was not just cast or his looks. And whileon that topic, the role o Nick’s wie Honeywas played admirably by Jenny Winn … butshe is just too beautiul or the role, whichcalls or a plain, mousy, somewhat dim-witted 26-year-old. (Note to Virginia Woolf ’s

costumer: Put Winn in a rumpy dress, lether hair droop, and ditch the makeup.)

I always look orward to apscott’s setdesigns, but this one was lacking in certaindetails. Te walls, painted dark blue-green

with matching wingback chairs center-stage,gave the room an unriendly eel that didfit the mood o the play. But when Marthaamously announces that the place is a dump… it isn’t. Tere’s not a thing out o place.

And where were the books? A history proes-sor’s living room without books? Maybe itwas a space issue, but I counted a mere eightstacked on a tiny desk. And the bar was on atable no one would’ve had in their home inthe 1960s.

Yet even today, 50-plus years aer itspremiere, Who’s Afraif of Virginia Woolf?still resonates with its themes o immorality,truth, and sexuality, and the idea that peoplesometimes need illusions to help them copewith lie’s absurdities. It may leave you witheelings o shock, depression, anger, comort,excitement, or joy. It may cause you to ques-tion your own lie and your responses toyour own secrets and truths. In short: It’s thetype o complex play to attend with riends.Ten, aer seeing it, go pour yourselves aew bourbons and talk about it. Who knows– you may find out who really is araid oVirginia Wool.

Who’s Araid o Virginia Wool? runs at the

District Teatre (1724 Fourth Avenue, RockIsland) through April 16, and more infor-mation and tickets are available by calling(309)235-1654 or visiting DistrictTeatre.com.

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One o the great things about living inthe Quad Cities area is that there is a

variety o theatre to suit almost every-one’s taste. At one end o the spectrum aretheatre companies that mostly offer edgy,thought-provoking material, and at theother are venues that generally deliver morelighthearted, uncomplicated are – playssuch as the Richmond Hill Barn Teatre’sromantic comedy Amy’s Wish, whose

opening-night perormance on April 7 was atrue crowd-pleaser.

Written by om Sharkey and directed byDana Skiles, Amy’s Wish takes place overa two-day period, and is set in a vacationcondo in a senior village in Florida. Samand Amy have ound true love in theirretirement years, have married, and are ontheir honeymoon. Teir condo, however, isbelieved to have been built over the legend-ary Fountain o Youth sought by Ponce

de León, and shortly aer arriving Amydrinks some water rom the aucet and istransormed, overnight, into her ormer,19-year-old sel. Following her magicaltransormation, Amy attracts the attentiono a young man and the suspicions o a nosyneighbor who gets the local sheriff involved,events that add to her husband’s conusionand bewilderment. And sometimes addedto mine!

Being a stickler or details, there were

certain elements o this play that didn’t ringtrue or make sense. When Sam tells theneighbor that his wie’s absence is due to herbeing in the hospital, his blend o improb-able reasons is not believable, and neither ishis being that bungling o a liar. And whenthe teenage Amy is posing as her husband’sniece, she reers to him, twice, as “honey”in ront o the young man who is smittenwith her, yet he doesn’t question it. (Maybe Iwas to assume that Amy told this guy abouther situation, but i so that wasn’t madeclear.) Did playwright Sharkey assume theaudience would overlook these and otherproblems? I guess once you buy into theFountain o Youth bit, you’re open to accept-ing irrational act ions as wacky humor.

Stan Weimer, as Sam, had some o theunnier lines, which he delivered effectivelywith deadpan sarcasm. Yet whether it wasintentional or not, the actor’s hesitancyon his conversational dialogue soundedunnatural, and made him appear almost

stilted. (Maybe it was opening-night nerves.)But despite that issue, Weimer’s overallinterpretation o the beuddled husband hadaudience members laughing out loud, andas the 19-year-old Amy, aylor McKean, a

senior at Geneseo High School, exuded anatural, likeable stage presence.

Playing a character the opposite o likable,Jackie Patterson, as Irma, was that meddle-some neighbor we all hope we’ll never have.With her red mop-top hair, aqua-blue eyeshadow, and alse eyelashes giving her analmost clown-like appearance, she was like

Lucy Ricardo on steroids. Ray Rogers, whoplayed the sheriff, was another standout; hehad a resonant voice not unlike the actorSam Elliott’s, and a similar ease in his deliv-eries. Josh Wielenga, as a riend to the newlyyoung Amy, and erri Nelson, as the olderAmy, also gave solid perormances in theirsupporting roles.

Teatre-in-the-round, the traditionalsetup or Richmond Hill productions, putsthe audience close to the action, but the

presentational style also has its limitations.Rubbernecking becomes almost de rigueur .I an actor’s backside is to you, his or heracial expressions are not visible, so you haveto rely on dialogue alone, and nuance can belost. I a prop is revealed, it may be hiddenrom some audience members’ view. At the

very least, theatre-in-the-round presentssignificant challenges to the set designers,director, actors, and audience. Tankully,though, the lighting and sound or Rich-mond Hill’s latest were excellent, and theset and direction pleasingly simple, withcredit going to director Skiles and her crewo Jennier Kingry, Cory Holbrook, MasonHultgren, and Mike Skiles. As or the actorsin Amy’s Wish, they did their best to providethe audience with an enjoyable theatreexperience despite the script, and, judgingrom the standing ovation they received onopening night, I’d say they succeeded.

Amy’s Wish runs at the Richmond Hill Barn

Teatre (600 Robinson Drive, Geneseo)through April 17, and more information andtickets are available by calling (309)944-2244or visiting RHPlayers.com.

THEATRE By Victoria Navarro

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Movie Reviews By Mike Schulz • [email protected] GoodsTHE BOSS

As ar as her recent movies are concerned,only one thing separates a good MelissaMcCarthy comedy rom a bad one, andthat thing is Paul Feig. (Tose awkwardlyununny previews or Feig’s orthcomingGhostbusters reboot, however, make me

wonder how long that’ll be the case.) In thedirector’sBridesmaids, Te Heat, and Spy ,McCarthy has been a blistering and wonder-ully human riot, but the films themselvesare so solidly constructed that you knowthey would’ve worked even with someoneless naturally gied in her roles. Yet the samecan’t be said or the dismal Identity Tief , orthe tonally nuts ammy , or the debuting TeBoss, which finds McCarthy’s ex-con entre-preneur Michelle Darnell seeking redemp-

tion through a makeshi Girl Scout troop,homemade brownies, and excessive bullyingtechniques. In each one, when she isn’t beinghumiliated, McCarthy is the best thing in it.In each one, that’s hardly saying much.

Tis is unortunately the time to mentionthat Te Boss, like ammy , was directed byMcCarthy’s husband Ben Falcone, and writ-ten by the pair o them (with Steve Malloryco-scripting). I say “unortunately” becauseFalcone seems like a very nice man, and

has exuded a riendly presence on V andin films such as Enough Said , ... and everytime I see him now, I think to mysel, “omArnold.” It’s not just that Falcone finds waysto insert himsel, like a more obvious AlredHitchcock, into literally every movie his wiestars in. It’s that Falcone is starting to eelmore and more like an unwelcome hanger-on – that omnipresent figure we have toendure i we want to spend more time withhis significantly better hal.

McCarthy goes off on a ew hilariouslyproane rants in Te Boss while also develop-ing a sweet and spicy rapport with KristenBell as Darnell’s ormer assistant and newbusiness partner; their chemistry is delight-ul, and flashes o wit are also provided byKathy Bates, yler Labine, Kristen Schaal,

Cecily Strong, and an amusingly off-puttingPeter Dinklage. But man is this thing amess, and between his duties as director andco-screenwriter, it’s Falcone who’s mostly toblame. Te poorly staged, spine-snapping,physics-deying slapstick doesn’t at all blendwith the sadly anticipated sentiment, anda bunch o plot elements – especially theembarrassing contrivance o Darnell mis-taking a benign encounter or an unorgiv-able betrayal – wouldn’t be out o place on

a sub- Mike & Molly sitcom. And saving theworst or last, just when you’ve accepted thatthe enjoyable early snark is gone orever,Falcone and his writing partners give us apreposterous, action-heavy finale on the rooo a Chicago skyscraper – evidence that thisdeeply conused movie, in its final minutes,still doesn’t know what the hell it wants to be.We McCarthy ans have suffered throughworse than Te Boss, no question. Yet we alsodeserve much better, and I’m hoping that the

screen collaborations between McCarthyand Falcone either vastly improve or quicklyend beore a trial separation is in order – notbetween the two o them, but between themand the rest o us.

DEMOLITION Is being the wie o Jake Gyllenhaal the

most dangerous job on Earth? Nine monthsago, the actor’sSouthpaw pugilist watchedas Rachel McAdams was gunned down

and bled out right in ronto him, and in the newDemolition, Gyllenhaal’sinvestment banker DavisMitchell witnesses thehorrific car-crash demiseo his spouse (Heather

Lind) not five minutes intothe film. Sure, he’s hand-some and talented and all,but I’d still advise thoseseeking a long and healthyscreen lie to back slowlyaway i they see Gyllenhaalapproaching with a ring ... or with a script aschaotic and clumsy as the ones or Southpawand Demolition.

Tankully, director Jean-Marc Vallée’s

character drama is a ar more engaging messthan last summer’s boxing picture, even

though it’s hard to believe a single minute o

it. As Mitchell works through his troubling

lack o grie, screenwriter Bryan Sipe asks

us to buy into one aggressively eccentric

conceit aer another: that the widower

would find solace through heavily expository

complaints to a vending-machine company;

that the company’s customer-service rep

(Naomi Watts) would orge with him an

unlikely riendship; that Mitchell wouldachieve cathartic release by destroying his

suburban house with a sledgehammer and

bulldozer (and without the neighbors calling

the cops). I there’s such a thing as “macho

quirk,” Demolition is unhappily rie with it,and Sipe’s characters don’t eel like people

so much as walking, ta lking behaviors who

communicate entirely in metaphor. Still, it’s

at least lively. Vallée pulls off tricky, unex-

pectedly resonant effects with composition,

ocus, and sound, and as the director demon-

strated in Dallas Buyers Club and Wild , he’scapable o eliciting marvelous perormances.

None here may be better than Judah Lewis’

fierce, ocused work as Watts’ sexually con-used 15-year-old son, but Watts’ expressive-

ness almost makes her senseless role make

sense, and there are beautiul turns by Chris

Cooper and the too-rarely-seen Polly Draper.

As or Gyllenhaal, his quiet, ironic melan-

choly is such a lovely relie aer all that capi-

talized Acting in Southpaw and Nightcrawlerthat when he inevitably blows his emotional

lid here, the moments eel earned. As its title

suggests, Demolition is something o a wreck,

yet it’s also a solid reminder o just how goodJake Gyllenhaal can be. Still wouldn’t marry

him, though.

For reviews of Eye in the Sky, Hello, My NameIs Doris, God’s Not Dead 2, Meet the Blacks,

two-thirds of Hardcore Henry , and other cur-rent releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.

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MusicReverendHorton Heat

Rock Island Brewing Company

Wednesday, April 20, 7 p.m.

R ecently, the Hank Williams bio-pic ISaw the Light landed in (and le) thearea. But while the country-music legend iscertainly deserving o a film salute, I gottaask: Where’s the big-budget screen celebra-

tion o Jim Heath, a.k.a. Reverend HortonHeat, who’ll be perorming at the RockIsland Brewing Company on April 20? Imean, come on: Heath’s been touring con-sistently or more than a quarter-century!SavingCountyMusic.com calls him “the big-gest and most influential name in modern-day psychobilly music”! For Pete’s sake, hisband’s songs can be heard in nine different

video gamesand an Ace Ventura movie!Born in 1959, the exas native and guitar

prodigy perormed in the cover bandSouthern Comort while still in high school,and let the University o exas at Austin in1978 to join the touring bad Sweetbriar. Yetater numerous years on the road, Heathand his wie, having become new parents,decided to pursue less-strenuous careeroptions, and Heath began to run the soundsystems or such bands as New Bohemians,Shallow Reign, and hree on a Hill. Duringa lull in one evening gig, a venue proprietorconvinced Heath to play, with the guitarist

taking the stage or an explosive solo versiono “Folsom Prison Blues.” And were Heath’sstory a movie, this would be the musician’slight-bulb moment: Following the ecstaticresponse to his perormance, Reverend

Horton Heat – Heath’s stage moniker andthe name o his psychobilly trio – was born.

In 1989, the group was playing its eclectic

blend o country, punk, swing, rock, and sur

music to sold-out crowds throughout the

West Coast and Midwest, and the next year,

Reverend Horton Heat released its album

debut Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em, the irst othe band’s 11 recordings to date. By the mid-

’90s, though, the trio was nearly impossible

to avoid, as its songs were heard on the big

screen ( Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Major League 3: Back to the Minors), the smallscreen (Homicide: Life on the Street, he Drew

Carey Show), and video-game soundtracks(Redneck Rampage, Hot Wheels urbo Racing ).

Killer reviews, it turns out, have been

equally unavoidable. PopMatters.com

applauds the “rereshingly vibrant” Reverend

Horton Heat’s “ot-imitated, rarely

well-duplicated brand o psychobilly.”

SputnikMusic.com praises the group’s “jaw-

dropping tunes” and tendency to “play the hell

out o each note.” SavingCountryMusic.com

calls Heath “nothing short o a guitar god.”

And i all that isn’t enough material tosuggest a smash-hit bio-pic, consider thisRock Revolt Magazine rave or the trio’s 2014release REV : “Have you ever wished your liewas like a Quentin arantino soundtrack?You bet your ass your have, and the newReverend Horton Heat album delivers thatsame blood-pumping sound.” So get crackin’on that script, Quentin. Christoph Waltz’stwo Oscars have got to be getting lonely.

Reverend Horton Heat perorms locally

with opening sets by Unknown Hinson,Nashville Pussy, and Lucky ubbs, and moreinormation is available by calling (309)793-1999 or visiting RIBCO.com.

For some o us, the extent o our knowledgeabout German figures in the Wild Westmay be confined to the Django Unchained bounty hunter played by Christoph Waltz.(And i you’re reading these articles sequen-tially, yes, this is my second reerence to Waltz

in this week’s What’s Happenin’ pages. I’lltry not to go three-or-three.) But beginningApril 17, you’ll have the chance to learn aboutmany, many more in the German AmericanHeritage Center’s new exhibition Germansin the Old West , a collection o historicalartiacts, images, and literature on displaythrough July 17.

According to the center’s assistant director,Kelly Lao, the exhibit ocuses on “howGerman Americans and Germans – some o

whom never came to America – inluencedwestern expansion and our AmericanWest culture,” and eatures works andinormation connected by three themes: art,entrepreneurship, and exploration.

One o the artists showcased in Germansin the Old West is Karl May, who lived rom1842 to 1912 and was, says Lao, “one oGermany’s most popular novelists,” withnearly 200 million copies o his works inprint. “He never actually came to America.

But he was in love with the American Westand that genre o literature, and he wrotethese gooy Western adventures or theGerman-speaking populace,” along withchildren’s stories, travelogues, and poetry.

A Heritage Center program on May willbe presented by Ute Chamberlain on May1, and three weeks later, Mike Kearney willadd to the art conversation with his May22 lecture “W.H.D. Koerner & His Art othe Old West.” Koerner, says Lao, “was an

artist rom Schleswig-Holstein, which is thenorthernmost part o Germany, and wherea lot o people in the Quad Cities can tracetheir heritage rom. He moved westward andbecame one o the most renowned artists

Exhibit Germans in the Old West German American Heritage Center / Sunday, April 17, through Sunday, July 17

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On April 17, Davenport’s Adler Teatrehosts Shen Yun, the internationallytouring presentation that re-creates 5,000years o Chinese culture through live music,classical dance, acrobatics, and astound-

ing aerial tricks, and that led one DanielHerman to rave, “Tere is a massive powerin this that can embrace the world.” It’s onething to get that kind o plaudit rom a critic.It’s quite another to get it rom the CzechRepublic’s minister o culture.

But the Adler’s latest oering is thetype o epically scaled entertainment thattends to turn all o its audience membersinto reviewers searching or the grandesto superlatives. It’s Chinese title literally

translated as “the beauty o divine beingsdancing,” Shen Yun eatures 100 world-classperormers donning more than 400 sets operiod-accurate costumes, and weaving astunning tapestry o ancient legends, heroictales, and heavenly realms. With its liveorchestra perorming on such traditionalChinese instruments as the pipa, suona, andguzheng, and a digitally projected backdropdepicting landscapes including Mongoliangrasslands and imperial courts, Shen Yun’s

dancers and acrobats perorm roughly 20 vignettes exploring China’s history and

olklore. And it’s a presentation that hasbeen seen and enjoyed by well over a millionattendees worldwide, with perormancesstaged at such esteemed venues as NewYork City’s Lincoln Center, London’s Royal

Festival Hall, and Paris’ Le Palais de Congrès.But Minister o Culture Daniel Herman

isn’t the only non-reviewer o note togo on record regarding the enlivening,enlightening experience o Shen Yun, as isevidenced by the many glowing testimonialsound on the ShenYun.com Web site. As ateaser or that page o plaudits, try matchingthe ollowing words o praise with theindividuals who uttered them:

1) “Everyone exudes grace and nobility and the things that our

world needs more of.”2) “It is happiness – real happiness.”3) “What is achieved is a materialization of the divine.”4) “This was an incredible presentation of pageantry and the

Chinese culture.”5) “I spent a wonderful evening and I thank [Shen Yun] from

my heart.”

A) Broadway choreographer Josh PrinceB) classical violinist Bogdan ZvoristeanuC) Grammy-nominated composer Freddie RavelD) former member of the Geneva Parliament Dominique FöllmiE) the last king of Egypt, Fuard II

For tickets to Shen Yun’s 3 p.m.perormance on April 17, call (800)745-3000 or visit Adlerheatre.com.

A n s w e r s : 1 – C , 2 – D , 3 – B , 4 – A , 5 – E . T h a t ’ s s o m e h i g h p r a i s e , h u h ? S o b e s u r e t o s e c u r e t i c k e t s f o r S h e n Y u n ’ s e n g a g e m e n t i n D a v e n p o r t , w h e r e t h e p r o d u c t i o n l a n d s a m e r e 1 1 d a y s a f t e r i t s b o o k i n g i n

V i e n n a , A u s t r i a – b i r t h p l a c e o f C h r i s t o p h W a l t z . H e y , l o o k a t t h a t – I d i d g o t h r e e - f o r - t h r e e .

MUSICThursday, April 14 – Sean

Watkins. Singer/songwriter andmulti-instrumentalist in concert, withan opening set by Anthony D’Amato.Redstone Room (129 Main Street,Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $19-22. For ticketsand information, call (563)326-1333or visit RiverMusicExperience.org. Fora recent interview with Watkins, visit

RCReader.com/y/watkins.Friday, April 15 – Jennifer Nettles.

The Grammy-winner performs in theNext Women of Country tour, withadditional sets by Brandy Clark, LindsayEll, and Tara Thompson. Adler Theatre(136 East Third Street, Davenport). 8p.m. $40-75. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit AdlerTheatre.com.

Friday, April 15 – Gus G. OzzyOsbourne guitarist in concert, withopening sets by Drama Major and BattleRed. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $13advance tickets. For information, call(309)793-1999 or visit RIBCO.com.

Friday, April 15 – The DavidMayfield Parade. Concert with thesinger/songwriter and his ensemble,featuring an opening set by The Velies.Redstone Room (129 Main Street,Davenport). 9 p.m. $13.75-17. For ticketsand information, call (563)326-1333or visit RiverMusicExperience.org. Fora 2011 interview with Mayf ield, visitRCReader.com/y/mayfield.

Saturday, April 16 – Earth, Wind, &

Fire and Chicago. Chart-topping popand rock legends in concert. iWirelessCenter (1201 River Drive, Moline). 7:30

What Else

Is Happenin’

o the time period o the West,” with Koerner’spainting A Charge to Keep even used as a coverimage or George W. Bush’s 1999 autobiographyo the same title.

Germans in the Old West ’s entrepreneurshipsection, says Lao, will be highlighted byresearch courtesy o retired Scott CommunityCollege Proessor Bill Roba. “HumanitiesIowa gave us some unding to do originalscholarship,” she says, “and Bill will beresearching local amilies that made it big inthe West and still have roots here. For example,the Kohrs amily had a successul meat-packingplant in Davenport and went west and became

ranchers; they still have amily here. Andthe Fryes, who also traveled west, have partso their amily that now have the Frye ArtMuseum – this really huge museum in Seattle.Bill will be presenting his research on July 10.”

Meanwhile, Lao says that the theme oexploration will be showcased primarily inprints rom Karl Bodmer, “a Swiss artist whotraveled to America with Prince Maximiliano Wied-Neuwid, who wanted to explore theAmerican West and was a big an o Lewis

and Clark. Bodmer drew a lot o the NativeAmerican tribes that he and Prince Maximiliancame across in their travels, and careullyillustrated their clothing.

“And Prince Maximilian himsel is goingto be here!” says Lao with a laugh. “StorytellerBrian ‘Fox’ Ellis has a program on his lie, whichis going to be really un. He’s actually gonnabe Prince Maximilian or us during Quad CityMuseum Weekend, at 2 p.m. on June 19. Father’sDay.” Memo to my own German ather: Don’t

make plans or that day, Dad! I’m inally treatingyou to something that’s not a tie!For more inormation on Germans in the Old

West and its related programming, call (563)322-8844 or visit GAHC.org.

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p.m. $29.50-99.50. For tickets, call (800)745-

3000 or visit iWirel essCenter.com.Saturday, April 16 – Drum Clinic with

Tris Imboden, Walfredo Reyes, and John Paris.All-ages show with Chicagopercussionists Imboden and Reyes, andEarth, Wind, & Fire percussionist Paris.Rascals Live (1418 15th Street, Moline). 1p.m. $10-15. For information, call (309)797-9457 or visit RascalsLive.com.

Saturday, April 16 – Adam Faucett.Arkansas-based singer/songwriter in concert,with an opening set by Bedroom Shrine.Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Street, Rock Island). 9p.m. $5-10. For tickets and information, call(309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.

Saturday, April 16 – QCSO/WVIKSignature Series V: The Joy of Sextets. ASchoenberg and Brahms repertoire performedby violinists Naha Greenholtz and DeborahColtvet Klemme, violists Deborah Dakin andBenjamin Davis, and cellists Hannah Holmanand Mark Russell Smith. Davenport OutingClub (2109 North Brady Street, Davenport).7:30 p.m. $10-25; additional $49 for a 6 p.m.dinner. For tickets and information, call(563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.

Sunday, April 17 – The Russ Nolan

Quartet. A concert in Polyrhythms’ ThirdSunday Jazz Matinée & Workshop seriesfeaturing Nolan on saxophone, AnthonyCatalfano on piano, Ron Wilson on bass, andManuel Lopez III on drums, preceded bya 3 p.m. all-ages jazz workshop. RedstoneRoom (129 Main Street, Davenport). 6 p.m.concert, $10-15; 3 p.m. workshop, $5 foradults, free for students. For information,call (309)373-0790 or visit Polyrhythms.orgor RiverMusicExperience.org.

Sunday, April 17 – Grand ZitherConcert. Event presented by theDavenport Zither Ensemble at the German

American Heritage Center featuring masterzither soloist Tomy Temerson from Hanau,Germany. First Lutheran Church of Moline(1230 Fifth Avenue, Moline). 2:30 p.m.$10-12. For tickets and information, call(563)322-8844 or visit GAHC.org.

Sunday, April 17 – Quad City MusicGuild Youth Chorus: Songs of the (QCMG)Season. Students in grades 3 through 8perform music from a variety of musicalsfrom past and upcoming Music Guildproductions under the direction of ValereePieper. Prospect Park Auditorium (158434th Avenue, Moline). 2 p.m. $5-10. Fortickets and information, call (309)762-6610or visit QCMusicGuild.com.

Wednesday, April 20 – The WayDown Wanderers. Roots and Americanamusicians in concert, with opening sets bythe Lil’ Smokies and the Blackberr y BushesString Band. Re dstone Room (129 MainStreet, Davenport). 8 p.m. $11.50-50. Fortickets and information, call (563)326-1333or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Thursday, April 21 – Newsboys.Platinum-selling contemporary-Christianartists perform in their We Bel ieve … God’s

Not Dead tour. Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street, Davenport). 7 p.m. $28-48.For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visitAdlerTheatre.com.

Thursday, April 21 – Oz Noy Trio

featuring Dave Weckl & Jimmy Haslip.

Concert with the Israeli jazz, funk, and rockguitarist Noy, percussionist Weckl, andbassist Haslip. Rascals Live (1418 15th Street,Moline). 7:30 p.m. $20-30. For information,call (309)797-9457 or visit RascalsLive.com.

Thursday, April 21 – Black Hawk College Jazz Festival. The 24th-annual event featuringNew York City-based Latin and modern jazzsaxophonist, composer, and recording artistRuss Nolan. Black Hawk College Theatre(Building 1, Room 306, 6600 34th Avenue,Moline). 7:30 p.m. Free. For information, call(309)796-5479 or visit BHC.edu.

Friday, April 22 – ABBA Fab. Concertwith the nationally touring ABBA Tributemusicians. Quad-Cities WaterfrontConvention Center (2021 State Street,Bettendorf ). 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Forinformation, call (800)843-4753 or visitBettendorf.IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.

Friday, April 22 – Minus Six. Guitar-lessrock band in concert, with an opening setby Jakubi. Redstone Room (129 Main Street,Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $7.50. For ticketsand information, call (563)326-1333 or visitRiverMusicExperience.org.

Saturday, April 23 – Chordbusters

Barbershop Chorus: Something Good .A cappella rock and pop tunes performedby the Davenport ensemble, withperformances by Bend of the River Chorus,Four Voices, Blackhawk College A Cappella,and QCCS Eagles. St. Ambrose Universit y’sGalvin Fine Art s Center (2101 North GainesStreet, Davenport). 7 p.m. $5-20. For ticketsand information, call (563)381-2294 or visit TheChordbusters.com.

Saturday, April 23 – Chicago Farmer.Concert with the Americana singer/songwriter, featuring an opening setby Frank F. Sidney’s Western Bandit

Volunteers. Redstone Room (129 MainStreet, Davenport). 9 p.m. $9.50-12. Fortickets and information, call (563)326-1333or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Saturday, April 23 – Graves at Sea.Doom-metal quartet in concert, withopening sets by Order of the Owl, ObsidianSword, and Crater. Rock Island BrewingCompany (1815 Second Avenue, RockIsland). 8:30 p.m. $10 advance tickets. Forinformation, call (309)793-1999 or visitRIBCO.com.

Sunday, April 24 – Sundae Fundaywith the Quad City Singers. Ice-cream-sundae concert with the area musiciansunder the direction of Lori Potts. ModernWoodmen Park (209 South Gaines Street,Davenport). 2 p.m. $10-15. For tickets andinformation, call (309)781-7266 or visitQuadCitySingers.org.

Sunday, April 24 – QCSYEs SpringFestival. Concert event featuring theYouth Symphony Orchestra, YouthPhilharmonic Orchestra, Youth StringEnsemble, Prelude Strings, and Youth Choir.Augustana College’s Centennial Hall (3703Seventh Avenue, Rock Island). 3 p.m. $5-10.

For tickets and information, call (563)322-7276 or visit QCSO.org.

Wednesday, April 27 – Living Hour.Canadian dream-pop musicians in concert,with an opening set by Minorcan. Rozz-Tox

(2108 Third Street, Rock Island). 9 p.m.$5-10. For tickets and information, call(309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.

THEATREFriday, April 15, through Sunday,

April 17 – Noises Off . Michael Frayn’s Tony-winning slapstick comedy, directedby Daniel Rairdin-Hale. St. AmbroseUniversity’s Galvin Fine Ar ts Center (2101

North Gaines Street, Davenport). Friday andSaturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. $9-13. Fortickets and information, call (563)333-6251or visit SAU.edu/theatre.

Friday, April 15, through Sunday,May 1 – The Bible: The Complete Wordof God (abridged). Three-man comedicre-telling of the Good Book, directed byBrent Tubbs. QC Theatre Workshop (1730Wilkes Avenue, Davenport). Friday andSaturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. “Paywhat it’s worth” ticket pricing. For ticketsand information, cal l (563)650-2396 or visitQCTheatreWorkshop.org.

Tuesday, April 19, through Saturday,May 21 – Junie B. Jones: The Musical .Family musical based on Barbara Park’schildren’s-book series, directed by KimberlyFurness. Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island). Scheduled 10a.m. and 1 p.m. performances Tuesdaysthrough Saturdays. $8.50. For tickets andinformation, call (309)786-7733 extension 2or visit Circa21.com.

Friday, April 22, through Saturday,April 30 – Baby with the Bathwater .Absurdist comedy by Christopher

Durang, directed by Kevin Babbitt. ScottCommunity College’s Student Life Center(Door 5, Room 2400, 500 Belmont Road,Bettendorf ). Friday and Saturday 7 p.m., $7at the d oor. For information, call (563)441-4339 or e-mail [email protected].

EXHIBITSaturday, April 16, through Sunday,

April 24 – Young Artists at the Figge:Davenport Schools. Annual exhibition ofworks by elementary art students. FiggeArt Museum (225 West Second Street,Davenport). Tuesday through Saturday10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.,Sunday noon-5 p.m. Free with $4-7 museumadmission. For information, call (563)326-7804 or visit FiggeArtMuseum.org.

EVENTSFriday, April 15 – Theresa Caputo

Live: The Experience. TLC’s Long IslandMedium will share personal stories abouther life, explain her gift, and deliver healingmessages. iWireless Center (1201 RiverDrive, Moline). 7:30 p.m. $39.75-89.75.For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visitiWirelessCenter.com.

Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April

16 – Bottom’s Up Quad City Burlesque:Sensual Circus. Traditional burlesque andvaudeville entertainment with the areaartists and emcee Joshua Kahn. Circa ’21Speakeasy (1818 Third Avenue, Rock Island).8 p.m. $16-18. For tickets and information,call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visitCirca21.com.

Saturday, April 16 – Gild a’s Run forLaughs. Annual fundraiser for Gilda’s ClubQuad Cities featuring a one-mile f un run at9 a.m. and a 5K run/walk at 9:30 a.m., with apost-race party at RIBCO featuring tribute

band Bluz Brother. The District of RockIsland. $25-30 registration. For informationand to register, call (563)326-7504 or visitGildasClubQC.org.

Saturday, April 16 – LeClaire WineHop. Second-annual fundraiser forChristmas decorations for the downtownarea, with samples available at numerousarea venues. Downtown LeClaire. 4-6p.m. $20-25 commemorative wine glass.For information, visit Facebook.com/leclairewinehop.

Friday, April 22 – River Action’s Fish &Fire Friend-raiser. Annual event featuring

a 5:30 p.m. social hour, silent auction,and cash bar, and a 7 p.m. catfish dinnerfollowed by the presentation of t he 17thAnnual Eddy Awards for environmentalservice. Modern Woodmen Park (209 SouthGaines Street, Davenport). $12-40. Fortickets and information, call (563)322-2969or visit RiverAction.org.

Saturday, April 23 – Astronomy Day. The Popular Astronomy Club hosts a dayof Star Lab Planetarium shows, displays,demonstrations, children’s crafts, andsolar observing, with a presentationby Paul Sipiera of the Planetary StudiesFoundation. Moline Public Library (321041st Street, Moline). 1-5 p.m. Free. Forinformation, call (309)797-3120 or visitPACAstronomy.50megs.com.

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Choosing Finance Over FarmsBP gas station to service the trucks that

requent the plant. Tere is not even anew restaurant to serve the huge numbero construction workers there or the pastthree years. Once the construction is fin-ished in approximately two more years,the workorce will drop to approximately160, many o whom already live in Wever(whose population is approaching 1,500).Most modern industrial plants are highlyautomated, and the promise o jobs isofen grossly inflated.

Sunderbruch attempted to absolvehimsel or his support o compromisingag protection by assuring that eminentdomain won’t be imposed on armers. O

the 30 people who spoke in opposition

during the March 24 public hearing on theIFZ, only one person mentioned eminentdomain. Regardless, Sunderbruch hasno authority to make that assurance. Healso curiously quoted P&Z CommissionerKnobbe, who accurately said that “[agri-culture] preservation and the general wel-are o the county finds itsel in conflict.”By most standards, voting to approve theIFZ only exacerbates that conflict.

Sunderbruch also acknowledged

that “the reason [or approving theIFZ] is revenue. We at t he county don’tmake widgets and sel l at a profit. Wespend our citizens’ tax dollars and ees.

When development such as Orascom

comes, it means significant revenueor the county.” ranslated, this meansbetter buildings, better equipment,higher salaries, and better benefits orcounty employees, but these rarelydirectly benefit the taxpayers – eventhough it is our money that finances allthese betterments.

Another problem with the IFZ is thepotential legal challenges it aces i andwhen it’s used to site an industrial opera-

tion. Te board was provided with a legalopinion rom Assistant County AttorneyRob Cusack that warns o the difficultyo proving the legality o spot zoning,which is exactly what the IFZ i s by defini-tion. “Even i the rezoning is upheld atthe district-court level,” he wrote, “anappeal can be filed. It can take over twoyears to get a decision on appeal. It isdoubtul a developer would be willingto put a project on hold or that longdepending on a avorable result roman appeals court. Winning a rezoningin court does the county absolutely nogood i the developer moved its projectsomewhere else two years beore the casewas finally decided.”

Consistent with the perception odevolving politics today, Scott Countianshave to ask: Where is the larger fiduciaryresponsibility to represent the directivesrom residents and taxpayers o ScottCounty, such as the 2008 countywide

survey that tasked the county withprotecting our agricultural land as one oits highest priorities? Te approval o theIFZ represents only the narrow financialinterests o the county, utility companies,the Quad Cities Chamber, and any indus-trial operator privileged to site on primearmland – the best in the world no less.

Fortunately, Scott Countians canlook to the two supervisors – Holst andKinzer – who voted against the IFZ on

behal o the community. In notablecontrast, and or the voters’ ledgerswhen uture elections roll around, Holstdemonstrated the depth o knowledgeand understanding required o leaders in

voting or such monumental change that

impacts the quality o lie countywide.With respect to the more than 70

people who showed up or the March 24public hearing on the IFZ – during which30 residents spoke against the changeand only two spoke or – Holst addedher disapproval, explaining: “Farmlandis disappearing everyday, which is allthe more reason or us to protect whatwe have in the unincorporated areaso our county.” She affirmed that most

Scott Countians u lly comprehend theenormity o the responsibility to protectood production and water or uturegenerations, “requiring sound policiesto protect” our resources in the ace o agrowing world population.

Kinzer wisely suggested that the boardand staff reach out to the community tofind reasonable solutions or acceptableeconomic development. He emphasizedthat not one person opposed to the IFZ

made comments against economic develop-ment in Scott County: “We just want to doit in the right way. We can do it together.”

In today’s economy, industrial develop-ment at any cost is poor leadership. Largeindustrial development is not the silverbullet it used to be. I the chamber and thecounty are truly interested in advocatingor high-wage jobs and stimulating ourlocal economy over the long term, theyshould seriously examine the plenti-ul evidence that supporting expansionor small- to medium-sized businessesprovides the highest return on invest-ment or public dollars, especially becauselocal businesses keep a higher percentageo their dollars within the community,including employing locally with higherwages. (See RCReader.com/y/iz4 andGoodJobsFirst.org, or starters.)

We need a new direction or eco-nomic-development stewardship thatrecognizes and values the unique assets

that abound in Scott County and thelarger Quad Cities area. We have the bestsoil on the planet. Creative minds, giventhe opportunity and resources, wouldfind all manner o ways to capitalize onnew markets and opportunities gener-ated via a sharp ocus on synergisticenterprises that complement what wealready have. As Holst so eloquently said:“Agriculture accounts or a third o allthe dollars that flow through Iowa. We

should not be putting our arming indus-try at risk to chase another industry.”

For a March editorial on this topic, visitRCReader.com/y/ifz5.



“Farmland is disappearing

everyday, which is all the

more reason for us to protect

what we have.”

– Supervisor Diane Holst


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AdviceGoddessBY AMY ALKON

Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or e-mail [email protected] (AdviceGoddess.com)©2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.

The Mummy’s CursorI’m a woman in my 20s, and female

friends and I find that, generally speak-

ing, once a guy gets into a relationship,

his texting dwindles into brief news bites,

like “fell asleep!” or “phone died.” Why do

men seem to lose interest in chatting by

text like I do with my girlfriends? Are men

just less feeling than women?

– Annoyed

Who says men aren’t emotional? “I don’twanna talk about it!” is an emotion.

But actually the male brain is not theemotional dead zone many women suspectit to be, with a ew tumbleweeds and a Dori-tos bag blowing through in place o eelings.In act, neuroscientist or Wager reviewed65 brain-imaging studies and ound thatmen’s brains aren’t any less responsive toemotional stimuli than women’s.

However, women do tend to be more

emotionally expressive. Tis differencemakes sense, as women evolved to be thecaregivers o the species – tending to theneeds o babies (who typically require amore nurturing response than “Bring it,bro!”). Men, on the other hand, evolved tobe the warriors o the species – competingor the alpha-dog spot by clubbing a rhino orthe most hombres rom another tribe. Tishas had an effect on how men express them-selves. As sex-differences researcher JoyceBenenson explains, when you’re a warrior,revealing your eelings – as in having a goodcry on the battlefield – puts you at a disad-

vantage. (Kind o like going out in a -shirtwith a big arrow and “Your spear here!”)

Conversationally, where men and womendiffer is in why they talk and what they talkabout. Linguist Deborah annen describesmale versus emale styles o communica-tion as “report” versus “rapport.” In short,while women use conversation (includingtexting) as a orm o bonding, or men it’s

a tool. And just like other tools, men useit as needed. As my boyriend put it, “Youbring out the wrench when you have a loosenut; you don’t go around looking or nuts toasten. Also, aerward, you put the wrenchaway. Tere’s no ‘Let’s us boys get togetherand explore how we eel about w renches.’”

Tis explains why many guys text morein the chase phase, when they need to “talkchick,” to a degree, to reel you in. Oncethey have you, they all back to what’s more

natural or them – texting merely to saystuff like “late!” or “w/get wine” (the SMSorm o grunting). But this should simplybe seen as a different style o communicat-ing, not a deficient one. You judge whethera man cares about you by the sum o hisactions, not by his pointer-finger action.And besides, i you demand that he textyou like a woman, he’s within his rights toexpect you to act like a man – by carryinghis luggage like a pack mule while he totters

behind you in heels or by chasing a muggerwhile he stands on the corner crying solyand hoping you’ll come out o it alive.

Hush to JudgmentMy boyfriend introduces me as his girl-

friend to his parents, friends, co-workers,

etc. However, he doesn’t like to Facebook

the intimate details of his life, including

our relationship. My friends think it’s a

red flag that he doesn’t post about us on

Facebook. Do you think they’re right?

– Hidden

Your boyriend doesn’t post what he had or

lunch – and probably not because he’s embar-

rassed to be seen with his sandwich or he’s

looking to cheat on it with a plate o spaghetti.

Even criminals have the right to remainsilent. But that isn’t what your boyriend’strying to do. In act, he’s public aboutyour relationship; he just draws the line at

publicizing it on social media – as in, havinga bunch o people he doesn’t know know abunch o things about him. (In economics,this is called “ inormation asymmetry.”)

In other words, your riends seem to beconusing privacy with secrecy. Secrecyis about having something to hide – oensomething shady you’ve done – whileprivacy is about choosing who gets thescoop on your lie. Tere’s this notion thati you aren’t doing anything wrong, you’vegot nothing to hide. Well, you aren’t doing

anything wrong on the toilet, but you prob-ably don’t want to replace your bathroomwalls with glass and set up bleachers in thebackyard. Apparently, your boyriend justexpects people to put in effort to invade hisprivacy – rather than his being all “Wel-come to our relationship! Te usher willlead you to your seats – 13A and B, right bythe headboard. We look orward to yourcomments. Even i you’re an Internet troll.Even i you’re a ’bot!”


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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’sEXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES

& DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPESThe audio horoscopes are also available by phone at

1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “When Idiscover who I am, I’ll be ree,” saidnovelist Ralph Ellison. Would you

consider making that a paramount theme in thecoming weeks? Will you keep it in the oreront

o your mind, and be vigilant or juicy clues thatmight show up in the experiences headed yourway? In suggesting that you do, I’m notguaranteeing that you will gather numerousextravagant insights about your true identity

and thereby achieve a blissul eruption o totalliberation. But I suspect that at the very leastyou will understand previously hiddenmysteries about your primal nature. And as

they come into ocus, you will indeed be led in

the direction o cathartic emancipation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “We

never know the wine we are becomingwhile we are being crushed like

grapes,” said author Henri Nouwen. I don’tthink that’s true in your case, aurus. Anyminute now, you could get a clear intuition

about what wine you will ultimately turn intoonce the grape-crushing stage ends. So myadvice is to expect that clear intuition. Onceyou’re in possession o it, I bet the crushing willbegin to eel more like a massage – maybe even

a series o strong but tender caresses.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your

sustaining mantra or the coming

weeks comes rom Swedish poet omas

ranströmer: “I am not empty; I am open.” Say

that aloud whenever you’re inclined to eel lonely

or lost. “I am not empty; I am open.” Whisper it

to yoursel as you wonder about the things that

used to be important but no longer are. “I am not

empty; I am open.” Allow it to loop through yourimagination like a catchy song lyric whenever

you’re tempted to eel melancholy about vanished

certainties or unavailable stabilizers or missing

fillers. “I am not empty; I am open.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

According to my analysis o theastrological omens, you are close to

tapping into hidden powers, dormant talents,and uture knowledge. ruths that have beenoff-limits are on the verge o catching your

attention and revealing themselves. Secrets youhave been concealing rom yoursel are ready tobe plucked and transormed. And now I will tellyou a trick you can use that will enable you toully cash in on these pregnant possibilities:

Don’t adopt a passive wait-and-see attitude.Don’t expect everything to happen on its own.Instead, be a willul magician who aggressivelycollects and activates the potential gis.

LEO (July 23-August 22): Tis wouldbe a perect moment to give yoursel a

new nickname like “Sugar Pepper” or“Honey Chili” or “Itchy Sweet.” It’s also aavorable time to explore the joys o running inslow motion or getting a tattoo o a fiercehowling bunny or having gentle sex standing

up. Tis phase o your cycle is most likely tounold with maximum effectiveness i you playalong with its complicated, sometimes

paradoxical twists and turns. Te more willingyou are to celebrate lie’s riddles as blessings indisguise, the more likely you’ll be to use theriddles to your advantage.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22): Right about now you might be eelinga bit extreme, maybe even zealous or

melodramatic. I wouldn’t be surprised i you

were tempted to make outlandish expostula-tions similar to those that the poet ArthurRimbaud articulated in one o his histrionic

poems: “What beast must I worship? Whatsacred images should I destroy? What heartsshall I break? What lies am I supposed tobelieve?” I encourage you to articulate saltysentiments like these in the coming days – withthe understanding that by venting your

intensity you won’t need to actually act it all outin real lie. In other words, allow your antasylie and creative artistry to be boisterous outletsor emotions that shouldn’t necessarily gettranslated into literal behavior.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22): Adyashanti is my avorite mind-scrambling philosopher. One o his

doses o crazy wisdom is just what you need tohear right now. “Whatever you resist youbecome,” he says. “I you resist anger, you arealways angry. I you resist sadness, you are

always sad. I you resist suffering, you arealways suffering. I you resist conusion, you arealways conused. We think that we resist certainstates because they are there, but actually they

are there because we resist them.” Can you wrapyour imagination around Adyashanti’s counsel,Libra? I hope so, because the key to dissipatingat least some o the dicey stuff that has beentweaking you lately is to stop resisting it !

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21):

During every election season, media

pundits exult in criticizing candidates

who have altered their opinions about important

issues. Tis puzzles me. In my understanding, an

intelligent human is always learning new

inormation about how the world works, and isthereore constantly evolving his or her belies

and ideas. I don’t trust people who stubbornly

cling to all o their musty dogmas. I bring this to

your attention, Scorpio, because the coming

weeks will be an especially ripe time or you to

change your mind about a ew things, some o

them rather important. Be alert or the cues and

clues that will activate dormant aspects o your

wisdom. Be eager to see urther and deeper.

SAGITTARIUS (November

22-December 21): FriedrichNietzsche published his first book,

Te Birth of ragedy , in 1872, when he was 28years old. In 1886, he put out a revised edition

that included a preace titled “An Attempt at

Sel-Criticism.” In this unprecedented essay, hesaid that he now ound his text “clumsy andembarrassing, its images renzied and

conused, sentimental, uneven in pace, so sureo its convictions that it is above any need orproo.” And yet he also glorified Te Birth ofragedy , praising it or its powerul impact onthe world, or its “strange knack o seeking out

its ellow-revelers and enticing them on to newsecret paths and dancing-places.” In accordancewith the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I inviteyou to engage in an equally brave and

celebratory re-evaluation o some o your earlierlie and work.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January19): “Go back to where you started and

learn to love it more.” So advised

Taddeus Golas in his bookTe Lazy Man’sGuide to Enlightenment . I think that’s exactlywhat you should do right now, Capricorn. o

undertake such a quest would reap long-lasting

benefits. Here’s what I propose: First, identiy

three dreams that are important or your uture.

Next, brainstorm about how you could return to

the roots o your relationships with them.

Finally, reinvigorate your love or those dreams.

Supercharge your excitement about them.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February

18): “What am I doing here inmid-air?” asks ed Hughes in his

poem “Wodwo.” Right about now you mighthave an urge to wonder that yoursel. Te

challenging part o your situation is that you’reun-anchored – unable to find a firm ooting.Te un part is that you have an unusualamount o leeway to improvise and experiment.

Here’s a suggestion: Why not ocus on the unpart or now? You just may find that doing sowill minimize the unsettled eelings. I suspectthat as a result you will also be able to accom-plish some interesting and unexpected work.

PISCES (Februarty 19-March 20):

How many fireflies would you have to

gather together to create a light as

bright as the sun? Entomologist Cole Gilbert

estimates the number to be 14,286,000,000.

Tat’s probably beyond your ability to accom-

plish, Pisces, so I don’t recommend you attemptit. But I bet you could pull off a more modest eat

with a similar theme: accumulating a lot o small

influences that add up to a big effect. Now is an

excellent time to capitalize on the power o

gradual, incremental progress.

Homework: Let’s meet in dreams sometime

soon. Describe to me the adventures you’d like us

to have together. Visit FreeWillAstrology.com.


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March 31 Answers: rightFIRST NAME BASIS · April 14, 2016

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26. Eggwhisks27. “Cat in the Hat”creator29. Voiced30. Civil wrong31. Low gear32. RN’s specialty33. Autos36. Jai _37. Objects42. Across: Prefix43. MLB great: 2 wds.46. Layover47. Large vase48. Painter _ Mondrian50. Voters anagram51. A ratite52. “L’etat, c’est _”53. Fertilizer ingredient55. Run56. Packrat58. Made60. Gather together62. Most wise63. Bag in a can64. Fairy tale figure65. Take a hike!66. Filled68. French artist69. Speechify72. Monstrous ones73. Idem

74. Phobic76. PC component77. Extinct bird of NZ78. Emphasis80. Go with difficulty81. An article82. Discord personified

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25. Jar28. Estrada and Satie31. Some footwear33. Baffle34. Oversight35. “Skyfall”star: 2 wds.36. Forward

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