Heat


  1. Heat is on

    Bettendorf senior Adam Seitz works on his game up to six hours a day. Louis Brems QUAD-CITY TIMES

  2. Heat for holidays

    Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES Tim Leet, left, and Rex Ellis from Atwell Heating and Air Conditioning, along with help from Rebuilding Together Quad-Cities, installed a furnace for a Davenport woman in her 70s who got scammed by a repairman and ended up with little or no heat in her house.

  3. Heat for cheap

    Louis Brems/QUAD-CITY TIMES Although corn is cheaper than gas, there are drawbacks, including storage. Scott Haycraft of Eldridge, Iowa, stores his corn in metal trash bins in his garage. Corn needs to be kept clean, dry and free of rodents and bugs.

  4. Keeping the heat

    Photos by Larry Fisher/QUAD-CITY TIMES Iowa East Central TRAIN employee John Murrell holds a hose used to blow insulation into a central Davenport home. Below: Iowa East Central TRAIN worker Jack Otto plugs holes drilled into the walls of a house after insulation was blown into the residence. Looking on is weatherization crew chief Kenneth Keel.

  5. Console wars heat up

    ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS A model shows Nintendo's new family video game console Wii and controller during a news conference in Tokyo. After years of hype and speculation, the latest round of video game console wars is finally about to begin.

  6. Console wars heat up

    A model displays the console of next generation video game and entertainment machine Xbox 360 during an unveiling in Tokyo.

  7. Midwest braces for more heat

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eddie Flowers pours water on his head in an attempt to keep cool during his final hour of a five-hour shift standing on a street corner promoting a local business sale Saturday in Bourbonnais, Ill. With dangerously hot, humid weather oppressing the Midwest, officials warned residents to drink cool water as heat advisories were issued.

  8. Heat, humidity and Bix

    (John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES) Jeff Power, cornet player with the Australian jazz band New Wolverines, belts out the notes on a cornet once owned by Bix Beiderbecke during a performance Thursday at the Putnam Museum to kick off the Bix weekend of events.

  9. Radiant heat is toasty, efficient

    OPONOR Warm water tubing is placed in a serpentine fashion over the subflooring in new construction. This will be covered with a thin layer of concrete.

  10. Jazz fest brings heat

    John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES Vince Verdi with the Side Street Strutters, the house band for Disneyland in California, belts out the notes during their performance on the band shell in LeClaire Park.

  11. Vilsack frosty to heat plan

    Vilsack… wants $20 million in assistance

  12. Beating the Bix heat

    Louis Brems/QUAD-CITY TIMES Keith Bolmann of Davenport runs through Dennis Robeson's quadruple showerhead set-up along McClellan Boulevard to cool off during Thursday's steamy Bix at Six run. Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees Sunday.

  13. Heat wave moves east

  14. Heat climbs to 103°

    Photos by Jeff Cook/QUAD-CITY TIMES Trey Lewis, 9, of Davenport, gets relief from Sunday's scorching temperatures at the fountain in Vander Veer Park. Few people enjoyed the central Davenport park, opting instead to find relief in air conditioning.

  15. NBA: Hail to the Heat

    (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) President Bush looks up to Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal Tuesday in Washington.

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    Jeff Sindt of Davenport uses white spray paint to touch up a portion of his 670 snow geese decoys in his backyard July 31, as he gets ready for hunting this fall. He primarily hunts in southeast Iowa. (John Schultz)

  17. The Rev. Horton Heat

    The Rev. Horton Heat will headline a show at RIBCO Saturday, Aug. 22. (Contributed photo)

  18. Quad-City Heat

    Quad-City Heat 10 and under took first place at the End of Summer Baseball Tournament Aug. 15-16 at Crow Creek Park, Bettendorf. Team members include, from left, front row: San Frantz, Bettendorf; Isaac Thompson, Rock Island; Tyler Honts, Rock Island; Jordan Copeland, Moline; Dalton McLaughlin, Bettendorf; Dag Warren, Rock Island. Second row: Kale Orman, Erie, Ill.; Tyler Carlson, Bettendorf; Chase Gelaude, Moline; Alex Belzer, Davenport; and Dominic Esposito, Rock Island. Back row: Coaches Jack Copeland and Byron Carlson. Not pictured: Coaches Mark Esposito and Dan Frantz. Contributed photo.

  19. Sweating to the Quad-City heat

    Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES Paul Finley of Colona, Ill., wears a long-sleeved shirt whiletaking down beetle traps from around his blueberry bushes.

  20. Dry JDC beats the heat wave

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Winner John Senden celebrates on the 18th hole after his shot from the bunker during the final round of the 2006 John Deere Classic.

  21. Football practice is about to heat up

    Jeff Cook/QUAD-CITY TIMES Heath Westercamp takes a break from football camp at Bettendorf High School on Tuesday. Official high school football practices begin today in Illinois and Iowa.

  22. Heat exhaustion forces Wie out

    (John Schultz/Quad-City Times) Michelle Wie dropped out of the John Deere Classic after suffering from a bout of heat exhaustion on Friday.

  23. Crash heats up helmet debate

    (The Associated Press) Glenn Dansey, right, parts manager at Pittsburgh Cycle Center, Inc., helps Jason Garber fit a helmet Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Garber, who has been riding motorcycles for years, is buying a new sport bike and plans on getting a new helmet with the bike.

  24. Consumer spending heats up in January

  25. Heat takes toll on Bix runners

    (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES) Volunteers help a runner affected by the heat during the Quad-City Times Bix 7 race Satruday in Davenport.