Archive for December, 2009
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Genesis Health System Recognized For Performance Excellence
Genesis Health System has been selected as a silver award recipient of the 2009 Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Awards, Iowa's premier award recognizing higher performance management principles. Genesis improved one level after receiving a bronze award the past two years. Only four Iowa...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Margaret Christiansen, AU.D, CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. What is the best way to clean my hearing aids? Hearing aids require frequent cleaning. In fact, it is recommended that hearing aids be cleaned on a daily basis. It is best to get in the habit of cleaning your hearing aids at th...
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What is a Hero?
There is something about Mary! By Gary Metivier The word Hero is overused these days. That is a comment I have heard from a lot of people—and it happens to be a comment I agree with. That said, I firmly believe we have everyday heroes all around us. There are many people in the QCA that have...
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“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Abraham Lincoln had a way with words. Perhaps that he commonly used so few served only to amplify their command; that he chose them so carefully only amplified their effect. The beauty of the above statement lies not only in its brevity but in ...
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Advantages of Advantage Plus
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor This New Year rings in another open enrollment season for Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) Plans, continuing until March 31. You may have heard me say earlier: I’ve done a complete turn-around with Medica...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
by Cyndi Hagen Social Security District Manager, Davenport Iowa RETIREMENT ESTIMATOR EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE Improvements to one of the most popular online services in government - the Retirement Estimator, located at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator - allow more people than ever before to ge...
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Hats Off to “Hats”
By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate If you want to collect money, you can “pass the hat.” If you have a secret, you can “keep it under your hat.” If you want to compete, you can “toss your hat into the ring.” From the Fedora made famous by Bogart in Casablanc...
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Brain Teasers / Baby Boomer Quiz
Have Some fun with these Brain Teasers / Baby Boomer Quiz Let's find out just how clever you really are.... Ready? ......GO!!! First Question: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in? Second Question: If you overtake the last...