Archive for July, 2010

  • National Parents’ Day National Parents’ Day

    By Pam Haumann Director of Programs Child Abuse Council Did you know that National Parents’ Day will be observed on Sunday, July 25, 2010? Parents’ Day is a relatively new holiday that started with the Clinton Administration in 1994 when it was unanimously approved by Congress to be recogn...

  • Cereal for Supper? Cereal for Supper?

    By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community As our older loved ones age and perhaps experience a decline in health and cognitive ability, how do we know when they are ready to enter Assisted Living? Sometimes the signs are huge and obvious, and sometimes they...

  • Tales by Triplett - QUESTIONS THAT DESERVE ANSWERS Tales by Triplett – QUESTIONS THAT DESERVE ANSWERS

    By Patrick Triplett I am not a deep thinker. I leave things like health care and cleaning up the Gulf oil spill to people who get paid to do so. I tend to think of things that aren't matters of great importance, yet to me are thought provoking and deserve answers. Such as, why do we ...

  • Max’s Musings     Max’s Musings

    By Max Molleston I am ready to say that creative writing, with some exceptions is much like fishing. Even if you, as writer, are steered to a time and place or a subject there is plenty of word choice and situations that can be stretched. Truth may be a master but the skill of the writer is the ...

  •  “They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano, But When I Started to Play…” “They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano, But When I Started to Play…”

    By Robert J. Scranton, D.C. Fibromyalgia Centers of America Retirement, we understand is great if you are busy, rich and healthy. Too many seniors though are like our friend, Agnes. Agnes had been a wonderful piano player at one time in her life, but as far as she was concerned those days we...

  • Ask the Audiologist Ask the Audiologist

    By Margaret Christiansen, AU.D, CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Why does it seem my hearing aid breaks down more in the summer months? It’s that time of year again! We are starting to enjoy the good ‘ol Midwest heat and humidity. Unfortunately, with the rise in temperature we also see ...

  • A World with More Birthdays! A World with More Birthdays!

    By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Some of the earliest evidence of cancer is found among fossilized bone tumors in human mummies in ancient Egypt. The word cancer came fro...

  • In and Out of the Quad Cities In and Out of the Quad Cities

    Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Well, Quad-Citians, it’s summer time. We’ve had hot, we’ve had rains and, thank goodness, we haven’t had flood waters lapping against the Downtown Davenport. And, for your intrepid reporters here, it has been an action packed time. Last month...