Archive for May, 2012
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Health Minute With CASI – The Amazing Brain – Part 2
This month we will continue a discussion of the Central Nervous System which we began last month. The Central Nervous System includes the brain and spinal cord. The Brain Stem is the central core of the brain stem consisting of mostly nerve fibers. It has three areas. • Midbrain: The most a...
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Advance Care Directives
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor Folks. I can’t over emphasize the importance of long-term care planning. This planning must be a part your regular retirement planning, both prior to retirement and during retirement. Long-term care is an emo...
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Meet Roma Taylor
Honorary Survivor Chair for the 2012 Susan G. Komen Quad-Cities Race for the Cure As a nurse and oldest girl from a family of 13 kids, Davenport’s Roma Taylor is the big sister that her siblings turn to when they had troubles. In May of 2003, at the age of 47, Roma went in for her routine...
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June Dates and Facts
By Eloise Graham June is bustin’ out all over…or so goes the Rodgers and Hammerstein song! June is busting with birthstones! Three different ones, to be exact. The pearl, which has been used as adornment for centuries; Alexandrite, a relatively modern stone that was first discovered in Ru...
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter Yes, it is June. The days are longer as summer begins on June 26. For many of us, the years are now shorter. Many of you came to the RSVP Volunteer Luncheon in April, and also many came to Salute to Seniors on May 10 at the Miss...
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Why you don’t want to wait “too long” to make your senior housing choice.
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes This elderly couple has been coming to my weekend open houses for a couple years now. I have really enjoyed their visits, because they are both retired teachers and are well traveled, so our conversations can cover a lot of ground. They have lived in their current t...
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The Estate Shop – Great Things at Great Prices
Atop Brady Street Hill in Davenport’s Hilltop Campus Village is a unique shop that opened its doors at the old McKay Music building in May of 2010. The Estate Sale shop at 1326 Brady St. is a hybrid Antique Mall and Resale shop. It is run by owners Kelly and Nigel Wallace, a mother and son team w...
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Home is Where Your Heart Is
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Every year on each of their children’s birthdays, Tim and Elizabeth recorded their children’s growth progress on the backdoor of their family home. At age three, James was as tall as the doorknob, and Catherine brushed just below the top panel at age 1...
