Archive for October, 2013
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By acting before October 31, we may be able to put some $18,000 in your pocket. Not a bad day’s work!
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Two ladies in their 70s, who now live in the greater DeWitt area, dropped by our Stone Gate East development in East Davenport a couple weeks ago. They reminded me that we had met some six or seven years ago, “when these homes sold in the $200,000 range,” one la...
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The Marketplace
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor This is the name “The Marketplace” given to the state insurance exchanges mandated by the Health Care Reform Act passed into law in 2010. Provisions of the Affordable Care law require states to establish In...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office
By Cristina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office ON COLUMBUS DAY, DISCOVER NEW SOCIAL SECURITY SERVICES ONLINE In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That may be a rhyme you remember from grade school when learning about Christopher Columbus and his vo...
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter September was a busy month for seniors. Many of you went to the Senior Voice Program at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds and the Senior Expo at the Waterfront Convention Center. There are many good programs for seniors throughout t...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Davenport, Iowa Office
By Linda Clayton-Powell Social Security District Manager Davenport, Iowa YOU’VE JUST STEPPED INTO… THE RETIREMENT ZONE You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of work and earnings, but of pension and leisure. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. You unlo...
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Spirited Fun for Everyone
By Pam Haumann New Parent Services Manager Child Abuse Council Halloween for many is just another day, but for many adults and children it is a Holiday to be celebrated by dressing up in funny, scary or otherwise fun costumes and masks and going door to door asking for sweet treats. But, with ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Sometime back I enjoyed reading, and bringing to you a verse from a volume of western, make that “cowboy” poetry, edited by John C. Dofflemyer, from the volume titled Maverick Western Verse. Last time I brought you the old rancher who stayed and bought land, which others su...
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Ask the Audiologist – What is a Cochlear implant, and can I get one?
By Tara Hartman, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. People will often ask me if there is any new advancement in surgical procedures or implantable devices that could help them hear better, rather than wearing hearing aids. Well, like most answers, it depends. Technically yes, there are, b...
