Archive for August, 2016

  • Max’s Musings Max’s Musings

    By Max Molleston Earlier this year in these columns you may have labored through me creating poems from the regular prose of a news writer and a magazine columnist. They were fun for me and hopefully, for you. Some of us, in choosing our words can work into poetic phrasing. We learned English to ...

  • The Estate Sale Shop in Hilltop Campus Village The Estate Sale Shop in Hilltop Campus Village

     Always great things at great prices! The Estate Sale shop on the corner of 14th and Brady is now 6 ½ years old and one of the wonderful shops you can find in the Hilltop Campus Village. Offering items for sale that range from your pantry to your garage, an array of variety always priced to sell!...

  • Ask the Counselor Ask the Counselor

    By Kristi A. Manley, LMHC, LCPC Licensed Mental Health Counselor Lutheran Family Service Question: I’ve been hearing so much about “healthy boundaries in relationships.” To me, it just sounds like a bunch of psycho-babble and means we have to put up walls between ourselves and others. Sur...

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY  Rock Island, Illinois Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office

    By Cristina Vital Social Security Manager Rock Island Social Security Office FOCUS ON RETIREMENT PLANNING — IT’S YOUR FUTURE When most people begin their career, retirement is the farthest thing from their mind. Instead, they focus on trying to purchase a home, start a family, or perhaps sav...

  • YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Davenport, Iowa Office YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Davenport, Iowa Office

    By Linda Clayton-Powell Social Security District Manager Davenport, Iowa SOCIAL SECURITY COVERS CHILDREN BATTLING CANCER  The effects of cancer on our society are devastating for those directly and indirectly dealing with the disease. Sadly, thousands of people under the age of 20 are diagnose...

  • Just Saying... Just Saying…

    By Q.C. Jones On this day in history - QC Style Back when I was a kid, my dad had every radio in the house tuned to the local small town radio station. We listened to shows like the swap shop; where folks would come on the air and announce they were selling three good sized boxes of used Mason j...

  • RSVP: Lead With Experience RSVP: Lead With Experience

    Joyce Erickson, A High Energy Volunteer By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois If she had not cheerfully confessed to it, I would not have guessed that Joyce Erickson, was “of retirement age.” Joyce, a former operating room nurse who branch...

  • News from Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT)

    The Better Business Bureau Cautions Seniors about Internet Investment Scams By Pam Bennett Scott County Sheriff’s Office By Pam Bennett Scott County Sheriff’s Office A scam targeting seniors is hitting across the country and as close as the State of Wisconsin. The Better Business Burea...