Archive for August, 2010
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The Impact of Dying Without an Estate Plan
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Most of us expect that tomorrow will be another day like any other. But, as Euripides said, “no one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.” In fact thousands of people die in the United States every single day. Some of them die of ...
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Y’all Come On Over to The Fountains Country Fair
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community Are ya’ hankerin’ for an afternoon of country fair fun for the whole family and food on a stick? Well, come on over to The Fountains Country Fair on Sunday afternoon, September 26th from 4:00 to 8:00. Th...
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Take the Scare Out of Auto Repair!
By Tom Miller Iowa Attorney General Car-repair complaints always rank high in Iowa, even though most repair shops treat customers fairly. The most common complaints are that a repair shop charged more than the estimate, or that it did work the customer didn't authorize. Today's cars are computer...
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Get Quenched with Nature’s Sports Drink
By Stacy Mitchell, R.D., L.D. Hy-Vee Registered Dietician 2900 Devils Glen Road, Bettendorf, IA 332-8496 Recently, coconut water has emerged into mainstream supermarkets, and can be found in juice-box-style packages in an array of flavors, such as peach-mango and tangerine. Did you know tha...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston As the summer season moves away from us, and schools open even in the heat of the early fall, I am thinking about some beauty here – and gone as seasons show themselves. Some of you had plenty of water for the floral displays you plant and supervise. Some of our friends and n...
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September Dates & Facts
By Jennifer Kohel September Daily Observances National Lazy Mom's Day Sept 3 Newspaper Carrier Day Sept 4 Labor Day Sept 6 Rosh Hashanah Sept 8 Stand up to Cancer Day Sept 10 Patriot Day Sept 11 National Grandparent's Day Sept 12 International Day of Democracy Sept 15 Mayflower Day ...
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What Exactly is Sexting?
By Laura Kopp Manager Children’s Trauma Services Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center Child Abuse Council Recent media outlets have reported a rise in sexting amongst teens and young adults. But what exactly is sexting? Sexting is a slang term for the use of a cell phone or other...
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Noise Induced Hearing Loss
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist Don White Hearing Aid Center "I went to a concert Saturday night and this ringing just won’t stop. This has happened before, but it always got better after a couple of days.” “I suddenly noticed this loud ringing noise the other day. It sounds ...
