Archive for February, 2011
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Seniors Stressed Out by Medical Costs
From Mississippi Valley Health News Online www.qchealthnews.com Seventy-six year-old Joyleen Sherwood, Wilton, Iowa, is a widow who is still very active and enjoying her retirement years. So, it came as a surprise that when she expected to renew her driver’s license, she failed the visio...
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The Universal Magic of Paints and Play-dough.
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community Look at these beautiful smiling children. What do you see? Do you see their unmistakable youthful enthusiasm and zest for life? Do you see hungry young minds eager to learn new things from new people brave enough to...
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Lighthouse Homecare
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare People often ask me what we do at Lighthouse Homecare. We are a well-established homecare business which has been serving the entire Quad City area since 1999. During the past four years, our agency has created many new partnerships and added several new...
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Leaving a Legacy
By Mary Schricker Realtor - Ruhl & Ruhl Real Estate Winter seems to be a time when we slow down; a time to do many of those things that we are not motivated to accomplish in the other seasons when the daylight hours are longer. It is a perfect time to go through attics and basements to begin so...
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Happy New Year from Bettendorf Health Care!!
By Diana Spranger, R.N. Administrator Bettendorf Health Care This is our first month to be a part of the NEW “50” PLUS magazine. I’ll give you a bit of history about BHCC and where we are located. For over 37 years, we have been situated in North Bettendorf. Built by a private owne...
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Tech Matters – Identity Theft
Information from Computer Revolutions Moline, IL Identity Theft Awareness Identity thieves use many different methods to carry out their crimes. One of their most effective tools just happens to be a computer. The introduction and evolution of the internet has made it that much easier f...
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Ella’s Kitchen
February always makes me think of chocolate and cherries. Chocolate for Valentine’s Day and cherries, especially cherry pie, to commemorate George Washington’s birthday. Here are some recipes from various cookbooks of mine. Have a very cherry chocolaty February. - Ella Cherry Wine ...
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Can’t Read the Fine Print?
By William Benevento, M.D. Eye Surgeons Associates Presbyopia. Everyone beyond the age of 40 or so experiences it. We cannot focus on things up close, so we push our reading material farther back until our arms are fully extended and the print is still out of focus. For many people, this prompt...
