Archive for September, 2014
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September by the Decades
By Eloise Graham In the year 1954, two hurricanes hit the New England area. The first was Carol, a category 3, on the first day September killing 68 people. The second was Hurricane Edna 1954, battering the North East and killing 20 people. Edna did a double whammy. Edna passed between Nantucket...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – The Gift of Grandparents
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home It’s September and the kids are back to school. Family calendars are filling up with dates for scrimmages, competitions and concerts. The Friday Night Lights are a certain indicator that autumn is imminent. As empty nesters for a few ...
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Childhood Trauma is Too Common
By Angie Kendall Community Education Program Manager Child Abuse Council We all want to be the best parents and caregivers we can be - providing good lives for our children and preparing them for a successful future. Many of us believe that experiences in childhood can shape a person in a...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities: What did you do on your summer vacation?
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Remember your first assignment upon returning to school? Part ritual, reminisce and prepubescent poetry combined to create the first homework project of the school season. Fresh from a pack of neighborhood adventures, trips to visit grandparents and an...
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Our Narrowboat Adventure
By Mary Schricker Gemberling With the first week of our trip in Ireland complete, we were eager to meet up with our friends Jim and Diane Tiedje for our narrow boat adventure in England. We departed from the Manchester airport and headed to Festival Park at Stoke-On-Trent. The men stopped at the...
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Your Advocacy Connection
By Jamie Long GolderCare Solutions and Jamieson Long & Associates The “Passionate Patient Advocate™” Why Patient Advocacy? Patient advocacy isn’t new, but professional patient advocates are. Advocacy on behalf of patients – the phenomenon of patient advocacy – is as old ...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office
By Cristina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office SOMEDAY IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK For many people, Someday is an elusive day on the far-off horizon—always close enough to see, but too distant to touch. Perhaps Someday you plan to go skydiving. Or, enter a hot dog-eating con...
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Changing Lifestyles – Longer Retirements
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor Change is a reality in our lives. Included is the changing outlook on retirement longevity. Clearly these new realities are reshaping American retirement and call for new planning strategies. Traditionally reti...
