Archive for March, 2015
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The Sand Between My Toes
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “In every out thrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth." - Rachel Carson My love affair with Florida began as a young child. With the car-top luggage rack full, my dad would drive our station wagon out of t...
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News from Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT)
By Kathy Horrell CASI-Director of Senior Services TRIAD– Helping Prevent Crimes Against Seniors What is TRIAD? How many times have you received a phone call saying, “You’re A Winner!” ? Or received a check in the mail or an e-mail saying “you have thousands of dollars waiting for you an...
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News Flash:Quad-Cities Miracle Mavens of Monthly Madness Missing, Ghost Appears
QCA, USA: The writing team of Gail McPike and Toni Hall, whose work is exclusively featured in 50+ Lifestyles magazine, have turned up missing. In spite of the best efforts of those around them, no report of their whereabouts has been issued. According to the editors and publishers of said mag...
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Choice: Home Health Care
Dear Friends, We need your help! Choice Home Health Care in partnership with the Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association is competing for a $5,000 grant from Dream Big Grow Here Iowa. Grant funds will be used to bring the healing power of music to Alzheimer’s pat...
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Reducing Hospital Readmission through the Use of Home Health Care
By Marie A. Wisely Choice Home Health Care, CPHQ-Agency Administrator The United States continues to spend more on health care than any other industrialized nation. On average $8,915 is spent per person per year on health care, reaching a total of $2.8 trillion. Hospitalizations account for near...
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The 1918 Flu Pandemic: A Look Back on One of the Deadliest Natural Disasters in Human History
[caption id="attachment_5604" align="alignleft" width="300"] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic[/caption] By Terry Masek, SPHR Human Resources Officer Metropolitan Medical Laboratory, PLC World War I claimed an estimated 16 million lives. The influenza epidemic that swept the wor...
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Fridays at Deere-Wiman House Concert
Performing in a Fridays at Deere-Wiman House concert set for 3 p.m. on Friday, March 6, Pianist Joel Fan will showcase his unique blend of musicianship and engaging personality. Fan re-invents the piano recital by illuminating the rare and unexpected – creating, in the words of Baltimore Sun crit...
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William Butterworth Foundation names new Executive Director
[caption id="attachment_5597" align="alignleft" width="120"] Stacy Klingler[/caption] The William Butterworth Foundation has named Stacy Klingler, an Indiana Historical Society director, author and former museum director, to be Executive Director of Butterworth Center and Deere-Wiman House in Mol...
