Archive for November, 2015
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The Year 1965 at a glance
The Great Arch in St. Louis is completed; it commemorates the Lousiana Purchase I 1808. Race riots in Watts section of Los Angeles leave 34 dead The Voting Rights Act becomes law. Medicare program for senior citizens medical assistance becomes law. The Beatles take the music world by st...
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My Alma Mater
By Mary Schricker Gemberling It can’t be! Say it isn’t so! Those were my thoughts when I opened the mail one day last month and found an invitation to my 50 year high school reunion. Unfortunately I will be over 6,000 miles away in Japan when the event is held next month, but I admit the in...
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Keep It Burnin’
Keep It Burnin’ By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Last month, I shared a lesser-known two-sentence quote, attributed to Mother Teresa, which I had never heard before – and how that quote immediately brought to mind this old chorus I had learned as a kid: â€...
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Hilltop Campus Village News
6th Annual Music Festival Not Detoured by Road Construction Hilltop Campus Village held its annual Fall Music Festival in September. It continues to grow annually, this past one being the best to date.It would not have been possible without its great supporters: Ascentra Credit Union; Harrison Loft...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Fifty-plusers have done a heap of living. Home and then another home, one that lasted longer than the home you were born into. The home you made for your family as it came and grew and challenged your cunning with its own cunning. Most of us who want freedom from home, find a way...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Heroes – Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, John Wayne and me Back in my day, kids had heroes. Thanks in part to the spectacular work of mustachioed story teller and dream builder Walt Disney, kids got a double dose of American Heroes each and every week. Sometimes the heroes were dogs...
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Fight the Flu with Food
By Kara Zigament, RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (563) 264-2420Â Â Â kzigament@hy-vee.com As we head into the heart of flu season, it is important to remember that the best defense against the flu really does begin with a year-round offense. However, there are multiple steps you can take t...
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A Different Kind of Recipe for Fall
By Bob Morrison Marketing & Development Director Ridgecrest Village Fall is finally here! Though we love the last hot days of Indian Summer, it’s time to move on to the cool, crisp days of Autumn. Colored falling leaves, a harvest moon, football games, pumpkins, Octoberfest celebrations, a...
