Archive for April, 2016
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Ask the Audiologist
By Laura Mergen, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. I sweat a lot. Is it safe for me to wear hearing aids? Won’t the moisture get in and destroy the electronics? You’re right! Just like with any electronic device, moisture is bad for your hearing aids if it gets inside. There are tw...
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Zeke’s Island Café in the Hilltop Campus Village
It’s been almost ten years since my wife Jess and I stumbled upon the Hawaiian Pulled Pork Nachos in a restaurant in the airport in Honolulu. I made the joke that someday I would open a restaurant just to run those nachos. Well, that joke became a reality, and Zeke’s Island Café started serv...
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RSVP: Lead With Experience
By Dave Layton RSVP Program Director Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois What’s Going on in the RSVP Office Between March of 2015 and March of 2016, RSVP staff provided services to over 1,300 RSVP members. RSVP staff and in-house volunteers processed ove...
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Hearing Technology Summit
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist and Owner Parker Audiology, P.C. Dr. Alison Soto Audiologist Parker Audiology, P.C. Technology in the world is changing so fast. Telephones went from party lines and rotary dial to small portable handheld cell phones/minicomputers within 35 years. Hear...
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Blaze a Trail Now and All Year Long
By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’ Area Agency on Aging Visit any grocery store or restaurant in Iowa and you will see that the state has a large senior population. In fact, 15.6 percent of Iowa’s population is 65 or older and is expected to increase to 20.5 percent by 2...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Trains, Buses and Boats... (Part 2) Trains, Buses and Boats Part 1 available here. I ended last month’s article saying “Good-bye” to our nation’s capitol and looking forward to the Philadelphia. However, some memories have come back of the time in Washington that I want t...
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The Merry Month of May
By Eloise Graham Welcome to the merry month of May! The birthstone is the emerald and the flower is the Lily of the Valley. May Day, the first day of May is a frivolous celebration of dancing around a flagpole, flower baskets and candy. The month ends with the Memorial Day weekend, a solemn celeb...
