Archive for August, 2016

  • New State, New Estate Plan? New State, New Estate Plan?

    Duffy Law Office is a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys. By Ryan Denman Duffy Law Office You did the responsible, prudent thing to do: you consulted with an estate planning attorney and did an estate plan. You have a health care power of attorney, a financial power o...

  • Ready, Steady, Balance: Prevent Falls Awareness Event Ready, Steady, Balance: Prevent Falls Awareness Event

    Join us September 22nd at CASI By Kathy Horrell CASI Director of Senior Services Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries for older Americans. Falls threaten seniors’ safety and independence and generate enormous economic and personal costs. However, falling is not an inevit...

  • Ready, Steady, Balance: Prevent Falls Awareness Event

    Join us September 22nd at CASI By Kathy Horrell CASI Director of Senior Services...

  • The Ever Flowing Mississippi River The Ever Flowing Mississippi River

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Among the greatest elements of nature anywhere in our entire Quad Cities region is the mighty Mississippi River. Truly iconic in the United States and well-known throughout the world, this mighty marvel originates from the otherwise unassumi...

  • Caring Community at Ridgecrest Caring Community at Ridgecrest

    By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village When I look around me each day I realize that I have been given an opportunity that not many people get in their lifetime. I am surrounded by people that God has gifted in so many ways. There are people that have served their community as t...

  • Ask the Audiologist Ask the Audiologist

    Cerumen Removal: Why we do what we do By Laura Mergen, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Under normal circumstances, wax and dead skin is naturally removed from ear canals through everyday movement of the head and jaw and through the growth of the skin lining the ear canal. Unfortunatel...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER PUBLISHER’S CORNER

    By Eloise Graham Stepping Outside of the Comfort Zone Have you ever stopped to think that as we get older, we get more complacent with our lives? We get “stuck in a rut” so to say. We are comfortable doing the same routine – and our comfort zone is decreasing. On the other hand, look at t...

  • Sapphire Skies, Fantastic Fall Flowers and Gratitude for Grandparents Sapphire Skies, Fantastic Fall Flowers and Gratitude for Grandparents

    By Eloise Graham There just seems to be something about September skies. They always seem bluer; a deeper blue, a truer blue. Have you ever noticed that? A crisper blue, to go along with the crisper air as the days get shorter. The birthstone for September is the sapphire, and it is said that ...