Archive for September, 2017
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Fall Gardening At Its Best
By Peggy Dykes Scott County Extension Master Gardeners Marketing/Promotion Committee Chairperson peggydykes@q.com Focus on Fall Gardening Conference - Saturday, September 30, 2017 Gardening doesn’t end at the first frost. It continues throughout the fall and winter by learning and planning...
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Friendship Manor – Continuing Care Retirement Community
Information from Friendship Manor As the Illinois Quad Cities’ only Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), Friendship Manor offers residents independent living in either an apartment or villa with the convenience of assisted living, assisted living memory care, respite care, hospice care, c...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Emily Steffel, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. The Trouble with PSAP’s – (Personal Sound Amplification Products) Recently there has been some commotion surrounding potential FDA approval of a ‘new’ kind of hearing aid: over the counter (OTC) amplification. It may surprise pe...
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High Costs of Healthcare Increase for Medicare Folks
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor When we visit with prospective clients aging into Medicare my first comments are “congratulations!!” The disgruntled response I normally receive is “Congratulation for what?” Congratulations is in order b...
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Volunteers Play Important Roles
By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village Have you ever thought about volunteering? The definition of a volunteer is: verb - To choose to act in recognition of a need, with an attitude of social responsibility and without concern for monetary profit, going beyond one’s basic obl...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Heavens to Murgatroyd About a month ago I was visiting with some friends when one of them queried, ”Have you ever heard the expression ‘Heavens to mergatin, or morgatoid’ or something like that?” I blurted out, “murgatroyd” and from what deep recesses of my mind that...
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September Celebrations
By Eloise Graham September is full of fun and wacky celebrations! Let’s start the month with National Cherry Popover Day. September 1 is National Cherry Popover Day! A popover is a doughy type of muffin made from egg batter. As it bakes, the dough rises to “pop over” the edge of the muffi...
