Archive for May, 2019

  • Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Quad Cities Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Quad Cities

    Information from the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Quad Cities Breast cancer doesn’t discriminate. One out of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer over a lifetime--our sisters, mothers, daughters, neighbors, friends. The Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure encourages each...

  • Max’s Musings Max’s Musings

    By Max Molleston We never hold back presenting and/or reviewing poetry by talented writers from lands we know little or nothing about, appreciating difference or tribute “sameness” as verses in their chosen order meet print. Many of us connect the same feelings and acceptance as a poem is recit...

  • Girls Trip Girls Trip

    By Mary Schricker Gemberling “The importance of good friends in our lives is like the importance of our Heartbeats! Though they are not always visible, they silently support our life”………………..Anonymous Most of us feel better when going on a vacation with friends or family. Recent st...

  • Just Saying... Just Saying…

    It’s Time to Celebrate By Q.C. Jones Sandwiched between Easter and Memorial Day lies perhaps the single most important celebration of the year. A celebration of such dramatic proportions nearly every household in the Good Old Quad Cities celebrates. The items used to commemorate this day adorn...

  • Your Advocacy Your Advocacy

    By Kathy Nitz Lead Benefits Advocate GolderCare Solutions Often times when our phone rings, it is a son or daughter that begins their story by saying that they have just returned from the doctor with Mom and doctor says she can’t live alone anymore. “Which nursing home should I pick?” is of...

  • Geonomics Geonomics

    By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms Recently, several people in my family have completed DNA ancestry tests. It’s been very fun learning about our genealogical DNA and what regions our ancestors came from. We have a similar test we use on every female and many male calves born at C...

  • Why seniors are lining up to acquire the new Dan Dolan Homes at “The Fountains” in Bettendorf. Why seniors are lining up to acquire the new Dan Dolan Homes at “The Fountains” in Bettendorf.

    By Kevin Dolan Dan Dolan Homes It’s almost time for the Quad City Spring Parade of Homes and this year Dan Dolan Homes is very proud to feature its latest residential addition adjacent to “The Fountains” senior residential facility in Bettendorf. These Villas at The Fountains by Dan Dolan Ho...

  • Moving Day Moving Day

    By Paul Lewellan Ridgecrest Village resident Four years ago my wife, Pamela, and I were living in a condo overlooking the woods beside a tiny creek. We liked both the neighborhood and our neighbors. We liked the space we lived in: the large living room, sun porch, patio, and the bar in the basem...