Archive for November, 2022
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DON’T Eat That Holiday Treat (Just Yet.)
By Logan Anderson, BA, CPT, CIFT Owner of All Strong Fitness LLC The time frame of October-December is by far one of my favorite times of year. Not only do I love the changing of the seasons, but enjoy seeing the decorations from a variety of different holidays. (I do enjoy my fair share of pepper...
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Protect Your Strawberries from Winter Stress
By Suzanne Slack Extension Fruit Crops Specialist Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Strawberry plants should be covered before hard frosts arrive With nighttime frost and freezing temperatures in the forecast, a fruit crop specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY | Davenport, Iowa Office
By Pam Shaw Social Security District Manager Davenport Social Security Office Social Security Announces 8.7 Percent Benefit Increase for 2023 Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 8.7 percent in 2023, the Social Sec...
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Bits of Wisdom
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Be Happy for this moment; this moment is your life”.........Omar Khayam I have for years felt that, “Age is but a number”; “You are only as old as you feel” and “Age is something that doesn’t matter....unless you are a cheese”! But 2022 changed ...
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Gratitude
... this season of thanks, take the time, and if necessary, MAKE the time to take stock of all you have to be grateful for and tell those responsible. By Laura L. Kopp, MS CASI President/CEO Gratitude: Such an underwhelming word for what often is a very overwhelming feeling. As CASI looks to ce...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Could this be the end of life as we know it? Pulling from a line from one of my father’s favorite poems, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s moneymaker, Paul Revere’s Ride: “Hardly a man is now alive, who remembers that famous day and year.” The future of daylight savings ti...
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Medicare Open Enrollment Is Here: How Are Costs Changing for 2023?
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor During this month of November, we will continue our virtual Community Meetings scheduled this month – starting November – these meetings are for persons ‘aging into’ Medicare turning age 65 and becoming el...
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Family Caregiving: One of the Toughest Jobs
By Mike Mathews Milestones Area Agency on Aging Independence is something easily taken for granted. Most of us go through our daily lives with the notion that our most basic needs will be easily met. Whether it’s getting out of bed in the morning, eating lunch, or even going to the bathroom,...
