Archive for Community

  • Let Us Dream Up Something Wonderful Let Us Dream Up Something Wonderful

    By Cathie Lienen Director of Sales & Marketing Hotel Blackhawk 200 East Third Street Davenport, IA 52801 563.322.5000 www.hotelblackhawk.com Planning a wedding? Hotel Blackhawk offers a beautifully renovated function space, including the highly desired Gold Room, contemporary new guest a...

  • Hilltop Campus Village - Donuts & More Hilltop Campus Village – Donuts & More

    In 1984, Jan and Tom Amyette started in the bakery business. They bought into a Donutland franchise, converting an existing building on 16th Street in Moline into their doughnut shop. When the parent company went bankrupt, they continued their thriving business as an independent entity, renaming ...

  • A Fast, Flat and Fun Way to Stay Fit in 2017! A Fast, Flat and Fun Way to Stay Fit in 2017!

    By Jamie Lange CASI Director of Marketing The Quad Cities will come together to run for the green at the 2017 CASI St. Patrick’s Day Race on Saturday, March 18, 2017 to benefit the Center for Active Seniors, or CASI, as it is known to so many. In its 35th year, CASI’s St. Patrick’s Day ...

  • The Impact of Caregiving The Impact of Caregiving

    By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging More and more families and individuals are providing occasional or daily care for an aging parent, an ill spouse or disabled friend. They may live miles away or across the street. Many manage by helping out with a fe...

  • If You Don’t Tell Your Story, Who Will? If You Don’t Tell Your Story, Who Will?

    By Karen McCoy Marketing Director Ridgecrest Village Ridgecrest resident, Darrell Lietz has been facilitating classes “Celebrating Your Life” at Ridgecrest for several months. It has turned out to be a most rewarding experience for the participants. They have recalled some of their fondest ...

  • January Calendar of Events January Calendar of Events

    Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Get support from our 24/7 Helpline, www.alz.org/greateriowa 1-800-272-3900, or local address and phone: 2208 E. 52nd St., Ste. B, Davenport, IA...

  • Ella’s Kitchen Ella’s Kitchen

    January – The gateway to the future, time to look at the past: or so Janus, the God that could see forward while saying good-by to the past, tells us. I have a recipe from December to share as well as some new ideas. -Ella Eggnog Bread 3 Cups all purpose flour 1/2 Cup sugar 4 ...

  • Just Saying... Just Saying…

    By Q.C. Jones Great Examples. Bad Examples and Everything in Between Hip, hip, hurray, it’s 2017. I still remember back in third grade when we learned about the calendar, the years and all the rest, I sat in the back of the room and thought about the long distant year of 2000. It seemed eons awa...