Archive for Community
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Mindless mumbles from my maladjusted mind Another old wives’ tale bites the dust. “April showers bring May flowers” myth discredited in Davenport. We did the research and discovered the April Showers bring May flowers statement doesn’t apply to the Quad-Cities. In fact, ...
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Zeke’s Island Café in the Hilltop Campus Village
It’s been almost ten years since my wife Jess and I stumbled upon the Hawaiian Pulled Pork Nachos in a restaurant in the airport in Honolulu. I made the joke that someday I would open a restaurant just to run those nachos. Well, that joke became a reality, and Zeke’s Island Café started serv...
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RSVP: Lead With Experience
By Dave Layton RSVP Program Director Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois What’s Going on in the RSVP Office Between March of 2015 and March of 2016, RSVP staff provided services to over 1,300 RSVP members. RSVP staff and in-house volunteers processed ove...
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Blaze a Trail Now and All Year Long
By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’ Area Agency on Aging Visit any grocery store or restaurant in Iowa and you will see that the state has a large senior population. In fact, 15.6 percent of Iowa’s population is 65 or older and is expected to increase to 20.5 percent by 2...
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News from Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT)
Home Burglary Scam The Davenport Police Department is alerting residents of a current home burglary scam taking place in and around the Quad Cities. Groups, typically two - five persons, impersonate businesses such as the utility company and home repair contractors, as well as offering their servic...
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RSVP: Lead With Experience
By Dave Layton RSVP Program Director Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois RSVP’s Paid Staff are Also Volunteers – Plus Quad Cities Volunteer Recognition Event information [caption id="attachment_7210" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] RSVP volunteers e...
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Do You Want to be “Fine”?
By Karen McCoy Marketing Director Ridgecrest Village When someone asks you how you are today, do you reply with the usual answer, “I’m Fine”? That seems to be how most people respond to the question. There is a saying that says: Men, if your wife says she’s “fine” watch out, she...
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April is National Gardening Month – Prepare Your Garden, Prepare your Knees
Many gardening tasks require knee strength and stability, whether kneeling, sitting, standing or walking. The best way to protect your knees from the stress and strain is to condition them with strengthening exercises and stretching. The muscles that protect the knees are quadriceps (front of the...
