Archive for Community

  • Could 2015 be a Confusing Year? Could 2015 be a Confusing Year?

    Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall It’s 2015; let us be amongst the last to welcome you to the New Year. Humor us as we fast forward from our last time together. Christmas parties at home, work and a couple of friend’s houses were good for a few thousand extra calories.  Christmas Eve...

  • Max’s Musings Max’s Musings

    By Max Molleston We can wish on the new year, and we can write down what we want to get done in this time. We 50+ers  and our cohorts want some things to take place in the years span. We can attempt to make it happen, can hope to shape the future, those futures that concern us. A pastor in Ne...

  • Who is the HBA? Who is the HBA?

    The HBA is short for the Hilltop Business Association. The HBA was organized as a 501 C6 organization for the purpose of administering the Self Supported Municipal Improvement District granted by the State of Iowa and City of Davenport. The  SSMID was implemented in 1996 after discussions and local...

  • Sex – Positive Parenting Sex – Positive Parenting

    Positive Parenting By Sarah Evans Family Support Worker Child Abuse Council “A sex-positive child is safe, protected, and knows about consent and boundaries. They have  access to accurate and age-appropriate information about reproductive biology as well as the emotional and social realities...

  • Your Advocacy Connection Your Advocacy Connection

    Offering Comprehensive Long Term Care Solutions and Patient Advocacy By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions New Years Resolutions Each New Year brings another opportunity to start afresh...to resolve to change and improve something in our lives. Most Americans make some form of New Year...

  • Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau celebrates 25 marvelous years in 2015 Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau celebrates 25 marvelous years in 2015

    This year marks the 25th anniversary of a regional effort to market the Quad Cities as a single destination when the Quad  Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau was officially formed in 1990. The bureau resulted from the merger of the former  Davenport Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, t...

  • THE PUBLISHER’S VIEW Inner Thoughts and Comments THE PUBLISHER’S VIEW Inner Thoughts and Comments

    By Joe Hutter Publisher Welcome to 2015! We have new columns this month, and I hope you find them interesting and educational. We’re proud of our local columnists and contributors who make 50+ Lifestyles a uniquely local magazine! As noted on the front cover this month, the Quad Cities Conv...

  • Forest of Trees at Ridgecrest Village Forest of Trees at Ridgecrest Village

    Please join us for a Holiday Open House and Lunch Buffet. Friday, December 12 11 am to 3 pm Fill your senses with the warmth of the holiday season at Ridgecrest Village as you enjoy a wonderful lunch buffet prepared by Chef Dave, take in the sights of our beautifully decorated campus and enjoy ho...