Archive for Community
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Go Green with your Grocery Shopping
By Beth Freehill, MS, RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician Clinton Hy-Vee 563-243-6162 We all can do something to help improve the health of the planet. No matter how small, everything helps. Since Earth Day is April 22, now is a great time to evaluate how environmentally friendly you really ...
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter Whenever people are having financial problems, especially with the home foreclosures that we see today, there is always a scam somewhere. After a tornado, flood, or hurricane, people come to help. The help is not always true help. Ma...
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Seniors can live in their “dream home” without expensive monthly fees…a moderate one-time down payment does it
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes The need for more senior housing in the Quad-Cities and across the nation continues unabated. Nationally, some 10,000 seniors join the retirement pool daily, and for many that means a beginning or ongoing search for a change in housing that meets their new lifestyle...
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Get Answers to Your Specific Horticulture Questions
By Duane Gissel Iowa State University Extension Scott County Your lawn is not doing well, and you don’t know why. You’d like to take a sample into the Extension office the next day, but you have to go to work. What should you do? Try getting on the new ISU Scott County Extension a...
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April Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – A new support group is being planned. At the initial meeting the goal was to give everyone a chance to meet one another and to lay the foundation for the group going forward. The long range goal is to give partici...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Some of you may recall an article I wrote five years ago about our daughter, Madelyn, and the real-life drama that unfolded in our family back in March of 1998. She had become very anemic and lethargic, very uncharacteristic for an otherwis...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities – When the Saints Come Marching In
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall When the Saints Come Marching In We can’t help but notice the preponderance of Saints playing a role in the festivities one experiences this time of year. All religious overtones aside, the span between mid-February, and the end of March is chocked ...
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter Do you have your taxes done? If you need help, and you are a senior or are handicapped, you can get help free from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. You can find out where the nearest site is located by calling 1-800-906-9...
