Archive for Community
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Pay It Forward
By Dan Adams & Mary Schricker - Realtor - Ruhl & Ruhl Real Estate The holiday season brings out the giving spirit in all of us. Every year individual citizens, as well as offices and businesses across the Quad Cities contribute thousands of dollars in gifts, toys, and food baskets to...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Hello everybody and welcome to the new and improved November edition of Fifty Plus Lifestyles. We certainly hope you have been paying attention all these months because – just like back in third grade - we are going to have a POP Quiz. Pop Quiz ...
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2010 Winter Holiday Programs
Annual Children's Christmas Party, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, Wed., Dec. 15, 5 PM-7 PM at Second Baptist Church, 919 6th Avenue, Rock Island, IL (across the street from the King Center). Contact Ida Robinson, Human Service Specialist (309) 732-2999. Fees: None. Open to children ages 3...
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Tackling Tantrums
By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council Temper tantrums are a normal part of growing up. All children have them. Often they happen for different reasons at different ages. Sometimes they take you by surprise and sometimes they are predictable. Tantrums usually ...
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Of Christmas trees, holes in the ground, reservations and the newest town home development
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes I was talking about Christmas trees with a friend a few weeks ago and describing how my 17 year old son, Conor, is going to market his locally grown Christmas trees this year. I saw the frown building on my friend’s face just before he wondered, out loud, that...
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Did You Know? Book Listeners Have More Options
By Lisa Lockheart Publicity/Outreach Liason Rock Island Public Library Many audiobooks are now coming out in MP3 compatible formats. This is a full audiobook on a single CD. MP3 compatibility means you can transfer the audio file to your computer, and then onto an MP3 compatible music play...
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Maintenance Calls…..
By Betty Sands HOMZ Management Corp. We at HOMZ Management could not be more pleased with the great maintenance staff that keep things in tip top shape in our properties. Never is there a time that a leaky faucet has to drip for days before it’s fixed. One day, and John at Edgewater on Th...
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People, Patents, Progress… and Now a Place
By Julie L. Forsythe Talent Pool Director Midwest Intellectual Property Management Institute The Midwest Intellectual Property Management Institute (IPI) now has a place for its assets – people and patents – to comingle in a secure and nurturing environment. After completing the refur...
