Archive for Community
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Sugar Estate Life is good on the sugar estate, So lush, resplendent, so sweet, That estate just over the near Beyond. Dreams cavort and Gambol on that near far sugar Land, they ramble the candy Land every nigh...
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Aging and You
Living in a Senior Community is Different for Everyone By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village Being an advocate for older adults, I have enjoyed educating consumers about different ways to look at their options as they age. Moving to a senior community is a big decisi...
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Just Saying…
Professor Harold Hill was Wrong – The Case for Pool Halls By Q.C. Jones A quick refresher, Professor Hill was the conman hero of the long-running Broadway hit “The Music Man” which ironically was set in River City, Iowa. You know the guy, fond of saying, “Trouble with a Capital T and that ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Fly the Flag, Honor Your Father and Savor the Summer Solstice By Eloise Graham June 14 is National Flag Day. The date of June 14 commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a...
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Calendar of Events | May 2023
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. I Am Rain I am rain, I am full of water for you, For good or ill. I grow your garden or I flood your town, my teeming drops Slake the worst thirst or I fail to fall And desiccated tongues drag the dust. I am the font of ...
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Spring Lawn Maintenance Keys for Success
Extension turfgrass specialist discusses spring lawn maintenance considerations By Adam Thoms Assistant Professor and Extension Turfgrass Specialist Iowa State University Extension As soil temperatures increase and lawns across the state begin to green up, many Iowans will begin performing routi...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Honoring Memorial Day and the Fallen Heroes By Eloise Graham Memorial Day is the day set aside to honor and remember those that gave all for our country; a time to reflect on the significance of sacrifice, the loss of comrades. An Honor Flight is also a time to reflect, to remember many bitterswee...
