Archive for Community
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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...
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Calendar of Events | April 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 Groups ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
What or Where Are Your Roots? By Eloise Graham Have you given any thought as to where are your roots? What does that really mean? What significance does it have? Is it where you came from? Your family tree? Where you are now? Your community? I pondered all of this after hearing a podcast over th...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. I Am Camera I am camera, I capture time, freeze The moment, I take reality, conquer The real, wherever I go, visual Master of all around, images I store Safe at home. The world I see all mine, In vivid dramatic panoram...
