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Ella’s Kitchen
The November Kitchen is full of many aromas! Baking apples, cinnamon, spices, caramel, sweet potatoes, and hearty soups... these are only a few of the sensational smells of cooking in November. - Ella Autumn Apple Cake 5-7 apples, cored and sliced thin (peel if you want but not nec...
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New Businesses are Opening in the Hilltop Campus Village
It has been a rough year for retail shops and eateries everywhere. That is true for the Hilltop Campus Village. A few businesses here that were forced to close in March and April were unable to recover. But the Pandemic did not dampen the hopes of a few new entrepreneurs that are now calling this a...
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Debunked by the Dietitian: Common Cooking Myths Solved!
By Katie Schaeffer, RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (563) 359-9323 KSchaeffer@hy-vee.com Do you ever feel intimidated to get in the kitchen all because of “cooking rules” you have heard of? Some of the most common cooking claims you may have run across in your lifetime simply are not true....
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Family Caregiving: One of the Toughest Jobs
By Mike Mathews Graphic Design and Marketing Coordinator Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging Independence is something easily taken for granted. Most of us go through our daily lives with the notion that our most basic needs are will be easily met. Whether it’s getting out of bed in the morning,...
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A Legacy That Lives On
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Give a man a dole, and you save his body and destroy his spirit. Give him a job and you save both body and spirit.”.............Henry Hopkins “Some would say it’s a dismal time in American History; lives are upended, unemployment is high, and it’s pretty har...
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NOVEMBER 2020 – Clinton and Scott County Meal Site noon meals
Home Delivered Meals ONLY All meal inquiries call 1-855-410-6222 Cancellations ONLY call 563-484-3108 During this time, due to COVID-19, we are not serving congregate meals, but we continue to provide home-delivered meals, (cold and frozen), to meet the nutritional needs of our seniors, and hel...
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Your Advocacy Connection
By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Time to Rethink Holiday Traditions?? Fiddler on the Roof opens with Tevye commenting,“A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof, trying to scratch out a pl...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Kevin Kock, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. Masks, Hearing, and Hearing Aids- Oh my! How facemasks can reduce communication. Since the start of COVID, many patients and families have been saying the same thing: “I cannot understand you with that mask on!” As a licensed audiologist, my...
