Archive for Community

  • What Exactly Is A Senior Center and Why Do I Need It? What Exactly Is A Senior Center and Why Do I Need It?

    By Laura Kopp CASI President and CEO Center for Active Seniors, Inc. (CASI) As President and CEO of CASI, I am out and about in the community on a consistent basis. From fundraising to friend-raising, my job allows me the benefit of meeting new and interesting people all the time. Of course, a...

  • The End of a Tradition ­– Holiday Meal Program Discontinued The End of a Tradition ­– Holiday Meal Program Discontinued

    By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging It’s an end to a tradition at Milestones Area Agency on Aging with the Holiday Meal Program discontinuing this year. Budget constraints have led to difficult decisions by the Milestones Board of Directors and program...

  • St Ambrose and Palmer Chiropractic Students - Your Hilltop Campus Village Welcomes You St Ambrose and Palmer Chiropractic Students – Your Hilltop Campus Village Welcomes You

    Do you need an additional area rug, lamp or end table?  Maybe you are looking for an ottoman or coffee table. Well, look no farther than right here in your neighborhood. Come in and browse around Flipped Out Furniture at 1517 Harrison. Here you will find repurposed pieces of furniture just right f...

  • Cooking Family Meals with Tea Cooking Family Meals with Tea

    By Madeleine Ranshaw, RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (563) 391-0213 mranshaw@hy-vee.com There is something nostalgic about sitting on the front porch and sharing a glass of tea with neighbors or family that lends to slowing life down and making memories. But have you tried cooking with tea? ...

  • SEPTEMBER 2017 - Clinton and Scott County Meal Site noon meals SEPTEMBER 2017 – Clinton and Scott County Meal Site noon meals

    1) Pot Roast with Onions, Pot Roast Potatoes, Pot Roast Vegetables, Yogurt, Apricots, Orange Juice 4) Labor Day - All Nutrition Centers Closed. No Home Deliveries 5) Beef Stew, Carrots, Biscuit, Apricots, Orange Juice 6) Happy Birthday - Oven Baked Chicken, Mashed Potatoes W/Gravy, Peas with Pear...

  • The Day Pigs Fly The Day Pigs Fly

    By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms For her tenth birthday, my youngest daughter Kara received a guinea pig. We had originally planned for her to have a hamster or gerbil, but the only small animal up for adoption at the humane society was Nibbles the guinea pig. While Nibbles was his ...

  • Your Advocacy Your Advocacy

    By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Some Thoughts on Change – We Have Moved! September means change.  Autumn is coming, and the cool weather is fast approaching. Kids are back in school.  The roads are full of yellow buses. Football is back on TV. We experience this every year, and I experi...

  • Fall Gardening At Its Best Fall Gardening At Its Best

    By Peggy Dykes Scott County Extension Master Gardeners Marketing/Promotion Committee Chairperson peggydykes@q.com Focus on Fall Gardening Conference - Saturday, September 30, 2017 Gardening doesn’t end at the first frost. It continues throughout the fall and winter by learning and planning...