Archive for Family
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Just Saying…
The Dog Days of Summer – My A/C-free Life By Q.C. Jones I feel as though I am one of the last people on the planet who can claim to have lived in an air-conditioner-free world. Growing up, I had a short taste of the air-conditioned lifestyle. During portions of my childhood my family had a w...
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Ellis Island: “Island of Hope; Island of Tears”
By Mary Schricker Gemberling On a recent trip to New York City, Gary and I visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Although we had seen both from a boat, we had never had an up-close look. After a subway ride from our hotel in Times Square, we boarded the ferry that would take us by the Sta...
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Happy Birthday, Uncle Sam – and all July Babies
By Eloise Graham This July 4, 2023 Uncle Sam will be celebrating his 247th birthday. He has aged well; barely looks older than when he did in 1776. Did you know that July rated second in the number of births per year? As of July 2022, there have been 7,500,795 recorded births in July making it t...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY | Rock Island, Illinois Office
DEFEND AGAINST SCAMMERS WHO TARGET YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS By Cristina Vital Social Security Manager Rock Island Social Security Office Scammers are always finding new ways to steal your money and personal information by exploiting your fears. The most effective way to defeat scammer...
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Mental Health Advice
By Mike Mathews Milestones Area Agency on Aging May was Mental Health Month in America. It serves a great opportunity to not only bring awareness to various mental health issues, but also recognize and support our own mental health. For the senior population, this is more important than ever. Ac...
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National Camping Month
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Wander Often, Wonder Always”......Anonymous Those of you who have followed my articles know how much I enjoy traveling in the RV. Last Thursday we headed to the Quad Cities for our 2023 inaugural camping trip to celebrate Mother’s Day with our Iowa kids and gran...
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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
Locally Owned and Operated – An Important Consideration in Senior Living Living in a community which is locally owned and operated is something residents just take in stride. By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village I love working at Ridgecrest Village. It is a special place...
