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  • Calendar of Events | OCTOBER 2025 Calendar of Events | OCTOBER 2025

    If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P.O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups and Informational Seminars ...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER PUBLISHER’S CORNER

    Whispers of Autumn By Kari Smith It's a season that tugs at my heartstrings, evoking decades of memories. Pumpkins, those humble orange orbs, have been my autumn companions since childhood, but their story stretches far deeper. Originating in Central America over 7,500 years ago, pumpkins were fi...

  • Just Saying... Just Saying…

    The Five Notes of the Village Symphony By Q.C. Jones Every place has its own ambient soundtrack. Nashville has Hank-powered pedal steel guitars. Chicago has the blaring horn of the “L” train. And the Village of East Davenport, my personal riverfront abode, has a signature symphony, five notes...

  • I Love Lucy I Love Lucy

    By Kari Smith Editor-in-Chief On October 15, 1951, the first episode of the popular American sitcom I Love Lucy aired. Did you know: Lucille Ball agreed to star in I Love Lucy only if her real-life husband was cast in the co-starring role. Network executives and sponsors, reflecting xenoph...

  • Calendar of Events | SEPTEMBER 2025 Calendar of Events | SEPTEMBER 2025

    If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P.O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups and Informational Seminars ...

  • The Colors of September The Colors of September

    By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief September’s colors include a mix of summer’s end and fall’s beginning. Deep blues, browns, rusts, green, gold and purple are the colors that come to mind when thinking of September. The deep blue of the sapphire and the azure September sky come to mind when y...

  • PUBLISHER’S CORNER PUBLISHER’S CORNER

    Seventeen Years — the End of an Era By Eloise Graham 50+Lifestyles has been a major part of my life for the past seventeen years. I have been contributing articles for the past sixteen years, but now it is time to say good-bye to my involvement in this publication. What an exciting and learning ...

  • Your Advocacy Connection Your Advocacy Connection

    We Solve Long-Term Care Problems Why Should I Care About Entitlement versus Block Grant? By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate We talked last month about changes ahead in public benefits. There are a couple words to watch for and what they mean to you. Entitlement –...

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