Archive for History
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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 ...
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Just Saying…
Life from a Different Angle By Q.C. Jones Long ago, I had a random meeting with a grizzled old country preacher. He was the kind of guy who could quote Scripture, provide tips on car repairs, and roast you with the same sentence. We were the only patrons at a rural coffee shop and somehow, both po...
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An Ancient Wonder
By Mary Schricker Gemberling Magic is seeing wonder in nature’s every little thing, seeing how wonderful the fireflies are and how magical are the dragonflies” ... Ama Vanniarachchy On a partly sunny day in between the raindrop...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY West/Midwest Region
Davenport Social Security Administration 4319 N. Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa (855) 420-8556 Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Rock Island Social Security Administration 2350 4th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois (866) 414-9166 Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Social Security Celebrates 90 Years...
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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...
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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 ...
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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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Aging and You
A Village That Cares: Behind the Scenes at Ridgecrest Village By Jenny Kitsis Director of Development Ridgecrest Village A heartfelt thank you to my colleague, Julie Arndt, marketing director at Ridgecrest Village, for sharing this space so I can take you behind the scenes of a community where...
