Archive for History
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December – A Month Filled with Festivals
By Eloise Graham Many religious groups and secular groups have significant celebrations this month, so I thought I would explore some of them. The Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins at sundown on Thursday, December 7 and lasts for eight days, ending the evening of December 15. Hanukkah means “de...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Historic Palmer Residence: Christmas Memories and Traditions By Alana Callender When you reach the crest of Brady Street hill, on your left is the Palmer residence, a stately Second Empire style home at 808 Brady, built in 1874. Drs. Mabel and B.J. Palmer bought the house in 1912 and added the wra...
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Small Town America Part 2
Continued from our November edition, Part 2 of “Small Town America” completes the tale of our travels to central Iowa with our Wisconsin friends Barb and Jerry Heumann. By Mary Schricker Gemberling The Delicious Apple - Just over 150 years ago Jesse Hiatt and his wife Rebecca arrived in Madi...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. I Am the Sea I am the sea. I roll in on waves from the Briny deep, salty to the taste in mouths Of swimmers in my tides. I have my Moods and currents, warm and cold. I Bring weather to the continents and fish To dinner t...
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Calendar of Events | December 2023
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
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Calendar of Events | November 2023
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Gro...
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Just Saying…
The Ghosts of Turkeys Past By Q.C. Jones Nothing says November like the turkey. As a large part of my elementary education brainwashing involved dozens of exercises which revolved around this remarkable fowl. Scrounging around in that quite disorganized and junked up heap of memories called QC...
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Aging and You
It’s All About the Veteran By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village Veteran’s Day is around the corner on November 11. It’s one day each year when the country pauses to pay tribute to all our military veterans who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Over the years as a so...
