Archive for Humor
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Not All Corn Huskers Are From Nebraska
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms On the farm, October is a month of harvest. In Scott County and all throughout the midwest, corn is king and has played a significant role in our food, fiber and fuel. Today we can see the latest technologies and hybrids at the Farm Progress Show. ...
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Fall in Love with a CASI Event
By Samantha Meier Assistant Director of Marketing Center for Active Seniors, Inc. (CASI) The leaves are falling and our Quad Cities older adults are gathering. CASI is proud to serve as the Quad Cities most comprehensive senior activity center and as such is offering many great events coming up s...
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It’s Autumn and October is Awesome
By Eloise Graham Autumn, the season that connects summer and winter, is one of four temperate seasons. The word autumn can be traced back in various forms to Latin autumnus. The Old French wrote it as autompne, Modern French changed it to automne. By the 16th century it was in common use in England...
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September 2017 Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Free educational classes are being offered for people with dementia, their families, and those who professionally serve them. Get support from ...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones The Poopateer - A New Menace in Gotham All across our fair city, ok Cities as in Quad Cities, there lurks a new and utterly dastardly villain. Menacing the populace, creating havoc and perplexing our fine men and women in blue. I suppose it had to happen. Superman had his Lex Lut...
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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 ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Heavens to Murgatroyd About a month ago I was visiting with some friends when one of them queried, ”Have you ever heard the expression ‘Heavens to mergatin, or morgatoid’ or something like that?” I blurted out, “murgatroyd” and from what deep recesses of my mind that...
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September Celebrations
By Eloise Graham September is full of fun and wacky celebrations! Let’s start the month with National Cherry Popover Day. September 1 is National Cherry Popover Day! A popover is a doughy type of muffin made from egg batter. As it bakes, the dough rises to “pop over” the edge of the muffi...
