Archive for Humor
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May 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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Self-Serve Store Open 24/7
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms It was a dark and stormy night. Thunder rumbled. So did the man’s stomach. His headlights cut through the wet darkness of 275th Street. In the distance, a warm light beckoned. Hands gripping the wheel, the man’s mouth watered as the light dre...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones The Story of the Brushy Branch Maypole If you happen to be a betting person, here’s a pretty sure thing for you. Every publication large or small in the English speaking world will carry a short five word line during the month of April or May. Being a full-fledged computer nerd, yo...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Privacy in the Good Old Days The other day I was paying for a service online. I was adding more minutes to my trakfone from my trakfone. Well, I got all of the information typed in; my name, phone number, my user ID, my password, amount of time I wanted added, the credit card info...
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Children’s Book Day
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “The more that you read The more things you will know The more that you learn The more places you’ll go.” …….Dr. Seuss As an English major and former educator, books and reading have always been important to me. I used to tell my students that on...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones There’s something weird about April Most folks smilingly slide into the month of April. With winter clearly in the rearview, summer up ahead and visions of May flowers (and their creepy cousins the May Fly) buzzing in their heads, it’s a great time to be alive and living in the g...
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Death and Taxes
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Editor’s note: We are pleased to share a previous article by David Deuth from our archives. “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” This now iconic phrase is said to have been penned by none oth...
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Planting Season
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms As the earth wakes up in April, farmers have a narrow window of time to plant seeds in their fields. For my father as a young man in the 1920s, he would greet the spring breezes by tackling the fields with literal horse power. In the dark, pre-daw...
