Archive for News
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Waiting Lists?? …… Not Anymore!!
By Betty Sands HOMZ Management Corp. Things have really changed in senior housing over the past decade. I recall the days that we didn’t even bother to advertise because we had waiting lists up to two years long. I recall we could almost predict to the month how long a person would wait. And t...
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Pet Stories – Garbo Part 1
By Jim Graham Publisher As I said in last month’s newspaper, my wife Eloise and I usually had big or medium-sized dogs after we were married. The first change to that was when we added a smaller dog. She was a Beagle. One of my sister’s was living in Texas and got a puppy. She named her Garb...
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Overcoming “Lost File Syndrome”
Surf’s Up – Internet News .... dedicated to providing information about the Internet. By Chris Cournoyer webmaster@ccx.net www.ccx.net Have you ever been looking for a document or other file on your computer only to find that you have come down with “Lost File Syndrome”? It’s a conditi...
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Publisher’s Corner
By: Jim & Eloise Graham I love July! It’s usually the hottest month of the year, has less rain and more bugs, but I don’t care. It’s part of the summer and I can’t get enough of it. Fourth of July! It’s one I remember from when I was a kid. Back in those days there were firecrack...
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Quad Cities Fun Facts
Legend has it, the Great Indian Spirit of Waters was so taken by the beauty of the Quad Cities that she stopped briefly to admire the area, allowing the river to run east-west instead of north-south. The 1910 Velie automobile, made in Moline, cost $1,800. Davenport B. Sears came to the area i...
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July History
July 1st, 1963: ZIP Code introduced for United States mail July 2nd, 1962: First Wal-Mart opened for business in Rogers, Arkansas July 3rd, 1986: U.S. President Ronald Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty July 4th, 1838: The Iowa Territory was organized ...
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Supersize Your Summer With the Six-Story Screen!
By Lori Arguello, Director of Marketing Putnam Museum and IMAX Theatre, Davenport This summer, there's even more to love at the Putnam Museum and IMAX Theatre in Davenport! In addition to the Museum's Exhibit Halls, the GIANT six-story screen features all the latest Hollywood hits in eye-popping...
