Archive for News
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Ella’s Kitchen
I recently received a letter from a reader that enjoys the recipes, but would really like to know the size of the cans or boxes of the ingredients and the amount the recipe will serve. I am sure that this would be helpful to many of the readers - especially if it is something really different. I am ...
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Do You Know the New Miss Iowa?
Remember the name, Anne Michael Langguth, Miss Iowa 2009. I know you’ll be hearing about her accomplishments and her service to the state of Iowa. By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community There was entertainment, excitement and drama aplenty at The Ca...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Here we are maybe now in the middle of our summer. Where is the fun? Time for some behavior impossible in the depth of a chill, that restrictive time period called winter. We loosen the reins on activities. Summer for the youngsters can be very busy, and mostly because it provide...
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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...
