Archive for News
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Calendar of Events | SEPTEMBER 2025
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P.O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups and Informational Seminars ...
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Just Saying…
Life from a Different Angle By Q.C. Jones Long ago, I had a random meeting with a grizzled old country preacher. He was the kind of guy who could quote Scripture, provide tips on car repairs, and roast you with the same sentence. We were the only patrons at a rural coffee shop and somehow, both po...
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Ask the Audiologist
'I have hearing aids and I’m still struggling to hear; What should I do?' By Shelby Garrison, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. As an audiologist, one of the most common concerns I hear from patients is: “I have hearing aids, but I still can’t hear well in certain situations.” It’s im...
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The Colors of September
By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief September’s colors include a mix of summer’s end and fall’s beginning. Deep blues, browns, rusts, green, gold and purple are the colors that come to mind when thinking of September. The deep blue of the sapphire and the azure September sky come to mind when y...
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An Ancient Wonder
By Mary Schricker Gemberling Magic is seeing wonder in nature’s every little thing, seeing how wonderful the fireflies are and how magical are the dragonflies” ... Ama Vanniarachchy On a partly sunny day in between the raindrop...
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Iowa’s Older Iowans Beware: How to Spot and Avoid EBT Scams
By Milestones Area Agency on Aging Scammers are aggressively targeting Iowa's Older Iowans with fraudulent calls, texts, and emails aimed at stealing Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) funds used for SNAP benefits. These criminals impersonate the Iowa benefits office or SNAP customer service, tric...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY West/Midwest Region
Davenport Social Security Administration 4319 N. Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa (855) 420-8556 Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Rock Island Social Security Administration 2350 4th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois (866) 414-9166 Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Social Security Celebrates 90 Years...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Ghost Town Where is the downtown I knew? I find it nowhere now in view! It seems so desolate downtown, Shuttered windows now abound! I have many great memories so fond, Now youth wander aimlessly around, Ami...
