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  • Calendar of Events December 2018 Calendar of Events December 2018

    Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting – There are ongoing open meetings every Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening at 7 pm. Location: 1706 Brady Street, Suite 105, Davenport. For more information contact Illowa Intergroup 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Qu...

  • Ella’s Kitchen Ella’s Kitchen

    Holiday Party Punch Ingredients 1-quart orange juice, chilled 1-quart cranberry juice, chilled 2 bottles ginger ale (33.8 ounces), chilled 1 bottle champagne (32 ounces), chilled - may substitute sparkling white grape juice or another chilled sparkling water. Fresh or fro...

  • Another Gift Giving Season: The Greatest Gift Continues Giving Another Gift Giving Season: The Greatest Gift Continues Giving

    By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor As we approach another gift-giving season, I want to share with you an article we prepared several years ago and repeat here again. Let me make a suggestion on providing the greatest gift. Give the greatest gift t...

  • December Fun Facts December Fun Facts

    By Eloise Graham When I was growing up, the December birthstone was listed as the blue zircon. Now it seems to have expanded to many blue stones: blue topaz, turquoise, and tanzanite. They are all beautiful and express the clear, cool blue shades in snowflakes reflecting a clear December sky. &nbs...

  • Your Advocacy Your Advocacy

    By Kathy Nitz GolderCare Solutions New Year Resolutions OR Getting Your Ducks in Order As we reflect on 2018 and look ahead to 2019, I believe each New Year brings another opportunity to start new...to resolve to change and improve something in our lives. Most of us make some form of New Year...

  • OH WHAT FUN! Six Holiday Activities for 50+ Adults OH WHAT FUN! Six Holiday Activities for 50+ Adults

    By Sheila Mooney Community Relations Director Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging ‘Tis the season for festive fun in our community. We made a list and checked it twice. Here are six ideas on how you can include an older adult into your activities. It’s all about spending time together, feelin...

  • Calendar of Events November 2018 Calendar of Events November 2018

    Support Groups and Informational Seminars Open AA Meeting – There are ongoing open meetings every Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening at 7 pm. Location: 1706 Brady Street, Suite 105, Davenport. For more information contact Illowa Intergroup 24 hour (309) 764-1016 or visit www.aaquadcities.org Qu...

  • 50+ Lifestyles Mailbox

    By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief Our readers’ questions, concerns and comments... From a reader: A reader recently wrote with a solution to the disappearing socks mentioned in the article “Fifty Shades of Black” in our October 2018 edition of 50+ Lifestyles. A solution to keep socks tog...