Archive for Personal Growth

  • Memories in the Making Memories in the Making

    Dozens of artists in the Quad Cities will have their beautiful art creations go on display on May 17th at The Spotlight Event Center in Moline, Illinois, as part of the Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter Memories in the Making® program in the Quad Cities. Memories in the Making is an art pro...

  • Max’s Musings Max’s Musings

    By Max Molleston Some of you readers are fond of the poems of Robert Frost, and you have paid up to get his publications. I paid some forty dollars for a comprehensive volume at a bookstore, and two or three dollars for the same book at an annual sale at the Coralville Library. The late Dick Mackin...

  • Young at Heart Young at Heart

    By Chaplain Doug Shook Chaplain at Ridgecrest Village My office at Ridgecrest Village has a window that looks out onto the hallway that connects the Koning Chapel and Eastridge apartments to the dining room. Because of this, I get a lot of traffic past my office and some of the best people in the ...

  • Planning for the Unexpected Planning for the Unexpected

    By Telly Papanikolaou Program Director, Alternatives Life’s twists and turns can take us by surprise which is why it’s important to plan for unexpected events related to health and finances. Advanced financial planning gives us control and options for effectively dealing with these possibiliti...

  • The Melding of Friends The Melding of Friends

    By Mary Schricker Gemberling “A good friend is a connection to life…a tie to the past….. a road to the future…the key to sanity in this crazy world.” …………..Anonymous One of the real perks of a blended marriage is the merging of new and old friends. I have often said how blesse...

  • Your Advocacy Your Advocacy

    We Solve Long Term Care Problems By Kathy Nitz Lead Benefits Advocate GolderCare Solutions Funeral Planning is Financial Planning Death is not a topic that many of us want to think about or discuss but we can likely all agree that planning for what happens after we pass away can minimize the ...

  • Calendar of Events March 2019 Calendar of Events March 2019

    Sports, Cards and Games Cards at the Bettendorf Community Center - Bettendorf Seniors group invites anyone in the Quad Cities, age 50 or over, to join us in playing cards at the Bettendorf Community Center, 2204 Grant Street, Bettendorf We get together to play “500” every Tuesday & Thursday...

  • Max’s Musings Max’s Musings

    By Max Molleston This is, by reputation a windy month. March, that is. Some of us do recall the very wintery strong as could be wind, that howled and pushed snow into new piles, as if there weren’t enough of those. Early in my poetry selections for you, I came across a book by an African-American...