Archive for Personal Growth
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston I don’t know if you could call February “the sweet month,” but I will propose it be so. Sweet mainly for St. Valentine’s Day, and also, I say, for the February thaw, a key signal for a coming change to spring. This month, I am giving you a poem I consider sweet. This is b...
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Remembering Sandy Hook
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home The teachers, staff and students went to school as they always did. Christmas was but days away, and there was much to do. There was still rehearsal for the Christmas program and planning for the classroom parties, opportunities for the kid...
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My New Year’s Resolution
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Dear Lord, So far this year, I’ve done well! I haven’t gossiped; I haven’t lost my temper; I haven’t been greedy, grumpy, selfish, or overindulgent. I’m very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I’m going to get out of bed, and from the...
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Education is the Key
By Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village Have you given much thought to your future care needs, or are you invincible, like so many of us feel? Have you ever had an opportunity to talk with someone 90-plus years old, and they refer to people as “those old people?” It is s...
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Happy New Year –It’s January! – PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham January, a new beginning to a new year. As time marches on, I have been pondering the beginning of the new year… new beginnings. Isn’t “new beginnings” an oxymoron? Have you ever heard of “old beginnings?” But, I digress - back to new beginnings. Just what com...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston O.K. How many of us have used 2012 on significant documents, like checks, while paying bills from Christmas enthusiasm? Here we are in another year and grateful for it, or disturbed at some consequences we fear. Whatever the feelings, we launch into this year hoping for the best...
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois Bill Sedlacek RSVPs Go-to Guy A word from the RSVP Director: I hope you’ve enjoyed Bill’s interviews of interesting RSVP members. To me, some of the best parts of his articles are when he sprinkl...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston We are past one seasonal celebration, Thanksgiving, which aims toward culinary delight (in moderation). I hope that was your journey and destination, whether you hosted the meal or traveled some distance to participate. Now our heading is towards more family and, in most cases, p...
