Archive for Personal Growth
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A New Chapter
By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate I have had a wonderful and blessed life! Like most people I have had my share of stormy days and have not escaped life totally unscathed, but I emerged realizing the changes that evolved opened doors to new experiences and challenging oppo...
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On Spreading Light
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton (1862-1937), That we would more often allow ourselves to be one or the other. Candle or mirror. Most often, it seems, neith...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston April showers bring May flowers. That is true, but what else is true is that pretty perennials push into the sun and fade, many by May. Trips to the garden centers at big boxes. Those standing on their own over decades of plant life and good service are backups. At our homes, now...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston A couple of things this column will work with. Number one, it is Poetry Month. Another fact, not quite as unnoticed, and worthy is that the U.S. Civil War began 150 years in our past. Years ago I was challenged to produce a poem from letters produced from a lockbox in a Muscatine...
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Holy Cow! Eugene Field students help a needy family 2,000 miles away.
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community When Mr. Don Neer traveled to Costa Rica on a mission trip in 2009, he saw a need and recognized that his students in Rock Island could make a difference to a family they will probably never meet. Mr. Neer told hi...
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April Showers Bring May Flowers
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home So the saying goes. But April also marks another historical event which continues to play a major part in the sustainability and renewability of our national ecosystem. It’s called Arbor Day. As the West was being settled, a pioneer n...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Mary Tryon, a New York poet, submitted to a Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest some years back, but did not win. As chairman, I would select good poetry like Mary’s, write about it, and send my opinion and the poem(s) to the poet. Mary began to write poems in 2007. I don’t rec...
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Legacy Corps: Services Available, Volunteers Needed
Submited By Pam Berenger Community Liason, Intouch Adult Day Services Leonard Dorothy’s smile says what his voice can’t. Mention the name of his friend, Legacy Corps volunteer Allison Elfline, and his smile speaks volumes. The pair became fast friends since being introduced about a year...
