Archive for Personal Growth
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Everyday Hero: Bob Juarez
By Gary Metivier The Story behind the Hero I was watching my son playing baseball when I looked over and saw a man struggling. He was in a wheelchair working his way from the parking lot to the baseball diamond where his team was warming up for a game. He spun the wheels around the rain-rutte...
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The Ashes of our Heritage
By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate They have stories to tell, and we need to learn to listen. My challenge to you as readers is to take the time to listen and record the stories of your fathers and grandfathers before they are lost. ...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston The summer blooms in floral and other excitement as we celebrate local events and the national holiday, Independence Day. Names. We name everything. We give nicknames when our recollections fail on names. Our grandaughters are Jamie and Sydney. They are twins, and those were...
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A TRIBUTE to Fathers
As Samuel Clemmens, better known as Mark Twain, once said, “When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished to see how much the old man had learned in seven years.” Oh, my Papa... ...
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Deanne Zurcher – 2010 honorary survivor chair for Race for the Cure
Seven-year breast cancer survivor Deanne Zurcher’s breast cancer diagnosis has turned into a life-changing journey. For her positive outlook throughout her experience with breast cancer, Zurcher is the 2010 honorary survivor chair for Race for the Cure® The 42-year old Orion woman was first d...
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Enjoy those Memories Now!
By Harry G. Coin Industrial/Systems Software Architect CEO, Quiet Fountain LLC 563-332-4970 • hcoin@quietfountain.com So, there I was. I pulled into the garage, hit the door-closer button, got out of the car, went across the floor, up the step, opened the back door, my mind wandering arou...
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Honor Flight April 2010
Submitted by Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village & Hub Director of Honor Flight of the Quad Cities. The WWII Memorial was dedicated to “the Greatest Generation” by President Bush in May of 2004. [caption id="attachment_1216" align="alignright" width="300" caption=...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston I’ve worked this “rehash” in a way to highlight two poets ability to reveal strengths and realities for advancement. I indicated I would be writing about flowers this month. I hope the blooms in your yard and surroundings came on time, and the blosso...
