Posts Tagged Mcpike
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The Iowa Straw Poll: Top-Flight Candidates, Serious Journalism and Us
In and Out of the Quad-Cities Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall A couple of weekends ago, Iowa enjoyed the international news spotlight. It didn’t matter what channel you tuned into – it was all Iowa all the time. Somehow, the people of Iowa have positioned themselves as the bellweth...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities: Are we Getting Buggy? The Mysteries of Summer Revealed
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Can you believe it… our story was on the front cover of last month’s 50+ Lifestyles? We’ve been walking on air. We made sure our mothers got a copy to send out to all those aunts and uncles. We even thought about sending a copy off to our 3rd grade ...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Remember Those Summer Family Reunions First you combine ants (and aunties), uncles, cousins by the dozens and an occasional case of poison ivy with deviled eggs and cold friend chicken. Then you add a dash of sweltering heat and a teaming mess of slobb...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Join us as we take a little trip. Nope, not a travelogue, it’s a special kind of trip – a trip back in time. Close your eyes – well not really, we want you to keep reading. We are inviting you to join us on a trip in human dimensions – a trip thro...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Remember True Confessions Magazine? Long before The National Enquirer, People or Us Magazine adorned our checkout stand. Years before tabloid magazines provided us reports of Elvis and Marilyn frolicking on the beaches of Paraguay – True Confessions Mag...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall A hardy, happy Spring to all of our friends out there in 50-plus land. It’s officially spring based on all the calendars. We have all sprung forward with daylight savings time. As we capture a few words on the season, the flowers are starting to poke t...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Hello Quad-Citians, your 50+ Lifestyles action reporter team Gail and Toni here; we’re doing 2011 in review. The rundown: New Year’s Eve, snow, cold snow, white fluffy snow, frostbite flavored snow, record breaking snow, Martin Luther King Day snow,...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall They say you are what you eat, and after the past few weeks of soaking up a QCA January, we’re feeling like we’ve been on a steady diet of ice cubes and popsicles. We’ve endured snow, sleet, hail, subzero weather and all the nastiness old Mother ...
