Archive for December, 2023
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Helpful Holiday Solutions – Cook Once, Eat Twice Meal Ideas
By Melissa Jaeger RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (515) 695-3773 mjaeger@hy-vee.com The holidays are busy enough without having to meal plan every night! While cook once, eat twice meal solutions might sound unachievable between the hustle and bustle of holiday events, shopping, work, ...
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Aging and You
Home for the Holidays – The Spirit of Giving By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village We are all familiar with the phrase ‘home for the holidays.’ I truly love this time of year. Being the youngest of six children growing up on a farm in northern Iowa, I have very fond memo...
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Small Town America Part 2
Continued from our November edition, Part 2 of “Small Town America” completes the tale of our travels to central Iowa with our Wisconsin friends Barb and Jerry Heumann. By Mary Schricker Gemberling The Delicious Apple - Just over 150 years ago Jesse Hiatt and his wife Rebecca arrived in Madi...
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Annuities: Tax Deferral, Compounding, and Protection for the Win!! And Currently Paying a 45% Bonus
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor Annuities can be a powerful addition to a retirement plan, especially since they offer the combined benefits of tax deferral, compounding and protected income generally not present in many other investments. The t...
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Choose a Workout You ACTUALLY Like
...love and respect yourself enough to select an exercise regimen that delights you. By Logan Anderson, BA, CPT, CIFT Owner of All Strong Fitness LLC If there were one motto, lesson, or saying I’d want to engrave on my gravestone, it would read, “do an exercise that brings you joy and stick w...
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Your Advocacy Connection
We Solve Long Term Care Problems Holidays and Jousting with the White Knight By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate A reoccurring theme with our client families is the White Knight (WK) syndrome. The WK is often the family member who lives at the greatest physical dis...
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Finding Comfort and Joy in Remembrance
By Devin Hansen Milestones Area Agency on Aging For those who have lost a close family member, the holidays are an especially hard time. And not just the celebration itself, but the little things that remind us of that person. The scent of a certain candle, the feel of a favorite blanket. Hearin...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Historic Palmer Residence: Christmas Memories and Traditions By Alana Callender When you reach the crest of Brady Street hill, on your left is the Palmer residence, a stately Second Empire style home at 808 Brady, built in 1874. Drs. Mabel and B.J. Palmer bought the house in 1912 and added the wra...
