Archive for Family
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Pumpkin Pie
By Mary Schricker Gemberling Mary Schricker Gemberling is on her annual autumn trip. She has some exciting tales to tell about the first part, but was not finished with the trip before we needed to go to press. So she asked to reprint one of her fall favorites. Enjoy the read from the past and loo...
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Calendar of Events | September 2023
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
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Membership at CASI Has a Lot of Perks!
By Laura L. Kopp, MS CASI President/CEO After a decade, CASI has a New Membership Fee Structure as of July 1, 2023. CASI’s 2023–2024 Membership now includes all activities and classes at CASI for FREE! And you can choose the payment plan that works best for you, either monthly or annually. Si...
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Being a Grandparent
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.” ... Lois Wise In 1969, nine-year old Russell Capper sent a letter to President Nixon suggesting a day be set aside to ...
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Aging – We’re all Doing It! Let’s Celebrate.
By Mike Mathews Milestones Area Agency on Aging Aging is inevitable, and as a country, more and more of us are older than ever before. In fact, according to the United States Census Bureau, the number of adults 65+ is expected to outnumber children for the first time ever by 2034. Despite this, ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
My Memories of August Vacations By Eloise Graham My dad got two weeks' vacation time in August. The usual vacation would be going from our hometown in East Central Kansas to my Aunt Margaret and Uncle Gus’s place in Central Illinois. Aunt Margaret was my mom’s sister. This trek had probably be...
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Just Saying…
The Dog Days of Summer – My A/C-free Life By Q.C. Jones I feel as though I am one of the last people on the planet who can claim to have lived in an air-conditioner-free world. Growing up, I had a short taste of the air-conditioned lifestyle. During portions of my childhood my family had a w...
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Ellis Island: “Island of Hope; Island of Tears”
By Mary Schricker Gemberling On a recent trip to New York City, Gary and I visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Although we had seen both from a boat, we had never had an up-close look. After a subway ride from our hotel in Times Square, we boarded the ferry that would take us by the Sta...
