Archive for News
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Outstanding August Events through the Centuries
By Eloise Graham The 1500s - On August 16, 1501 the Overseers of the Office of Works (Florence, Italy’s cathedral church) awards Michelangelo the contract to create his statue of David. He began his sculpture masterpiece a month later, finishing it in August 1504. The public unveiling was Septem...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets, Katydids or Cicadas...What is that night time noise? Back in my misguided youth, right around five years of age, I saw many of those empty insect shells clinging to the bark of our locust tree. I was told they were locust shells (or at least that...
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JULY 2021 | Clinton and Scott County Meal Site noon meals
Meal sites will be opening Monday, July 12 All meal inquiries call 1-855-410-6222 Cancellations ONLY call 563-484-3108 Milestones will continue to offer hot meal delivery to five days a week, Monday – Friday, to meet the nutritional needs of our seniors, and help them remain healthy, safe, an...
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Ella’s Kitchen
How do you celebrate July? Backyard cook-outs, camping, picnics? July in the Quad Cities offers Red, White ‘n Boom, Fire Cracker Run, the John Deere Classic, Times Bix 7 road-race, music festivals and so much more. Here are some recipes to try for gatherings at any of these events. Pinwhe...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham That Special Bond Between Father and Daughter Is there really a different bond between mother/daughter, mother/son, father/daughter or father/son? When I was in the throes of raising our son and two daughters I didn’t think about any “special” bond. I felt like my husband an...
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Your Advocacy Connection
By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions COVID Insurance Pitfalls to Avoid COVID seems to have affected so many parts of our lives. We can add insurance to that list. I have recently run into situations that most would not think about as a side effect of this last year. How Does Insurance W...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Emily Steffel, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. Q: Are there different types of hearing loss? How can these types of loss be treated? A: There are three different types of hearing loss. The first is sensorineural hearing loss. Sensorineural hearing loss is hearing loss that stems from eithe...
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It Takes a Village
By Anne Coffman Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village So much has changed in the world over the last year. At Ridgecrest Village we are no different. In March of 2020 according to CDC guidance we, like many senior living communities, closed our doors to visitors and restricted movement within ...
