Posts Tagged Quad Cities
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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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New homes are making “good financial sense”
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Seniors could be the beneficiaries of this trend As I read the economic news related to the outlook for our country in the months and years ahead, I see a lot to worry about. Likely inflation, the rising national debt, potential tax increases, the decline of the ...
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Meet Tammie Kooi
Honorary Survivor Chair for the 2011 Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure. She was only 27 years old when she found a lump. With no family history of breast cancer, her doctor wasn’t overly concerned. But Camanche’s Tammie Kooi didn’t settle because she had a strong feeling th...
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Make Fitness a Goal for Life!
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community 18th Annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day Put on your sneakers and join more than 100,000 seniors nationwide at The Nation’s Largest Older Adult Health Promotion Event on Wednesday, May 25 at The Fount...
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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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“We want smaller, nicer, all on one floor, no stairs…and no monthly mortgage payments.”
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Who said Quad-City seniors are behind the housing learning curve? No way. I’m amazed that recent national housing surveys are only now confirming what our local senior home buyers have been telling us all along about the attributes they want in their retirement ho...
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Put a Little Spring In Your Step… Avoid Injury while Walking or Running
By M.E. Garcia Be Safe and Wear Proper Gear Spring is upon us and summer will soon be around the corner. This is when many of us take advantage of the warm outdoors and take to the pavement with our sneakers for a healthy walk or run. Exercising outside can be adapted to anyone’s fitne...
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Free Colon Cancer Testing Kits Available During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
By Genesis Health System Residents 50 years old or older, or anyone with factors associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, are encouraged to pick up and return a free colon cancer testing kit in the Quad Cities during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The kits are provided fre...
