Posts Tagged Quad Cities
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The Lights of Broadway QC Style
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Question: What began in 1921 as a Midwestern Vaudeville stop and silent movie theatre lives on with some really cool Broadway Musicals? The answer: The Circa 21 Theatre in Downtown Rock Island. Beautifully restored and a page in time, this grand lady aw...
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“Wealth is back.”
(Or is it?). What we’re seeing. What does it mean for your senior retirement housing. By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes If you scour the writings of the financial “savants” like I do, you may have run into this pronouncement a few days ago by Morgan Housel writing in a September 18, 2009 Mo...
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Remembering a Community Career Volunteer
By Marti Clyde Director, Quad Cities Graduate Study Center Jim Graham served on the Governing Board of the Quad Cities Graduate Study Center (GradCenter) for nearly 10 years, the last five as Chair. He was our boss, our cheerleader, our mentor, and our friend, and we miss him terribly. [capt...
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New Kingdom Trailriders Celebrating 25 Years
New Kingdom Trailriders is celebrating its 25th year of offering therapeutic horseback riding to specially challenged individuals in the Quad Cities and surrounding communities. The non-profit organization is operated mainly by volunteers and holds riding sessions from April – October. Through t...
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Surf’s Up – Internet News
Planning a “Stay-Cation” or Entertaining Out-of-Town Guests By Chris Cournoyer e-mail: webmaster@ccx.net Domain: www.ccx.net The Internet can take you all around the world--virtually speaking, but in these “tough economic times”, how can the Internet help you “get away without ...
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The Honor of Covering the Honor Flight
By Gary Metivier For decades they have kept their memories and their emotions buried deep inside them. For many families of World War 2, veterans who lived through so much in the war, it is common not to know much about what their father or grandfather witnessed. Many of them have tried many time...
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What An Honor: Covering the Honor Flight
By Gary Metivier The phone call came explaining how a couple of men had succeeded in getting an idea off the ground. Bob Morrison, who has dedicated his career to caring for our seniors at Ridgecrest Village, was eager to take on another challenge. Bob had heard about organized Honor Flights to W...
