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Genealogy Corner… Family Tree Replacing New FamilySearch

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Part 1

Family Tree is a new application found at www.familysearch.org and it will eventually replace new.familysearch.org. As a user you will be able to do many new things. Please remember that when you enter your user name and password, enter the same user name and password that you use on familysearch.org and […]

Legal Issues For The Elderly… Estate Planning For Blended Families

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In a “traditional” estate plan, each spouse provides for his or her assets to pass to the surviving spouse, with the understanding that the assets will go to the children at the surviving spouse’s death.

This may work well when the spouses have only been married to each other, but it can spell […]

Living A Full Life And Dying Happy

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There is a beautiful poem called: “The Dash” written by Linda Ellis that is often used at funerals and memorial services. The essence of the poem is about how we use that time between the date of our birth and that of our death. The DASH represents the time between the two dates. […]

Looking Back… Social Well Being

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Being a well rounded individual is more than adding pounds to your frame, it’s living with balance in all areas of your life: physical, intellectual, emotional. social, and spiritual. Most of you probably have a part of your life that needs attention. Let’s examine social well-being. Living in communities, some individuals thrive by […]

Managing Dizziness And Balance Disorders… Upcoming Seminar/Workshop

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Dizziness is a term used to describe everything from feeling lightheaded and faint, to feeling weak and unsteady on one’s feet. Lightheadedness is a feeling that you are about to pass out, but you do not feel like your surroundings are “moving”. Vertigo is a feeling in which you or your environment is […]

Personal Stories Of WWII… Mission #23

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Douglas H. Quayle – His own account

John, a member of our B-24 crew in the 450th Bomb Group said “We are in for a rough one tomorrow; I can feel it in my bones”.

The next morning we almost missed breakfast because the C.Q. neglected to wake some of us up in […]

Reducing The Risk Of Long Term Pain From A Shingles Infection

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The Chicken Pox, caused by Varicella Zoster Virus, is a common childhood disease which is self-limited and generally well tolerated without long term effects. The problem which arises is that once infected, we never actually get rid of the virus. It lies dormant in the nerves near our spine for years kept at […]

The Miracle-Ear Experience

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Hearing well completes an experience. It keeps you sharp and engaged with the daily treasures of friends, family and life. When you don’t hear well, life’s important moments can pass you by.

For over 60 years we have provided hearing solutions that help people get back in the conversation and start enjoying their […]

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Education “Knowing The Signs” Hosted At Spring Gardens Senior Living

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Of Americans aged 65 and over, 1 in 8 has Alzheimer’s, and nearly half of people aged 85 and older have the disease. It’s safe to say that Alzheimer’s disease has become an epidemic in the United States. While deaths due to other diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and even HIV are […]

Geek Speak… Disk Defragmentation – Why It Is Needed

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This week we tackle a particularly “geeky” topic – that of file fragments – why they exist, why we should care and how to fix them. The short answer for those that really don’t care about why is that files get fragmented which slows down your computer so you need to run a […]