They first met as neighbors at Bickford Senior Living, Davenport. Josie Moeller and Janet Likely became friends over a shared love of the Chicago Cubs, Josie’s daughter Darlene Schluensen said. They encouraged each other – for example, when one wasn’…
416 plant species. 62 fungus species. 170 bird species. 41 mammal species. 14 reptile species. 7 frog and toad species. And in 2016? 18,000 humans came to explore and see the beauty of Nahant Marsh – a record number of visitors. Nahant Marsh, on the…
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A congregational meeting will be held on Sunday, April 23, 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary. The purpose of this short meeting will be to call Kelsey Fitting-Snyder and Joshua Kestner as pastors at St. Paul. St. Paul’s Pastoral Residency Program is a two-…
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There are berets and baseball caps, cloches and fedoras, hard hats, Panama hats, and pillboxes, too. They can be for work, play, or for times when fashionable dressing up is the thing to do. Hats can be reverent or spunky, cause controversy or calm….
Ahmed Fathallah is a farmer in the community of Kafr Abo Shehba, a city in the Bani Suwayf region of northeastern Egypt. Ahmed cared for his lands the same way his family had for generations. With changes in the environment, Ahmed found his farming m…
For 21 years, Ann Quist served as an administrative assistant at Deere & Co. As she was signing her separation papers, a request came – please consider being part of the crew to help open the John Deere Pavilion, a visitor center in Moline. The y…
The shift downward began years ago. First came the change from incandescent to CFLs. Now, the switch from CFLs to LEDs is underway. It’s a lot of letters that are adding up to a lot of savings. St. Paul building staff are halfway through the most rec…
A disaster of global proportion continues to take place, but is going relatively unnoticed. Drought is impacting millions of people globally, with southern and eastern Africa the most heavily affected. Many people are facing a multi-year drought, whi…
Ben Wollett loves the story of The Legends of Zelda. A horse named Epona is important to Link, the main character. While Link is riding her, enemies cannot do him harm. Epona is the name that Ben plans to name his new service dog. Ben, 13, started ha…
Yohannes was 16 when he arrived in Cairo, Egypt, alone. He made his way to Egypt from Eritrea, in East Africa. He crossed the Sudan, and with food hard to come by, he went without eating for two days. Upon arriving in Cairo, Yohannes came to St. Andr…
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You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy, when skies are gray You’ll never know dear, how much I love you Please don’t take my sunshine away. She calls it her hello song, often for older adults who are in memory care, hospice, or who h…
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When Brian was born prematurely, his doctors told his mother that he would never walk, talk, or function normally. Ashamed of his diagnosis, his family kept him at home. That was until Building a Caring Community, or BCC, staff visited Brian’s family…