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In honor of Grandparents Day, state praises grandparents raising
grandchildren
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[September
07, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- In observance of
Grandparents Day on Sunday, Illinois Department on Aging Director
John K. Holton, Ph.D., offered support as he praised grandparents
who are raising their grandchildren. A grandparent who lives with
and is responsible for most of the basic needs of grandchildren ages
18 and younger is a primary caregiver. In Illinois, it's estimated
that more than 100,000 grandparents are serving as the primary
caregivers for their grandchildren when the parents are unable to.
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A FIRE
TALE
The Oasis will rise from the ashes
The following is an article
written by Oasis board member Ellen Burbage in the weeks after
the devastating fire that left the building at the corner of Pulaski
and Kickapoo streets in Lincoln seriously damaged.
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Do you have a written income plan for retirement?
Think you
have your golden years covered? Get it in writing! says expert
financial planner
"Age 85 is a bad time to go
broke," says expert retirement planner Jeff Gorton. Personal
savings, various investments and, yes, Social Security may prove to
be short of what you'd expected.
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How to fly when you're driving solo
Thriving
without a partner
For everyone -- even people in
an ideal relationship with a lifelong partner -- there will be times
when you are alone, says serial entrepreneur Susan Alpert.
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Plan ahead for your online hereafter
Asset protection lawyer offers 3 steps
to take now
Now, you really can live
forever, but that's not necessarily a good thing.
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Friendship Manor residents are friends in deed
From left: Malinda Jones, Jerry Berglin, Ruth Miller,
Margaret Nelson, Marianee Wessoly, Ruby Glickerman, Lena Gregory,
Judy Conover, Larry Martin and Pat Cooper.
Not pictured: Greta Lane and Rosemary Meyer.
Every baby born at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital leaves with a handmade baby blanket, thanks to the
residents of Friendship Manor. Friendship Manor residents have been
donating their time and talents to the hospital for this project for
close to two years. The volunteers have made approximately 450
blankets.
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Social
Security column
Reflecting on 78 years of Social Security
By
Carolyn W. Colvin, acting commissioner of Social Security
BALTIMORE -- There are special moments
when people look back and evaluate a life or an era: birthdays,
class reunions, holidays, anniversaries. Time is, after all, simply
the stringing together of a number of events, some small, others
significant. These events can speed by quickly, but each one can
have an effect on the greater whole. A lifetime of seemingly mundane
events can pass in what seems like the blink of an eye until
one looks back to examine them and realizes just how much has filled
the space.
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