October 2022 Bloomington NV
Simple 10 Second Test
Submitted by FYZICAL A recent study found that an inability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds later in life is linked to nearly double the risk of death from any cause within the next decade. The research, published on June 22, 2022 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, suggested that this […]
Top Benefits of Retiring to a Small Town
By Angela Kauffman, Snyder Village In media and entertainment, small towns like Mayberry conjure up idyllic feelings of a simpler life surrounded by friendly neighbors. Small town living has its perks, and retirees have taken notice. More are choosing to ditch city life and settle down in towns with populations under 10,000. The safe […]
A Man of Much Determination
By Sandra Dempsey Post Various words help describe native Peorian Tom Bower. He’s lived an interesting, busy, challenging life, helping others, working hard to overcome difficult health issues, and sharing his experiences with others to help them. Tom believes firmly that “suffering is inevitable, but pain is not.” And pain doesn’t have to mark the […]
Where Old Friends Gather & New Friends Meet!
By Alexander Germanis As the heat of summer gives way to the cooler evenings of autumn, we tend to think of the fall as merely a conclusion of sorts. It’s the end of the growing season, an end to the vacationing period, and the nearing finale of another year. But the fall is truly […]
September 2022 Peoria NV Issue
Living Life Well to the Conclusion
By Sandra Dempsey Post Few pre-teens make it to adolescence without learning details about rock and roll music. That’s how it was some 60 years ago, and I know because it was my era for Music 101. Like most kids, I knew basics about vocalists; cute guys singing the blues, or the drummer who could […]
Evergreen Cemetery Walk 2022
Over the course of the past two years, the Evergreen Cemetery Walk has been forced to navigate some major challenges, including being forced to go fully remote in 2020, and then last year, reducing capacity through a hybrid format due to the continued COVID 19 pandemic. But we met those challenges head on and none […]
ARC Celebrates a Year of Growth This National Senior Center Month
If you asked the management team of the Normal Township Activity & Recreation Center (ARC) at the end of 2021 what we thought 2022 would bring for the center and for the 55+ community, I’m not sure any one of us would have known how to answer. The challenges and changes ARC navigated since the […]
Making The Right Choice: Stand-Alone Or Embedded Memory Care?
Submitted by Sugar Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center There are few words in our language that strike such a visceral reaction as “dementia.” Even when couched into less intimidating terms such as “cognitive decline,” or “impaired memory” the message is the same: life as we know it is changed on a dime. Whether the diagnosis […]