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Honoring the Female Spirit
On Tuesday, March 23, 2010 from 1-3 p.m., the Pace Center for Girls will hold their second Grand Dames Tea at the Broadway Palms Dinner Theater. The Pace girls have selected outstanding women in the community who inspire them and set examples of leadership, accomplishment, and service to the community. The theme this year is [...]
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News
StarStruck 2010 is March 13
The fundraising competition between celebrities has surpassed all previous StarStruck competitions and with only a 3 weeks until the March 13 event, all StarStruck fundraising benchmarks look to be broken. Four of the five celebrities have surpassed the $10,000 mark, with artist Roman Gomez leading the way with $25,070. Most seats have been sold, with [...]
A Jersey Boy Comes Home
By Judith Gannon Bircher
Don Tallon was an 18 year old Jersey boy when he went to war over 65 years ago. Corporal Tallon was part of the 36th Infantry, the “T-Patchers”. Along the 36th Division Trail were deadly obstacles at Salerno, Cassino, Rapido River, Rome, Southern France, Belgium, and Germany. They fought to liberate four [...]
Fraudulent Health and Medical Products
Fraudulent Health and Medical Products – just one of many scams to be aware of! Plan to attend a free program on March 10th at Page Field Post Office, 2655 N Airport Rd, Ft Myers from 11 a.m. to noon. Postal Inspector Linda Walker will share information on scams targeting residents as well as small [...]
Columnists
On My Mind In like a lion and out like a lamb, we can only hope. I don’t know about you but I am ready for winter to be over! I knew we were in trouble when the resident groundhog at the Shell Factory, Mona, wouldn’t come out to predict whether we would have another 6 weeks of [...]
Dr. MistyQ: I am a 67 year old female with osteoarthritis and early stage osteoporosis. What can chiropractic do for me?
A: Caring for an aging patient requires a special understanding of the normal age-related changes that occur in the musculoskeletal system in later years. Ligament elasticity, disc height and fluidity, muscle mass and bone density may all decrease, while capillary [...]
Recipes
Easter GoodiesPink Deviled Eggs
8 hard-boiled eggs
1 small can beets
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon mustard
Remove shells from hard-boiled eggs. Cut eggs in half lengthwise and scoop out the yolks into a small bowl. Pour juice from can of beets into a cup. Dip each egg half into the cup for 1 minute. Remove and turn upside [...]
Spring Treats Gingered Pineapple
Very easy to make and great to eat on hot summer days.
Ingredients
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized or candied ginger
1 (20 ounces) can pineapple chunks, chilled and drained
Combine sour cream, honey, and the crystallized ginger; cover and refrigerate
to chill thoroughly. To serve, spoon sour cream mixture over drained chilled
pineapple.
Serves 6.
I [...]