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  • Doctor Appreciation

    By Sarah Duggan on March 23, 2017

    The saying goes, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but sometimes an apple isn’t enough to ward off illness and it times like those, it’s prudent to have a doctor you trust just a phone call...

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  • St. Patrick's Day Luncheon

    March 23, 2017

    A Meadowlark Hills St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon for the “Pats” in Independent Living was organized in 2014 by Pat Miksch to honor what would have been her dad’s 110th birthday.  He was born March 17 in...

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  • On Getting the Hang of the New Age

    March 16, 2017

    Submitted by Helen Roser As an old person who has tried to keep in touch with her fellow humans, I have realized we have been working our way back to all-purpose grunt instead of ahead with words....

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  • Win the Jersey

    By Sarah Duggan on March 16, 2017

    I only have a few more weeks of guiltless pigging out (Baby Duggan will be here soon!), but it’s that time of year to think ahead to our Pig Out for Parkinson’s event! The Pig Out is an annual...

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  • Welcome to the team

    By Sarah Duggan on March 2, 2017

    The Meadowlark Messenger has a new editor  Hether Birchmeier!  Hether started as the Community Relations Assistant Monday, Feb. 6. Since her initial start date, Hether has been learning about...

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  • Outdoor Encounters

    By Nathan Bolls on March 2, 2017

    I rarely salute water that flows from my kitchen faucet.  Yet, one of the great unsung achievements of technology and science is the ability to produce huge and dependable quantities of potable water...

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  • March Leader of the Pack

    March 2, 2017

    Congratulations to Kelly Salaz, CMA in Collins for winning the Meadowlark Leader of the pack for March 2017!! Kelly’s nomination stated, “Kelly always takes extra time to make sure the residents have...

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  • February Leader of the Pack

    February 16, 2017

    Congratulations to the Meadowlark February 2017 Leader of the Pack, Sara Snell! Sara goes above and beyond every day. If she can find a way to make someone’s job easier or life better, she will. Not...

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  • Nature Area Now Home to Mr. Moose

    By Becky Fitzgerald on February 9, 2017

    Bayer Pond Nature Area attracts a variety of wild life, and in early February, a moose was spotted! In the United States, moose prefer states such as Wyoming, Utah and Alaska, but our moose has...

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  • Ask Sarah

    By Sarah Duggan on February 9, 2017

    You can do what..?

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