Local events for 50-PLUS-ers
Dance for Hope Every Friday, 7:30pm. Each week features a different dance genre – West Coast swing, ballroom or Latin. $8 per person. Normandy Hill Plaza, 3111 Normandy Road, Suite 104, 217-522-9106. Springfield Breakfast Optimist Club Every Friday, 7am. Visitors are welcome. 217-546-5021. Peace Lutheran Church, 2800 W. Jefferson St., 217-546-7646. Downtown Holiday Walk Wednesdays and Saturdays…
Take a trip to historic Quincy
Try walking out of Underbrink’s Bakery in Quincy without a box full of mouth-watering cookies, scrumptious pastries, freshly baked bread and iced angel food cupcakes – I dare you! If you can resist those goodies, you have more willpower than most. Underbrink’s, just named the top bakery in Illinois by Taste of Home, has opened…
Where there’s a will, there’s a way
Only four in 10 U.S. adults have a will or living trust, according to a study conducted in 2019 by Caring.com, an online destination for those seeking information and support as they care for aging parents, spouses and other loved ones. The study showed 81% of those aged 72 or older and 58% of baby boomers…
A simple way to help save lives
Jeff Miller, a 52-year-old Chatham resident, has been donating blood since the late 1980s. He started while working for the Jacksonville Police Department when his sergeant asked him if he wanted to donate, and he did so regularly until moving to Springfield to join the Springfield Fire Department. He recalls a time when his unit…
