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            In honor of Grandparents Day, state praises grandparents raising 
			grandchildren 
			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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