February 2021 Bloomington/Normal NV Issue
Top Ways to Vacation Responsibly in 2021
After months of cautionary travel and shelving vacation plans, people, especially those with families at home, are researching how they can indulge their wanderlust safely again in 2021. The goal is to enjoy a vacation in a responsible manner, creating memories while keeping yourself and others safe. Heading to Coastal Mississippi: The Secret Coast is […]
Tips About Dementia
By Kristyn Durre, Community Resource Director, Sugar Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center When visiting an elderly family member, you might notice things aren’t quite the same as the last time you visited with them. Those twenty-minute calls once or twice a month made everything seem A-OK with the parents or grandparents. But now, you have […]
Give Your Retirement Plan an Annual Checkup
By Krista McBeath, McBeath Financial Group Financial professionals typically recommend that you review your employer-sponsored retirement savings plan annually, and when major life changes occur. If you haven’t revisited your plan yet in 2021, the beginning of the year may be an ideal time to do so. Reexamine Your Risk Tolerance This past year saw […]
Music to Pluck Your Heartstrings
By Alexander Germanis Going back thousands of years, the heart has been directly linked to emotion. Plato, Aristotle, Descartes and other philosophers believed our feelings indeed originated from that vital muscular organ. This was such a popular belief for such a long time the term “heartstring” was only first used in a non-anatomical sense in […]
