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Keep Up With Your Debts | Financial Literacy

  Try to make at least the minimum payments on your debts. Paying down your debt helps reduce your monthly debt payments. Lower and fewer debt payments will leave you with more money to pay for living expenses. If you don’t make your payments on time, it will appear on your credit report. A poor…

Pet Therapy | Lorrie Morales

    Just recently, a friend of mine called to let me know that she had to put her cat, Benny, down. She and her 92 year old father were very upset, as Ben is a member of the family and has brought comfort to both of them. She shared the idea that there should…

The Benefits and Risks of Credit Cards | Canada.ca

  A credit card provides a short term loan usually at high interest. The credit card allows you to purchase and borrow money from the credit card issuer to pay for it. The credit card issuer is the financial institution that offers credit cards. You have to pay back the money you have borrowed. The…

Learning about Epilepsy | The Mayo Clinic

At LCCMedia Foundation, we want to start a weekly look about diseases and how to recognise them in our bodies. When we can, we will invite a medical practitioner to tell us more about some of the diseases ravaging our community. Here is our first look at a epilepsy. Epilepsy is a central nervous system…

Thanksgiving | Lorrie Morales

    Thanksgiving is a popular time for families to celebrate togetherness, special meals and to make memories together. Some people take short vacations to cabins or cottages before the cold winter winds begin to blow. Others enjoy the outdoors and the splendor or the autumn colors that decorate the landscape of our beautiful country. …

GrandChildren by Lorrie Morales

  “A grandparent has silver in their hair and gold in their heart.” – Unknown Grandparenting is a role that is bestowed upon older adults. Spending time with grandchildren, is such a joy in the life of a grandparent. Whether the children are blood relatives or the neighborhood infants, toddlers or teens, grandparents influence the…