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19Nov/090

Woman missing after being evicted

Des Moines police are looking for a woman believed to have disappeared from a south Des Moines motel about three weeks ago.

Family members of Marie Dolores Wruck, 70, said she was living at the Hawkeye Motel, 2701 S.E. 14th St., until she was evicted last month.

She has not had contact with any relatives since then. Wruck may suffer from dementia, police said. If contact is made, call Des Moines police at 283-4811.

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16Oct/090

Retain a Good Memory

Having healthy, active brains in adulthood can prevent the onset and symptoms that relate to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and the natural process of aging upon memory. Here are simple tips, which you can implement into your daily routine, that helps keep the mind sharp and active.

These tips will ensure that your brain remains active and can help you maintain your cognitive capacities into old age.

1. Use the art of focusing and meditation

2. If you want to memorize information, mentally repeat it

3. Summarize the information you’d like to remember

Read all tips on Retain a Good Memory

Brain fitness does not only involve exercising the mind directly. Ensure that you incorporate these tips into your daily routine as well, for a sharp mind.

Sources:

1. Prevention

2. Third Age

3. Reader’s Digest

15Oct/092

Alice Rodelius Missing

Quad City Search For Missing Woman

Updated: Oct 14, 2009 04:17 PM

Quad City police are searching for a missing elderly woman. 87-year old Alice Rodelius didn't return to her home in East Moline Tuesday night.

Police say she recently moved from a home on 56th Street Place in Moline and was last seen there around 6:30. A neighbor reported seeing Rodelius use a remote to the garage, but she did not go into the home.

Rodelius suffers from early onset dementia and recently moved to Park Vista, a senior housing community in East Moline. Police say Rodelius was driving a 2009 white Toyota Corolla with license plate PSX 124. If you have any information call the East Moline Police Deparment at 797-0402.