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By Jean Cole | Living 50 Plus Never underestimate an old man who knows tai chi. That was the message printed on Sid Braunstien’s optic orange T-shirt one recent Tuesday as he was teaching a class on tai chi at the Decatur Public Library. The slogan nails down Braunstien pretty well. He’s a big guy with a big voice. He
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By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Every time Carol Montgomery hears about a local student with art hanging in the Huntsville Museum of Art, at the capitol in Montgomery and in Washington, D.C., a twinge of pride fills her heart. “I like to think that maybe I had a little something to do with that,” the 85-year-old Priceville woman
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By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus When Karen Woldahl moved to Decatur from Indiana in 2002 as a member of Nucor Steel — the city’s newest industrial mill at the time — she searched for ways to get involved with the community. Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, caught the attention of Woldahl and other
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By Deborah Storey | Living 50 Plus Have a brown thumb when it comes to growing plants? Morgan County Master Gardeners training can help. Most of the members come to the group after retirement or as a late-in-life hobby. “If you have any kind of interest in gardening, it’ll make you a better gardener,” said group member Darryle Waldron. Cecilia
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By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus One Sunday morning six years ago, while watching hunting videos on YouTube with his wife, Scotty Kelsoe clicked on a post by Hands of a Sportsman. “We had never heard of Hands of a Sportsman before. They had a video of a little disabled kid hunting,” the 56-year-old Kelsoe said. “I looked at
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By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus A football gathering and enthusiastic recruiter for the Sophisticated Swingers triggered Kathy Silvestri’s return to music after years of playing only once a year with Auburn University’s alumni band. “I was at a football party at a friend’s house and Jon Sedlak said, ‘Does anybody know anyone who plays saxophone?’ I said, ‘I
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By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Lucy McCain wakes up each morning and goes through each day with one goal — “Do something to glorify God.” In her 40s and 50s, McCain achieved that goal by writing books. In her 50s and 60s, the Decatur woman sent uplifting handcrafted newsletters around the world and operated a radio program, which
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