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Kelly Capers

Kelly Capers is a freelance editor and journalist who facilitated a writers’ conference held for many years at UGA.
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Boomer Life

Game Changers Sports Remain a Lifelong Passion for Many Men

Kelly Capers - 0
Along the journey from boys to men, playing sports is a constant for many that shapes character, and adds value to life. As time...
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Boomer Life

Not stopping now! Boomers in Business

Kelly Capers - 0
Not stopping now! Boomers in business continue to disrupt aging stereotypes. Those of us over 50 are among the country’s most active entrepreneurs, starting businesses at rates higher than millennials. Read profiles of area boomers in business.
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Boomer Life

Dare it! Do It! The Over-50s Do Not Have to Live a Quiet and Resigned Life.

Kelly Capers - 0
Some say there’s a virtue to aging gracefully, easing placidly into Golden Years. But for some daring Athens residents, life is about saving the...
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Fun To Know

Silent no more

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The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association is a volunteer-led organization dedicated to honoring past genrations of women and educating future generations about he suffragists....
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Fun To Know

Marking the 100th anniversary

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The University of Georgia Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library has extended the time frame to visit their exhibit on the 19th amendment until...
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Reflection

The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage

Sharron Hannon - 0
In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John, importuning him to “remember the Ladies” in drafting the code of laws for the new...
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Local News

Artistically Designed Bus Shelters in Athens

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Here's a sample of the latest art shelters funded by the SPLOST program and administered by the Athens Cultural Affairs Program.
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Sponsored

OLLI classes continue online

Timothy Meehan - 0
It is, or at least it was, easy to take everything around us for granted – our favorite restaurants, our walks, our routine. Sometimes...
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Magazine

Boomers Write

Editor Picks

Humor

I need a new bra

Dan Akins - 1
Caregiving for his 80-year-old mother challenged one writer’s ingenuity when she told him “I Need A Bra.” Enjoy two new submissions to the Boomers Write section.
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Memoir

Letters from Vietnam, 1967

Myrna Adams West - 6
Small flakes of snow prickled against my face and hands and left little wet splotches on the stationery on my lap.  It was 1967,...
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