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Georgia’s Rural Churches on GPB

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Local historian Jeff Clarke will be hosting a new series, “Saving Grace,” scheduled to begin airing on Sept. 14 on Georgia Public Broadcasting. It’s...
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Dear BoomAthens Readers from State Director of AARP Georgia

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It’s a pleasure to connect with you and our growing base in the Athens area. Many people think AARP only does insurance and phones, but we are...
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Fun To Know Spring 2019

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Arts in Bloom The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art in the Buckhead community will be exhibiting...
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Fun To Know Winter 2020

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Winter Chautauqua Organizers of the first annual Athens Chautauqua program to be held in June are holding a Winter Chautauqua with co-sponsor Athens-Clarke County Library...
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Need To Know Winter 2020

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Census jobs The Census Bureau is now recruiting and training people to be census takers when Census Day 2020 kicks off April 1. These temporary...
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Fun To Know Fall 2019

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Spotlight on the Arts Festival The University of Georgia’s annual festival returns for its eighth year with dozens of exhibitions and performances in the visual,...
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Need To Know Fall 2019

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Aging-related issues in 2020 The advocacy organization for older Georgians, CO-AGE, will be lobbying for two new issues in the 2020 state legislature. The first...
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Join Us for on the Boom Day Bus!

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A Free Ride & A Free Lunch Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019 11 o’clock Meet your personal tour guides, Betsy Bean at the Georgia Mall Bus Stop...
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Fun To Know Summer 2019

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Pottery galore! PERSPECTIVES 2019, a juried exhibit of pottery and sale, kicks off Aug. 31 and extends through Sep. 15 at the Oconee Cultural Arts...
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Good To Know Summer 2019

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Sign up to be a docent at the art museum The Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA) is recruiting new docents for the fall of 2019....
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Need To Know Summer 2019

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Free transit for seniors in Athens-Clarke County All Athens-Clarke County Transit services for fixed routes are now free for people 65 and older, those with...
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Good to Know Spring 2019

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Genealogy one-on-one The Heritage Room at the Athens Library now offers 45-minute personal consultations with a librarian. This is offered four times a month and...
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Boomer Life

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

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  While many boomers are downsizing their living space or are planning to do so, Tom and Beth Allen have enlarged theirs. In fact, they...
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Boomer Life

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

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  Boomer boys took shop and auto mechanics in junior and senior high. We young ladies studied Home Economics. We were introduced to kitchens and...
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Boomer Life

Uber and Lyft

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The money can be very good; the hassles mostly minor, and the hours totally flexible, say some of the boomers driving locally for the...
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Memoir

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

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I retired from the UGA departments of romance languages and women's studies in 2011 after a lifetime of studying and teaching. And for all...
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The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

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Teresa Howard, 59, and her husband, Dallas, 63, are anxious to sell their 4,200 sq.f. house in Lawrenceville to move closer to their daughter...
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I need a new bra

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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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