Like many aging fraternal orders, the Shriners’ numbers are dwindling. This is no mere clown shortage. Instead, it affects a network of children’s hospitals that, in the past five years alone, has provided free medical care to nearly 1,000 local youngsters.
It was called “nu na hi du na tlo hi lu I” or the “Trail Where They Cried.” In 1838, the U.S. government forced nearly 20,000 Cherokees from their homes in Tennessee, Georgia, the Carolinas and several other states under the Indian Relocation Act of 1830. Increasing demand for land by white settlers and greed
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“When I was a little girl my mother would not allow me to tell anyone I was Cherokee because people would look down on you,” says red-headed, blue-eyed Millie Batchelor. “But,” she adds, “I’ve been proud of it all my life.” Six years ago, Millie gathered with an enthusiastic group of friends to form the
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The reward for decades of hard work? A highway mirage that gets further away as you approach? Or, because of the economy, illness or other unexpected developments, nothing like you thought it would be? Retirement is many things to many people, as writer Joan Jackson’s series of stories shows: Mike and Terina Harrison reached retirement
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Always live up to your standards – by lowering them, if necessary. ~ Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook When “Bad Girls” fold towels, the corners don’t line up and they’ve learned not to worry about it. In fact, their towels probably remain tangled and wrinkling in the clothes dryer until dire necessity calls them
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Does your aging mom complain that her raspberries don’t taste right anymore? Is your husband pouring so much salt in his soup that you’re seriously worried about his hypertension? Do you notice yourself adding extra sugar to your chai latte? Most of us know that we’ll get a few “laugh lines” as we age, and
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Remember “that talk” your folks had with you when you entered the teen years and started dating? If you are over 50 and considering a
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For Judd and Jan Mangin, it started with the gift of carrot salad. For old friends Pat Dean and Paul Girard, a shared lunch opened the door to something deeper. Mary and Lee Heinen found each other online, and Frank and Marylin Martin met in more of an old-fashioned way – through an ad in
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Technology and online dating sites have opened up a great means for mature singles in the Mother Lode to connect with someone special, and more men and women are turning to the Internet to meet new people. However, Tuolumne County Deputy District Attorney Eric Hovatter advises senior singles to be extra careful when reaching out
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In 1983, 26 storefronts stood empty on Washington Street, Sonora’s main thoroughfare. Dorothy Brown pondered the situation. She and her husband, Jim, owned Gold Rush Printing on nearby Stewart Street, and realized the downtown needed help. Then Dorothy remembered a great Christmas parade she had seen years before in El Centro, east of San Diego.
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