As a child, Don Brenon sang and danced with some of Hollywood’s greatest stars. He went on to act in nearly five dozen movies. At 87, though, life has taken some tragic turns. Now his neighbors are playing starring roles in helping him through.

Retiree Karen Painter’s remarkable achievements might even make the couch potatoes among us sit up and take notice. That’s her goal: to inspire others to get moving.

By Dr. Eric Freedman Suzanne’s mother, Jane, is 84 and was recently placed in a care home because of progressive dementia. She was referred to
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By Krista Howell ‘Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.’ – Hippocrates Many people start exercising to lose weight. But it’s not
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What happens to your Individual Retirement Account when you die, and how will that impact your heirs? Distributions from an IRA are taxable to the recipient just as they would have been to the original owner. However, it’s important that IRAs are properly titled to allow beneficiaries to “stretch” payout – thus reducing or delaying
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Here’s a guide to accessing the burgeoning world of distance learning. The best part? It’s all available from the comfort of home.

It began when two Calaveras moms brainstormed community service ideas for a college-bound son. What do teens know inside and out, they pondered? High-tech gear like cell phones, tablets, laptops, e-readers and GPS navigators. Who finds these devices baffling at times? Older folks. A generation-bridging project was born: Teens Teaching Technology, an hour-long drop-in session
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“Thank you for all your years,” event emcee Cathie Peacock told the crowd at a late October luncheon. “Your talent, your wisdom and your expertise have served as an example for others to follow.” Those years tallied in the thousands, which accounted for the enormous amount of talent, wisdom and expertise packed into the Tuolumne
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In the realm of swindles, scams and backsliding chicanery, it is generally agreed that the following episodes were the Old West’s biggest gold mine frauds of the 19th Century. While one of these stories took place in Calaveras County and the other hundreds of miles east in the state of Nevada, the principle culprits in
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I’m having trouble getting started. “Give me a snappy lead,” my editors have urged for years. “Your first sentence should yank the reader right into the story.” But when that story is your own obituary, coming up with that clever, catchy, come-hither opening line is daunting. On the plus side, I’m working with what we
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