Living 50 Plus Decatur-Morgan

11/06/2025

By Deborah Storey | Living 50 Plus A tiny train chugs its way through a Decatur backyard, past stumpy little trees and a small-scale mountain, then across a realistic miniature bridge. Mark and Barb Brown created this whimsical railroad as a way to share a pastime, enjoy the outdoors and basically j...

11/06/2025

By Deborah Storey | Living 50 PLus Picture yourself homebound at age 80, with no close friends or local family. Lonely days stretch into uneventful evenings of TV and microwave meals. Every morning starts the same sad routine. But when a volunteer from the local Senior Companion program shows up at....

11/06/2025

By Jean Cole | Living 50 Plus Watch them practice for only a few minutes and you can see the Soulful Shakers dance troupe is full of women who have always been good dancers. They show off smooth, in-sync and sometimes sexy moves. Every now and again they snap open their hand fans to a

11/06/2025

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 g...

06/05/2025

Mom & Me Photo Contest
(Son or Daughter) Lookalike Contest 2025

Do you and Mom share a lot in common, including your looks?
Enter our Mom-&-Me Lookalike Contest, and that resemblance could really pay off.

Prizes are:
Lynn Layton Chevrolet - $100 Oil Change Certificate
Lynn Layton Ford - $100 Oil Change Certificate
Hartselle Havoline Xpress L**e - $100 Oil Change Certificate
Shoals Story telling Festival - 2 Three-Day Tickets ($140 value)
Holaway's Foodland - $100 Meat Box
Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q - $100 Gift Card
Kelly's Jewelry - $100 Gift Card
It's Your Day - $100 Gift Card
Priceville Foodland - $100 Gift Certificate
Enter & Vote here:
https://www.decaturdaily.com/promotions/ #/rounds/1/gallery

09/04/2025

Please read our latest issue!
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09/04/2025

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

09/04/2025

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, cau...

09/04/2025

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 gard...

09/04/2025

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-y...

08/04/2025

Congratulate your graduate! Submission Form Finish Parents and Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles! Congratulate your graduates by including them in our 2025 Graduation section. This special feature will be published on May 8 and become an instant keepsake for them to treasure through the years. Hurry, s...

07/03/2025

Celebrating our 4th year. Thank you for your continuing support. We could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉