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10/08/2025

Clicks and clacks — the bird-like sounds of tiles clinking against one another — a sound that earned Mahjong, which translates to “Sparrow” its name — provided a sort-of background music as players swapped stories of grandchildren, husbands and upcoming vacations. Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Association - WWRA

Clicks and clacks — the bird-like sounds of tiles clinking against one another — a sound that earned Mahjong, which translates to “Sparrow” its name — provided a sort-of background music as players swapped stories of grandchildren, husbands and upcoming vacations.

10/08/2025

As the faint sound of “Dixie” played on the harmonica drifted through the heavy air of late summer, the Rev. Myron Mooney manned his post behind a wooden table.

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus As the faint sound of “Dixie” played on the harmonica drifted through the heavy air of late summer, the Rev. Myron Mooney manned his post behind a wooden table. Beneath a canvas tent, Mooney regaled visitors with tales from the Civil War. He talked of how Con...

10/08/2025

Sitting in his grandfather’s rocking chair, surrounded by family photographs and shelves lined with books, Harry Moore thumbed through the pages of his latest poetry collection, “We the People: Confessions of a Caucasian Southerner.” Calhoun Community College

Sitting in his grandfather’s rocking chair, surrounded by family photographs and shelves lined with books, Harry Moore thumbed through the pages of his latest poetry collection, “We the People: Confessions of a Caucasian Southerner.”

10/08/2025

Clad in a long, curly black wig, a pirate’s hat and a hook covering his right hand, Phil Parker stepped onto the Princess Theatre stage as Captain Hook and checked another role off his bucket list. The Princess Theatre

Clad in a long, curly black wig, a pirate’s hat and a hook covering his right hand, Phil Parker stepped onto the Princess Theatre stage as Captain Hook and checked another role off his bucket list.

08/13/2025

When Char Baxter was only 5 and living in Iowa, her parents bought her a paint set for Christmas. As a creative little girl, she immediately took to it.

08/13/2025

Five Decatur women, most of them grandmothers and one just months from becoming a great-grandmother, helped a 10-player senior tennis team win a state championship this spring.

08/13/2025

On paper, Decatur’s Youth Services Department is supposed to address the “economic, social and educational challenges” of the city’s young people.

08/13/2025

David Perdew, 72, was diagnosed with Type II diabetes, but did not let that stop him from living a good life.

06/11/2025

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...

06/11/2025

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....