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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus While most landscapers work in mulch, soil and seed, Andy Brown works with stone and water, often building streams where there once were none. The results can vary from a simple fountain to a koi-filled pond, or even a waterfall cascading down a backyard bluff into the Tennessee River. “I can look at
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Patios continue to be more popular than decks. According to a tabulation of data from HUD/Census Bureau Survey of Construction from the National Association of Home Builders, the share of new homes with patios is on the rise while the share with decks remains low. The NAHB tabulation found that the percentage of new homes with decks was 17.6% in
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By Metrocreative Retirement is often characterized as a carefree time in life when adults who spent years in the workforce get to enjoy the fruits of their labors. But upon retiring, many people find themselves fighting boredom. A recent study from Indeed found that, as of March 2022, 3.2% of workers who retired a year earlier had already reentered the
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus A model employee is lifting morale and bringing smiles to area nursing home residents and physical therapy patients around the Shoals with his infectious grin and loving nature. That star employee stands about two-and-a-half feet tall on four paws and answers to the name Bernie. Now, at the age of two, Bernie is
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus When U.S. Navy veteran Riley Young returned home from Vietnam, he found work as a security officer at the former Reynolds Metal Company factory in Sheffield. When he heard there was a military police reserve unit in the Shoals, he admits that he assumed it was open to Army veterans only. “One of
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Dihanne Westfield has always been service-minded, and those around her tend to take note. That’s why her good friend, Dorothy Buchanan, began asking Westfield to join a local Rotary Chapter several years ago. Initially, Westfield’s answer was “no.” As a retired educator who was heavily involved with her church, and who regularly volunteered
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus When Steve McEachron was a child, he said his infatuation with Smokey the Bear and his fascination with big, red fire trucks drove his dreams to one day fight fires. He had no idea those aspirations would come true through his work with the Alabama Forestry Commission. However, as McEachron puts it in
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