Prime Time magazine from Whatcom County, WA

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Whatcom seniors enjoy benefits of exercise at a high level

Vicki Griffiths, 69, left, and Barb Macklow,79, who have each completed a 100-mile race, run at Lake Padden on Feb. 12, 2013, in Bellingham. Macklow ran 100 miles because she wondered, "What would it be like to run 30 hours straight?"

Growing older in Whatcom County hardly means dropping life's recreational speed to idle.

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Good nutrition fuels healthy energy as you grow older

While some people say energy is wasted on the young, Demetree Robinson says a healthy diet can ensure people don't lose energy as they grow older.
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Reader essay: Older and Smarter

When I was 12, I believed anyone who was over 30 was old. I wondered vaguely what they did for fun. Life must be boring when you're old.
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Reader poem: 'Flight Pattern'

The ridiculous clatter
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Reader essay: An Encounter with Greatness

The Community Concert Series was held in the auditorium on Western Washington University's campus some 30 miles away from where we were living at the time, and on Thursday evening Van Cliburn would be playing the Steinway.
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5 Things to Do: Haynie Opry, Highland Games, Dwight Yoakam brighten summer

Here are some fun activities for seniors this summer:
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Early planning, ground rules help seniors share a home with their grown children

Erma Boothby doesn't have to go far to see her daughter or grandson - they're right upstairs.
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Bellingham mother and daughter happily share condo

Jennifer, an only child, and Peg Wilke, 92, have made a success of living together since 2007 after their purchase of a condo in south Bellingham.
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Healthy eating: Tame the sugar monster in your daily diet

Sugar has always been ingredient non grata among the medical community - and your mother.
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Mother-in-law apartment lets Bellingham woman enjoy her grandkids

Joyce Geisler has found a living arrangement that balances privacy with companionship - she lives in a one-bedroom apartment in the lower level of her son and daughter-in-law's house in Bellingham
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Adults sisters and their husbands share Bellingham house in which to grow old

By pooling their resources, two aging Bellingham couples found the right house - a 6,000-square foot, three-level home with a view of Lake Whatcom that all four can share.