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5 Things to Do: Haynie Opry, Highland Games, Dwight Yoakam brighten summer

Piper Peter Rolstad plays "Amazing Grace" at the 52nd Bellingham Scottish Highland Games held at Hovander Homestead Park on Saturday June 2, 2012 in Ferndale.

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.
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5 Places to Go: Spring fun includes Dirty Dan Days and Dahlia Society's tuber sale

Here are some fun activities for seniors this spring:
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Reader poem: 'The Sea, The Sea Again'

Like Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis,"
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Reader essay: 'But I only had one more payment!'

It was washed and waxed almost to the point of wearing the paint thin. It was the first automobile I had purchased with my meager beginning teacher's salary. I now understood how proud teenagers must be with ownership of their first car. I was not far behind!
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Bellingham consultant: Small changes in eating, exercise habits help to shed pounds

Lori Johnson, a personal trainer and nutritional consultant, says many of her clients deal with the creeping weight that seems to come on as they grow older.
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Surgery, exercise a godsend for Bellingham retired bookkeeper

Mary Shaner, a retired bookkeeper with an affable personality and a beautiful smile, underwent back surgery in 2003 and has learned much about how to stay active and healthy.