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By GraciAnn Goodin | Living 50 Plus Grant and Jenny Sweer’s backyard looks like something out of a fairy tale. Immediately after walking past the open gate, a wide expanse of model railroad tracks and miniature figurines and buildings meet the eye. Vibrant flowers and greenery weave throughout. The sound of a small waterfall trickling into a koi pond and

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By Erin Coggins | Living 50 Plus The Huntsville Hospital Breast Cancer Center is the busiest mammography site in the entire state of Alabama. And thanks to the annual Liz Hurley Ribbon Run, both Huntsville and Madison Breast Centers are fully 3D mammography capable, making breast cancer easier to detect, particularly in dense breast tissue. This is not just a

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By Cole Sikes, Alabama Extension Service | For Living 50 Plus Many people associate garden chrysanthemums, or mums, with the beginning of autumn. These floral features are already occupying garden centers and front porches around the country. There are tips and tricks to make sure that every mum has maximum longevity. Lucy Edwards, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System county coordinator,

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By GraciAnn Goodin | Living 50 Plus Margy Pritchett has been an artist for pretty much her entire life. She has always loved painting, especially. She considered it just a hobby, though, and like many hobbies, other things in her life often took precedence. Her husband, Dan, has not always been an artist. Even now he uses the word with

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By Bob Labbe | Photos by Joshua Berry | Living 50 Plus Table Tennis is more or less a “grown up version of Ping Pong.” Both versions of the sport are fun, athletic and difficult to master, but since 1983 with the formation of what is known as the North Alabama Table Tennis Club (NATTC), Table Tennis has taken on

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Huntsville Ballet’s 2024/2025 Alluring Season is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser for both the seasoned arts lover and awestruck newcomer. After the raving success of Huntsville Ballet Company’s 60th Season, Huntsville Ballet returns with yet another spectacular season line-up. According to Artistic Director Phillip Otto, audiences should expect a “mysteriously powerful season.” HBC UNPLUGGED October 25, 26, 27 at The Dream Theatre

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Story By Maria Rakoczy | Photos By Joshua Berry | Living 50 Plus Sandra Lester is our very own Van Gogh. A skilled artist, a member of the Huntsville Art League, and a Madison resident, Lester creates eye-catching and thought-provoking art that invokes the color and movement of Vincent Van Gogh’s art. Lester’s artwork is the culmination of a life-long

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