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Story By Ava Malone | Photos By Joshua Berry | Living 50 Plus Traveling down the road in Huntsville in 1958, four-year old Bobby, as his mother called him, asked his dad to turn up the radio. Perry Como was singing “Catch a Falling Star.” That moment is one of the first memories Bob Labbe has which started his lifelong

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Story By Erin Coggins | Photos By Cristie Clark | Living 50 Plus Fifteen years ago, Patsy Trigg walked into the STUDIO 60 Senior Center on Drake Avenue for some advice on repairing her grandmother’s swing and she has never left. “The bolt was twisted in the swing, and I couldn’t get it out,” Trigg said. “So, I took it

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Story and Photos By Teresa Gibbs | Living 50 Plus Imagine spending a quiet romantic evening with your loved one in a private, open-air cabana built on the edge of a forest with an amazing view of a mountain lake. Close your eyes and think of breathing in pure, fresh mountain air while soaking in a tub of soothing warm

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Maria Rakoczy | Living 50 Plus When you step into Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, you’re not stepping into an ordinary art gallery. You’re stepping into a full experience that, more than just hanging paintings on a wall, surrounds you in the moving and skillful pieces of Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience opened May 30 at 6123

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From Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association The North Alabama Hallelujah Trail features 32 churches that are at least 100 years old, stand on their original sites, still hold services, and are accessible to the public. These structures paint an immaculate portrait of North Alabama’s history and combine to tell the remarkable story of early Alabamians’ spiritual journey. The Hallelujah Trail

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By Gregg Parker | Living 50 Plus Focused on music since the early 1960s, Jim Parker pursued an 8-to-5 career but always cherished the music scene. In fact, Parker’s musical career is still on a high note. In 2001, he founded “Jim Parker’s Songwriters Series” at Bandito Burrito on Main Street in Madison. By 2005, his gathering of musicians had

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By Erin Coggins | Living 50 Plus Those in the community may recognize Dr. Harry Hobbs as a soldier, a spokesperson for the Huntsville Police Department, a professor and dean, the founder of Community Awareness for Youth (CAFY) and presently as the Vice President of Employee Engagement at Huntsville Utilities. But what they do not know is that Hobbs lifted

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