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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 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 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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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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