Living 50 Plus Huntsville-Madison
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BY ERIN COGGINS | LIVING 50 PLUS Dr. Sara Harper is an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science in the Kinesiology Department in the new newly renamed College of Education, Sport and Human Studies. She joined the staff at UAH in August 2023. Her PhD is in exercise physiology, with additional training in geriatrics, exercise medicine, skeletal muscle adaptations, and ergonomics.
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The Huntsville Museum of Art (HMA) will reopen to the public on Sunday, Aug. 31, following several months of closure for facility upgrades. To celebrate the occasion, the museum will host the Betsy and Peter Lowe Community Free Day, offering free admission to all visitors from noon to 5 p.m. The closure allowed for the installation of a new HVAC
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Retirement is often characterized as a carefree time in life when adults who spent years in the workforce get to enjoy the fruits of their labors. But upon retiring, many retirees find themselves fighting boredom. A recent study from Indeed found that, as of March 2022, 3.2 percent of workers who retired a year earlier had already reentered the workforce.
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STORY BY KADIE VICK | LIVING 50 PLUS The Huntsville Adventurer is a social media account and website run by David Parham that covers local hiking trails and outdoor spaces for community members to explore. The Huntsville Adventurer Instagram account now has around 150,000 followers and began because Parham saw a need for an online space with information on local
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BY BOB LABBE | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY |LIVING 50 PLUS Friends, co-workers, rivals and Hall of Famers. Each of these descriptions match the incredible lives of Tanya Wigley Broadway and Melanie Donahoo two of the most outstanding high school volleyball coaches in the history of Alabama high school athletics. With over 60-years of coaching experience and 12 Alabama State
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BY ERIN COGGINS | LIVING 50 PLUS Imagine buckling into a time machine, setting it to 200 years in the past and when arriving in 1825 taking a slow journey back to 2025. Visualize the evolution of technology from the Pony Express to the cellphone one would witness on this journey. Sounds interesting, right? Well, time travel may not be
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Approximately 850 senior citizens from northeast Alabama celebrated Older Americans Month in May at TARCOG’s annual Senior Fun Fest in Huntsville. To show the interest level, seniors even arrived early to participate in line dancing and “Stay Active and Independent for Life” or SAIL classes before the day’s festivities started on May 13. The TARCOG acronym abbreviates ‘Top of Alabama
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