Free news: Columbia Gorge CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) will host its third annual Fall Family Run on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Mark O. Hatfield West Trailhead in Hood River. Participants who register by Sept. 19 are guaranteed a race shirt.
For many adults, the slow-burning summers of childhood are a thing of the past. Unscheduled days and unhurried weeks have turned into a rushed season of endless activities and packed calendars.
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Free news: Five new Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) were sworn in by Judge John Wolf at the Wasco County Circuit Court to advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect.
Do you feel like getting older is just a time of decline? It’s hard not to think so with the ads for anti-aging creams, media portrayals of older adults as frail or clueless. And how often are we told our life’s ambition should be to stay “forever young,” because otherwise you’ll just be … old!
Dance, dance, dance! Dancing provides social benefits and keeps you moving. In addition, learning new steps can challenge your brain, as I’ve found when trying to memorize the steps in different line dances!
The 2025 theme, “Flip the Script on Aging,” focuses on transforming how we and society perceive, talk about, and approach aging. It encourages us and our communities to challenge stereotypes and dispel misconceptions about getting older.
Do you want to live to 100? Thankfully we have a better chance today because U.S. life expectancy has risen considerably, from 59.6 years for those born in 1922 to 77.5 years for those born in 2022.
