With thousands of Baby Boomers retiring each year, the face of America is changing. According to Washington University professor and expert on aging Brian Carpenter, Ph.D., more and more Boomers are rejecting nursing homes and retirement facilities in favor of aging in their own homes.
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When it comes to financial planning, many plot a course to age 90. If one retires at 65, or even 70, a lot of life remains.
Ninety-two-year-old Webster Groves resident Harold Maness recently checked an item off his bucket list: he jumped out of an airplane at 10,500 feet and went skydiving! Maness, a resident of Laclede Groves, got the idea to skydive when he saw President George H.W. Bush celebrate his birthday by jumping out of an airplane five years ago. This past July, Maness finally got his chance. He is pictured above dropping with an instructor toward Earth at 125 miles per hour.
For those Americans eligible for Medicare, it’s important to understand coverage options when selecting a health plan for 2020. Answering these five questions can help toward an informed choice during the Medicare Annual Election Period, Oct. 15 to Dec. 7.
I hope if someday I decide to adopt Mx. people would not start gossiping and speculating about my gender identity, but simply respect my decision. If one of my kids was to ask me about Mx., I would say something like:
The Kirkwood mayor and city council have been presented with a Complete Street Ordinance every year for the last six years. They have not acted on these national “best practices” and have put the citizens of Kirkwood in peril. Where does culpability begin?” While a Complete Streets Ordinance…
I am tired of hearing comments as expressed in a letter of Nov. 8 defending Donald Trump, saying of Democrats “their hatred for him supersedes their concern for national security.”
Congratulations to coaches Wayne Baldwin and Gina Woodard for yet another successful cross country season at Kirkwood High School. Both the boys and girls varsity teams qualified to compete at state this year, which is a testament to the dedication and passion these kids, and their coaches, …
Mr. Gerald Miller recently wrote of an unpleasant experience with a Kirkwood Train Station “volunteer” during a private station event (“Message To Train Station Volunteers: Please Be Nice,” Oct. 18). The first and most egregious error in his letter is that no volunteer would have been on dut…
Kudos to Dana Saylor for challenging the popular global warming narrative (Mailbag, Oct. 18). I know Mr. Saylor’s professional credentials and his effort to really understand the issue.
