Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Oberlin became the first Ohio city to replace the federal holiday of Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. “The group spent hours researching the history of Christopher Columbus, the original…
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Health Insurance & Staying Healthy
If you are an older adult and eligible for Medicare your mailbox is likely overflowing with notices and offers from health care and drug insurance companies. Yes, it’s that time…
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Kendal’s Woodshop is Humming
The Woodshop at Kendal has been a fixture at the life plan community since it opened its doors in 1993. In earlier years residents arrived with home tools in hand,…
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Faces of Kendal: Marian Thomas
Kendal at Oberlin is home to more than 300 people in their 60s and well beyond. They come from near (Oberlin and Cleveland) and far (Hawaii, Canada and elsewhere). The…
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Celebrating a Life Well-lived
It’s a fact of aging: As we grow older, we spend more time at celebrations of life than birthday party celebrations. Some funeral traditions and rituals have changed over the…
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Alzheimer’s Awareness
The annual “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” fundraiser, held in hundreds of cities across the United States, is a vivid reminder of the disease’s reach and grasp on our family, friends…
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Fresh Veggies
One in eight Ohioans is connected to farming or production in some way, and this time of year the state’s bounty is on full display. From farmer markets to roadside…
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Wildflowers near and far
Everyone loves wildflowers. They are prolific – an estimated 20,000 species in the United States, colorful – yellow, pink, blue and beyond, and they grow fuss-free and year-round. Explains…
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Faces of Kendal: Abe Feingold
Kendal at Oberlin is home to more than 300 people in their 60s and well beyond. They come from near (Oberlin and Cleveland) and far (Hawaii, Canada and elsewhere). The…
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