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Exercising For Good Health
This issue of Prime focuses on healthy living. Alberta Smith is closing in on 89 years old and exercises almost every day.
When she was younger, her exercise was chasing her seven children. As the wife of former Columbia mayor and county…
Dancing Through Life
Columbia’s long history has many unique and long-standing traditions, but would you believe ballroom dancing is one of them?
In the fall of 1936, three University of Missouri faculty wives (Novella Calvin, Margery McKinney…
Wonderful Weeknight Dining
With school, work and evening activities all spiraling in different directions, most families find that some things have to give. Make sure quality time around the dinner table isn’t one of them with these savvy solutions that can help make…
Tell Me About It
WITH ANGEL DONNETTE ROBERTSON
My father is turning 70 next month, so my mother has planned a party with the extended family. Unfortunately, I have a few aunts who have never approved of my decisions and remind me at every gathering…
Mattie Hon
Like a lot of other 12-year-old girls, Mattie Hon was a daydreamer and always looked forward to her family’s vacations at their cottage on Tybee Island, just off the coast of Savannah, Ga. Their little beach house had once belonged to a sea…
How to Choose a Physical Therapist
Physical therapy focuses on treating musculoskeletal disorders.
One goal of physical therapists is to alleviate pain in their patients. In patients with back pain, physical therapy helps to strengthen the core muscles in their back,…
Threading The Needle
Photos by LG Patterson
According to the Washington Post, about 10,000 Baby Boomers retire every day—that’s nearly four million people a year.
After planning and investing and saving for most of their lives, they are looking forward to…
Fit Fido, Fit You.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults should engage in 150 or more minutes of moderate physical activity per week.
Among adults 60 years of age or more, walking is the most common form of leisure-time…
