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Get your pickleball game on!

Apr 28, 2023 02:41PM ● By Marianne Hering

Find out why this game is the fastest-growing sport among seniors and where you can play

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OPINION: Vote YES for a community recreation center on April 4

Feb 25, 2023 10:04AM ● By Sue Springer

This is the reason I am involved with and support voting for a community recreation center.

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Grab your partner! Square dancing strengthens friendships

Jan 27, 2023 10:15AM ● By Deborah Lazear

Two local clubs are reviving the legacy of square dancing.

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Honor your health and our public lands

May 05, 2020 10:19AM ● By Beacon Senior News

How to recreate responsibly during COVID-19 Wondering what Safer at Home guidelines mean for recreation in our National Conservation Areas (...

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Let’s play pickleball

Jun 01, 2018 08:23PM ● By Kate Senn

It’s hard not to smile when saying the word pickleball. This growing sport is just as much fun to play as it is to say.New players are sure ...

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Question of the month

May 31, 2018 06:55AM ● By BEACON Senior News

Bruce Talbott “I enjoy the fruit industry, and this is the place where it is viable. I enjoy some other places but we are more likely to be ...

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Finding magic on the Appalachian Trail

May 30, 2017 10:13AM ● By Melanie Wiseman

Su Joffrion celebrated her 61st birthday in the middle of a life-changing, 2,185-mile journey on the Appalachian Trail. “One of the reasons ...

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Take a hike, go jump in a lake and other ways to enjoy the great outdoors

May 03, 2017 09:19AM ● By Amanda Arnold

Time and time again, research has shown that exercise is good for both the body and mind. Regular exercise is especially important for senio...

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Reel women on the fly

Feb 28, 2017 09:35AM ● By Melanie Wiseman

Women nationwide are hanging up their tennis rackets and golf clubs, and picking up fly rods instead. The fastest growing demographic in fly...

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John Lyons: The story of America’s most trusted horseman

Feb 27, 2017 11:19AM ● By Melanie Wiseman

John Lyons knows a lot about horses, but he knows even more about people. “A three-day clinic may cost $1,000, but I tell people I charge $1...

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Powderhorn’s senior instructors make skiing fun for all ages

Jan 31, 2017 09:30AM ● By Melinda Mawdsley

It seems crazy now, but when George Rau moved to Grand Junction in 2000 he didn’t bother going to Powderhorn Mountain Resort. The lifelong s...

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Ready to jump? Betty Teegarden’s skydiving adventure

Jan 30, 2017 01:22PM ● By Jan Weeks

Betty Teegarden is at it again. Not content to become a biker babe for a week during the 75th Sturgis motorcycle rally, this nonagenarian re...

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