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Melba Lovelace
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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After writing Melba’s Swap Shop column seven days a week for 17 years, I decided to retire so my husband, John Abrams, and I could travel. And we did. From Canada to Mexico, from Hawaii to...
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After writing Melba’s Swap Shop column seven days a week for 17 years, I decided to retire so my husband, John Abrams, and I could travel. And we did. From Canada to Mexico, from Hawaii to...
Jerry McConnell
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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Fortunately, my wife and I have both been pretty healthy since I retired from The Oklahoman on the last day of 1991 and moved back to my old hometown of Greenwood, AR., which is about 10 miles from...
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Fortunately, my wife and I have both been pretty healthy since I retired from The Oklahoman on the last day of 1991 and moved back to my old hometown of Greenwood, AR., which is about 10 miles from...
Bob Macy
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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Bob Macy had kind of thought he’d be Oklahoma County’s district attorney for life, so he said he wasn’t prepared for retirement.
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Bob Macy had kind of thought he’d be Oklahoma County’s district attorney for life, so he said he wasn’t prepared for retirement.
Robert E. “Bob” Lee
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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Nine years after writing my final column in The Daily Oklahoman, folks still ask, “Aren’t you writing a book?” No, I tell them, a fiction-writing friend told me that in 18 years of columns, I...
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Nine years after writing my final column in The Daily Oklahoman, folks still ask, “Aren’t you writing a book?” No, I tell them, a fiction-writing friend told me that in 18 years of columns, I...
Jim Garling
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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GUTHRIE — Jim Garling sits on the front porch of his Guthrie home strumming an acoustic guitar to cowboy tunes and watching the red foxes run from the cover of the trees across to the pond. This...
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GUTHRIE — Jim Garling sits on the front porch of his Guthrie home strumming an acoustic guitar to cowboy tunes and watching the red foxes run from the cover of the trees across to the pond. This...
Fonda Damme
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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EDMOND — For most of her life, Fonda Damme never put much thought into her post-retirement finances.
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EDMOND — For most of her life, Fonda Damme never put much thought into her post-retirement finances.
Karen Farney
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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As a retiree, Karen Farney no longer has to worry about job security, but financial security is never a sure thing for someone living off the investments they made in a 401k.
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As a retiree, Karen Farney no longer has to worry about job security, but financial security is never a sure thing for someone living off the investments they made in a 401k.
Jim Etter
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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Since retiring from OPUBCO in December 1993, I have roamed Oklahoma and a few neighboring states as a freelance writer, authoring a few books, writing for magazines and corresponding for The...
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Since retiring from OPUBCO in December 1993, I have roamed Oklahoma and a few neighboring states as a freelance writer, authoring a few books, writing for magazines and corresponding for The...
Ivy Coffey
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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Retirement makes many major changes in the lives of long-time employees.
Memories of headlines and deadlines filled my mind following my retirement after decades as reporter and editor....
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Retirement makes many major changes in the lives of long-time employees.
Memories of headlines and deadlines filled my mind following my retirement after decades as reporter and editor....
Jane Carney
Fri, Oct 3, 2008
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Jane Carney retired at 58. In the two years since, she’s traveled to Australia, New Zealand, east Africa and China. She spends more time cooking and perusing the thousands of books stashed in her...
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Jane Carney retired at 58. In the two years since, she’s traveled to Australia, New Zealand, east Africa and China. She spends more time cooking and perusing the thousands of books stashed in her...
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