Wednesday, Janurary 2, 2002
Bowermans enjoy family, retirement

 

Richard (Rich) and Lee Bowerman both grew up in Rochester, New York, but they did not meet until they were in high school. The longevity of their relationship is a testament to the importance of the meeting between the city-raised Lee and country-raised Richard.

Baker is new Heritage Club director for Fayette

There's a new Heritage Club Director in town - and she's enthusiastically ready for the challenge.

Free senior luncheon a success

More than 350 seniors from Fayette and Coweta counties met for a festive holiday luncheon at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center recently. Regions Bank, the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center, Wesley-Woods of Newnan-Peachtree City, American Hearing Centers, Georgia Rehab Center and Heritage Ridge of Newnan joined hands to sponsor the free luncheon as a thank-you to area residents.

Helping navigate changes in benefits

More than 536,000 senior citizens in the United States are scrambling to find new doctors or new coverage because their health plans terminated their Medicare managed-care services, according to a Nonrenewal Report issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the year 2002.

VA keeps Lincoln's promise to widows

President Abraham Lincoln had Civil War veterans in mind in his 1865 second inaugural address when he promised "to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan." Little did he know that his pledge to serve Civil War widows would extend into the 21st century.

Never too late to prevent osteoporosis

Osteoporosis, a chronic disease that results in the deterioration of bone mineral density, affects nearly 28 million Americans 2 million of which are men. Despite these staggering numbers, this disease is often preventable.

Click Here to view complete listing of articles for this edition of The Citizen News