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Want fries…or salad…with that burger?

Fery Haghighi has been running restaurants in the Spokane area for more than 30 years. (Jesse Tinsley)
Fery Haghighi has been running restaurants in the Spokane area for more than 30 years. (Jesse Tinsley)

Boomers once again are driving an industry: restaurants. Stats show that we are the major consumers at restaurants – not our 20-something children who are struggling a bit in this economy. (See story.)

(S-R photo archives: Fery Haghighi has been running restaurants in the Spokane area for more than 30 years.)

Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.