Recent stories by Rebecca

• Community Frameworks seeks location for its first model elder cottage

  Oct. 28, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Mark Wilson is in search of an Inland Northwest family willing to place the area’s first elder cottage in the family’s backyard. The family won’t get a monetary break for … 11

• Nappi: ‘Good aging’ formula requires key ingredient: activity

  Oct. 28, 2013 in Features on Page C1 A few years ago, I had lunch with Dr. Elizabeth Welty, then in her mid-90s. “What’s your secret?” I asked the retired physician, who was in good shape, physically and …

• Rebecca Nappi bids farewell, reflects on 28 years at S-R

  Oct. 27, 2013 in Features on Page D1 In fall 1984, a features writer at The Spokesman-Review fell in love with a Montana grizzly bear scientist she had interviewed for a story. The day she told then-editor Chris … 14

• Sheila Gilbert, St. Vincent de Paul leader, to speak in CdA

  Oct. 26, 2013 in Features on Page E1 The Society of St. Vincent de Paul – named for a 17th century French priest – was founded in 1833 by Antoine Frederic Ozanam, a French student challenged by another …

• Modern technology leaves us pining for familiar ring

  Oct. 21, 2013 in Features on Page C1 This week, I traded in my dumb cellphone for a smartphone, and I feel dumb as a stone as I try to figure it out. Mental frustration is good for … 2

• Boomer U: Broken foot leads to lasting bonds at Sunshine Gardens

  Oct. 14, 2013 in Features on Page C1 On May 7, Stevi Allen was busy working on a quilting project and wrapping gifts for a church ladies’ luncheon. As she made her way to the lower level of … 2

• Column: We’ll take our secrets – and our teeth – to the grave

  Oct. 14, 2013 in Features on Page C1 My boomer friends and I talk sometimes about our teeth. It’s come to this – conversations about teeth. But you start to talk about your teeth, and it’s amazing where …

• Research shows we once left our desks

  Oct. 7, 2013 in Features on Page C1 The other day, three of us old-timers at the newspaper reminisced about what it took to research stories before Google. We did a lot more reporting in person and on …

• Column: Rekindled friendships can satisfy the soul late in life

  Sept. 30, 2013 in Features on Page C1 From 1949 to 1953, Maryrose Groce – an Anaconda, Mont., girl – ended up a young wife and mother living in Newark, Ohio. Her husband, Tom, worked for Kaiser Aluminum …

• Column: Geyser’s reliability speaks volumes

  Sept. 23, 2013 in Features on Page C1 In Yellowstone last week on vacation, we noted the many signs posted to let tourists know when Old Faithful – the park’s most famous geyser – would next blow its … 1

• Holy Names sisters look ahead to changes facing the ministry

  Sept. 22, 2013 in Features on Page D1 Two Holy Names sisters, Mary Ann Farley and Celine Steinberger, grew teary-eyed during a recent interview about the ways Holy Names sisters have been part of Spokane for 125 years. …

• Samaritan’s jou rney

  Sept. 21, 2013 in Features on Page E1 The Samaritan woman in the New Testament story was tough. Married five times, living with a man who wasn’t her husband, she wasn’t afraid of Jesus, the man who spoke …

• Freebie frenzy: Boomers, seniors discover perks of aging

  Sept. 16, 2013 in Features on Page C1 In 1982, I did a sabbatical year in Washington, D.C., working inside two Congressional offices as a staff member. Every night of the work week, we young staffers could eat … 2

• Free lunches help seniors make informed decisions

  Sept. 16, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Rockwood Retirement Communities is adding a new living space to its 90-acre South Hill campus. The Summit is an 11 story-building scheduled to be finished by summer 2015. Rockwood has …

• Rebecca Nappi: Landline phones deserve warm reception

  Sept. 16, 2013 in Features on Page C1 In a lengthy phone conversation recently, the caller and I lost contact twice. Once because her phone was acting weird and once because my cellphone decided to hang itself up. … 1

• Popular workshop focuses on facing down life-changing events

  Sept. 9, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Susie Leonard Weller of Liberty Lake recently emailed this note to Boomer U: “One of the big issues facing boomers like myself is that at some point in our life …

• Column: Gathering of friends offers ray of light in the darkness

  Sept. 9, 2013 in Features on Page C1 In December 2011, a friend threw a party for a mutual friend visiting from out of town. It was dark when guests arrived in the late afternoon and dark when …

• Column: Educated decisions make boomers lifelong learners

  Sept. 2, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Each fall, I pore over education catalogs that come in the mail and daydream about the day I am retired – or semi-retired – and able to be a student …

• Teen’s drawing becomes priceless memory of life cut short

  Sept. 2, 2013 in Features on Page C3 School revs up this week. Grandparents, take heed. When your “little students” hand you a drawing made in school, keep it. These are precious pieces of art. Irreplaceable, like the … 1

• Boomers contribute to rise of smaller farms

  Aug. 26, 2013 in Features on Page C4 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture is taken every five years; the census is considered the gold standard for farming facts and figures. A census was taken in … 1

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