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A Note From Our Publisher Contents

Take That Walk Doodle Puzzle .......................................................3

Comics ....................................................................4

Brain Games ..........................................................4

All About Idaho .....................................................5
Recently I was sitting I’m trying to remember what we talked
outside under an umbrella about while venturing into town: however, Home & Lifestyle ................................................8
with my wife, trying to I can’t recall. I do remember it was a long Crossword .............................................................10
escape the heat. We were walk. We went several miles to town and
enjoying a cold drink and happened to be back. But she picked me, alone, to go with Spotlights ..............................................................12
listening to our local AM radio station playing her, and that was special in its own way. Cover Story ...........................................................16
the oldies. We enjoyed an ice cream cone in town Health Care ...........................................................18
Interesting how a song can trigger a before heading back.
memory. Then the memories around that She died from cancer soon after, that Caregiving ..............................................................21
song, that time, all come rushing to your next winter. I think the walk was a gift from Nutrition .................................................................22
presence. Sometimes you can even remem- her to me. To remember the kind person she Fitness ....................................................................23
ber the scent of that situation from long ago. was. That’s all. It worked.
“Good Morning Starshine” was the song Over half a century later, those lyrics Money Matters ....................................................24
playing. Recorded in 1969 by Oliver when I still resonate: Entertainment ......................................................25
was around 8 years old. It sparked a flood Good morning starshine Taste of Idaho .......................................................26
of memories. I guess it was top 40 then and The Earth says hello
has imprinted in my mind. You twinkle above us Travel .......................................................................27
The place was Glen Lake, Mich. My We twinkle below Recreation .............................................................29
parents rented a cottage that summer, and Good morning starshine
we vacationed there for a couple weeks. You lead us along Brain Game Answers ..........................................31
The bedroom I slept in was completely My love and me as we singing About Us
finished in knotty pine. There were several Our early morning singing song
cubbies and drawers built into the head- Gliddy glub gloopy, nibby nabby Our paper—published six times per year—exists to serve
board cabinets. I can still see it today, and noopy la, la, la, lo, lo and benefit our mature readers. We encourage the contri-
the smell of cedars in the woodsy back of Sabba sibby sabba, nooby bution of interesting material. Views expressed in editorial
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Dad rented a sunfish sailboat, and we Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba naba person, or service shown in the advertisements appearing
ventured out on the lake donning our foam Early morning singing song in this paper. All copy appearing in this publication is
white belt life preservers. We had never had copyright protected and may be reprinted only with written
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