SENIORS
Table tennis, anyone? 
Walk into Farmington’s Rambling River Center on the right afternoon and you might hear a familiar sound. It’s the plastic plunk of a small ball as it bounces back and forth across the net of a ping pong table.
January 12, 2010
Keeping fit, staying independent
It’s not exactly pumping iron, but the group gathered for a workout Monday morning at Spruce Place senior apartments are at the very least stretching some serious rubber.
By Nathan Hansen , December 10, 2009
Harold Freeman: A winding road
Harold Freeman joined the Navy not because he wanted to go to war, but because he believed it was the right thing to do.
By Nathan Hansen , November 12, 2009
Driver improvement course Nov. 18
Drivers over 55 are eligible to receive a 10 percent discount on their auto insurance upon completion of a Minnesota Highway Safety and Research Center driver improvement program to be offered from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 18 at Rambling River Center.
November 10, 2009
Coming full circle to Farmington
Joy Lauterbach’s life has made a neat circle. Born and raised in Farmington, she lived for a few years in Montana and Colorado before getting homesick and coming back to Minnesota.
By Nathan Hansen , October 29, 2009
Senior housing plan gets early approval from city council
Give it a couple of years, and Farmington’s “bridge to nowhere” will actually have a destination.
By Michelle Leonard , October 22, 2009
Farmington seniors make themselves at home
Sure, there are a few little touch-ups that need to be done here or there. That’s pretty common. But when there’s the thrill of moving into a new home, those little things don’t seem like such a big deal.
By Michelle Leonard , October 15, 2009
She fed Hampton’s children
Catherine Eilen spent her life in Hampton, and thanks to her generations of students grew up eating well.
September 10, 2009
Getting back to caring for herself
Gladys Sundet would really like to do some baking.
One year after a stroke muddled her mind and made getting around difficult, Sundet is starting to feel like life is getting back to normal.
By Nathan Hansen , August 13, 2009
Your new grandma is waiting
Jessica Gomez wants to find you a new grandma.
Gomez, for the past two years a nursing assistant at Farmington’s Trinity Care Center, is in the process of launching a program that will pair community members with nursing home residents who are looking for a little company.
By Nathan Hansen , July 30, 2009
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