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EndNotes archive for Feb. 25, 2013

MONDAY, FEB. 25, 2013

Feasting in heaven: Frank Cannata

Frank Cannata died last week at 88. He was a kind, gentle Spokane man I got to know well in the 1980s and 1990s because he was the manager of the Town and Country Restaurant, our family hangout. It is said that the first person…

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Elizabeth Roberts,  who received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Washington State University, smiles during graduation ceremonies on Saturday at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum in Pullman. The Spokesman Review (Photos by TYLER TJOMSLAND The Spokesman Review / The Spokesman-Review)

Turning up - and out - the degrees

Many of us in the Boomer generation took the traditional route through education: graduate from high school and then off to college: maybe a two-year degree, maybe a four-year degree. But with education costs skyrocketing and the rest of life not always offering an easy…

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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.