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Caregiver Stress & Transition

By Katie Sigman on November 2, 2023

As human beings, caring for one another is an innate part of who we are. As former First Lady Rosalynn Carter stated, caregiving will impact all of us, most likely in more ways than one. During...

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Hallowed History: Stillman Cemetery

By Sarah Duggan on October 30, 2023

In the early 2000s, Meadowlark was in phase two of a three-phase growth and evolution as a community. As a part of this expansion, Meadowlark planned to add a neighborhood of cottages known as...

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Meadowlark Hosts Housewarming Party for New Building

By Sarah Duggan on October 6, 2023

Meadowlark hosted a housewarming event Wednesday, Sept. 27, for its new 24-unit independent living apartment building located on the main campus. The new building is called The Monarch and is located...

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HOGtoberfest: Ten Years & Still Cookin'

By Becky Fitzgerald on October 5, 2023

Oink! Now that the calendar has flipped to October, temperatures are cooling, but activities to benefit Meadowlark Foundation are heating up. It’s HOGTOBERFEST season, and here are a few squeal-...

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Veterans Meet Lou

By Joan Jones on September 13, 2023

During the summer of 1964, I joined the US Army as a Women’s Army Corps, enlisting as a nurse to help pay for my last year at University of North Carolina School of Nursing.

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Outdoor Encounters: View from My Porch

By Nathan Bolls on September 7, 2023

Sitting at my desk on my new and neat glassed-in porch, I’ve watched numerous bird species—robins, cardinals, wrens, bluebirds, orioles, brown thrashers, house finches, chickadees, doves, American...

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Setting New Records with Determination:15th Annual Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson's Disease

By Michelle Haub on September 1, 2023

Despite a light (and welcome!) rain shower during the recent Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson's Disease, nothing could wash away event organizers' excitement about the record number of registered...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on August 3, 2023

A recent article in Nature’s Voice, the newsletter of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), reminded me of the scientist and author, Rachel Carson, and her courageous landmark 1962 book...

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Crystal Clear: 15th Annual Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson's Disease

By Michelle Haub on July 27, 2023

The 15th Annual Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson’s disease, presented by Community First National Bank, begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at Tuttle Creek State Park. The common gift for a 15th...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on July 6, 2023

The sun shines, distant stars twinkle, and the moon glows. And the first astronauts, looking back at their home as they orbited our moon, were hushed as they stared at the celestial body from which...

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