Computer skills help seniors stay connected
Jean Davis is a wired senior. The 86-year-old came to the digital world 14 years ago when a son decided she should have a personal computer. Read more
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97-year-old’s love for tennis knows no bounds
George Abe moves gingerly toward the tennis ball during his regular morning doubles match but doesn't hit it over the net until the second bounce. Read more
Swim, bike, run
In the spring, when Jane Kirton turned 70, her husband and a friend treated her to eight weeks of heart-pumping group workouts with a training program for the 15th annual Na Wahine Sprint Triathlon. Read more
Fitness spans all ages
Seniors in their 70s, 80s and 90s climb ropes 16 to 18 feet high. They jump on the trampoline and do acrobatics or flips in a belt. Some practice safe falling, tumbling or do other gymnastics. Read more
Disabled more able to see world
Paris, Cairo, Sydney, Denpasar, Beijing — disabled travelers are traveling the world thanks to knowledgeable resources, state-of-the-art technology, and extra planning and foresight. Read more
Age-old card game fuels mission
Most authors obsessively write, write, write and dream, dream, dream of the day they get a credit line. Helen Nakano, on the other hand, is an "accidental author," as she puts it. Read more
Thanks to Oshiro, everyone scores big
Robert "Bobby" Oshiro always hits a home run as head cook for his senior softball league. Read more
‘Uncle Alika’ is a natural at teaching
The afternoon school bell rings. Alika Raneses calls out to a moon-faced third-grader, exchanging greetings and good-natured teasing. The 69-year-old Ala Wai Elementary School part-time Hawaiiana teacher — "Uncle Alika" to the kids — grins when the boy says he's taking an after-school hula class. Read more
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