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Seniors return to their alma maters -- to live

Date Added: 19-09-2005

Here's an excerpt from a heart-warming story about seniors that return to the homes they loved when they were younger.

Miami Herald - FL,USA

BY PATRICK KERKSTRA

Knight Ridder News Service

For some, the pull of old alma mater only gets stronger with age.

Consider 84-year-old Helen Bastian. Two years ago, she lived in a retirement community in warm and scenic Marin County, Calif., where she enjoyed resplendent views of San Francisco Bay and rubbed shoulders in local cafes with the likes of George Clooney and Sean Penn.

But she left all that behind when her beloved Pennsylvania State University opened a retirement community of its own on a bluff a mile north of campus. Now, instead of sailboats and bridges, her vista is of cow pastures and Beaver Stadium -- and she couldn't be happier.

''Isn't it the prettiest thing you've ever seen?'' asked Bastian, who was clad in Penn State blue and sporting Nittany Lion paw-print earrings.

Read the entire story:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/home/12666651.htm