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 | In 1989, shortly after UTEP President Diana Natalicio started her tenure at the university, she also started teaching a class. It was for the newly established Center for Lifelong Learning, a system of courses designed specifically for retired border citizens.
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|  | September, signifying the "autumn years" of life, was chosen as the perfect month 30 years ago when Congress passed legislation proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day.
El Paso's only Grandparents Day celebration will be held both Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6 and 7 at Cielo Vista Mall from noon to 4 p.m.
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|  | The question has been asked for decades: Do animals have ESP? It's hard to answer because it's never been proven in humans that such a thing as ESP (extra sensory perception) exists, says Dr. Bonnie Beaver, an expert in animal behavior at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University .
It's been suspected ESP exists in humans, but not unequivocally proven. The same could be said for the animal world, Beaver says. Some people suspect animals have ESP, but there’s no concrete evidence to say it's so.
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|  | Hundreds of El Paso residents are on the move to end Alzheimer's disease at the annual Alzheimer's Association's Memory Walk.
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|  | "How do you see all these people, freight trains and cars moving in 2030?"
With that opening question, David Marcus, El Paso's vice chair of the independent 12-member 2030 Committee, challenged the audience gathered in the Downtown El Paso Public Library early last month.
“We’re not here to give you our ideas," he said, "but to listen to yours."
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|  | On the western outskirts of Juárez in Colonia Lomas del Poleo
John and Carmen Walker and 14 helpers feed, clothe, educate and nurture more than 100 children of poverty.
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Most exciting to Rivera and the curriculum committee this fall is the presentation for the first time of three major, long-term and in-depth courses:
---The Western Cultural Heritage Series.
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|  | Pete Rivera is the face of the successful, growing organization that is the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, formerly the Center for Lifelong Learning. A likeable fellow with a salt-and-pepper Van Dyke beard, he's spent the last nine years in this position. The El Paso native, who was Cathedral-educated, happens to be a self-effacing sort.
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