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She was 90."She was really attached to Wyoming," her son, Robert McGee, of Chevy Chase, Md., said Friday.

When she could no longer travel to the family home near Dubois, she always asked family members who did get back to the state about friends and acquaintances, he said.Services for Mrs.

McGee, who died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., will be held next Wednesday at Gawlers Funeral Home in Washington, D.C., according to Robert McGee.Mrs.

McGee, who was born in Pierson, Iowa, married Gale McGee in 1939.

McGee, a Democrat, represented Wyoming in the U.S.

Senate from 1959-1977.

He died April 9, 1992.In the 1960s, Mrs.

McGee wrote a column for Wyoming newspapers called "A Line from Loraine," in which she reported her observations of life in Washington.She is survived by a son, two daughters and 10 grandchildren.UW enrollment growsduring spring semesterLARAMIE - Spring semester enrollment at the University of Wyoming is expected to be up about 1,300 students from last year, to 12,700, once outreach students have been counted, UW trustees heard in a report at their meeting Friday.Undergraduate enrollment increased to 8,895 and professional enrollment to 2,607.Enrollment rose in other areas, too: international students, non-degree grad students, Outreach School students, and UW/Casper College Center students.With the recently-approved Hathaway Scholarship Program, UW expects an increase in new resident freshmen this fall, according to Sara...

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CERON ana.x.ceron@scripps.com March 25, 2006 STUART — The city's special election next week may be a race for a few months on the Stuart Commission, but, by city standards, it's worth big bucks.

After eight weeks of campaigning, candidates John Yudin and Samia Ferraro are by fa...

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“There is great new evidence coming out that having fish curry twice a week would be healthy for the brain and help prevent a condition (amyloid deposition) that is known to lead to Alzheimer’s.”The natural anti-inflammatory agents found in turmeric, a critical component in curry sauces, are believed to have far-reaching benefits according to the research.

Consequently, fish curries may have positive affects in two areas of special concern for seniors.“Arthritis and Alzheimer’s are always the most feared by seniors,” Mayer-Oakes said.

Besides breakthroughs involving ba href=/dementia/a/b and arthritis, there are other reasons to look forward to the golden years.

Mayer-Oakes said people are living longer worldwide because of better sanitation, higher standards of cleanliness and a more sufficient and virulent supply of antibiotics.“There is definitely evidence the whole world is aging,” she continued.

“It’s a complex series of reasons.

Child death rates are lower and there are fewer births.

People are living longer.

The whole world is starting to look like Florida.”The South Coast remains consistent with aging trends of the Southeast and the nation.

The largest single growing segment of the population is in people 85 years old and beyond.While it may be tempting to draw certain conclusions from that statistic, local senior living communities are doing a brisk business regardless of whether residents are in their 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s.From the Heritage House on Hol...