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Newspaper Page TextSenior Lire GET FRESH AT FACEBOOK.COM/flTLANTflSENIORLIFE MAY 2017 - VOL 2 N0.5I ATLANTASENIORLIFE.COM A LIFETIME OF LEARNING By Donna Williams Lewis A class on Pacific Coast Indians was about to begin at Dunwoody United Methodist Church when a man strode into the room, making a beeline for his classmate Gil Yates, front row, center. “No running!” Yates said, as the man approached. “Shuffling’s OK.” The teasing was all in good fun. Yates is a year older than his buddy, who would not reveal his name, but did share his age: 91. The men are among 175 students taking classes this spring with Perimeter Adults Learning & Services (PALS). PALS is in its 25th year of providing continuing education for senior adults, most of whom are 60-plus. Yates and his wife, Dot, of Dunwoody, have been members from the start. “People our age want to help other people, and this kind of takes care of the need for fellowship,” Dot Yates said. “We have made lifelong friends.” Continued on page 4

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Atlanta senior life. (Sandy Springs, GA) 2016-2023, May 31, 2017, Image 1