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Utah State Firemen’s Association members and North Davis Fire District firefighters recently spent a Saturday building a ramp for retired firefighter Mike Becraft, who now uses a wheelchair for mobility because of progressive supranuclear palsy, a brain disease with no known cause, treatment or cure. Becraft, 65, started his firefighting career in Roy at 18 and retired as North Davis Fire District fire inspector in 2010. Because Becraft needed a ramp from his house to his garage, North Davis Fire District firefighters Kevin Lloyd (from left), Luke Watkins and Jeremy Krage jumped in to work with Capt. Mark Weekes and others to build and install it. The materials were donated. (Contributed photo)

Firefighters come to retiree's rescue with wheelchair ramp

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 1:21am

LAYTON -- Lisa Becraft knew firefighters take care of each other.

But that knowledge didn't prepare the woman, who is caring for her husband Mike Becraft, for the service of willing firefighters, who recently built a wheelchair ramp at her home.

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Poll: Many boomers staying put amid bad economy

Derek Kravitz The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 8:03am

WASHINGTON — As baby boomers look ahead to retirement, they’d prefer a home that is affordable, accessible to medical care and close to family. But an Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll finds that amid a shaky economy, few think it’s likely they’ll move in retirement.

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Federal retirees to hear from doctor

Brady Bingham Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 12:10am

LAYTON -- Layton Chapter 829 of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Layton branch of the Davis County Library, 155 N. Wasatch Drive.

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Retirees starting to protest at GOP campaign stops

Matthew Spolar Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 11:41am

CONCORD. N.H. -- This campaign season, Republican presidential candidates and New Hampshire's congressmen have been met by groups of old folks carrying signs and making their voices heard on maintaining programs like Social Security and Medicare. Texas Gov. Rick Perry got an earful at a protest in Portsmouth on Aug. 18, and a group gathered outside a Mitt Romney town hall event in Lebanon last week.

Behind much of the activity is the Alliance for Retired Americans, a national advocacy group launched in New Hampshire in 2007. The alliance itself was founded by the AFL-CIO in 2001, spokesman Michael Buckley said Monday from its Washington headquarters.

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