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Retirement: A job too satisfying to leave

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Donna Gainey grew up here in the picturesque fishing village of Bayou La Batre, Ala., – went to school only a mile away, married a local boy, and made the tiny City Hall on Wintzell Avenue her home away from home. This is all she’s known. All she’s ever wanted to know. For 32 years, she’s watched mayors and council members come and go, but still she remains.

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Carmen Sisson January 16, 2011 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Alabama, Bayou La Batre, Christian Science Monitor, economy, job benefits, retire, retirement, senior citizens, silver-collar economy 0
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