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“I’ve heard of people in their 80s still riding their bikes, so I hope I can keep up with this for a long time,” Lois said. This year, she’s already pedaled more than 1,300 miles. When she’s not busy riding her bike, Lois can be found on a ham radio station, which is amateur, non-professional, talk radio governed by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Lois plans to keep up with all of her activities after retirement, having plenty to keep her busy. “I’ve always got goals to work for and I think that’s so important,” Lois said. And she has no plans of slowing down, explaining a motto she lives by: “We don’t quit learning and we don’t quit being active because we get old. We get old because we quit learning and quit being active.” “She’s kind of like the Energizer bunny; she doesn’t stop,” Wanda said. “She will always find things that interest her and challenge her.” But no one can keep Lois away from the library too long. She plans to return to the Historical Library as a volunteer, spending her days cataloguing once again. While Lois says she’s still “working on [herself]” and trying to wrap her head around being retired, her faith assures her that she still has a purpose. “[God] has a purpose for me even though I’m old ... that doesn’t mean I’m done with my life’s work,” Lois said. “Life is good, it just isn’t easy.”
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