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Bell County Senior Citizens, R U OK? BY PEGGY PURSER FREEMAN
The RU OK? program in Belton has made the community more aware of their senior citizens and their needs. PHOTOS BY RICHARD BARNES PHOTOGR APHY AND PROVIDED BY THE BELTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Being alone can be like winter in Texas. Loneliness creeps in with gray skies and bitter winds. For most people, “the golden years” offer time to cozy up with your loved ones and bask in the warmth of friends and neighbors. However, for one Bell County senior in 2012 brought no family, no friends, or neighbors. Isolated, alone, when circumstance left her incapable of helping herself and unable to call 911, she waited. She waited and waited for someone, for anyone to find her. However, no one realized the tragedy just across the way. 72 Bell County Living