Over the Hill Hikers |
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Veteran political reporter Shirley Elder Lyons, working with Elizabeth MacGregor Bates, has produced a book acclaimed as “fascinating” and a “great read”. It’s called Over the Hill Hikers, and is published by Peter E. Randall Publisher of
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Lyons, who lives in
The book chronicles the ups and downs of those retirees who became a cohesive bunch of happy hikers under Lib’s leadership. Lew Feldstein, former president of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, describes the book as a living example of the growth of “social capital” in one small town in the middle of
In Over the Hill Hikers journalist Lyons, who covered the U.S. Congress for the Washington Star and
It worked. The hikers set out every Tuesday, and built a unique community along the way.
“I just started doing these things,” she said at one get-together, “and just kept on for 16 years, since no one threw me out. For the first 12 years we didn’t even have dues or a treasurer.” What she had instead was a little tin box in her kitchen where she deposited occasional contributions for postage.
Lib was never elected to any post nor given any official title. One hiker dubbed her the “den mother,” and that seemed to sum up her style of hands-off leadership. One key to her success was in making others think they had thought up some new and popular project.
She loved
Although Lib stepped aside in the late 1990s, the hiking group has continued to function under new leaders and with new members.
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Over the Hill Hikers