BLOOMINGTON -- Georgi Baird has been taking pictures of critters and the countryside since she was a little girl. Ask why, and she’ll tell you a story of growing up as an only child in a small town on a dead-end street with not much to do but wander outside looking for bugs, flowers and birds.

Krier new marketer with several Kearney hotels KEARNEY — Kelly Krier has joined Kearney Accommo-dations as its sales and marketing director.

Ah, retirement. The very sound of the word is music to the ears of millions of older workers, especially those who will be financially prepared to stop working. No boss, no schedule, long days of leisure down in sunny Florida … or Arizona … or maybe California .