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Robert Sarnoff, 60, of Belle Harbor, N.Y., says his friends have dubbed him "the poster child for retirement." A former high school art teacher and assistant principal, Sarnoff left the New York City school system five years ago, and since then has worked part time directing a program that teaches art and computer skills to the homeless. But that's just the start. Sarnoff has showcased his paintings at two art exhibits, written five plays that were produced off-off-Broadway and acted in five independent films. "Even though I loved teaching, I knew in the back of my mind...
...early retirees are by no means all rich. Edith Flowers Kilgo, 52, of Jonesboro, Ga., is a former free-lance writer and a university-press editor at Georgia State University who retired in 1994 to share her special expertise: saving money. Kilgo is publisher of the bimonthly newsletter Creative Downscaling, in which she passes on ideas gleaned from her own life-style, including the best way to purchase used cars, plus tips on buying clothes (wait for end-of-season sales) and making your own snacks. "I grew up in poverty as the daughter of sharecroppers," says Kilgo, whose husband...
...young gymnast barely had an allowance, say former gymnast Kurt Thomas and his wife Beckie, with whom Moceanu lived and trained for four months last year. At one point, the couple say, they gave her $500 to open a checking account. At their suggestion last November, she met with a Dallas lawyer to discuss using the last $173,000 check from her gymnastics exhibition tour to set up a separate trust. When her father found out about the plan, he drove to Dallas and took the check and Dominique back to Houston. Dominique told the Houston Chronicle that beyond just...
...school, Dominique currently practices only three to four hours, compared with her old eight-hour-a-day Olympic regimen. Dominique's friends, however, warn of the deceptive similarities between real and stage parenting. "I know her parents were tough on her, and I thought they had good intentions," says former teammate Kerri Strug. "But there's a fine line between parents' being supportive and being pushy. A lot of parents try to live through their kids...
Murray is pro-choice; Smith once voted against Medicaid funding for abortion in cases of rape and incest, explaining, "We don't kill children because their father is a jerk." Murray, a former instructor and school-board member, boasts about her role in last week's budget agreement and the planned hiring of 100,000 teachers to reduce class size; Smith, who once managed a tax-preparation business, accused Murray of raiding the Social Security trust fund and said she doesn't want bureaucrats or politicians in D.C. "wrapping my school district in red tape...