Huh? What's Up With That?

e p 3     It has become another Encore Performance for me to talk to other people to find out what keeps them interested in life after retirement and then document those findings. It doesn't get any better than compiling their stories and interviewing interesting people.   Encore Performance is   a term used by my former department chair to describe my leaving a broadcast career to begin anew as a teacher.      For most of us, it is a given that we must have outside interests to feel relevant, inspired and functional.     This is the third chapter in a series of stories about people who have put their career aside, or retired, and started their own  Encore Performance .     This time around, HUH ?  What's up with that ? talked with almost two dozen retirees and discovered most have adapted well to their new lifestyle.  All of their stories will be told in the coming weeks.     Like the previous inter...

 batter up ...   Louisville, Kentucky's Al Benninger retired as VP of Human Resources at Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company 39 years ago.    I wasn't really ready to call it quits, but we were bought out by a larger insurance company and my days were numbered , he said.     Almost four decades later, Al is still enjoying life. In that 39 year time span, he has retired two more times, each from a passion involving sports.  Al is 95 now.  But, that's just the beginning of his story.   HUH ?   What's up with that ?   After your first retirement, did you go to work somewhere else?   No, I just decided it was more time for me and my family.  Mary and I have been married 70 years.  We have one son, two granddaughters, and a two month old great grandson , he proudly exclaimed.     As an adult, you were always involved with athletics.   Yes, I have been.  I've actually had several retirements even tho...