After being assigned to write a story about a 90-year-old man who had no idea what the term “elderly” meant, I had no idea what to expect. When I pulled into the driveway at his home, I figured it out before I had a chance to get out of my vehicle. Although somewhat frail, the man was scooping snow with a large scoop shovel with the mercury fighting to stay above 10 degrees. And he wasn’t taking little scoops like you would expect from a man his age. He would fill the shovel

Paynesville physician, 91, remains fully licensed Dr. Lindeman likes to work in his shop. He creates many items ranging from rocking horses to urns. Photo by Bev Ahlquist In talking about his life in the medical field, Dr. Ray Lindeman, who is a very young 91-1/2-year-old man, said there are times you will never forget, times that were both good and bad, but he wouldn’t trade it for any other job. Lindeman, his wife and children came to Paynesville in 1949. He did his interns

Paynesville man remains quite active, engaged in his community at age 90 The same thing can be said for Willie Scheel. The 90-year-old Paynesville resident doesn’t act his age at all. He acts like a man half his age. When this interviewer arrived at his home on the west edge of town, Scheel was outside shoveling snow with the temperature barely over 10 degrees. It was recently that he finally stopped downhill skiing in Colorado and other places with his wife, Gloria, 77. Sche