Word: barner
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...Lola Barner of Monticello, Iowa, is not so fortunate. The retired schoolteacher, 72, failed her local test and has no way to get to her garden and crafts clubs. "It made me feel like I was hardly a person anymore," she laments. Although senior vans fill the gap in some communities and other alternate transportation programs are being created, their availability--especially in rural areas like Barner's--lags far behind the need. Her embarrassment at having lost her license, she says, holds her back from asking others for rides...