Meet Lucia Peel Powe

By Laura Lee,

Published November 10, 2014 at 12:20 PM EST

Some say Lucia Peel Powe has failed Retirement 101.

Now in her eighties, she is as energized as ever.

Powe’s vibrant life as a teacher, mother, actress and musician has been punctuated by unique experiences: starring on the kid’s television show Romper Room, winning the Miss Georgia pageant and helping edit bills for the North Carolina legislature.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Lucia Peel Powe.

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Laura Lee

Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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