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Growing Bolder Insider Volume 9

Can you believe it's our ninth Insider already? Time flies when you're creating a ground-breaking Web site. This edition of the Insider is jam-packed with people who are changing the face of aging and having a ball while doing it. Do you know someone who is Growing Bolder? We'd love to talk to them on our weekly radio show (AM 580 WFLA, Sundays 4 to 5 p.m. Tune in!) or feature them in a Growing Bolder video. Just click here to send us suggestions. To get started on this edition, though, click on Bill Shafer's picture to find out about one of our most exciting features on the new GrowingBolder.com. Keep on rockin'!

Rock On

Living the Life You Want

He designs Web pages for rock stars. He's cool. He's passionate. He's plugged into the latest trends. And, oh yeah, he's 70 years old. Dan Beach is the new face of aging. He cherishes his past but remains relevent by charging full speed ahead into an exciting future.

A Byrd Makes Ice From The Sun

Let's Kick It. Ice, Ice Baby!

The man who pioneered country rock, developed the 7-string guitar and brought folk music to the Internet has done it again. Former Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn needed a way to keep his food frozen during long power outages caused by hurricanes at his home in Florida. And he wanted to do it in an environmentally friendly way. Always the innovator, McGuinn figured out a way to make ice from the sun! He unveils his creation ONLY to Growing Bolder.

GBTV

This Week's Episode: Lost At the Home Show

Expect anything in this action-packed episode. Marc and Bill are invited to the Home Show at the Orange County Convention Center to promote the Growing Bolder Radio Show's flagship station, AM 580 WFLA. But something happens along the way. Do they ever get there? What will happen if they do? We can only tell you that mayhem ensues, just as it does whenever the Bolder Boys show up to an event!

GB Radio

Summer of Love, 40 Years After

1967 was one of the most amazing times in U.S. history. The Monterey Pop Festival gave birth to the hippie movement. The Summer of Love brought it to national prominence. There was a new consciousness based on sex, drugs and awesome music. Joel Selvin, music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, was there. On the Growing Bolder Radio Show he set the record straight.

KISS Drummer Still Rocks and Rolls All Night

In the mid-1970s, a group of men wearing makeup and elaborate costumes stormed onto the stage and changed the idea of what a rock band looked like. Millions of rock fans embraced KISS's stage antics and rockin' anthems, like "Rock and Roll All Night" and "Detroit Rock City." Drummer Peter Criss morphed into the Cat Man, but soon the rock and roll lifestyle left him struggling to survive. Now 61, Peter has not only survived but he's taking back control of his career. He talks to Growing Bolder about producing his first album, "One for All," and what he thinks the chances are for a KISS reunion.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Yes, yes, yes they do -- they have spirit, how 'bout you? A group of baton-wielding women prove that you're never too old to get your cheer on. We met the leader of The Villages Twirlers by accident and quickly found ourselves caught up in her energy, spirit and a rehearsal! Come along as Chief Photojournalist Jason Morrow goes inside with these girls, who tell us they just wanna have fun.

Passing of the Torch

This week we learned that Olympic great and recent Growing Bolder Radio Show guest Al Oerter passed away at the age of 71. Al was one of the greatest athletes to ever represent Team USA. The discus champ did the unthinkable -- he won gold medals and set new records in four straight games in the 1950s and 1960s. And if that's not amazing enough, he continued to beat his personal bests (and records) well into his 40s. But it was later in life that he discovered his true calling -- abstract art. Just six weeks ago, he told us about his Art of the Olympians project that recruits the works of his fellow former Olympians. Take a few moments to get inspired by a great American.

Shaq could stand to spend some time with Andy McGuffin, and it was something we couldn't wait to do. The 82-year-old is a free-throwin' fiend. He once sank 400 in a row, and this summer, his basketball team, the Magic Seniors, took the gold medal at the national Senior Games. He exclusively shares his secrets of the hardwood and his passion for fitness at any age with Growing Bolder. Plus, GB VP Bill Shafer is called upon to convince local leaders that aging isn't what it used to be. Watch him wow the power crowd.

Deep Thoughts

"Do or do not. There is no try."

-- Jedi Master Yoda

A Look Back

Oct. 1, 1924
-- Future President James Earl Carter is born in Georgia. "Jimmy" is the first president to be born in a hospital.

Oct. 1, 1955
-- The Honeymooners debuts on CBS, starring Jackie Gleason. Only 39 episodes of the comedy air. The Honeymooners is filmed before a live audience and broadcast at a later date.

Oct. 2, 1962
-- Johnny Carson debuts as host of The Tonight Show, a job he will keep for almost 30 years.

Oct. 3, 1895
-- The Red Badge of Courage is published in book form. Stephen Crane's story is the first American novel to portray the Civil War from the point of view of an ordinary soldier. The story had been first published in a newspaper syndicate.

Oct. 4, 1957
-- The Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, kicking off the so-called "space race." Sputnik transmits radio signals back to Earth.

Oct. 4, 1957
-- Leave It To Beaver premieres, featuring the typical 1950s "wholesome family" in a story told from the perspective of 7-year-old Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver. The show runs until 1963.

Oct. 5, 1947
-- President Harry Truman makes the first televised presidential address from the White House. He asks Americans to cut back on their use of grain to help starving Europeans. Only a few thousand American homes actually had televisions at the time.

Oct. 5, 1974
-- American David Kunst finishes the first verified around-the-world trip made on foot. It had taken him four years and 21 pairs of shoes to complete the 14,500-mile journey.

Oct. 6, 1961
-- President John F. Kennedy urges Americans to build bomb shelters to protect themselves in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.