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Florida Senior Games State Championships begin Saturday
Hi Friends - Two days and counting until the 17th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships begin in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral. As of today, December 4, a total of 2,018 senior athletes have registered with the goal of winning a...
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A Senior Moment, Or?
A Senior Moment, Or?“A senior moment is a tip of the brain ‘Eureka’ moment, not about forgetting, but about remembering the one thing you always wanted to do. Now you can. So do it. Seize your senior moment...
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Florida Senior Games allows Toni Gibbs to Grow Bolder
Over the course of 10 years working at the Florida Senior Games State Championships, the staff has fielded a myriad of calls about a variety of things. One such call came in during our early years, either 1999 or 2000, from Toni Gibbs, a...
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Corkey Nydle
Corkey Nydle is one of the country's top senior golfers. She picks up gold every chance she gets.
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Claudette Braswell
Claudette Braswell ran faster, shot better and threw farther than 1,000 other female competitors to become the Florida State Female Senior Athlete of the Year.
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Sean Callahan
Three years ago, Sean Callahan launched GeezerJock, a national magazine celebrating senior athletes.
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Ora Rakestraw
For nearly 30 years, Ora Rakestraw has been bringing books alive for schoolchildren.
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Headlines from the Florida Senior Games State Championships
The Games began on Saturday, December 6 and here’s a few of the headlines from the first five days of competition. Villages Golfer Corkey Nydle wins sixth gold in seven years Englewood golfer Robert Nichols...
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Nick Kent
Golfer Nick Kent found himself in a three-way sudden death playoff at this year's National Senior Games.
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Charles Modlin
Super-stud Charles Modlin smashed records at the National Senior Games and he's just getting started.
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Roger Gentilhomme
At an age when many people are just happy to be alive, 97-year-old Roger Gentilhomme is competing in multiple sports.
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Growing Bolder Wins BIG
Growing Bolder's name may be on the trophy, but you deserve the credit for our Senior Vision Media Award.
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Inside a Senior Expo
Marketing to the 50+ crowd is big business. So, what are they trying to sell us? Find out and become a savvy consumer.
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Long Distance Runner at the Florida Senior Games State Championships
Did you hear the one about the guy who traveled from Olympia, Washington to Fort Myers, Florida to qualify for the National Senior Games? That’s what Craig Anderson, the winner and record setter at the 5K and 10K Road Races on successive...
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Dave Zarco, George Schmidt
Meet two of the top athletes competing in the 2007 Senior National Games.
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Andy McGuffin
Free-throw shooting master Andy McGuffin, 82, could school today's NBA stars.
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Ethyl Lehmann
When she was a young girl, Ethyl Lehmann didn't get to play too many sports. Now 77, she's making up for lost time.
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Eleanor Hamre
Eleanor Hamre is 70 years old and one of the fastest female cyclists alive over the age of 50.
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Florida State Senior Games Time Trial Championships
It was a tough windy day on December 9th in Cape Coral for the State Senior Games 5K and 10K time trial championships. I'm thrilled to report that I defended both of my time trial titles from last year winning my 9th and 10th Florida state cycling...
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Senior athletes everywhere have great attitudes
One of the greatest personality traits of the senior athlete is the "Don't give up," attitude. To most, it doesn't matter who finishes ahead or behind them. At the Games, you will find a lot of the loudest cheers are for those who...
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Right on Target
Bob Worrell was the oldest archer at the National Senior Games and came away with the gold in his age group and a new record! Find out how he's kept his love for the sport right on target!
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Counting down to the 17th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships
It’s only two weeks before the 17th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships kick off in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral with the 10K Road Race through downtown Fort Myers on Saturday morning, December 6. As the calendar...
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Let the Games Begin!
More than 12,000 super-athletes from around the world gather for the Senior Games.
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Check out the Senior Resource Alliance Group
Some members are wondering how to get a blog to appear in a particular group. That's a great question and here's the answer.1: Go to your personal profile page because that's the only place you can write blogs. 2: Click "write a blog" in the "things to do...
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Senior Living
As we grow we learn how to read, to write, drive a car, and how to vote. We never learn how to be old. We never think of being old. And yet, becoming old is a natural turn of events in every person's lives. We all know we will,unless we die, get old!...
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Who You Calling Senior?
For a growing number of Americans, growing "old" isn't what it used to be. In fact, many are finding it's the best times of their lives.
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The Doughnut Dilemma
Recently, a group of angry people picketed outside their senior home in Mahopac, New York. They carried signs, chanted and drew national attention to their plight. So what had these 70 year olds so upset? Pastry abuse! You see, they were used to...
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Mike Flynt
Rather than regretting the mistakes of his youth for the rest of his life, 59-year-old Mike Flynt decided to suit up and earn his way back onto the college football team he was once booted off.
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Just a congo-line away from the biggest named cruise lines
More and more, active adults over the age of 55 are finding travel and adventure an essential part of retirement in Central Florida. To celebrate their longer and fuller lives, Baby Boomers are just looking to have fun more than anything! And now, with...
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We All Get Old
As we grow we learn how to read, to write, drive a car, and how to vote. We never learn how to be old. We never think of being old. And yet, becoming old is a natural turn of events in every person's lives.We all know we will, ( unless we die), get...
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Helen Beauchamp
Helen Beauchamp is an 88-year-old world record and gold medal collector that likes to throw her wins away -- literally.
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See Florida's Finest Senior Athletes at the 2008 Florida Senior Games State Championships
It’s been a little over three weeks since Florida Senior Games State Championships registration has been open and the Florida Sports Foundation has been buzzing with activity. More than 8,000 registration books were mailed out to...
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Growing Bolder Receives 2008 Senior Vision Media Award
The Growing Bolder Media Group is the winner of the 2008 Senior Vision Media Award, presented by the Florida Council on Aging. President and CEO Marc Middleton accepted the award on behalf of the Growing Bolder team.
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Tiny Caizel
Tiny Caizel is a big-time athlete with a small name.
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Online Senior Living Library – Information all about Active Adult Living in Central Florida
Looking for information in books, periodicals, newspapers, and websites can be a research nightmare! CRF Communities now has an online library: a one-stop shop for finding information on active adult lifestyles, senior health and fitness,...
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Adam Shupak
Golfweek Magazine senior writer Adam Shupak gives Growing Bolder an all-access pass to the world's biggest and most important golf gathering.
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Robert Byrd
Born: November 20, 1917
The senior Senator from West Virginia and the longest-serving senator in U.S. history. Byrd is third in the line of presidential succession. -
Suzan Colon
For women everywhere, O Magazine is an empowering medium that is dedicated to changing their lives. For senior editor Suzan Colon, having the ability to touch lives is just as empowering to her.
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“AGING OUTSIDE THE BOX ™” SENIOR SEMINAR
VENUE: “AGING OUTSIDE THE BOX ™” SENIOR SEMINARDATE: SATURDAY - MAY 17, 2008TIME: 10am-2PM-CST (Brunch Served)GUEST SPEAKER: SHIRLEY W. MITCHELL, National Author/Writer/Syndicated Columnist/Speaker and Celebrity...
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Aging Outside the Box™ Senior Seminar
VENUE: “AGING OUTSIDE THE BOX ™” SENIOR SEMINAR DATE: SATURDAY - MAY 17, 2008 TIME: 10am-2PM-CST (Brunch Served) GUEST SPEAKER: SHIRLEY W. MITCHELL, National Author/Writer/Syndicated Columnist/Speaker and...
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Sandy Scott
Champion cyclist Sandy Scott has done the unthinkable -- overcome a broken neck to start competing again
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Two very experienced Senior Games athletes
How many times do you have the opportunity to talk to someone who is 102 years old? I had that pleasure when I called to check in on John Donnelly, my favorite over-100 years old athlete. His first comment to me was if we had created a 100-105 year...
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Steve Sigler
Steve Sigler says softball never appealed to him, so he founded a hardball league that is now 45,000 members strong -- and growing.
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Dinner with your grandparents?
O.K. – So here’s the deal. My husband and I took our 11 year old son out for a quick bite to eat tonight at a favorite local restaurant. Our son is tall and thin and looks much older that his 11 years. The hostess at the...
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Pat Bond
Pat Bond rediscovered the joys of athletics in her 40s and the 68-year-old says sports have actually made her excited to age.
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Skip Rogers
Most would think a broken neck, a ripped Achilles tendon, two heart clots and a staph infection would stop an athlete in their tracks. But not Skip Rogers. The big-time cyclist is still riding and breaking records.
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Give These Guys a Medal
It takes months -- sometimes years -- of training, sweating and sacrifice to make it to the elite Senior Games, whether it's at the state or national level. So why are some medal winners giving away their trophies? To help those who need a boost.
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Grown-Ups Just Want To Have Fun
The generation that vowed to never trust anyone over 30 ate those words long ago, and these days, they're finding that being a grown-up is actually a lot more fun than they ever could have imagined.
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Edgar Larson
Swimmer Edgar Larson wouldn’t let a major medical episode get in the way of his passion. The 85-year-old worked his way back to health and won nine gold medals along the way.
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Fan Benno-Caris
She's not a runner and she's not a walker – Fan Benno-Caris is right in between. She's been race walking for almost 20 years and she's not slowing down anytime soon.
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John Trongon
He's a star on his softball team and John Trongon has led the Villages' softaball team, The Angels, to many wins. Oh, and did we mention he's 85?
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Masters Sport Stars
Older is bolder. Check out our interviews with many of the top masters athletes in the world. These men and women are having the best times of their lives as they turn in the best times of their lives.










































