Seniors in Action - Cherokee County Senior

Seniors in Action
Clay/Cherokee County
Senior Games/SilverArts
September 2014
2014 Begins With New Name, New Games
What’s in a Name?
Jim Bent
A lot of pride goes into a name, therefore Cherokee County Senior Games/SilverArts is now
Cherokee/Clay County Senior Games/SilverArts.
Over the years some Clay County participants expressed a desire to be recognized equally with
Cherokee County. In order to accomplish this, three things needed to happen. They were to get more
support from Clay County in participants, parks and recreation and financially. All three happened
and going forward we will be known as Cherokee/Clay County Senior Games.
Our name has changed and we are proud to have such a group from Clay County participate in the
Senior Games. Clay County hosted pickleball for the games this year as they will in the future. A win/
win for all!
Pickleball Joins the Games
This was the first year Pickleball
was added to the games and it is
a local hit.
Called “America’s newest racquet sport,” Joel Pritchard and
Bill Bell in Bainbridge Island
WA began the game in 1965. It
was first played with pingpong
paddles and a badminton net.
Thanks to donors Glen Davis,
Coreen Howard, Cecelia Tucker,
and Marshal Tucker for assistance with the equipment, etc. Our first athletes to compete at the state
games in pickleball will be Charles Brown, Desna Jarrett, and Harry Jarrett.
Workshops in Clay County introduced the sport to our Games. Now at Konehete Park in Murphy,
MWF at 10:15 and T Th S at 9 AM Pickleball players practice and everyone is welcome to try it out.
In contrast to Pickleball, the other sport added to the Games this year, Bocce, may be the world’s
oldest game, and is said to be the world’s second most popular game, with soccer being the world’s
most popular. See p. 6 for more about Bocce.
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Our Sponsors
A Jem’s Gems
Alpine Veterinary Hospital
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Blue Mountain Coffee & Grill
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Edward Jones – John Mattox
ERA Carolina Mountain Homes
Family Life Chiropractic Center II
Farley Insurance
First Citizen Bank
Galloway’s Automotive
Gibson Shoe Store
Grape Creek CDC
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Heritage Propane
Humana
Ivie Funeral Home, Inc.
Jacky Jones Ford of Hayesville
Jacky Jones Superstore
King’s Pharmacy
La Palma Mexican Restaurant
Lewis D. Jones Insurance Agency, LLC
Macon Bank
Modern Woodmen
Murphy Granite Outlet
Murphy Medical Center, Inc.
Nantahala Bank & Trust Company
Peoples Bank of East Tennessee
Regency Hospice
Saint William Ladies Guild
State Farm Insurance/ Steven Aft
Townson-Rose Funeral Home, LLC
Tri-County Democratic Women’s Club
Turner, Hatchett & Turner, CPA, P.A.
Waffle King
West Contracting, Inc.
Valley View Care & Rehabilitation Center
2014 Clay/Cherokee County Medalists
Badminton singles
First place: Kay Cameron, Sandra M. Goss
Basketball shooting
First place: Lisa Ross, Kay Cameron, Gwen
Hathaway, Jane Hembree, Reba Fowler, Rickie
L. Ross, Mike Lalone, Gary E. Wilson, Hank
Bomberger, Jorge A. Wilhelm, Paul Napolitano
Second place: Veve Rendall, Karen E. Hall, Anna Nix, Winfield Clonts, Dwight Moss, Charles
Brown, David K. Miller
Third place: Mitch Prince, Dennis Gray, Roger
Hathaway
Bocce Doubles
First place: Janet Paul, Jane Hembree
Bocce Singles
First place: Veve Rendell, Samantha Davis, Renate (Rikki) Wocel, Janet Paul, Mike Davis,
Jorge A. Wilhelm
Second place: Linda May, Jane Hembree
Third place: Kay Cameron
Bowling Singles
First place: Rebecca Galloway, Jane Birchfield,
Janet Paul, Ruth Griffing, Larry Cannan, Mike
Davis, Jim Bent, Paul Napolitano
Second place: Veve Rendall, Samantha Davis,
Marilyn Grant, Gary Galloway, Gary E. Wilson,
Robert (Buck) Black, Jim Paul
Third place: Lisa Ross, Joanne Stillman, Rickie
L. Ross
Bowling Doubles
First place: Rebecca Galloway, Janet Paul; Jane
Birchfield, Ruth Griffing; Mike Davis, Larry
Cannan; Robert (Buck) Paul, Jim Bent
Second place: Lisa Ross, Veve Rendall; Jenny
Keith, Joanne Stillman; Jim Paul, Gary Galloway
Bowling Mixed Doubles
First place: Rebecca Galloway, Gary Galloway;
Mike Davis, Samantha Davis; Jim Bent, Marilyn
Grant; Janet Paul, Jim Paul
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Cornhole Singles
First place: Peggy Graham, Mary Pickens,
Jane Hembree, Janet Paul, Shirley Deyton,
Ruth Griffing,Winfield Clonts, Marvin Taylor,
John Stillman, David K. Miller, Jim Paul
Cherokee & Clay County Sr Games/
SilverArts Board Members
Jim Bent, Co-Cordinator
Second place: Veve Rendall, Joanne Stillman,
Renate (Rikki) Wocel, Betty J. Price, Thelma
Beavers, Dennis Gray, James Rogers, Dale
Price, Herbert Nix
Sue Bent, Co-Coordinator
Third place: Millie Crawford, Paul Archinard,
William E. (Gene) Byr
Glenn Davis, Ambassador
Discus
Kay Cameron, Computer Layout Specialist
Winfield Clonts, Sr. Services, Cherokee County
Mike Davis, Member-at-Large
PeeWee Davis, Cherokee County Parks &
First place: Janet Paul, Lorraine Meltz, Mike
Lalone, Gary E. Wilson, Glenn A. Davis, David K. Miller, Jim Paul
Dennis Gray, Member-at-Large
Second place: Dennis Gray, Jim Bent, Donald
Meltz
Gwen Hathaway, Member-at-Large
Third place: Hank Bomberger, Jorge A. Wilhelm
Running Long Jump
Recreation Director
Bob Hart, Events Manager
Roger Hathaway, Member-at-Large
Jane Hembree, SilverArts Coordinator
Coreen Howard, Ambassador
First place: Gary E. Wilson, Bob Hart, David
K. Miller
Andrew Jones, Clay County Parks & Recreation
Second place: Dennis Gray, Hank Bomberger,
Jorge A. Wilhelm
Gary Kenney, Track & Field Director
Third place : Donald Meltz
Linda May, Treasurer
Shot Put
Joe Keffer, Past Chairman
Gayle Larson, Member-at-Large
Lorraine Meltz, County Commission Liaison
First place: Angie Prince, Kay Cameron,
Gwen Hathaway, Karen E. Hall, Millie Crawford, Shirley Deyton, Rickie L. Ross, Winfield
Clonts, Gary E. Wilson, Bob Hart, David K.
Miller, Paul Napolitano
Dave Miller, Pickleball Events Manager
Second place: Lisa Ross, Jane G. Birchfield,
Reba Fowler, Mitch Prince, Dennis Gray,
Hank Bomberger, Donald Meltz
Veve Randall, Secretary & Volunteer Coordinator
Third place: Peggy Graham, Mary Pickens,
Janet Paul, Mike Lalone, Dwight Moss, Jim
Bent, Jorge A. Wilhelm
Don Wells, Golf Event Manager
Standing Long Jump
First place: Gary E. Wilson, Bob Hart, David
K. Miller
Second place: David Baumann, Jim Bent,
Jorge A. Wilhelm
Third place: Dennis Gray, Hank Bomberger,
Donald Meltz
Dwight Moss, Member-at-Large
Janet Paul, Ambassador
Jim Paul, Ambassador
Peg Russell, Newsletter
Wayne Sprong, Pickleball Murphy Ambassador
Jorge Wilhelm, Bike Event Coordinator
The Board meets at 9AM the third Thursday of the
month. To schedule a program, call 837-2467.
Latest news and calendar at
www.cherokeecountyseniorgames.org.
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Football Throw
First place: Angie Prince, Kay Cameron, Gwen
Hathaway, Karen E. Hall, Reba Fowler, Shirley
Deyton, Ruth Griffing, Rickie L. Ross, Winfield
Clonts, Dennis Gray, Charles Brown, David K. Miller, Paul Napolitano
Pickleball Singles
First place: Desna Wallin Jarret, Fannie Watson, Wayne Spong, Larry Belsley, Charles
Brown, David K. Miller
Second place: Dennis Gray, Harry Jarrett, Bill
Second place: Veve Rendall, Mary Pickens, Coreen Stephenson
Howard, Jane Hembree, Janet Paul, Mike Lalone,
Pickleball Doubles
Gary E. Wilson, Bob Hart, Donald Meltz, Herbert
First place: Larry Belsley, Bill Stephenson;
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Harry Jarrett, Frederick Sickel; David K. Miller,
Third place: Lisa Ross, Joanne Stillman, Anna Nix, Bob Dolven
Dwight Moss, John Stillman, Jorge A. Wilhelm
Second place: Charles Brown, Ron Wallace
Football Throw
Third Place: Bill Byron, Brian Dobson
First place: Angie Prince, Kay Cameron, Gwen
Pickleball Mixed Doubles
Hathaway, Karen E. Hall, Reba Fowler, Shirley
Deyton, Ruth Griffing, Rickie L. Ross, Winfield
First place: Ruth Spong, Wayne Spong; Jarry
Clonts, Dennis Gray, Charles Brown, David K. Mil- Jarrett, Desna Wallin Jarrett; Ron Wallace, Fanler, Paul Napolitano
nie Watson
Second place: Veve Rendall, Mary Pickens, Coreen
Racquetball
Howard, Jane Hembree, Janet Paul, Mike Lalone,
First place: Jeffrey Jackson, Larry Leturmy,
Gary E. Wilson, Bob Hart, Donald Meltz, Herbert
Hank Bomberger
Nix
Third place: Lisa Ross, Joanne Stillman, Anna Nix, Second place: Brian Mitchell
Dwight Moss, John Stillman, Jorge A. Wilhelm
Third place: Richard Jones
Golf
Shuffleboard Singles
First place: Joanne Stillman, George Buck, Norm
First place: Veve Rendall, Samantha Davis,
Axelson, John Stillman, Gerald Brandenberg, Robert Barbara Lovingood, Patricia Bernardi, Janet
Strang
Paul, Shirley Deyton, Ruth Griffing, Rickie L.
Ross, Winfield Clonts, Mike Davis, James RogSecond place: Don Wells
ers, William E. (Gene) Byr, Jim Paul
Third place: Bill Stephens
Second place: Lisa Ross, Kay Cameron, Cathy
Horseshoes
Crawford, Sue McGuire, Thelma Beavers
First place: David Miller, James Rogers, Jorge A.
Third place: Marie McIsaac, Sue Bent
Wilhelm, Gene Griggs, Veve Rendall, Barbara LovSoftball Throw
ingood, Pat Bernardi, Shirley Peyton
Second place: Ricky Ross, William Byrd, Lisa Ross First place: Angie Prince, Joanne Stillman,
Gwen Hathaway, Karen E. Hall, Reba Fowler,
Decathlon
Shirley Deyton, Rickie L. Ross, Mitch Prince,
Dennis Gray, Hank Bomberger, David K. MilFirst place: Gary E. Wilson, Jim Bent, Bob Hart
ler, Paul Napolitano
Second place: Dennis Gray
Second place: Veve Rendall, Mary Pickens,
Jane Hembree, Anna Nix, Winfield Clonts, Gary
E. Wilson, John Stillman, Jorge A. Wilhelm
Pentathlon
First place: Gwen Hathaway, Karen E. Hall
Second place: Kay Cameron
Third place: Lisa Ross, Kay Cameron, Janet
Paul, Henry Ristorcelli, Donald Meltz
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Swimming 200 yd Freestyle
First place: Emma Flinn
Swimming 50 yd Breaststroke
First place: Sandra M. Goss
Swimming 50 yd Butterfly
First placeL Emma Flinn
Swimming 50 yd Freestyle
First place: Lisa Ross, Emma Flinn, Sandra
M. Goss, Rickie L. Ross, Gary E. Wilson, Jim
Bent
Second place: Coreen Howard, Dennis Gray,
Bob Hart
Table Tennis Doubles
First place: Lisa Ross, Nancy W. Miller; Raylene Ensanat, Dorothy L. Leslie; David J. Miller, Rickie L. Ross; Frank Ensenat, Jerry L.
Leslie; Brian Dobson, David Lang
Table Tennis Singles
First place: Lisa Ross, Marie McIsaac, Raylene Ensanat, Dorothy L. Leslie, David J. Miller, Frank Ensenat, Jerry L. Leslie
Second place: Nancy W. Miller, Rickie L.
Ross, Dennis Gray, Brian Dobson
Third place: Gary E. Wilson, David Lang
Table Tennis Mixed Doubles
First place: David J. Miller, Nancy Miller;
Raylene Ensanat, Frank Ensanat; Dorothy L
Leslie, Jerry L. Leslie
Second place: Lisa Ross, Rickie L. Ross
Bowling Medalists shown wearing the 2014 games shirts
and their newly won medals.
Track 1500 M Race Walk
First place: Kay Cameron, Coreen Howard, Karen
E. Hall, David Baumann, Jim Bent
Second place: Gwen Hathaway, Dennis Gray,
Glenn Davis
Third place: Dwight Moss, Bob Hart
Track 1500 M Run
First place: Dwight Moss, Aliasghar “Ali” Djava
Track 200 M Dash
First place: Dwight Moss, Hank Bomberger
Second place: Jim Bent
Track 400 M Dash
First place: Dwight Moss
Tennis Singles
Track 5K Race Walk
First place: David Baumann, Henry Ristorcelli, Richard Gurian
First place: Maryam Vakili, Coreen Howard, David
Baumann, Jim Bent
Second place: Dennis Gray
Second place: Gwen Hathaway, Dwight Moss,
Glenn A. Davis
Tennis Doubles
First place: David Baumann, Paul Dubrow;
Henry Ristorcelli, Bill Byron
Track 100M Dash
First place: Dwight Moss, Hank Bomberger
Second place: Dennis Gray, Jim Bent
Third place: Gary E. Wilson
Track 5K Run
First place: Lisa Ross, Rickie L. Ross, Aliasghar
“Ali” Djava
Track 800 M Run
First place: Dwight Moss
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SILVER ARTS
Performing Arts
First place: JoAnne Kilmer, Gayle Larson
Second place: Bob Hart
Literary Arts
First place: Marilyn J. Barker, Loretta Carter, Sandra McKinney, Geraldine Sneed
Second place: Marilyn J. Barker, Bob Grove, Mary
Ricketson, Bill Stephenson
Third place: Bob Grove, Bob Grove, Geraldine
Sneed
Visual Arts
First place: Dean Quick, Sandra McKinney, Samantha Davis, Debra Vanderlaan, Sheryl Bessette
Second place : Dean Quick, Barbara Lovingood,
Pamela Knowles, David Vanderlann, Samantha Davis
Third place: Hattie Sheehy, Glenn A. Davis, Barbara Lovingood, Debra Vanderlaan, Sheryl Bessette
Heritage Arts
First place: Barbara Lovingood, Loretta Carter,
Jane B. Payne, Betty Corso, Mike Lalone, Bonnie
Butler, Phyllis Janosko, Effie Lou Ridler, Gwen
Fink, Brian Dobson, Steve Hembree
Second place: Linda Vanderlaan, Millie Crawford,
Holly Chapman, Jane B. Payne, Mike Lalone, Rebecca Galloway, Phyllis Janosko, Gwen Fink, Donald Wirth, Brian Dobson, Marshall Peterson
Third place: Elaine Ryan, Loretta Carter, Linford
Palmer, Bonnie Butler, Mike Lalone, Renate
(Rikki) Wocell, Effie Lou ridler, Cora EdwardsVennes, Brian Dobson, Cora Edwards-Vennes
Sandra McKinney with her first place picture.
Oldest Sport Added To Games
Bocce history at bocce.org calls it the oldest
sport, shown in picture dated 5,200 BC. Bacce
(the root of the name means “boss”) was
played by Callileo, DaVinci, Elizabeth I, and
George Washington had a bocce court at Mt.
Vernon.
The site records that the game has been
banned. Kings of Spain Carlos IV and V
banned it. In 1576, players were fined and imprisoned. It was so popular that it took time
away from practice in military exercises like
archery. At one time the Catholic Church declared it was “a means of gambling.”
Janet Paul, Jane Hembree, and Jim Paul will
be the first local competitors in Bocce at the
NC State
Games.
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Medical Pearls for Seniors
Tidbits, Exercise, and Injuries
By Joseph H. Keffer, M.D
A few tidbits from the Harvard Health Letter of interest to all seniors:
1. About keeping you from sleep: beware of hidden sources of caffeine being added to drinks including colas, root beers, cocoa, chocolate milk, energy water, flavoured liqueurs, and iced tea, frosting,
mints, gummy bears, and even sunflower seeds. If it is added to the ingredients, it will be listed. Look
for trigger words such as “energy” or “wired.”
2. About sleep medications: Don’t drive with sleep aids in your system. You may know you are affected if you have a hard time getting up in the morning or you are groggy. You need to know if the
sleep aid is still in your system. Some are short acting such as Ambien, while others last longer such as
Lunesta or Restoril. Dalmane and Klonopin are longer acting. Speak with your pharmacist to learn
about your sleep aid.
3. Be careful about your medications and supplements. Get to know them and identify them. Make a
list. 29% or adults take five or more medications. It isn’t surprising that they often get confused and
take too much or too little.
4. While fruit juice is good, the whole fruit is better. Drinking juice may increase your chances of developing diabetes while eating two servings per week of whole fruits such as blueberries, grapes
and apples is associated with a 23% reduction in risk of diabetes.
About exercise and injuries:
Pickleball has recently been added to the menu of sports offered by the Senior Games. But, as in all
sporting activities, we need to take care of our bodies by warming up and appropriate stretching exercises. The USA Pickelball Association has an excellent set of guidelines for minimizing injury related
to this sport and it probably applies to all our senior activities. Check it out at http:/training.usapa.org/
health%26safety . “Prevention is the key to reducing injuries. Warm-up, stretch, play, stretch and
cool down.” Many specifics are available on the website that make sense.
The medical literature confirms that the “Mature” athlete has issues, as reflected in the following
quotes from the current medical literature: “Aging changes the biology, healing capacity”, and “-biomechanical function of tendons and ligaments and results in common clinical pathologies that present to---” physicians. And, “Tendons and ligaments are highly arranged connective tissue structures
that maintain joint motion and joint stability. These structures are subject to vascular and compositional
changes with increasing age that alter their mechanotransduction, biology, healing capacity, and biomechanical function.” “The incidence of acute Achilles tendon ruptures is on the rise. This is thought to be
due to the increasing number of middle-aged persons participating in athletic and/or strenuous activity.”
These quotations are not intended to discourage our fellow seniors from appropriate physical activity but to inspire the respectful care of our bodies as advocated in the Pickleball guidelines and with the
appropriate assessment and guidance of your physician.
These quotations are not intended to discourage our fellow seniors from appropriate physical activity but to inspire the respectful care of our bodies as advocated in the Pickleball guidelines and with the
appropriate assessment and guidance of your physician.
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Raleigh, Here We Come
Thirty-five Cherokee/Clay County Senior Games/SilverArts medalists will compete in the North Carolina State
Games in Raleigh which begin the last week in September. Pictured are: 1st row: Ruth Griffing, Jane Birchfield,
Janet Paul, Loretta Carter, Millie Crawford, Coreen Howard and Jane Hembree 2nd row: Jim Paul, Holly Chapman, Desna Jarrett, Carole Hall, Debra Vanderlaan, Paul Napolitano, Jane Payne, Norm Axelson, Don Wells,
Sue Bent 3rd row: Steve Hembree, Harry Jarrett, Glen Davis, Jim Bent, David Vanderlaan, John Stillman, Dean
Quick. Not in picture are: Mike Davis, Samantha Davis, Dorothy Smith, Sheryl Bessette, Charles Brown, Larry
Cannan, Emma Flinn, Dennis Gray, Pam Knowles, Mike Lalone, Jerry Leslie, Dorothy Leslie.
North Carolina Senior Games celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with 3,183 participants registered from around
the state. Since many of the local medalists will compete in multiple contests, they are registered in sixty-nine
state events.
The invitation, Come Play With Us, is shown in these pictures
which include the sports, the arts showcase, and the fun of the
closing banquet.