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Reflections on Title IX
North Carolina Senior Games is honored to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Title IX during the month of June. There have been an incredible number of influential, powerful women in our organization's history - women who have shaped this program from its earliest days until today. A number of these important women have offered their insightful reflections on the power of Title IX.
Participant Highlight - Jagmunir Sankar
Up For The Challenge
Jagmunir Sankar, 64, Cabarrus Senior Games
Jagmunir Sankar has been participating in Senior Games for three years. He found out about Cabarrus County Senior Games when he took his grandson to his soccer match and saw a flyer promoting Senior Games. He thought, “This is for me!” (click for more)
October Participant of the Month Mary Crusius (Right)
Share the Fun
Mary Crusius, 92, Senior Games of the Pines
At 92 years old, Mary Crusius is having fun playing the sports she loves and sharing the sports she loves with other people. Mary has been a Senior Games participant for over 25 years, playing tennis, table tennis, pickleball, & track and field. “Give me a racket or paddle and something to hit and I'm a happy camper!” she says. (click for more)
August Participant of the Month Ruby Enoch
Modeling a Healthy Lifestyle
Ruby Enoch, 88, Alamance Burlington Senior Games
Ruby got involved with Senior Games when she happened to see an article about Senior Games in the newspaper. “I learned more about it, and it was something that caught my interest,” Ruby says. One thing to another…
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July Participant of the Month Kinney Baughman
Sense of Community
Kinney Baughman, 67, High Country Senior Games
Kinney Baughman has been participating in North Carolina Senior Games for 10 years, and is an Ambassador for High Country Senior Games. He plays in the Basketball Tournament, and participates in the basketball shooting and 5K events.
Basketball has always been part of Kinney’s life. He was recruited to play basketball (click for more)
May Participant of the Month Alice Barnette
Gratitude Can Change Your Attitude
Alice Barnette, 79, Davie County Senior Games
Alice Barnette has been a Senior Games participant for 25 years. She was working as an elementary PE teacher, then a school secretary in Davie County when she got involved with Senior Games. She was working full-time and taking care of her mother, who had Alzheimer’s. “I just needed an outlet, to go out and be with people who were all well and able… (click for more)
March Participant of the Month Judy Barton
Judy’s Got Game
Judy Barton, 85, Wake County Senior Games
Judy Barton, the captain of the Fabulous 80s basketball team, has been participating in Senior Games for 30 years. She has participated in many other events, including tennis, bocce, painting, short story writing, and the football, softball, and basketball throws.
Judy started playing basketball… (click for more)
Patrick Farley, Director of Humana NC, and the Durham Divas
Humana “Brings Home the Gold” for North Carolina Senior Games!!
FIFTEEN consecutive years for Humana as Gold Sponsor of the Senior Games State Finals!!
RALEIGH, NC – North Carolina Senior Games, Inc. has announced that Humana Inc., for the fifteenth consecutive year, has…(click for more)
Participant Highlight - Fred & Eva Haller
The Spirit of Senior Games
Fred & Eva Haller, 91 & 85, Macon County Senior Games
Fred & Eva Haller are long-time participants and volunteers with North Carolina Senior Games. The two met when they were living in Florida, and married in 1972. (click for more)
December Participant of the Month Malli Plowman
Keep On Dancing
Malli Plowman, 79, Cabarrus County Senior Games
Senior Games can give participants an opportunity to continue doing what they love, and that is especially true for dancer and cheerleader Malli Plowman.
Malli has been a North Carolina Senior Games participant for over 15 years. She got involved when she saw an advertisement in the paper for the Cabarrus County Senior Games SilverArts Follies. “I was a dance teacher most of my life… (click for more)
November Participant of the Month Corbin Eddings
Competition Isn’t Everything
Corbin Eddings, 51, Lumber River Senior Games
Corbin Eddings starting participating in Senior Games for a chance to compete, but he continues to participate because he realized Senior Games is about so much more. He got involved with Senior Games last year when the Lumber River Senior Games Local Coordinator reached out to his State Farm Agency as a potential sponsor for the games.
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September Participant of the Month Pepper Taylor
Get the Competitive Juices Flowing
Pepper Taylor, 57, Smoky Mountain Senior Games
Pepper Taylor has been participating in North Carolina Senior Games for 7 years, starting when he turned 50. He was part of Senior Games prior to participating as the Director of Recreation for the Eastern Band of… (click for more)
June Participant of the Month Dick Taylor
Here Because of Senior Games
Dick Taylor, 92, Lumber River Senior Games
Dick Taylor has been a long-time North Carolina Senior Games participant, until his retirement last year, and he currently serves on the North Carolina Senior Games Board of Directors. One of his favorite Senior Games memories is carrying in the torch at the Opening Ceremony in 1997. “I have and will continue to tell people to go out…
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April Participant of the Month Judy Moss
Dynamo From Down East
Judy Moss, 81, Down East Senior Games
Judy Moss has been a participant in North Carolina Senior Games for 25 years, where she has participated in many activities, including multiple track events, racewalk, and her favorite, long jumps. She has been a NC Senior Games Ambassador since ‘99, and is a speaker at the yearly Ambassadors Conference, where she teaches new ambassadors what she has learned over the years about spreading the word…
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February Participant of the Month Rudolph Becton with his wife Florence Webb-Becton
Recycled Adult
Rudolph Becton, 89, Neuse River Senior Games
Rudolph Becton has been a long time participant in Senior Games. He started participating 28 years ago at the age of 62. A friend who participated suggested he try it. He took her advice and was instantly hooked. His favorite event is cycling, but he… (click for more)
January Participant of the Month Karen Isbell with her mother Mary Glass
The Love of the Game
Karen Isbell, 55, Unifour Senior Games
How is the largest basketball dynasty in North Carolina Senior Games history built? “Passion and a love of the game,” says Karen Isbell from Unifour Senior Games… (click for more)