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Senior Olympics
By
Kate Sullivan Foley
Senior
News Correspondent
QUINCY - Gus
Diezemann and Ruth Tuffy are senior Olympic gold medalists.
Both are in their eighties. For the past 19 years, Tuffy has
been a regular at the Quincy Senior Olympic Games. She
believes the events are a great way to motivate seniors to
stay active. A competitor in walking and in bocce,
Tuffy, a Quincy resident, landed her first gold medal when
she was in her early sixties. It was for the one mile run.
“You feel good afterwards,” said Tuffy, now 83, and hoping
to partake in the bocce event this spring. Diezemann, a
resident of Linden Ponds in Hingham, participated a few
years back. Last year, at age 80, he tried again. “I enjoy
the competition,” said Diezemann.
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 A
Sure Bet
for Fun
By
Marie Fricker
Senior News
Correspondent
KINGSTON -
Bus #108 drives past woods, a winding brook and a
pasture filled with black and white Jersey cows. The
road turns and the quiet Connecticut countryside
gives way to the towering turquoise turrets of
Foxwoods, a 4.7 million sq. ft. resort casino built
by the Meshantuck Pequot Tribal Nation. The blue
tour bus pulls into a bay next to six
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Off The Diet
Roller Coaster
By Greg Porell
Senior News Staff
QUINCY - Wouldn’t it be great to have an exercise
program that fits your busy lifestyle and still has
many of the benefits of going to the gym multiple
times per week? Imagine, losing unwanted fat
and gaining muscle with a simple strength training
program that requires just 15 to 20 minutes per
week. Sound impossible? Well it’s not, and Dr.
Wayne Westcott introduces
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