Senior games state finals

Hazel Trexler-Campbell competes in the shotput. Photo by Julie Keels.

Carol Cody and Ginger Taylor perform. Photo by Julie Keels.

More than 230 area athletes and artists have qualified for the North Carolina Senior Games State Finals after award winning performances at the 2010 Salisbury/Rowan Senior Games & SilverArts spring programs.

The following are senior athletes and artists representing Rowan County in the 2010 North Carolina Senior Games State Finals: Salvator Alfieri, Janie Allen, Gus Andrews, Burt Bare, John Biland, Carolyn Blackman, Sandra Boger, Jay Boyce, Ralph Brown, Sibyl Byrd, Elizabeth Calhoun, Vince Campbell, Bill Carr, Nancy Ceremuga, Robert Clarke, Faye Cline, Carol Cody, Floyd Cuthbertson, Doris Daniels, Phyllis Durland, James Epperson, Joan Faires, Harry Fero, Clifford Fisher, Benny Freeze, Charles (Bill) French, Bill Hathcock, Judy Hoffman, Elaine Howle, John Jackson, Pat Jackson, Sheryl Johnson, Brenda Kimrey, Jerry Lambert, Floyd Lentz, Richard Loman, Wade Lowder, Louis Manning, Caroline Marshall, Eva McCorkle, Tony McDowell, Paul Mehmed, Harry Morgan, Larry Morris, James Moysan, Danny Nail, Gary O’Neill, Robert Oswald, Joe Overby, Jeffrey Peeler, James Phillips, Susan Phillips, Marvin Query, Renita Ritchie, William Ritchie, Gene Seaford, Connie Sherrill, Phyllis Shue, Wayne Tate, Ginger Taylor, Garland Thomas, John Trexler, Hazel Trexler-Campbell, BJ Wall, Gloria Wihelm, Joyce Williams, David Willingham, Carolyn Wilson, Robert Wingate and David Zilkoski.

Each of the artists and athletes are competeing at different venues:

• Individual Sports and SilverArts program, Sept. 27–Oct. 3 throughout Cary and Raleigh.

• Softball Tournament, Sept. 13-15 at Walnut Creek Softball Complex Raleigh.

• Bocce Tournament, Oct. 12-13 at Clayton Community Park, Clayton.

• Golf Tournament, Oct. 12-13 Tanglewood, Winston Salem.

• Basketball Tournament, Oct. 29-31 East Carolina University, Greenville.

“Let’s wish these artists and athletes the best of luck and say thank you for representing our fine county,” said Phyllis Loflin-Kluttz, Senior Games & SilverArts Coordinator.

This is a qualifying year for the 2011 National Senior Olympic to be in Houston the summer of 2011.

“We have a great group of seniors going this year, I know there will be Rowan County residents at the National Senior Olympics in Houston,” she said.

Salisbury / Rowan Senior Games & SilverArts is sanctioned by North Carolina Senior Games and is part of a statewide network of 54 local games for all 100 counties. The local games are held annually to promote health and wellness and to qualify participants for State Finals and from there the Nationals. Salisbury/Rowan Senior Games & SilverArts along with NCSG is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing year-round health promotion and education for adults 55 years of age and better and is sponsored statewide by the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adults Services.

Local Sponsors for Salisbury/Rowan are Gold Level — Comfort Keepers, Genesis HealthCare, Humana MarketPoint, Magnolia Gardens, Oak Park Retirement; Bronze Level — Davis & Davis Attorneys at Law, Rowan Arts Council and Rowan Regional Medical Center.

For more information on how to become a participant, sponsor or volunteer in the 2011 season contact Phyllis Loflin-Kluttz at 704-216-7780 or www.rowanseniorgames. org.