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. _, Gumming up, --Pleines p <br />cribing Westrood•s G <br />round •Fitness/Life. <br />roclams, 'Successful " is° .an "nndezstate~ent When de"s= <br />?a=efiela -- the' foundation for> our coauannity's year- <br />Be In'It• programs.' <br />* * * * * __ _ <br />In 1983, Incline Village, a resort con <br />_ _Fitness Court° in.. is Village Green -.Pas <br />Community Building adjacent to :Incline <br />trail:, and across a stream from a decat <br />5 AND BENEFITS: <br />sB NEV~D~ <br />.1..... . <br />ity on Lake Tahoe, pl <br />each, between the Hyatt <br />alon course. <br />ITY RESOURCE AND; TOtJRIS' <br />a Gamefield <br />and a bike <br />Not only is the Gamefield used every day. by all'segments of the local cacnmunity <br />playing toward fitness,. but_"it also attracts tourists who .~es~ige. Park Director- <br />Doug Doolittle with questions about how: they cam... get one!for their hometown. <br />Doolittle says, 'As a snamer and wintez resort, ire' are asked <br />about onz Ga=efield.' <br />COVZNGTON - 1CgNTON COIINTY, KBNTUCICY <br />HISTORY <br />constantly <br />In 1983, John R. Nienaber, Director of Administration, and Don Graven, Director <br />of Public Works and Recreation Department, sought a program to enhance and ex- <br />pand recreational and social activities for seniors in their tri-county area. <br />Both agreed°the Wells'Fargo Gamefield Walking Course and its complete Walking <br />Club programming materials would be just the program needed to motivate seniors. <br />RESULTS AND-BENEFITS: SOCIAL ACTIVITY FOR SENIORS <br />By late fall, it was clear that the tri--county area had a phenomenally success- <br />. ful program. Not only had seniors fully embraced the Walking Course, but <br />middle-aged"....people found- he mild-exercise- games a perfect route for re-entry° <br />into more strenuous physical activity.., The Parks Department, fully delighted <br />with the equipment's durabilityiand popularity, is now readying Pioneer Park for <br />northern Kentucky's upcoming Senior Olympics. <br />Don Graven explained, 'Our Gaaefield Will launch ouz Senior Olympics. <br />After all, this is the program that inspired a regular lalking'Clnb. <br />What an impact it's had!" <br />