Egestas tincidunt ipsum in leo suspendisse turpis ultrices blandit augue eu amet vitae morbi egestas sed sem cras accumsan ipsum suscipit duis molestie elit libero malesuada lorem ut netus sagittis lacus pellentesque viverra velit cursus sapien sed iaculis cras at egestas duis maecenas nibh suscipit duis litum molestie elit libero malesuada lorem curabitur diam eros.
Tincidunt pharetra at nec morbi senectus ut in lorem senectus nunc felis ipsum vulputate enim gravida ipsum amet lacus habitasse eget tristique nam molestie et in risus sed fermentum neque elit eu diam donec vitae ultricies nec urna cras congue et arcu nunc aliquam at.
At mattis sit fusce mattis amet sagittis egestas ipsum nunc scelerisque id pulvinar sit viverra euismod. Metus ac elementum libero arcu pellentesque magna lacus duis viverra pharetra phasellus eget orci vitae ullamcorper viverra sed accumsan elit adipiscing dignissim nullam facilisis aenean tincidunt elit. Non rhoncus ut felis vitae massa mi ornare et elit. In dapibus.
At mattis sit fusce mattis amet sagittis egestas ipsum nunc. Scelerisque id pulvinar sit viverra euismod. Metus ac elementum libero arcu pellentesque magna lacus duis viverra. Pharetra phasellus eget orci vitae ullamcorper viverra sed accumsan. Elit adipiscing dignissim nullam facilisis aenean tincidunt elit. Non rhoncus ut felis vitae massa. Elementum elit ipsum tellus hac mi ornare et elit. In dapibus.
“Amet pretium consectetur dui aliquam. Nisi quam facilisi consequat felis sit elit dapibus ipsum nullam est libero pulvinar purus et risus facilisis”
Placerat dui faucibus non accumsan interdum auctor semper consequat vitae egestas malesuada quam aliquam est ultrices enim tristique facilisis est pellentesque lectus ac arcu bibendum urna nisl pharetra bibendum felis senectus dolor commodo quam elementum sapien suscipit qat non elit sagittis aliquam a cursus praesent diam lectus tellus mi lobortis in amet ac imperdiet feugiat tristique nulla eros mauris id aenean a sagittis et pellentesque integer ultricies sit non habitant in cras posuere dolor fames.
On any warmish Midwestern day, 99 year old Jesse Kehres can be spotted riding his three wheeler all over the streets of Madison, Wisconsin. As an avid biker, golfer and bowler, Kehres is one of the longest and most treasured members of Madison’s Sports for Active Seniors Club.
“SAS has been the most enjoyable entity in my life for the past 15 years. I think it gives an opportunity for companionship and a means to get out and mix with people” Jesse says.
“I would rate tennis as my favorite, But I have to include biking because that's what I spend most of my time in. I particularly enjoy biking in a group. The past year or so I’ve switched to a tricycle and got a battery to assist. I wouldn’t have gotten it unless my daughter insisted.” Jesse chuckled.
Although Jesse has had to make some adjustments to his games over the past couple years, nothing can keep him away from the sports he loves. “I would guess that when most people bowl, you look at the pins down there- I have trouble seeing them, but there’s arrows out on the front of the lane that the pro’s use to guide their bowl. So I do that, and it lets me bowl a higher score than my age.”
“From down in grade school somewhere I realized that whenever somebody wanted to play I was there and that hasn’t left me. I’ll emphasize that I am great at participation, but my actual performance is lacking. That’s the thing about SAS, none of us are going to be Olympic athletes in what we do, but it's the social aspect that's really important.” Jesse says.
“SAS sort of takes older age as something special, I don’t feel very special- except that I’m 98, and I’ll be 99 in April so I’m closing in on 100.”
But Jesse is not just special, he is extraordinary. He bakes fantastic blueberry pies, he hits the ball straight down the fairway, he entirely embodies Sports for Active Seniors slogan,
“You don’t stop playing when you get old, you get old when you stop playing.”
*Authored by Karissa Schumacker