This is
of course all a crafty method of getting older people who act
young connected with video gaming. I am sure the grandchildren
of at least 75% of the people on the list will really appreciate
the gesture. Michael Fahey
NINTENDO
RECOGNIZES 100 'AGELESS AMERICANS'
'Ageless
Award' Honorees are Inspirationally Youthful, Receive Nintendo
DS and Brain Age to Keep Minds Active
REDMOND,
Wash., Jan. 22, 2007 - Nintendo is honoring 100 individuals,
whose ages range from 54 to 104, from around the country who
personify the term "ageless." They run marathons and tame lions.
They are stuntmen and NASCAR racers. They don't let their chronological
age define who they are, and they set a positive role model
for people of all ages. These are qualities Nintendo has fostered
with its wildly popular Nintendo DS™ title Brain Age™: Train
Your Brain in Minutes a Day, which offers users a series of
challenging puzzles to keep their minds active. The 100 recipients
are living demonstrations of how a youthful mindset can keep
a person truly "ageless." Each of the honorees has received
a Nintendo DS Lite portable video game system and a copy of
Brain Age.
"These honorees
represent the kind of people we all want to grow up to be,"
says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president
of marketing and corporate communications. "They refuse to act
their age. They think young, and therefore they act young. Brain
Age is one more tool in their anti-aging arsenal."
A 2006 survey
by the Entertainment Software Association revealed that 25 percent
of all gamers are age 55 and older. Brain Age has been a big
hit with older, active adults, who use it daily to help keep
their minds sharp with tests of memory, mathematics, reading
and counting.
"The award
is a reminder to people of all generations that age is just
a number," says award recipient Cathi Watson, a 73-year-old
radio show host and producer. "Keeping your body and mind fit
and active are the keys to remaining young at heart."
To help
Nintendo find 100 people in the United States who personify
the ideals of Brain Age, the Grandparent Marketing Group conducted
a nationwide search and identified the following honorees. For
more information about them, please contact Eileen Tanner at
etanner@golinharris.com.
Alabama
Ray M., 69, of Decatur: Motorcycle drag racer and city councilman
Alaska
Don H., 66, of Haines: Snowmobile racer
Arizona:
Charlie H., 90, of Payson: Cowboy
Lute O., 72, of Tucson: America's oldest college basketball
coach
Arkansas
Oakland D., 78, of Fort Smith: Runner and triathlete
California
Bob B., 75, of Palm Desert: World champion body surfer
Alan C., 74, of Altadena: Master puppeteer and owner of America's
largest puppet collection
Jack C., 82, of Lakeside: World-famous bongo and conga player
Bill B., 66, of Oakland: Three-time national and world yo-yo
champion
Leroy G., 89, of Carlsbad: Surfer and surfing photographer
Bob H., 73, of Fontana: Champion mountain bike rider
Joyce H., 72, of Atherton: Director of the Living Strong, Living
Well program
Rueben M., 66, of Santa Ana: One of the largest commercial sellers
of Spanish-language books
Lagrand N., 99, of Hemet: Nemean Games competitor
Donald P., 90, of Mountain View: Champion jumper
Ora R., 87, of Sacramento: Served as a mentor to more than 3,000
children
Raleigh R., 88, of San Jose: World War II POW, Blue Angel
Terry R., 90, of Los Angeles: Physical trainer since 1935
Gordy S., 88, of El Cajon: Unstoppable bicyclist
Barry S., 59, of Citrus Heights: Adult Baseball League champion
Connecticut
George B., 72, of Ridgefield: Oldest person ever to swim the
English Channel
Donald M., 90, of New Haven: Competitive swimmer and teacher
of ballroom dancing
Jose S., 80, of Norwich: Stonemason who built or repaired thousands
of miles of stone walls in New England
Florida
Donald A., 68, of St. Petersburg: Health and wellness publisher
and duathlete
George B., 91, of Winter Haven: Oldest barefoot water skier
Lucille B., 93, of Babson Park: Oldest female waterskiing champion
Cav C., 71, of Fort Lauderdale: Swimming champion
Iris D., 62, of Cocoa: Champion bodybuilder
Dorothy G., 98, of Jensen Beach: America's oldest mayor
Al O., 70, of Fort Meyers Beach: Four-time gold Olympics discus
champ, painter
Edward R., 98, of Apollo Beach: Took up golf at 65, now plays
every day
James S., 84, of Lady Lake: Three-sport Golden Age Games medalist
Helen W., 69, of Newberry: Basketball champion and coach
Hawaii
Jack S., 61, of Honolulu: Oldest pilot in U.S. military
Illinois
Cathi W., 73, of Schaumburg: Producer and host of eight weekly
radio shows
Iowa
Hank M., 65, of Muscatine: Diving civil engineer
Kansas
Norvin A., 80, of Saint Francis: Oldest police officer in Kansas
Waldo M., 104, of Quinter: Beekeeper and author
George M., 68, of Emporia: Tennis coach at Emporia State University
Shirley R., 85, of Mission: Founded and runs the American Stroke
Foundation
Kentucky
Red C., 90, of Somerset: Master mechanic
Christine C., 83, of Louisville: Worked for the state of Kentucky
since 1958
Louisiana
Charles M., 91, of Baton Rouge: Champion weightlifter
Maine
Jim M., 68, of Bangor: Oldest car crash stuntman in America
Maryland
Joseph F., 71, of Frederick: Food bank driver who has transported
more than 2 million pounds of surplus food
Douglas H., 63, of Chevy Chase: Six-time winner of the American
Crossword Puzzle Tournament
Charles M., 87, of Bethesda: Tuskegee Airman, highest three-war
fighter mission total
Massachusetts
Curtis H., 84, of Boston: 12 gold medals, National Veterans
Wheelchairs Games
Jerry Y., 61, of Chestnut Hill: America's longest-serving hockey
coach
Michigan
Paul B., 82, of Gaines: Water skiing legend
Lois Kivi N., 82, of Huntington Woods: World record swimmer
Nancy N., 63, of Grand Blanc: Mountain climber, motivational
speaker
Harry S., 82, of Bloomfield Township: One of the original Tuskegee
Airmen
Minnesota
Scott B., 55, of Bemidji: Oldest Olympian
Ardell L., 71, of Caledonia: First heart and kidney recipient
to sail solo around the world
Jerome S., 97, of Minneapolis: Avid roller skater
Mississippi
Helen B., 86, of Ripley: High jumper and javelin thrower
Nebraska
Sarah G., 97, of Lincoln: Assistant sergeant-at-arms, Nebraska
State Legislature
June H., 63, of Arcadia: Rodeo barrel racer
New Hampshire
Arnold G., 69, of Ashland: Restores vintage wooden bridges and
builds new ones
New Jersey
Charlie C., 92, of Whippany: New Jersey's oldest firefighter
Barbara J., 74, of Princeton: Champion rower
Paul K., 76, of Far Hills: Relay swimmer, marathon runner
New Mexico
Mary M., 88, of Roy: Deputy municipal clerk
Lynn R., 82, of Quemado: Archery champion
New York
Rubin G., 54, of Staten Island: Professional racquetball player
Wilson G., 87, of Lancaster: Inventor of the first successful
implantable pacemaker
Herman G., 89, of Great Neck: Deep-sea diver and underwater
photographer
Reggie J., 80, of Bellmore: Country's oldest lifeguard
Diana K., 65, of New York: Artist, Holocaust survivor
Betty P., 75, of Penfield: Olympic coach, earned Ph.D. at 74
George S., 78, of Brooklyn: One of the oldest working magicians
in the country
Warren S., 79, of New York: founded Legal Services for Children
Hoy W., 90, of New York: New York City's oldest bartender
North Carolina
Margaret H., 83, of Concord: Oldest person to have completed
a marathon on each of the seven continents
Domenick I., 80, of Jacksonville: Has run 54 marathons
Morgan, S., 65, of Conover: Oldest NASCAR driver
Ohio
August B., 90, of Maple Heights: Oldest football coach in Ohio
history
George K., 94, of Gahanna: One of the oldest practicing therapists
in the country
Jan L., 72, of Findlay: Champion unicycle rider
Bonnie R., 80, of Mansfield: Oldest woman steelworker
Oklahoma
Lena H., 74, of Lawton: Spent six months in Iraq with Army Exchange
Post
Ken M., 84, of Ponca City: Music store owner
Oregon
Maude B., 94, of Portland: Champion bowler
Mary B., 84, of Grants Pass: Newsroom librarian, Grants Pass
Daily Courier
Caye I., 83, of Jacksonville: Two-medal winner in tennis at
Senior Games
Daniele P., 84, of Lincoln City: Oldest working chef on the
West Coast
Del W., 73, of Eagle Point: Competes in world-class poker tournaments
Pennsylvania
Karl S., 69, of Port Matilda: 17-time U.S. national glider champion
Texas
Margaret C., 73, of San Antonio: Nationally ranked tennis player
Betty P., 52, of North Richland Hills: One of the world's oldest
female body builders
Lillian R., 90, of Dallas: Senior Games gold medalist in two
sports
Katherine S., 66, of Dallas: Basketball coach and player, composer
Guy S., 85, of Round Rock: Multi-sport athlete
Utah
Ronny A., 73, of Washington: Oldest skydiver in Utah
John W., 82, of Salt Lake City: Triathlete
Virginia
Emily K., 75, of Richmond: Long-distance hiker and cyclist
Washington
Madonna B., 76, of Spokane: Oldest woman to ever finish an Ironman
Kelly N., 79, of East Wenatchee: Champion bodybuilder
Wisconsin
Wilbert B., 88, of Aniwa: World's oldest lion tamer
The worldwide
innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo
Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware
and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and
Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly
2.2 billion video games and more than 387 million hardware units
globally, and has created industry icons like Mario™, Donkey
Kong®, Metroid®, Zelda™ and Pokémon®. A wholly owned subsidiary,
Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as
headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.
For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web
site at www.nintendo.com.
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