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14 Presented by Time to Show Off Your Stuff By: Liz Palmer / NSG September is a month filled with eager anticipation at the Nevada Senior Games. We’ve been diligently working on our competitions since the beginning of the year. We’ve established our schedule, secured venues, updated our website and registration, designed new t-shirts for our registrants, and basically waited with bated breath for our athletes to come and play. And that time is almost NOW – our first competition is the Dance competition on September 9 th at the Clark County Library Theater on Flamingo Blvd. If you’re a dancer or someone who appreciates the beauty of dance, please come and watch a fantastic competition. Admission and parking to all our events are free! Registration for Tennis, Cornhole, and Bowling closes September 11. Racquetball closes September 18. Track and Field, Table Tennis, Cycling, Swimming, Badminton, and Archery all close September 25. Basketball Skills and Golf close October 2. Registration for the 5K & 10K Road Races closes October 16. Our schedule is posted on our home page at www.nevadaseniorgames. com. Here’s your chance to show off your stuff, make some great new friends, and score a fabulous new Nevada Senior Games shirt. Still on the fence? How about bragging rights for the top senior in Nevada in your age and gender division and the chance for a gold, silver, or bronze medal? It’s all waiting for you. Don’t delay! Welcome to the Nevada Senior Games! Liz Palmer is the Executive Director of the Nevada Senior Games. For more information on how you can participate, contact Liz at: 702/242-1590 or by email: Nevadaseniorgames@outlook.com. PLAY • CHEER • VOLUNTEER Schedules, Online Registration & More Info: NEVADASENIORGAMES.COM September 20<strong>23</strong> Where the 50+ Play! Sept & Oct in Las Vegas Area • 20+ sports for active adults ages 50+ LAST CHANCE — SIGN UP NOW! • All events open to public for FREE COME WATCH ALL THE ACTION! • Be part of the excitement & fun VOLUNTEERS MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN! Broccoli By: Adrea Nairne-Barrera / Senior Moments Do you remember your parents telling you that there would be no dessert if you didn’t eat your vegetables? Did you push them under the mashed potatoes or maybe the pieces floated off your plate on their own and into the dog’s mouth? We all had little tricks to get around dinner rules. And now, when I’m regressing in my golden years, I cook things because I’m supposed to. I don’t actually like it and I’m sucked back into that mindset of getting away with pushing my veggies around the plate to try and make them look smaller. I have this vision in my head of my mother gently explaining how important my vegetables are and trying to reason with me. I also remember the words “your thumb is not a pusher” when I can’t always get everything on my fork. I know she’s up there! Let’s take a look at broccoli: It’s a pretty little veggie and looks great in photos. In fact, it’s so distinctive that there’s a tree in the Vatican they call a broccoli tree because it looks like a giant piece of broccoli. And yes, it’s true. Who likes broccoli? We know that President Bush (the 1 st one) hated it. Maybe it was banned in the White House? We also know that most restaurants don’t offer it as part of your dinner when they can use overcooked mushy mixes instead. If you want broccoli, you pay an up-charge. Personally, I have gone from hating it to loving it and back to hating it again. My guy loves it and drowns it in red wine vinegar so I make sure to have Italian dressing on my salad when he eats broccoli so my nose doesn’t get confused. Cooking broccoli is an art. You put it in the steamer but timing it out isn’t easy. If it’s just a small amount, adjusting the timer is tricky. I wind up checking it every 5 minutes to make sure the color looks right. I stick with easy stuff now. Peas, string beans, spinach and a few others. Adrea likes to opine and find the lighter side of life as a senior.