Summerfest offers seniors tips on how to stay fit

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Retirees gathered Thursday at the West Point Senior Center for AARP Summer Fest, the quarterly Jefferson City AARP recruitment meeting, and to hear from various recreation agencies about staying active with age. From left, Toni Amos, Lawrence Ulm, Florence Vaughan, Sheree Pigford and Ann Lairmore do Tai Chi with a local Tai Chi instructor during AARP Summer Fest.
Josh Cobb/News Tribune Retirees gathered Thursday at the West Point Senior Center for AARP Summer Fest, the quarterly Jefferson City AARP recruitment meeting, and to hear from various recreation agencies about staying active with age. From left, Toni Amos, Lawrence Ulm, Florence Vaughan, Sheree Pigford and Ann Lairmore do Tai Chi with a local Tai Chi instructor during AARP Summer Fest.

Jefferson City resident Cheryl Beatty was interested in learning what local fitness centers have to offer for seniors.

"We already belong to one gym, but we want to know more about the SilverSneakers and the other places we could go for stretching," she said.