Ed Storey has a familiar face.
People recognize him for a number of things he does and has done.
Among other things, he has been a land developer. He and his wife have rescued a number of dogs.
Storey has supported numerous Republican candidates. The couple was connected to efforts to create a "Putting Kids First" Cole County sales tax increase in 2018, which would have paid for service programs for children.
And he always supports the Missouri State Senior Games by volunteering and helping with marketing.
If he's supporting the games, he may as well participate.
Storey, 90, medaled in six events earlier this month.
He won gold in two events - basketball free throws and basketball "around the world," which is a series of 3-point shots.
He also won silver in four events - football (throw) for distance, football for accuracy, softball for distance and softball for accuracy.
"I was good enough to be the best 90-year-old," Storey said.
Reminiscent of early 20th-century basketball players, Storey shoots free throws underhanded. It's not for style, he said. It's because he's had both shoulders and knees replaced.
"I think I can run. And I do a lot of weightlifting," he said. "On July 20 and 21, I'm going to do the bench press."
He practices basketball inside a building he owns. He also lifts weights and does sit-ups in his basement.
"That's really important," Storey said. "Especially when you start getting older. You're going to lose it anyway. You just lose it a little bit slower."
Storey said he's always been a baseball guy. When he was young, living in Peoria, Illinois, he had a devastating fastball, but control could be challenging. The Chicago Cubs signed him, and he went to Wrigley Field for a tryout. At that time, former St. Louis Cardinal, Brooklyn Dodger, Chicago Cub and Boston Red Sox player Mickey Owen, of Nixa, was a Cubs coach.
Storey said Owen wanted to see him pitch, so Owen stepped into the batter's box and Storey threw his first pitch.
"I threw the one ball, and it wasn't a strike," he said. "I threw the second ball, and it hit him right in the butt."
Owen told others to get that Storey out of here.
Owen later became sheriff of Greene County. Storey said he often wondered years ago if he went down to visit with Owen, whether the former coach would remember the incident.
"I bet he would have loved it, but I never got around to doing it," Storey said.
He said he's preparing to return to Columbia in July for more of the Senior Games competition.
He wants to compete in the bench press. He doesn't know the limit to his bench press - he can bench 70 pounds more than 15 times. But he isn't supposed to lift more than 100 pounds because his shoulders have been replaced.
"The doctor told me never to go over 100 pounds," Storey said. "I haven't really tried to see how much I can really do."
There are few people around within his age group to compete with, he said.
"There's a different competitive level at 90 years of age," Storey said. "There ain't that many around."