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PUBLISHED FRIDAYS AND SUNDAYS BY THE tCtCfSbUr TllTlCS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2006 SERVING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NTP ill i i w. i-. it h- dr 1 i I I rr I fiaf w4 jswaiwsasB -sSiwl ImwUm-iJ I iiwra tS3 3 Times photos MIKE PEASE A best-legs contest for men brings comic relief between dance contests at the 26th annual Tampa Bay Senior Games. These were Tuesday at the University Area Community Center. Seniors from around the bay are competing in a wide range of events, some of which serve as a qualifier for the Florida Senior Games State Championships.

Over the hill? On top of it? actually The Tampa Bay Senior Games prove that some people just want to go, go, go even after the big five-oh. By AMBER MOBLEY Times Staff Writer Love loves to walk. It keeps her a slim arid trim 101 pounds. "I usually walk around the basketball court (at Kwane Doster Community Center) 18 times in the morning," Love said while sitting with friends to watch the dance competition Tbesday. Love also loves the Senior Games, having faithfully attended them since 1997.

Competitors and participants are 50 and older. The competitions, which continue Monday through Friday, range from baking to bowling, shuffleboard to swimming. For Dee Dee DeNormandie and Arda Unyan, the dancing couple Pineda was admiring, the competition takes a back seat to the fun and fellowship. Competition, said DeNormandie, drains the fun out of the dancing. "If it's not fun, I don't want to do it," DeNormandie said.

Still, winners in the local competitions qualify for Please see SENIOR Page 14 UNIVERSITY AREA Spunk. Eca Pineda hopes it's contagious, the lively spirit that makes, say, a 94-year-old dip his 85-year-old girlfriend and smooch her on the cheek while jitterbugging and waltzing on a makeshift dance floor. It's the kind of spunk that made Pineda, a Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation employee, volunteer to work the Senior Games at the University Area Community Center on TAiesday. "I hope I'm that active when I get there," Pineda said while watching people more than twice her age move and groove with the energy of teenyboppers. the nearly 200 senior citizens gathering to compete, perform and spectate including an Elvis impersonator and the Show Steppers dance troupe from Brandon being a senior means more than liniment and living long.

The term "active senior" doesn't have to be an oxymoron, said Christine Love, 90, of Port Tkmpa. I 1 i Arda Unijan, 94, kisses Dee Dee DeNormandie, 85, as they participate in a dance contest Tuesday at the University Area Community Center. Competition takes a back seat to fun, DeNormandie said. "If it's not fun, I don't want to do it," she said. SSlOW tO Shed Eight on missing woman Fashion consultant shows women what not to wear With her advice, your style can go from drab to fab.

By JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK Times Staff Writer By STEPHANIE HAYES Timet Staff Writer 'ill' '1 I JTSp' rg --V- A I I A graduate of Gaither High School who spent her teen years in Van Dyke Farms, Jennifer Kesse, now 25, worked most recently for a time-share Kesse For $75 an hour she will come over, give an honest appraisal of what's in your closet and basically help you pull yourself together. "You don't want a waist as high as that because you'll look like you have 'mom Patoskie told Jayne Solomon as they rooted through the closet in Solomon's Car-rollwood home. Solomon enlisted Patoskie, 47, to help her develop a personal style. Please see STYLIST Page 14 Jennifer Kesse has been missing for eight months.

She made a phone call at 10 p.m. on Jan. 23 and hasn't been heard from since. No one has used her cell phone, toll road pass or any other personal items. Possible leads come to the family's hotline daily, but the case remains a mystery.

"It's becoming more difficult day by day," said Jennifer's father, Drew Kesse of Bradenton. WESTCHASE You sit on the bed, grimacing at a closet brimming with clothes. None of it will do. Nothing-to-wear-itis? Pat Patoskie will cure what ails you. She's the girlfriend with good taste who will kindly tell you your 1982 bomber jacket needs to go the route of charity.

Patoskie, doing business as Image 365 Consulting, is a fashion stylist. Times photo KEN HELLE company in Orlando. She earned two promotions in two years before she vanished, Please see MISSING Page 7 Fashion consultant Pat Patoskie, left, helps her client, Jayne Solomon, go through her wardrobe to see which items can be easily and fashionably coordinated with others and which ones have to go. ft mw LUTZ Nudists peeved at former U.S. Rep.

Mark Foley. PAGE 4 NEW TAMPA Police sergeants take over a new beat. PAGE 3 COMMUNITY REPORT LUTZ: County to expand Oscar Cooler Youth Sports Complex, page 5 NEW TAMPA: City Council still wants East-West Road, week in review, page 11 CRIME AND COMMUTING: Our weekly roundup, pages 11 13 NORTHDALE: Festival, Flea Market planned at St. Timothy's, religion, page 13.