The Olympian

• Never too old to look ahead
  Ruggles Larson’s days as a collegiate athlete are long past.
  But the 75-year-old Tacoma resident still wants to stay active, which brought him to the Washington State Senior Games track and field events Saturday at Tumwater District Stadium.
  Larson, who was a boxer in 1952 at Washington State College, is regularly one of the most active participants at the games. While many just stick with an event or two, he’s competed in as many as nine activities. He scaled back to five this year after he broke his left leg while training in December at Wilson High School.
  Larson always has been active in sports. After boxing a year for the Cougars, he joined the Marine Corps and competed on the AAU circuit. He later graduated from Western Washington University and spent 29 years as a coach and administrator at Dieringer Middle School. Larson coached basketball, flag football and softball.

The Stanwood Camano News

• Youth Scene: College for Kids
  Western Washington University's Western Kids Camp is for students entering grades K-6 and offers theme-inspired sessions covering nature, science, culture study and the arts using a combination of academic enrichment and recreation. Campers are divided into groups according to age and use college classrooms, labs, equipment and the Wade King Student Recreation Center for their activities.