From left, Lewis Loyd, Bill Cotter, Karen White, Diane Kyser and Bill Hoots were winners last month at the National Senior Games in Des Moines, Iowa. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net When Bill Hoots retired in 2008, he started visiting the Palmer Senior Center in Independence for activities. Eventually, he recalled, he…