MYRTLEFORD local Val McPherson was celebrating her 90th birthday last week, but that didn’t’ stop her from attending her weekly Wednesday morning fitness group that have been meeting at Ivo and Maria Rinaldi’s Myrtleford gym for many years.
Ms McPherson said the group warm up for around 10 minutes and then workout on the individual exercise machines, before ending the session with a warm down and stretches.
“It's a great group, we have good fun, we enjoy ourselves and at the same time we exercise," she said.
“And then we go for coffee and cake somewhere which is also very pleasant.
“My theory is you move it or you lose it.”
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After their warm down, Ivo and Maria Rinaldi presented Ms McPherson with flowers, a balloon and a present to mark the occasion.
To celebrate her 90th birthday she had a gathering of family and friends the Sunday before at a Whorouly function centre, while her actual birthday last Tuesday was taken up with phone calls and text messages from well-wishers, and a lunch with her husband, she said.
Ms McPherson was born in Myrtleford and has lived there almost her whole life.
She is also a regular member of the Wangaratta Family History Society and travels to the Wangaratta Library once a week to help people with genealogical enquiries.
“It keeps my brain active, it's given me lots of opportunities for travel, for meeting people and for doing research,” she said.
Later this year she is travelling to Queensland to visit family and friends.
