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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Chambersburg Memorial YMCA 2007 Power-lifting Meet will begin Saturday, Dec. 8. The event will provide individuals ages 15 and older with an opportunity to test their strength in any one or all three power-lifting events: squat, bench and dead-lift. No need to be an experienced competitor, but training is highly recommended. Awards will be provided for female and male divisions and classes. This is a non-sanctioned preliminary meet. For information, call Leigh Cordell at 717-263-8508 or go to www.chbgy.org for invitation and registration. Family classes at Frederick hospital FREDERICK, Md. - Frederick Memorial Hospital Wellness Center will office the following family focus program classes: The Healthy Weight is a weight management program for kids, toddlers through teens.
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Enjoy the Patriots Game at Sky Lounge on Monday, Nov. 10, and you�ll be supporting the High Hopes Foundation.
For only $10 at the door, you�ll enjoy the game with some very enthusiastic friends, get some raffle tickets (and you can buy more) for great items like Patriots or Budweiser gear, storage at College Bound Movers, airline tickets, golf stuff, restaurant gift certificates, and autographed Pats� and Red Sox items. Your $10 tax-deductible donation gets you in the door, and 100 percent of the proceeds benefit High Hopes Foundation.
The event is sponsored by Stonebridge Benefits Group and Buy Timeshare.com/VP Resales. Ticket printing was donated by The Copy Shop on Route 101A across from Pennichuck Square.For tickets, call Stonebridge Benefits at 289-8683 or High Hopes at 429-1010.
Poutine's turning 50 - time for some respect, please
If you thought poutine, Quebec's favourite fast food concoction, was made of french fries topped with gravy and salty cheese curds, you're wrong. According to the political scientist who wrote a book on Quebec's signature dish, the real recipe is a generous portion of shame fried gently in an inferiority complex and topped with a hint of denigration from the ROC (Rest of Canada) - and a touch of guilty pleasure. "Love it or hate it, poutine has become a strong symbol of Quebec," said Charles-Alexandre Théorêt, author of Maudite poutine! .
Our Kids News & Events
The board of directors of the Community Foundation has approved a technical assistance grant of $3,000 for Community Oral Health Services to provide staff training on recently acquired patient management software. The new system establishes a foundation for "tele-dentistry" among the organization's three mobile clinics and their administration office and will improve its ability to serve young children in remote areas on the Central Coast. .
On the march to defend sacked trade unionist Karen Reissmann
Trade unionists and health campaigners from across Britain demonstrated in Manchester on Saturday of last week to demand the reinstatement of nurse Karen Reissmann, who was sacked last month for speaking out against cuts and privatisation. The demonstration came at a crucial point in the dispute.Karen's appeal against dismissal is scheduled for 3 December. Unison, her union, is calling a day of solidarity two days later. Police say the Manchester march was attended by over 1,500 people. It was a sea of colour, with more than 50 banners from a wide range of unions, including Unite, CWU, FBU, NUT, PCS and RMT. Karen is chair of Unison's Manchester community and mental health branch and a member of the union's national health executive. Her sacking has sent a shockwave through Unison and beyond.
Families commit to be fit
Eight-year-old Robbie Waldrop planted his feet and rotated his torso to punch a red bag as many times as he could in 60 seconds."How many so far?" Robbie panted as he repeatedly struck the bag that was held by Ke Roth, his instructor at ATA Karate for Kids in downtown Batavia."Can’t tell you," Roth said as she knelt behind the bag.Robbie stayed focused as he delivered a steady thump-thump-thump in a helicopter motion. Sweat darkened the ends of his short brown hair.After the minute passed, Roth smiled and asked Robbie to guess how many times he had struck the bag."A hundred and ten?""More," Roth said."A hundred and twenty?""More," Roth said as she smiled and widened her eyes.Robbie had punched the bag 232 times, shattering last week’s figure of 78 punches. His mom, Suzanne, watched from a seat in an adjoining room."He comes in here with a grin and he leaves with a grin," Suzanne Waldrop said.
Sonoma West News
Alarming statistics surrounding what health officials have tagged an epidemic are revealed in a new report from the Sonoma County Asthma Coalition."Asthma in Schools," the eye-opening two-page document, will be sent out to parents of students enrolled in various Sonoma County schools, as well as every law enforcement agency, fire department, superintendent, and elected official in the county, in an attempt to improve asthma-related health conditions for students, staff and community members.School nurses, libraries, past volunteers of the American Lung Association, and the media will also be among the 5,000 recipients of the report, which states that nearly one in five school-aged children - or about 20 percent of students in the county have asthma."Asthma is a chronic disease that produces recurring episodes of breathing problems, including coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath," the SCAC states in its report.
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