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AmericanTowns Heroes: Caroline Cannon Wins Prize Caring for the Arctic and the Inupiat

Caroline Cannon has led dual roles throughout her life. She is a leader of her people as well as a steward of the earth. For more than 30 years Caroline has been working to...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Mailman Charlie Rose Sniffs Out Gas and Saves Lives

Something didn't seem right to mail carrier Charlie Rose. He smelled gas more than once while delivering the mail on his normal route. It wasn't just coming from one house and the...

AmericanTown Heroes: Leslie Perkins Picks Posies for Patients

Leslie Perkins, a hospital volunteer for more than 28 years is also the head of the fresh flower program. In addition to overseeing the placements of fresh flowers in all the...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Bob Davidson Wants Your Pledge to Rise Above the Plastics

If you see a grown man covered in plastic bags, don’t think he’s crazy or a homeless person trying to stay warm. Go over and introduce yourself and find out what he has to say...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Rebecca Stivers—Nurse Educator and Role Model

A nurse educator and her husband happen upon the scene of a serious crash just in time to administer critical care. As a trained nurse, Rebecca knows what to do to help make...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Team Winter Races to Fund Research for Prostate Cancer

After losing her father to prostate cancer, Winter Vinecki started Team Winter to help raise money for prostate cancer research. Winter is a young triathlete who inspires...

Swine flu information, symptoms and resources for Dallas County

The reports of Swine Flu in Alabama (official name, H1N1) are alarming, but as the virus remains in the headlines, experts are urging common-sense in handling the outbreak. This...

JuneFit Tip: Stretching is for Everyday!

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My motto is, "Stretching is for Everyday", and I do practice what I preach. Research has indicated that regular stretching may be more effective in preventing injuries...

JuneFit Tip : It's Spring, Take a Hike!

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I'll say it again, "Take a Hike" literally, of course! Spring is here, and many of us are ready to take our exercise outdoors even though some of us have annoying...

JuneFit Tip: Exercising with Allergies!

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Spring is officially here and soon we'll see buds forming on the trees. Many of us look forward to taking our exercise outdoors when spring begins but many of us also suffer from...

JuneFit Tip: The Egg!

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Spring is here, and some of us will be coloring and displaying Mother Nature's perfect food for Easter, while many of us enjoy our eggs every day for breakfast, holiday or not. I...

JuneFit: It's March, It's a Matter of Fact!

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March has arrived and with it is National Nutrition Month®, so let's get healthy! This year the theme is "It's a Matter of Fact". National Nutrition Month is sponsored...

JuneFit: A Yogurt a Day!

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Start Early with "A Yogurt a Day" because not only is it easily digested, but it just might keep the doctor away! Well, I am basing this on some scientific evidence,...

JuneFit Tip - Start Early With a High Fiber Cereal!

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Start the day early with a high fiber cereal for breakfast! We recently discussed the merits of starting our day with some fuel in our tank, and we discussed the magical cereal...

JuneFit Tip - Feeding Our Heart, Part 2!

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Let's "Feed Our Heart" with love, that is! This month is American Heart Month and I like to include in this month- long campaign, the well known heart -related holiday,...

JuneFit Tip - Feeding Our Heart!

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How many times during this week did we consider how our food choices are connected to the function, appearance and health of our body? This month is American Heart Month along...

JuneFit Tip: Oatmeal, a Magical Food!

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"Start Early" with breakfast and when we have the time, I can't think of a better food to begin our day with than oatmeal! Oatmeal is always on my list of the top ten...

JuneFit Tip: The Tools - Start Early!

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"Start Early" by eating breakfast, that is! This is one of the tools of my program, and I'm referring to starting the day by eating some form of breakfast. Eating...

JuneFit Tip: Let's Focus on "The Tools"!

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Let's focus on "The Tools" of weight loss instead of our weight, that is. Okay, here's my last mention of a new year and our biggest goal, weight loss (I'm sick of this...

JuneFit Tip: The Top Winners

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Yes it's a new year, and we all want to be thinner, more fit, and healthier. One concrete step we can take is to eat foods that offer us the most overall benefit to accomplish our...

JuneFit Tip: Reduce our Risk!

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Let's reduce our risk of injury, that is. Everyday we're reminded that exercise and regular daily activity which includes sports, are beneficial to our health, well being and our...