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Dr. Edmiston not your ordinary candidate
DOWNEY - Bellflower resident Dr. Ted Edmiston, a chiropractor by profession and Cerritos College trustee by avocation, is a fine example of a well-rounded man. He has been serving on the CC... |
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Advancing bicycling in Downey
DOWNEY - For the past four weeks this column has been driving home the interdependence between healthy living and active transportation, namely, bicycling and walking. This connection was... |
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Children's author chats with kids at West Middle School
DOWNEY - New author Melissa Buell announced her new series "Tales of Gymandrol" to students at West Middle School on Oct. 17. Melissa was born and raised in La Mirada and now resides in F... |
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From obesity to active living: HEALth for Downey
DOWNEY - Being fat is a luxury that's only been available to humankind for about a half century. It's a reflection of our wealth and excess in this country that the good ol' US of A is the ... |
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How to get started marketing a book
It's understandable, really. People who have the passion necessary to write a book usually have just one thing on their minds: writing a book. Not marketing a book. Some may think ahead to g... |
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Financial exploitation through undue influence
Taking advantage of the elderly has become a serious problem in our society. As our health care system allows more people to live well into their 80's and 90's, this same prolonged longevity... |
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One antidote to obesity: healthy living
The City of Downey has just begun the process of enrolling in the California HEAL Cities Campaign in response to national, regional, and local concerns about increasing obesity, with over ha... |
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Heal Cities campaign for a healthier Downey
DOWNEY - Last week at its regular meeting City Council agreed to bring the HEAL Cities Campaign to Downey. Participation was urged by Councilman Fernando Vasquez, and Council member Mario G... |
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Space shuttle Endeavour makes us proud to live in Downey
Dear Downey Family, It has been a great last few weeks here in our City. As many of you might have witnessed, Space Shuttle Endeavour flew right above Downey last Friday morning, making thi... |
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Zuniga making another run at Cerritos College board
DOWNEY - Leonard Zuniga has had a passion for education since the age of 12. "When I was in middle school - well it was junior high school then, I had an assignment to talk to my parents ab... |
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CSULB professor's work with homeless does not go unnoticed
LONG BEACH - Betty McMicken, an associate professor in the Communicative Disorders Department at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), has been awarded the "Anne Douglas Legacy of... |
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Join the .1% (help save the planet)
Anthropogenic climate change is wreaking its destruction across the planet in the threatened extinction of half of all living species within 100 years. So said the International Union for C... |
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Species extinction: the human touch
In the Bible, God gives humans "dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth." In fact the King James translation uses the te... |
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Tips for pitching media
Entrepreneurs and businesses, interest clubs and civic groups, authors and even proud parents - they all have a message they want the press to help share. They may be interested in contri... |
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Bicycles, polar bears, global warming all connected
For the past two weeks we've digressed from the topic of species extinction, which developed from a discussion of global warming, which arose from the fundamental purpose of this column, whi... |
