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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Spirit, of JEFFERSON and FARMER'S ADVOCATE
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bility, mobility and strength, The
5 pan. clinic will focus on running
form. Participants can attend one
or both clinics each month. The
next clinic will be April 6. Clin-
ics will take place in the Wellness
Center's aerobics room. To regis-
ter, call 304-264-1287, Ext. 1814
or email ddejamett@cityhospi-
tal.org. For information on group
runs and ongoing clinics, go to
the Freedom's Run headquarters'
website at Two Rivers Treads at
www.trtreads.org.
Yoga workshop: Jala Yoga, the
yoga studio at Mellow Moods
Cafe and Juice Bar at 117 W. Ger-
man St. in Shepherdstown, is of-
fering a Core Power workshop
from 5 to 5:45 pan. April 6. The
cost is $10 (or $8 for Jala Yoga
class card holders). For details,
visit www.jalayogaflow.com or
call 304-263-5367.
Health Expo: Anyone can get
free screenings, health and nutri-
tional information and more April
14 from 8 to 11 ash. in the Mc-
Cormack Center on the City Hos-
pital campus in Martinsburg.
The annual health expo, which is
normally held in May, has been
moved to April to coincide with
the annual Martinsburg Noon Ro-
tary Club's health fair. Other of-
ferings include West Xrlrginia Uni-
versity Hospitals-East trauma ser-
vices and cancer program infor-
marion, home health services and
Wellness Center information.
Event coordinator Jesi Graham
"-said that in addition to free blood
pressure checks and physical ther-
apy screenings; free chair massag-
es also will be available. For de-
tails, call The Wellness Center at
304-264-1232.
Scholarship fund 5K: The Mi-
ana Stewart Scholarship 5K on
April 14 benefits a scholarship
fund created by Randy and Mary
"Stewart of G-errardstown in mem-
ory of their only child. Miana
was killed Oct. 13, 2005, when
she came home from Musselman
High School and interrupted a
"btirglary at the family's home. The
5K on the track at Musselman's
football stadium begins at 9 aan.
The cost is $20 for those who sign
up by April 5 or $25 the day of
the race. Those who pre-register
get a T-shirt. There are discounts
for students and members of the
Shenandoah ValleyRunners. For
a registration form or get more de-
tails, call 304-229-5299.
Foster care fundraiser: The an-
nual "Walk With Me for Youth
In Foster Care" starts at 1:30 pan.
May 13 at Morgan's Grove Park
in Shepherdstown. For more on
the walk, which raises awareness
and funding for foster care pro-
gramming, visit www.walkwith-
mewv.com or call 866-call-mwv.
Diabetes program: Endocrinol-
ogist Sheila Ramirez will pres-
ent "Diabetes 10l" - an UKdate on
the signs, symptoms, prevention
and treatment of diabetes - at 7
p.m. April 17 on the City Hospital
campus in Martinsburg.
Sign-in at the West Virginia Uni-
versity Hospitals-East Robert C.
Byrd Health Sciences Center be-
gins at 6:30 pan.; light refresh-
ments will be served at the pro-
gram's conclusion at 8 Pan. To re-
serve a seat for the free mini-med-
ical school program or ask ques-
.tions, call 304-264-1287, Ext.
1760.
Shepherdstown 5K: This Race Is
For The Birds happens April 21 at
the National Conservation Train-
ing Center in Shepherdstown. The
event includes two professionally
timed Wail races: one 4.9 miles
long and another that covers 7.7
miles. A self-timed, two-mile run/
walk for families and a free, one-
mile fun run for children also are
offered. Proceeds benefit the Po-
tomac Valley Audubon's pro-
:grams for children. For more on
the race, which begins at 9 aan
go to www'racef rthebirds' rg"
Cycling fundraiser: April 22 is
the early-bird deadline to regis-
ter for the CASA River Century,
a Shepherdstown fundraiser that
benefits the Eastern Panhandle
chapter of Court Appointed Spe-
cial Advocate, which provides
volunteers to aid children have
been removed from their homes
because of abuse and/or neglect.
The self-paced bike ride on May
19 starts on the campus of Shep-
herd University. Cyclists can
choose from mutes of 25, 50 or
100 miles. There also is a 25-mile
off-road option.
Full support is provided, includ-
ing breakfast, lunch, a swag bag,
aid stations and a sag wagon for Attic
those who sag behind and need a FROM PAGE C1
hand getting back to the starting
line. wooden wagon that carried
The event raises money through Brown to his 1859 hanging. The
sponsorships and fees paid by rid- museum also has a bit of rope
ers. Early-bird fees range from $20 used in his execution.
for either of the 25-mile routes or Other highlights: Civil War
$40 for the longer trips. Starting weapons and bullets, fine sil-
April 23, fees increase to $35 or ver, a quilt, 19th-century toys
$50. To sign up or find out more and dolls, farm tools, uniforms
about the race, go to www.casariv- from World Wars I and artifacts
ercentury.org, from Storer College, the African-
American school in Harpers Fer-
"Thunder" 5K: The Thunder ry that closed in the 1950s.
Over the Blue Ridge air show and New this season is display of
open house doesn't happen an- Harpers Ferry-manufactured
til September, but a running event muskets and Hall rifles along
at the Martinsburg air base hap- with an exhibit by the Jefferson
pens next month. The C-5K hap- County Black History Preserva-
pens April 28 at the 167th Airlift tion Society that spotlights the
Wing at 9 aan. This 3.1-mile fun 200th anniversary of the birth of
race offers a unique opportunity to Martin Delany.
run alongside the unit's C-5 Gal- Born in Charles Town, Delany
axy aircraft. New this year: a kids' learned to read and write despite
one-mile fun run is free for all growing up in the slave state of
children under the age of 12. Pro- Virginia. He went on to become
ceeds from the race will help fund a physician, scientist, inventor,
Kids Village activities. Last year author, newspaper publisher and
the Kids Village presented $1,000 Unique guns are the new addition to Charles Town's Jefferson County Museum at 200 E. Washington St. Union Army major - one of the
to the United Way of the Eastern most prominent African-Ameri-
Panhandle. For details, go to www. cans of the 19th century.
martinsburgairshow.com/c5k.
Harpers Ferry Half-Mara-
thon: The Harpe.rs Ferry H df Mar-
athon May 12 includes the 13-mile
race as well as a four-mile trail run
and a free kids' run. The race is
part of the Two Rivers Heritage
Partnership, with proceeds going
toward the Harpers Ferry-based
For the Love of Children organi-
zarion's outdoor education center
and to Eastern Panhandle Indigo
Children. Details may be found
at www.harpersferryhalf.org or by
calling Two Rivers Treads at 304-
876-1100. The website is www.
trtreads.org.
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BodyWorks tool kit and will attend
regular group meetings to help
maintain behavior change. The kit Cave win the Donald Duck Medal for I'd keep running. Any insignifi- friend, country music star Brad
Libby, which you get for corn- cant amountof pain I felt was Paisley, recorded it. The re-
includes a video on healthy shop- FROM PAGE 02 pleting the race," Watson said. nothing compared to what she's lease of the song marks a spe-
ping and cooking strategies, a reci- "I "I did all three." endured, and what she still en- cial initiative on behalf of the
pe book, food and fitness journals, try to make people aware Libby and her mother joined dures." nonprofit A-T Children's Proj-
a weekly meal planner refrigerator of the disease, and of rare dis-
magnet and more. There is no fee eases in general, as there is Watson for the event, and Libby Watson and her mother are ect, the yearlong beneficiary of
for the program, but registration is so much less publicity about participated in the 5Krace the currently planning an A-T golf Paisley's artist royalties from
limited. For more information or them," she said. "Because day before, with her mom push- fundraiser in Maryland forU.S. sales. The song can be pur-
to register, call 304-264-1287, Ext. there is no cure for A-T, in,g, her in the wheelchair. September. "We are trying to chased at all digital music out-
thought about Libby a lot get Joe Kindregan, the song- lets.
1814oremailddejamett@cityhos- not even anything to slow it while I was training for the writer of "Hard Life," which To make a donation or find
pital.org, down, if there's anything I
can do, any fundraising effort event and then running it -- was written about A,T, to at- out more information about the
I can participate in to foster about how I was being self- tend. We are hoping to raise at cause, visit www.atcp.org.
We want your research, or help them figure ish about my own pain," she least $10,000 with this event,"
it out, or extend her life for a said. "The running was hard, 1 said Watson. - Katherine Cobb is a con-
Health news month, I'd do it." didn't think I could do it, but Kindregan is a 23-year-oldtributing writer to the Spirit of
then I'd think about her pare. from Springfield, Va with Jefferson. She lives in Charles
Send your health-related news In January, Watson ran a
and it would spur me on and A-T. He wrote the song and his Town.
items to 'Christine Miller Ford at half-marathon at Disney-
Christine@spiritofjefferson.com. world. She had never run
If you prefer, items may be faxed more than four consecutive
(304-728-6856) or mailed (Spir- miles, so doing 13.1 took
it newsroom, 210 N: George St fortitude. "My first goal was
Charles Town,WV 25414). to finish; my second, to fin- ',~
ish running; and my third, to
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will be collected
city-wide on TuesdayAll yard waste and
Dryer De-Linting Special $ 99.00 and Wednesday. other materials
(metals) will be
All other materials picked up according
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according to your regularly
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Wednesday or Friday
Separate yard waste from all other materials
and place it at your curb in biodegradable bags.
No hazardous materials or appliances (refrigerators, tv's,
computers, a/c units, paint, tires or building materials such
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