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for only the young. Strength training has been scientifically proven to be safe and effective for both men and women at any age. While aerobic exercise, such as walking, jogging, or swimming, has many excellent health benefits, it maintains the heart and lungs and increases cardiovascular fitness and endurance, it does not make your muscles strong. Strength training does. Strength training can be very effective in reducing the risk factors for many chronic conditions and diseases. Some of the benefits of strength training include:

Music returns to the west green of Lee Richardson Zoo Saturday and Sunday with the 2022 Tumbleweed Festival. Whitney Buchman, Tumbleweed Festival board member, said the two-day music festival, which runs Aug.

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MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Melissa Lee comforted her son and daughter after a student opened fire in their suburban Kansas City high school, wounding an administrator and a police officer stationed there. Then weeks later, she wept for the parents in Uvalde, Texas, who were forced to bury their children after the massacre there in May. She said she was “absolutely” reassured when she learned her district had since purchased one of the panic-alert systems gaining traction nationwide amid a surge in school violence that includes shootings and fights. The technology, featuring wearable panic buttons or mobile phone apps, enables teachers to notify each other and police in the event of an emergency. “Time is of the essence,” said Lee, whose son helped barricade a classroom door and watched police enter his school with guns drawn. “They can hit a button and, OK, we know something’s wrong, you know, really wrong. And then it puts everybody else on high alert.” Multiple states now mandate or encourage the buttons, and a growing number of districts are shelling out tens of thousands of dollars per school for them — part of a widespreadscrambleto beef up school security and prevent the next tragedy. The spending spree includes metal detectors, security cameras, vehicle barriers, alarm systems, clear backpacks, bulletresistant glass and doorlocking systems.

BY JANET MCCONNAUGHY Associated Press Scientists and students embarking on a census of Georgia lake sturgeon have found three females with mature eggs — an indication the armored “living fossils” may be reproducing in that state for the first time in a half-century. “It’s exciting because it’s confirmation that they are becoming mature and trying to spawn,” Martin J.

News from the Senior Center of Finney County There are foods to consider eating that can benefit one’s eyesight. Raw Red Peppers Bell peppers give you the most vitamin C per calorie.

Jenny Joaquin pours a sampling of a wine into a patron’s glass Saturday during the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce’s Wine Tasting event at the Clarion Inn Convention Center. The annual event was a sell out for the night, with 400 tickets being sold. The theme for this year’s event was “Hawaiian Nights”. Joaquin is one of the Chamber’s Ambassadors. BRAD NADING/GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM