Improving Physical Fitness News
Increased pressure to perform on academic tests is forcing state schools to cut physical education classes
Increased pressure to perform on academic tests is forcing state schools to cut physical education classes REUTERS/Jim Young Michelle Obama runs with school children on the South Lawn on May 25. By Lauren Knobbe | Thursday, July 29, 2010 WASHINGTON Its a trend that experts say threatens to undermine first lady Michelle Obamas central initiative: a campaign aimed at improving the health of ...
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Fla. Veterans' Chief Dies In Bike Accident
Retired Navy Rear Adm. Leroy Collins Jr. waves to military members March 21 at MacDill Air Force Base. TAMPA, Fla. -- Retired Adm. LeRoy Collins Jr., a former U.S. Senate candidate and current director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, was killed Thursday morning when he was hit by an SUV while riding his bicycle, police said.
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Fitness Calendar
Submit entries at least two weeks in advance to Fitness Calendar, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802, e-mail to melmoore@CITIZEN-TIMES.com or fax to 251-0585.
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Team Altus volunteers participate in Altus Armed Services YMCAs Activate America Day
Once again volunteers from Team Altus at Altus Air Force Base served the Altus area, this time by participating in the Altus Armed Services YMCAs Activate America Day. Joan Wilcoxen, Executiv...
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LeRoy Collins Jr., son of former Florida governor, dies in bike accident
Retired Adm. LeRoy Collins Jr., a former U.S. Senate candidate and current director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, was killed Thursday morning when he was hit by an SUV while riding his bicycle, police said. He was 75. Collins, the son of a former Florida governor, was hit while riding in a crosswalk near downtown Tampa at about 6 a.m., police said. The 27-year-old driver was ...
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