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Need a New Year’s Resolution? Quit Smoking! |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/18/2013 12:29 PM
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| Sonora, CA...Sonora Regional Medical Center is offering a seven-week Freedom From Smoking course for anyone who would like to be smoke free in 2014! The course begins on Monday, January 13. Classes will meet from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. each Monday and one Wednesday at the Live Well Be Well Center in Sonora.... |
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Lowe's - Adopts The Arc of Amador and Calaveras, Amador Campus as it 2013 Heroes Project. "Never Stop Improving" |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/18/2013 02:22 PM
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Sutter Creek, CA...The Lowe's team has selected The Arc of Amador and Calaveras for their 2013 Heroes project. "Lowe's embraces teamwork as a core value and a key ingredient in maintaining an engaged work force. Lowe's believe that by working together they can build something better - for their company, their customers and the community...
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Marvelous Mind Support Group Starting in January |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/18/2013 02:50 PM
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Sonora, CA...The Marvelous Mind class focuses on understanding and responding to depression, using a whole person approach. This nine-week class runs January 7 through March 11, 2014, and will meet Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Sonora Regional Medical Center in Conference Room 1. Learn about the healing power of the brain, facts about depression, changing your lifestyle and much more. Space is limited. Please call 536-3727 or 352-8776 to register or obtain more information.
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The United States Department of Agriculture Announces Funding for Rural Mental Health Facilities |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/18/2013 04:01 PM
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Washington, DC....This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a funding goal of $50 million, over the next three years, to assist Community Health Centers with the construction, expansion, and enhancement of behavioral health facilities and services within rural communities...
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Arnold Family Medical Center is Open Saturdays and All Mark Twain Family Medical Centers are Ready to Serve |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/17/2013 12:18 PM
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San Andreas, CA...Our mission is to improve the health of Calaveras County residents, and so for over a decade our Family Medical Centers have served the communities of Angels Camp, Valley Springs, Arnold, San Andreas and Copperopolis. Each Family Medical Center compliments the work of local physicians and has a special emphasis on wellness and family medicine...
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Are You Ready for Obamacare? Suess Insurance Can Help! |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/16/2013 10:25 AM
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Sonora, CA...For more than 30 years, Ray Suess Insurance has been a leader in providing health, dental, vision, and life insurance to thousands of individuals and small businesses located throughout California. Our main office is located in the beautiful Northern California Sierra Foothills with affiliate offices in the Sacramento, East Bay, and Santa Cruz areas. For your convenience, we provide instant quotes, plan descriptions, and applications on-line. For additional assistance, please call our friendly and well-trained staff at 1-800-675-0467 Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm PST. Call us or apply on-line today to find out how we can best insure you.
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Red Cross Issues Safety Tips to Prevent Holiday Home Fires |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 12/14/2013 12:40 PM
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Sacramento, CA...The American Red Cross urges residents to take extra precautions with cooking and decorating around the holidays. “Cooking is the leading cause of home fires, and as people are cooking, entertaining, and stringing lights this holiday season, we’re urging that they take safety measures to ensure that their homes and loved ones are safe from the threat of fire,” said Kathleen Weis, Chief Executive Officer for the Red Cross Capital Region...
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Drug Cuts Breast Cancer Cases by More Than 50 per cent in High Risk Women |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 12/12/2013 12:27 PM
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London, UK....Taking the breast cancer drug anastrozole for five years reduced the chances of post-menopausal women at high risk of breast cancer developing the disease by 53 per cent compared with women who took a placebo, according to a study published in the Lancet today.
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Santa’s Express Dinner Dance a Success |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/09/2013 10:27 AM
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Frogtown, CA...The second Annual Santa’s Express Dinner Dance raised approximately $26,000 for Santa’s Express this year thanks to the efforts of Gina Galloway and Rayleane Dias-Gentry. Each year they have picked two seniors from Bret Harte High School who want use this event as their senior project and work with them on the event. The two that worked with Gina and Rayleane this year are Lacey Loomis and Paxton Fassbender. “These girls worked so hard, they helped in the planning process, they sold tickets, got auction items and helped decorate for the event,” said Gina Galloway, “they were amazing.” Over 550 tickets were sold, the dinner was catered by Up County Catering, the auctioneer was Ryan Sullivan, who kept the auction so lively and wonderful music from the band, Plan B, who played through the night...
Pictured: Mrs. Claus, Paxton Fassbender, Santa Claus and Jacey Loomis. |
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Arnold Family Medical Center is Open Saturdays and All Mark Twain Family Medical Centers are Ready to Serve |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/07/2013 09:56 AM
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San Andreas, CA...Our mission is to improve the health of Calaveras County residents, and so for over a decade our Family Medical Centers have served the communities of Angels Camp, Valley Springs, Arnold, San Andreas and Copperopolis. Each Family Medical Center compliments the work of local physicians and has a special emphasis on wellness and family medicine...
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