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Football Season has officially ‘Kicked Off’
Issues, we all have them. Circumstances, they are all around us. Jesus called them mountains. Sometimes these issues, circumstances or moun-tains seem to overwhelm us. Sometimes there seems to be so many situations going on in our lives, we just want to throw our hands up and say, “I sur-render.” That is the devil’s strategy. Your enemy has designs
on overwhelming you with issues, circumstances and mountains. He wants you to experience so much pressure that you throw in the towel. How do you withstand an onslaught of attacks by the devil? We follow the ex-ample of our Lord. He was tempted; Jesus faced an all out assault by the enemy. The devil’s in-tent was to take Jesus out.
The devil has designs to take you out with an all out assault. We are going to see that Jesus told us how to win even when it seems like the devil is throwing everything at you all at once. Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness after the Spirit of God de-scended on Him. In Luke 4:2 it says, “Being forty days tempted of the devil.” For forty days and nights,
there was a constant bar-rage of attacks from the enemy. It seems as though the devil never left Jesus alone, but constantly bom-barded Him. There wasn’t just three different times in that forty days that the devil came to Him. I think may people, when we read this, think the at-tack was maybe three hours out of the forty days. But, the enemy was con-stantly and consistently harassing our Lord. Jesus knows how each one of us feels as the enemy seems to bombard us with issues, circumstances and mountains. He is touched with the feeling of your infirmity, being tempted just like we are (Heb 4:15) Jesus doesn’t just feel for you though, He showed us how to get out of the is-sues, circumstances and mountains. He is saying to you and me, “do it this way; this is the only way that the devil will leave you alone!” There were three tempta-tions the devil came with. Jesus answered those temptations with the Word of God, and that is the only way we can put the devil on the run. You and I have to answer every issue, circumstance, and mountain with the Word of God. Jesus very clearly told us in Mark 11:23-24 how to get rid of mountains. He said speak to them! Don’t ever let the devil or circumstances or tempta-tion have a one way con-
versation with you. In other words, don’t let the devil do all the talking. You better answer him back. You better tell your enemy what the Word of God says. When you speak to the mountains, when you speak to the issues in-stead of about them, when you command the circum-stances to change instead of just accepting them, then and only then will things change, and the will of God will be done in your life. Let’s follow Jesus’ exam-ple. Let’s do it the way He showed us will work. You must know what the Word of God says, so when any issue or circumstance the devil brings, even if he brings a lot at one time, you will be able to say “It is written.” Because when you say it is written, you have said “thus says the Lord” and everything will change.
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A Lexus SUV was traveling Westbound on I-565 when it crossed the median into the Eastbound lanes striking a 1999 Mitsubishi Mirage
head-on.
The driver of the Mi-rage was killed on im-pact.
The two occupants (husband and wife) of
the 2005 Lexus Marion Johnson III, and Cynthia Johnson, both Montgomery Al. residents, were trans-ported to Huntsville Hospital with non-life-
threatening injuries.
The driver (fatality) of the Mitsubishi Mirage has not been identified at this time because his family is in an-other country at this
time.
The preliminary cause of the accident is that the driver of the Lexus had a medical issue while driving. The in-vestigation is ongoing.
New ‘spacious’ satellite license office opens in Madison
Mark Craig, Madison County License Director, greets the crowd assembled for the ribbon cutting of the new facility
Mark Craig, Madison County License Director, and Mayor Paul Finley cut the ribbon while several others that were involved in making the Madison satellite office become a reality, look on.
The new license facility that Madison and Hunts-ville residents alike have been waiting for is fi-nally open. Residents have been waiting nearly three years for this spa-cious licensing facility. Although convenient for
Madison residents, it will also help cut down on the waits at other smaller locations in the county. The office has plenty of waiting room space (see pictures above), as well as a touch screen com-puter system that resi-
dents will use, when they enter, that will help speed up the proc-ess and allow those coming in to do busi-ness with the license bureau to sit down and relax, while they wait for their name to be called.
The office is located at the former O’ Bryans Restaurant, located on Browns-Ferry Road, just off Hughes road, behind Kroger. The facility is open from 8:30 am to 5 pm week-days.
Driver killed in head-on collision
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BOB JONES High School PATRIOTS 8/30 Bob Jones vs Northridge (L) 30-40 9/7 James Clemons High School AWAY BUCKHORN High School BUCKS 8/31 Buckhorn vs. Scottsboro (W) 26-21 9/7 Florence High School HOME HAZEL GREEN High School TROJANS 8/31 Hazel Green vs. Grissom (W) 30-0 9/7 Sparkman AWAY HUNTSVILLE High School PANTHERS 8/31 Huntsville vs. Sparkman (W) 51-19 9/7 Grissom High School Milton Frank LEE High School GENERALS 8/31 Lee vs Columbia (W) 36-12 9/7 Gadsden Alabama A&M SPARKMAN High School SENATORS 8/31 Sparkman vs Huntsville (L) 19-51 9/7 Hazel Green High School HOME COLUMBIA High School EAGLES 8/31 Columbia vs Lee (L) 12-36 9/6 Southside High School Milton Frank S.R. BUTLER High School REBELS 9/1 Butler vs Section (L) 6-37 9/7 Ardmore High School AWAY J.O. JOHNSON High School JAGUARS 8/31 Johnson @ Clemens (W) 20-7 9/7 Smith DAR, Kate D High School AWAY MADISON COUNTY High School TIGERS 8/31 Madison County vs E. Limestone (W) 20-2 9/7 North Jackson High School HOME RANDOLPH High School RAIDERS 8/30 Randolph vs Danville (L) 7-21 9/7 Pope John Paul II Catholic AWAY MADISON ACADEMY MUSTANGS 8/30 Madison vs Tanner (L) 13-7 9/7 Lauderdale County HOME WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 8/31 Westminster vs Pope John Paul II (W) 38-14 9/7 Deshler High School AWAY
Last weeks football scores and upcoming games
The earth shook so violently, nine members of the Cove Church from Huntsville working at a mis-sion site near San Jose, Costa Rica were forced to brace themselves until the shaking stopped, accord-ing to the team leader. The 7.6 magnitude earth-quake hit at 8:42 a.m., about 38 miles from the town of Liberia, which is about 88 miles from the capital of San Jose. Nine members from Cove Church were working on the building project with the United Methodists on an orphanage in Coronado, when the ground beneath
the job site began to shake. "They said that it was like they were on a surf board. They had to spread their legs out to keep from fal-ling over. So it was pretty big,” said Family Minis-tries Pastor, Darin Miller Media reports inside the Central American county indicate some damage, but no deaths have been re-ported.
Pastor Darin Miller says church members at the Hampton Cove church im-mediately reached out to the group following the quake. The communication was made possible due to an international phone the mission team brought with them on the week-long trip. “We have never had any-thing quite this severe hap-pen before, and leaders say they have no plans of coming home early. They do expect roll-ing blackouts starting Wednesday evening. Church leaders say the group will be back in Huntsville Saturday.
Hampton Cove church missions team endures earthquake while building orphanage
It was Crazy Red and White Day last Friday at Hazel Green High School. The faculty was trying to get every student pumped for the game that night. With the cheerleaders, the football team, and the band all wearing their uni-forms, and the pep rally during 4th block, everyone was ready to see Hazel
Green defeat Grissom. The game started with the Trojans coming onto the field through a new two-story helmet to an insane amount of cheering by the
fans that were expecting a great game. And, they w e r e n o t d i s a p -pointed. Hazel Green played an awesome game right up to the end with a score of 30-0. The Trojans crushed the Tigers by holding them to only 48 yards, by inter-cepting 2 passes, and run-ning a total of 270 yards.
It was a game never to be forgotten for the Hazel Green family. The crowd went crazy with every touchdown. It was the first game
played this year on the Ha-zel Green field, and every-one was happy to see all the new additions, which included a new press box, and new bleachers on the visitors’ side of the field. The football team had a brand new, two story high
helmet that they ran through to start off the game, which of course brought an insane amount of cheering from the crowds. If last Friday night is any indication, it appears that it is going to be an
A+ season for Hazel Green this year. The Trojans have been working extremely hard to make this, not only a sea-son to remember, but also a season to take them to the play-offs
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Madison County Observer is looking for an individual from
each school in Madison County to be a contributing
writer. We want to know what is happening in your school. We also need someone from
each school to take pictures at each football game, and other sports events, get statistics, and send them to us. For
more information, please call Dave at 256-777-9606
Hazel Green smashes Grissom in first game
By Mattie Earl
Women according to ex-perts and physicians have a great chance of develop-ing osteoporosis. Osteopo-rosis causes bones to weaken and fracture, and cause a gradual loss of minerals.
It is normal for a woman to have bone density loss, and it can also put one at risk of fracture.
Ever yone, especia lly women, in general, are not aware of bone density loss until they have a fracture of the bone.
A bone density test is then required to determine if one has osteoporosis.
What causes bone density loss, and at what age do people, especially women, start experiencing it.
Women start experiencing bone density loss at around 30 years old according to medical science.
That is when they should start testing for it. Every-one, in fact, should be con-cerned about bone density loss, not just women.
Like I tell all my clients, get a physical check up at
least once a year, includ-ing a bone density test every 5 to 10 years for women. I then tell them to keep a record of it and store it away.
I always keep results of my blood test and physical examinations. That way you always have a record to compare with other re-sults throughout your life-time. We keep records of our vehicle repairs and oil changes! We should also keep a record of our own health.
What causes bone density loss? Age, of course, is a factor, and one of the causes. Lack of calcium in your diet is another cause.
Lack of vitamins and not eating properly is another factor. Everyone should consume about 1000 to 1500 mg of calcium each day. That is the daily rec-ommendation by doctors.
If you are not lactose in-tolerant you should drink about 3 to 5 glasses of milk which is loaded with 300 to 400 mg. of calcium.
Lack of exercise is another factor, and so is drinking a lot of alcohol. Vitamin D and getting sun rays from 15 to 20 minutes of expo-sure to the sun is another great way to help your bones.
Foods that are high in vita-min D like milk, eggs, but-ter, and certain cereals are another source of vitamin D.
Lastly, lifting weights are perfect for building strong bones! Cycling and swim-ming are good cardiovas-cular exercises, but do lit-tle to strengthen your bones.
I suggest weight training, or at least cross-training consisting of cardio and resistance training.
I also suggest weight train-ing 3 to 5 days a week
with cardio 3 to 5 times a week for a healthy body. Exercises such as the bench press, military press, triceps push downs,
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September 6, 2012 Page 6
By Phillip Johnson
Building Stronger Bones through Weight Training
MADISON, AL - The Madison Arts Council is bringing back the Amoré Art silent auction and din-ner this year. It will be held October 11th from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at Blue Pants Brewery in Madison. Tickets are $35 per person, which includes: admission, a dinner catered by Fa-mous Joe’s Pizzeria, and a free craft artisan beer from Blue Pants Brewery. This event is the main fund-
raiser for the Madison Arts Council. Tickets are on sale now online at http://buytickets.at/madisonartscouncil/5603 and on our website at www.artsmadison.org The silent auction will have items from various artists across Madison such as Michele Lee, Lisa Riccardi, and pottery from Tisa Womack. Classes from Green Pea Printing Press and a pass to Madi-
son Adventure Bootcamp will be available. Gift Certificates from across Madison County Restau-rants will also be items for our auction.
This event is sponsored by Redstone Federal Credit
Union and Jerry Damson Honda.
The Madison Arts Council is a not-for-profit 501 (c)3 organization that was founded in 2001. The pur-pose and vision of the Madison Arts Council is to develop a culture and en-
rich the quality of life for Madison City through various forms of dance, music, theatre, and visual art. Through programs, advocacy and partnership with our community, they have one mission: to tap into the senses.
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Madison Arts Council bring back Amoré Art silent auction
Phillip and his son, Mi-chael are part of ‘Fit for Life’ which is a lifestyle of fitness, good diet, exercis-ing, and cardio for the rest of your life. . They inspire people to live a lifestyle of fitness for life. They train their clients to be more motivated, dedi-cated, and consistent with their fitness. Phillip trains clients at Em-pire Fitness, and Workout Anytime 24/7 on Univer-sity, in the Newks restau-rant shopping center. He also teaches boxing, mar-tial arts.
Phillip can be contacted at 951-970-7635, or at [email protected]
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If you like tak-ing pictures at sporting events and would like to see them in the Madison County Ob-server, then we are looking for you. We are cur-rently seeking someone from every hig h school in Madi-son County to help us cover every football game this fall. If that is you, please call Dave at 256-777-9606
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barbell curls, squats, leg press, and other exercises help build muscle and also build stronger bones. Weather you are trying to lose weight, maintain weight, tone up, or build muscles, weight training is the best way to build mus-cles and strong bones.
I have a client that I have been training for about 2 years. She is over 50 years old. I have been training her with weights along
with cardio and plyometric exercises. She recently saw her doctor and took a bone density test. Her doc-tor warned her that she would see a significant amount of bone loss be-cause of her age and the time that had elapsed from her last test. To the doc-tor’s amazement he told her that she did not lose any bone density and she was healthier now than ever before! He asked her what she had been doing to get such an excellent
result. She told him she had been training with weights with me. He was astonished!
Lift weights, take you vita-mins especially vitamin D, get your cardio, eat a good balanced diet, and stay fir for life!
It is truly the most wonderful time of the year. Football season is upon us! What a way to start the season with four days of foot-ball. The highlight of the weekend was Saturday evening as Alabama and Auburn both opened their season. If you are an Alabama fan, you are very happy right now.
Alabama came to play at Cowboy Stadium
with a 41-14 win. The tide showed both a bal-
anced defense and of-fense and dominated the first half, scoring the first 31 points. The next stop for the Crimson Tide will be Bryant Denny Stadium as they open their home season. You can watch this game at 2:39 pm on the SEC network. Auburn fans, this was not the opener you hoped for. Clemson ran 87 plays for 528
yards which clenched t he 26 -1 9 v ic -tory. However, Au-burn did lead in the fourth quarter and had a chance until Clem-son kicked the winning field goal in the last two minutes of the game. The tigers will try to bounce back this weekend against Mis-sissippi State in Stark-ville. Kick off is scheduled for 11 am o n E S P N .
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Advertising in the Madison County Observer makes sense!
by Carol Greer
Tide and Tiger Talk
Nothing goes better with Alabama and Auburn football than some great tailgating snacks. We can all skip the diet one day a week and indulge while cheering on our favorite team. In that spirit, here is the tailgating snack of the week. Be-lieve me, calories were not left out! But this is the SEC. We only know the best!
Oreo Cookies and Cream Dip 8 oz. cream cheese
4 tablespoons butter 3 cups powdered sugar
15 Oreo cookies, crushed 1 cup white chocolate chips
fruit, vanilla wafers, graham crackers etc. for dipping
Whisk the cream cheese and butter in a mixer until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating be-tween additions. Add the white chocolate chips and crushed Oreos. Place in a bowl and serve with desired cookies or
fruit.
The food is on the table and the games are on TV. Fall is upon us. Now could someone tell the weatherman to turn down the thermostat? Until next week, Roll Tide and War Eagle!
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The Northridge High School Jaguars came back in the second half to defeat the Bob Jones Patriots, 40-30 on Friday night. Junior running back Bo Scarbrough had 37 carries for 214 yards with three touchdowns. With many cutback runs, Scarbrough left the Patriots defense without options.
“Bo Scarbrough is the best running back in America. With a running back like that, there really isn’t much left to do,” said Pa-triots head coach Kevin Rose. “I just have to thank God and my offensive line for picking it up. We came together as a team. The Jaguar offense had a combined total of 316 of-fensive yards: 97 passing
with 219 rushing yards. Junior running back Deon-dre Rogers also helped the offensive by making a 6-yard run for a touchdown. Scarbrough did not work alone, however. Senior wide receiver James Cox made crucial game-changing plays on both sides of the field. Cox caught a 20-yard pass from Cline to take the lead
at 28-21. Cox also made a vital in-terception at the 1-yard line in the fourth quarter that prevented the Patriots from making a comeback. The interception, which ended the Patriot’s mo-mentum, prevented them from scoring for the re-mainder of the game.
The Jaguar defense also picked up in the second half, limiting the Patriots to 112 passing yards and minus-7 rushing yards. The Jaguars also caused two fumbles with the re-covery of one, and an in-terception. Overall, the Jaguars lim-ited the Patriots to nine points in the second half.
Bob Jones loses first game against Northridge
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do
nothing
Crossword Puzzle Watch For Your
Weekly Crossword Puzzle
September 6, 2012 Page 11
Solution For 8-30- 2012 Puzzle
Down 1. Fiend 2. Small bird 3. Lengthy 4. Shoulder board 5. Bank employee 6. Cooking surface 7. Highly excited 8. Single-masted sail-ing vessel 9. Explosive device 10. Rodent 11. Legal excuse 12. Beer mug 13. Multitude 21. Belief 23. Rostrum
26. Bow down 28. Allow 29. Musical instru-ment 30. Burden 31. Desire 32. Outfit 36. Wall painting 38. Opposing 39. Wound seriously 40. Funeral mound 43. Danger 46. Sense organ 47. Close 49. Stammer 51. Sartor 53. Tableware
54. Weary 55. Evade 56. Coordinate 57. Reptile 61. Desperate 63. Root vegetable 64. Malevolent 65. Bobbin 67. Trap 69. One of the British armed services, ini-tially
Across 1. Young nocturnal bird 6. Fastner 10. Reckless 14. Fumble 15. Look 16. Male singing voice 17. Relating to kidneys 18. Footwear 19. Layer 20. Immerse 22. Urge on 24. Tender 25. Outflow 27. Candy 29. Lofty 33. Device used to shape metal 34. Individual structure 35. Swarm 37. Postage token 41. Form of transport 42. Angered or excited 44. Negative vote 45. Livid 48. Entice 49. Agitate 50. Small island 52. Short hours employment 54. Can make your eyes wa-ter 58. Stead 59. Unwell 60. Female red deer 62. The second of two 66. Destroy 68. Den 70. System of five lines in music 71. Boundary of a surface 72. Gumbo 73. Spooky 74. Surface impression 75. Submerged rock or coral 76. Mythical cave-dwelling creature
Lately I have been getting fed up with the rise of gas prices. It seems that most news sources and most politicians seem to buy into what ever excuse the gas companies want to use to raise prices. The latest excuse, of course was Hurricane Isaac. My question is, what was the ex-cuse prior to Isaac. The gas prices were going up some-times .20 cents in one day, for no apparent reason. While gas companies are re-cording record, unbelievable
profits, our politicians are doing nothing about it (I as-sume because the oil compa-nies are greasing their hands). When I was a kid, there was a man in our town that could do something to your carbu-retor to make your car get 100+ miles to the gallon. I am sure with all the Engi-neers in the area, someone would know how to make that happen. I have found many websites that give simple instructions to increase your mileage with inventive ways, such as a do-
it-yourself hydrogen genera-tor for your car. There are many other ways to increase gas mileage as well. If we start using less gas, the companies will scramble to lower prices. Let us also be-gin asking same brand gas stations why one might be 10 to 20 cants higher than the same brand just blocks away. Is this right? I don’t think so. If we start complaining about this practice, I am sure it will stop. If we say nothing, it will continue, and probably get worse.
The Madison County Ob-server is looking for the lo-cal news happening around you and your neighbor-hood. If you see news hap-pening, can take a picture and write up some facts about the event, we can use it. Just send it to [email protected].
We are also looking for a contributor for every school in Madison County. This includes not only the high schools, but also the mid-dle, elementary and private schools. We understand that, even though high school sports
are important, so are the events that are taking place with the middle and ele-mentary schools. It doesn’t have to be just sports re-lated. Anything that may be news that the community and parents would like to read, we would like to pub-lish. For more information, call Dave at 256-777-9606.
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Madison County Observer still looking for news contributors
Comments From Publisher Dave Crumbaugh
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While Grissom
chases a state prep title
with a veteran coach at the
helm, Huntsville dives in
with a first-year coach
with plenty of swimming
experience in this area.
Both the Tigers
and Panthers appear at the
very least to be primed to
make another assault at the
state’s top 10 team rank-
ings with a mix of talented
returnees and newcomers.
Every year these
two teams restock from the
pool of swimmers in
Huntsville’s Rocket City
Swim League (RCSL)
with 15 summer teams
supplying talent to the
Panthers and Tigers.
First-year Hunts-
ville Coach Allison Brol
was born in Chicago and
moved to Huntsville at age
7.
She spent several
years swimming in the
RCSL. She’s now a RCSL
coach, so she knows the
importance of swimming
summer league.
Brol is also a
Huntsville Swim Associa-
tion (HSA) instructor, after
swimming year-round in
HSA and qualifying for
several Southeastern
Meets.
According to Brol,
the Panthers should benefit
from 9-10 RCSL summer
teams that feed their pro-
gram to give them a much
needed quality depth.
“We’ll have ap-
proximately 65-70 swim-
mers this year,” Brol said.
“And, there’s no doubt the
RCSL summer league
teams are extremely im-
portant to the success of
our program.”
Huntsville’s boys
return four swimmers who
placed in the state meet,
plus two highly ranked di-
vers. returnees include:
Carter McDonald (100
back), Jared Sutphin (200
free and 500 free), John
Smith (50 free and 100
fly) and Karter Smith (50
free). The divers are Jor-
dan Bagwell and Ryan
Holder.
On the girls side,
Huntsville returns five ath-
letes who placed at state
last year: Elise Maursel
(100 free), Jennifer Starck
(200 IM and 100 Breast),
Elizabeth Olsen (200 free
and 500 free) and diver
Lindsey Nalley.
“Our goal is a top
three finish in the boys and
a top seven finish in the
girls,” said Brol. “We’ll
get some additional young
talent from some newcom-
ers and that will help a
lot.”
Huntsville opens
its season Sept 4, in a four-
way meet at Cullman with
Hartselle and Randolph.
Entering her eighth
year at Grissom, Coach
Barbara Belyea lost sev-
eral All-State performers
to graduation:
Megan Hughes
(state champion in diving),
Brad Hollihan, Tchaasu
Taylor, Hannah Busk, Sara
Henderson and Katie Toth.
With those gradu-
ates, went 54 boys points
and 67 girls points from
the 2011 state meet.
Belyea is counting
on her newcomers to im-
prove on last year’s sec-
ond-place girls finish and
ninth-place boys ranking
at the state meet.
“(We) will have to
do it this year with
younger kids as we gradu-
ated a lot of kids who
scored at state and we lost
a couple kids to other
sports.” Belyea said.
“This year we’ll probably
try to get most of our
points (at state) through
relays. Hopefully, some of
the younger kids will come
through for us.”
The Grissom boys
are looking for points from
Austin Coyle, Jonathan
Bryant, Joel Sabio, Chuck
Gehrdes and Peyton
Hayes. For the girls, Be-
lyea hopes to accumulate
po int s f ro m Mar y
Northcutt, Clara Freeman
and Prescilla Sims. All-
State performers Chloe
Hui (100 & 200 free) and
Jesse Sabio (100 breast)
return to anchor this year’s
squad.
The Tigers kick off
their season by hosting the
Grissom Invitational at the
Natatorium on Oct. 13.
Lee expects a re-
building year. Coach Caro-
lyn Hyatt says the Gener-
als will probably be young
and small. Hyatt is setting
her sights on recruiting
and rebuilding a team that
was hit hard with gradua-
tion. After winning last
year’s Alabama Teacher of
the Year award, ex-Coach
Stephanie Hyatt has
stepped aside.
The Generals kick
off their season Sept. 4,
hosting three other teams
(Madison County, Spark-
man and Westminster) in a
four team swim meet at
the Natatorium.
City 2012 Prep Swim Preview, New Coach At HHS
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Core fitness used to be the new, trendy concept in fitness, being promoted by exercise, yoga and Pilates instructors. But now, many physicians, including chiropractors, ortho-pedists, physiatrists and medical doctors, appreciate the importance of a strong core. Most personal trainers and physical therapists have a repertoire of core exercises that they use with their clients. Core fitness is now a marketing buzzword helping to sell a myriad of products to the fitness-seeking consumer. This has increased the general public's awareness of the importance of a strong core and provides a greater opportu-nity to participate in this healthy form of exercise. You may know you have one, but what precisely is your "core" and what are you ac-complishing when you train it? First of all, your core includes the abdominal muscle groups - the external obliques, internal obliques, rectus abdominis and transversus ab-dominis; and a group of back muscles - the longissimus thoracis, multifidus, and erec-tor spinae. Secondly, the reason why having a strong core is so important is because these muscle groups provide a focus or "center" supporting whatever physical work your body is doing. If you have a weak core, other muscles will have to take over, which significantly increases the likelihood of sprains, strains and other injuries. Years ago, before core fitness became part of the lexicon, there were still plenty of people who had an intuitive understanding of the concept. For many decades gymnas-tic coaches, ballet instructors, and football coaches utilized strenuous and vigorous techniques that focused on increasing core strength. Middle school and high school gym teachers knew about the core, even back then. Remember push-ups, squat thrusts and jumping jacks? All those traditional exercises (that we used to moan and groan about) worked to train our deep core muscles. We were doing core fitness before there was a "core fitness.” You may be wondering why we even need core fitness today since so much of our daily work involves sitting down. So many of us stare at computer screens for eight or more hours a day rather than performing the physical work our ancestors did, such as farming or building. Instead we use a mouse and keyboard and chat on a phone. The long-term result of this more sedentary lifestyle is that muscles, ligaments and tendons lose their integrity. This leads to tight, spastic muscles in the neck and lower back, and weak abdominal muscles, and these issues lead to more serious problems such as chronic headaches, cardiovascular stress, digestive problems, and even depression. We need fitness activities that help to build up our bodies' strength and integrity again, and the best place to start is at the center - by participating in core fitness. The wonderful thing about core fitness is that there is no equipment required. Of course you could get a mat and a physioball, but those items are not necessary to work your core. Try taking a Pilates or yoga class in your community. Some studios even offer a chance to try a free class to see if you like it. Learn a few core exercises and be-gin to do them regularly several times a week. You'll soon begin to notice that you have more energy, sleep better and just generally feel better overall. You may even no-tice that your mood has improved. All due to a few planks, push-ups and squats. That's not a bad deal.
The Importance of Core Fitness
Chiropractic care helps improve almost everything from a physical point of view. Chiropractic treatment helps your body become the best it can be, by re-moving limitations to growth and devel-opment. When you exercise, it's critical for your joints and musculature to be freely movable. If you're exercising and you have joints with reduced mobility, par-ticularly in the spine, it's easy to get in-jured. This is analogous to pressing down on the accelerator with one foot while applying the brake with the other. That would be a unpleasant and frustrat-ing ride. Extending the metaphor, chiro-practic care helps open up your spinal highways and byways, smoothing out your biomechanical journey so you can get the greatest benefit from your exer-cise. When you're exercising your core it's very important for all the parts involved to have their maximum range of mo-tion. Chiropractic care helps you get there.
Chiropractic and the Core
Wednesday morning marked the beginning of a major project on Redstone Arsenal. A huge building will be added to the Von Braun Complex. Military and political lead-ers say the new facility will make the Arsenal the epicenter of missile de-fense expertise in the world. The groundbreaking was held in a parking lot on the Arsenal, near the actual site of where the building will sit. The building will be the fourth of an impres-sive complex named after Dr. Werner von Braun. “This is the kind of com-plex that provides our men and women in uniform the technological capability to make them powerful on the battlefield,” said U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, (R) Alabama. The building will be five stories tall, housing 850 offices and bringing much-needed efficiency to the country’s commitment to missile defense.
“With the addition of Von Braun IV, we will have over 5,700 missile and air defense professionals working here everyday side by side,” said Lt. Genera l Pat r ick J. O’Reilly of the U.S. Army. Moreover, this project means great news for hun-dreds of local people who may have nothing to do with politics or national security. It’s a phenomenal opportunity for local men and women who need jobs. Turner Universal is a na-tional construction com-pany with an office in Huntsville. It has been hired to construct the building at a cost of up to $58 million. The building should be completed in about 20 months. Von Braun IV will be so big that it will include 10 business centers. There are still jobs available for workers to join the con-struction team doing the
work. You can apply online through Turneruni-versal.com.
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