27 January 2021

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Start a new F.I.T.-ness routine

Start a new F.I.T.-ness routine


By CJ Blomquist OptumCare “New year, new me.” How many times have we said that to ourselves on New Year’s Day? It’s easy to set a goal, but then not follow through. This is especially true for exercise (at least for this writer). We’re almost into the second month of 2021, so if you’re struggling to keep up with your resolutions, try using the F.I.T. formula. F.I.T. stands for

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OCHCA: COVID vaccines are key to herd immunity

OCHCA: COVID vaccines are key to herd immunity


The following op-ed is reprinted with permission from the Orange County Health Care Agency. There has been much debate around the concept of herd immunity since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a public-health term, the idea of herd immunity is that if enough people are protected against an infection because they have been exposed and developed antibodies, transmission of the infection

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Find fresh, delicious and local snacks at the Farmers Market

Find fresh, delicious and local snacks at the Farmers Market


By Ellen Brannigan LW contributor Get your fresh turkey jerky at 4 Seasons Jerky at the Seal Beach Farmers Market every Tuesday. Jerky is a healthy and portable protein that can be eaten at work, while hiking or biking, or even while playing video games. For the past four years, Tom Lee has been driving 40 miles from Highlands to set up his table in Seal Beach. He carries 25 varieties of jerky

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Chess Club

Chess Club


The Chess Club publishes weekly puzzles to keep the love of the game alive since members can no longer meet to play in person. This week’s puzzle is checkmate in three moves. White moves first. Any answer by black, white’s third move is checkmate. Solution to this week’s puzzle is first move: Ng6. The white Knight moves from E5 to G6.

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Mini Farm

Mini Farm


Anna Derby of Mutual 5 continues to find moments of joy even in the midst of a pandemic. Right now, one of the most delightful joys for her comes from working in her Mini Farm plot, which she says allows her to forget the and uncertainty of this time. Being able to plant her own veggies and watch them grow every day makes her appreciate the food on her table even more. Derby decided to plant spinach

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Regular accupunture could help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s

Regular accupunture could help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s


SUNSHINE CLUB Regular accupunture could help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's Jeannette Painovich, doctor of acupuncture and oriental medicine, is this week’s speaker for the Sunshine Club’s Zoom meeting on Friday, Jan. 29, at 10 a.m. To join the Zoom meeting, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8211990456 8?pwd=dkVmOVowRU1uQXRNb2Qve FdFSHp4Zz09. The meeting ID is 821 1990 4568, and

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Republican Club

Republican Club


By Brian Harmon LW contributor “The 2020 election is over; let’s move on,” said LW Republican ClubPresident David Harlow at the club’s January meeting. The club’s two major current projects are the election of John Moorlach for county supervisor and getting signatures for the recall petitions against Gov. Gavin Newsom. Kitty Hammerschmidt opened the meeting with a prayer that God