The role screening should play before starting an exercise regimen
Exercise plays a significant role in disease prevention. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, physical activity helps to reduce individuals’ risk of chronic conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, various types of cancer, and dementia. As vital as exercise is to a healthy lifestyle, many people simply are not getting enough of...
Church News – January 8, 2020
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Woman’s Pee Dee District Department of the Pee Dee Missionary Baptist Association Winter Summit The Woman’s Pee Dee District Department of the Pee Dee Missionary Baptist Association will have their Winter Summit Jan. 11 at Zion Canaan Baptist Church on 612 South Hill St., Timmonsville. Registration begins at 9 a.m.; session at 10. Mechanicsville Baptist Church 2364...
1969 Class of Mayo High School holds 50th reunion
The 1969 Class of Mayo High School held their 50th reunion Aug. 22-25. Sixty-four former classmates participated: Elbert Backus, Edith Bacote, Chris Black, Catherine Boatwright Billups, Wallace Brockington, Robert Campbell, William Coe, Frank Coefield, Blondell Cooper Austin, Ervin (Joel Warsaw) Dargan, Gloria Davis, Roosevelt Davis, Samuel Davis, Lorestine Dubose Hunter, Lonnie Eldridge, Seeroy Evans, Mitchell Goodson, Charles Ham,...
Fort Jackson Family Day
At Fort Jackson in Columbia recently, the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment “Scouts Out” BCT Family Day finally arrived as families raced to embrace for the first time since the start of their loved ones’ Army basic training. Photos by Fort Jackson Public Affairs
The rise of telehealth services
Getting sick once meant traveling to a physician’s office only to sit in a waiting room with fellow under-the-weather individuals. Few if any people like leaving home when they’re feeling ill, and thanks to technology, many no longer need to do so. Telehealth services, which the Massachusetts Medical Society defines as the delivery and facilitation of health and health-related services including medical care, provider and patient...
Local horse wins Carolina 30-mile endurance ride
Aanuke Mounahbi (Boone), owned by Mark and Marie Sobiski of Darlington, extended his winning streak to seven after a first-place finish in the Carolina 30-mile endurance ride. The ride was held Nov. 30 in Ruby with 29 entries. Competitors from six Southeastern states participated. Boone was ridden by Brooks Prater of Rock Hill. Boone was also winner of the 30-mile Best Condition and High Vet Score award presented by the veterinarian...