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Sunday Cosmic Colors, 3 p.m. at Buehler Planetarium, 3501 SW Davie Road, Davie. $6. Call 954-201-6681. Featured Creatures, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S. Flamingo Road, Davie. $9; $5 children; free for members. Call 954-473-2955....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Florida's Blood Centers, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, YMCA
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Alaska PrideFestival Goes Smoke Free
Channel 2 NewsAn event celebrating the local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) culture and community is going smoke free this year. For the first time in the community-wide event's history, the Alaska PrideFestival will be smoke free. The Alaska...Tags: Parent Organizations, Gays and Lesbians
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Air pollution makes it more difficult to breathe
Clean air matters. It matters if you have asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or perfectly healthy lungs. I was a respiratory therapist for more than 15 years and have seen firsthand the effects of air quality on my patients' lungs. Patients of...Tags: Lehigh County, Emmaus, COPD, Environmental Issues, Respiratory Disease
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American Lung Association's luncheon inspires guests to 'Breathe Free'
Edgar B. Bolton Jr., D.O., will receive the Lifetime Legacy Award for his commitment to lung health in the community at the eighth annual "Inspire Life, Breathe Free Luncheon." The event, benefiting the American Lung Association in Florida, takes place...Tags: Lung Cancer, Broward County, Health Organizations, Fort Lauderdale
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Hildreth Marie Venegas
Funeral service for Hildreth Marie Venegas, 93, of Sisseton was held on Friday, April 19, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Tribal Community Center, Agency Village with the Rev. Charles Chan, the Rev. Vern Donnell, Deacon Vernon Cloud, and Senior Catechist John...
Tags: Family, Politics, National Government, Human Interest, Respiratory Disease
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State program helps Floridians quit smoking
Florida voters have given lifelong smokers such as Jack Ferrara new reason to breathe easy. After a number of tries with nicotine patches, acupuncture and hypnosis failed him, the Hollywood retiree finally snuffed out his 58-year cigarette habit —...
Tags: Health Treatments, Seminole County, The Seminole Tribe, Osteopathic Medicine, Health Insurance Cost
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Imperial County gets failing air quality grade from lung association
Staff Writer, Copy EditorIn spite of the strides made over the past four decades toward improved air quality, 42 percent of Americans still live in counties that have unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution. Imperial County residents can count themselves among...Tags: Corporate Officers, Asthma, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Air Pollution
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Sheila M. Brown, 60
Sheila Mae Brown, 60, of Falling Waters, W.Va., passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born Saturday, July 19, 1952, in York, Maine, she was the daughter of the late William Campbell and the late Mary Jane (Michaud)...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Washington, DC, Human Interest, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Las Olas Wine & Food Festival
The 18th annual Las Olas Wine & Food Festival starts Sunday and concludes April 19 with the a street festival 7:30-10 p.m. on Las Olas Boulevard, between S.E. 6th Avenue and S.E. 11th Avenue. The $100 street festival feature more than 70 South Florida...
Tags: Wines, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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Carl L. Pepple, 73
Carl Leroy Pepple, 73, of Hagerstown, Md., died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center. Born July 14, 1939, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Carl Richard and Viola Mae Monninger Pepple. He retired after 33 years with Duvinage Corp....
Tags: Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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