The September WOW newsletter is here! It highlights how to make a recipe for safe food, recipe for broccoli salad, superfoods: more than kale and quinoa, and ways to get moving in your community.

In college I was shocked to find out that some of my peers were using prescription drugs to study harder, longer hours.  That was in 2007. Currently at the Area Substance Abuse Council, our treatment assessment statistics show an increase in prescription drug abuse.

As school approaches some parents may be wondering or perhaps even worrying about what kind of “crowd” their kid will gravitate to and what will there kid be “into?” We as parents work hard to instill values and skills that we hope will help our kids be successful, but have we adequately prepared them? When it comes to substance abuse prevention, there are values and skills that can increase resilience, which can decrease the likelihood that a kid will choose to use drugs, alcohol, tobacco, or vaporizers.

You made it!  You gave them a hug goodbye, wiped away your tears, and told them to be safe and have fun.  After 18 hard years, you have successfully dropped your kid off at college.

When people told Greg Walston his walk made him look like he was 90 years old, he shrugged it off. To him, he just walked like a Walston; his dad had hip problems and two uncles had hip replacement surgery, so hip problems run in his family.

The Cedar Rapids Multiple Myeloma Support Group will meet Saturday, July 25   NOTICE TIME/DATE CHANGE THIS MONTH ONLY   When:  Saturday, July 25, 12:30 pm , lunch served,                    RSVP to contact below   Where:  Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, Community Room   Topic:  New chemotherapy to treat myeloma   Speaker:  Dr.

The Life Serve Blood Center is planning two upcoming Give an hour to save lives at an upcoming blood drives: Keystone Community Blood Drive, Tuesday, July  7, 2015 from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM at St John Lutheran Church, 201 4th Ave.

Melissa Smith, Virginia Gay Hospital’s Director of Public Health and Home Health, urges Benton County residents to be especially cautious of becoming infected with the Shigella bacteria (Shigellosis) recently striking Linn County according to the Linn County public health officials and as reported by KCRG.

The Red Cross Vinton Community Blood Drive will be held Thursday, June 18, from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Vinton Skate and Activities Center. For an appointment contact Kristie at 472-4292 or email davcdavis@q.

The Red Cross Vinton Community Blood Drive will be held Thursday, June 18, from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Vinton Skate and Activities Center.  For an appointment contact Kristie at 472-4292 or email davcdavis@q.