Community gardens in Athens-Clarke County are not only yielding food, but are also helping older people maintain good mental and physical health. Two beautiful gardens have been cultivated at the Athens Community Council on Aging’s Hoyt Street location, serving seniors in 12 northeast Georgia counties. One garden, planted on what used to be an abandoned…
Med student Brian Brewer is working on a body — his own. He grips the pull-up bar and slowly uses it to raise himself, then goes back down and repeats the procedure. After completing a set of pull-ups, he drops to the floor for pushups. He follows that with core training to work his lower…
Joey Krakowiak has always known he wanted to be a doctor. Now, after four months as a medical student at the Georgia Health Sciences University-University of Georgia Medical Partnership in Athens, he is learning the basic science and clinical skills he has been curious about from an early age. While a childhood interest in the…
Lorri Tanner arrived at work the Friday before Memorial Day with thoughts of a long weekend on her mind, but by the time she had settled into her office at the Walton County Health Department, her plans had drastically changed. Tanner, a registered nurse and the county nurse manager, was informed of a potential case…
When fifth-grader Trevor Nelson arrives at school, he doesn’t linger in the halls or go to the cafeteria for breakfast. Every other morning, he heads for the gym. “I just love to run,” said Trevor, “so I figured I’d do this.” From 7:15 to 7:45 a.m., members of Yargo Elementary School’s fifth-grade running club sprint,…
The lunchrooms of Statham Elementary and South Jackson Elementary dished up an unusual meal in late January: hamburgers made from grass-fed beef donated by local farmer Cyndi Ball. Cows in the Cafeteria is a new nonprofit organization that Ball established to bring local beef –- and a better understanding of healthy eating –- to Georgia…