Amphitheater Public Schools Superintendent Vicki Balentine didn't let heels and a skirt stop her from "pumping it up" with 500 elementary students from Mesa Verde Elementary School, 1661 W. Sage St., Feb. 11.

(NAPSI)Kristi Mardis was diagnosed with severe heart failure in her early 20s. For years, she had no quality of life, no energy. Simple everyday tasks were challenging.

Nov. 8, 2012, was a regular day for both Chuck Boreman and Golder Ranch Fire District Captain Steve Drury.  While they did not know each other, a workout at a local gym would change that forever.  That morning, Boreman experienced a sudden cardiac arrest, brought on by a clogged artery that he did not know he had.  That is when Drury and a group of other off duty first responders came to his aid.

(NAPSI)—It may seem to defy popular belief, but the best place to touch someone to enhance pleasure is...the heart. According to a national study conducted by Durex via Crowdtap, relationships are at their best between people who trust each other. The survey is part of the brand’s new “Liberating Side of Being Together” campaign, which was unveiled at a star-studded event hosted by Jenny McCarthy in New York City.

Our Mom is ‘Superwoman’ and, she has no clue the magnitude of her own strength (making her qualities even more endearing) Life’s struggles have been much too plentiful from childhood on through.

Gowned, masked and awed, I stood on the anestheologist's raised platform at the patient's head and peered over the blue drape. Three feet away, cardiac surgeon Jack Copeland, M.D., was busy using a cautery tool to separate a partially-clogged blood vessel from the muscle of the patient's beating heart.

Many of us have been on some type of diet in our lives. Some of us have spent our entire lives trying the latest fad diet, each time ending up right back where we started. And 90 percent of diets fail in the long run.

Back on July 7, 2004, I wrote that “Palms have Panache.” After four years, it’s time to revisit palms and how to care for them.

For those of you still thinking about smoking cessation or even considering starting smoking, here’s something to ponder: If you thought tobacco was only associated with lung cancer and heart disease, we have some bad news for you.

The students in Canyon Del Oro High School’s International Baccalaureate (IB) program are used to giving their all when it comes to education, but last Tuesday, they got something back, and it had a larger-than-expected dollar amount attached to it. 

A few weeks ago I was asked if I would like to participate in Pusch Ridge Christian Academy’s Mud Run fundraiser by running in the race. I have always wanted to participate in a Warrior Dash or similar activity, so a two-mile race around the school’s campus sounded like a great introduction to what I thought I wanted to do.

Letters to the editor published in the April 22, 2009, edition of The Explorer.

October’s Helping Hand nomination goes to Ken Blanchard, an Oro Valley resident and employee of Edward Jones, whose initiation of the Southern Arizona’s annual Bag-a-Thon food drive is receiving increased recognition and effectiveness.

It took Naomi Bradley five years to forgive her husband for dying. She just couldn't get over the anger she felt at not having had a chance to say goodbye when her husband, Bill, died of a sudden heart attack at 58 while they were on vacation in Nevada in 1983.

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Is Christmas really the most wonderful time of the year, as crooned by Andy Williams nearly 50 years ago?

On April 8, 2000, 10 years ago Thursday, an MV-22 Osprey aircraft crashed and burst into flames during an evening noncombatant evacuation maneuver at Marana Regional Airport.

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June 30 was a rather normal day for the Marines and sailors of the advisor team attached to the Afghan National Army’s 6th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, at Patrol Base Dehmazong, Afghanistan.

A recently completed report on the Oro Valley Public Library recommends that the town not hand over operational control to Pima County, despite the additional costs associated with maintaining local power.

In the last two years, Northwest Fire/Rescue District has bought about $280,000 in equipment from United Fire Equipment, which equates to about 80 percent of the district's fire fighting supply purchases over that period, according to documents obtained from the district.

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