Instructor Joe Higgins.

The Cornelius PARC Department is offering an 8-week “Tai Chi for Health” class for participants ages 18 and up. It will be Monday mornings 9:30-10:30 a.m., starting June 7 and ending Aug. 2, in the community room at Cornelius Town Hall.

Tai Chi uses agile steps and gentle, flowing circular movements to provide a fitness and health exercise and a “moving meditation.”

The course will be led by Joe Higgins, a certified Tai Chi instructor who has studied and trained in Tai Chi since 2001. Read the full story

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Start of the 2009 Town Day 5K on South Street

Local runners will have two 5K/fun-run events to participate in here in Davidson over the next few weeks: the “Fire” 5K on April 17 to benefit Ada Jenkins Center and the Davidson-Cornelius Day Care 5K/fun run on Town Day, May 1. Read the full story

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Any woman runner knows that shin splints, runner’s knee and IT band syndrome are among the hazards of a regular running regimen. Dr. John Gross tells Women’s Running Magazine that it’s important to know what these are and now to treat them. He recommends a tactic he calls RICE, for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. Read more in the article, “Tackling the Top Running Injuries.”

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The Cycle Path bike shop in Cornelius will host a free bicycle and parts swap meet Saturday, March 20, from 9:30-3 p.m., at the shop, 20900 N. Main St., Cornelius. Sellers are invited to arrive before 9 a.m., to set up a 10×10 space. Read the full story

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