Lake Norman Regional Medical Center 2011 Junior Volunteers.

MOORESVILLE – The Volunteer Auxiliary of Lake Norman Regional Medical Center recently welcomed 30 students from around the region as this year’s Summer Junior Volunteers. The program provides real-world experience for students interested in health care careers.

“Our intent is to match students with volunteer jobs in their areas of interest,”  Bette Weese, Junior Volunteer Chair for the Hospital Auxiliary, said in a press release. Continue Reading

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The Cornelius-Lake Norman Lions Club will provide a free vision screening Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Cornelius Town Hall Parking Lot, next to the Cornelius Veterans Memorial Monument at Rotary Plaza site. Vision screening can help with the early detection of vision problems. Continue Reading

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Meg Smeaton, owner of Meg’s Rolf and Bodyworks, recently joined us an advertiser. We wondered about her specialty, known as structural integration. Here’s her explanation.

Meg Smeaton

Structural Integration is a body work therapy created by Ida P. Rolf, Phd in the 1950s. Unlike massage, Structural Integration focuses not on the muscles but on their protective layer called fascia (connective tissue). The fascia surrounds the muscles, bones and organs in the body. The fascia gives muscles their shape and bones their structure. Structural Integration aligns and balances the body by lengthening and repositioning the fascia. Misalignment can occur often as a result of gravity, injury, poor postural habits or emotional issues. The fascia then contours to the structure…enter Structural Integration. Continue Reading

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Riders hit the first turn in the Charlotte Mountain Bike Series at Fisher Farm Wednesday. Another race is planned Aug. 17. More photos below. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

More than 80 die-hard mountain bikers were at Fisher Farm Park, off Shearer Road in Davidson, on Wednesday for the first of two competitions in the 2011 Charlotte Mountain Bike Series. Continue Reading

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