Columns

By Josey Crew
Lincoln Trail District Health Department
The summer is here, and we have already endured some very hot days.
Hopefully, we are all eating less, exercising more, and staying hydrated by drinking more water.
Water, the nutrient our body needs the most, also helps prevent dehydration. The effects of dehydration can range from thirst to kidney failure and are usually silent but progressive.
Therefore, we need to pay attention to the early signs of water loss because before we know it, we can become severely dehydrated.

In high school, I remember studying for tests, going to the library to do research, writing papers and giving the occasional class presentation. I didn't come up with a new design for the expansion of a local library. I didn't invent an adjustable rifle sight, and I didn't try to develop a new way to carry my keys.

But Marion County High School students have done all of those things during the past year.

By Lindsay Kriz

KPA Summer Intern

It's the typical pattern: students graduate from high school, and parents and relatives will immediately give them advice about how to navigate the world of college. Which is great, except some of those who give advice have been out of college for years, maybe even decades. So, as a current college student, I thought I'd write a column with some up-to-date advice based on my two-year experience.

I have been an avid reader of Parents Magazine since before I had my son, and there is one story I read that I have never been able to forget.
It was a horrific story about a Virginia couple that had a picture perfect life: A comfortable house, well-paying jobs and two little boys they adopted as babies from Guatemala.