Lifestyle
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Wine and Rock & Roll
A couple of months back I was having a conversation in the shop with one of our customers, Steve. He is a fascinating guy, always has a smile on his face, always seems like he doesn’t have a care in the world even …
Your TMJ and snoring
Snoring is a major symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). And when daytime tiredness is also present with snoring OSA is almost guaranteed to be present. For a person who has OSA, breathing stops for periods of …
When pain is a pain
Nobody likes pain, but without this important communication tool, we’d be in big trouble. Pain is an alert system letting us know that something is wrong. Whether it is warning us that we are touching a hot stove a…
Long-lived peoples drink a form of distilled water
Some years ago, in some acting circles in Hollywood, I worked with Jack Linkletter, son of the famous Art Linkletter. He related to me how his father had commissioned a Nebraska Optometrist, Allen Banik, who, as a …
Community Thanks August 21, 2016
Members of the Marine Corps League would like to thank the person or persons who bought our breakfast at the Blue Plate Cafe in Hayden on Aug. 10. It was greatly appreciated by 11 members of the MCL.
The 'Dog Days' of summer are here
Unfortunately, our summer has pretty much flown by. If we could only slow the days down once the temperature hits 75, we’d be in business.
Discovering the secrets of Black Bay Park
I had just sat down with a cup of coffee, trying to get my bearings on a recent morning. Our dog, Journey, loves to get up-close-and-personal in those instance…
Milestone Announcements August 14, 2016
Community Thanks August 14, 2016
Sally Wallace: A Sweet Adeline for life
Sally Wallace's living room overlooking Hayden Lake is bright, airy and sunny, just like her beautiful singing voice.
Structured skills (and safety)
Just like the cowboy (and cowgirls) rodeo has a season, so too does the bike rodeo.
A few good books reviewed
Every year I try to cover my top good reads around wellness, health and fitness. A busy schedule makes it tough to get a lot of books in each year, but all the research I need to do for my column does require me to…
Power up!
Just a few days ago, one of my patients came back into my office and emphatically reported that her osteopenia and osteoporosis scores had significantly improved over the past year, and she and her doctor were very…
White spots on your teeth?
Do you have white spots on your teeth? Have you asked your dentist how to get rid of them? And if your dentist decides to treat your white spots, does he propose to use an invasive procedure or a non-invasive proce…
Tasting in the Willamette
Mary and I just returned from the Oregon Coast after a Lancaster family reunion. We broke away from our time with family to go and visit a couple of our favorite producers in the Willamette Valley, a premier wine r…