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Healthy Livings News readers–jumping into 2026

Dear readers, It is a privilege to join you on this lifetime journey of healthy living. I hope you are blessed during this holiday season.If I could share one thing I am passionate about when it comes to healthy living, it would be running.

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Upcoming races

For more information on any event, including any associated costs/fees, visit davesrunning.com•Dave’s Turkey Chase: Thanksgiving morning•Christmas Village 5k: December 6•Dave’s 10 Miler & Yet 10K: January 19

No Body is Perfect

I WAS FRAZZLED BY THE CRUEL STORY I had seen on the news station airing someone who stole someone’s wheelchair. The owner of the stolen wheelchair looked devastated. Someone had stolen his means of getting around. His legs were his wheelchair.
Jim Witter, Wood County Park District program manager, leads a group hike at W.W. Knight Nature Preserve.

Jim Witter, Wood County Park District program manager, leads a group hike at W.W. Knight Nature Preserve.

November gloomy? Not in Wood County Parks

“IN NOVEMBER, THE EARTH IS GROWING QUIET. IT IS MAKING ITS BED, A WINTER BED FOR FLOWERS AND SMALL CREATURES.”So said children’s author Cynthia Ryland.She might have something there, particularly where Wood County parks are concerned.
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THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE

is back in downtown Toledo on Sunday, September 28, bringing momentum back to community members who are impacted by breast cancer or those who support breast cancer survivors.