Fitness is Fun Kids Activity Planned at the Burkley Fitness Center

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The Burkley Fitness Center and Jeffs Gone M.A.D. will be sponsoring 2 fun-filled days for kids entering Kindergarten through the sixth grade.  It will be an afternoon of Fun and Fitness with games, fitness activities and a healthy snack to help jumpstart kids to a lifetime of healthy habits.

Two separate dates are scheduled based on age groups:

Kids entering grades K-2—Thursday, August 4.—1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Kids entering grades 3-6—Thursday, August 11—1 p.m. to 4 p.m..

The event will take place at the Burkley Fitness Center. Cost is $3 per child and pre-registration is required.

For more information or questions, please stop by the Fitness Center or call  402-729-6139 and ask for Jen Johnson.  Fitness is fun at any age!  Start creating good habits for your kids today!

JCH&L Sterling Connection Plans Ice Cream Program

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JCH&L Sterling Connection will host an ice cream social and program at Fairbury Senior Diners on Tuesday, July 26.

The program on the importance of dairy products by Ann Engelman of Classic Dairy will begin at about 12:15 p.m. at the Fairbury Senior Diners, 601 City Park Road.

We encourage those attending to have your noon meal at Senior Diners. Please note, you MUST call 402-729-5258 by Monday, July 25, to make reservations for lunch. If you are having lunch, you do not need to register separately for the ice cream social. If you would like to attend the ice cream social only, please call 402-729-6855 and leave a message so we can plan for enough ice cream!

For those 60 and older, the suggested donation for lunch at Fairbury Senior Diners is $4. For those under the age of 60 the cost of lunch is $6. Lunch that day is a garlic herbed pork loin, mashed sweet potatoes, spinach casserole, applesauce and cake. Ice cream will be served after the program.

Sterling Connection members are encouraged to bring a guest!

If you have questions, please call Pauline at 402-729-3351 or Lana at 402-729-6855.

Open House July 7 for Pediatric Area

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JCH&L Sports Medicine and Rehab Services will host an open house with activities for children, giveways, treats and door prizes in the new pediatric area from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 7. This event is free and open to the public. Please enter at the main entrance at 2200 H St. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Meet our therapists and learn about pediatric therapy. The area includes Kasey Murphy, PT, DPT, board certified pediatric clinical specialist; Lauren Cox, OTD, OTR/L; and Sarah Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP.

Pediatric therapy offers physical therapy for delays in movement; improving balance; improving gross motor skills; strengthening; improving coordination; working with atypical posture or running; occupational therapy for fine motor skills; self care skills; social and emotional skill regulation; handwriting; cognitive delays; feeding difficulties; core strength; coordination; development delays; and speech-language therapy related to disorders or delays in the articulation, expressive and repetitive language; fluency, voice and social skills.

For more information on pediatric therapy, call JCH&L Sports Medicine and Rehab Services at 402-729-6840. Check us out on line at JCHealthandLife.org, care and services, Sports Medicine and Rehab Services.

2200 H St., PO Box 277, Fairbury, NE