90 percent chance of snow High: 36 | Low: 27 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Saturday, April 6, 2013 75 cents HEALTH & WELLNESS Never too early to learn n Elementary students learn about healthy lifestyle choices By CORTNEY OFSTAD
[email protected] HURLEY — Elementary stu- dents at the Hurley K-12 School learned about improving their overall health during the annual Health Fair on Friday. According to Iron County health officer Zona Wick, the event “went well,” with students Larry Holcombe/Daily Globe learning about staying active, EARL GORDON, of Ironwood, purchases a cup of coffee from Austin eating right and other healthy Danielson, 14, of Ironwood, at his roadside coffee stand at the corner of choices. Lake and Florence streets Friday afternoon. Representatives from the Wisconsin Dairy Council, Iron County Health Department, North Country Independent Liv- ing, Domestic Violence Escape, Open for the office of Dr. Paul Hagemann, DDS, Aspirus Grand View Hos- pital and Iron County Universi- ty of Wisconsin-Extension spoke to students on a variety of top- Cortney Ofstad/Daily Globe ics. MALINDA PETERSON, left, and Pamela Niemi, right, speak to students on behalf of Domestic Violence DOVE representatives Escape, of Ironwood, on Friday at the annual Health Fair at the Hurley K-12 School. business Malinda Peterson, Wisconsin case manager, and Pamela said. “While kids have fears of Students also participated in get extra protein in their diets,” Niemi, Michigan children’s the monster under their bed or activities like jumping rope and said Deb Leonard, Wisconsin They opened a coffee shop on advocate, told the students it’s the dark, we tried to tie fears in mini golf to help them stay Nutrition Program educator for n Middle schoolers the northwest corner of Lake and OK to be afraid, using examples with what we deal with in rela- active.