Young gymnasts bring poetry in motion to Frederick club
The Frederick Gymnastic Club trains 59 girls aged 5 to 17, four sessions weekly, with ages mostly 8 and under excelling in state championships. Coach Crum highlights early start, hard work, and dedication, while parents and teachers note strong grades. Gymnasts balance schoolwork, practice up to 16 hours weekly, and dream of a new club gym.
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Frederick
Eric Crum
Megan
Putman
Heather Baker
Monocacy
Monocacy Elementary School
Heather
South Frederick
Crum
E. South St
Chandra Sum
Jeannine Lamden
94 year old shot putter to compete in national gymnastics meet
Al Grossmann, 94, the nation’s oldest competing gymnast, will enter the Turner Gymnastics Society national meet in Indianapolis to throw the shot put. Once a standout in multiple events, he now jogs little, but stays active with light jumps and daily calisthenics.
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ST. Paul, Minn
al Grossmann
Turner Gymnastics Society
Indianapolis
Grossmann
St. Paul
Center City
Shopping cart hazards lead to thousands of ER visits nationwide
U S safety figures show grocery cart injuries send over 19 000 children age four and under to emergency rooms last year comprising 58 percent of shopping cart related injuries Adults 25 to 64 account for about 17 percent with others spread across ages 5 14 and 65 plus The report notes stairways skateboards bicycles and ball games also cause many injuries while home exposure remains the dominant risk factor.
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Washington
United States
Consumer Products Safety Commission
Commission
Associated Press
David Apple
Shepherd Spinal Center
Atlanta
Peter Trafton
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence
Apple
Atlanta Hawks
Trafton
Co sleeping debated as infant safety measure
A California anthropologist promotes parent infant co sleeping citing potential SIDS reduction and calls for more study with a $750000 grant possible. He notes non industrial societies favor close proximity in sleep and that American fear of sharing a bed is outdated.
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California
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
James McKenna
Pomona College
University of California-Irvine
McKenna
Japan
University of California
Sarah Mosko
United States
Dr. Mosko
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Mr. Crum
Ballenger Creek Middle School
Kelly Haka
Courtney Daweon
Judy Houck
Megan Porlman
Frederick Gymnastics Club
St. Paul Turners
Germany
Turner Society
Jerome Cotler
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia
Cotler
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