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	<title>The Maverick Magazine</title>
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	<description>Your Guide to High Country Living</description>
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		<title>Kidsview</title>
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Well, it’s that time of year again, the one that kids dread and parents anticipate: back to school. I don’t know about you, but it seems like this summer has just flown right by, hardly even stopping to say hello. I think this might have something to do with the weather: it seems like we went right from wind season to monsoon season, without the usual month interval in between where it’s dry, hot, and summery. Well, whether it should be or not (I’m voting for not), summer is almost ...]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone Loves the Dog Days of Summer</title>
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On July 24th at Frontier Park in Show Low, there were dancing dogs, high flying disc catching dogs, beauty pageant contestant dogs and doggies just behaving well. Some furry friends were be­ginners in the world of agility (like
Maverick, at left, with friend Debbie from Java Deli) and others were seasoned veterans (like Gypsy, above, who loves having fun with her owner, Debbie Maerker of First Dog Sports). If you and your furry friend missed this event, fear not. The White Mountains are full of opportunities for fun with dog sports. ...]]></description>
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		<title>BIG SUMMER EVENT The 5th Annual Happy Tails Food Festival &amp; Auction – August 21st</title>
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by Judy Todd
It’s August and that means it’s time once again for the spirited return of Happy Tails Food Festival, Raffle &#38; Auction. This is the most important fund­raising party of the year for the Humane Society of the White Mountains. Simply put, all the homeless and abused animals count on this community to help rescue them that day, Saturday, August 21st. They bet all their dog and kitty chips on it. Most of the shelters in our county and surrounding coun­ties are closing, and all strays from Apache and ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Kid&#8217;s Best Friend &#8211; A Furry Four-Legged Companion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Dr. Elizabeth Ellis
Dogs and cats often love kids, but it may be a ma­jor adjustment, particu­larly if you are just wel­coming a new child in to your household. All of the excitement and anxiety can affect your pet and it is often difficult to predict how your cat or dog will react. It is important to consider how your pet has responded to babies and children in the past as a starting point. For ex­ample, have they been exposed and had positive experiences? Have they displayed fearful or ag­gressive ...]]></description>
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		<title>ARE YOU HELPING, OR ARE YOU ENABLING?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Barbara Bruce, Talk Show Host
Enabling, for the purpose of this article, with relation to drugs or alcohol, is defined as a dysfunctional approach by a person close to the ad­dict/alcoholic, usually moti­vated by love or fear, to help or protect the addicted per­son from undesirable conse­quences. Regardless of the motive, the perceived “help” usually exacerbates the problem. Why? Because it is not really help&#8230;it is a “cover up” or ma­nipulation which allows the addicted person to continue in their undesirable behavior. One example of enabling would be a wife ...]]></description>
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		<title>Stress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by E. Kevin Mar, M.D.
Firstly- is all stress bad? And how does your body deal with stress? Stress keeps your mind and body in-tune and “on its toes.” We possess an army of protective hormones to respond to events that arouse immediate attention to any emergency or non-threatening event, which sharpens overall focus, ener­gy, strength and awareness. For example, while it provides the extra strength to defend yourself in a bodily assault and gives you a quick response in turn­ing the steering wheel to avoid a deer in the road, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mavmag.com/?p=1503</link>
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		<title>Hypnosis and You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When thunderstorms roll across the state, are you hiding under the bed? Do you have sleepless nights before giving a speech? Thunderstorms, giving pre­sentations, riding a roller coaster and taking exami­nations: all of these events can be anxiety producing events. Contrary to popular belief, anxiety does not come from dangerous or painful situations. Anxi­ety actually arises out of your thoughts. In a given situation, it’s the thought of the potential danger, not the danger itself that creates the symptoms of anxiety. 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MY NEMESIS! 
Let’s take the example of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mavmag.com/?p=1497</link>
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		<title>Meditation Hour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ken Hosie
“Meditation Hour” is a public program held each Sunday from 9-10 am at Open Spaces Yoga Center, Ponderosa Village, Lakeside.
Meditation is a spiritual practice. (A “spiritual practice” might best be defined as “a means by which one comes to know oneself.”) To talk about meditation that has as its context something other than a spiritual practice is to not be talking about meditation at all. In the West, meditation is most often confused with relaxation, de-stressing and letting go of the day, but this orientation is a distant ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mavmag.com/?p=1490</link>
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		<title>MOBILE ONSITE MAMMOGRAM BUS COMING TO LAKESIDE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nurses Office in Lakeside will be providing free mammograms through the Mobile Onsite Mammogram bus on August 20, 2010. To qualify for a free mammogram a woman must not have any health insurance. Mammograms save lives and can detect breast cancer at an earlier stage than a woman or her doctor can feel it. The Mobile Onsite Mammogram program also accepts some insurance and cash payment. To make an appointment, call The Nurses Office at 368-0461. The Nurses Office is located at 1757 W. Jackson Lane right next to ...]]></description>
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		<title>County Health Department Cautions Citizens to Be Aware of Mosquitoes</title>
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Navajo County Public Health Services District would like to remind residents to be vigilant against mosquitoes. With the arrival of the monsoon season it is likely to increase West Nile Virus (WNV) activity because mosquitoes breed in standing water. “We are working closely with Arizona Department of Health Services to ensure proper surveillance and detection of the WNV in the community,” said Navajo County Health Director Dr. Wade Kartchner “but we need residents to do their part in and around their homes.”
Mosquito Proof Your Home: Remove all standing water
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