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Around NEPA

Strengthening Family Ties
for

Better Health

...and Don't Forget Your Sunscreen!

CCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ELLEN SHIFFER OF MOSCOW AND
adults should get 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity each week. HER THREE LOVELY DAUGHTERS
When you're able to boost your heart rate in the sunshine, the benefits are BOND OUTDOORS EXPLORING THE
enormous. According to the National Institute of Health, sunshine triggers the WOODS NEAR THEIR HOME, BIKbody's production of vitamin D, which lowers blood pressure, improves the ING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
brain's ability to process complex data, decreases inflammation and improves DOING GYMNASTICS ON THE BAR IN
bone density. Not surprisingly, exercise and sunshine are two of the world's THEIR BACKYARD.
best anti-depressants-and as long as you remember your sunscreen-the Find great places to hike and ride your
side effects are negligible!
bike at traillink.com.
MIKE AND ALICE SURACE AND
THEIR CHILDREN, ERIN, MICHAELA, AND DOMINIC, OF ARCHBALD
ENJOY SPENDING TIME AT
THEIR BACKYARD POOL.
The family featured on page six, Ron and Eileen Stiltenpole from Dunmore, Visit lackawannacounty.org for a list of
their son RJ, and their granddaughters Taylor and Layla, enjoy running and public pools in the county.

Who better to accompany you while you're frolicking in the sun than your
family? Family bonding improves the mood of adults, and builds confidence
in children. Kids get better grades and are less likely to get into trouble when
they spend quality time with their families.

walking on the Lackawanna Valley Heritage Trail. This is how other families
SAM SCHIAVONE; HIS WIFE, RHONin Lackawanna County are strengthening their family ties...
DA; AND THEIR SONS, SAL, SANTO,
AND SILVIO OF CLARKS SUMMIT
DAWN RICARDO AND HER HUSBAND WHERE THEY WALK THEIR DOGS.
SPEND THEIR FREE TIME AT THEIR
GENE OF THROOP LOVE SPENDING
THE BOYS ARE ABLE TO SWING,
HOME AT LAKE WINOLA.
TIME RUNNING THE HERITAGE TRAIL SLIDE, RUN, AND PLAY.
Lake Winola is a public lake located off
WITH THEIR SIX CHILDREN-JUSTIN, Tripp Park is located on Dorothy
Route 307 in Overton Township.
JACOB, MICHAEL, MADISON, CHRISStreet in Scranton.
TIAN AND CAMERON.
The Lackawanna River Heritage Trail
THE DAMMERS - HARRY, EILEEN,
As for this author, there is nothing she likes
(LRHT) is part of a seventy mile
better than spending time with her family,
KATIE, AND ALISON - OF CLARKS
multi-purpose trail system that follows
SUMMIT LIKE TO RUN FOR FUN, AND shooting hoops in the driveway or walking
along the stream at South Abington Park.
the Lackawanna River. The LRHT begins
PARTICIPATE IN AS MANY LOCAL
at the confluence of the Lackawanna &
MARATHONS AS THEY CAN.
It doesn't matter what we do with our families,
Susquehanna Rivers in Pittston and conit just matters that we do something. So now
NEPARunner.com, promotes running for
tinues north where it connects with the
that the good weather is back in town, get out
fitness, competition and charity in NEPA
Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail.
and exercise. Catch some vitamin D and all the
with listings of events, news and results.
benefits that go with it!
AMANDA, JASON, ANNA AND JUSTHREE
GENERATIONS
OF
THE
TIN BROWN OF TUNKHANNOCK GET
THEIR DOSE OF VITAMIN D KAYAKING WATERS FAMILY FROM CARBONDALE
DONNA EGET, D.O., is a board
ON SADDLE LAKE AND HUNTING THE SPEND TIME TOGETHER ON THE
certified emergency physician. She
WATERS
OF
NEPA.
BOB
WATERS,
HIS
FORESTS AROUND THEIR HOME.
is the owner and medical director of
SON JEFF AND GRANDSONS ROBMedicus Urgent Care in Dunmore.
Saddle Lake is a private lake located in
BIE AND RYAN FISH ALL OVER THE
Tunkhannock Township.
REGION, IN ALL FOUR SEASONS.
THE MILLER FAMILY FROM SOUTH
SCRANTON-JASON, JENNIFER,
OLIVER AND SULLIVAN-LOVE
SPENDING TIME AT TRIPP PARK,

Pennsylvania is home to 2,500 lakes and
hundreds of rivers and streams, all ready
for fishing. Anyone over the age of 16 is
required to have a fishing license.

N E PA

VITAL SIGNS

Our cover photo features a
multi-generational family enjoying
one of the trails at Nay Aug Park

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