High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States. If your blood pressure stays higher than 130/80 mm Hg for a period of time, it can cause serious health problems such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and dementia.

New owner for Arapahoe Rehab and Cribelli PT Arapahoe Rehab and Fitness and Cribelli Physical Therapy in Cambridge are transitioning into new ownership. Alli Mc-Inturf will own both. Cribelli’s in Cambridge will change to Cambridge Rehab and Fitness. Owner Brett Cribelli with a need to make a change for him and his family approached McInturf. She saw the chance to buy the business as a good opportunity. Previously, Alli has been the director/manager of Arapahoe Rehab and Fitness. McInturf lives on a farm with her family south of Oxford.

ARAPAHOE - Southern Valley, Cambridge, Arapahoe, and Hi-Line were among the eleven teams that competed at the Jim Mather Invite in Arapahoe last Wednesday, April 17th. Both the Cambridge girls and boys placed second as a team, and both the Arapahoe girls and boys placed eighth.

OXFORD - Southern Valley hosted a quad track and field invite last Monday, April 22nd. The Eagles competed against Alma, Loomis, and Elm Creek.

CAMBRIDGE - Four area athletes medaled and Southwest finished third at at its home invite Friday in Cambridge. The Roughriders shot a 370 to tie Dundy County-Stratton for third place and Cambridge shot a 373 to finish fifth.

For years, Democrats have refused to address the out-of-control crisis on our southern border, putting politics over the safety and security of the American people. Last week, they put politics over people again — refusing to hold a full trial to consider the impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

In his 1796 farewell address, our first President George Washington said, “Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle”. In short, the very survival of our nation relies on the survival of our public faith. Our founding fathers created a brilliant system of government with checks and balances, but that system was based upon a nation that practiced their freedom of religion. With this upcoming primary election, we must remember to look deeper than flashy social media ads and commercials. Instead, it’s important to ask: will this candidate support our nation’s founding values?

PAXTON - The Maywood- Hayes Center Wolves competed at the Paxton Track and Field Invite last Thursday, April 18th. The MHC boys won with 113 points, and the MHC girls took runner-up with 73 points.

TRENTON - Medicine Valley and Southwest were among the five teams that competed at the Hitchcock County Track and Field Invite last Wednesday, April 17th. The Medicine Valley girls placed third and the Southwest girls placed fourth.

LEXINGTON - The Southern Valley and Medicine Valley track teams competed at the Don Bader Invite in Lexington last Friday. For Southern Valley, Adi Hunt won the 200, took runner- up in the 400, and placed fourth in the long jump.